When she was a child in her previous life, Ye Xiaoyu liked to celebrate the New Year, because not only could she have a winter vacation that was not long or short, but also firecrackers, fireworks, New Year's money, and a big meal. When I was a child, Ye Xiaoyu lived in the courtyard in the south with her parents, and many people lived in the yard, everyone knew each other, and the children played together every day, so the Chinese New Year became a child's world, and Ye Xiaoyu couldn't remember what to play exactly, but I just remembered that a group of people were running around in the yard, holding small fireworks in their hands, as long as there was a little fire, they would make a "snort" sound while flashing sparks, which was very beautiful.

But as the years go by, the taste of the Spring Festival becomes weaker and weaker, and the childhood playmates gradually grow up, each has their own focus on life, and comes back once a year, but no longer has the heart to play the game of childhood, even if they reluctantly play again, they can't find the fun at that time. Year after year, the days of shopping, guessing riddles, and giving gifts and treats were repeated, and the Spring Festival slowly turned into a boring festival in Ye Xiaoyu's life with a big meal and a constant repetition of clichés such as "Wishing you prosperity, happy new year, and good fortune". People are like a spinning top, whipped and spun by it, and they don't know where the center of gravity is.

After work, Ye Xiaoyu has almost no memory of the Spring Festival, except for the endless overtime, cold meals and the newly bought calendar hanging on the wall, she can't think of anything worth recalling. On the one hand, I worked hard and was busy making money, on the other hand, because I had to deal with the bombardment of seven aunts and eight aunts about my life's events when I went home, and the endless blind date activities with my mother, I couldn't find the meaning of going home for the New Year, and I didn't realize how important my parents were to me, but I just felt annoyed inexplicably, so I didn't go back for the New Year on the grounds that I was not available for overtime.

Hong'er's words just now reminded her that this place still retains a strong New Year's flavor, but she has become young again, in this Lu family compound, she can no longer find her former childhood playmate, and she has to deal with the malice from Lu Qian, no matter how strong the atmosphere of the New Year is, what is the point?

"Miss, are you cold, why do you keep standing there blowing the wind?"

Hong'er's words pulled Ye Xiaoyu back from her memories, and when she was reminded like this, she couldn't help but shudder, and found that she had been standing by the door, reaching out and touching her face, cold, it was estimated that she had been blown red by the cold wind outside the door.

"Hong'er, is there anything special about the New Year here?"

Ye Xiaoyu walked into the house, took a cotton coat and put it on, and asked. This is his first Spring Festival here, although some of the usual customs in this time and space are similar to those in ancient times in his previous life, but Ye Xiaoyu still doesn't know if there are special customs for the specific festival of the Spring Festival. In order to avoid making a fool of yourself, it is better to ask in advance.

"It's not exquisite, but you'd better freshen up now, Miss, because the master will probably send someone to ask you to worship your ancestors later."

Hong'er said as she wiped the table.

"Ancestor worship?"

Wasn't the Spring Festival in the previous life all about everyone sitting together for a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner? Ye Xiaoyu has really not heard of the custom of worshipping ancestors, but it may also be that the customs are different in various places, after all, the city where Ye Xiaoyu lives is very modern, and there are many foreign populations, and local folk customs and other things have long ceased to exist with the invasion of foreign countries.

"Yes, miss, don't you have one in your hometown? On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, we must worship our ancestors before we can have a reunion dinner. ”

Seeing that Ye Xiaoyu didn't understand the custom of worshipping ancestors, Hong'er was very surprised.

"We have it there, but I don't know if the customs here will be the same as in our hometown. If it's not popular, you can tell me, I'll see a difference. ”

Ye Xiaoyu said to Hong'er with a smile, although Hong'er is not very old, from her, she should be able to understand the customs of the New Year here.

Listening to Ye Xiaoyu's words, Hong'er was very happy. She always thought that Ye Xiaoyu was a smart and capable person, who could explain the customs to her, and she felt that she had become powerful, so Hong'er told Ye Xiaoyu all the New Year's customs she knew, and thought about it while talking, for fear of missing something.

After Hong'er finished dancing, Ye Xiaoyu finally understood some of the New Year's customs here.

The founding of the Great Cause has been hundreds of years ago, in these hundreds of years, although there are wars from time to time, but every time the war is about to be defeated, the enemy will always have some accidents, leading the Great Cause army to turn defeat into victory, so even when the national strength of the Great Cause is the weakest, the country has not been destroyed by foreign and internal relatives, and the country name has continued to this day. The reason for this is that no one knows why, and even soldiers who have personally experienced the battle cannot say why. So, over time, this became a legend, and it was believed that the reason why the enemy was able to perish without losing a single soldier was because the spirits of the ancestors of each of the people of the Great Cause Country had been guarding the country. Therefore, on the last day of each year, the whole country of Daye Kingdom, from the king to the common people, must hold an ancestor worship ceremony, the ceremony is generally carried out on this day, put on tribute, light incense and candles, not only to thank the deceased ancestors for their blessings in the past year, but also to pray for a safe life in the coming year.

So today is not only Lujiazhuang to worship the ancestors, the entire Quanxiu Village, and even the entire Daye Country will hold the ancestor worship ceremony at the same time, Hong'er said, at this time of the year, every household in the village will come out of the sound of cannons, very lively.

Although there is no special scale for ancestor worship, the basic number of rituals is still required, such as the whole family of men must participate, the clothes must be neatly dressed, etc., it is because of this custom that this morning, the men who helped in Lujiazhuang basically went home to worship their ancestors first, and then came back here to help after the sacrifice.

"Why do I want to participate in ancestor worship, I am neither a Lu family nor a man?"

Ye Xiaoyu asked, listening to Hong'er say this, it seems that worshipping ancestors is a matter of the Lu family, and there seems to be no reason to worship ancestors if you are adrift like yourself.

"Miss, how can you say that, the lord has always regarded you as a member of the Lu family, and the Lujiazhuang has a special custom, and the lord treats people generously, this annual ancestor worship is not only attended by the people of the Lu family, but also those of us who are homeless during the New Year, and they can also attend, and get a little joy......

The few pieces of furniture had been wiped down, and Hong'er threw the rag into the wooden basin and took it to the yard to be washed.

PS: I'm sorry, because of system maintenance and a broken computer, I didn't release a new chapter until now. I'm very sorry to all of you ^^