Chapter 268 Xiao Nian [Asking for Recommendation Votes]

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Xiao Nian is a traditional festival of the Han nationality in China, also known as Xie Zao, Sacrificial Stove Festival, Stove King Festival, and Sacrificial Stove. The date is different in different places, in the lunar calendar on the 23rd or 24th or 25th of the lunar month (folklore experts say that in ancient times, there was a tradition of "three officials, four people, four boats and five" for the small year, that is, the official family was the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the common people's family was the twenty-fourth lunar month, and the water family was the twenty-fifth lunar month.

Folklore has it that every year on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the Lord of the Stove has to go to heaven to report the good and evil of the family to the Jade Emperor, so that the Jade Emperor can reward and punish. Therefore, when sending the stove, people put candy, water, beans, and straw on the table in front of the statue of the king of the stove; Among them, the last three are prepared for the mount of the Stove King's ascension. When sacrificing to the stove, the Kanto sugar is melted with fire and applied to the mouth of the stove king. In this way, he can't speak ill of the Jade Emperor. In addition, on the night of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the king of Stove will come to the world with the gods to celebrate the New Year, and there must be a ceremony of 'receiving the stove' and 'receiving the gods' on that day. After every household burns a sedan chair horse, spills three cups of wine, and sends away the god of the stove, it is the turn to worship the ancestors.

Although the village is also a festival on this day, the origin of the small year of the Jiangjia group in the village is different from the legend.

The young year of the Jiang family group is said to be a long time ago, the ancestors of the Jiang family were very poor, and there was no way, and Layuetian had to go out to do business. He went out on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, but he never came back after that, and there was no news. At that time, the information was very closed, and the management of the population was very loose, so the family did not know what happened to him.

After this old ancestor went out, his mother-in-law raised the offspring alone, and after three years, without any news from her husband, her mother-in-law began to regard the 23rd day of the lunar month as the New Year.

In the countryside, the people who die in the month of Layue are the ones who are thought to be denied the New Year by God, or the people who are cursed by God. People in the countryside think that good people will definitely survive the New Year. Therefore, there are people in the village who died a few days ago, and they all have to keep it secret and not mourn, and wait until the New Year, when the first few days are the news of the death informed of the villagers, and the funeral is prepared.

But when this old ancestor went out, it was already the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and he had not reached adulthood, so it was naturally a pity that his mother-in-law set this day as the year of their family, that is, to regard his husband as having gone out after the New Year, leaving a good thought. And requires that on the twenty-third day of the lunar month every year in the future, the Jiang family must celebrate the New Year.

On the twenty-second day of the lunar month, many years went to the town to prepare New Year's supplies.

Now that the snow and ice have covered the river, the villagers have to walk to the village on the other side of the river to catch a car, or walk directly to the town, whichever way they choose, they have to walk across the Lulu River and climb several mountains to get to the road.

"Are you sure you want to go with me to the market?" Ebebe explained the reality of the situation, and then asked.

Yan Yuan was a little hesitant, but Xiao Yalin and Liu Ruxuan's attitudes were very resolute.

"I'm just here to see what the Chinese New Year is like in the countryside. If I don't follow, haven't I come in vain? Liu Ruxuan's attitude was very resolute.

Xiao Yalin also nodded, "Me too." The customs of the countryside are interesting. I've never been to the market. I'm going to see what the bazaar looks like. How much interesting stuff there is in the bazaar. I think the Chinese New Year in the countryside is the most traditional. I really want to take a look, otherwise I will come for nothing. ”

Yan Yuan was a little helpless, "I said no, can you not go?" ”

"Can't!" Xiao Yalin and Liu Ruxuan said in unison.

"Let's go, let's just go out hunting, anyway, it's not entirely by walking." Jiangbe said.

Yan Yuan had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow a few people to the market. …,

On this day, there are a lot of people rushing to the market, and almost every family in the mid-mountain village has to go to the market, and almost every family sets off in unison. As soon as the people in the village left, the village was even much deserted.

Jiangbian took Yan Yuan and others and set off early. One thing that Jiangbian didn't make clear to Yan Yuan was that even if he got to the village on the other side of the river, he might not be able to get a car. Since this day is the peak of the market, it is not so easy to get a car even in a neighboring village.

When he arrived in Shanmen Town, Yan Yuan deeply experienced what it means to have a bitter and sweet future. Let's talk about the journey first, don't say that there is no car, even if there is a car, it is not much better than walking. The road is covered with snow and ice, so it is impossible to drive at all, and the road is full of pedestrians, and even if there are cars, they can only move slowly on the main road.

Fortunately, the walk is much closer than the boat, so the time required to walk is only about an hour slower than that of the boat.

Originally, I thought that when I arrived in the town, I could find a shop to sit in, but when I arrived in the town, Yan Yuan knew that it was a luxury at all.

The alleys of Shanmen Town are crowded with people, and the shops are slowly crowded by Shanmen people who buy goods.

"Brother, brother, I really can't walk, can you find us a place to rest?" Yan Yuan said.

"Yan Yuan, you are too useless. How far has this gone? You're empty-handed again, why don't you even think you're as good as a woman? Liu Ruxuan said.

Yan Yuan was about to refute, saying that you Liu Ruxuan can be regarded as a normal woman? But seeing Xiao Yalin next to her, she naturally couldn't speak.

Xiao Yalin was actually very tired, but there were many novelties in the bazaar, which made Xiao Yalin feel very interested, and the fatigue along the way disappeared.

In fact, the market sells all the stalls that the people in the city disdain, and they are even a little worse than the stalls in the city. Due to the large number of people rushing to the market, the market is relatively small. The town simply turned all the streets into pedestrian streets in the last half of the lunar month. Stalls are set up in the middle of the road, and vendors can rent stalls to sell their wares.

Even so, there was still no place to settle down on the whole street.

"Riverside, where did so many people come from?" Yan Yuan frowned and looked at the crowd of black presses.

"There are two or three hundred thousand people in the whole town, and during the Chinese New Year, many people who went out rushed back, maybe a few with them. During the Chinese New Year, they all came out to purchase supplies, you say, where did so many people come from? Kawabe said.

"There are so many people. Although I saw so many people in the pedestrian street, the alleys were crowded with people, and it was really spectacular. Xiao Yalin said.

"Brother, can you find a place to rest and eat something before going shopping? We don't need to buy much anyway. Yan Yuan felt his stomach rumble a little.

In the morning, there were no noodles at the riverside house, no noodles such as buns, only rice, so Yan Yuan, who was used to a simple breakfast, was a little difficult to adapt, he didn't eat much in the morning, and walked for several hours in a row, and his stomach was already hungry.

"Okay, okay, let's go somewhere. There shouldn't be a lot of people in that place. Kawabe said.

During the Chinese New Year, families stay with their relatives and rarely go to the hotel. Various government agencies have begun to take holidays again, so hotels in places like Shanmen Town, when it comes to the Chinese New Year, business has become much weaker.

Jiangbian rushed to the beautiful restaurant with a few people.

Compared with the crowds of people everywhere in Shanmen Town, Xiuli Restaurant seems a little deserted here, these days, there are fewer people who come to eat, and people who rush to the market will not pass by here. So when they got here, the ears of several people finally calmed down for a while.

"Hey, isn't this Brother Jiang? Didn't you talk about going to the city to get rich? Is this the wind that brought you into my little shop? Zeng Xiuliang was very surprised when he saw the riverside, but he was very happy. …,

"Whatever Boss Zeng said, I went out to make a fortune, and I went to eat a mouthful. But Boss Zeng's business is getting bigger and bigger. This is a few of my running friends, walking to the town, tired and hungry, so I had to come to Boss Zeng. Kawabe said.

Jiangbian didn't notice that compared with before, he had made a great improvement in entertainment, if he faced Boss Zeng before, Jiangbian would inevitably be a little shy, and even when selling fish, the price was negotiated by Liu Huijun.

"Welcome, welcome! You are now a celebrity in our Shanmen Town, although Brother Zeng and I don't watch much news, but it is not easy for me to be a big celebrity on national television. You also know that there are no secrets in this place in our Shanmen Town. You can come to my Zeng Xiuliang's store to give me Zeng Xiuliang's face, and I invited you to this meal. It's up to you, a big celebrity, to give face. Zeng Xiuliang personally led a few people by the river to a private room.

"I knew that as soon as Brother Jiang went out, he would definitely soar, and sure enough, it was only half a year, and my brother was already famous all over the world." Zeng Xiuliang continued.

"Wait a minute, everyone, I'll go to the kitchen and order, this dish, the foolish brother is in charge. Brother Jiang also knows. At this time of year, our business here is not very good. So that's all there is in the kitchen, and that's fresh. I'll go and ask the kitchen to prepare a few fresh dishes with our mountain gate characteristics. Keep a few distinguished guests satisfied. After Zeng Xiuliang finished speaking, he walked downstairs.

"Brother, I didn't expect you to be so well-known in Banshan Village, and you saved money for this meal." Yan Yuan said with a smile.

"Hehe, in fact, I knew this boss before I went to Qiantang. Before, I caught fish and sold it to this boss. After earning some money for travel expenses, I have the money to go to Qiantang. Otherwise, there is still a thatched house in the middle of the mountain village. Kawabe said.

"You used to sell fish?" Xiao Yalin was a little surprised.

"yes. At first, I didn't know that the fish caught in the Egret River could still be sold for money. I used to sell turtle fish, but I didn't know that fishing could be sold for money. My dad has some rigid rules for turtle fishing, so although turtle fish are expensive, we can't make any money, just enough to make a living. One day, I brought a few fish caught in the Lulu River to sell in Shanmen Town, and I met this Zeng boss. Jiangbian briefly talked about his experience of selling fish.

Xiao Yalin was a little fascinated when she heard it, and Liu Ruxuan and Yan Yuan were also very interested, but it was not easy to ask in detail, after all, these are not very pleasant memories for Jiangbian.

Jiangbian has just finished talking here, and Zeng Xiuliang has already brought the dishes there.

"There aren't a lot of guests today, so I'll fry your dishes first." Zeng Xiuliang said.

Zeng Xiuliang fried seven or eight dishes, and they were all the specialties of Shanmen Town: plasma duck, rice noodles and goose meat, and chopped pepper fish head

At this time, Yan Yuan was already hungry, and when he only smelled the aroma of this dish, his stomach was already growling.

As soon as Yan Yuan waited for the dish to come up, he had already picked up a large piece of goose meat with chopsticks and sent it to his mouth, "To be honest, at this time, even if the unpalatable dish is in my mouth, it is already a delicacy in the world, and I am really hungry." ”

"You were a starving ghost in your previous life. Everywhere you go, people are thrown to death by you. Liu Ruxuan said dissatisfiedly.

However, Liu Ruxuan said that at the same time, at a speed faster than Yan Yuan, she stretched her chopsticks into the bowl, sandwiched a piece of meat, and stuffed it directly into her mouth.

"Well, well, I said that the cooking skills of the riverside are so good! It turned out to be influenced by the food of this mountain gate town. Xiao Yalin took a bite and praised.

Although Xiao Yalin's sentence did not directly praise the taste of the dishes in Xiuli Restaurant, it still reflects this problem on the side. At least she explained that the dishes of this beautiful restaurant can represent the highest level in Shanmen Town.

"It's good, even if it's put in Qiantang City, this dish is also very distinctive." Liu Ruxuan said. …,

Liu Ruxuan's words are a little clever, what she said is very distinctive, not that the cooking skills of Xiuli Restaurant can be regarded as first-class in Qiantang City, but it is very distinctive.

But even so, Zeng Xiuliang was still very happy. He opened a restaurant in other places, and he played the banner of Shanmen Town's specialties. Maybe in terms of culinary skills, Xiuli Restaurant doesn't have too many outstanding features, but in terms of characteristics, it is really the only one.

"Thanks for the compliment. To be honest, I also opened a restaurant in the provincial capital, and I played the name of Shanmen Town's specialty. In terms of Shanmen specialties, I dare to say that there is no second restaurant in Shanmen Town that is so fine as our beautiful restaurant. But in front of Brother Jiang, I was a little ashamed. As soon as Brother Jiang walked out of the mountain gate, he was able to win the championship of the cooking competition in Qiantang City. If it weren't for the news I saw on national television, I wouldn't have believed it. It's a pity that a restaurant like mine can't accommodate a capable person like Brother Jiang, otherwise, I really want to pull Brother Jiang into my restaurant. Zeng Xiuliang said.

"Didn't I come to Brother Zeng's restaurant?" Jiangbe said.

Several people laughed together.

"I said, what's the matter with your beautiful restaurant? I've waited so long and I haven't seen the dishes served, and this private room came later than us, and the dishes were all served. Is it that my leopard's money is not as clean as my family's? Or is the face of my leopard head not as big as my family? At this time, a familiar voice suddenly sounded outside the private room.

As soon as Zeng Xiuliang heard the voice of the leopard, he screamed in his heart, "A few of you eat first, I'll go out and say hello." ”

"It turned out that Brother Leopard was here, I'm really sorry. I'm going to tell the kitchen to get your food served. Zeng Xiuliang said.

"Boss Zeng, my leopard is still kind to you Boss Zeng, right?" The leopard said.

Zeng Xiuliang nodded, "Brother Leopard is very righteous to Xiuli Restaurant and to me Zeng Xiuliang. ”

"My leopard has ever been less than your Zeng Xiuliang?" The leopard said calmly. But everyone understands that behind the calm is the storm.

"No, no, Brother Leopard never owes a penny." Zeng Xiuliang wiped a handful of sweat.

"Then I'm going to ask you, why do people come later than me, but serve food earlier than me? If it weren't for my brother coming out to pee, I wouldn't know. You Zeng Xiuliang actually did such a thing to my leopard. Do you think that with Deputy Secretary Cao's cover, my leopard won't dare to take you? "The leopard is about to have a seizure.

"Never, never! Brother Leopard, let me explain. Zeng Xiuliang took out a pack of soft China and handed it to the leopard.

"Okay, I'll listen to your explanation." The leopard did not pick up Zeng Xiuliang's cigarette. Leopards are much more secure than they used to be.

"That's right, I have a few distinguished guests who have come back from out of town and haven't eaten all morning, so I will serve their dishes first. Leopard brother forgive. Zeng Xiuliang said with a smile.

"Distinguished guest, people are distinguished guests, and I am a cheap guest. When people are hungry, my leopard is full of food and support? The leopard said.

"Forgive a lot, forgive a lot." Zeng Xiuliang said.

"Forgiveness? I'll forgive you. But first I have to see, what does this guest look like? "The leopard was about to open the doors of several private rooms by the river.

"Brother Leopard, it's really a few of my friends inside. Please give me some thin noodles, I'll give you a good one right away, what do you think? Zeng Xiuliang said.

"Where do I dare! I am now a good citizen. I don't dare to take you as a backstage person. I just want to explain the reasoning and ask these distinguished guests of yours, what would they do if they were in such a situation. The leopard said.

The leopard pushed Zeng Xiuliang and immediately pushed Zeng Xiuliang to a stumbling side.

The leopard pushed open the door and saw at a glance the riverside sitting directly in front of the door.

Compared with before, the temperament of the riverside has changed a lot, but the appearance has not changed much. The leopard was very impressed by the appearance of the riverside. No one in the village knows better than a leopard about the power of the riverside. …,

Jiangbian glanced up at the leopard, and his gaze was not as sharp as before.

But the leopard felt a chill hit him, his body trembled, and he was about to pull the door and escape.

"Hehe, since you're here, why don't you come in and have a drink." Jiangbe said.

The leopard's feet, which were about to retreat, retracted their feet, bowed down, and slowly walked to the side of the river.

"Brother Leopard, give my brother face, this" Zeng Xiuliang rushed over, saw the strange scene, and immediately kept silent.

"Your old man is here! I really don't know. I'm just going to come in and see, I'm going, a few slow users. "The leopard is like a riverside.

"Being the boss is different! Aren't you going to come in and reason with me? Jiangbian put down his chopsticks and said.

"Didn't I know that you and your friends were here? If I knew you were here, I wouldn't have dared to come in and disturb you. The leopard said.

"Sit here and have a drink with me?" Jiangbe said.

The leopard couldn't figure out what Jiangbian was thinking, so he didn't dare to sit down. It's not to sit with your body bowed, and it's not to sit down.

Jiangbian smiled, "Sit down, do it, I won't eat you again." This meal, the boss Zeng said that he wanted to treat him, and he didn't want you to pay for it, what are you afraid of? ”

"Then I'll sit down." The leopard sat down cautiously.

"Boss Zeng, sit down and have a few drinks. If you hadn't taken care of me, I might still be messing around in the middle of the village! Kawabe said.

"Then you're welcome." Zeng Xiuliang saw that the trouble was solved, and finally put his mind at ease, but Zeng Xiuliang wondered very much in his heart, what does Jiangbian have to do with this leopard.

Yan Yuan was also very puzzled by the scene in front of him. However, there are outsiders present, and it is difficult to say anything.

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