Chapter 148: Stove Sacrifice
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Only after the meeting in the village that day, Liu Yi went home and told his mother what had happened. Sooner or later, these things will reach my mother's ears, and it is better for me to surrender myself.
100,000 yuan is indeed not a small amount, like the mother's generation of people, the view of money is simply very different from that of modern young people, it can be said unceremoniously that more than 70% of the people now to their parents lived in the era are all losers.
But this time, after hearing this, my mother just sighed kissingly: "I think you have your own calculations for whatever you do, but I don't want you to use these to the worst." This time, the money was taken out to help the poor families in the village, and you should do that if you have the ability now. ”
After speaking, he said with some hesitation: "Since you are so enthusiastic about the villagers in this village, sometimes you still have to consider the situation of your sister's family, at first it was okay, but now seeing that you have developed so well, they have some things that are not good to tell you, see if you can also help your sister and brother-in-law, and make their family live a little better." ”
"Mom, is this what my sister told you? I haven't thought about this question either, isn't it nice to look at them! ”
"You, you're still lacking in that regard. When your life is ordinary, everyone is happy. But now that your living conditions are better, and your sister hasn't changed or is the same, you say that sometimes they want to talk to you and say that they want you to help or something, and they won't be able to save face. ”
"Oh. I've really neglected it. But Mom, I think about what my brother-in-law will do in the future. I will never do them any wrong. ”
To be honest, Liu Yi is just a poor man. It's just that the big man didn't think about what his sister could do when they went back to the countryside, so at this time, his mother brought it up. He happened to talk to his brother-in-law during the Chinese New Year.
"What do you ask them to do, and what can they do?" When his mother saw Liu Yi, she gave it to her brother-in-law and sister when she thought of what to do, and she was very curious.
"Mom. You can also see if this method is feasible, if it is good, I will discuss with my brother-in-law during the Spring Festival and ask him to go home and help me figure it out. ”
"Hurry up and say it then!" Mother urged.
"I think so, don't I plan to expand the vegetable planting area next year, and the fruits from the orchard will also enter the market in large quantities, isn't my brother-in-law doing sales in their factory, I just asked him to sell vegetables and fruits, what do you think?"
"This can work, your brother-in-law has never been exposed to this industry, if you mess it up, you will have to lose money, so many workers in the orchard have to support a year, and the expenses are not small, and your brother-in-law can do this job." The mother offered her opinion.
"Yes, why not, I dare to guarantee that people who have eaten the vegetables and fruits I grow will definitely want to eat them, I think that at that time, vegetables and fruits would not dare to be sold and still sell at a good price." Liu Yi said confidently.
"That's good, there are some things that can't be said clearly on the phone, and you can tell him in person when he comes back for the New Year."
"Mom, there are still a lot of things to do next year, my uncle came to me a few days ago, and I am going to ask the fourth brother to manage the fertilizer of the orchard and greenhouse. That Liu Jun is now sent by me to Mr. Wu Hotel to learn management, and I will hand over the farmhouse to him to take care of in the future, do you think it's okay? ”
Since he talked about his brother-in-law, Liu Yi simply communicated with his mother about other things, and now only Liu Yi and his mother depend on each other, so Liu Yi in the family cares about his mother's opinion very much, this is not something that can be surpassed by money without money.
"You don't have to send me these things, I'm just worried that your sister just told you so much. Now that you're older, you're more thoughtful about a lot of things than I am, and you take ideas. "Mother is very relieved of Liu Yi.
Today is the twenty-third day of the lunar month, and the pace of the Spring Festival is getting closer and closer. But today, there is a ritual that has not been held for many years, and that is to sacrifice to the god of the stove.
The sacrificial stove is a time-honored ritual. The god of the stove is also known as "the king of the stove", "the king of the stove", and "the king of the stove", and is one of the oldest gods believed in by people. The early god of the stove arose from the nature worship of fire. In the life of primitive people's clans, the unquenchable fire is their stove, so the fire god and the stove god are the same. In the Xia and Shang periods, the god of the stove gradually separated from the god of fire and became a great god worshiped by the people alone.
According to the Book of Rites. According to Qu Lixia, the "Five Rituals" of the Zhou Dynasty already included the sacrifice to the God of the Stove. The so-called "five rituals" are the spring ritual household, the summer ritual stove, the central (summer and autumn turn) ritual in the middle hall (middle hall), the autumn ritual gate, and the winter ritual line. The sacrifice of the stove here is mainly based on the fact that the stove has practical value to people like the door and the household. But after the Han Dynasty, the god of the stove was transformed into a god who supervised the mistakes of the world and reported to the emperor.
The god of the stove has everything in every family, and he is a god that people can't get rid of and can't get rid of. "If a person is not a sage, who can do nothing", there is a guardian god at home, and he cannot be afraid of him going to heaven to complain, so there are the most taboos about the god of the stove.
According to the "Book of Respecting the Stove", it is not allowed to burn incense with a stove; Do not hit the stove; Do not put knives or axes on the stove; Do not speak strange things, complain, cry, call, or sing in front of the stove; Do not urinate or spit in front of the stove; Do not be naked in front of the stove; Women who have not finished menstruation are not allowed to pass before the stove; Those who have a cloak are not allowed to cook or cook; Do not send filthy things into the stove to burn, etc. Many of these taboos, except for urinating in front of the stove and spitting in front of the stove, are unhygienic. But it can be seen from this that the ancients were very respectful to the god of the stove.
There are so many taboos against the god of the stove, and three meals a day and one meal are inseparable from the stove. If a person carelessly violates a taboo in front of the stove and offends the king of the stove, as soon as he reports to the sky on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, he does not know what disaster will fall. Therefore, before the Lord of the Stove goes to heaven, people must solemnly sacrifice.
In ancient times, every day of the sacrificial stove, regardless of the large or small households, regardless of the rich and poor, every family had to clean up the stove, several cases, pots and pans, and prepare to set up the sacrificial stove. At this time, on both sides of the statue of the god of the stove enshrined in the kitchen shrine, a new couplet with the same will be pasted: "The heavens say good things, and the lower world keeps peace (or 'return to the palace to be auspicious')." ”
Regarding the offerings of the sacrificial stove, it was popular to sacrifice yellow sheep in the Han and Jin dynasties, and the sacrificial stove in the Northern and Southern Dynasties used "guinea wine". In the Song Dynasty, according to Fan Chengda's "Sacrificial Stove Poem", "the pig's head is cooked and the pisces are fresh, and the bean paste and sweet pine powder are round", and the food is more abundant.
These offerings are nothing more than to plug the mouth of the god of the stove, so that he is full of wine and food, and his heart is satisfied. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the sacrificial stove food was changed from meat to vegetarian, and persimmons, dried fruits and the like were added.
One of the most interesting is the addition of stove sugar, or maltose. The maltose is sweet and sticky, paste it on the mouth of the god of the stove, and when the mouth of the king of the stove is sweet, it is not good to say bad words again, but only good words; Second, the maltose sticks to the mouth, and you can't open your mouth if you want to say bad things. As for the poor people, who could not even offer candy, they had to make a wish to the god of the stove. There is such a folk ballad: "The surname of the stove prince is Zhang, a bowl of cold water and three incense." This year has been hard, and I will invite you to eat sugar next year. ”
The ritual is a superstition that reflects the confusion of ancient people about their fate, and they could only entrust their fortunes to the gods. With the improvement of people's civilization, the sacrificial stove activities gradually declined in modern times.
But this kind of thing is superstitious and he is also a custom, you can say that eating moon cakes in the Mid-Autumn Festival is not a custom, he spread this myth and story at the beginning, this is not a superstition.
Therefore, many customs and cultures that have disappeared in the city have been preserved in the countryside (also for remote mountain villages).
Liu Yi also thinks that many Chinese festivals are feudal superstitions, but there are still many things to be protected in order to ban them all, just to have an orderly inheritance and express the customs of a place.
The reason why the mother wants to sacrifice the stove is also the new house and the New Year, and many traditional customs must be followed, hoping to keep the family safe and healthy, and take an auspicious omen. (To be continued......)