It is difficult for the farmer's sister

Chapter 38 Preparing for the New Year (December 23 of the Lunar Calendar)

Su Chenrui thought about what the elder sister taught, and slowly said, "Grandma, we have separated, and the household registration is no longer on a piece of paper. What is usually given to you is our filial piety. As for other things, we don't give you, you Even if we go to the clan or even the yamen, it is useless to sue us..."

After finishing speaking, he didn't plan to stay any longer, and said bluntly, "Grandpa and grandma, you can rest. There are still things at home, so I will go first."

Old lady Su leaned back angrily, and slapped the table with a "slap", "Stop! What? I can't educate you now?"

Su Chenrui turned around and said, "Of course grandparents can educate, but it's only limited to verbal education."

After leaving the courtyard, you could hear old lady Su cursing and cursing. Su Chenrui smiled ironically, shook his head, and walked towards Lin Lijun's house...

Seeing that the door was locked from the inside, Su Chenrui hurriedly knocked on the door and shouted, "Grandpa Lin, open the door."

Lin Lijun hurried to the yard and opened the door.She was a little strange that she had never met Su Chenrui, so she hurriedly asked, "Who are you? What can I do with my grandfather?"

Mr. Lin's voice came over, "Li Jun, who is it? Please come in."

Lin Lijun stepped aside, "Come in."

Su Chenrui walked into the main room, took out the fish and put it on the table, "My eldest sister is Su Rui, my name is Su Chenrui, my eldest sister asked me to bring the fish."

When Lin Lijun heard Su Rui's name, her attitude changed immediately, "So you are sister Su Rui's younger brother, why didn't you say it earlier?"

Su Chenrui looked at her, "You didn't even give me a chance to speak..."

As soon as Mr. Lin heard this, he looked at Lin Lijun blamingly, "Lijun, don't be so anxious in the future, you have to wait for someone to finish talking."

Lin Lijun nodded embarrassedly, "I know Grandpa."

Then he said to Su Chen Rui, "I'm sorry, brother Chen Rui."

"It's ok."

"Chen Rui, right? Your sister is so polite. A few days ago, she gave me watermelon, leeks, and fish today. How can we accept it?"

Su Chenrui, "Grandpa Lin, don't be embarrassed. My sister said to help those in need."

Laozi Lin sighed, "Your eldest sister is really a kind person."

In fact, in modern times, Su Rui has never been a kind person. She always feels that "a poor person must have something to hate." She never believes those who say how pitiful they are on the Internet.

But in this dynasty, even though she has encountered malicious people, there are also many people who have helped her with kindness, so she feels that she can also remove the colored glasses and see and feel with normal eyes.

When Su Chenrui heard someone praise Su Rui, he said happily, "Well, my eldest sister is indeed very kind. She is also very kind to us..."

At this time, Su Qiang also came back with a fish, "Grandpa Lin and my parents asked me to bring you a fish for Chinese New Year."

Su Chenrui didn't expect to meet a little friend, and said in surprise, "Su Qiang, you also came to see her off."

Su Qiang was also a little surprised, "Well, you were sent by sister Su Rui."

The two little friends looked at each other and smiled, and went back to their respective homes after delivering the fish.

For dinner, I must eat fish balls, braised in soy sauce, and the remaining fish bones are not wasted. I added a radish and stewed it into soup. The leek scrambled eggs that were not enough to eat yesterday, today because of the excellent appearance of fish balls, no one eats them up.

Su Chenrui was happy to eat, and asked Su Qiao to say, "What a coincidence, I'll make this braised fish ball tomorrow."

Su Qiao looked at her twin brother with a smile: "OK..."

The next day was Xiaonian, Su Rui and his brother took a good bath before going to bed.

As the old saying goes, "Don't shave your head in the first month", "If you have money but don't have money, shave your head for the New Year" and so on.So in ancient times, as long as the New Year's Eve, men, women and children would take a bath, start from scratch, and welcome the New Year cleanly.

Before dark, Aunt Hua came over and asked Su Rui, "You must abide by the customs, do you hear me?"

Su Rui nodded again and again, "I know, I know."

Su Rui thought to herself, "I have to take a bath every day in modern times. In ancient times, I only took a bath every two or three days. It's already sloppy. Now I can't take a bath for more than 20 days, and I don't have lice on my body? Sigh..."

In the evening, we used the soap bought from the county some time ago, and everyone washed it clean inside and out.

As the saying goes, after Laba is a new year, then after a small year, it will be a new year. After a small year, it will be less than ten days before the new year.On this day, people will thoroughly clean the inside and outside of the house, commonly known as "sweeping dust".It is called "sweeping the house" in the north and "dusting the dust" in the south.According to "Supplements of Relics", this custom can be traced back to more than 3000 years ago. At that time, it was a religious ceremony for the ancestors of the Han Dynasty to drive away plague ghosts and pray for health.

"Dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, so sweeping dust means sweeping away the old things, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, and welcoming good luck and happiness.

So the siblings of the Su family got up early and had dinner, and then began to clean the room, cleaning all the objects that needed to be cleaned, inside and out.

In ancient times, people's windows were made of paper, which would turn yellow or be damaged after a long period of exposure to wind and sun. Therefore, windows are usually re-pasted on Xiaonian. Of course, there are also glass, but the price is expensive, and they are not royal relatives. Nobles can't afford it either.

Sticking window grilles is one of the most popular folk activities, regardless of wealth or poverty, window grilles are also very particular, and usually some auspicious patterns are pasted, such as fish, sheep, lotus, ingots, blessings, wealth and longevity, etc., to express the hope for a better future. Yearn for.

In fact, the grocery store sells window grilles, and you can cut them yourself when you buy them. It is much cheaper than finished window grilles, but no one in Su Rui's family can cut them... So Su Rui had to buy finished ones.

Su Ying looked at all kinds of window grilles, and said happily: "Eldest sister, these window grilles are so beautiful. In the old house, there were only fish and sheep cut by mother and window grilles with blessing characters..."

Su Rui looked at Su Ying's happy little eyes, and said happily, "If you like it, our family will buy it every year from now on."

Su Ying nodded heavily and said, "Mmm..."

After pasting the window grilles, it's time to paste the couplets again.

Pasting Spring Festival couplets has been very popular since ancient times, ranging from the imperial palace to the common people, and there are many people who pay attention to posting Spring Festival couplets. The folk custom pays attention to posting the Spring Festival couplets every door and every object, such as the gods, granaries, and kitchens. In places such as warehouses, warehouses, etc., people usually pay more attention to the couplets on the gates. Except for the couplets on the gods to express awe of God, other couplets generally express auspiciousness and blessing, smooth fortune, good health and so on, no matter what the content is.

There is a folk custom that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the stove", so offering sacrifices to the stove prince is limited to men.So Su Chenrui had to do the posting of the Spring Festival couplets and the sacrifice to the stove by himself.

It was so nonsense in ancient times, women were not allowed to touch anyone who had anything to do with gods...

Xiaonian is also a day for folks to sacrifice to the stove.Sacrificing to the stove means offering sacrifices to the god of the stove to ascend to heaven. According to legend, on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, that is, the night of the new year, the god of the stove will go to the heaven to report to the Jade Emperor.

People will worship the Stove Lord devoutly, and usually put fruits, candies, pancakes and other offerings on the table in front of the Stove Lord's statue, so that the Stove Lord can speak more good words in front of the Jade Emperor.

In addition, on the night of New Year's Eve, the gods will come to the world to celebrate the New Year, and the Stove Lord will return to the mortal world again, so the ceremony of "receiving the stove" and "receiving the gods" must be prepared.

Su Rui just felt tired, "There are too many rules and regulations in ancient times... Who the hell said that we Hua people don't have our own traditional customs? Let him come to ancient times to try..."

Su Chenrui first took off the old picture of the Kitchen God, and then pasted a new picture of the Kitchen God. The picture of the Kitchen God is also called the Kitchen Horse Head, and it was pasted on the wall beside the entrance of the pot. Grandpa looks at the pot, he must owe a lot of money."Therefore, the "stove horse head" posted by every household is lower than the pot table.

Finally, seven pockets are folded with yellow paper, which means that Master Stove will carry back good things such as gold and silver, peace, happiness, and happiness.Put a string of whips in the yard, light the burning paper when you come back, and burn the old picture of the Kitchen God and the paper money that you took off in the fire.Some old people will chant "Master Stove goes to heaven, say what you have to say, say more kind words, and gossip less", and some old people will chant "Master Stove will go to heaven soon, bring more gold and more silver, and less worries and sorrows." Finally Dividing the "stove" is to share the tribute left over from the stove master to the family, so as to enjoy the blessing of the stove master.

In this way, all the work of Jizao will be considered complete...

(End of this chapter)