Zhou Nan, a lonely man, naturally still has to partner up in the Gao family. The main reason is that Zhou Nan doesn't understand how the people of the Song Dynasty celebrate the New Year, in case the Song Dynasty doesn't have Spring Festival couplets, Zhou Nan himself pasted a pair of red paper Spring Festival couplets first, but it will become a joke.

Zhou Nan's only knowledge of the Song Dynasty Chinese New Year is a poem by Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty: "In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu; Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. "——This firecracker that the people of the Song Dynasty said, who knows whether to put two kicks or take the cut bamboo tube and burn it in the fire? Let's be honest. Therefore, Zhou Nan still locked the door for the three days of the New Year, and honestly went to Gao Yuan's house to do short-term work.

But in the next three days, Zhou Nan was completely stunned by this real Song Dynasty New Year: eating dumplings and noodles on Chinese New Year's Eve, keeping vigil; Walking on the street on the first day of the new year to greet the New Year, firecrackers made of gunpowder, and the folk customs that Zhou Nan should have in that time and space, the people of the Song Dynasty actually had them.

Short-term work has to have the consciousness of short-term work, Zhou Nan is now the same as Gao Yuan, he is dressed in narrow-sleeved short clothes, with a headscarf wrapped around his head, and his hands are changed to brooms, rags, and basins from time to time according to Gao Yun's requirements.

Since it is the New Year, of course, it is inseparable from the preparation of New Year's goods, although there is no market in the cottage, there are still people in the village who take the mountain goods and furs to the outside of the mountain to exchange some salt, ironware, needlework and other necessary things. Approaching the New Year, there are also hawkers who come to the cottage to exchange with the goods, taking advantage of the New Year's Festival, with these door gods, peach charms, Zhong Kui, tiger heads, red paper, firecrackers and other festive things to exchange for the mountain goods of the people in the village. Every household just changed some red paper, firecrackers, peach charms and other things. Meat is available in every household, and there are many more this year, such as mountain vegetables and hazelnut mushrooms, which are worthless things in the mountains, and those that are often eaten by mountain people are also stored.

Therefore, on Chinese New Year's Eve, every household is the whole family, cleaning inside and out, hanging peach charms or Zhong Kui, tiger heads and other things to ward off evil in the town house outside the door, and there are also handful women who cut red paper into window flowers, auspicious pictures pasted on window flowers and doors, or tied red paper into silk flowers and strung them outside the door, which is also festive and lively.

Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan hunted the meat was pickled, as well as the grain and rice sent by the princess of Shu, enough for three people to eat, Gao Yun was diligent on weekdays, and in the autumn he went up the mountain to pick a lot of wild vegetables, hazel mushrooms, etc., and the three of them didn't eat much, so they accumulated a lot, and they didn't worry about the lack of food. Gao Yun is ingenious, Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan have a lot of furs from hunting outside, and there are also silk silks sent by the princess of Shu to Song Lai, and they also sewed a few new clothes and new robes for each of the three people in their spare time, after the winter was cold, the three of them put on a new leather robe, and Gao Yun made a new burqa, shoes, and middle clothes a few days ago, waiting for the New Year to wear. So the main thing is to clean up.

Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan spent more than half a day cleaning up the two houses, and according to Gao Yun's instructions, they threw out the old, bad, and unused things and threw them away, and reorganized them, according to Gao Yun's words, "remove the old cloth and the new", and then went to Gao Yun to show off, Gao Yun saw that the sprinkler was clean, so he took out two pairs of peach charms and two pairs of tiger heads, as well as red paper cuts, and let the two hang up the two families. Gao Yuan held the tiger head brand in his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "Da Lang can go up the mountain to fight a real tiger, but what's the use of bluffing children?" Gao Yun coaxed Gao Yuan and said: "Every family should be like this, bless us with peace and happiness, we must have a good life, and we must not be sloppy." Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan had to hang two pairs of peach charms and two pairs of tiger heads outside the two doors respectively. Zhou Nan unfolded the big red paper-cut again, it turned out to be two stacks of red paper cut on the five blessings and the pattern of more than every year, each red paper is one foot square, although the pattern in the middle is simple, but it is lifelike. Zhou Nan couldn't help but praise Gao Yun's dexterity, Gao Yun blushed slightly, and asked Zhou Nan to paste all four windows. Gao Yuan's house has three rooms in a row, with two bedrooms for brothers and sisters on each side, the main house in the middle, plus the room in Zhou Nan's courtyard, a total of four. After pasting the paper-cutting, Gao Yun took out two pairs of red paper lanterns and inserted them outside the two doors. Gao Yun just let the two of them go, Zhou Nan looked around, and saw that the yard was clean and tidy, the doors and windows were new, and Gao Yun also deliberately inserted some plums in the house, and there were bursts of fragrance floating from time to time, and the house against the red paper-cut on the window became festive, and suddenly there was a New Year's atmosphere. Gao Yun prepared incense fireworks and candles for the gods at night.

As soon as they were cleaned up, Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan were at the door, and they saw Lao Zheng Tou walking over from the wall of the courtyard where Zhou Nan lived from a distance.

Gao Yuan laughed and said: "This old Zheng Tou is also very polite, I have been waiting in the township for many years, and I don't need to give any gifts for the New Year?" Old Zheng Tou pouted, did not answer, and when he got closer, he said: "Lao Er, I am alone, very lonely, think about it, this village is Da Lang's temperament to me, Da Lang is also alone, so Lao Er came to spend Chinese New Year's Eve with Da Lang, but he didn't want the peach charm to hang, but there was no one." Sure enough, it's here, haha. ”

Zhou Nan took the wine jar in Lao Zheng Tou's hand and put it in the house, Gao Yun saw that Lao Zheng Tou was coming, and said to Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan: "Since Dr. Zheng is here, please have tea in the house, you two are resting, and talk to Dr. Zheng." ”

Old Zheng Tou was also not polite, and said to Gao Yun: "On Chinese New Year's Eve, I don't know what kind of food the little lady Gao has?" ”

Gao Yun smiled and said, "Eat dumplings tonight, you sit in the house." Lao Zheng Tou was pulled in by Gao Yuan and the others. Walk into the middle of the main house, only to see that the house is a new look, the right side of the door of the house is a square table, a few wooden chairs are neatly placed in the four places, there are cups and plates on the table, all of them are new, and the window lattice is also pasted with a pair of red paper cut-outs made of five blessings. It is facing the door next to the wall, but it is a long case, there are several incense burners on the case, there is a statue of Guanyin Dashi hanging on the wall, there are a few gods next to it, and incense is burning in the incense burner. On both sides of the case is a pair of long-necked green glazed vases, which are filled with clear water, and a few wax plum blossoms are inserted.

Although Gao Yuan is giggling with Lao Zheng Tou on weekdays, he is not serious, but he is also respectful in secret, Lao Zheng Tou has treated Gao Yun's arrow wound, and he is even more grateful, please sit on Lao Zheng's head for the first time, Gao Yuan and Zhou Nan accompany each other. Gao Yuan brewed tea again, poured it into the teacup, handed it to Lao Zhengtou, and poured a cup for himself and Zhou Nan, and the three of them talked idly.

Zhou Nan knew that Old Zheng Tou had seen a wide range in this mountain, tasted tea, and said to Old Zheng Tou: "Dr. Zheng has traveled all over the world, and he is most familiar with the affairs of the Southern Dynasty, I don't know how to live the Chinese New Year's Eve of the Southern Dynasty?" How to spend New Year's Day? ”