Chapter 118: Sending the Poor

After eating the cake, the group visited Su You's new house again.

Su Xun was not interested in the strange and ingenious skills of the science and technology in the studio, but he praised the furnishings in the study.

In addition to bamboo, wood, porcelain and stone, there is no metal decoration in the study, and Su Xun praised: "The bronze is not but Jiazi, so you can't enter the study." This room is not expensive to furnish, but it is elegant everywhere, not bad. ”

Su You hurriedly spread out the paper: "It's just that there is still a lack of calligraphy and painting on the wall, since it is a family, I will not ask for it." ”

Su Xun said with a smile: "It's going to take advantage, but you have to exchange it for something, well, this tube is good, but it's a pity that the text is not good, and it's a philistine!" I'll choose a paperweight. ”

Well, everything in the world is knowledgeable, and the practice of human feelings is the article, which is indeed incompatible with the character of the cousin...... Hey, wait a minute, when did I say I was going to trade something? Isn't it just picking up calligraphy and painting for nothing?

Su Shi said with a smile: "The bamboo couplet on the wall is also good, the water energy is light for my friend, the bamboo solution is my teacher, Bai Letian's poem is good, I want this." ”

This couplet is made of old bamboo dry material plates, it took a lot of effort to Su oil, the wool wheel was polished brightly after the acid writing fire, and the study was cleaned every day, and the pulp had already begun, and Su Shi's eyesight was vicious.

Su You didn't do it: "Why, such a big object can cost me a lot of effort......"

Su Shi patted his chest: "Take a sauce jar!" ”

"Deal! Wait, that's something you owe me for a long time, okay......"

Su Zhe suddenly found a problem: "This text is not lacquered or engraved, it is written with a pen, and the pen power of Uncle Xiao is ...... Oh, is the legend of the king's right army entering the wood into three points? ”

Su Shi held his stomach and laughed: "This is one of Mingrun's strange and obscene skills!" He first wrote this word with acid, and then sprayed it with a blowtorch, and the handwriting naturally penetrated deep into the bamboo and wood, and I was shocked to see it for the first time! ”

Su Zhe breathed a sigh of relief: "I see, I like the couplet on the pen holder, that one belongs to me, uh, I didn't expect that the dried lotus pod can be so elegant in the bottle, I also want a few dried lotus pods!" ”

Banniang followed behind Mrs. Cheng, couldn't help but feel funny, and whispered: "Mother, father and younger brothers, it's a good fight!" ”

When the villagers heard that Su Laosan was back, they all came to greet him, and they were disturbed by another courtesy.

When the auspicious time was chosen in the afternoon, Su Xun led Su Shi and Su Zhe and began to worship his ancestors.

Inevitably, it was followed by another good wine feast.

Su Xun was really amazed by his little cousin's cooking methods, he had traveled so many places, and the one with the best way of eating was actually in his hometown.

After eating, Mrs. Cheng and Banniang are going back to the city, the store will open tomorrow, and Su Xun is going to visit the Shi family opposite, which is also the meaning of Jiang Qing's collusion.

Su You didn't ask for shares in the weaving and dyeing workshop, and Mrs. Cheng was not reluctant, but the gifts to Su You were carefully prepared, and everything was covered with food, clothing, housing and transportation.

This little cousin has a strange temperament, he doesn't like decoration, he doesn't like bright colors, and he doesn't even like silk and satin, he only likes to take the comfort of cotton and linen, but he is extremely picky about the requirements for workmanship, and he would rather wear the old clothes that he sewed for Zizhanzi by himself, and he doesn't like the new clothes made by Li's mother.

Eating is not to seek the nobility of ingredients, even the things that the Great Song people do not eat can be included in the dishes, but the requirements for cooking techniques are extremely high, from the preparation of ingredients, the preparation of seasonings, to the kung fu of frying and frying, it is really not easy to meet his wishes.

Looking at the layout of the study, it can also be seen that the materials are natural and material, but they are also carefully selected, and then delicately processed, the materials are not expensive, and the effort is expensive.

In the eyes of Mrs. Cheng Cheng Ying Shi Dongxiu, this is the nobility brought out of the mother's womb, born with elegant bones and Wei and Jin heritage, and the style of the outburst wealthy family is like mud.

Therefore, the clothes and quilts in the gift are carefully sewn by Mrs. Cheng herself, and this favor is no less than the few percent shares of the dyeing and weaving workshop, and the three Sus are not as good as his treatment.

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On the fifth day of the first month, the ban was broken, the poor were sent, and the gods were welcomed.

Breaking the ban is also known as "breaking five", which is generally together with "sending the poor", and those taboos in the past few days can be lifted after this day. At the same time, the garbage that was not taken out in order to accumulate wealth was swept away on this day, and this attention is called "sending the poor".

There are many ways to send the poor. It's as simple as ringing firecrackers in the early morning and emptying the garbage out of the door; For more complicated things, you have to cut a small person out of paper, called a "poor daughter-in-law", and even have to let her carry a paper bag with garbage to the door, burn it up, and then burn it away.

In Han Yu's "Sending the Poor Text", it is mentioned that he should "make a car with willows, tie grass for a boat, carry grain, tie the ox to the yoke, and lead the sail to the tree", and prepare the car, boat and dry food for the "poor ghost", which shows the urgency to send him away quickly.

The ritual of "sending off the poor" can be carried out until the obscure day of the first lunar month. Han Yu's "sending the poor" was made in obscurity.

The obscure day, that is, the last day of the lunar month, and the obscure day of the first lunar month as the first obscure day of the year, that is, the "first obscurity", is particularly valued.

It was not dawn again, so Bagong gently called Su You up and wanted to grab the road.

On the fifth day of the first month, it is the birthday of the god of the road, that is, the god of wealth, also known as the "god of the five roads".

"Five roads", as the name suggests, east, west, north, south, middle, no matter which way you go out today, the five roads are rich.

The God of Wealth is loved by everyone, so it is very sought-after, and the sooner you receive it, the more effective.

Therefore, although it is said that the fifth day of the new year is the day to welcome the gods, on the night of the fourth day of the new year, families began to rush to "grab the road" early.

"Golden gongs and firecrackers, livestock and liquor, in order to compete for the first benefit of the city, will get up early to welcome it, called the head of the road."

Hachiko put incense candles at the door, offered croquettes, cakes, crispy meat, chicken and fish, bacon and sausages, delicious and delicious and set up a big table, very grand.

The small ones are still sleeping, and a few big ones get up to help with the operation, and then burn incense and paper, set off firecrackers, first send the poor, and then receive God.

After receiving the gods, everyone ate the offerings and chatted until dawn, which is called eating "roadside wine", which is a good blessing.

Su You said to Zhang Zao: "Brother Bad Baby, you are in charge of the accounts, you have to eat more today, you are our God of Wealth." ”

Zhang Zao waved his hand again and again: "Everything is advocated by the little young master, you are the god of wealth for all of us." ”

Then one of them was slapped on the head by Hachiko: "You dare to play in front of the gods!" I don't know the taboo, look for a fight! ”

In the city for the Chinese New Year, shops large and small closed after Chinese New Year's Eve, and reopened this morning. This is connected to the God of Wealth, which is just a smooth "opening the door to wealth" and earning the first money of the year.

However, there is no such thing in the countryside, and the fifth day of the new year is mainly to try Xintian.

It is to clean the cattle pen and take the cattle to the paddy fields for a turn, which means to give your old people a wake-up call, and it is time to collect their hearts, and the spring farming work will come immediately.

The seventh day of the first month, the day of the people.

The previous six days were "talking about animals".

"On the first day of the first month of the first month it is a chicken, on the second day it is a dog, on the third day it is a pig, on the fourth day it is a sheep, on the fifth day it is a cow, on the sixth day it is a horse, and on the seventh day it is a man. Zhengdan painted chickens in the door, and posted people in the account on the seventh day. ”

Today's important custom is "Dai Rensheng", so "Renri" is also called "Rensheng Festival".

Rensheng is a kind of ornament, women cut the ribbon for flowers, or cut the ribbon for people, the rich and noble people carved gold leaf, and the poor people used colored paper. Cut out a human figure and attach it to a screen, bed tent, or wear it in your hair to pray for good fortune and avoid disasters.

The implication is that "those who cut the ribbon will enter the New Year, and the description will be changed from the new." That is, the New Year should have a new look.

This custom began to be popular from the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty paid more and more attention to it, every "human day", the emperor gave the ministers the color carving of the people, and feasted the ministers to give poems to the festival, and the folk cut the ribbon and gave each other away.

"Jiancai gave a blind date, and the silver hairpin adorned the phoenix; Double-titled silked birds, two-two-degree bridge people. ”

Su You's family has not had this custom for a long time, there is no way, an old man and a young widow, all of them are cut and sent by the third sister-in-law, the fifth sister-in-law and the sixth sister-in-law.

Today is different, there are many more girls in the family, Shi Weisu and a few girls together, using scissors to cut people.

This is also an intangible cultural heritage, but Su You really won't, and the strength of Sichuan in later generations is New Year's paintings, not paper-cutting.

However, he knows that the so-called paper-cutting is not just cutting, but also carving with a sharp knife, which is called "paper carving".

Looking at Shi Wei and Su Xiaomei's little hands, Su You thought about it, and after opening his mouth a few times, forget it, and wait until they are older, it is not fun to hurt his hands.