Fifteen days after heavy snowfall, fighting fingers, for the winter solstice. The cathode solstice, the yang energy is born, the sun is south, the day is short, and the shadow is long, so it is called "winter solstice".

The winter solstice is also the "Winter Festival" for the officials of the court to rest for seven days, the army is on standby, the border is closed, the business travel is suspended, relatives and friends give each other food, visit each other, and spend a festival of "peace and quietness".

On the day of the winter solstice, we also have to sacrifice ancestors, eat glutinous rice balls, and go to the grave to sweep the grave. On this day, we should prepare enough pork, chicken, fish and other three livestock fruits, go to the ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and then the family will eat together around the table, generally before noon, and the family will be reunited at lunch.

Every year, the grave is swept in Qingming and the winter solstice, which is called "spring paper" and "winter paper". Under normal circumstances, the practice of "spring paper" should be used for the first three years after death, and "winter paper" can be used only after three years.

The winter solstice is also a good time to maintain health, and this time of year to take supplements can help ensure vigorous energy and prevent premature aging, so as to achieve the purpose of prolonging life. During the winter solstice, the diet should be varied, and grains, fruits, meat, and vegetables should be reasonably matched.

Chen Qing and the Liang family's mother-in-law and daughters-in-law were busy buying lunch and offerings, and the husband set off early to take the two girls to the mountains to sweep the tomb and burn paper.

When everyone returned, the lords carried the offerings to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. Worshippers offer incense and bow down in order of seniority and youth, praying and repaying for the protection and blessings of their ancestors.

The ancestor sacrifice on Chinese New Year's Eve is more cumbersome and solemn, and the Liang family is a rich family, and the rules are more cumbersome and solemn than those of farmers, and the three livestock fruits purchased on the winter solstice alone are more expensive than the Chinese New Year's Eve sacrifice of the uncle's family. In previous years, Chen Qing was also a member of the worshippers, but at this moment, marrying a wife saves these kneeling and prostrations, and only prepares food offerings at home.

The kitchen was steaming, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were sweating in the stove room, sweating in the cold weather, and then being blown by the cold wind.

Chen Qing worked hard as usual, and chopped the meat tendons and bones with a thud, while Brother Yang kept adding firewood to several stoves, dripping and shuttling under everyone's feet like a rolling gourd.

"Chen Qing, there is no water in the tank" Shao Fengzhi shouted at the top of his voice, even the sound of crackling and stir-frying couldn't be covered.

"Gotta ~ " Chen Qing responded and carried the wooden bucket to the patio to get water, picked it back and forth four times before it was filled, and then was busy carrying the swill from the kitchen out and pouring it out.

"Brother Yang, go and get the stacked porcelain plate again, this dish is too fried to fit it" Song instructed his daughter-in-law to go home and get the plate.

"I'll go, Brother Yang is weak, and when he sweats, he is afraid of getting caught in the wind and cold again" Chen Qing cut off his errands and trotted out of the stove room.

"This Chen Qing is diligent, not as lazy as Brother Yang~" Song praised Shao Fengzhi, and bowed his head and winked at his daughter-in-law.

Brother Yang was still aggrieved, but he was smiling at the moment, and he was busy burning the stove.

"Brother Yang's body is delicate, but he can't blow the wind, if he catches the wind and cold, I'm afraid it will not be good for the New Year. Chen Qing is strong, and it won't be in the way to run two more times" Shao Fengzhi glanced at Brother Yang, who was lazy, and took the praise of the eldest uncle.

Zhou and his daughter-in-law also praised each other, saying that with Chen Qing, this stove is a lot easier. Shao Fengzhi smiled with her eyebrows, this praise of her brother-in-law is generally used as praise for her, and she said that her teaching was not in vain.

Everyone covered their mouths and laughed at her, "Do you really raise Zijun as a son and Chen Qing as a daughter-in-law?"

Shao Fengzhi crossed his waist and defended, "What, Zijun who beat me into the door grew up in front of me, the eldest sister-in-law is like a mother, this sister-in-law is no longer at home, why can't my second sister-in-law take over?"

"Okay, okay, you're reasonable, who in this family dares to say that you're not? That Zijun can't jump up and make trouble!" Song pointed his finger at her forehead, Zijun's overlord temperament is estimated to have learned from her!

"Hehe~ That's, isn't this baby a pain in vain~ Chen Qing can respect me so much, isn't it Zijun's face?

"Say you're fat, you'll gasp! Hurry up and work, like an old woman with a broken mouth," Zizhuang's daughter-in-law Liu Hongmei smacked at her.

"You thief daughter-in-law, dare to say that I am an old woman in front of your mother-in-law, see if my aunt doesn't tear your mouth!"

"Come on, come on, you've taken Zijun into your arms, aren't you a generation taller than her!" Zhou was busy protecting his daughter-in-law, glaring at Shao Fengzhi with a smile.

"Yo, this feeling is distressing for my daughter-in-law, hey~ My mother-in-law is no longer around to protect no one!" Shao Fengzhi pretended to be aggrieved.

Song shook his head with a smile, and bluntly said that the two overlords in the family had asked the three rooms to be occupied!

Brother Yang squatted and didn't interject, it didn't mean that he wouldn't secretly bite Chen Qing's ears afterwards, but Chen Qing just looked depressed when he heard it, how could he feel more and more substituted?

The sound of crackling into the pot, the buzzing of the ears of the spatula churning, and the fire of the four large stoves in unison, it was not comparable to ordinary noise. The stove room next to the main hall is not on fire unless there is a New Year's dinner, and the kitchen has a total of six stoves, two stews, and four stir-fried vegetables. After a long time, Brother Yang, who was choking on the smoke and fire, burst into tears.

Chen Qing took over his work and asked him to go to the side to rest, Shao Fengzhi said hello, and Brother Yang took the work of serving the dishes and rushed out of the kitchen.

"Put on some coats, don't get cold!" Chen Qing pulled his neck and shouted, getting Shao Fengzhi a playful look.

Chen Qing touched his nose and worked silently, after the dishes were ready, Chen Qing and Brother Yang ran a few times to take them to the main hall, and the four mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law were responsible for brushing the pot and cleaning up the aftermath.

"Okay, let's go back to the house and change our clothes first, don't really get cold," Song spoke, and everyone dispersed first.

Liang Baida and his entourage have already returned, and they are sitting in the main hall talking at the moment, a large table full of dishes has already been placed on top of each other, and when they saw their daughter-in-law go to change their shirts, they all sat still, and waited for the female relatives to come back before they entered the table together.

The Liang family does not say that men and women have different seats, but the family likes to eat together lively. Starting from the farmland, it also continues the consistent food customs of the farmer, but it is also more close.

Liang Zijun saw Chen Qing sweating profusely and walking home, so he also got up and followed. As soon as he entered the bedroom, he was seen changing his underwear, taking out his sackcloth and putting it on his body.

"This is a big holiday, don't wear it so shabby, the brocade that the master bought for you is not taken out to wear now, when do you want to keep it?" Liang Zijun glanced at him, and knew that he was so broken, and he was reluctant to wear good clothes, but cotton shirts were often worn on his body, and brocade never wore them once. On the contrary, I made two sackcloth clothes and wore them happily.

"Oh" Chen Qing obediently took off his sackcloth, turned out a short shirt made of plain brocade and put it on.

Liang Zijun glanced at it and felt not very satisfied, so he personally turned out the middle-sleeved shirt made of brocade and handed it to him to change.

Chen Qing was entangled for a while, but in the end he still didn't want to quarrel with him on this trivial matter. After changing the jacket and putting on the coat, the whole person was stretched a little, and it was more handsome.

Liang Zijun looked up and down, then nodded with satisfaction, went to the closet again, found the navy blue streamer, and took a hairpipe of his own to re-tie his hair.

The little brother's head style is unmarried with half a bundle of hair, coiled into a ball head above the ear, and scattered below. The farmer's brother can also be bundled for the convenience of working on the way, but it is necessary to tie a cloth belt at the root of the hair to distinguish it. When the unmarried ribbon raised by the master can not be tied.

After marrying a wife, the little brother tied his hair and wrapped his turban like a man. If you are married, tie your hair with a two-finger-wide ribbon at the root and a ring at the tail (meaning bound by a ring).

Chen Qing sat in front of the bronze mirror with an embarrassed face, and wanted to do it himself several times, but was stopped by Liang Zijun, who was full of interest in straightening his hair.

Liang Zijun only took a moment to tie Chen Qing's green silk neatly on the top of his hair, wrapped a streamer and pinned a hosta (jade hairpin) to look left and right, and sighed with satisfaction, "How about this craft?

Chen Qing rolled his eyes at the moment and slapped his hand away, "I want to ask for a reward for silver, I will tie your hair back tomorrow!"

Seeing that Chen Qing was ashamed and annoyed, Liang Zijun stopped laughing, pulled people out, and said with a smile, "Okay, in the future, you will tie your hair every day, and you will reward you every day?"

Chen Qing was stunned, and only after a while did he say quietly, "Really?"

Liang Zijun shook off the thick hand in annoyance, and pointed at him angrily and funny, "You are a money fan!"

"Cut~ Sure enough, it was a lie to me" Chen Qing puffed out his cheeks and slapped him away, strode past him and stepped out of the hospital.

"Ho~...... Hehe...... Chen Qing, Chen Qing...... You can really do it!" Liang Zijun was laughed at by Chen Qing, shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly, and caught up with someone to deliberately make fun of him, "So you will be annoyed and angry? Forget it, the master is not as stingy as you, as long as you give the master a good look, the master will reward you"

"Don't! tie it up yourself, the master is too lazy to serve you!" Chen Qing glared at him, the roots of his ears were slightly red, and he pushed away the big head near his neck.

"Huh...... Also the master?...... Well, it's really a master!" Liang Zijun deliberately aimed a little down, and said with a playful smile.

Chen Qing was angry, pushed him away a few steps and ran into the main hall, standing behind Shao Fengzhi with his head bowed and motionless.

The old and young people in the house saw Chen Qing running in in a panic, and Liang Zijun followed with a wicked smile, and shook his head helplessly. This stinky boy is designated and deliberately made bad, whoever is greedy for such a husband will have a headache, thanks to Chen Qing is debt to enter the door, replaced by an ordinary daughter-in-law, bullying ruthlessly, maybe he will have to pack up his burden and go back to his parents' house to hide for a few days.

Chen Qing's new clothes also won a few words of praise from the elders, Chen Qing is tall, his facial features are delicate, and his eyes are bright, and he is wearing a long shirt at this moment, showing his slender and cold handsomeness, but he has a little more temperament than the average little brother.

If you don't look at the streamer at the back of your head, it is even more eye-catching than ordinary people, it is really a handsome man with red lips and white jade trees in the wind, and the wind god is handsome.