Zhoujia Village stove delivery is mostly held at dusk or at night. The family first went to the stove room, set up a small table, respectfully offered incense to the stove king in the shrine on the stove wall, and offered sweets made of caramel and noodles.

Using caramel to worship the king of the stove is to make his old man sweet. There are also places such as Xiaowangzhuang that smeared sugar around the mouth of the stove king, and said while painting: "Say more good things, don't say bad things." That is, the common people put it bluntly, "The heavens say good things, and the lower world keeps peace." "This is to plug the mouth of the Lord of the Stove with sugar and make him stop saying bad things.

It is impossible not to mention the folklore of eating hemp candy when it comes to cizao. Zhou Yu still remembers the hemp candy he ate when he was a child, it was so sweet that his heart was full of fragrance, which made people have endless aftertaste.

At that time, the hemp candy was so sweet and gluttonous, and I didn't feel tired of eating it. The hemp candy, round as the moon and white as frost, is sweet and delicious; As long as chopsticks, the crispy chewing sound. Whatever the shape, it's unforgettable. Every year a few days before the twenty-third day of the lunar month, there are sesame candy sellers, needless to say, you know that the road is going to celebrate the New Year.

Hemp candy is not eaten indiscriminately, if you eat hemp candy, you are confused, and you can't talk nonsense anymore. Husbands and wives can't quarrel, children can't scold, only in this way can this year be good, and this family can be peaceful.

Although this kind of taboo is very uncomfortable, but on this day the adults are very serious in the implementation, occasionally hear children swear words will also scold to remind them to pay attention, so with this custom, it is still helpful for family harmony.

In addition, among the folk customs that have been passed down from ancient times to the present, there is still a custom of cutting window flowers in the countryside around Taiping Town on this day of the New Year. Window grilles are more than just decoration. It is also a beautiful expectation for the future.

Red festive, all kinds of publicity. It's all condensed in that little window grille. A pair of scissors and a piece of red paper will make the flowers, birds, fish and insects of various shapes and gods appear in front of people. Or with a few extremely beautiful blessing words, it is even more beautiful. The beautiful window grilles make this day more festive and colorful, and it also reflects the people's longing for a better life......

On such an important day, Zhou Yu had to go home to help, and even Chef Liu hurriedly asked Huzi to send him home after finishing his work on the mountain in the morning.

Originally, Zhou Yu thought that it would be inconvenient for Chef Liu to go home alone now, so he invited him to his home to spend the New Year. Who knew that Chef Liu refused without hesitation, and said with a clear eye: "Ergouzi, today is a small year, the eldest uncle can not eat dumplings, and he can not eat hemp candy, but hygiene cannot be left uncleaned." The Lord of the Stove can't help but send it, otherwise he will provoke this great god and go to the Jade Emperor to sue me, can you tell me about my life in the coming year? ”

Chef Liu's serious appearance startled Zhou Yu, so he stopped persuading him, and hurriedly asked Huzi to send him home, and invited him to come to the house to eat dumplings after sending the stove prince away in the evening.

Here in Zhoujia Village, after leaving the stove at night, you must eat a steaming dumpling. In the Northeast, there is a folk proverb that "dumplings are not delicious", and dumplings with thin skin are the favorite noodles of many northerners. Whether it's the New Year's holiday, dumplings on the table always make people feel happy. Of course, dumplings are indispensable on Chinese New Year's Eve. Whether it is in the city or in the countryside, every household has to eat dumplings, and the "send-off dumplings" of the Stove King represents the respect and love of the northerners for the Stove King.

The big cherries in the cherry shed are already quite ripe. It should have been picked today, but because it was a small year, Zhou Yu didn't want to disturb everyone for the festival. So I had to postpone the harvest until tomorrow.

As for the provincial capital, due to the hot sales of dragon carp, big watermelon and big peach, now the reputation has been completely lost. Coupled with the 100 jars of top-grade chrysanthemum wine that was sent over later, it pushed the reputation of the store to the extreme. Now in the provincial capital, the richest white-collar workers go down to the peddlers' pawns. When it comes to the "nature" mountain goods store, everyone knows it, and at the same time, I think of those fresh and mellow good things.

So after getting Zhou Yu's notice yesterday that he was picking big cherries from the 24th of the lunar month, Liu Sanpao and Liu Yunfei couldn't care about the New Year, and hurriedly hyped it up again.

Although the price of the big cherry is also very expensive, one hundred and five pounds, even this has not stopped people's pursuit of deliciousness. And this is in winter, ordinary big cherries cost 180 yuan a catty, and people sell them all in nature, so this 150 yuan is really not expensive. And the New Year is coming soon, if the whole family watches the Spring Festival Gala at night in the Chinese New Year's Eve, and then leisurely throws a few full, sweet, crisp, round and juicy big cherries into the mouth, how comfortable is the heart? So the membership card is even more like a big snow flakes, this big cherry has not started to sell it before it received an order of more than 18,000 catties, which made Liu Yunfei and Liu San Cannon laugh happily all day.

The snowflakes are still flying in the sky, and the village is a lively scene, with every household cleaning and children running and jumping happily with sesame candy in their mouths......

When Zhou Yu arrived home, he found that his mother was cleaning the glass outside with an apron, and his father was also wearing a broken cotton hat and a sheepskin jacket with a long broom to clean the dust under the eaves and on the wall. The same is true for my uncle's house next to me, where my uncle and aunt are also busy outside.

Seeing that his nephew was back, Wang Zhijiang, who was instructed by the old woman to ignore his head at this time, poured bitter water, and said to Zhou Yu pitifully through the courtyard wall: "Xiaoyu, hurry up and call your sister and ask her if she will come back this year?" Alas, my girl is really raised for nothing, I don't come back to eat meat when I kill the pig, and I don't come back to clean up after the New Year, so you tell her that if she doesn't come back, his father will be tortured to death by the old ladies in the family. It's really ......."

Seeing his uncle's pitiful appearance, Zhou Yu almost laughed out loud, and hurriedly said to his uncle: "Hey, uncle, don't worry, I'll call Shanshan immediately, if he doesn't come back, I will go to the provincial capital with Huzi to catch him." When we come back, we don't need her to do anything, just let her clean up all day and night, and go to our house to clean up after your house is finished. ”

Wang Zhijiang rolled his eyes a few times, this bastard's nephew, this is to make a call for his daughter, so he opened his mouth to refute two sentences.

Before he could speak, Zhou Yu said to Li Xuelian again: "Auntie, let my uncle rest for a while, don't embarrass him, I'll help you later." Besides, my uncle used to be a big man on the shoulders of the village chief, where would he do this? ”

"Xiaoyu, don't listen to his nonsense, is it okay to wipe the glass and clean up the glass when you are such a big person? I know that I want the girl to do it, I think he just wants to be lazy and slippery. Besides, the village chief's branch secretary is a fart? Aren't you just an old peasant? I really think I'm a big cadre. ”

"Hahaha, aunt, you can't say that, the village chief is not a small official. You see, in addition to the president of the country, there are governors, mayors, township heads, and village heads, which means that the village chief is only three levels shorter than the provincial governor, almost less. Zhou Yu clutched his stomach and smiled.

"Giggle...... "Two women in the courtyard giggled.

Wang Zhijiang in the courtyard next door was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and he couldn't wait to jump over and beat this bad nephew.

In line with the idea of attacking and defending the alliance, Zhou Dingguo, who was wiping dust with a big broom, coughed fiercely and said to Zhou Yu seriously: "Xiaoyu, tell me how old you are?" Why are you still not as big or small as your uncle? You kid quickly changed his clothes and came over to help me wipe the dust, saying that this morning made my tired old waist sore. When you're done, I'll help your uncle out. ”

Wang Guilan didn't say anything, just shook her head and smiled, her husband's careful eyes could she still not know what to do? But my son can't sweep away the prestige of others in front of him, well, let him be majestic for a day for the time being, and it's not too late to clean up this bad old man after his son is gone.

Then Zhou Yu changed his clothes and was busy, Wang Guilan was still a little worried, but after seeing that her son was doing a really good job, she simply handed over all the work in her hand to him, and she went into the house and took out the red paper she bought and began to cut window flowers.

The women's family in the mountains cut the window flowers that are passed down from generation to generation, and when they are girls, they already know, coupled with ingenuity, so the window flowers cut out are varied, pretty and colorful, not to mention how beautiful they are after being pasted on the window. (To be continued......)