allonlinenovel Chapter 131 New Year
Chapter 131 New Year
The New Year has come happily amid everyone's anticipation.
The laughter of the children wearing new clothes was particularly crisp, and coupled with the sounds of fireworks and firecrackers from various homes, Zhou Rong and his friends were woken up at dawn.
Nini poked her head out from under the quilt, thinking back to the New Year greetings she had asked Zhou Cai for, and said with a smile, "Happy New Year, Mom, may wealth and prosperity roll in!"
Zhou Rong kissed her, handed her a red envelope that she had prepared in advance, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Nini. Mommy wishes you peace, health, and happiness every day in the new year."
Nini hid the red envelope under her pillow and said happily, "Let's get up quickly and go to wish our second and third aunts a happy new year. They said that as long as we wish them a happy new year, they will give us red envelopes."
Zhou Rong scratched the tip of her nose and chuckled, "Little money-grubber!"
Under Zhou Rong's instruction, Nini has learned how to dress herself and put on shoes. She put on her flowery cotton jacket and new cotton shoes in an orderly manner.
After Zhou Rong helped her braid her hair and tied a red hairband around it, she skipped off to look for Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai to wish them a happy new year.
Soon he came back happily with two red envelopes.
Zhou Rong saw the bulging red envelope in Nini's hand and said, "Can you show mom how much money is in it?"
Nini readily handed the two red envelopes to Zhou Rong: "Okay, but you have to return the red envelopes to me after you finish reading them."
Zhou Rong opened the red envelopes and counted them. Each one contained RMB. She guessed that Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai had put some effort into the children's red envelopes to thank her.
It is too unsafe to leave so much money in the care of a child who has no self-control.
She clearly remembered that the three children had made an appointment last night. After Zhou Jiaguang arrived, they would go shopping together and use their New Year's money to buy food and toys.
Zhou Rong took the money out of the red envelope and returned it to Nini, saying, "I'll return the red envelope to you. Mom will keep the money in it for you. When summer comes, I'll make you a flowery dress."
I looked at the empty red envelope with a puzzled look and scratched my head. Are what I said and what my mother understood the same thing?
After putting on their clothes, the eldest and second children also came to wish Zhou Rong a happy new year.
Zhou Rong also gave each of them a red envelope. The red envelopes for the three children all contained 1000 yuan.
The two of them took the red envelopes and happily went to wish Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai a happy new year. Like Nini, each of them received a big red envelope.
Zhou Rong followed the same method and tricked the two people into giving him red envelopes.
The eldest child looked at the empty red envelope and said dejectedly, "Mom, didn't you say that we can keep the New Year's red envelopes ourselves and use them to buy what we want?"
Zhou Rong: "Red envelopes below 1000 yuan will be kept by you, and those above this amount will be kept by me."
Big Baby asked in surprise: "Is there such a rule? When did you tell me that?"
Zhou Rong: "Have you forgotten? The rules we set when we were eating dumplings last night."
Da Wa tried hard to recall, did his mother tell him? Why didn't he have any recollection of it?!
The second child pulled the first child and whispered, "I remember what mom said last night, that we can use the small red envelopes as we like, and the big red envelopes should be handed over to her. So, are the red envelopes given by the second and third aunts considered big red envelopes or small red envelopes?"
Da Wa sighed and said, "It's over ten thousand, do you think it's big or small?
In terms of strategy, we can never be better than mom. Let's go downstairs and sweep the floor. My uncle is not here, so there is no one to help."
Zhou Rong smiled at the two people's lost expressions and said, "It's the first day of the new year, don't be unhappy, clean up the house, and let's go out to play. I heard there will be lion and dragon dances, as well as yangko performances today."
After hearing this, the two of them felt completely disappointed and happily went downstairs to do housework...
Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai were cooking dumplings in the kitchen. Zhou Rong gave each of them a red envelope and said, "I wish you all the best, peace and happiness in the new year."
Zhou Gui: "Thank you, elder sister. I wish all your wishes come true and all the best!"
Zhou Cai: "I wish you all the best and lots of luck!"
While Zhou Rong was washing up, Zhou Gui looked at the red envelope and saw that it contained RMB 10. When Zhou Rong returned to the kitchen, she hurriedly returned the red envelope to her: "Sister, this red envelope is too big, I can't accept it."
Zhou Cai also looked at the amount in the red envelope and wanted to return the red envelope to Zhou Rong.
Zhou Rong pushed the red envelope to the two of them and said, "This amount is nothing compared to what you have contributed to the family. Just accept it. Besides, how can we return the New Year's red envelope?
I'm hungry, let's eat quickly, and then we can go out to the streets and experience the New Year's Eve of the city people."
The two could only accept the large red envelope reluctantly, thinking about doing better at home in the future, and buying some clothes for Da Wa and the others after the New Year as a reward...
Chang'an is very lively today. Everyone is wearing new clothes and greeting each other with smiles on their faces.
As soon as Zhou Rong and his friends went out, they ran into Jiang Wenjuan's family.
"I wish Miss Jiang and Uncle Jia a happy new year and all the best."
Jia Deyang: "Thank you, Xiao Zhou, and happy new year."
Jiang Wenjuan: "I wish you good fortune and happiness in life! Are you going to go out on the streets?"
Zhou Rong: "Yes, I heard there will be a performance today. We used to live in the countryside and have never seen the dragon and lion dances in the city!"
Jiang Wenjuan: "We are here to watch the fun, too. Let's go together."
Luo Qiuyue also planned to take Dafen, Xiaofen and Ma Daya out to play. When she saw Zhou Rong and Jiang Wenjuan, she took the initiative to greet them: "Happy New Year! I wish you great wealth and good luck."
Jiang Wenjuan: "Same, I wish you a prosperous business and all your wishes come true."
Zhou Rong: "I wish you everything goes well and everything goes well."
After saying auspicious words to each other, everyone walked together.
The units on both sides of the street are decorated with lights, Spring Festival couplets on the doors and big red lanterns hanging, adding a lot of festive atmosphere.
The subdistrict office organized a yangko performance.
The yangko team danced and twisted on the street, surrounded by crowds of onlookers. Children could only squeeze into the gaps between the crowd or be held by adults to see them.
Zhou Rong put Nini on his neck and gave her a big ride, which made her giggle with joy.
The eldest child held the second child's hand and kept squeezing into the crowd. Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai were afraid that the two would get separated, so they squeezed to their side.
The yangko team is divided into two teams, male and female. Following the cheerful and lively melody of the suona and the rhythm of the gongs and drums, the yangko team members march with light and cheerful steps. The red belts and fans in their hands fly up and down in the air, like blooming flowers, rippling in people's hearts.
The most eye-catching performances of the yangko team are land boat racing and stilt walking.
(Walking on stilts)
The brightly colored pagoda top, the boatman at the bow pushing the oars, a fairy sitting on the boat, and the old woman at the stern holding a broken fan as the boat moves along, they dance and sing along with the accompaniment:
(Dry boat racing, also called lotus picking boat)
"Little boat (yo yo!)
Pointed at both ends (Ah, ho, hey!)
I and my fellow villagers (Ah wow!)
Come and celebrate the New Year (rowing!)"
The eldest and second oldest children saw such a novel and lively scene for the first time and wanted to follow the yangko team.
Zhou Rong felt that this way of celebrating the New Year was much more interesting than shopping, playing cards and watching movies in later generations. She agreed to the requests of the eldest and second children and asked them to hold Zhou Gui and Zhou Cai's hands and not walk around. She would also go along to join in the fun.
The whole day, Zhou Rong and his family were strolling outside, buying some snacks when they were hungry, experiencing a relaxed, joyful and festive New Year...