Cute peasant girl loves farming

Chapter 37
Time passed unknowingly, and it was the Chinese New Year in a blink of an eye. This was Li Yuanshi's first year in ancient times, and it was also the best year in the village. Everyone had a smile on their faces, and every family was on the rise. Going to the town to do New Year's goods, especially next year's life is more promising, which makes the whole village excited.

"Xiaoshi, are you going to town with us?" Yu Shurou entered the shed, saw her busy daughter, and asked.

"Mother, you go, I won't go, I still have to look at the dishes, by the way, if the eldest brother goes, just look at how the store is decorated, they can't do it for a few days, they should go back to celebrate the New Year. Li Yuanshi didn't raise her head, she was studying the wild vegetables she just found from the mountains, wondering if they could be planted or not.

"Okay then, I'll tell your brother, you have to be careful by yourself, you have to go today, you can cook something for lunch, by the way, Ling Xiao will leave today too."

"I know." Ling Xiao wanted to go back to Moon City, and was going to celebrate the New Year here, but he was rejected. He rarely went home all year, so how could she let him celebrate the New Year here? Of course, she didn't know Ling Xiao In fact, there is only Ling Bai as the younger brother, but Ling Bai is now on the battlefield with Mu Sichen, so he can't come back for the New Year.

"Then be careful at home by yourself." Yu Shurou was still not at ease, but she had to go to the town to pick out some cloth and make some clothes for the children.

"Mom, don't worry, I won't run around."

"Okay then." Yu Shurou could only leave by herself, hey, this girl has spent a lot of time in this shed since she built it.

Li Yuanshi looked at the vegetables in the greenhouse and was very happy. When the house was built, it would be surrounded by a wall, and then a door would be opened to go to the back mountain. In this way, no one outside would know what was going on inside. At least the secrecy was still Very good, by the way, Ling Xiao received the new seeds sent by the prince that day, which are corn, um, they can be planted next year, and there will be another staple food, but there is still no news about rice.

There are many customs for Chinese New Year, but there don’t seem to be so many in the village. She doesn’t know what it is like in other places, but she heard from Yu Shurou that on New Year’s Eve, the family has a reunion dinner, which symbolizes reunion. They have to wear new clothes, and then go to various houses to pay New Year's greetings. The people of the whole village gather at the ancestral hall, which is lively and lively. There are not as many customs as the modern Spring Festival.

In the past, during the Chinese New Year, I actually spent it alone. The only time I went to the countryside was where she realized that there were still so many customs during the Chinese New Year. Every household began to sweep the dust on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, which is called "the 24th day of the twelfth month" , dust and sweep the house".After the stove sacrifice, the official preparations for the New Year began.Sweeping the dust is the year-end cleaning, which is called "sweeping the house" in the north and "dusting the dust" in the south.On the dust-sweeping day, the whole family will work together to clean the house and courtyard, scrub pots and bowls, remove and wash bedding, and welcome the New Year cleanly.In fact, people use the homonym of "dust" and "chen" to express their desire to get rid of the old and the old.

Tofu is made on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month. The folk proverb says: "Grind tofu on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month." Some places still have the custom of eating tofu residue before New Year's Eve.According to folklore, after the Stove King reported to heaven, the Jade Emperor would go down to the realm to see if every household was as the Stove King said, so each household ate tofu dregs to show their poverty and avoid the Jade Emperor's punishment.

The 26th of the twelfth lunar month, as the saying goes, "On the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, kill the pig and cut the meat" or "26, cut the head of the knife", which means that this day is mainly for preparing meat for the New Year.The reason why "cutting the meat of the new year" is included in the New Year's Ballad is because the farming society and the economy are underdeveloped, and people often eat meat only during the New Year's festival, so it is called "the meat of the new year".

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, according to traditional folk customs, one should take a bath and wash clothes intensively during these two days to get rid of the bad luck of the year and prepare for the new year in the coming year. There is a saying in Beijing that "clean up the sickness on 27, wash off the sloppy on 28".Bathing on the 26th of the twelfth lunar month is "washing Fulu".

On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, the rumor of the year goes: "On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, make cakes and steamed buns with decals" or "28, make noodles".The so-called decals refer to posting New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, window grilles and various things posted during the Spring Festival.

On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, ancestors are worshipped. The rumors of the year say: "On the 29th of the twelfth lunar month, please go to the grave and ask your ancestors to make a big offering."The worship of ancestors has a long history in China.Treating death as life is not only an important symbol of filial piety, but also a virtue of respecting and respecting the elderly.The Spring Festival is a big festival, and the ceremony of visiting the ancestors at the grave is extraordinarily solemn.When going to the grave to invite the ancestors, most areas invite the ancestors on the morning of the 29th.According to Cui Shi of the Han Dynasty's "Simin Yueling" records: "The new moon of the first month is the first month, and the wife and children are worshiped for the ancestors. And the day of worship, drinking wine and descending to the gods, is the family's honor and inferiority, no big and no Younger, the order is listed before the ancestors. The sons, daughters, great-grandchildren each serve pepper wine to the parents, saying that they are celebrating their birthdays, and they are happy.

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