On the first day of the Lunar New Year, our juniors here are going to pay New Year's greetings to the elders, and the New Year's greetings are generally set after lunch.
But on this day, the children of our village are different from the children of other villages, they go to bed together, and they don't have time to eat lunch, so they organize groups with each other to receive red envelopes for each family to earn income.
The custom of children harvesting red envelopes for the whole village has not started since ancient times, and then has been passed down to the present, but originated from a bold attempt by the children more than 20 years ago, which gradually emerged in our village.
Since then, on the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, children must form groups to earn red envelopes for each family, which has also become a custom that has slowly continued.
When I got up in the morning, my mother had already put melon seeds, sugar cane, water chestnuts, grapefruit and other sweets on the table, and prepared countless red envelopes to cope with the sudden arrival of the children.
Sure enough, when I was washing my face, a childish voice came from the door: "Congratulations to grandpa, grandma, and uncles for a happy new year, and bring the red envelope for fortune in the Year of the Dragon." ”
As soon as the words fell, a large group of boys rushed in, and they all gave my family New Year's greetings.
I beckoned them to sit down and told them to eat the candy on the table: the children said they were not interested in the candy on the table, they didn't care about eating and drinking, and they didn't lack it.
Their eyes looked at my mother (the grandmother in the eyes of the children) in unison, and their eyes were full of anticipation, I knew that this was the rhythm of asking for red envelopes, but I was too embarrassed to say it clearly, so I asked my mother to quickly scatter the red envelopes.
As soon as the mother finished the red envelope, the children were reluctant to stay for a few more moments, and politely said, "Thank you." Then they dispersed and hurried to the next one.
The boys dispersed, and my home was calm again.
Just as I was about to cook and eat it early, a childish New Year's greeting sounded at the door: "Congratulations to grandpa, grandma, uncle Happy Year of the Dragon, Dragon Horse spirit".
As soon as I finished speaking, a group of girls came to my house full of joy, and before my family could react, they had already finished paying our New Year's greetings.
I beckoned them to sit down and let them eat the candy on the table, and they still said that they didn't want to eat, and the eyes of the group just looked at my mother (grandma in the eyes of the children) with begging and anticipation.
I naturally understood what the children meant, and I beckoned to my mother, "Hurry up and scatter the red envelopes." ”
The mother brought a red envelope, and the red envelope was stuffed with a 10 yuan yuan, and the children talked and laughed happily while taking the red envelope.
After the red envelopes, the girls patted their bulging pockets, not wanting to stay any longer, they thanked us, and immediately left our house and hurried to the next one.
During the New Year's greetings, the boys form a group, and the girls form another group, they (they) do not disturb each other, you go your way to fortune, and I recite my scriptures to get rich.
Today has become a good day for the children in the village to get rid of poverty and become rich.
Today has become the most profitable day for the children in the village, the red envelopes are soft, and the pockets are bulging.
Today has become the most hopeful and happiest day for the children in the village.
Eating and drinking today is not important to them, the important thing is to give New Year's greetings to every family, and the family is not allowed to be left behind.
I quietly helped them calculate the income of the red envelope, more than 80 households in our village, each household gives a red envelope of 10 yuan, if every household goes there, there will be more than 800 yuan, plus their relatives, parents and elders give the red envelope, only on the first day of the Lunar New Year, their income can be about 2,000 yuan, which is almost catching up with the monthly salary of adults.
Children are full of wisdom, and on this day they (they) use their knowledge, courage and wisdom to accumulate countless wealth and make a lot of money.
Their ability to earn money is unsurpassed, and I am envious and jealous.
At this time, I couldn't help but sigh secretly: "How can it be so easy for children to earn money? It's like a strong wind." ”