Rebirth of a wishful life

Chapter 53

Shen Ruyi pays more attention to Mrs. Shen's body than Master Shen, so let alone the housekeeper, even the aunts don't come to pay their respects.Because at the end of the year, there were more and more things to do, and Shen Ruyi was busy all by herself, and soon became a little overwhelmed.

On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, there is a sacrifice to the stove.Shen Ruyi is a girl, so she is naturally not qualified.Lord Shen Hou led the Second Master Shen and the Third Master Shen, together with all the male heirs of the Hou Mansion, to the kitchen to hold a sacrifice to the kitchen.

For ordinary people, the stove is the kitchen, and the portrait of the Stove Lord is to be pasted next to the stove.For people like the Hou Mansion, the kitchen is no longer in the kitchen, but next to the kitchen.

The statue of Stove Lord is very tall, and it is divided into three layers. The one in the middle is Stove Lord and Stove King's grandma. They are chubby and smiling, and they are very kind when they look at them.

Of course, Shen Ruyi just took a look at what the portraits looked like. The new ones and the old ones should not be confused at a glance. She checked whether the shrines and offerings were correct. It can't be burned into syrup, and then it's nothing to do with her.

After offering sacrifices to the stove, the whole family is required to have a small reunion dinner. The staple food is the sugar biscuits used during the sacrifice to the stove. This thing is rationed and counted in front of the Stove Lord. Regardless of gender, the whole family has one person, no more or less.The one in Mrs. Shen's stomach, since it has not yet been released, so there is no need to count it.

For things like changing statues, Lord Shen Hou, the head of the family, has to do it.After smearing the Stove Lord's mouth with sesame candy, Lord Shen stepped forward, hugged the statue in the middle, and replaced it with the new statue placed next to it.

But as soon as Master Shen touched the new statue, he heard a click, and the thin white porcelain statue suddenly cracked.Everyone's expressions changed accordingly, and Master Shen Er couldn't speak fluently: "This, this, what's going on!"

Marquis Shen frowned slightly, put down the statue with a crack in his hand, looked at the old statue on the side, and said decisively: "Put this back back! I will invite Lord Stove King and Grandma Stove King back on New Year's Eve. "

Although it is said that the replacement of the new and old statues does not have to be fixed on a certain day, the replacement of the statues is also a signal to get rid of the old and welcome the new.Besides, breaking the idol, no matter when it is, is a great bad luck.

Lord Shen Hou's face was not very good-looking, and the second and third master Shen did not dare to make a sound.The two got up in a hurry, one took the new idol in Lord Shen's hand, and the other helped Lord Shen hold the shrine so that Lord Shen could put the old statue back.

After finishing all this, Third Master Shen was about to speak, but Lord Shen suddenly picked up the new statue on one side, and slammed it on the ground. With a crisp sound, the thin porcelain statue was shattered into pieces.

Everyone in the room stared wide-eyed, opened their mouths and couldn't speak, and looked at Lord Shen in horror.

Lord Shen suppressed the expression on his face, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and stood in front of the statue with a smile to salute: "Safe every year, Lord Stove King and Grandma Stove King have changed into new clothes, so let's go on a good journey, and God will say more good things." .”

After finishing speaking, he saluted respectfully, waved his hands, and left the kitchen first.

Second Master Shen hurriedly chased after him: "Brother, how could you..."

"What else?" Lord Shen squinted at him: "What do you plan to do with the broken statue?"

In the past, the old god statues that were replaced had to wait until the seventh day of the first lunar month to meet the Stove King before breaking them into pieces.But no one has ever happened to drop a new idol, and no one knows what to do.

"Will this annoy the Stove Lord?" The third master Shen was also frowning, and complained behind Shen Houye: "What's going on? Such an important matter as changing the idol, but something went wrong. Who invited the idol back? This is really..."

Master Shen Er was also a little dissatisfied: "Brother, today's matter is really... such an important matter as offering sacrifices to the stove..."

Lord Shen didn't say a word, so he pretended he didn't hear it.After entering the gate of the Changchun Garden, I heard the old lady talking: "You are young, you don't know, there are many rules for this sacrifice stove, and the idols cannot be neglected at all. When changing the idols, you must be careful. , can't touch it..."

Shen Jiamei asked with a smile: "Grandmother, what if we bump into each other?"

Standing outside the door, Shen Houye frowned slightly, but Shen San didn't seem to see Shen Houye's face, he sighed and asked: "Brother, I really can't be fooled about today's matter, this is a god statue , Now it’s time to worship the Stove, and you can wait until the time to welcome the Stove King before inviting a new statue, but when this happens again on New Year’s Eve, how can you make it up?”

The old lady heard the voice inside, and hurriedly raised her voice and asked, "You guys are back from offering sacrifices to the stove? Why, third child, I heard you say that it is irreparable, but what happened?"

The little maid opened the door curtain, Lord Shen Hou entered the door first, followed by Master Shen Er and Master Shen Third.

"It's not a big deal." Lord Shen said slowly, and as soon as his words fell, the third master Shen's eyes widened: "Brother! It's not a big deal! This is a sacrificial stove! How will our family do next year? It depends on today! If this is not a big deal, then what is a big deal?"

The old lady hurriedly asked: "What's the matter? What happened?"

Lord Shen raised his eyes to look at Third Master Shen with an angry and anxious expression, and then at the old lady with a worried expression, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, Second Master Shen closed his slightly parted lips—the eldest brother has a bad temper How good, he has no objection to what the mother and the third brother are planning, but he should definitely include the elder brother in the calculation.

I can't get involved in this matter today, just like what my wife said, let the two from the third room rush to the front and confront the first room head-on, as the second room, who doesn't love my father or mother, Just follow along and pick up the cheap.

The eldest brother has status, the third brother has a backer, but he has nothing.If you mix it indiscriminately, you may lose everything.

While the second master Shen was thinking about it, the third master Shen had already told the matter angrily: "If such a thing happens again on New Year's Eve, it will not only be as simple as falling the statue, but what should we do then? So , this matter must be carefully investigated to see which servant is not paying attention and actually broke the statue!"

The old lady was also angry, and turned to look at Lord Shen: "Boss, what your third brother said makes sense. It is not a small matter to change the idols. The statues of the Stove King and Grandma Stove King can still wait, but the Jade Emperor looks after the door gods and so on." Yes, but we can't wait, this kind of thing must not be tolerated, we must investigate it carefully!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Ruyi hesitantly, and sighed again: "Boss, I didn't say that, Ruyi is still young, I don't know the severity..."

Lord Shen waved his hand and interrupted the old lady's words: "Ruyi didn't buy this statue in person."

"I know Ruyi didn't buy it in person, but she is a girl, and she can't check it herself..." The old lady sighed. Unmarried girls are not allowed to touch the statues, except of course, except Chang'e and Zhinu. class idols.

"But she was negligent in the end." The old lady said with some unbearable heart: "We can make up for things like changing the statue, but after that, we have to worship the gods, and we have to receive relatives and friends after New Year's Eve, and we have to leave Relatives and friends, do you think you should ask Ruyi to put the housekeeper's affairs aside first?"

"Ruyi is getting old, can't she stay at home all the time?" The old lady said, beckoning Shen Ruyi to come to her side, and lovingly touching Shen Ruyi's head: "It's time to go out to meet people during the Chinese New Year. , how can you spend your good years on the ledger all the time, right?"

This is a stick with sweet dates. First, he blamed Shen Ruyi for his fault with the matter of the god statue, and then used the prosperity of the Chinese New Year to lure Shen Ruyi.

"Grandmother, I know you care about me, but you worry too much." Shen Ruyi smiled and shook her head: "I don't need to do things in this house myself, I just look at the account books and listen to what they say. What should I do, and then tell them to do things, after the arrangement, won't I be free?"

Mrs. Shen San shook her head: "Ruyi, after all, you are young, and you can listen carefully when you speak, but it is easy to make mistakes when you are doing things. Look, today's sacrifice to the stove is very good, and the statue suddenly cracked , this is not a good omen, if you don't make it right... this matter is in your hands, tell me, who will bear the consequences?"

"Third aunt means that the servants of our house can't do wrong things? Once they do something wrong, it's the master's fault?" Shen Ruyi was surprised and said: "The maid in the second cousin's room some time ago Breaking a blue and white porcelain beauty vase, how could Third Aunt beat that maid half to death? Shouldn’t Second Cousin be punished?”

Third Mrs. Shen frowned: "Ruyi, why do you have to argue so hard? How can this housekeeper matter be compared with other matters?"

"Third Aunt, are you in charge of the third room's affairs now?" Shen Ruyi interrupted her and asked, Third Mrs. Shen nodded. The old lady already understood what Shen Ruyi meant, so she hurriedly cut off the conversation: "Ruyi, although this matter is not your fault, it is because you were in charge of the family that something happened, and it is also the reason why you employed people improperly and did not handle affairs well. You are still young, so I thought, during the Chinese New Year, Or let your mother take charge first, boss, what do you think?"

Shen Ruyi raised her eyebrows slightly, so it wasn't for the purpose of changing Mrs. Shen to play?

Shen Houye glanced at Shen Ruyi, then at Mrs. Shen, shook his head, and explained gently: "Wanxin has a body, so it's not appropriate to work hard. It's better not to interfere with the housekeeper's affairs. I think it's better for Ruyi to do it It took so long, but there was such a mistake, so let’s take care of it in the future.”

Master Shen San's eyes widened: "Such a mistake? Brother, this matter is not a trivial matter!"

(End of this chapter)