Shuyun asked Hulu again about the number of his friends, and Zhilu said that with their brothers and sisters, there were 18 people in total. So he sent Qian Afu to hire two more carriages. The group waited for a while at the land temple outside the city. The little friends of the gourd have come back one after another, they are all about the same age as the gourd, the oldest is only 11 years old, and the youngest is only seven years old. They all fled to Beijing and lost their relatives. The children trusted the gourd very much and listened to the gourd's introduction. Everyone did not hesitate, and they all happily kowtowed to Shuyun. promised to return to Zhuangzi with Shuyun.

So eight carriages, either carrying people or pulling things, drove towards Xiaotangshan.

When they arrived at the Zhuangzi, Qian Afu took the villagers to move things, and Shuyun asked Qian Liu to get some food and clothes for the children who were curiously looking around, and after eating, they went to take a bath, and then arranged a place for them to live. Taking advantage of the Chinese New Year, it is just right for them to play with the children in the village and integrate into the collective faster. Shuyun specially found He Qincheng and Ding Deyan, and asked them to take good care of the new 18 children and pay attention to uniting their classmates.

After the twenty-third day of the lunar month, every household wants to steam flower buns. Broadly speaking, there are two types: those used to worship gods and those used by relatives. The former is dignified, the latter is fancy. In particular, it is necessary to make a large jujube mountain to prepare for the worship of Zaojun. "A steamed bun, the neighbors come to help". This is often a great opportunity for folk women to show their dexterous skills, and a flower bun is a handicraft.

On the morning of the twenty-five, the women were busy. The people on Shuyun Zhuangzi are all from all over the world. Therefore, the customs of the New Year are also different. In the New Year's meals, the characteristics of diversity are reflected. Shuyun also did not restrain them, and fully respected their habits. It's not. Some of the women came from Hunan and made rice cakes. Those from Shandong are steamed jujube cakes. There are also those who make glutinous rice cakes and wrap rice balls

There are many children on Zhuangzi. Shuyun asked them to fry more meatballs and snacks such as twist flowers.

On the twenty-fifth day, I would have had to glue the windows. But the Zhuangzi is now full of glass windows, and there is no need for paste. So it can only be a window grille. And the old ladies on the Zhuangzi seem to have turned into artists, and the window grilles are beautifully cut. After cutting the red paper, a few scissors down is a pair of delicate and festive window flowers. Especially Ding Shuigen's mother, her craftsmanship is very good, a thick black scissors, in her hands as if alive, like flowing water, gently down a few times. There is a pair of "fish every year", which shows that the saying "art in the folk" is not false at all.

The old ladies moved quickly, and after a while, "auspicious and festive", "auspicious year", "harvest harvest", "prosperity of people and animals", "more than one year in a row", "precious flowers and auspicious birds" and so on, the style of festivity, meaning a beautiful window flowers cut a lot. As they cut it, the children took it and pasted it to the windows and cabinets. There are also some little girls who like these window grilles so much that they are clamoring to learn. And the 18 new children may be used to mixing on the streets. are all a little self-cooked, and the original children on Zhuangzi are not deceiving. So they quickly hooked up and played together, and they were busy going in and out, as if they had made this their home.

And the sick girl. In Shuyun, it was another injection and medicine, plus Qian Liu's careful care. It's almost there. At this time, he was sitting on the kang of Ding Shuigen's house, dragging his chin. Blinking with big eyes, he watched earnestly as the old ladies cut the window flowers.

And those who bought it, there are also big red lanterns made by old people. It has been dressed up everywhere on the Zhuangzi. Now the festive atmosphere of the New Year in Zhuangzi is particularly strong, and even the night is brightly lit.

Twenty-six is to stew big meat. Shuyun adjusted the ingredients of the lo-mei, added firewood, or sauce, or salted water, or marinated. Cattle, mutton and pork, all kinds of goods, as well as hooves, stewed in 8 cauldrons in one bite.

It was almost noon, Bakshi came with a group of guards, and they brought the word "Fu" written by Kangxi himself, as well as festive words such as "Yichun Yingxiang" and "One Year Kangtai". In addition, there are various styles of exquisite large and small purses, which contain various colors of jade and eight treasures, gold and silver treasures, gold and silver coins, gold and silver coins. There are also two full carriages of bear's paws, venison and dried abalone ginseng wings.

When Shuyun saw this situation, she hurriedly asked Qian Afu to take someone to dig the ice cave and shoot some red and yellow carp. I picked a few baskets of fresh vegetables in the greenhouse and asked Baksh to bring them back to Kangxi.

Twenty-seven, early in the morning began to kill chickens and ducks. The old ladies also brought a group of children to weave various styles of Chinese knots.

Twenty-eighth, start to mix and make dough, boil bean paste and jujube paste.

Twenty-nine early in the morning, the steamer was put on the shelf, and steamed steamed buns, bean buns, sugar triangles, and jujube steamed buns symbolized the prosperity of the days to come.

On the morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone in the Zhuangzi began to take a bath and then changed into new clothes.

The children dismantled the hanging whips and lit individual red firecrackers with incense sticks. Then he threw it far away, covered his ears, and waited for the explosion to sound, and a group of naughty boys were having fun.

The women chopped cabbage, sauerkraut, and pork on the big case. Prepare to make dumplings for the evening.

Under the leadership of Qian Afu, the men began to build a tower of wood in the open space in front of the canteen, and pasted a big red note on the outside, on which the words "vigorous and vigorous" were written. The name is Wanghuo, in order to be auspicious, to congratulate the meaning of prosperity throughout the year...... At 12 o'clock in the morning, when the firecrackers are firecracked, the fire will be lit. After being lit, flames erupt from countless small holes, like a floating picture, which is both cold and spectacular. Adults and children gather in a circle, some play games, some set off firecrackers, and men, women and children all come to bake the fire in order to "soar into the sky".

Ding Shuigen also came back last night. The candy shop is temporarily closed and will not open until the 14th of the first lunar month. And Bayan's guards, as well as Ke You, Xing Jin, and those craftsmen, also let Shuyun send them home for the New Year.

And Shuyun, Chen Ce and Mr. Du began to write Spring Festival couplets and the word "Fu". Because there are more doors on the Zhuangzi, the Spring Festival couplets at the houses of the Zhuangzi also asked Shuyun for their help in writing. This can exhaust the three of them.

Shuyun took the opportunity to call all the children who were playing. Give each of them a set of red paper to write Spring Festival couplets. Have each of them write a copy. When the time comes, judge together. The school's Spring Festival couplets, Shuyun and their three teachers only wrote one pair each, and pasted it outside the doors of three of the classrooms. The rest depends on who writes well. The top few have the opportunity to hang their couplets on the doors of classrooms and dormitories.

The children were intrigued by the proposal. It's all there to meditate and participate in earnestly. Even the 18 newcomers. The children who can't write also help to run before and after to paste Shuyun's Spring Festival couplets that they have written everywhere.

A variety of dried and fresh fruits. Peanuts and melon seeds have long been laid out, and everyone can grab and eat them casually, as long as they don't waste them.

Before dinner, Chen Ce began to connect the stove again, the ceremony is still relatively simple, as long as the new stove lamp is replaced, and the incense is burned in front of the stove niche.

The dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve was also very rich, with chicken, duck and fish, and various stir-fried dishes. Meatballs, marinated hooves and unloaded, is everything. It was all served up like water. The original children were better. The 18 newcomers were looking around one by one, and their eyes were not enough.

Just as everyone was about to eat, Baksh came again. This time, I sent a Chinese New Year's Eve meal and various snacks rewarded by Kangxi. Although some of them are already cold because of the long distance, they still look so delicate and gluttonous.

After dinner, I'm afraid everyone will be bored. Shuyun took out a few specially made decks of poker and mahjong and taught everyone to play cards. This aroused everyone's interest, and they all looked for people to form a team to fight.

Wait until the time is almost up. The happy crowd who was playing reluctantly put down the cards. Start preparing the dumplings. Qian Afu's addiction is the greatest, everyone has dispersed, only he is still dragging Ding Shuigen. Want to play two more. However, it made Qian Liu pinch his waist and scold him away. Gray ran to the kitchen to help carry things. It caused everyone's laughter.

Although there are a lot of dumplings that need to be wrapped, there are many people who can't stand the work. Adults and children go into battle together. It's all over in a while. Qian Liu's peculiarity left some noodles and stuffing. This is a sign that there will be money to spend and food to eat in the coming year.

As soon as the time comes. The bells of many temples outside Beijing began to ring, and even Xiaotangshan could be faintly heard here. Everyone began to hang Chinese knots, light candles, light fires, set off firecrackers, and perform rituals to receive the gods. The dumplings also began to go into the pot.

The children began to greet their elders and say auspicious words. The farmers also began to pay New Year's greetings to Shuyun and Chen Ce, and Shuyun and Chen Ce rewarded everyone with the small silver buns prepared in advance.

Whether it is a man or a woman, or an old man or a child, their faces are full of happy smiles. This may be the most decent Spring Festival in their lives, and everyone knows that as long as Zhuangzi is here and they can work faithfully, then their lives will only get better and better in the future.

After the meal, everyone played cards and kept the New Year. Shuyun symbolically burned paper money for Lianxiang, the biological mother of this life, which is considered a tribute.

The warm atmosphere of the festival is not only permeated in every household, but also fills the streets and alleys of Beijing. There are also dances in the market, Zhong Kui, lion dances, dragon lanterns, and fires, and the people on the Zhuangzi have gone to visit the flower market and temple fairs in batches.

The Lantern Festival happens to be the bright moon in the sky. The climax of the new year has arrived, and lanterns of various colors and shapes are everywhere, and the streets and alleys are filled with lanterns of various colors and shapes. There are even pieces of lanterns that paint all the stories of "Journey to the West" or "Water Margin". The palace and the people set off fireworks one after another.

Men, women and children all come out to step on the moon, which is known as "fifteen or sixteen walks a hundred diseases". I have eaten those Lantern Festivals made with various dried and fresh fruits, bean paste and jujube paste as fillings. Shuyun and Chen Ce also went to the overpass to visit the lantern market and guess the lantern riddles.

During the first month, Han Daren, the vanguard of Wu Sangui's troops, entered Fujian from Jiangxi and occupied Tingzhou. In the festive atmosphere deliberately set by the imperial court, this not very good news did not set off much ripples.

The Spring Festival of the seventeenth year of Kangxi (1678 AD) passed slowly in a burst of laughter.

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