Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Pei is not a good kid and has a weird temper.

Even if you are nice to her, she may not take it to heart.

If you treat her badly, she will definitely remember it.

She was also very vengeful, and after she made up her mind to ignore the Liu family, she really didn't say a word.

The next day, on the 30th, the Liu family went to worship the river god in the morning.

There is no river god temple in Puluo Village, so if you want to worship, you have to go to Peijia Town.

They decided to eat vegetarian food, but they did not dare to let the river god eat with them. They still had to prepare offerings such as chicken, duck, fish, meat, fruits, cakes and a whole pig's head.

Because the journey was long and he was determined not to kill any animals for the time being, he sent someone to tell them and handed everything over to Qian's wine shop to prepare.

Qian's wine shop does not close during the day on New Year's Eve.

People here offer sacrifices to the river god whenever they have time. During the festival days, there will be even more people going to offer sacrifices to the river god. There are not only wealthy merchants, but also ordinary people and people selected from each village. It is the time to make money.

Not only will they not close their shops, but the street vendors will also come out to make some money while there are so many people. After all, it's a holiday, and anyone with money in their pocket, no matter how stingy, will spend a few cents to buy something.

When the Liu family arrived in town on an ox cart, there were so many people on the street that the car couldn't pass through. However, it was still obvious that this year was different from previous years.

Many people did not buy new clothes, there were fewer things on the stalls, there were fewer shouts, and the vendors were lazy because few people would stop by.

The heavy rain destroyed the crops.

It was a bad year and there was no money in the pockets, so everyone was fooled as much as possible. The greedy children cried loudly, and their parents just stood by silently.

If it weren't for the fact that children are not beaten during the Chinese New Year, they would definitely have been beaten.

There is always a sense of desolation in the bustle.

The only things that need to be done seriously are ancestor worship and worship of gods.

Since the car couldn't get through, they had to get off and walk.

Liu Renben walked with the help of crutches and jumped up and down.

On the third floor of the Qian Family Liquor Store, a man leaned out of a street-facing window and laughed at him: "Hey, Liu Dalu, what's up? Changing your Chinese zodiac sign after the Lunar New Year, from donkey to rabbit? That's absurd. No rabbit has a donkey's face."

When Liu Renben is at home, he is very delicate and has to complain to Pei Zhu about everything. But outside, he is not like that. He just opens his mouth and says:

"It's your father's fault, you bastard. You're such an unfilial son that you don't even come to kowtow to your father during the New Year."

As he was speaking, the father of the "bastard" stuck his head out of another window.

Before seeing Liu Renben, he looked at Liu Renben's parents first.

The head that had been sticking out instantly retracted, and he cursed inwardly: What bad luck.

Baifu shook Peizhu's hand and frowned, saying, "Mom, who is that uncle? Why is he scolding Dad?"

Before Pei Zhu could answer, Liu Tongsheng said, "Little Lotus, were you thinking about your bastard grandson just now?"

Liu Lianhua raised her hand and hit him, saying unhappily, "No, shut up."

Of course Liu Tongsheng refused to shut up. He kept mumbling and wanted to go up and fight with others. Liu Lianhua had no choice but to hold him back tightly.

Changsui stared at the stall selling firecrackers outside the wine shop. Pei Zhu gave him a few copper coins and told him to buy what he wanted. Shuanzi followed him.

Baifu didn't like playing this because she was too short to see anything, so she stretched out her hands and asked Peizhu to hug her.

Little Pei had no one to hold his hand, and Aunt Cuimei Yu, who was carrying something, fell behind, and the group just walked into the wine shop.

Pei Da Nu was sharp-eyed and started looking for the Liu family as soon as she saw them.

Little Pei's hands were empty, completely different from his previous visits to the town. He was feeling a little lost when he suddenly fell into a warm embrace.

Pei Da Nu picked her up excitedly and asked her, "Little sister, you're here. Did you miss me?"

The Liu family members, who had not paid much attention to her just now, suddenly looked over at her.

"Big sister Pei?" Little Pei recognized her, but didn't feel anything. He just said obediently, "Happy New Year, let's have fun together."

"Have fun together." A hint of disappointment flashed across Pei Da's eyes, but she still said with a smile while taking out a red envelope from her bosom and giving it to her.

When Pei Xiaohai was a little nun, she rarely received red envelopes. She was not very familiar with this matter. When her master was not around, she could only look to Pei Zhu and Liu Renben.

This move made them feel relieved.

Pei Zhu nodded to her: "Since it is given to you by your eldest sister of the Pei family, you should accept it."

Maybe it was an illusion, but Little Pei always felt that she emphasized the words "Pei's eldest sister" with extra emphasis, as if there was a deeper meaning behind it.

She was too lazy to think about it, so she took the red envelope and said "thank you". Thinking of Cheng Tianbao, she said:

"Are Qian Youji and Qian Youqing here?"

"They are at the back. It was chaotic out front today, so we didn't call them out. You can go and play with them." Pei Dayu said as she put her down.

Little Pei was a little tempted, but Liu Renben stopped him: "No, don't ask them to play. I have something else to do. When I have free time another day, I'll ask Zhuzhu to bring the children to play."

"Okay." Pei Da Nu's smile faded a little.

Little Pei felt that she was a little unhappy, but she still gave Changsui and Baifu red envelopes that were the same size as hers.

Changsui and Baifu couldn't wait any longer, so they opened the box as soon as they left the shop. Inside were two silver ingots each, and a string of ten-cent coins strung together with a red string, woven into a bracelet that was obviously for children to play with.

Here, it’s already considered a lot.

The same goes for Pei Xiaohai’s red envelope.

Changsui and Baifu obediently handed the silver ingots to Peizhu. The Liu family was not short of the money, but Peizhu was afraid that they would lose it if they kept it themselves, so he took it.

Pei Xiaohai was not very willing to do so, but since they all did the same, she followed suit.

As for the bracelets, Pei Zhu confiscated them and asked them to wear them.

After paying homage to the river god, you can go out and play. Here, New Year's greetings are done after the New Year. From the first to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month are good times to pay New Year's greetings. On the 30th day, everyone is busy playing and no one has time to entertain guests.

Liu Lianhua and Liu Tongsheng took Aunt Yu away.

Liu Renben had difficulty walking, so he could only find a wine shop or teahouse to sit in, and Pei Zhu went with him.

Cuimei and Shuanzi took Pei Xiaohai, Changsui and Baifu out to play.

Changsui and Baifu were five years old when the Chinese New Year came. It was their first time in town and also their first time with money. They had a lot of fun once they started playing.

They ran around here and there, and Cuimei and Shuanzi had no choice but to chase them closely.

Pei was confused and was left alone after being squeezed by the crowd.

She knew all the ways in the town and didn't feel lost. After a brief moment of confusion and grievance, she felt at ease instead.

They excitedly squeezed to the front to watch the fun.

The witches were wearing masks and dancing on the road, and everyone was crowding on both sides to watch.

The sound of gongs and drums is so lively.

Little Pei saw familiar faces behind the witch, her biological parents.

It seems that they are also going to worship the river god. Did they invite these witches and shamans?

As she was thinking this, she heard someone say:

"What a big event! Master Pei is really rich."