Chapter 242: Writing Spring Festival Couplets
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The big-headed turtle, also known as the hawksbill turtle, the three-dislike, the parrot turtle, etc., is a very ancient turtle, water 6 amphibian, living in freshwater areas, and is scarce in the Nanyue Mountains.
The crested falcon is a small bird of prey, most of its feathers are black, if it is not for some white shifts on its body, it is easy for people to mistake it for a crow, mainly feeding on insects, lizards, bats, rodents and frogs.
The civet meat is delicious, has a nourishing effect on the body, and is respected as a mountain treasure, and there is a saying that "the civet cats are delicious in the mountains, and the white eels are delicious in the water", plus the fur is precious, although there are many people breeding in all parts of the country, but there are very few wild civet cats.
These animals should have been caught by traps and wire nets, from the outside, there were no injuries, just locked in a net pocket or wire cage, they were all languid, Ye Quan saw a look of pity on Yaya's little face, couldn't help but smile, and bought them all.
Ye Ting carried two egrets and said, "Brother, what are you doing with these things?" ”
"Let's release it." Since the space area has become wider and wider, and there are more and more species, Ye Quan has no interest in wild meat, and he can choose what he wants to eat from the space, which is better in quality, and there is no need to harm wild animals.
"What is release?" Yaya is only five years old, although Tang poems can be memorized for forty or fifty, but she does not understand the meaning of this word.
Ye Jing explained to her: "Just put them and put them where they used to live." ”
Ye Quan was worried that Yaya would be reluctant, so he said: "Except for the big-headed turtle and the civet cat, these birds can't be raised, if you don't let go, you will starve to death in two days." ”
The girl listened and said, "They are so pitiful, then let's let them go quickly." ”
Out of the bazaar, Ye Quan found a remote place and asked the three girls to release the two egrets, the four big, and the crested falcon. As for the big-headed turtle and civet cat, they have to be put in the right environment.
In the afternoon, Ye Quan took the four of them to Huangnigang to pay respects to the ancestors of his grandfather, grandmother and great-grandfather, which is also an unwritten tradition in Taoyuan Village, and the younger generation is in the New Year. Go to the grave of the deceased elder to pay New Year's greetings. Especially those who do not come back to sweep the tomb during the Qingming Festival should make up for it during the New Year.
Of course, generally only a few ancestors with the closest generation are sacrificed, and the farther ancestors have to wait for the Qingming Festival.
Although the name is Huangnigang. But in fact, it is a low stone mountain, the soil is not all yellow, the shrubs are overgrown with weeds, and now no one has come to collect firewood, and some paths have to be opened with sickles if they are not walked for half a year.
to the grave. Ye Quan and Ye Xuan trimmed the shrubs and weeds around the grave with a sickle, shoveled some new soil and piled it on the grave, and then burned money paper, lit incense and candles, and set off firecrackers.
From time to time, I can see other people also come to the grave, the sound of firecrackers comes and goes, on the way back, Ye Quan went to the bamboo forest to dig some winter bamboo shoots, and it was also lively along the way.
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Finally waiting for Chinese New Year's Eve, on this day every year, Ye Quan still has a small task. is to write Spring Festival couplets, my house has two gates, two side doors, a total of four, plus my uncle and several other neighbors will also come to beg. At least 10 pairs.
Ye Quan's calligraphy brush calligraphy in the primary and secondary school in the ten years of hard work, the foundation is good, regular script mainly learn Zhao style and European style, the line of calligraphy is like the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Li Sixun Tablet", "Leek Flower Sticker", "Luo Shen Fu" and "Yan He Sticker" and other book stickers.
Because I didn't have the ability to persevere. I can't talk about any achievements, especially during college and part-time jobs. Ye Quan was almost completely abandoned.
But the foundation is still there, especially in the past six months, because he has no job, Ye Quan has a lot of free time, so he regained this interest, and basically takes time to practice every day.
The brush words written by Ye Quan are handsome and straight, upright and round, although they are cheesy and heavy, and they don't have their own style, but in the eyes of laymen, they look pleasing to the eye, which is quite good.
Ye Quan opened his notebook, searched for various Spring Festival couplets on the Internet, and selected some Spring Festival couplets with beautiful meanings, neat battles and rural backgrounds to write down.
Then, I prepared the pen and ink, spread out the big red gold-painted rice paper specially purchased online on the desk, and began to splash ink in the place where the circular tile pattern was painted.
As soon as I finished writing, I heard Ye Wenqi shouting outside: "Uncle Ye Quan, Grandpa Mingsheng asked you to go to the ancestral hall to write couplets." ”
Ye Quan washed the brush and said, "I know, I'll come." ”
Taoyuan Village is not an ordinary village, no matter what era it is, it attaches great importance to the education of the children of the clan, the men in the village have received a certain amount of education, and the elderly people have also attended the previous private school.
With such a cultural heritage, the villagers never buy printed and cookie-cutter Spring Festival couplets, but either ask someone to write them themselves, or simply come to the ancestral hall to watch the old people in the village write Spring Festival couplets and pick a pair of their favorites.
Every year, the village committee will pay for some red paper and ink, in the ancestral hall for several old people who have good attainments in knowledge and calligraphy to write Spring Festival couplets, in addition to letting the villagers pick some, the rest will be posted on the doors around the ancestral hall, as well as on the walls on both sides of the main hall, at least hundreds of pairs should be written.
As one of the few descendants in the village who are interested in calligraphy, Ye Quan is very popular with some old people, and he began to learn to write in the ancestral hall at the age of seven, and he has become accustomed to it.
When he arrived at the ancestral hall, Ye Quan first gave a few old people such as the old patriarch, Ye Guangzheng, Ye Mingsheng and Wei Bo, and then wrote a few pairs himself.
Ye Quan's face turned red when he heard this, his handwriting has not improved much since he was fourteen years old, and several old people in previous years only said that he wrote well.
In the afternoon, every family began to prepare a big dinner for Chinese New Year's Eve, Ye Quan's family and Ye Mingcheng's family were together for the New Year in previous years, Chinese New Year's Eve was spent in this house, and the first day of the new year was spent in another family, and this year is no exception.
Ye Mingchang and Ye Mingcheng and his wife were four, some killed chickens, some killed fish, and some chose vegetables.
Balls are meatballs, take the meaning of "reunion", it is a necessary dish for Yequan's hometown to celebrate the New Year's holidays, red and white ceremonies, etc., first cut the pork into fine pieces with eight points of lean and two points of fat, add horseshoe, apples, starch, etc. to chop and mix well, and then beat it into a round ball shape with your hands, so that the meatballs are not firewood or fat, soft and delicious.
The scientific name of water chestnut is water chestnut, as well as other names such as ground chestnut and Puxuan, it tastes sweet and juicy, crisp and delicious, and has the reputation of underground Sydney pear and Jiangnan ginseng since ancient times, which can be used as both fruit and vegetable.
The water and soil of Yuyang County are particularly suitable for the growth of horseshoe, the quality is one of the best counties in the country, the nearby farmers often use the paddy fields to plant some in winter, and even the reed pond in Taoyuan Village has wild ones, it is now the season when the horseshoe is ripe, if you are not afraid of hard work and cold water, go to the reed pond to find it, there is definitely a harvest.
Chop the balls are very particular about knife work and patience, otherwise they will taste bad if they are not chopped. Of course, if the picture is convenient, you can also use a meat grinder, but the things that are beaten out with the machine are always not as delicious as handmade in taste, and I don't know why?