As the days passed, the smell of the New Year became heavier and heavier, the sound of firecrackers in the village became more and more, and the sound of children playing and laughing came and went.

Xu Huai sat quietly under the ancient peach tree every day as usual, studying and contemplating the Taoist scriptures, tempering his spiritual strength.

In the blink of an eye, the day came to the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, that is, Chinese New Year's Eve.

Chinese New Year's Eve comes from the custom of expulsion in the pre-Qin period, when the year was at the end of each year, a "Da Da" ceremony was held, and the drums were beaten to expel the ghosts of the plague, called "expulsion."

In addition, Chinese New Year's Eve is also known as the big Chinese New Year's Eve, the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, is the last night of the lunar month (December) of the lunar calendar every year, according to the different algorithms of the lunar calendar, it can be the twenty-ninth of the lunar month, or the thirtieth of the lunar month.

On this day, it is necessary to put on new clothes, which means saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, removing all the good and bad things of the past, and welcoming the coming year smoothly and peacefully.

early morning

Xu Huai opened the door and found that it had already snowed heavily, one after another, goose feathers and heavy snow, as if there was a gap in the sky, and the snow was falling down.

Xu Huai looked at the heavy snow outside, and raised his eyebrows, it suddenly snowed heavily during the day, and he always felt that something was not quite right.

Opening his eyes, Xu Huai carefully perceived it, and found that the colorful aura ions between heaven and earth were flying with the heavy snow, more and more, and the concentration was getting higher and higher, almost filling the entire mountain range.

"If you keep going like this, something will happen!" Xu Huai was worried uneasily.

In ancient times, there was a saying of "Ruixue Trillion Year", saying that it snowed heavily at the end of the year, and in the second year, the wind and rain would be smooth and the crops would be harvested, but now, when Xu Huai saw the heavy snow in front of him, he didn't think so.

Since the beginning of winter, the continuous heavy snowfall has been shrouded in the Kunlun Mountains, either snowing during the day or winding at night, alternating between the two, always restless.

The ground is always covered with a foot-thick layer of snow, and no matter what, it can't melt away, it just piles up there.

Not only in the Kunlun Mountains, but also in other parts of China, Xu Huai learned from a TV report yesterday:

Most of China's more than 20 provinces have been hit by rain and snow for a week, and except for the provinces close to the tropics, the rest of the provinces have suffered from bad weather.

Even in severe provinces, local governments have issued temporary bad weather travel regulations, calling on everyone to stay at home and not go out easily.

However, seeing that the annual traditional festival Spring Festival is approaching, visiting relatives and friends is indispensable, and the so-called management regulations do not play much role at all.

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The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, it is useless to think about it, there is still a tall person on top of the sky falling, Xu Huai shook his head, no longer thought about it, and was busy with his own affairs.

After breakfast, Xiaoxian's little legs walked, and in the blink of an eye, she ran to the room to continue watching the cartoon Peppa Pig, Xu Huaizhen didn't know what the little girl thought, and was completely fascinated, so that sometimes when it came to the point of eating, the little girl didn't realize it, and her eyes stared at the TV.

In the room, the little girl was on the chair, her legs were dangling, and there were New Year's candy next to her.

Xu Huai saw that when the little girl saw the cartoon, she was full of energy, if only she could use this mirror in reciting the Taoist scriptures.

Xu Huai entered the Tao at the age of four, and was required to read and even memorize various scriptures since he was a child, and when he was a little older, he was required to go up the mountain every day to chop wood, hone his heart, and live a life like an old monk all day long.

Xiaoxian is still young, Xu Huai wants her to have a perfect childhood, not ready to let her recite the scriptures so early, and in a few years, when the little girl is older, she will make another plan.

After the meal, Xu Huai was so busy that he didn't care about reading the scriptures.

Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, and he has to have a reunion dinner according to his usual practice, so he has to prepare a hearty meal for the evening.

On Chinese New Year's Eve, he had to prepare eighteen dishes, nine large dishes, and nine small dishes, two by two, nine in half, which implied the truth of nine nine to one.

Nine, the extreme of the number, is the largest number in the singular, the highest number, homophonic "long", has the meaning of eternity, and has been respected by the emperors of all dynasties.

There is a cloud in the "Historical Records": "Yu collects the gold of Jiumu, casts Jiuding, and is like Jiuzhou." "Jiuding" and "Jiuzhou" have become symbols of the power of the country and the world.

Therefore, in the folk, the meaning of the nine characters is far-reaching, and often everything is done with the nine characters as an example, and the nine are aligned.

Carp, beef, chicken, mountain boar bacon, rabbit, lamb, duck, and goose are nine hard dishes.

Cabbage, celery, vermicelli, radish...... It is a nine-course soft dish that corresponds to a hard dish.

Eighteen kinds of ingredients, each of which has its own meaning behind it, is not a simple, casual choice.

For example, fish, homophonic "Yu", symbolizes that there is more than enough every year, representing the hard work of ordinary people in China for the new year, hoping to get a better income in the coming year.

Moreover, the types of fish are different, and the meaning is also different. Eating silver carp means "more than one year in a row"; Eating mandarin fish means "more than rich".

Thousands of years of ancient traditions have been passed down to the present day, and each has its own culture and processes.

In a flash, the time has come to night,

On the horizon, you can vaguely feel the dimness of the light, and the heavy snow has been falling for a whole day, and in the evening, the heavy snow has not lessened, but has become more majestic.

The snow is getting heavier and heavier, and you can only see two or three meters away with the naked eye.

At the same time, it is surprising that on this snowy day, a thick mist emerges from the other side of the mountain, and then gradually spreads, slowly enveloping the entire mountain.

After a while,

The entire mountain range is covered in thick mountain fog and raging snow!

In the living room, the dishes are already set on the table, but if you look closely, there are still slight gaps in the corners of the circle, and there are a few dishes missing.

Xu Huai kept busy in the kitchen, and the kitchen knife in his hand kept waving, leaving afterimages in the air.

After a while, the green peppers were cut neatly.

"There's only one last dish left! braised carp!"

On Chinese New Year's Eve, the dishes are also served in order, because the meaning of fish, there is more than every year, and the word "yu" represents the left, but also represents the last, so the treatment of fish is often put on hold.

Skillfully cooked,

add fuel to the fire,

And then come on,

When the oil was cooked and splashed around, Xu Huai reached out and fished out one from the bucket next to him, cleaned up the big carp weighing four catties, and threw it into the pot.

After a meal, the aroma of the fish spreads out of the pan.

Next, add water to the pot and add a lid.

Semi-ring,

That's it!