Change customs
Text/Guo Guanghua
On the 28th of The 28th month, the three members of the Liu family working in Shenzhen returned to their hometown in the countryside for the New Year.
Chinese New Year's Eve night, the whole family of more than a dozen people sat around to eat a reunion dinner. Chinese New Year's Eve rice is very rich, the birds in the mountains, the land cattle and sheep are fresh on the seabed, and everything is available. Among them, the free-range large red jade rooster is an indispensable dish, which means that the days are red and hot, such as the sun in the sky.
The red jade chicken was brought to the table, and Da Liu glanced left and right without seeing the chicken head, so he asked: "Dad, why didn't you see the chicken head, did it fall into the pot, or did you eat it in advance..."
The old father was silent, and the old mother smiled and said, "The chicken head was already stewed for Yao Wei (the son of the second brother of Liu). ”
Da Liu was puzzled and asked: "Isn't our custom here that chicken heads are left for the elderly to eat, on the one hand, there is the meaning of 'respecting the elderly', on the other hand, there is the meaning of blessing the elderly health and longevity..."
The mother said, "Eat the chicken crown and be a high official." The chicken head is given to the child to eat, which means that the child will become a high official in the future, the family will also prosper, the times have changed, and the customs and habits must also change..."
Da Liu was stunned and sighed with emotion.
Author: Guo Guanghua, a Chinese teacher at the No. 8 Middle School in Ningyang County, Shandong Province, likes to write something. He has published more than 700 articles in newspapers and magazines such as "Novel Monthly", "Jinshan", "New Story Society", "Jiannan Literature", "Chinese Small Novel", "Humorous Satire Short Story", "Small Novelist", "Small Novel Big World", "Tao Shan", "Jasmine Short Story", "Water Moon North Lake", "Comedy World" and other newspapers and magazines.
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