Eighty-nine, the New Year welcomes God

Inviting God, calming the gods, receiving God, and welcoming God are all the things of the head of the family, it turns out that Tie Dan'er was a big thing when he was a child, and now it is Tie Dan'er's business.

Tie Dan'er lit a second kick in the old yard, saluted three pieces of yellow table paper, put on three sticks of incense, and knelt down to bow three times.

I went back to my yard next door and repeated the above actions.

Even if you have already asked God and calmed your nerves. It means to inform the new gods who are coming to duty in the New Year, and we are ready to welcome you.

Then, the lights were turned on in every room, and in the yard was a large 100-watt light bulb, and the lights were pulled in places such as sheepfolds, cattle pens, and grain houses.

Although my mother is usually frugal, every year during the New Year, she has to light the lights to the brightest, saying that on Chinese New Year's Eve, whoever has the brightest lights in a village will have the most prosperous days in the coming year.

Originally, when there was no electricity, kerosene lamps were placed in each room and sheepfold and cattle pen, and lanterns were hung outside the window with paper paste or glass, and candles were lit at home, and the lights were swaying in a trance, especially the mysterious atmosphere during the New Year.

Nowadays, there are bright lights everywhere, and there is less of a blurry atmosphere.

When Shandan was a child, she prepared kerosene lamps and papier-mâché lanterns every year. Now that the dumplings are wrapped, there is nothing to do, just change into new clothes after calming the nerves and wait for the gods to welcome the gods home.

Tie Dan'er's mother fried a green onion mutton, a soybean sprout, and a peanut, and Tie Dan'er, Mao Dan'er and Gu Haiping sat together and began to drink slowly.

Mao Dan'er has also been in college for two years and has become a little more gentle, but Tie Dan'er is unique to the prairie people, Otaru is too small, he asked for a big cup, and the three of them pushed the cup to change it.

Gu Haiping didn't treat himself as an outsider, and he also let go of the drink, and Shandan kept handing over his eyes to Gu Haiping on the side, telling him not to drink too much.

Gu Haiping nodded slightly, indicating that there was no problem.

After three rounds of drinking, I heard the sound of firecrackers falling in the southeast, and it was time to receive the gods. The grassland is flat and vast, and dozens of miles of villages can see the dazzling brilliance of the dome reflected by the firelight.

Some people have already calculated that at the moment of the arrival of the heavenly gods this year, a family will start, and all the villages will start to gather fires, fire cannons, and set off fireworks.

In the gently falling snowflakes, fireworks and firecrackers compete with each other, and the vast sky of the grassland is full of festive festivities.

Tie Dan'er and Gu Haiping put the fire high, the fire was surging, Tie Dan'er's mother checked everywhere that there was no cannon that had not been extinguished and fell on the firewood pile or haystack, the family took the god back in a hurry, Tie Dan'er handed a handful of flames of the fire to his mother, and said, "Welcome to God!" Tie Dan'er's mother said: "Welcome to God, welcome to God! Welcome to the new god!" Put the flame into the stove.

Iron eggs are big to paper and incense.

Gu Haiping and Tie Dan'er went to Tie Dan'er's new house to pick up the gods and settle down.

God took it back and wanted to cook dumplings and eat them. Tie Dan'er's mother had already boiled a pot of boiling water and boiled dumplings.

Tie Dan'er's mother had words in her mouth: "Go down to the ingots, fish for the ingots!"

There are many particulars on this New Year's Day: after calming the nerves, you can't sprinkle water on the ground, and you can't sweep the floor. Before calming the gods, the water tank should be filled, saying that the horse that the new god rode wanted to drink. The green onions and garlic seedlings that are loaded with seeds must be uprooted, saying that they can't leave poor roots for them.

There is still a stuffing and skin left over for dumplings, the stuffing is to eat, the skin is to wear, and you will not have to worry about food and clothing in the coming year.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, it is not possible to call people's names, saying that on Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone's soul must go to the underworld to report and return on the seventh Chinese New Year's Eve of the first month. Therefore, from the first day of the first month to the first month of the first month, there is no soul to stay with. If the name called on Chinese New Year's Eve is heard by the two ghosts in the care, maybe they will be left behind and will not come back, and the soul who does not come back on Chinese New Year's Eve will have to report to the underworld if it can't be delayed in the middle of the year.

In the past, I heard that there were Yin and Yang Erzhe who would hold the Dharma every Chinese New Year's Eve, and watch a piece of land for the next year.

When I was a child, I heard that there were five or six families living in the Wufutang grassland on the west side of the river, and the family surnamed Zhao had three sons, and the third child had also been a soldier, and the family had a good life.

Soon after the New Year, a Mr. Erzhe said that Wufutang was going to have an accident this year, and when he asked what he wanted, he said that the secret of heaven should not be revealed.

It was really before the Dragon Boat Festival, the second and third children went to Qili to buy a four-wheeled tractor, dozens of miles, and two people took turns to drive back. They were all about to return to the village, and there was a ditch in the east of the village that was not deep and washed by the perennial rain, and the tractor suddenly overturned. The two were crushed underneath. The second child struggled to crawl out, and the third child was crushed to death.

After that, everyone remembered Mr. Erzhe's words. I used to hear what I thought was a sensational joke, but now it really happened.

After the accident, Er Zhe said that in fact, on Chinese New Year's Eve, both brothers had to leave, and he beat one back with a whip made of black dog skin, and one of them could not be beaten back, so he could only go.

Er Zhe said: Every year, the souls of people who go to the underworld cry and go, and those who see them laughing must not come back. Shandan thought that if he went with a smile and didn't come back, wouldn't he be happy that he was finally freed from all kinds of suffering in this world?

Although Shandan knows that this qiē is everyone's awe, sustenance and expectation when life is difficult, without these so-called superstitions, what fun is there if the year is dull?

Therefore, Shandan still did the same as his mother asked.

The family sat around eating dumplings and talking homely, and they were happy.

The old people on the Mongolian plateau can see the harvest of the coming year from the sky on Chinese New Year's Eve, plus the night of the Lantern Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival.

It is said that if the moon is dark and the wind is high on Chinese New Year's Eve, the snow lights up on the fifteenth day of the first month, and the clouds cover the moon on the fifteenth day of August, which is a sign of a good wind and rain in the year. Seems to be quite accurate!

From the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year, breakfast is a variety of dumplings, with bean sprouts, cold pork ears, sheep's trotters, pork knuckles, cold salad and other side dishes.

In winter, the days are short, and when the farming is not working, the Mongolian plateau people get up late, go to bed early, and eat only two meals a day.

Breakfast is eaten after 10 o'clock, Chinese food is eaten at 4 or 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and only twist flowers, baked cakes, or various steamed buns and dim sum baked on the charcoal stove are eaten in the evening, and a bowl of hot milk tea is used as a supper.

When Shandan was a child, his supper was mostly cornmeal nests or pancakes called Jiao'er that his mother used to spread out corn paste with saccharin.

After putting the stalled rice outside and freezing it, the sweet taste is very delicious. The rice made by Tie Dan'er's mother is very delicious, and in winter, the people in the village come to visit the door at night, and it is to entertain the guests.

Diners are amazed and asked for advice while eating.

Shandan and Gu Haiping stayed until the eighth day of the first month, Gu Haiping wanted to take Shandan home to have a look, and asked for the family's opinion, and Shandan Mom agreed.

So, Tie Dan'er contacted the shuttle bus in the town, and when he inquired, he learned that the public shuttle bus would not open until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month to start operating the line to the grassland.

There was no car, so I had to inquire about the private tricycle, and a tricycle from a nearby village said that it was going to the town, so Shandan and Gu Haiping got up early and walked in the icy and snowy Saibei grassland, the sun shone brightly on the snow, and the reflection was the cold light, and they walked to the neighboring village and waited for more than two hours.

The tricycle was loaded with several sacks of potatoes, and a total of six people, including Gu Haiping and Shandan, sat on it.

Gu Haiping and Shandan sat in the back of the car, unable to raise their heads or waists, so aggrieved that they couldn't breathe smoothly.

Gu Haiping was very unhappy, complaining that this backward grassland did not even have decent transportation! Shandan was unhappy: "Then you don't have to go back so early to make trouble? Won't there be a shuttle bus a few days later?"

Seeing that Shandan was not happy and said that the grassland was not good, Gu Haiping immediately bent his neck and turned his head to compensate Shandan: "It's me who is bad! It's me who is bad! I feel sorry for you." ”

Shandan looked at Gu Haiping's funny appearance and couldn't help laughing: "Hehe, you are more uncomfortable than me! It doesn't matter, this is much better than riding an ox cart, and there is a layer of iron sheet to block the wind!"

"How long will it take to get to the town?" Gu Haiping asked the person next to him.

"Young man, bear with me! It's going to take an hour!" the person next to him replied to Gu Haiping.

"It won't take that long, forty minutes at most. Shandan said.

After getting off the bus, Shandan asked how much the fare was, and the other party actually opened his mouth: "30 yuan!"

Shandan was very angry: "Usually it's only four yuan for a shuttle bus, why do you want so much? It's pulling goods and pulling people!"

The other party said: "In the first month of the New Year, there is no shuttle bus, so you have to take this high-priced car!

Shandan said indignantly: "If you want it even more, he won't give it to you, you are a pit man! There is no such person as you in the riverbank grassland!"

"I'm not from Jiang'an! I'm from the mouth! That's what I earn! You can give it or not!" The other party was very tough.

Gu Haiping pulled a handful of Shandan and handed the money to the other party: "Here you go, thirty." Take it!"

The other party quickly put away the money and drove away!

Shandan looked at the departing car and scolded, "You walking and hitting ghosts!

Gu Haiping kissed Shandan's angry red cheek and said, "Let's not be angry, we can't be angry with this kind of person!

"It's not that there are no one else, only he can only ride in his broken car? He suffered the boss's sin, and he was cheated of money! Cursed him for a flat tire on the way back!" Shandan was still indignant.

"When did my cute little Shandan become so powerful?" Gu Haiping took Shandan by the hand and made Shandan happy.