Siheyuan: He Yuzhu’s Sunshine Farm

Chapter 116: New Year’s Eve stick jokes

"Stop talking!" the deaf old lady sighed. She had already seen that her many years of calculations might fail, so the deaf old lady had a mixed feeling in her heart.

That was more than ten years of planning, but it came to nothing in such a short period of time.

But Yi Zhonghai on the side did not know the mixed feelings in the deaf old lady's heart at this time. Instead, he continued to express his malice towards He Yuzhu: "Old lady, don't worry, I am an eighth-level fitter in our factory. As long as As soon as I say this, the entire fitter workshop will be obsessed with He Yuzhu.

At that time, I will let this brat He Yuzhu kneel in front of us and apologize. "

"Stop talking." The deaf old lady shouted: "Yi Zhonghai, do you have any brains? What good will you do against He Yuzhu? You are a poor person. You are indeed capable now, but what about ten years from now? Twenty years from now? How will you and the girl live after that?
Rely on Qin Huairu’s family?
Wake up. What good will Qin Huairu's family do to you? They will only suck you to death. They will not be able to walk when they meet a beautiful woman. Jia and Zhang are really stupid if they don't blackmail you or who you are blackmailing. "

After scolding, the old lady said bitterly to the eldest lady beside her: "Girl, let's go. This year is too late, you are really a fool."

Then the aunt helped the deaf old lady into the house, while Yi Zhonghai stayed in the middle courtyard with a speechless expression.

Three days later, New Year's Eve arrived in Sijiucheng. In the morning, Li Xiuniang and Grandma Li got up early and started working in the kitchen to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

He Yuzhu took Yu Haitang and He Yuzhu to post the door gods at the gate and the hanging flower door.

Two generals, one on the left and one on the right.

He Yuyu asked He Yuzhu why he attached to these two people, and He Yuzhu told He Yuyu.

Legend has it that they are Yuchi Gong and Qin Shubao of the Tang Dynasty, the two founding heroes.

After Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, killed his two brothers in the "Xuanwu Gate Incident", they were disturbed by ghosts and gods and could not sleep peacefully. The two generals volunteered to guard the gate for Emperor Taizong to prevent the ghosts from disturbing him. As expected, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty fell asleep peacefully. .

Later, he couldn't bear to let his two beloved generals stay up all night, so he had people draw images of the two generals and hang them on the door to drive away ghosts. This became the custom of posting door gods during the New Year. , ordinary people's homes are gradually affixed with door gods during the Chinese New Year.

"By the way. The lyrics in the opera "The White-Haired Girl" include "The door god rides a red horse and sticks to the door to guard the home.The door god carries a big sword, so big ghosts and little ghosts can't get in."

He Yuzhu looked at He Yuzhu and Yu Haitang with a smile.

The two of them nodded in unison, followed by Yu Haitang and said with a smile: "So this is the door god!"

In addition to sticking up the door gods, red lights are hung at the gate and in the yard, and the golden tassels under the lights flutter in the wind.

When it gets dark, the light bulb in the lantern is turned on, and red light shines outside the street gate and in the yard. The children will clap their hands and feet with joy and play around the red light.

At night, the lights in the windows of everyone's houses were all lit up at this time. The red lights and various lights complemented each other. Under the sky of the cold winter night, the yard was full of light.

In the living room of the north room, the Eight Immortals table and the table behind it are arranged as an ancestor worship table.

He Yuzhu took out the long wooden box that contained the ancestor's tablets alone, took out the wooden tablets, wiped them with a cloth, and placed them from the middle to both sides according to seniority.

There are also two portraits of ancestors, which the adults call "shadows", also hung high.

Place a tin wax dowel on the left and right sides of the sacrificial table, insert a twenty-centimeter-long red candle, and place an incense burner in the middle.

Pairs of fruits, honey offerings, a stewed chicken, a braised fish, freshly steamed big steamed buns with red dots, etc. were placed at the back. The table was full of offerings.

Before the reunion dinner, He Yuzhu and He Yuzhu were both dressed and standing on both sides, followed by Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan. These two people were invited by Li Xiuniang. She said to He Yuzhu that she really didn’t know how to thank He Yuzhu. In the future, Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan can also be regarded as the sons and daughters of He Yuzhu. After all, their lives were given by He Yuzhu, so worshiping their ancestors together is the final way to repay their kindness.

He Yuzhu worshiped his ancestors, mainly because it was the tradition of Sijiu City. He actually had no respect for his ancestors. After all, he was not the real He Yuzhu, so Li Xiuniang asked two boys to come over to worship, and He Yuzhu agreed.

A futon (cushion) is placed in front of the offering table, red candles are lit, and three incense sticks are lit in each person's hands. They stand solemnly and the room is filled with incense.Starting from He Yuzhu, he first inserted the incense into the incense burner, then lay down on the futon, kowtowed deeply with his head on the ground, then raised it up, clasped his hands together, looked at the tablet, repeated this three times, then stood up, and then stood respectfully beside him.

He Yuzhu was second, followed by Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan. They knelt down and kowtowed as if they were imitating adults. They kept kowtowing like they were pounding garlic until He Yuzhu pulled him up and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The ritual of worshiping ancestors has been continued in Sijiucheng. Some people say that this is not superstitious. At that time, if we didn't always crack down on it, why do we still do it?

In fact, although this is ancestor worship, it also teaches the children of future generations the ideological and moral character of respecting their ancestors and being filial to their ancestors.

Confucius said: "Ritual cultivates virtue." The ancestor worship ceremony is our etiquette and has a good social education function, so that everyone knows how to be grateful and remember the origin, and drink water to remember the source.And adhering to ethics has also become the code of conduct for the next generation.

After worshiping the ancestors, the whole family started making dumplings together.

Grandma Li mixed the stuffing, Li Xiuniang kneaded the dough, and Yu Haitang rolled out the dough together. He Yuzhu and He Yuyu led their two children around the table, talking and laughing.

He Yuzhu also wrapped several washed copper coins in dumplings, claiming that whoever got the copper coins would be rewarded ten yuan each.

Ten yuan, He Yuyu, Yu Haitang, Zhou Guoping, and Zhou Guoan were all scrambling for the first place.

Then, dumplings that looked like ingots were placed in rows on the curtain. He Yuyu and Yu Haitang were responsible for carrying the curtain to the kitchen, going back and forth, going back and forth. They felt really happy, and they didn’t know why. Although I usually eat dumplings, I always feel that the dumplings made at night are more delicious and meaningful.

After such a busy day, it's finally evening.

The reunion dinner on New Year's Eve requires the whole family to be present, which represents a successful New Year.If an individual member is out and cannot come back in time, a seat should be reserved at the dinner table and dishes should be placed as if this person is present.

The New Year's Eve dinner is very sumptuous, and every dish has a meaning.For example: "Braised silver carp", because fish and "yu" are homophones, which indicates "more than a year after another"; "Four happy meatballs" are four large braised pork meatballs on a plate, which symbolize "good fortune, longevity and longevity". "; stew a whole chicken in a casserole and serve it steaming hot, because "chicken" and "ji" have the same pronunciation, symbolizing "auspicious celebration"; "roast mutton" is to stew large pieces of mutton, take them out and dry them to remove the water Then fry it with sesame oil, cut it into slices and put it on a plate. Sprinkle it with salt and pepper and eat it. It’s so delicious!
Because "sheep" is the same as "xiang" in ancient Chinese characters, it means "auspiciousness"; dumplings mean "the alternation of the old and the new, the transition of the new year".Its shape is like small ingots. Ingots of course mean getting rich. The days are getting better and better in the new year. This year, the dumplings of He Yuzhu's family are more meaningful, because if anyone eats a dumpling with copper coins, it will cost ten yuan, so the dumplings are Coming up, He Yuyu and Yu Haitang, who were short of money, started to attack frantically.

There were ten copper coins in total, and the final result was that He Yuyu had two coins, Yu Haitang had four coins, Zhou Guoping had three coins, and Zhou Guoan had one coin. Zhou Guoan still ate it because he was too young to eat more.

In the end, the four people's stomachs were full, but He Yuzhu gave them cash on the spot, which made the four people cheer.

At that time, there were "three years" during the New Year, that is, "keeping up the year, stepping on the year, and celebrating the year".

After the New Year's Eve dinner, one has to stay up all night, which is called "staying up late".

In order to cope with this boring stay at the end of the year, He Yuzhu bought a pair of mahjong. Of course, he played secretly and played at night when he was bored and couldn't be discovered. There are still many taboo things these days.

The family listened to the radio and played mahjong, which was really relaxing.

Li Xiuniang didn't know how to play mahjong, so He Yuyu and Yu Haitang began to teach her step by step. Later, Li Xiuniang learned a little bit, and she was a little clumsy in playing, but she was also very happy.

At this time, the two children Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan ran to the yard to play. At this time, in the courtyard, there were sesame straw bought by He Yuzhu in the yard before the festival, and they were scattered from the front door to the main house.

This sesame straw is hollow and makes a loud crackling sound when stepped on.

Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan jumped up and down on it, which is called "stepping on the new year". They say that the sound can scare away sneaks. In addition, the sesame seeds are blooming steadily. Stepping on the sesame straw also symbolizes good luck in the coming year.

But something unpleasant happened that made people speechless. Just as Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan were standing outside happily stepping on sesame seeds, Banggian and Xiaodang came out. When they saw Zhou Guoping and Zhou Guoan, Banggian immediately took them with him. Xiaodang rushed over and cursed: "Outsiders, where is Silly Zhu?"

"What did you say...?" When Zhou Guoping heard Bangge scolding her uncle, Zhou Guoping's happy smile immediately faded, and she looked at Banggeng with a vicious expression.

Bangge looked at Zhou Guoping with disdain and cursed again: "Let me ask you, where is this piece of shit, Silly Zhu?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Guoping rushed towards Banggeng and struck at Banggeng. Even though Zhou Guoping was a girl, you must know that Zhou Guoping came out of suffering. She was obviously stronger than Banggeng. Banggeng, Banggeng was very disdainful towards Zhou Guoping at first, but after the two of them got involved, Banggian felt the danger and immediately shouted to his sister next to him: "Come here and help."

Before he finished speaking, Zhou Guoping was thrown to the side and hit the stone on the side. A lump suddenly bulged on his head.

"Ah!" Banggeng's cry rang out. As soon as they heard their child's cry, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang rushed out of their room and saw Banggeng wailing with a big bag on his head. .

Mrs. Jia Zhang immediately became so angry that she trembled and cursed: "Which bastard turtle son beat my grandson? Don't force me to curse on this New Year's Eve."

"Grandma, it was this outsider who beat me." Xiao Dang immediately pointed to Zhou Guoping not far away and said.

"The clam was beaten by a girl, did that silly Zhu come out to help?" Jia Zhang asked in surprise.

"No. We just came out to look for Sha Zhu, but when we didn't see Sha Zhu, my brother started a fight with the outsider, and he was defeated after he followed him." Xiao Dang answered carefully.

Banggeng yelled at the top of his lungs: "I'm not defeated, I'm not defeated, I was just careless, it was this outsider who sneaked up on me."

"It's a bad idea to sneak up on my grandson. He is indeed a bunch of uneducated people." As he said that, Jia Zhang was about to beat Zhou Guoping. However, at this moment, Grandma Li came out and saw Jia Zhang was about to take action. Grandma Li shouted: "Zhang Cuihua, if you dare to touch a hair on my little grandson, I will beat you to death."

As soon as Grandma Li's domineering attitude came out, Mrs. Jia Zhang took her hand back angrily and cursed: "Li Dahua, your grandson hit my grandson. Look at the big bump on my grandson's head. What do you want?" Be responsible and pay for it.”

"Bah, pay for it?" Grandma Li said with a contemptuous smile: "A boy fought with a girl and lost in the end, but he still had the nerve to ask us to pay for it. Your family really doesn't have any shame at all. It's really hilarious. .”

"You!" Mrs. Jia Zhang was furious.

At this time, most of the people in the middle courtyard came out. The uncle and aunt were not there. They were accompanying the deaf old lady in the backyard.

He Yuzhu, Li Xiuniang, He Yuyu, and Yu Haitang walked out, just in time to see Jia Zhang shouting loudly: "Come on, come on, come and see! The children from outside households are beating our local households. They were beaten today." We will beat your children next time.

These outsiders should get out of our courtyard house. They have no tutors at all. "

Immediately, whispers began to start around, all of them were worried about the future of Jia Zhang's words.

"Hua Ya, why did you hit someone?" At this time, Li Xiuniang quickly looked sternly at Zhou Guoping beside her and asked.

Zhou Guoping, on the other hand, said aggrievedly: "Mom, he called uncle a fool and called him a piece of shit."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar around him. He Yuyu stood up and cursed: "Qin Huairu, on New Year's Eve, why do your children have such bad mouths? They don't know the etiquette of their elders at all. Anyway, my brother and You are a peer, he is also the one who calls you Silly Zhu, and even after calling him Silly Zhu, you still call him a bastard. This child of yours is too uneducated."

"That's right, that's right!" There were echoes from all around.

You must know that most of the residents in this courtyard hate Bangge, for no other reason than they are spoiled by Qin Huairu and have no tutoring at all. It is really annoying.

Listening to He Yuyu scolding himself, Bangge stood up and cursed fiercely: "Silly Zhu is a piece of shit. If you give me a dime a day, I won't harm the people in the courtyard.

But now I haven’t given any money for three days in a row. As a result, I have no money to buy firecrackers. Silly Zhu, if you don’t want this courtyard to be in trouble, give me a dollar now. If you don’t give me a dollar, then I will give you a dollar tomorrow. I will definitely give you a surprise, a big surprise. "

Bangge shouted with full hatred.

(End of this chapter)