On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, Shili Tunzi officially kicked off the prelude to the New Year, and every household began to sacrifice to the stove. On this day, people have to worship the king of the stove and the grandmother of the stove on the wall near the stove in the stove room. On both sides of the shrine, a pair of small couplets should be pasted, the upper couplet reads "Heaven plays a good deed", the lower couplet reads "The Nether Realm Keeps Peace" or "Return to the Palace to Descend to Good Fortune", and the banner is "The Head of the Family". The ancients said: "The people take food as the sky", so it is completely understandable that people respectfully worship the Lord of the Stove as the head of the family.

Qin Ruwei also saw her grandmother's sacrificial stove when she was a child, and the kitchen at home was pasted with the stove prince, and she had to offer incense every New Year's holiday, which was very pious. On the evening of the twenty-fourth, all the incense sticks that have been inserted for a year will be cleaned and burned, so as to send the king of the stove back to heaven, and then re-offer the melons and fruits, and paste new couplets to worship.

As the sister-in-law of the Qin family, especially now that she is still a sister-in-law who has been abandoned at home, it is naturally not her turn to do such a thing as a sacrificial stove, it is a housewife like the Gu family to do it.

In modern times, I have seen a lot of sacrificial stoves, and what is offered is nothing more than three apples, as well as some sweets and snacks, as well as rice cakes, and then a bowl of rice, put meat on it, so that there is meat and rice at home.

Gu's got up before dawn and was busy, steaming rice cakes with powder, preparing melons and fruits, incense candles and firecrackers, and the sky was bright, so he called Qin Ruwei and others to start cleaning the house, cleaning the corners that are usually not taken care of, even little girls like Erniang and Sanniang have to do it, and Gu's is busy cleaning up the stove and worshipping things.

Qin Daniu is a hard-working person and took the initiative to clean up the livestock pen, while Qin Ruwei led her two little nieces to clean up the houses.

In modern times, because of the busy work, the family hired a nanny, Qin Ruwei rarely cleaned, although the deity was used to doing it before, but it was really cleaned up, especially when she was recovering from this serious illness, Qin Ruwei was also tired enough, her back hurt and she was panting, and her little face was a little white.

"Sister, you've only been sick for a short time, go and rest, and the rest of the big brother will come and get it." Qin Daniu saw that Qin Ruwei's face was not good, and he hurriedly persuaded him.

This happened to be heard by the Gu family, and he darkened his face unhappily, his eyes swept over Qin Ruwei's face, and he snorted: "Squeamish!" ”

Qin Da Niu glared at her.

Qin Ruwei said: "It's okay, I'll just take a breath." ”

Qin Daniu wanted to persuade again, but Xiao Si ran in and shouted loudly: "Dad, mother, the eldest brother's house is here." ”

When Gu Shi heard this, he hurriedly put down the wooden basin in his hand and said happily: "Really? So saying, he went out the door.

Qin Daniu's face was also full of joy, but he didn't go out like Gu's, but stood in the courtyard and looked forward to it.

Qin Ruwei pursed her lips and smiled, her mother was worried, this actually included her father.

Qin Yi is only fifteen this year, and two years ago, he followed a familiar brother Huzi in the village to run a hall in the county town as a buddy to help the family, and now, the twenty-fourth year of the year has begun to take annual leave, and it is time for him to come home.

Thinking like this, Qin Ruwei hadn't seen this nephew for nearly a year, and she didn't even see him come back when she got married.

"Big brother, Qin Yi is back, let's fry two more appetizers tonight, and you two will have a cup of fun." Qin Ruwei walked up to Qin Daniu and said with a smile.

Qin Da Niu pretended not to care and said: "It's not like I haven't seen you for ten or eight years, how much can you drink?" After a pause, he seemed embarrassed and said: "That kid likes to smash the pig into the water, sister, the pig water you make is more fragrant than his mother's water, so let's fry a spicy intestine tonight?" ”

Qin Ruwei covered her mouth and snickered, sighing.

As the brother and sister were talking, they saw Gu Shi walking in with a tall young man in his arms, still wiping tears from his eyes.

"Dad, my son's house is here!" As soon as the young man saw Qin Da Niu standing in the courtyard, he threw away the baggage roll on his body without saying a word, and knelt down in front of Qin Da Niu and kowtowed three times.