I farmed and built a villa in ancient times

Chapter 282

The sound of firecrackers rang out from a house in Zhoujia Village, as if it was the first blast, and then it went off again every few quarters of an hour.The sound of firecrackers continued one after another, and then the smell of firecrackers floated above the village for a long time before dissipating.

When Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu went to put up red couplet paper outside the house, they were frightened several times by the sound of firecrackers and almost fell off the ladder.

"Oh my god, when will this sound stop?" Zhou Chenyu covered his chest, his heart pounding in fear.

Wan Qiu stood at the bottom and held the ladder firmly, smiling slightly, "Sister Chen Yu, don't you remember? This moment has just begun. Tonight, every household in Qingshui Town will have to put a flower in front of their door. The firecrackers were so loud that the whole town next door could hear them. It was really lively."

Put it in every household?

Zhou Chenyu seemed to be able to imagine the deafening sound at that time, fearing that it might not shatter her eardrums.

Her body trembled with excitement, and she quickly pasted the couplets on the door of her home, and pasted a piece of red paper right above the door of each room, and finally pasted a conspicuous red dot on her yellow-white forehead. , "Little Huangdou, we are celebrating the New Year, and you are celebrating the New Year too."

"The chicken is ready, the white glutinous rice cakes are made, the puff pastry is also put on, the firecrackers, incense candles, paper money and ingots that I bought, and a grapefruit leaf. Okay, everything is complete. You guys go to the ancestral hall quickly. "

Li Xiuju put everything she just mentioned on a rectangular wooden tray. Just when she was about to hand it to Baoyu, she suddenly took it back and said, "No, no, I almost forgot about the wine. Look at my memory."

Zhou Chenyu looked at the heavy things in her hands and wondered why there were so many rules for worshiping an ancestor?But today, New Year's Eve, she didn't dare to talk nonsense, and quickly brought a bottle of wine and two glasses over, "We have the wine, okay, let's go."

Zhou Chenyu helped Baoyu get some things, but Wan Qiu stopped where he was and did not dare to move. He hesitated and said: "Auntie, sister, I won't go now, right? After all, I..."

Li Xiuju looked at the way she treated her as an outsider and pinched her cheek, "Fool, you are young and don't think too much. Even if you leave home and stay with my uncle, you are still our old Zhou family. You people, I am also worshiping your grandparents and uncles who are under the Yellow Spring. What's the big deal if you go? Go, it's a rare opportunity in a year to see the excitement."

Li Xiuju's words completely dispelled Wan Qiu's worries, Wan Qiu frowned and said, "Hey."

The three siblings went out happily. The children who were hanging out in new clothes saw the firecrackers in their hands, so they followed behind them, waiting to blow up the firecrackers and pick up a few unlit firecrackers. play for fun.

This was the first time they left Li Xiuju and went out to worship their ancestors by themselves. They remember the process of worshiping vaguely. Originally, they should have burned paper money and ingots, poured two glasses of wine, and finally lit firecrackers. At that time, I was stunned to remember it wrong, but I bumped into Zhou Shuqing and was reminded by him, and then I realized it.

So after burning the paper money and ingots, Baoyu solemnly admitted his mistake in front of the rows of incense and left the ancestral hall, still anxiously saying: "Sister, the ancestors won't blame me, right?"

Zhou Chenyu and Wan Qiu looked at him and chuckled.

Zhou Chenyu gave him a chestnut and comforted him: "What are you afraid of? No matter how wrong the process is, everything that should be done has been done. Even if the ancestors really want to blame, our father will definitely intercede for you underground. And big People who are celebrating the New Year, how can they have trouble with you because of this? Baoyu, don’t worry."

father?
Baoyu turned his worry into a smile and said with a cheerful smile: "Yes, as long as my father is here, he will definitely protect me. What am I afraid of? Hehe."

Back home, Li Xiuju couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, "My mother told you to remember it clearly. You said you remember it clearly, but you forget it when you actually do it. But these are small things, and they will disappear once in a lifetime. Once cooked twice, you will know it after doing it a few times." Li Xiuju finished speaking with a smile and glanced at the dim sky, "Mom has already boiled the grapefruit water, and you sisters and brothers will take turns to wash it. Everyone has washed it. , we can have the New Year’s Eve banquet.”

Having said this, Zhou Chenyu walked up to her and looked at the newly made cotton-padded jacket she was wearing. Finally, there were no more patches.

Putting on these new clothes, Li Xiuju seemed to look much younger.

Zhou Chenyu looked at it and said with a smile: "Oh, where did this beautiful old lady come from? I almost didn't recognize her."

After listening to her words, Li Xiuju's old face became shy for the first time, and she deliberately cursed to cover up the shame on her face, "You girl, how old are you, how old are you? Are you pretty or not? You are becoming more and more immoral."

Zhou Chenyu caught the smile on her face and muttered dissatisfied: "What? I told the truth, and I didn't lie. Look, you two, isn't this old lady very beautiful?"

Wan Qiu stared at my aunt blankly, and hummed happily like a little rabbit, "My aunt is very beautiful."

When she said this, Li Xiuju could no longer hold back her smile. She touched her clothes and asked with a blushing face, "Do you really think it looks good?"

Baoyu smiled and lay on her shoulder, looked at her and said with a smile: "Mom, you will always be so beautiful in my heart."

Li Xiuju was praised by the three children in turn, and the corners of her mouth were sour from smiling, "That's all, you go take a shower quickly."

Zhou Chenyu remembered the grapefruit water she just mentioned, opened the lid of the pot, and saw a few grapefruit leaves and orange peels floating in the pot, "Can this be washed clean?"

Baoyu also disliked it, "That's right. Mom, after taking a shower with grapefruit water, I smell of grapefruit. How can I clean it? Mom, can I do it without this?"

Li Xiuju knocked his head and said, "Nonsense. This is a rule handed down from our ancestors. Why can't it be washed clean? We use it to bathe. It can not only remove the bad luck of this year, but also bring good luck to the next year." Why not? I leave everything else up to you, but you must listen to me on this matter. You all go and wash up."

Wan Qiu stepped forward and smiled, "Auntie, my sister and Baoyu must be tired from working and don't want to move. Why don't I go wash them first?"

Li Xiuju looked at the obedient Wan Qiu, then narrowed her smile and said, "Okay, okay, you go wash it first. By the way, don't forget the new clothes I put in front of your bed. Put them on after washing."

Zhou Chenyu glanced at Baoyu and it seemed that he couldn't escape.

After taking a bath in late autumn, she and Baoyu took turns washing the grapefruit leaf water.Although the smell is not big, it still feels unclean.She could vaguely smell the smell through the newly made clothes.

But when Li Xiuju saw the three of them put on new clothes, the smile on her face was brighter than ever before.

(End of this chapter)