Xanadu space

() In the early morning of the 31st year, Zhang remembered that he cleaned the front and back of the house. Jin Juhua prepared the incense table, served all the fried dishes on the table, and Zhang Hongbing worshiped the ancestors!

On the square table except the bottom, the other three sides are placed with bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses. The bowls are filled with white rice, and the glasses are filled with high-quality white wine.

Zhang Hongbing first offered three sticks of incense, then prayed while burning it, and closed the door halfway, and then asked his wife and children to kowtow.

"Ancestors bless the whole family safe!"

This is an old custom every year, not only Zhang Xiang but also Zhang Gao obediently knelt on the ground and kowtowed a few times.

Zhang Xiang does not believe in ghosts and gods, but everyone has their own ancestors. Taking the opportunity of the New Year to remember it is also a kind of education for children not to forget their roots.

After the paper was burned, Zhang Hongbing poured the wine on the ground, and then poured the rice back into the pot. Some dishes were reheated, and the whole family gathered around the table to start eating New Year's dinner!

Every year at this time, Zhang Hongbing would make an exception and take out a bottle of white wine to let the children drink as much as they wanted. Usually, children are strictly not allowed to drink alcohol!

A beef hot pot was cooked on the table, a large plate of coriander and spinach was placed, a sausage and a large plate of chicken were fried, and a whole fried fish... There were no more, no less, eight dishes on the table.

"Mom added two more dishes this year, because she wants to get rich next year!"

Zhang Gao laughed and said that every year, the six dishes are taken from the meaning of "Liu Liu Da Shun", and the eight dishes must be the homophonic meaning of "fa".

"Yeah, after the New Year's dinner, you will have to stop talking. You all have to pay attention!" Jin Juhua happily took a sip of white wine. This year's conditions are better, and the dishes on the New Year's table are much more abundant.

"Mom, you've been busy this Chinese New Year, take a good rest after eating and taking a shower, and we'll do the rest!"

Zhang Xiang always feels that mother is the hardest during the Chinese New Year. As soon as the twelfth lunar month enters, she starts to be busy, tidying up and washing clothes in the house, marinating and drying the meat for the New Year.It's trivial to make people speechless, but I'm so busy anyway!

"Mom is satisfied if you have this thought, you are old enough to think, Mom hopes that next year someone will help me take care of you, and someone will wash your clothes for you!"

The golden chrysanthemum wine is a bit flattering, and she uses the alcohol to speak out what is in her heart. Seeing that Liu Lei is younger than Zhang Xiang, maybe he will be a father next year. Do you think she can not be in a hurry?

"Mom, I will arrange my affairs myself, trust me!"

Zhang Xiang only has Xu Jiahu in his heart now, and he really doesn't care about marrying a wife.

"Brother, I think Sister Ximei is pretty good!"

Zhang Yun, who seldom speaks, couldn't help but say that in the county town, Sister Ximei took care of her. She was very grateful in her heart, and always felt that it would be great if she were her sister-in-law!

"Yes, I also think Miss Ximei is pretty good!"

Zhang Gao, who was gnawing on the chicken leg, rushed to say something, but was glared at by Zhang Xiang. He didn't dare to say the next thing, but just lowered his head and gnawed hard on the chicken.

"I've said it all, don't worry about my affairs, Zhang Yun, wash the dishes after dinner, wash the clothes in the afternoon and let mom have a rest!" Zhang Xiang didn't want to get entangled in this topic, and felt that it was wrong to talk about it now. Is it too early?

Talking about the meal, they ate for more than an hour. Jin Juhua drank a little too much wine today, so she went to rest after eating.

The rest of the people took the time to take a shower, put on clean clothes, and prepare to make dumplings in the afternoon.

Zhang wanted to go back to his room. He entered the Taoyuan space. The temperature of the river water in the space was not low. He soaked in it all the time. He felt that the pores on his body were stretched, and he couldn't help but want to groan.

He stayed in the space for the whole afternoon to practice. These days, he felt that he had reached a bottleneck again. The true energy in his body had gathered to a certain level, but it would not rise again. It is estimated that he would have a new breakthrough after accumulating enough strength. <The couplet is on the evening of the New Year’s Eve, and there is more than enough to celebrate the good family.” This is the couplet stuck to the gate, and the “Taotou Qianjin” is glued to the pigsty, and the “Cows and Sheep Flocks” is glued to the pigsty. The bullpen gate.

Zhang wanted to hold a little red couplet saying "the grandpa is here". It was funny to look at it. It was to be glued to the window, but he didn't know what the grandpa meant?

Could it be Jiang Taigong from some list?Zhang wants to feel that this possibility is extremely great!

In the evening, the family gathers around the brazier, making dumplings while watching TV. On this night, they have to watch the New Year's Eve, and they can only take a rest in the middle of the night after the turning point.

There were footsteps outside the door, and Douya barked a few times. Zhang wanted to come out and see that there were quite a lot of people here, including Liu Lei, his wife, Li Jun, and Ximei.

"Brother Xiangzi, how can you still sit at home? After nine o'clock, we will play dragon lanterns, let's go watch the fun together!"

Liu Lei yelled first, that every year in several villages around Zhangjiadian, villagers would organize dragon lantern and lion dances, from the 31st of the new year to the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

"It feels like I'm so old, and I'm not a child to watch the dragon lantern dance!" Zhang Xiang stayed outside for a few years, and always felt that the dragon lantern dance should be nothing to watch.

"Pianzi, it's Chinese New Year, you and your siblings are all out to play, and you're not outsiders!" Zhang Hongbing saw everyone coming, and brought cigarettes and candy peanuts with a smile.

"Yes brother, you haven't seen dragon lanterns for several years, let's go together!" Zhang Gao urged, he is a child at heart, he likes excitement the most, and there is no shortage of fun.

Looking at the happy faces in front of him, Zhang Xiang couldn't bear to spoil their interest, so he went out together.

The location of the dragon lantern dance is in the center of Zhangjiadian street, which is actually on both sides of a slightly wider road, with dozens of houses facing each other, and it can be regarded as a place where people in the village are relatively concentrated.

"The old house of the primary school is wider, where the dragon lanterns are placed. After the street dance, we have to go to the village primary school, the old middle school, and finally the old Dragon King Temple."

On the way, Liu Lei began to introduce the process of the annual dragon lantern dance. The old middle school was withdrawn a few years ago because of too few students, and now it is sold to some villagers to live in. As for the Dragon King Temple, Zhang thought that he had only heard of it, but he had never been there. Far.

"The Dragon King Temple is so far away! I'm afraid it will be early in the morning to rush there!"

Ximei smiled and said that she watched a lot of TV on New Year's Eve at home in the past two years. The Dragon Lantern was only fun when she was a child, but she seldom watched it when she grew up!

"Yeah, let's just go to the village primary school and the street. After twelve o'clock, we'll set off firecrackers at brother Xiangzi's house and play mahjong all night!"

Li Jun suggested that there is no time to play mahjong at ordinary times, only on New Year's Eve to watch the New Year's Eve, and you can't sleep so you have to find something to do!

"Okay, let's do this!"

Zhang wanted to smile, the center of the street was already far away, the sound of firecrackers came and went, and the screams and laughter of adults and children spread far away, which made them speed up their pace!

The center of the street was full of people, some were squatting, some were standing, some were lifting stools for their feet, some even climbed onto the tree trunks in the middle of the street, all of them tilted their heads and elongated their heads to watch the excitement.

"Why are there so many people!"

Zhang Xiang was taken aback, he thought it was like he was staying at home on New Year's Eve, who knew that there were people everywhere in the street, and when he looked carefully, there were a lot of new faces, probably villagers from other villages rushed over to watch the excitement!

I only heard the sound of gongs and drums, the crackling of firecrackers, and bursts of laughter from the crowd from time to time, but in the dense crowd of people, the middle performance could not be seen.

"Brother, what should I do, I can't see it!"

Zhang Gao turned around in a hurry, scratching his heart with claws, the more he couldn't see, the more curious he was!Zhang Xiang on the side was also attracted by the bustle. He tried to stand on tiptoes, but he only got a glimpse, and could only see a dozen people in the middle of the venue.

"What can I do? Find a way!"

Zhang Xiang patted Zhang Gao and motioned him to find some stools!