201. The prospective son-in-law pays homage to the new year

On the second day of the first lunar month, Sun Gang’s custom is: all old, middle-aged and light daughters-in-law who have not yet become mother-in-law or mother-in-law should lead their husbands and children to their parents’ homes to pay New Year’s greetings, commonly known as “New Year’s greetings.”

To pay New Year's greetings is to pay New Year's greetings to my father-in-law's house during the first lunar month.

The protagonist of New Year's greetings is the new son-in-law. They are really bitter and sweet on the second day of the first lunar month.

What’s sweet is that the new son-in-law is only a distinguished guest on this day and sits on the table. This is also the highest-standard special treatment they enjoy in their father-in-law’s house in their lives.

The bitter thing is that I get drunk every day.

Children who are already adults and unmarried have to go to their grandma's house to pay New Year's greetings. Although the son-in-law usually sees his father-in-law and mother-in-law, he is like a "mouse meets a cat". He is cautious and only knows how to do work. But on the second day of the lunar month, the father-in-law and mother-in-law must entertain their son-in-law on this day.

Many people in rural areas still retain the custom of getting engaged first and then getting married, which was passed down from the old age.

There is usually one to three years between engagement and marriage. Of course, there are also people who get married immediately after getting married. Most of this situation is because of the problem of "speeding". Both parties are afraid of the cold, so they can start a marriage in a hurry to cover up their eyes and ears.

Speeding means getting pregnant before marriage. This is no longer a matter of now, but people in the past were very concerned. If they had children before getting married, it would be very embarrassing, and the whole family could not raise their heads.

A son-in-law who has been married but has not been married should be considered a "foreign son-in-law". The foreign son-in-law also goes to his father-in-law's house every year in the first month of the year. The real purpose of going is to pick up his daughter-in-law and stay in his mother-in-law's house.

I also greeted New Year when I went there and bowed to say hello, but this is just a greeting in the general sense, and it cannot be called New Year's greeting. Sun Gang directly calls it "receiving a wife" here.

Sun Gang is a prospective son-in-law. Today, he plans to go to the county town to greet Zhao Han's relatives and pick her up to stay at home for a few days.

A married son-in-law is a true son-in-law. A new son-in-law refers to a son-in-law who just got married. A new son-in-law who greets the New Year is a new son-in-law, so in some places it is also called "the new son-in-law comes to the door".

After the second year, although I usually go to my father-in-law's house every year in the first month of the year, my son-in-law had become my son-in-law and still kept saying goodbye to the New Year, and the treatment I received was very different.

Therefore, paying New Year's greeting is something worth cherishing, and it is something that will never come back if it is over.

There are fixed times for New Year greetings, both on the second day of the Lunar New Year and the third day of the late New Year. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I wish you a happy New Year at home.

There is a saying in rural areas that "a son-in-law and a half-la" means "half-la" and naturally you have to worship your elders first and then complete the "half-la" task.

Every morning on the second day of the first lunar month, most of the young men and women on the avenue who were dressed in red and green in spirit went to pay New Year's greetings.

In the countryside, it is a very grand event for the new son-in-law to pay New Year's greetings, and both sides attach great importance to it.

My son-in-law has made various preparations long ago. He had bought gifts before the New Year. Most of the gifts are tobacco, alcohol and sugar, and now there are fruits in boxes. The wine can usually be counted locally.

When we pay New Year's greetings, we not only worship our father-in-law, but also other close relatives of our daughter-in-law, as well as elders from other relatives.

I sent my new wife as a messenger in advance to communicate with my parents. There was a definite calculation for who should go and who should not go. If you should go, someone picked you and said you were not kind enough. If you should go, they would laugh at you and said you had nothing to put in.

Rural people are simple and simple, but they are etiquette. If you are negligent, you will make mistakes and leave things behind.

My father-in-law was not idle before and after the New Year, and was preparing for the new son-in-law to come to the house.

When slaughtering pigs and chickens in the twelfth lunar month, I dare not eat and drink badly, and I have to reduce it everywhere. If anyone has a little bit of a big road, someone will definitely say that I have to keep it, and the new son-in-law will come to the door for use in the first lunar month.

Most of the people who say this are mother-in-law. As the saying goes, mother-in-law loves his son-in-law the most. In fact, if you love your son-in-law, you love your daughter. No one who is a mother doesn’t love your daughter.

On the morning of the second day of the lunar calendar, Sun Gang got up early.

First, I tidy up all the items I should bring and wanted to leave several relatives. Each family had to deliver them to my door, counting them all, and was very careful, afraid that they would be picked by Zhao Han's other relatives.

Then Sun Gang carefully dressed up himself and put on a new outfit, looking very energetic.

When Sun Gang left the door, he was worried about his mother. Sun Mom chased him out again and said the words he had been holding his ears for so many times: There is a sitting posture, and there is a standing posture, and you should think about it while you are talking, don’t miss it.

Motorcycles, tractors, cars, and of course walking on the road, all of which are for going out to wish you New Year.

With a nervous mood, Sun Gang entered the county town, which was very lively.

Sun Gang parked his car next to a fruit stall and was preparing to buy a few boxes of kiwis and pears.

"Dongdongdongdong", the sound of gongs and drums came from not far away. Sun Gang looked in the sound and found that it was a group of civil organizations playing dragons playing around, asking for fun money.

This is a local custom of celebrating the New Year. Most of the dragon-playing teams are old men from other places. After the first day of the New Year, they start to play dragon lanterns from house to house to make money, mainly targeting local businesses.

Whenever you arrive at a door, the shop owner has to buy a circle of firecrackers and set them off, and give you some wedding money.

The dragon-playing team played for a while and then went to the next house. If the owner of the store was not generous enough and was unwilling to pay, the person in the team who specifically asked for money would sit down at the door of the store with a slutty mouth and say nice words, and knock on the gong from time to time. The people holding the yellow dragon were also silent at the door. In that situation, the people who were doing business usually couldn't resist it and just passed it off early and happily.

To be honest, this group of people is really not a good idea to play with dragon lanterns. The dragon's shape is also ugly, and the dragon's play is too old.

There is also a type of lion play. The lion is played by two people, and the third person carries a big bag to collect money, or the owner gives a pack of cigarettes, a bottle of wine, etc. Many families give it one or two yuan and get it, and the price of cigarettes and alcohol is not only this. People who play lions usually go to the countryside.

After buying the fruit, he drove to Zhao Han's house. Zhao Han's house was full of people all the time, waiting specifically to welcome the prospective son-in-law to the door.

As soon as Sun Gang entered the room, he felt that he had not straightened up. Following Zhao Han's introduction, he bowed and said hello one by one.

"Hello uncle..."

"Hello uncle..."

"Hello, second uncle..."

"Hello, aunt, uncle..."

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After waiting for a while, Sun Gang felt dizzy and felt a little dizzy...
Chapter completed!