Chapter 352 The opening shot was fired, and the God of Wealth is coming
The first day of the new year.

Chen Yuan woke up early, washed up and went downstairs. The first thing he did when he arrived at the main hall was to pick up the incense and light it, following the incense burning procedure.

This is basically a traditional custom, burning incense and praying on the first day of the new year, but Chen Yuan and his friends choose to stay at home, and they prefer to go to the temple.

The temples are always packed with people on the first day of every year. Some people even rush to the temple on the night of New Year’s Eve and spend a lot of money to be the first to burn incense.

“After burning incense, open the door and set off firecrackers.”

Chen Jun handed a large circle of firecrackers to Chen Yuan. Tang Ying was also in the main room and did not go out.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, there is a custom of opening the door and setting off firecrackers, which is said to bid farewell to the old and usher in the new, drive away evil spirits and welcome good luck, celebrate the New Year, and pray for good luck and fortune.

The door-opening firecrackers are also called opening the door to wealth, or the door-opening cannon. It is said that after the door-opening cannon is set off, the God of Wealth will come.

In previous years, it was Chen Jun who was in charge, but this year it is Chen Yuan who takes over. He hopes that the God of Wealth will be welcomed and the business will be smooth and bigger and stronger this year.

“Crackling.”

Chen Yuan came to the yard with firecrackers, set them up, took out a lighter and lit them. In an instant, the crackling sound spread throughout Yucheng Village. Although there was only one firecracker and the sound did not last long, the whole village could hear it.

“Fire the opening cannon, and the God of Wealth will come.”

The villagers followed Chen Yuan and set off firecrackers, and Yucheng Village instantly became lively.

“Okay, I’m going to cook the dumplings. You two gentlemen, please stop sweeping the floor.”

After firing the opening cannon, Tang Ying went to the kitchen and told Chen Yuan and the others not to sweep the floor. This is also the custom. The first day of the new year is all about wealth, so they don’t want to sweep away the fortune. For this reason, the broom is even hidden and not allowed to be seen on this day.

“understood.”

Of course, the father and son knew these customs and neither of them thought about sweeping the floor. Instead, they went back to the living room, turned on the TV, and listened to the joyful sounds of celebration.

“Do you want to go out and play in the morning?” After turning off the TV, Chen Jun took out a cigarette and handed it to Chen Yuan.

“I probably can’t go in the morning. I have other things to do.” Chen Yuan shook his head as he took the cigarette.

“What’s the matter?” Chen Jun asked.

“After dinner, I have to go with Uncle Bin to pay New Year’s greetings to the elders in the village.”

Chen Yuan smiled, lit a cigarette, took a deep puff, exhaled a long puff of smoke, and said, “To be precise, we have to go to the village to pay New Year’s greetings to all the elderly who are sixty years old or above.”

This is a nursing home benefit.

Although the nursing home in Yucheng Village has not been built yet, the necessary benefits are not lacking. The older generations in the village deserve respect and care from the younger generations.

“This is business.”

Chen Jun nodded, then suddenly looked at Chen Yuan and said half jokingly and half seriously: “I think if you continue like this, the whole village will have to build an ancestral hall for you.”

There is no ancestral hall in Yucheng Village yet.

Firstly, Yucheng Village is not a large clan village, and Yucheng Village is not Chenjia Village. Although the earliest Yucheng villagers were all surnamed Chen, later for various reasons, some people with other surnames were accepted, and it became difficult to repair the ancestral hall.

Furthermore, there is no particularly famous sage in Yucheng Village, or anyone who has made indelible and outstanding contributions to the village, so there is no one to worship.

But if Chen Yuan can really bring Yucheng Village to an unimaginable height, and implement a nursing home, and even follow-up medical education, etc., his contribution to Yucheng Village will definitely be unprecedented.

It is not impossible to build a ancestral hall for him one day.

Moreover, some areas have the so-called “living filial piety” tradition, which Yucheng Village may well follow and develop a tradition that is unique to Yucheng Village.

“It’s New Year’s Day, let’s not talk about this.” Chen Yuan waved his hand and smiled.

He had never thought about these things at all. It was enough to combine the village and the enterprise, borrow the resources of Yucheng Village for common development, and lead Yucheng Village to become rich together.

“Here, take this.”

Without saying any more, Chen Jun went back to the house with a cigarette in his mouth, took out a schoolbag and handed it to Chen Yuan.

“What is it?” Chen Yuan took it curiously.

“Cigarettes, candies and red envelopes.”

Chen Jun took a long puff of his cigarette, flicked the ash and said with a smile: “Today is the first day of the new year. With your current prestige in Yucheng Village, I’m afraid there will be many people coming to wish you a happy new year.”

“I really didn’t think of this.” Chen Yuan opened his schoolbag and took a look.

The custom of paying New Year’s greetings definitely exists, but when adults pay New Year’s greetings, it is basically the same family members paying New Year’s greetings to each other. For example, the Chen Jun and Chen Guo families only need to pay New Year’s greetings to each other, and there is no need for the whole village to pay New Year’s greetings.

But if someone has a particularly high prestige, they will also go to pay New Year’s greetings.

The old village chief back then had this treatment, but no one in Yucheng Village has had this treatment in recent years. However, with Chen Yuan’s current prestige, perhaps many people will come to pay New Year’s greetings.

Apart from adults, children’s New Year greetings are different.

When Chen Yuan and his friends were young, they would go door to door in groups to wish everyone a happy new year. They would get a handful of melon seeds, or some candies, or even a small red envelope.

This is what makes children happiest.

“time to eat.”

After chatting in the main room for a while, Tang Ying’s voice came from the kitchen.

The father and son went to the kitchen with smiles on their faces and brought a bowl of dumplings.

I had just finished my meal and had not yet had time to leave the table when I heard the sound of children laughing coming from outside the yard, occasionally accompanied by a few bangs of firecrackers.

“New Year’s greetings are coming.”

Chen Jun looked up, then smiled and nodded at Chen Yuan, motioning Chen Yuan to go and greet him.

In the past, children in the village would greet Chen Jun and Tang Ying during the New Year. Now that Chen Yuan has grown up and is able to take over the family banner, Chen Jun and Tang Ying are relieved to have him on hand.

“Boss Chen, we are here to wish you a happy new year.”

“I wish Mr. Chen a happy new year and great fortune every day.”

Chen Yuan walked out of the main room with his schoolbag and saw a group of half-grown children walking into the yard. Behind them were some children of a few years old. They were all wearing brand new clothes and looked very energetic.

But I guess before noon, I’ll tell you what kids playing in the countryside are like.

“Haha, Happy New Year, everyone. I also wish you all healthy growth and happiness every day. Come, have some candy.”

Chen Yuan responded with a smile, opened his schoolbag and took out several handfuls of oranges, distributing them to the children in front of him.

Somewhat emotional.

It felt like it was just yesterday that they used to go there in groups to pay New Year’s greetings, but in the blink of an eye, he was now standing here handing out candies.

Time flies.

“I don’t want candy, Boss Chen, I want a red envelope.”

“My grandfather said that you don’t need to be shy when wishing Boss Chen a happy new year. If you want a red envelope, just ask for it directly. Boss Chen gave out tens of thousands of red envelopes last night. He will definitely not be stingy.”

“Yes, we want red envelopes.”

“Red envelope, red envelope~”

Those boys in their early teens are no longer at the age where they can be persuaded with candies, and they don’t feel embarrassed at all when asking for red envelopes.

The three or five-year-old kids at the back didn’t understand this, but they followed their older brothers and sisters to make a fuss, surrounding Chen Yuan’s feet and shouting for red envelopes.

Cute and fun, yet also lively and festive.

“There will definitely be red envelopes, two for each person, double happiness.”

Chen Yuan generously took out a stack of red envelopes and gave two to each child. He could understand the children’s thoughts very well, after all, he had been through the same thing himself.

“Wow, hahaha. Red envelopes, red envelopes.”

When the children saw the red envelopes, their eyes brightened up, especially the half-grown children, who happily put the red envelopes in their pockets and did not forget to express their gratitude.

“Thank you, Boss Chen.”

“Boss Chen will make a fortune.” “Boss Chen will definitely find a beautiful girlfriend this year.”

Chen Yuan didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Whose child is this? Does she know what a girlfriend is?

But it was the same for them back then. The most common greetings were “Happy New Year” and “Make a fortune”. The other blessings were taught by adults. No matter whether they understood them or not, they just had to remember to say them.

“Wow, there are actually twelve yuan in a red envelope. My parents really didn’t lie to me. I can get a big red envelope by paying New Year’s greetings to Boss Chen.”

“Little brother, give me your red envelope and I’ll keep it for you. Don’t lose it.”

“I don’t~”

After paying New Year’s greetings, a group of children happily went to the next house with red envelopes in their pockets. The happy voices of children could be heard outside the yard, and they couldn’t help but open the envelope to see the amount of money.

Chen Yuan and his friends did the same thing before. It was not convenient to dismantle the items in front of others, so they wanted to see how many there were as soon as they went out.

“Look how happy these kids are.”

Chen Jun sat in the main room, holding a cigarette in his mouth and looking at the yard outside, with a bright smile on his face.

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A red envelope of twelve yuan is not small. After all, it is not New Year’s money. It is just to make the New Year’s greetings lively and to bring happiness and good omen.

And giving too much is not good either.

With their current conditions, they can afford to give one or two hundred. Last night, Chen Yuan gave out red envelopes worth tens of thousands, so a red envelope of one or two hundred is nothing.

But when Chen Yuan sent out red envelopes in the group, it was addressed to the whole village. This kind of New Year’s red envelope is not just for their family. You only give out one or two hundred here, so how about other families?
So, just have a happy New Year.

“Boss Chen, we are here to wish you a happy new year.”

Just as a group of children left, another group came in a short while. There are quite a few children in Yucheng Village this year, at least a hundred or eighty, so it is difficult to get them together.

Just like when Chen Yuan and his friends were kids, they would go to pay New Year’s greetings together if they were good friends.

“Haha, happy new year kids.”

Chen Yuan still gave out candies and red envelopes. The children were so happy when they received the red envelopes.

Children are at the most innocent and pure age, and their happiness is very simple.

“Boss Chen, Happy New Year. On behalf of my family, I wish Boss Chen a prosperous business and smooth sailing. I also wish uncle and aunt good health and a happy family.”

After the children paid New Year’s greetings, some young people from the village also came.

Most of them are students.

There were high school students and college students. They were of the same generation as Chen Yuan, just a few years apart in age. They came to wish everyone a happy new year on behalf of their entire family.

“Study hard and try to get into a good university. Yucheng Village is waiting for you to build it together.”

Chen Yuan treated everyone equally and gave them small red envelopes. Although the small red envelopes seemed a little embarrassing for this group of young people, they just did it for the sake of celebration and they all happily accepted it and expressed gratitude.

“And you guys, when you graduate, you can choose any position in all the projects in Yucheng Village.”

For college students, in addition to red envelopes, Chen Yuan also took out cigarettes.

We are all adults now, and we can smoke if we know how. Chen Yuan also started smoking when he was in college.

“Boss Chen, Happy New Year. I came here to wish you a happy new year.”

After this group of students paid their New Year’s greetings, it was Zhou Lin’s group’s turn. Some of them came with children who were a few months old or over one year old.

He also teaches children how to congratulate, which is very cute.

Chen Yuan teased them for a while, then gave the babies a handful of candy and a handful of red envelopes. Then he took out a cigarette and passed it around, saying, “Come on, come on, sit inside for a while.”

Chen Jun, who was in the room, saw the adults starting to come on stage and also greeted them with a stool in his hand.

“Uncle, let’s not sit down. Let’s just chat in the yard for a while. We still have to walk around the village and then wait to play cards.” Gangzi said with a smile.

It’s Chinese New Year.

There aren’t many ways for young people to entertain themselves in the village. Apart from playing cards, there’s nothing fun to do.

“Haha, I understand, I understand. Then I won’t say hello. I’ll go to Laotang to play later.” Chen Jun didn’t beat around the bush. Everyone understood the rhythm.

“Okay uncle, Boss Chen, we’ll play in Laotang for a while.”

After smoking a cigarette, the group of young people withdrew and continued to walk around.

“You guys play first, I have to take a walk too.” Chen Yuan said with a smile.

“Okay, Boss Chen, Uncle Chen, Aunt Tang, let’s leave first.”

Gangzi, Zhou Lin and the others said hello and left. This is basically how it is when people in the village pay New Year’s greetings. They chat for a while and then leave, after all, there are still people following behind.

And they all want to have fun, so they go in groups and walk around Yucheng Village, paying New Year’s greetings and playing cards.

“Boss Chen~”

After Zhou Lin and his companions left, many villagers came over one after another. Chen Yuan opened a cigarette and all the cigarette boxes. It was simple and easy.

“How’s the New Year’s greeting going?”

After greeting people for nearly an hour, the New Year’s greetings team was basically over. At this time, Chen Guo’s family came over from the backyard.

“Almost done.” Chen Jun took out a cigarette and walked forward.

“Then let’s take a walk too.” Chen Guo took the cigarette and said with a smile, then put it in his mouth.

“Row.”

Chen Guo nodded, then looked at Chen Yuan and said, “Xiao Yuan, if you want to go find Chen Wenbin, go ahead. Let’s go around the village. Don’t close the door to the main hall.”

As per custom, the door cannot be closed on the first day of the new year.

“Ok.”

Chen Yuan nodded, put out his cigarette after finishing it, then turned and went upstairs to take out a stack of red envelopes that he had prepared in advance. These were for the elderly in the village.

After discussing with Chen Wenbin, since Yucheng Village is going to build a nursing home and people over 60 years old will be taken care of by the village, then these benefits should be provided.

Not only Chen Yuan, but Chen Wenbin will also prepare red envelopes on behalf of the village committee.

This is the benefit of the village-enterprise nursing home.

“Uncle Bin, Aunt Xiu.”

When we arrived at Chen Wenbin’s house, a bunch of people, both adults and children, had already gathered in the yard, some cracking melon seeds, some smoking and chatting.

“Hey, Boss Chen, Happy New Year.”

These are basically all relatives of Chen Wenbin, and some have moved here from Chen Yuan’s family, so it’s quite lively here.

Chen Yuan greeted everyone and scattered the cigarette in his pocket.

After chatting for a while, the people in the yard dispersed one after another, and Chen Yuan then wished Chen Wenbin and his family a happy new year.

“Are you ready over there?”

Chen Wenbin saw the guests off, handed Chen Yuan a cigarette and asked.

“We’ve finished paying New Year’s greetings, and the red envelopes for the elderly are all ready.” Chen Yuan took the cigarette and patted the schoolbag across his body, which contained cigarettes and red envelopes.

“Okay, wait for me two minutes.”

Chen Wenbin turned and went into the house. After a while, he came out with a briefcase and a thermos cup in his hand, looking like a genuine village cadre.

“Walk.”

Chen Wenbin raised his thermos cup and called Chen Yuan to set off.

(End of this chapter)