Wang family small peasant girl

Chapter 55

According to legend, February [-] is the birthday of the land god, so on this day, every household has to worship the land god, hoping that the land god can keep the water and soil safe and prosperous.

Of course, the Zhang family was no exception. After eating the dragon scales, they carried the altar into the courtyard and put the offerings on the table. The Zhou family had already prepared the offerings last night, and most of them were still the same. Cakes, water and wine, three animals, etc., put a brazier in front of the table to burn ingots and gold paper.

The whole family gathers at the altar, burns incense and kneels to their ancestors, and at the same time bows to the land god. After three kneelings and three worships, Zhang Liangen recites some words, mostly prayers for good weather, and then gets up to insert the incense sticks into the incense bowl.

After the sacrificial ceremony was completed, the Zhou family called Zhang Xing to Shuanzi's house, while Zhang Youqing and Zhang Zhang lit the mugwort leaves and smoked them in the courtyard, house, and hall. , as soon as the Jingzhe comes, snakes, insects, rats and ants all recover and appear, so every year on February [-] before and after the Jingzhe, farmers in the countryside have to smoke and burn wormwood to kill all insects. In this way, it gradually became a custom.

Zhang Youqing and Zhang Zhang were busy smoking insects, and the Zhou family was not free. After the sacrifice, they went into the kitchen, and Zhang Yun followed.

On February [-], we not only need to smoke Baichong, but also fry Baichong. Of course, this is a name, but it is actually fried beans. Yesterday Zhou Shi had already soaked the soybeans. After a night of soaking, the soybeans had already swelled. When he got up early in the morning, Mrs. Zhou fished out the soybeans, spread them on a sieve, and put them in the yard to drain and dry them in the sun.

It rained yesterday, but it was sunny today. After the sacrifice, the soybeans had basically lost their moisture, so Mrs. Zhou put away the sieve and took the soybeans into the kitchen to fry.

Zhang Yun Zhang sat on a small bench, watching Zhou's fried beans, chatting a few words from time to time, when the frying pan was almost done, Zhang Zhang came in with a shovel, went to the stove, and said with a smile: "Mom, the wormwood is already smoked. Yes, Dad asked me to shovel some plant ash, we are going to lure Qianlong and Datun."

As Zhang Zhang said, he squatted in front of the stove door, shoveled out the plant ash in the stove, and was about to go out, but Zhou called out: "The hundred insects will be fried later, I will decorate for you, and take them with you." Let’s eat, and bring some to Shuanzi and the others.” Zhou said, stirring quickly with her hands.

Zhang Zhang replied, and went out with a shovel, Zhang Yun hurriedly followed, and went to the yard to see grandpa and father Yin Qianlong and Datun.

Zhang Zhangzhang gave the shovel to Zhang Liangen when he arrived in the yard. Zhang Liangen took the shovel and poured the whole shovel of plant ash into the shovel in Zhang Youqing's hand.

Zhang Yun watched as Zhang Liangen took the shovel and went to the gate of the courtyard, sprinkled the ash little by little on the ground, moved his footsteps, walked into the yard like a dragon and snake, and then sprinkled all the way into the kitchen, extending to the water tank Next to it, sprinkle a circle around the water tank, which completes the money-attracting dragon.

In the yard, Zhang Youqing sprinkled plant ash into big circles, and put the pre-prepared grains in the middle of the circles, implying to store the grains in the granary, wishing a good harvest of grains and a full warehouse.

Zhang Yun ran around the courtyard and the kitchen, and sat down on the small bench to rest after watching Yinqianlong and Datun with a smile.At this time, Mrs. Zhou also fried the worms, went to the cupboard to get the jars, and put some fried worms into the jars, so that they could take them to Chang Siliang's house.

After putting them in the jar, they wrapped some in dried lotus leaves, and asked them to take them with them to eat on the road, while holding them in their hands, they said in their mouths: "Yun'er, do you want to go back to the house to comb your hair, change your clothes before going out? "

When Mrs. Zhou mentioned this, Zhang Yun lowered his head and took a look at himself. The cyan overcoat and the drab trousers wrapped in cotton trousers were all very plain. For a little girl, they really didn’t stand out very much, but , Zhang Yun didn't think there was anything wrong with it, she didn't like to wear colorful clothes, she was plain and refreshing, so she replied, "It's okay, just go out like this, the left and right are not in the village, and I don't want to go Far."

Seeing her daughter, Mrs. Zhou didn't care at all, thinking in her heart, her own daughter is [-] years old anyway, so why doesn't she like to dress up so much, she is different from other girls.

Zhang Yun didn't know what was going on in her mother's mind, and when she saw that the fried baicong had been wrapped, she stood up, went over to hold the pot in one hand, and grabbed the wrapped lotus leaf in the other, and said with a smile: "Mother, my elder brother and I went out. "

This call brought Zhou back to his senses, and he quickly responded with a smile. Zhang Yun was about to leave the kitchen when Zhang Zhang ran in, scooped up water and washed his hands, and went out with Zhang Yun. The two were walking out of the yard. A voice called: "Cheng Zi, Yun'er, etc."

Zhang Yun and Zhang Zhang turned their heads to look, and saw Zhang Liangen walking towards them, holding a kite in his hand, nothing fancy, just the simplest square bamboo frame, covered with paper, and dragging a long kite underneath. of fine twine.

"Chengzi, take this kite and let Xingzi and the others play with it." Zhang Liangen handed over the kite, and Zhangzhang quickly picked it up, "Grandpa, did you tie it last night?"

"Well, I'm in a hurry, and I can't come up with any tricks, so that's it, as long as it can be put in the sky." Zhang Liangen waved his hands as he said, telling them to go quickly.

Zhang Zhang replied, picked up the end of the hemp rope, rolled it up quickly, and took the kite out of the yard together. The two of them walked out of the path, turned around the Qingling River, and walked up the sheep intestines that entered the village. The path, passing through the courtyards, arrived outside the courtyard of Chang Siliang's house in a short while.

"Uncle Siliang, Auntie." The two went straight into the courtyard, and Zhang Zhang called out in front of the courtyard gate.Hearing the call, Shuan Ziniang ran out of the main room with a razor in her hand. When she saw Zhang Cheng and Zhang Yun, she smiled and shouted: "Cheng Zi and Yun Er are here, and they are shaving Xing Er's head. It'll be fine later."

While Shuan Ziniang was talking, Shuan Zi got out of the main room and ran towards Zhang Zhang cheerfully. Zhang Zhang smiled and said, "It's okay, we're not in a hurry. We'll go out together when everything is done." Zhang Zhang replied After that, Zhang Yun handed the jar in his hand to Shuanzi, and said with a smile: "My mother fried the worms, take them, and I will grab some to take with me on the road later."

"Our family also fried Baichong, sister Yun'er, do you want to try it?" Shuanzi happily hugged the jar and started talking, and Mrs. Shuanzi also smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Youqing still brings some Come here to fry Baichong, our family also has stir-fry, I will order some out later, you can also try our family's."

As Shuan Ziniang said, she went into the main room. Zhang Xing was sitting there, hearing the voices outside, his butt was already itchy, and he wished he could get his head shaved soon so that he could go out to play with him.

After Shuan Zi took the pot, he carried it into the kitchen. Zhang Zhang and Zhang Yun were walking towards the main room, and Chang Silang and Chang Zhu also ran out from the room, holding the ignited mugwort leaves in their hands, and they were still smoking Baichong. .

"Cheng Zi and Yun'er are here, have you smoked all the insects at home?" Chang Siliang laughed loudly when he saw them.

"Uncle Siliang, when I came out, the fumigation was done. Your house is still not well. Would you like me to help?" Zhang Zhang handed the kite to Zhang Yun while he was talking, and ran up to ask for help. Chang Siliang He hurriedly waved his hands and said, "How can you help us, we only have the backyard unsmoked, and it will be healed soon."

Chang Silang was talking, when Xiaocui heard the commotion, she also ran out of the house, followed by Yu Ling, Zhang Yun was taken aback when she saw Yu Ling, and then remembered that Yu Ling lives next door to Xiaocui's house , the two families are only a few steps apart, and the two are usually on good terms.

"Sister Yun'er, Brother Cheng Zi, you are here, where are we going to play later?" Xiao Cui ran up to them with a smile, and when she saw the kite in Zhang Yun's hand, she came up excitedly and said with a smile: "Ah, why not?" If you have a kite, let’s go to the Qingling River, there is a rocky beach and the wind is strong, so it’s best to fly a kite.”

Zhang Yun thought for a while, and there really was no other place more suitable for kite flying, so he nodded and agreed. Seeing that his daughter was so happy, Chang Siliang smiled and said: "Then let's hurry up, and we have to attract the kite after the smoke is finished." Qian Long and Datun, after finishing, you go to the rocky beach together." As he spoke, he and Chang Zhu went back to the house and continued to smoke Baichong.

Now Shuanzi came out of the kitchen and ran to them again. Zhang Xing's head was shaved, and Shuanzi's wife swept the broken hair off his body and let him out.

Zhang Xing ran out of the main room in a few steps, sneaked into the circle where everyone was standing, and shouted: "Big Brother, Big Sister, I've finished shaving, when shall we go?" He was in the main room, and he had heard the kite Therefore, as soon as he came over, he went to Zhang Yun and took the kite from her hand.

Zhang Yun couldn't help laughing, and just as he was about to answer, a few people ran in from outside the yard. As soon as they entered the yard, they shouted: "Uncle, aunt." "Uncle, aunt."

The people in front of the main room turned their heads and saw Chang Man, Chang Juan, Chang Fu, and Chang Dong entering the courtyard together. Mrs. Shuan was sweeping the broken hair on the floor of the main room, and when she heard the call, she hurriedly put down the bag in her hand. Broom, run out of the hall.

After Chang Man entered the yard, he saw Zhang Yun standing with his back facing him at a glance. His heart skipped a beat, and he stopped for a moment. His eyes seemed to be glued to Zhang Yun's back, and he couldn't move them away. When they approached, she woke up, smiled and handed her the basket in her hand, and said: "My mother picked some dragon whiskers early in the morning, and asked me to bring them here, saying that it would save my aunt from doing it again."

Shuan Ziniang took it with a smile, lifted the cover on the basket, looked inside, and saw that there were several handfuls of noodles in the basket, she couldn't help but said: "Why do you take so many noodles? There are four of you in your family, so if you don’t leave more, it won’t be enough to eat.” As he spoke, he wanted to share some and ask Chang Man to take them back.

Chang Man hurriedly stopped and said: "Auntie, no need, our family has enough to eat, you keep these." Chang Juan on the side smiled and took Mrs. Shuanzi's arms, and said: "Auntie, brother Manzi has The dragon whiskers are here, but I didn't bring anything, so you won't blame me."

"Look at what you said, what else does my family have to send back and forth? Okay, you kids, let's play together. I'll put the dragon's whiskers in the kitchen." Mrs. Shuan smiled and twisted Chang Juan's hair. If they didn't have a face, they waved them to play with other people, and went to the kitchen with their baskets.

Chang Juan touched her face, then rushed towards Zhang Yun with a smile, and immediately squeezed in between them. Chang Dong led Chang Fu, who was less than four years old, and also ran over. Chang Manding looked at Zhang Yun's face Back, slowly walking over.

(End of this chapter)