"Sister Ah Hui, don't blame Brother Shangguan, I was too careless, I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Alice looked at the three of them cautiously, and found that their faces were not very good, and she was vaguely worried in her heart, afraid that she had caused trouble for others, and she was about to cry in a hurry.

"It's okay, you're a guest in our village, we take care of your safety, as it should be. Brother Zhong, it's time for us to leave when the medicine is delivered. Handsome and enthusiastic brother Shangguan, you just stay here and take good care of your sister Alice, right? Chen Huizhi still hadn't practiced at home, so he couldn't help but sour him.

Ma Lizhong shrugged his shoulders helplessly towards Shangguan Lei, and followed out.

The temporary little nurse in the clinic has already come over to help, Shangguan Lei naturally has no reason to stay, and the eldest sister misunderstood him just now, he has to explain immediately.

Chen Huizhi was driving, he used to walk, so it was naturally much slower, and when he returned to Chen's house, he found that Chen Mingzhi and the others were a little depressed.

I secretly screamed in my heart that it was not good, so I hurriedly stepped forward to explain.

Chen Yuezhi was nothing, and said with a shallow smile: "You guys, don't blame Shangguan Lei, what kind of person is he, don't I understand?" Besides, Alice is a guest and falls, and if he doesn't pay attention, it will seem too cold. It's not good for our village's reputation. Shangguan Lei, you did the right thing, you don't have to have a psychological burden. ”

The big stone that Shangguan Lei had been pressing in his heart finally relaxed, and the expression on his face turned cloudy, and he knew that Chen Yuezhi would not be the same as others.

"Ah Yue, it's great that you believe me. I was just thinking, if you don't believe me, I don't even know what to do. Shangguan Lei smirked.

Chen Wei asked Chen Yuezhi to discuss some things. She patted Shangguan Lei on the shoulder and left, he was about to follow, but was stopped by Chen Mingzhi's brothers.

The two brothers, one left and one right, blocked the road tightly, and Shangguan Lei stopped and looked at them.

"My little sister is easy to talk to. It doesn't mean that we are easy to talk to. Shangguan Lei, don't think that my little sister has promised you, and you will get carried away. Don't take her to heart. These are the words of Chen Mingzhi.

"Hmph, don't think that if you cultivate a little higher, you want to step on two boats, I will sue you. Even if you are a Da Luo Jin Immortal. Even if you fight for your life, we won't let you hurt your little sister for half a point. A fierce look flashed in Chen Lizhi's eyes.

Shangguan Lei's face was also embarrassed: "We have been brothers for a while, don't you know what kind of person I am, how can I do something sorry for Ah Yue, why can't you try to believe me?" ”

"My eldest sister and my brother-in-law saw it with their own eyes, is it still fake? You're holding her, right? She's just twisted her foot, not paralyzed! Besides, it's only a few minutes away from Brother Jiang's medical clothes, can't you walk over by yourself? Not really. Why don't you find a stick for her to hold onto? You are so pitiful that you can't bear to walk. Concerned about this, hug it directly? ”

"Yes, I also think it's strange, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world, why did you appear there, why did she appear there, today the village killed the New Year pigs, didn't they claim to have come to experience the original rural life? Then you should stay in the village, why run up the mountain, and it so happens that there are many roads, but I am on the same road with you. ”

No matter how Shangguan Lei explained, Chen Mingzhi's brothers didn't believe it, and he didn't want to say it anymore.

Those who are clear are self-purifying.

If they had to doubt, he couldn't do anything, as long as Ah Yue still believed in himself.

When he returned to his room, Shen Fang had just finished his cultivation, and asked him with concern why his face was not good-looking, Shangguan Lei shook his head and didn't say anything.

He thought about Chen Lizhi's words again, and couldn't help but think, how could it be so coincidental? Could it be that this qiē really has a conspiracy, that Alice is waiting there on purpose? Or is she stalking him?

No, no, at that time, he searched for Moqi, using the spiritual sense of Brother Jindan, and searched all the surrounding areas for a hundred miles, but he did not find Alice's figure.

It can be seen that it is really a coincidence, otherwise, it can only mean that Alice's cultivation is even higher than him, and she can actually avoid the search of his divine sense.

Chen Wei found several clan elders in the village, plus Chen Yuezhi, to discuss how to spend this year?

If it is still your own family, then according to the method of previous years, it is just a little more sumptuous, but now that there are guests here, shouldn't it be grander?

The second uncle said with a smile, in fact, many years ago, the Chinese New Year was also a grand event, just sending the stove to do a lot of things, unlike modern times, it has been simple to just put a bowl of meat on the stove and forget it.

He is naturally willing to reproduce the procedures of sending those ancient methods to the stove one by one.

Chen Yuezhi suddenly became interested, and listened carefully to the second uncle talking about the process of sending the stove, and when he heard it, he shouted interestingly, but these tools needed to send the stove, how many people will do it?

The second uncle and the old men immediately laughed, this girl is stupid, since the second uncle knows the process, he naturally knows the practice of those things, but he needs some materials, and now he has to hurry up and prepare, if he really wants to reproduce those ancient methods of sending stove etiquette.

"Second uncle, I have an idea, the Chen family is the main family in Jinlin Village, it is better to put the sacrificial activities such as sending stoves of our Chen family together and make a big event, so that future generations can revisit these customs and not forget their ancestors, and secondly, they can also let the guests see it."

The second uncle actually said this, he had this idea, where would he refuse, even if he nodded, he was willing to take the initiative.

Then it is necessary to prepare the sacrifices to the stove, pigs' heads, yellow sheep, chickens and ducks, etc., are essential, the most important thing is some small things, but they must be needed, because they represent very practical and important opinions.

For example, gum tooth candy should be made into an ingot-shaped, which represents the meaning of next year's wealth, and secondly, the meaning of gum tooth candy is also very interesting. That is, after eating gum tooth candy, Zaojun will stick to his teeth, so that he can't adjust his mouth and tongue. Say bad things about the Jade Emperor.

It is believed that there is a god of the stove, and every year during the New Year, the king of the stove will go to heaven. Report the situation on earth to the Jade Emperor in the sky.

In addition to these, there are also stove god paper codes, stove curtains, stove ingots, etc. The ancients used bamboo to weave a shelf, put a thick bamboo knot, put it with oil, and light the lamp grass soaked in the oil to take care of it. This kind of bamboo-woven lamp stand is called "lamp pole". It is also commonly known as "lamp hanging".

The lamp hangs every year to be replaced with a new one, and when the stove is delivered, the old lamp will be replaced and two chopsticks will be strung together. Paste red paper, insert some holly pine, even if it is the sedan chair of the god of the stove, it should be placed together with the offerings when sacrificing to the stove.

Wait until the sacrifice is finished. He helped the paper code of the god of the stove into the sedan chair. Together with the curtains and ingots, they were sent to the door for incineration, and at this time, the firecrackers rang out in unison, and the bamboo cypress pines also made a crackling sound in the fire.

The person who sent the stove also sprinkled the soybeans and straw that were used as horse fodder for the god of the stove to the roof, and at the same time shouted out auspicious words such as "The master of the stove world is heaven, the master of the stove world is heaven", "Ten million taels of gold, scattering money all over the ground" and so on.

After a while, a priest was appointed to treat the large bamboo knots left over from the burning of the lamp as ingots and clamp them with fire tongs. The following is carried with a rice dustpan, which means that the ingots cannot be missed and walked back to the house. One person took the sugar ingots and shouted all the way into the house: "Ingot roll in, ingots roll in." When I got to the stove, I sent the ingots and unburned incense candles into the largest stove together, and then put the sugar ingots on both sides of the stove door, which was a symbol of the closure. The rest of the sugar ingots were distributed to the children.

This is not over, just send the stove god to the sky, then the stove king to the sky to report things, of course, but also down, this is just to send, the next to welcome, it is also very important, if the stove is not greeted well, let him be happy, the next new year, how can he work hard and serve the farmer?

It will be until the 30th night of the Chinese New Year's Eve to bring the god Vesta back from heaven, and then there will be a whole set of rituals to welcome the god Vesta.

Chen Yuezhi listened to the second uncle's words, his eyes really sparkled, these things can only be seen in novels or ancient books now, there are really not many people in modern times who will do it deliberately?

Even if Jinlin Village is relatively backward, they all act simply, after all, such a large-scale stove delivery behavior not only requires many people, but also consumes a lot of money.

In the past, the money that the big guys earned every year was not enough to fill their bellies, who could have the heart to do such a thing?

This year is different, everyone has made a lot of money with the Chen family, and their lives have become rich all of a sudden, and many families are discussing and planning to open a village to rebuild a new house?

Chen Weihe and the village chief also have the idea that they are going to renovate all the houses of the households in the village, and those who are able will pay for them, and the Chen family will pay for the widows, the elderly and the weak who are not able.

Chen Wei's plan is to build all the houses into the appearance of ancient buildings, and turn this modern rural village into an ancient Jiangnan village, forming its own unique characteristics and temperament.

Even the newly built schools and nursing homes are built in the style of classical buildings.

After Chen Yuezhi and his father discussed the matter, it was almost time for dinner, and the pig-killing soup in the Chen family's cauldron was already burning fragrantly, and the children were drooling and their eyes were sticking to the pot, just waiting for the adults to come over and sit down and open the table.

After Chen Yuezhi went home, she thought about it, and went to Shangguan Lei, what the eldest sister said today, she naturally felt uncomfortable, but she didn't want to affect the relationship between the two because of a little misunderstanding.

It's just that after she came to Shangguan Lei's house, she only saw the iron general door, and was about to leave, when she saw Shen Fang coming over with a bowl: "Hey, Ah Yue, why are you here?" ”

"Aunt Shen, where is Shangguan Lei?"

"You two children are so funny, you look for him, he looks for you, play hide and seek? More than an hour ago, he said he had something to look for you, so he went out, didn't you see him? ”

Chen Yuezhi shook her head, she has been following her father in the village to discuss the etiquette of sending stoves, and she has never seen Shangguan Lei?

"Maybe you two are on a fork, I'll call you and ask." Shen Fang took out his mobile phone and dialed it out, only to find that Shangguan Lei's mobile phone was ringing in the room.

"This kid left his phone at home." Shen Fang smiled apologetically.

"It's okay, Aunt Shen, then I'll go back first, he'll be back in a while, you let him come to me, I have something I want to tell him."

"Alas, Haole, I'm free to play." Shen Fang sent Chen Yuezhi to the door.

Chen Yuezhi was vaguely unhappy in her heart, and she couldn't tell where she was, but when she walked to the door of the house and saw the heat in the courtyard, she quickly put that inexplicable love behind her, joined the stove house, and helped her mother deliver food to each table.

In the village clinic, Jiang Shangyun had already been invited to eat pig-killing soup, and the little nurse followed happily, leaving only Alice, who had already bandaged her wounds, and Shangguan Lei, who was sitting on the side, with a somewhat inexplicable face.

"Brother Shangguan, what's wrong with you, why haven't you spoken since you came in? Is it because of what happened just now, Sister Chen blames you? Shall I explain it for you? Alice looked at it inquiringly, and her eyes were clear and upright, and there was no trace of conspiracy.

She made a gesture to get out of the hospital bed, but her feet were not well, so she naturally couldn't stand, so she fell again, and the hospital bed was surrounded by medical instruments, no matter where she hit, she couldn't feel well.

Shangguan Lei sighed, he didn't want to care, but he still reached out to support her, but he quickly withdrew his hand again: "It's okay, your sister Chen is not so stingy." ”

"That's good, then why are you still so unhappy?" Alice's beautiful little face was full of doubts, and she couldn't figure it out.

Shangguan Lei didn't know how to tell her, the thoughts in his heart turned a thousand times, and finally he asked her a ghost: "Are you sure you really didn't know me before?" ”

Alice looked at Shangguan Lei suspiciously, her eyes were full of doubt and clarity, without a trace of disguise.

"Brother Shangguan, I grew up abroad since I was a child, and this is the first time I have returned to China, how can I know you?" Alice pursed her lips as she spoke, revealing the sweet pears on either side of her face.

Shangguan Lei looked out of the window in a daze, his expression was a little drifting, yes, before he came, he also checked Alice's situation carefully to make sure that she really had no problem.

Some villagers proved that Alice did go to chase Tang Wenhua and passed there, and there was a long difference between the time he left, so it was impossible to follow the past.

Therefore, the possibility of a deliberate chance encounter is ruled out.

But how could he have such a dream when he was napping in the afternoon?

Shangguan Lei was directly awakened by a dream from those people at that time. After waking up, he sat in a daze, really couldn't figure it out, thinking about going out for a walk, or chatting with Chen Yuezhi, talking, maybe the situation would be better.

I didn't see Chen Yuezhi at Chen's house, and when he heard that he was in the village to discuss things and hadn't come back, he went to the village again, but he came here inexplicably.

"Brother Shangguan, can I trouble you?" Alice said cautiously, a touch of shyness on her face. (To be continued.) )