Chapter 173: Halloween
Xia Xue'er raised her head when she heard the sound and looked over, Dongmei was carrying a sandalwood tray in her hand, and there were still five or six lucky bags lying in it, just glanced at it, her body trembled a little, and she unconsciously moved her ass back.
"Do you want to hang it in the study? Or a bedroom? Or ......"
"Don't!"
Dongmei was turning her brain to think about where to hang, but before she could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Xia Xue'er. The voice was a little frightened, and the two maids were startled and a little incomprehensible at the same time. And after realizing that her reaction was too strong, Xia Xue'er forced herself to concentrate and stopped looking at those terrible lucky bags, so she opened her mouth and ordered: "I don't like this color and pattern, hang it in a place I can't see!" ”
This blessing bag is not used to pray for blessings, it contains a special soul exorcism charm painted with black dog blood, this Xia Xue'er can't be afraid, although it has not had any adverse effects on her at present, but she has to guard against it, even when the gray-robed Taoist priest gave her these talismans, he also used the three layers of dead dog skin and the outer three layers of the bag, even he couldn't really see whether Xia Xue'er, who had been going back and forth, had fused with this body, after all, he was not afraid of ten thousand, he was afraid of what happened.
A few hours have passed, and the book in Xia Xue'er's hand has been replaced, but there is still no need to put it down, the candle on the candlestick is only an inch long, and the dim candlelight is swaying, projecting on the hanging bead curtain, reflecting a beautiful light, and shining on the furniture in the house, mottled.
Outside the house, the night wind was howling tightly, whirring by, and the leaves were rattling, bursts of water, in the dead of night, somewhat scary. Cuizhu glanced at Dongmei and Qiu Ju, who were sitting beside her, who were already napping with their heads pestle, and turned her eyes to Xia Xue'er, who was leaning on the beauty couch and reading with relish, and opened her mouth to persuade: "Miss, let's look at it tomorrow, I hurt my eyes carefully!" ”
Xia Xue'er raised her head from the book, reached out and rubbed her temples, she was indeed tired of reading, and her eyes were sour and astringent. It's not that she doesn't want to sleep, she doesn't dare to sleep! She has to survive the Midyear Festival and survive the most difficult days!
If there is really something that does not care, people can become fearless. It's like when she first came here, she couldn't accept all this, she only thought about going back, going back, going back, but when she found out that she really couldn't go back, she learned to accept all this, and then accidentally fell in love with them, and then she became a victim of gains and losses, afraid of death, afraid of losing.
Seeing this, Xianglan, who was resting on the pillar on the side, came over and gently massaged her, living and living her body, Cuizhu also got up and poured her a cup of hot tea, and inadvertently touched Xia Xue'er's fingers when she handed it over, which was cold and piercing! I was shocked.
"Miss!"
"It's okay, it's good to warm up the tea, it's cold......" took the teacup handed over by Cuizhu and held it tightly in the palm of his hand. His voice was a little hoarse, and a relieved smile was squeezed out of his face. Seeing this, Cuizhu's eyes were full of water, so she hurriedly went to bring the basin, poured the warm water that had been placed on the charcoal fire outside the house into the basin, and warmed her with a towel again and again.
Several girls are distressed, since July, their own young lady has not slept peacefully. The disciples of the Netherworld Valley have returned to the city one after another, and there are more things, she has to be busy with all kinds of trivial matters during the day, and she can only stay up all night reading books with her eyelids to pass the time.
"Miss, eat meat!"
Dongmei's voice suddenly sounded in the quiet room, and the three of them turned their heads together, only to see that her head had already fallen on the table, her mouth moved, muttered a word, and continued to sleep in a different direction. The three of them looked at each other and smiled. This gluttonous girl even dreams of eating meat!
Xia Xue'er envied her, she ate when she was hungry, slept when she was sleepy, she didn't have to worry about anything, such a day was stable but calm, happy and dreamy! Softly instructed Xianglan to bring a blanket to cover the two who were asleep, Cuizhu was worried that she would burn her eyes if she continued to watch, so she got up and changed the candles on the candlestick, and the three of them sat around talking and talking about the day.
It's just dawn all night.
Taoism has a saying: On the first day of the seventh month, the local officials descended to determine the good and evil in the world, and the Taoist priests chanted the scriptures at night, and the prisoners of the Hunger Festival were also liberated. July is also known as the ghost month, the king of Yama on the first day of the seventh lunar month every year, open the ghost gate, release a group of unworshipped lonely souls and wild ghosts to the yang world to enjoy people's sacrifices, and on the last day of July, before the ghost gate is closed, these lonely souls and wild ghosts have to return to the underworld.
The Midyear Festival is one of the most important ancestral festivals, and the civil and military officials have a day off, and Xia Qingxuan and Xia Qi are rarely at home together. The summer trip, which had been traveling, also came back early this morning, and as soon as the sky was bright, he hurried back day and night.
Ancestor worship should start from noon, the house has begun to prepare rich dishes and wine and rice early in the morning, the big eight immortals in the hall are full of 24 flavors of the table, Gui Mama cleaned her hands before putting seven pairs of chopsticks, a pot of wine and seven cups on the table, and in the middle of the fruit box and the plate, the fruit box is a hexagonal prism type solid wood carved ornament, and there are fashionable melons and fruits in it; The dish plate is also carved into a rectangle of solid wood, with six grids above, and six flavor vegetarian dishes such as shiitake mushrooms, fungus, pine mushrooms, daylily, dried bamboo shoots and red dates are placed in the grid, commonly known as "Liuwei Zhai".
Everything was prepared, and when the time came, the old lady lit three incense sticks and lit a big red double candle, knelt down with incense, invited the ancestors to enjoy the feast, and asked to bless the family to be well-off and safe, and the family was prosperous.
After coming out of the hall, the old lady led the group to the Buddha hall. She walked in the forefront, followed by her son and daughter-in-law, followed by Xia Xing, Xia Xing and Xia Xue'er's three grandchildren, and behind them, there were all the aunts and concubines, and at the end were a series of little maids holding various sacrifices.
Ancestor worship is an extremely important and serious matter, and no one spoke along the way, but it was quiet.
Xia Xue'er's footsteps were a little floating, I don't know if it was because she hadn't slept well in the past few days or something else. Xia Qi seemed to notice that something was wrong with his sister, turned his head to look at her, his face was a little pale, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead and the tip of his nose, but he didn't speak, he only stretched out his hand to support his sister, and secretly gave her true anger.
A warm current rushed into the body, although it was a little caught off guard, but it did not produce any repulsive effect, on the contrary, Xia Xue'er's dantian was like a hungry wolf, constantly devouring the true qi from the outside world. At first, she only felt comfortable, but then she found that she was getting more and more, and after she had changed from passively receiving to actively absorbing her eldest brother's true qi, she hurriedly shook off his hand, full of horror!
ps. This is the second update~ I'm still very trustworthy, so I said that I won't owe more today~
Okay, it's out, then I'll continue to review, I'll have to stay up late tonight...... The cultivation of a national treasure
Is it true that my friend said that my dark circles are worse than national treasures? Ask for a ticket ~ ask for comfort (to be continued.) )