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When he was young, he had once asked his grandma why she had said so softly. His grandma had said that she was afraid that if there was too much commotion, it would disturb the immortal life. The reason why she had sent out the paper horses on the first morning of the new year was to welcome the return of the Duke of Kitchen, just in case he had disturbed the Duke of Kitchen's grandfather, which would affect his luck throughout the year.

Mama Qi used some bean curd to light the fire. She passed it to her mother, who said, "It's the fifth of the year. There are Elementary Scholars in the family."

Laughing, they said, "Then let's have some more. This year, we have two Elementary Scholars."

Everyone got out of bed one after another. Qi Zheng whispered to his mother, "Mom, just now, big sister Yqin gave me a red packet. I think she gave all the kids in the family one. Give one to Guo Guo too."

"How much money is in the bag?"

Qi Zheng took out his bag and counted it, "Two hundred."

Mother Qi said, "Then I'll give her 600 yuan. If you siblings give 800 yuan to her, we can also give these to Guo Guo as well. Your Sister Ya Qin will feel that we've drawn too clearly on her."

Qi Meng nodded, thought for a while and said, "There's still Qi You, I think my second aunt will give it to us even if she sees Sister Ya Qin giving it to us, so just give Qi He the 200 yuan."

Mama Qi nodded her head and smiled. "You, who have been working hard all day, are becoming more and more like an adult."

After getting up, Father Qi went to the west wing to stick up the image of the Kitchen King, arranged the incense burner, hung a string of firecrackers on a long bamboo pole, and set up a table in the yard. He also put a incense burner, had already prepared the paper money he wanted to burn, and had put quite a few stacks of paper money.

Mr Qi smiled and said, "Happy New Year to you too!"

Mama Qi got off the dumplings and said, "Help me clean up the table. We'll go to your grandma's house after dinner."

Second Uncle and his family had already woken up. Second Aunt washed up and went to the kitchen to help Mama Qi prepare the dumplings, while Second Uncle helped Papa Qi carry the dumplings from the first pot into a small bowl and placed three bowls in front of the Kitchen King. On the table in the yard were three bowls, three pairs of red chopsticks, and three small wine cups, filled to the brim with white wine.

Papa Qi, his second uncle, and Qi Yuan burned paper money for the Kitchen King, then burned paper money in front of a table in the courtyard. As he burned the paper money, he whispered words to the Kitchen King to protect the safety of their family and pray for a new year's peace. When all the paper money was burnt down, Papa Qi, his second uncle, and Qi Yuan kowtowed three times respectfully, then he lit up the firecrackers and ran into the house.

The person in the living room had already arranged the dumplings on the tea table. Second Aunt smiled as she said her blessings for the new year, then took out a stack of red packets and gave it to each child one by one, but Zhuo Yazqin estimated that the red packets were thicker than the ones in her hands. Zhuo Yazqin had already sent red packets to Qi Yuan's brother and sister before she went downstairs.

Qi Zheng whispered, "As long as you earn money cheaply, it's fine. Hurry up and eat." Just as he finished his sentence, he gave a "Ouch" sound and looked at everyone who was looking at him. He smiled and said, "I've eaten a piece of candy."

Qi Xiang said, "You're so lucky. Let's see who else gets the other piece. I only got two."

Just as Guo Guo said this, she happily said, "I ate it, I ate it."

Mama Qi smiled and said, "Our luck is also very good."

Qi Yuan was looking at Qi Yi who was sitting there awkwardly, eagerly looking at the water dumplings in his bowl, probably because he didn't eat the water dumplings with the sugar wrapped around them, secretly annoyed.

It was only after 5 AM when the sounds of firecrackers gradually dispersed. Father Qi said, "Let's get dressed and go to your grandma's house."

Wearing new clothes for the new year, the family walked to Grandma's house.

Because it was the new year, the street lamps lit up, the cool air was filled with the smell of smoke unique to firecrackers, the red lanterns hanging in front of every household would occasionally meet those who went to visit early in the morning, the first thing they would say to each other was, "Happy New Year!"

As for the origin of the "door bar", it seemed to have something to do with Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. As for the details, Qi Zheng was not very clear either, as he only remembered that his grandmother would place this stick at the entrance of her home during the new year, and that some elderly relatives would also place this stick at the entrance of their home during the new year. Later, this custom slowly faded away.

Qi Hong ran over to the west room of the East Room and happily shouted, "Happy New Year to all of you! Happy New Year to the aunt! Happy New Year to the Second Elder! Second Aunt, happy new year! "

Papa Qi touched the head of his youngest nephew happily and said with a smile, "Happy New Year to you too!"

Everyone went to grandpa's room to pay their respects to grandpa and grandma. The elderly man happily said these auspicious words to everyone while smiling from ear to ear.

Once everyone had sat down, her grandparents took out a stack of red packets and gave them the new year's money. Guo Guo happily took out the red packets in her hands and said to her mother, "Mom, mom, look, I got two red packets in one go."

Zhuo Ya Qin smiled as she looked at her daughter's red and excited face. Like a ripe apple, she couldn't help but hug and kiss her daughter.

It was already six o'clock at the moment, and the east was faintly red. The sound of people walking on the street could be heard, and the new year celebration began on the first day of the new year.

After the grandfather and grandmother accepted the new year greetings from the children, the man was led by his father and the woman was brought by his mother to the village to pay their respects to the elders.

Since Zhuo Ya Qin wasn't from the village, she went to Uncle Qian's room to watch TV. Guo Guo had been very familiar with the people from the village these few days, so she would go with Mother Qi to pay her New Year respects. As they walked along the road, they would talk to each other.

When they went to deliver things to their second grandma on New Year's Eve, they heard their second grandma say that Qianqian had been brought over by Yang Chengming to their house to prepare for the new year. Although Qianqian was with her second grandma, she still had to go back to her own home after school, so when they left, the second grandma packed a bag of clothes Qianqian had to wear for the new year and some snacks for Yang Chengming. She said that she would stay home for two nights, then return to her grandma's home on the second day of the new year.

Second Grandma prepared some melon seeds for her new year guests. Two groups of people had already left by the time they left. Second Grandma happily gave the children some fried peanuts and melon seeds. "Second Grandma, when will Qianqian come?"

Second Grandma said, "She won't be back until tomorrow."

Guo Guo said, "Sister Qian Qian, aren't you here to celebrate the new year? Isn't this her home? "

Second Grandma said, "I'm the grandma of your Qianqian sister. Your Qianqian sister went back to spend the new year with her grandmother."

Guo Guo couldn't understand these relationships. Blinking her large eyes in confusion, she thought for a moment but couldn't think of anything, so she didn't pursue it. She urged mother Qi to bring everyone to the village to celebrate New Year.

Large groups of people came to pay their New Year respects. When they saw each other, they would smile and say, "Happy New Year!" At the most, they would meet each other during the new year, unlike the neighbors who had lived in the village and had known each other since childhood. After the new year, they would warmly greet each other, and if they had a better relationship, they would decide when to have a drink or play poker together. Yangge's team would gather in the afternoon, and they would go around the village to pay their respects to the elders and young masters.

Guo Guo had been following Qi San around the village for a while, but it had worked. Many aunts and aunties would stop when they saw her. Guo Guo didn't recognize any of them, so Qi Xiang shouted, "Happy New Year!" It made the aunties and aunts giggle in delight.

The New Year celebrations were all about greeting the guests after entering the door, "Happy New Year!" After sitting down for a while, she took her leave and went to the next house. This morning, Mama Qi led her from the west end of the village to the east end, then went to the north end to visit her grandma's house. Seeing her mother, Guo Guo happily rushed over and chattered about the family she went to, how she was warmly received, and even explained to her mother that she was coming to the village to celebrate the new year.

He ate the leftover dumplings in the morning and rested for a while. After that, he heard the sound of the gongs and drums in the village committee's courtyard. The whole family went out to see Crack Twisting Song.

Especially in these two years, after the village gained a certain economic foundation, it was very good to expand the team, buy new lions, dragons, dry boats, and so on. When the end of the month came, the village would organize everyone to practice, and this time, amidst the clanging of the gongs and drums, two big lions and two dragons would dance out from the courtyard. There were many people standing in front of the entrance of the village committee, all three of them chatting in groups, this was the easiest time of the year.

The leader of the Crasher team, dressed as a matchmaker, wore a hat worn by his grandmothers, and held a broken palm-leaf fan in his hand.

There were dozens of people in Yangge's team. Besides the dragon-boat dancers and the stilts, there were also people on stilts, including a group of four people on stilts, a group of eight people on the sea, Xu Xianqing, the White Snake Daughter, and a few people disguised as Liang Shan guys. There were also about twenty people on stilts that were around forty centimeters tall.

A few of the people from the Crab Team were still very familiar with Guo Guo. When they saw Guo Guo being carried by their mother to watch her play, they would come over and tease her. Guo Guo's little face would turn red from giggling, and sometimes she would even call people "Big brother and big sister".