The beginning of spring is the earliest solar term in the year, indicating that the winter will go to the spring, the new cycle of the four seasons of the year is about to begin, the spring god of sacrifice, whipping the spring cow is the most important spring activity on this day, since ancient times, the farmers are distressed about the livestock, reluctant to really hit their own dumb guys, only take the mulberry strip to make bones, and use the mud to pinch the earth cow to make a look.

The mud ox, the mountain people were ready when the old farmer was slack, and the size was as big as the real cow, and at this moment four strong men were shouting the trumpet, and carried the spring ox out of the village chief's firewood house with a pole and placed it in the open space in front of the village.

Gu Shifu stood under the old locust tree, concentrating on wrapping a red cloth on a sheep whip, which will be used to whip the spring ox after a while, which means whipping spring, and praying for a smooth season and a bumper harvest of grains.

Decades ago, among the ancestors of the Gu family, there was a well-known Kanyu teacher, in order to avoid war, he fell in love with Gujiaao, a feng shui treasure land with a photo in front and a back, a green dragon on the left and a white tiger on the right, and moved from the vast plain to this mountain col.

Although there is no large area of fertile land to cultivate in today's Gujiaao, the customs left by the ancestors are still intact, and the eating habits of the four seasons still follow the old rites and are passed down from generation to generation.

In the open space, several descendants set up a few benches, on which there were two or three large plaques made of bamboo, and the women dug out the radishes that had been stored in each cellar for a winter, picked out the broken hollow ones, washed them and poured them into the plaques, and for a while, the white, red, and green ones were piled up in one place, and the water was very beautiful.

On the other side, four or five makeshift stoves were enclosed with stones, and a few able women in the village were busy baking pancakes and stir-frying vegetables.

These white noodles and all kinds of vegetables, oil and salt are consciously made up by all the families in the village, the surplus families eat more, the poor people do more chores, and the people in the village take care of each other, and they are harmonious and happy.

Gu Qingzhu and Gu Daya, Zheng Zhaodi and other four or five big girls sat on the bench, mixed the fried bean sprouts, shredded radish, spinach, shutters, and diced eggs, wrapped them in thin cakes, and squeezed them in a small basket one by one.

The aroma of hot noodles mixed with the aroma of vegetables was very tempting, and several children frolicked around, their eyes kept glancing over, and they enthusiastically discussed which dish was more delicious and which sister made the most dishes.

Zheng Changsheng led the young man to carry the incense table and put the offerings, and finally set the firecrackers on the ground, he turned his head to look at the village chief, waiting for the next assignment.

Gu Shifu didn't look at him, he only slowly tied the last piece of red cloth into a knot, in previous years, it was his eldest son Gu Qingshan who took the lead in doing this, he was now seriously injured and lying on the bed, it was difficult to even take a look, he thought of this, and his heart was really uncomfortable.

At the right time, the people in the village gathered in the open space as usual, Gu Shigui rubbed his sleepy eyes, and took the family to come late, Gu Shifu raised his hand, and the young people who couldn't wait for a long time rushed to light firecrackers, and the ground immediately crackled with a red smoke, and the women and children covered their ears and hid behind to look.

Gu Shifu respectfully took the whole village to worship the land, chanted a few auspicious words, and then, the whole village can gnaw radishes and eat spring cakes, which is called biting spring.

The raw radish is a little spicy to eat, but it is very tender and crisp, and with the fragrant spring cakes, the villagers eat it with relish. The whole village gathers together to eat this, not to eat enough, but to try a good omen to satisfy their hunger.

Gu Shigui's family came the latest, neither came out to cook, nor did they work, but they were very good at grabbing food, Wu's face was thicker, she first secretly hid a big red round radish in her arms, and grabbed a long white radish and pinched it in her hand, her chest was bulging, and others were not good at dealing with her as an old woman, so she didn't see it.

Seeing that the food in the plaque was empty, and the surrounding villagers were almost finished, Gu Shifu swallowed the last bite of spring cakes, shook his spirits, and shouted in a loud voice: "It's spring!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the red whip in his hand flicked it, and the knot was whipped on the buttocks of the earth cow, and the scattered villagers, whether they had finished eating it or not, straightened their waists and shouted in unison: "Spring is ......"

Gu Shifu led the villagers to shout three times in succession, the voice was louder and louder each time, startling the birds in the mountains and forests to flutter and fly straight, and the aftermath was faintly heard in the valley.

After a winter, the soil has been frozen and crispy, and it has fallen to the ground and scattered everywhere, and women and children have rushed up to pick up mud blocks, which is the most important thing in the beginning of spring today.

Women and older children all went to grab a large piece of mud on the cow's body, Gu Qingying had already taken a good look at a piece of cow's foot, she suddenly let go of the eldest sister's hand, slipped away, and drilled into the crowd like a small loach, Gu Qingzhu was afraid that she would be squeezed by her small person, and wanted to go up to protect it, but there were too many people, and she couldn't get close for a while.

Gu Dabao in the second room is one year older than Gu Qingzhu, although Gu Shigui got married half a year later, but the Zhu family married in with a three-month body, which is also the reason why the Qin family was contemptuous and provocative before, this matter is known to the whole village, only the Wu family covered his ears and stole the bell and prevaricated with premature birth, thinking that everyone was still in the dark.

In the past five years, the Wu family and the Zhu family have been used to bullying the Qingzhu sisters and brothers together with their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, although Gu Dabao is a little stupid, he likes to grab the things of the big house the most, even if he dislikes it, he can't see others get it, he saw Qingying want to hug the piece of mud, he immediately twisted his fat body and rushed over to grab it.

Gu Qingzhu, who was a few steps away, watched it from the side, it didn't matter if the mud was snatched, how could Gu Dabao, who was like a fat pig, get it if he pressed Qingying!