Chapter 16: Building a Stove and Worshipping the God of the Stove (Asking for All)
The golden sun rose from the other side of the mountain, the birds chirped in the woods, Li Jiahao got up on time at six o'clock, and after exercising for an hour, he went directly to the kitchen to help the third aunt and grandmother cook.
This morning's meal was just as simple, a pot of black rice porridge, some corn and scallion pancakes, and a few side dishes and salted eggs. The method of corn and scallion pancake is: put some cornmeal and white flour in the basin, hollow out the middle of the flour, pour water into the middle in stages, and knead the water surface evenly by hand: after kneading into the dough, it will be cooked for 30 minutes, and at the same time prepare to cut the green onion into fine green onions, which can be sprinkled with appropriate salt, the purpose is to make the green onion soft, and the dough will not be punctured when rolling: divide the dough into 3 sections, take one of the sections first, sprinkle dry flour on the wrench, and roll it into a round cake; Use a small brush to apply a layer of oil to the cake surface; Sprinkle with an appropriate amount of salt, if the chopped green onion has been salted, pay attention to reduce the amount of salt; Roll up the bread again; Rolled pie sticks, sealed tightly in both ports; Roll up the pie strips again, flatten them with the roll side up, and roll them out again into a thin round cake: heat the oil in the pot until it is 9 minutes hot; Fry the cake until golden brown on both sides.
Li Jiahao drank two bowls of porridge, ate a duck egg, and a lot of scallion pancakes, after the water was full, he took a little bit to the yard to find the money turtle, these days have not fed the turtle, fortunately it is a turtle, and the other animals don't know what it looks like to be hungry.
Seeing the money turtle basking in the sun on the stones in the yard, Xiao Dian hurriedly ran over and chirped at the money turtle, and the money turtle did not show weakness, but also stretched out his head and rushed forward, maybe it was the last time they wanted to fight but didn't fight, Xiao Dian was still holding his breath. I saw a little bit of jumping on the body of the money turtle, what kind of body is the money turtle, how can a little bit of it be broken, the money turtle saw the little bit stepping on his back, and hurriedly stretched out his head to bite, the little bit jumped down like lightning, and bit on the back of the turtle, only to hear a "quack" sound, the turtle shell was bitten off a piece. Seeing that he was obviously weak, the golden turtle quickly put his head into the turtle shell and acted as a turtle with a shrunken head. Seeing this, Li Jiahao and his grandmother both laughed, and after the little bit was defeated, they ran to Li Jiahao's feet and rubbed them, holding Li Jiahao's legs with their front paws, their big eyes flickering, so cute.
A few minutes later, Li Jiahao was going to go to the old house to see how the house was decorated, Li Deben was taking the workers to repair it, and he was going to build the stove today.
Grandpa caught a big rooster and said while sharpening his knife: "Don't be afraid, little chicken, the old man of the stove god will take it home." "The chickens were killed, plucked, washed, and put in a porcelain basin.
Over there, the grandmother has already set up the incense table, the incense burner is placed in the middle, the killed chicken, sugar ingots, fried rice candy, peanut candy, sesame candy and glutinous rice dumplings are placed next to it, these things are the stove god's favorite food. Grandma took out three sticks of incense, lit them, held them with both hands, knelt on the ground, and said while worshipping: "Grandpa Stove, you are the best, you let the people eat enough: Grandma Stove God, you are the best, you make people prosperous." Putting the incense in the incense burner, Grandma kowtowed three more times. And he poured another glass of wine on the ground to show his respect to the god of the hearth...... In the end, the candy was snatched up by the children who had been waiting for a long time.
Children love to have someone build a new house, when digging the foundation, they have to set off guns, they have to sprinkle candy, when they build the stove, when they have to put up the beams, they have to sprinkle candy, and when they have built a house, they have to sprinkle candy. At this time, the children are waiting nearby, and after the cannon is fired, they can grab the candy, and the more they grab, the more auspicious it is.
In Litang Village, a portrait of the king of the stove will be pasted on the stove of every house. The god of the stove is the East Kitchen Division destined to be blessed by the Stove King, commonly known as the Stove King, the Stove King, and the Stove King, who is in charge of the diet of the world. Every year on the 24th day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar, the god of the stove goes to heaven to report the merits and demerits of the world, and determines [***] blessings.
Legend has it that the Jade Emperor sent the Queen Mother to the world to inspect the people's conditions, and the youngest daughter of the Jade Emperor felt bored after staying in the sky for a long time, and also followed her mother down to the mortal world. She saw the suffering of the common people and was very sympathetic. At the same time, seeing that there are so many loving couples in the world, she also yearns for sincere love. Later, she fell in love with a young man who made a fire and helped him, and she felt that this man was kind-hearted, hardworking and simple, so she decided to stay in the mortal world and live with him. When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was very angry and sent his youngest daughter to the mortal world, not allowing her to return to heaven. The queen mother felt sorry for her daughter and pleaded in every possible way, and the Jade Emperor reluctantly agreed to give the poor boy who burned the fire a position of stove king. Since then, people have called the "poor fire-burner" "Stove King", and the Jade Emperor's youngest daughter is "Stove King Grandma".
The twenty-third day of the lunar month is the Chinese folk "Stove God" or "Stove Prince" worship. When sacrificing to the stove king, arrange the offerings, burn incense and worship, and then enter the wine for the first time, at this time, you should pray sincerely to the stove king, and then carry out the second wine after the completion of the third wine, tear off the old stove king statue, and burn it together with the horse and the treasure, which represents sending the stove king to heaven, and the ceremony will be successfully completed. And burning a horse with paper paste is used as a mount for the god of the stove, and a little soybeans and hay should be prepared as dry food and forage for the long journey of the god of the stove and the horse. In addition, incense is burned, kowtowed, and a few handfuls of straw ash are caught in the pit and scattered on the ground in front of the stove. After sending off the gods, the gods are brought back on the fourth day of the first lunar month (Chinese New Year's Eve), which is called "receiving the gods" or "receiving the gods". It is very simple to receive the god of the stove, that is, to replace the old statue of the god of the stove at home with a new one.
A few small stone lakes, the stove was built, grandpa brought a new statue of the god of the stove and pasted it on the newly built stove, and the two sides were pasted with the couplet that grandpa had already written, the upper couplet is "God says good things", and the lower couplet is "return to the palace to bring peace" and the horizontal batch is "four seasons of peace". After pasting, it can be used when the cement is dry.
It was noon, Li Jiahao paid his wages, and they all took the money and went home. The third aunt has already prepared a meal, and today's meal is particularly rich, with fresh bamboo shoots and meat slices, stewed local chicken with mushrooms, stir-fried shredded pork from the wild mountains, scrambled eggs with fungus, and stinging sprouts with hemp fragrance.
Thorn sprout thorn sprout is commonly known as dragon tree aralia, thorn crow, is a perennial deciduous shrub or small tree, the texture is tender and crisp, the aroma is rich, it is a unique flavor fragrance, delicious and delicious woody vegetables. Thorn sprouts contain a large number of trace elements, a variety of vitamins, all amino acids and essential proteins, fats, carbohydrates, minerals and other nutrients for the human body, and plant fiber is richer. The protein content in the spiny shoots was high, reaching 14.88%. The total saponin content of the plant is 20.40%, which is 2.5 times that of ginseng, and is rich in ginseng, which has the effect of fitness and strengthening. It is beneficial for the treatment of rheumatism, low back and leg pain, diabetes, nephritis, gastrointestinal ulcers and bruises.
The practice of hemp fragrant thorn sprouts is. Wash the thorny sprouts, pour water into the pot, put in the thorny sprouts after the water boils, blanch for 2-3 minutes to remove the thorny sprouts, use boiled water again, mix in seasonings, and then put some fried crushed peanut foam, pour red pepper oil.
Just about to eat, Xiao Diandian ran to Li Jiahao's legs, chirping, obviously hungry, Li Jiahao understood, picked up Xiao Diandian and went out, staring at Xiao Diandian's eyes and said: "You kid is great now, and you don't go out to find food, you don't dig the bamboo shoots all over the mountain, come to me every day to eat." Saying that while others were not paying attention, he gave a big bamboo shoot to the small one, picked up the bamboo shoot, and the small one was willing to eat it, and he was willing to chirp while chirping, obviously looking satisfied.
Thinking that Xiao was a little hungry, then there was still a money turtle, Li Jiahao looked around, and saw the money turtle staying in the corner of the yard, taking advantage of the fact that there was no one around, he picked up the money turtle and put it in the spiritual water of the space, where there were a lot of fish and crabs that Li Jiahao put last time, and he would not be hungry for it.
After doing this, Li Jiahao also felt hungry, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to eat, and saw that everyone was sitting down and eating, Li Jiahao hurriedly sat down and started eating, "Baby, where have you been?" After eating, I still ran. Grandma glared at Li Jiahao and said.
"Hehe, it's fine. Third aunt, today's dish is really delicious. I need to eat more. Li Jiahao said while eating.
"Eat more." The third aunt said with a smile.
"Haozi, your old house has also been repaired, you will go over to live in a few days, and you are not used to coming back when you go there." The third uncle said.
"Okay, I will." Li Jiahao said with a smile.
"Brother, tomorrow is the March 8th temple fair, can you take me there? Let's go to the temple fair. Jiahui's girl pleaded.
"Oh, yes, tomorrow is the temple fair, will grandma and the third aunt go?" Li Jiahao said as if he knew something.
"Don't go! There are too many people at the temple fair, I don't want to go. Grandma and the third aunt said.
"Brother, if they don't go, shall we go?" Jiahui pleaded again.
"Okay, I'll take you there, anyway, I haven't been to the temple fair for several years, so I'll go and join in the fun." Li Jiahao said to Jiahui with a smile.
"You're going to get used to this girl." The third uncle said reproachfully.
Jiahui hurriedly stuck out her tongue and grimaced.