Chapter 85: Chinese New Year's Eve
A person with a dog's nose, no matter what time or place, he can always appear at the right time, as if someone is guiding him.
For example, Wang Xiaoyi, the meat is cooked, the slots are just out of the pot, the dogs have just sat on the table and are about to start, Wang Xiaoyi, who is carrying a bamboo basket, stood at the door.
Seeing Wang Xiaoyi holding the big bone stick and biting his mouth full of oil, the dog was a burst of white eyes.
"Wang Xiaoyi, what are you doing here?"
Listening to the dog's question, Wang Xiaoyi swallowed the minced meat in his mouth vigorously and said, "I'll give you a gift." ”
The dog was stunned and said, "What kind of gift?" ”
Wang Xiaoyi pointed to the bamboo basket and said, "In it!" ”
Puzzled, he glanced at the bamboo basket, what good things could these poor ghosts have!
After three or two steps, he walked to the basket, stretched out his hand and lifted the lid on it, and saw that there were a large number of paper cranes folded with colored paper.
The dog turned around and asked, "Where did this thing come from?" ”
Xiao Yi put down the big bone stick in his hand, wiped his hands and walked to the dog, stretched out his hand, pointed to one of the red paper cranes and said, "I folded this one, the most beautiful and the largest!" Well, the rest is folded by them, and they can't compare to mine! ”
"They said that Brother Dog remembered them, took care of them, in order to find food for them, they were reluctant to buy new clothes to wear, and they were heartbroken for their affairs, and the people who used to be very gentle have been grumpy since they were on the stall, and they hoped that Brother Dog would be safe and sound, less troubles, and then they folded some paper cranes each, hoping that Grandpa Tian could give Brother Dog some blessings. . . ."
Looking at the large and small red, red, green and green paper cranes in front of him, the dog's heart was suddenly a little moved, especially looking at the small black finger prints on it, the first time I felt a lot more pleasing to the eye, it was rare for them to have this mind, the dog was very happy, so they hung this string of paper cranes on the door beam, row by row, the wind blows, the small bell under the thread will make a pleasant sound.
"These hungry ghosts still have a conscience!" The dog nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and looked at Wang Xiaoyi a little more enthusiastically.
"Come, Xiao Yi, don't eat meat all the time, eat some slots."
There is still some free time in the morning, and it will be busy in the afternoon, and the peach lantern spring couplets will be hung before the sun sets.
Saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, people should also do the same, both men and women should wash their bodies and hair well, wash off the dirt on them, and welcome the blessings of the New Year.
That's why black smoke rose from the kitchens of all sizes in Yuchuan Castle.
Black smoke billows into the air, overlooking this land, the Jin Kingdom in the north, the Tubo in the northwest, Dali in the southwest, the major island countries in the east and other neighboring countries around the Great Song Dynasty are celebrating the arrival of the New Year in various ways.
Every family is in accordance with the local customs, step by step orderly preparation of all kinds of festival things, everyone is beaming, everyone is also laughing, no matter how bad the past year is, this day must strive to earn a smile to face everyone.
Winter symbolizes death, while spring symbolizes new birth.
After the Spring Festival, everything recovers, the withered yellow grass will grow green shoots again, the nomads in the north will dismantle their tents, have left the warm nest for the winter, and drive the thin cattle and sheep to chase the fresh and fat grass, and the farmers in the south will also drive the old oxen to plow the land again and again, and when the swallows flying south return, they will sow the seeds that carry heavy responsibilities inside.
Because the dog was going to the tea shop to paste the Spring Festival couplets, he asked them to boil water and wash them slowly first, Wang Xiaoyi was also driven back, and asked him to organize the beggars in the nest to wash their bodies, and told him that he would go over to check later, and throw the unqualified ones into the dung pit.
Carrying the basket of paper cranes and humming a little song to the tea shop, when he came back, it was already Shen Shi, urging a few of them to go outside the door to post couplets and hang lanterns, the dog quickly boiled hot water and poured it into the wooden barrel and jumped in to start bathing.
There is a scar the size of a fingernail on the waist, and there is also a scar on the waist of my father, when I was a child, I always disliked it for being ugly every time I took a bath, so I buckled the scar hard, and once I broke the skin and shed a lot of blood, and was scolded by my father fiercely, he said that people with this kind of birthmark are favored by Grandpa Tian!
At that time, I was very happy, I took off my clothes to let people see, and told my friends that they would become big officials when they grew up, so that they could give themselves all the delicious and fun first, and they would take care of them when they became officials in the future.
I still want to laugh when I think about it now, it's really young and ignorant.
patting his face, I don't know what's going on today, I always remember the past at every turn.
I had something to do in the afternoon, so I couldn't take a comfortable bath, so I got up, found a dry cotton cloth to dry my body, put on my clothes and walked out.
Okay! A group of idiots, posting a couplet doesn't let you worry, other people's homes are one in the east and one in the west, they have five on the left and right, and the reason is one for each person, and one by one they said their share with their faces, and they also helped paste!
Angry dogs can't do it, although our family sells couplets, but we can't stick them according to the rules!
The couplets are covered with batter at the back, and they can't be used when they are removed.
"A bunch of idiots!" The dog scolded fiercely.
In line with the habit of not wasting it, it was not removed, so there was only one such one in the entire Yuchuan City this year, and the door was not only pasted with the popular couplet, but also five pairs in one go, which was very popular.
Later, the wealthy people followed suit, and some fools even pasted the entire south wall with couplets in one go, which made people secretly stunned.
Dinner in the evening, continue to eat the slots, the last time I bought the wheat noodles, I have already eaten, today I went to buy dozens of catties, see that the beggars in Xicheng are still a little conscientious, the dog decided to invite them to eat slots tonight.
There's no work at home, just a few people, well, except for Dasha, they all gather around the table to make slots, and if you want to pinch the slots of more than 30 people, you regret it a little, don't pinch it, everyone has slots to eat during the New Year, these beggars are already very pitiful, forget it, grit your teeth and insist!
At the beginning, it was two hours, and the sky was dark and transparent, so that the horns were pinched out, and looking at the room full of corners, the dog's head was a burst of big!
The big people couldn't bring it to them, so they sent Dasha to call people, asking each to bring their own dishes and chopsticks, and the second one who didn't take a bath was not allowed to come.
He shouted to Dakang Gou Yu to bring the big iron pot in the tea shop over, and put it in the yard, the pot was filled with water, and the crackling dry wood was stuffed underneath, and the whole yard was bright and bright in the night.
When everyone came, they threw all the slots into the pot to cook, more than 30 people gathered around the two cauldrons in the hospital, and when the slots were cooked, each person scooped up a bowl, and the dog raised the bowl in his hand and shouted, eat!
A group of people cheered and moved their chopsticks, and this scene was very spectacular.
These beggars haven't eaten slots in a year, right? Looking at them one by one, they couldn't swallow it and were still trying to stuff it into their mouths, and the harmful dogs were always worried that they would be strangled to death, so they used a small pot to hold the slot soup, and asked them one by one, do you want to drink the soup? Don't choke!
It's easy to be emotional when eating a big pot of rice, the dog originally only ate two bowls, but looking at a few babies around him who were smaller than himself, holding a bowl with a big head, he ate two bowls in a blink of an eye, and seeing that he was going to serve the third bowl, he felt that he could still put some more in his stomach.
There are many people really powerful, and the horns that are spread all over the ground are eaten by them, and even the soup that boils the slots is drunk without a drop left, and seeing the big stone with a few little babies to turn over the bottom of another pot, there is a layer of fine sweat on the brain.
"Brother dog, do you have any slots to eat tomorrow?"
A little baby who was obviously changing his teeth asked the dog with a shy face in his mouth.
The frail little body, with a big belly, walks and dangles, if the dog hadn't watched the whole process from flat to round, he would really wonder if he had a big belly.
"That's, Rabbit Fang! Do you still want to eat slots? ”
"Brother Dog, you see that my rabbit tooth has fallen off, and I won't be called a rabbit tooth in the future!"
The little baby took off a long tooth from the thread in her neck and proved it to the dog.
The dog glanced at it and laughed: "Okay, I won't call you Rabbit Tooth in the future, what was your original nickname?" ”
Xiaowa said: "I'm called chicken feet!" ”
Dogs: ......
"Chicken feet, the horns have to be eaten during the New Year, and this year will have to be many days before you can come once! So... ”
Chicken Paw said gloomily: "So the slot won't have to eat tomorrow!" ”
"Hey, you're pretty smart!" The dog laughed.
Chicken Paw pouted and said, "I'm not a stupid brother!" ”
Who knew that Dasha happened to be passing by, and when he heard the chicken feet talking about himself, he grinned and said, "What's wrong with me?" ”
Chicken paw hurriedly said: "It's nothing, Brother Dog said that this horn can only be eaten once a year during the New Year!" ”
Dasha laughed and said, "You fool, you can eat any slot." ”
Seeing that he was about to say something, the dog hurriedly gave him a look.
"Hey, Brother Da Lang, what are you squeezing, I'm not wrong, we ate it yesterday, I don't believe you ask the dog!"
Alas, this fool was really said.
Looking at the chicken paw staring at him with a puzzled expression, the dog stretched out his finger and pointed to the distance and said angrily: "Get out!" ”
The two of them hurriedly ran away.
When the dog turned his gaze back to the yard, I don't know when, the bonfire that was originally burning the iron pot was thrown into a lot of firewood by a few naughty babies, and the fire burned brightly, and a large handful of straw was thrown into it, so, in this originally cold night, a wolf-like roar suddenly broke out.
Dozens of babies held hands and danced and sang around the fire, shouting one by one, forgetting their usual hunger, forgetting their usual humiliation, and forgetting the pair of figures that usually appeared in their dreams.
The neighbors in the front street and back alley listened to the shouting, and they went out of the house to check, and saw that it was very lively, and they took their families by the hand and surrounded them, and they joined in excitedly after a while.
There were more and more people, and the bonfire moved from the narrow courtyard to the wide street, and more and more people crowded in, singing and dancing!
The bonfire went from one to dozens, and then to four, and when a huge bonfire was lit in the square in front of the Yamen, the people of the city fell into a sea of joy on the dark night of this Chinese New Year's Eve.
When the worn-out cowhide is more drummed, and the old man who has been beaten more excitedly beats, the new year is coming.