Chapter 24 Visiting Relatives and Friends(1/3)
The New Year’s night passed with the sporadic sound of firecrackers.
Early morning on the first day of the new year.
Inside the small courtyard house in the forest.
Ning He didn't care where the fate went. Instead, he thought that today was the first day of the Lunar New Year, so he didn't go out to the stall. Instead, he read the repaired travel notes in a quiet room.
These miscellaneous stories include the previous "Wu San Meng Meets the Flying-Headed Ghost" and the newly added "River God Treats a Banquet".
There are a total of seventy-six books and six hundred and twenty-five stories.
Also read with Ning He.
A few petals emerged from Ninghe's sleeves.
Wake up after seeing pear blossoms.
Ning He touched its soft petals and said, "Happy New Year."
The pear blossoms also rolled up their petals and touched Ning He's fingers, seeming very happy.
Ning He looked at it with a smile and began to continue reading the travel notes.
'Shasha...' Lihua shrank into the cuffs again. After feeling warmer, she also looked at the book quietly, watching the movement of Ninghe's fingers, and struggled to distinguish the handwriting on the book.
And in the corner of the table.
The blood droplets no longer floated in the center as before, but turned into an oval shape and stuck to the edge of the leaf slip.
Ninghe glanced at it and didn't care about it.
It cannot freeze inside the leaf tube.
And then there was the sound of trampling on the snow in the forest outside the courtyard.
The two little squirrels were also attracted by the aura floating in the courtyard, and listened quietly to Ning He's reading.
Ta—
The lark that was perched on the poplar tree outside the courtyard also landed outside the paper window at this moment.
"Woooo..." The wild wolf also came from the forest, and tried to slow down its steps again, and lay down outside the hut.
All the listeners are here today.
Ning He also feels that he has been quite lively this year, with so many creatures accompanying him.
"Happy New Year." After the first story was finished, Ning He also said hello to the four small animals outside the house.
"Chirp..." The two little squirrels kept waving their little paws, imitating the human etiquette they had seen before.
The wild wolf put his head down and was suddenly buried in the snow, as if to pay New Year greetings.
The lark wanted to say something like Ning He, but in the end it was just the ethereal bird song.
Then, when it saw the wild wolf buried in the snow, it made a pleasant low sound, as if to say that it was stupid.
The wild wolf ignored it and listened intently to the second story Ning He told.
In this way, Ning He stayed in the hospital for three days during the Chinese New Year.
For the past three days, I have been waking up early to read quietly, and watching those small animals leaving noisily at night.
Until the early morning of the fourth day.
Ning Hejing was very restless, so he left the house and went to the forest to lead the stall cart and set up the tea stall.
It's just that the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is still in the New Year atmosphere, so there are not many travelers on the road, which makes it quite deserted.
Just right.
I have read most of the books in the past few days.
Ning He also took advantage of the current quiet situation to start revising the remaining travel notes.
Although the tea stall here is quiet.
But in Zhou County, it’s a different story.
Because on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, it was the custom of the Wu Dynasty to visit relatives and friends.
This visit is also a recent visit.
If you have no relatives or friends in the county, you can also visit your neighbors.
This makes it early in the morning, just before dawn.
Zhou County is a bustling place, with greetings coming from the streets and alleys everywhere, the sound of firecrackers, and the sounds of children begging for maltose.
At this moment.
Zhang Yuanwai was also standing at the door of the house, with a basket of sweet candies beside him.
A group of children gathered in front of him to greet him.
There are also many young men among them, as well as a few young men in their twenties.
But as long as you say hello, I will give you everything.
It wasn't until the baskets of sweet candies were distributed that they dispersed.
Zhang Yuanwai, on the other hand, looked at the bright sky and asked the waiter to prepare the gifts.
Not long after, four guys came out carrying two boxes.
It contains some ordinary New Year's goods, not expensive items.
Next, when visiting relatives and friends, we will focus on these food and drink items.
It's just that after Zhang Yuanwai packed up, he didn't set off immediately.
Instead, he waited quietly where he was, and from time to time he said hello to acquaintances passing by and said "Happy New Year."
Soon.
A yawning figure walked up the street.
When Zhang Yuanwai saw the guard coming, he asked the clerk to lift the box and follow him while walking towards the guard.
Wait until we get closer.
Zhang Yuanwai didn’t say anything yet.
The guard said helplessly: "Uncle, did we get up a little too early this year?"
"It's still early." Zhang Yuanwai walked up to him and helped him straighten his collar, which was a little off. "I'll finish the gift as soon as possible. I'll have other things to do later."
"Other things?"
The guard asked, "Are you going to the city to give gifts? I remember that I will go there after the seventh day of the lunar month."
The guard said, knowing very well the arrangements for this gift-giving.
Roughly speaking, on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, I went back and forth to visit relatives and familiar shopkeepers in the county to give gifts.
After finishing the matter here in the county, I will go to the shopkeeper's friend in the city again after the new year.
We can't go to other counties further away, but we can send trustworthy people to deliver them.
For friends and relatives further away, you have to rely on escort agencies.
When Zhang Yuanwai saw the guard giving gifts in confusion, he didn't explain much.
I gave away all the gifts until the afternoon.
I have been tired for a long time, so I will wait for a while when I go back to my house.
Then he waited for the people in the mansion to leave from the main hall.
Zhang Yuanwai then said to the guard who was rubbing his legs: "I will go to the yard to pick up six kilograms of bacon later. Let's go out of the county together and go to Mr. tea stall."
"Sir, are you still at the stall?" The guard looked up in surprise.
Zhang Yuanwai said uncertainly: "I don't know if he is here or not, so I won't go and take a look until I finish my work today."
"That's it..." The guard looked at Zhang Yuanwai's gray temples, "The uncle should be at home, the snowy road is not easy to walk on."
As he said this, he stood up and went out, "I'll go outside the county to have a look first. If your husband is here, I'll come back and tell my uncle."
"Why bother?" Zhang Yuanwai refused directly: "I'm not old yet, my legs and feet are still working."
He said this and pointed in the direction of Yuan County, "I rode a horse and went outside a few years ago. Have you forgotten?"
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"Of course I haven't forgotten it." Seeing the uncle's refusal, the guard knew he couldn't persuade him any more, but he still subconsciously tried to persuade her again, "But the main reason is that it's cold."
"It's cold." Zhang Yuan still retorted: "It won't freeze me. Besides, we can open a shop in the city only because of my husband.
If you want me to stay at home and wait, then I won’t feel at ease, and I will get sick from boredom.”
"Yes, yes... what the uncle said is..." the guard sighed helplessly and said no more.
Since you can’t persuade me, let’s leave the county together.
To be continued...