Lady Caisang: My husband is a little sweet

Chapter 51 July Half

After harvesting the rice this time, the relationship between Gu Qingya and Liu Bingbing's family has become better. They often walk around, and if there is anything over there, they will share a little, and if they get something good here, they will also share a little. It became more and more intimate.

Sometimes, the relationship between people is really strange. Relatives are not necessarily good, and neighbors are not necessarily good. If there is less prejudice and more sincerity, what will happen? "

The Qixi Festival passed in the blink of an eye, because this Qixi Festival happened to be at the end of Kanon's busy schedule, so not many people passed by.Because Fang was at home, she sent Yan Qingcha to pick some wild flowers, and asked Gu Qingya to make some things, found some fruits, and put them on the incense table to worship.

It is a custom in every place to celebrate the Qixi Festival. In Sanhua County, it is common to bring your daughter to Matouniang Temple to worship Matouniang, praying that your daughter will have a pair of skillful hands, capable of raising silkworms, reeling silk, and weaving cloth.

For those who did not go to the temple due to long distances or other reasons, they set up an altar at home and worshiped, but there must be flowers on the altar.

If there are many sisters in that family, some competitions will be held, such as needle threading, which is not a very large festival.

At Fang's insistence, the two sisters, Gu Qingya and Yan Qingcha, also had a small competition. There was no suspense. Of course, Gu Qingya won. Qingcha is envious.

Gu Qingya guessed that this hairband should be something from Fang's youth, and she was surprised that she would give herself such a thing.If she had won the competition with Yan Qingcha before, she would definitely give herself something casually, not such a personal item.

In private, Gu Qingya asked Gu Shi, Gu Shi asked her to put it away, and wear it on holidays, it would show that she paid more attention to the old man.

After Qixi Festival is July and a half, people should pay more attention to it, and the busy farming will end almost before July and a half, so if you pass by the door of a family, you can see someone making paper money, or making lotus lanterns or straw sandals.

Fang Shi paid more attention to it, and specially took the silver to Gu Shi, and asked her to go to the county to buy paper and better vegetables for July and a half.

Both Gu Qingya and Yan Qingcha have folded the lotus lanterns before, so they are very proficient, but when it comes to paper money, Fang insists on not letting the children do it, and only let them do it on the sidelines.

In July and a half, offering sacrifices to ancestors is a relatively important festival, and there is one thing that must be prepared, and that is steamed cakes.Use the soaked glutinous rice, grind it into a slurry with a stone mill, add gardenia water for color, put it on a plate and steam it in a pot.

If you want to eat something salty, you can put shredded radish or green vegetables in it, add salt to adjust the taste, and after steaming, it will have a different taste.

Gu Qingya's house has a stone mill, and every New Year's day, many people would come to borrow it, it was very lively, chatting while grinding, time passed quickly.

The Hungry Ghost Festival is no exception. Generally, people who come to borrow either bring a basket of vegetables, or steamed Kueh and cut a piece. In short, it is not for nothing.

This kueh was cut into chunks, fried with oil over low heat until it was scorched, and dipped in soy sauce or other sauces. It was very delicious, and Gu Qingya could eat several pieces every time.

The day before the Hungry Ghost Festival, the house owner will be worshiped behind the gate. If there are children in the family, the bed mother will also be worshiped. If you are more particular, you will go to the pigpen and cowshed to worship.

The Fang family has always worshiped the whole family, so they have to prepare multiple servings of food, but there are so many people in the family, it is not impossible to eat it all.

Traditionally, on the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, they would eat at Gu Qingya's house at noon. Uncle Yan and Shi Shi made a few dishes and brought them to worship, and then the two families had a meal together.

But before July and a half, Uncle Yan came over and said that his family was not in the village for a few days, and he wanted to give Father Yan some money so that he could prepare two more dishes to worship the ancestors.

Father Yan refused, and was a little angry. In his opinion, days like July and a half are very important. How can you not be at home if you are not at home?Moreover, ordinary people rarely choose this time to travel far, so it is very likely that Second Uncle Yan's family went to Qian's house.

After knowing this, Fang was not angry, and sighed again, "It's fine if you don't come, but you should prepare a few more dishes."

"Mother, what on earth does second brother want to do now?" Yan's father felt that this younger brother was becoming more and more unfamiliar, and he was not as good as a neighbor.

"You don't have to worry about what he's doing, just take care of yourself." Fang obviously didn't want to say more, both of them were the flesh that fell from his body, and the second son had a big heart, so he didn't take her as an old lady seriously, so he gave advice What's the use of saying it, it's just a waste of saliva.

Yan's father shook his head, thinking about it, too, take good care of his own family, Second Uncle Yan could have done such a thing when Grandpa Yan passed away and sold his property to pay off his debts, would a person like him still consider the feelings of his relatives? inside.

But for Gu Qingya and her siblings, it's a good time that Second Uncle Yan's family doesn't come, and no one will compete with them for delicious food, and they won't listen to Qian's accusations, so they would be happier.

The whole family had a great time at lunch, and they gave in to the delicious food without snatching it away, and even pretended to give a fat man a body and a mind.When the mood is good, everyone eats half a bowl of rice, so meal friends are also very important, affecting the mood!

In the evening, when the sun goes down, every household starts to close their doors and set up a table at the door of the house, offering flowers, fruits and cooked food, mainly vegetarian ones.

After Fang lit the incense, he stuck it on the ground, and when it got darker, he began to burn the paper money, one by one, turning into ashes. Occasionally, when a gust of wind blew, the black paper ash would fly into the sky. Where to go.

When the paper money was almost burned, Gu Qingya and the others took out the finished lotus lanterns, put them in a basket, and the family walked to the river.

I also ran into the same family members on the road and greeted each other, but no one looked happy.When I stopped by the water, there was a faint crying sound blowing along the wind. The tune made people feel very sad.

The people by the river, even if they were children, didn't laugh or laugh, but there was a sad atmosphere, and some of them wiped away their tears directly.

Light the lotus in the lotus lamp, and put them into the water one by one.The finished lotus lamp is fixed on the veneer, so it will not get wet and sink immediately.

After a while, the entire surface of the water was filled with lotus lanterns of various colors, with small candle ends flickering inside, and the picture was blurred under the night, making these lotus lanterns more real, as if they really grew out of the water.

After standing by the river for a while, the family began to walk back. Fang's mood was not very good. Everyone knew that she must be thinking of Grandpa Yan again. It was like this every year at this time, and everyone was used to it.

After returning home, I warmed up the leftover meal at noon, and the family ate some casually, and then washed and rested.

(End of this chapter)