Chapter 127: Guild Hall Worship
Han Xiufeng didn't know that his wife who was far away in his hometown was pregnant, but he only knew that the first thing he did in the guild hall couldn't be done in vain, not only to renovate the guild hall to make a good reputation, but also to make some money by renovating the guild hall.
These days are very busy, first ask the neighbors to find craftsmen, find the craftsmen to negotiate the salary, ask the craftsmen to make a list of materials that need to be prepared in advance, and then inquire about the market of various materials in the capital, and then pick up the sketches drawn by the foreman to Master Ji Wang and Master Jiang for seeing.
Several fellow township officials in Beijing had no opinion, so they drew a new one, and together with a few letters that had just been written, they sent the ticket number to the old man in Ba County, and asked the old man to send one of the letters and the draft of the hall to be renovated to Chaijia Lane for Master Gu to see......
Busy with this and that, time flies, and in a blink of an eye, it is the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month.
There are folk songs in the city of Beijing:
Wife, wife, don't slander, after Laba is the New Year;
Laba porridge after a few days, Lili Lala twenty-three;
Twenty-three sugar melons are sticky, and twenty-four are sweeping days;
Twenty-five to make tofu, twenty-six to cut meat;
Twenty-seven slaughtered chickens, twenty-eight handfuls of dough hair;
Twenty-nine steamed steamed buns, thirty nights for a night......
Entering the local customs, Pan Er asked Datou to slaughter the six chickens he bought a few days ago yesterday, and asked He Juren and Liu Juren's three family members to help with the noodles early this morning, and then took them to the neighbor's house to borrow tables, chairs, benches, pots and pans, and ladles after eating.
Going out is the same as celebrating the New Year, and the New Year is not just a celebration, not to mention that there are distinguished guests at night.
He Juren and Liu Juren not only did not get angry because Pan Er called their family, but also picked up the pen with great interest to help Han Xiufeng write blessing characters and couplets. After I finished writing, I helped to post it, in the door, on the wardrobe, on the water tank...... As long as the place that can be pasted is all upside down with the word blessing, it means that the blessing has arrived.
The courtyard is full of red lanterns, and the courtyard is pasted with "look up and see joy", the outside of the house is pasted with "go out to see joy", and the courtyard is pasted with spring strips such as "the whole courtyard shines".
There are two tables of eight immortals in the hall, and a screen bought a few days ago is placed near the door, because there is a custom of listing barriers in the living room during the New Year in the capital, and the screen hall can be called "Jintang"!
The incense case was cleaned up and placed on the nine halls.
There are honey offerings, cakes and cakes, fruits, and dried fruits. Eight pieces of flower cake size, rice cake New Year rice, vegetarian hand (dumplings), vegetarian stir-fried vegetables...... When everyone arrives in the evening, ask Ji Hanlin to lead everyone to worship God together, which is called group worship.
Wen shopkeeper and storage shopkeeper and other Sichuan businessmen in Beijing rushed to help as soon as they finished eating lunch, obviously they had nothing to be busy with, but they were very busy, the tables, chairs and benches had been wiped clean, and they also took a rag from time to time to wipe a few times, and then found all kinds of reasons to follow Fei Erye Liu Juren and they were close.
The wine is the old cellar of "Wen Yongsheng", and there are more than a dozen jars piled up in the corner of the hall. The tea leaves were also brought by them, and they were still the best ice chips, and even the tea set was brought, so Han Xiufeng only had to worry about the dishes in the evening.
Although it is said that it is necessary to follow the customs of the locals, this is a Chongqing hall after all, and it must be a hometown dish at night.
For this reason, Fei Erye and Liu Juren were also consulted, and finally decided to put on the eight big bowls of "buttoned chicken", "buttoned duck", "buttoned goose", "buttoned elbow", "steamed pork ribs", "roasted white", "roasted crispy pork" and "braised fish", plus fried bean sprouts and fried leeks that are more expensive than meat.
There are four cold dishes, namely beef in sauce, elbow in sauce, peanuts and shredded radish with jellyfish.
There are two soups, namely hoof tendon chowder soup and tofu soup.
The mother-in-law and the two daughters who stored the shopkeeper all knew how to cook, and they couldn't even intervene with their mothers and children, Han Xiufeng looked at the champion room that was temporarily converted into a kitchen, and saw that there was nothing to worry about, so he simply went back to the hall to drink tea with Fei Erye and them to set up the dragon gate array.
"Junjie, Shizhen, don't be afraid of your jokes, I've been in the capital for all these years, and this is the first time I've been in the middle of the year." Second Master Fei looked at the offerings on the incense table, turned around and smiled: "This is all the blessing of Zhixing, the light of Zhixing!" ”
"Zhixing, Shi Zhen and I are also thanks to you, hahaha." He Heng couldn't help laughing.
"Second master, Master He, don't say that, you two. I'm the first thing to do in the clan, and it's all my job. If you have to thank you, then thank you for the shopkeepers, if it weren't for the generosity of the shopkeepers, it would be difficult for my clever woman to cook without rice, and I can't do it if I want to. ”
"Master Han, it's too much for you to say this, being able to celebrate the New Year with a few masters is a blessing that we have cultivated for eight lifetimes."
"Yes, yes, it is appropriate to honor a few people, Second Master, Master He, Master Liu, please use tea."
Han Xiufeng didn't take the silver and didn't do anything, and the Sichuan businessmen such as Shopkeeper Wen were happy.
was chatting happily, Liu Juren suddenly asked: "Zhixing, you haven't seen Master Qian, Master Ji and they may arrive late, why didn't Master Qian come back here?" ”
"Don't you say that I almost forgot about it, where did Master Qian go?" Han Xiufeng subconsciously looked at the west wing.
In the past few days, Han Xiufeng has been busy outside to renovate the guild hall, I don't know what Qian Junchen is busy with these days, Fei Erye and the two people stay in the guild hall every day to read the sage books, how much do they know, hesitate for a moment and say quietly: "I went to the provincial hall the day before yesterday to find a friend to borrow books, and accidentally saw him enter the Longmen Inn on the edge of the provincial hall. ”
He Heng didn't have so many scruples, and said coldly: "He always runs to the Longmen Inn these days, and he is very close to Ren Xingzhi." ”
Although they haven't known each other for a long time, Qian Junchen's personality Han Xiufeng couldn't be clearer, secretly thinking that it would not be a good thing for him to be so close to the Ren brothers, and secretly reminded Zi Su'er to keep an eye on it in the future and be careful.
Referring to Ren He, Liu Shanyang couldn't help but ask: "Zhixing, tonight is a group worship in the guild hall, it stands to reason that as long as all the fellow villagers in Chongqing are invited, have you asked for it?" ”
Han Xiufeng relieved himself and hurriedly said, "Master Liu, I, Han Zhixing, have a clear distinction between public and private affairs, how can I not be invited?" I had already asked Changsheng to send him the invitation, not only to him, but also to his younger brother. ”
"It's good to please, it's his business whether to come or not."
"I don't think he's coming." He Heng groaned.
"Not necessarily!" Liu Shanyang looked at Han Xiufeng, turned around and said: "Junjie, we didn't know him on the first day, you don't know what kind of temper he has, he is arrogant!" If he doesn't come, he will be weak-hearted. I bet he'll come. ”
Second Master Fei is old, and many of them are very open-minded, and they can't help but persuade: "Zhixing, it is better to settle the grievances than to settle them, you should know this truth." Besides, he is also a fellow villager, if he comes over later, can you not give him a look in my face, it is better to give him a staircase and ask him if he is willing to move back. ”
In terms of playing with the eyes of the heart, these few people who only know how to read the books of sages and sages together are not Han Xiufeng's opponents.
Han Xiufeng secretly thought that the more arrogant the person, the less he would move back, if he was really willing to move back, it would mean that Ren He would definitely want revenge if he held a grudge, and thought that he might as well take the opportunity of the group worship to test it, and said casually: "Second master, you always know what kind of person I am, and the reason why I drove their brothers away that day was because I was angry." You always put a hundred hearts, and if he really comes later, I will treat him with courtesy. ”
"Okay, that's how a manly husband should be!" Second Master Fei looked back at He Heng and Liu Shanyang, held the teacup and said with a smile: "Junjie, yes, some words are not easy to speak, and they are even more embarrassed to say, let's find an opportunity to talk about it at night and help them release their suspicions." ”
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PS: Ps: Explain, the Dragon Gate Inn in this chapter and the previous Yuelai Inn are not to rub any heat, but the name of the inn at that time is not much and all are exquisite, the Dragon Gate Inn takes the carp to jump the dragon gate, which belongs to the champion store that specializes in receiving officials, especially the lifter, and the general peddler pawn is not qualified to live.
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