At the end of the month, the flavor of the New Year is getting heavier and heavier, although the population of the main family of Liufu is not prosperous, and the young master is only eight people, but there are not many servants and servants everywhere who are waiting, and there are nearly 100 people in total, plus everyone has a kind of joyful yearning for the New Year, so the Liufu is more lively than usual when the New Year is approaching.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the king of the stove was sent to heaven;

On the twenty-fourth day of the lunar month, dust sweeps the house;

On the twenty-fifth day of the lunar month, push and grind to make tofu;

On the twenty-sixth day of the lunar month, the pig was killed and the meat was cut;

On the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, wash away sloppiness and guilt;

On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, the cake is steamed and the applique flowers are steamed;

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, go to the grave to invite the ancestors to worship the ancestors

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, I stayed up all night to welcome the New Year.

In the previous life, Liu Qin didn't have any feelings about the New Year, there was no shortage of new clothes and food on weekdays, and he could get some New Year's money when he was young, and he had to go out after participating in the work, the most important thing is that the more developed the society, the less the old traditions in the past, and no one followed the ancient customs of what to do on what day no one followed, and in the end, the year was just a symbol, just a character on the desk calendar, more and more plain, no taste. After a few years of working in the field, Liu Qin would also go home before the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family gathered around, eating melon seeds and watching the Spring Festival Gala, and the red and happy in the party seemed to be separated by frosted glass, so often half of it could not be seen, and Liu Qin was the first to go into the room to sleep.

And now, experiencing these customs firsthand, Liu Qin feels interesting and fun, so the most lively place in Liufu is always indispensable to a few of their small figures, eating social sugar, holding the freshly beaten glutinous ba, and even pushing the mill with his own hands, burning the stove, cutting a few not very good-looking window flowers, watching the slaughter of the big black pig in the kitchen (Xiaobai, who only grows meat like her, has not grown up), when Master Liu waved and wrote a couplet, he personally handed the pen and polished the ink, and clapped his hands to applaud, etc., These are all things she has not experienced in her previous life, It makes her feel very interesting, and this fun has the warmth of a family.

This year is also the first New Year for Jiang Li to come to Liu's house, the more reunion days are more misses relatives, the old lady is worried that he misses his parents and hurts his spirits, so he specially called Changxing Changsheng to his side and personally instructed him, and when he was still thirty years of worshipping his ancestors, he asked Master Liu to set up a separate sacrificial table for Jiang Li in Moxiang Courtyard, so that he could worship his parents from afar even though he was in Wucheng, so as to do his best

The filial piety of the Son of Man.

Jiang Li knelt on the ground, with a sadness in his eyes that could not be hidden, and kowtowed respectfully three times in the direction of his distant hometown, silently reciting in his heart: Father and mother are above, unfilial children have kowtowed to you, if father and mother have a spirit in the sky, please bless the prosperity of the Liu family, bless the health of your uncle and aunt, and bless your sister with peace and joy in her life!

At this time, Liu Qin was following his father and mother to the Liu family ancestral hall in the northeast corner of the backyard to worship his ancestors, Liu was the son of the long house, and the Liu family's wife was enshrined in this ancestral hall, as for the Liu family's ancestral land was originally in Jincheng further south, Liu Ye had not returned for many years. Master Liu has no brothers, and most of the side branches of the Liu family are in Jincheng, and only one hall follows to make a living in Wucheng, so the family of the hall house came to Liufu on the day of worshipping the ancestors.

At the request of the mother, Liu Qin changed into women's clothes, and the mother also said that relatives should move around each other in the first month, everyone knows that there is a girl in the Liu family, and it is rude to wear men's clothes to meet guests, Liu Qin is not awkward anymore, although she likes to mess around, but she also knows the truth of accepting it when she sees it, anyway, after fifteen, she will change back to men's clothes.

Liu Qin's cousin is ranked fifth, not much younger than Master Liu, through the relationship between Master Liu, he has made a small errand in the yamen, and he is honest, but the wife he married is not good, in Liu Qin's eyes, she is a disgusting character, looking at the smile and seems to be very kind, but the words she says are either with a knife or sour and sour, she is not as good as the old lady, she is not as good as the old lady, and the happiness index of life is far inferior to the old lady, But she always wants to compare herself with the old lady, probably this is envy, jealousy and hatred.

During the sacrifice, only men could enter the family ancestral hall, and women had to kneel outside the door, so Master Liu only took Uncle Hai Ge and Brother Chao, and Uncle Wu Tang brought his two sisters-in-law, two concubines and five grandchildren, a total of 14 people in. The Liu family is not allowed to take concubines, but Uncle Wutang is a special case, I heard that Uncle Wutang had a lover when he was young, but he was not recognized by the family, and he was forced to marry Aunt Wutang, and the forced marriage was naturally not much better, in order to save the heart of Uncle Wutang, Aunt Wutang took the initiative to give the big girl ring around her to Uncle Wutang as a concubine, and later accepted a few rooms one after another, it can be said that the backyard of Wufang is Yingying Yanyan, which is very lively. But Liu Qin felt that whether it was Uncle Wutang or Aunt Wutang, they were not as happy as their parents, and they looked much older than their parents.

After the sacrifice, the five cousins' family did not go back, and they had to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together in the evening. During the time before eating, the men naturally went to the outer courtyard, and the women, except for Cai Xinlan, who wanted to arrange a banquet in the evening to retire first, all gathered in the back garden to listen to Taoxuan.

Listen to Tao Xuan has a wide field of vision, there are a few plum trees planted on the left, the red plum trees in full bloom stand proudly, not far from the right is a bamboo forest, although it is still verdant in winter, a path winds through the forest, if it is the summer night wind together, the sound of the waves will come with the wind, listen to Tao Xuan is also named after this, and also build a few flower beds according to the terrain around it, in the spring, the purple and red are very good-looking, so listen to Tao Xuan is also the best place to cook tea and enjoy the scenery in the back garden.

The maids had already laid a thick mattress in the Xuan, burned the brazier, boiled the tea, put the tea and fruit snacks, and when the old lady came with the family of the fifth room, it was already hot inside, as if a warm spring day had come in advance.

The old lady herself crooked on a couch, let the five old ladies Zhang crooked on another couch, Zhang's three daughters-in-law sat on the chairs next to them, the eldest of the juniors was no more than seven years old, and they all sat or hugged according to their respective mothers, here Hai Ge'er went back to the front yard, only Liu Qin and Chao Ge'er snuggled up to the old lady.

"Alas, sister-in-law, your Qin girl is really getting better and better, if I have such a good fortune as you, I can also have a girl when I am old, then I really fell asleep and woke up with a smile." Zhang said with a smile, and beckoned to Liu Qin, "Qin'er, come, let Auntie take a good look." ”

Liu Qin looked up at her mother, then reluctantly moved over slowly, and asked Zhang to say goodbye, Zhang took her hand, and shouted to her daughter-in-law while sighing in admiration: "Mei'er, Ru'er, why don't you come to play with your little aunt?" ”

Liu Mei is the daughter of the fifth uncle, Liu Ru is the third master, they are all the daughters of the concubine, Liu Ru is the concubine of the concubine, no wonder I used to read novels and write that the little lady raised the little lady on the stage, the children of this concubine do have a state of cringe, Liu Mei is one year older than Liu Qin, but her courage is not as good as Liu Qin. The five-room home is more complicated, and the Zhang family is not pleasant, and the two families do not come and go frequently, that is, in previous years, the old lady also tried to minimize the contact between Liu Qin and the five rooms, so Liu Qin and this Liu Mei Liu Ru are not familiar with each other, and they can't play in one place.

Zhang praised Liu Qin for a while, let a few children play by themselves, and then turned back to the old lady, and said boastfully: "Sister-in-law, the family affairs of the fourth child of my family have been decided." ”