Chapter 180: The New Year (I)

told the story all night, and took advantage of Yang Ying's sleep to do a husband and wife, and the next morning Jin Yu was sleepy. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info.... What is better than sleeping under the covers in the middle of winter? But it didn't work out on the first day of the new year. Yang Ying yawned and dragged Jin Yu out of the bed, because he still had to worship his ancestors today.

If you want to talk about ancestor worship, it is much more solemn and cumbersome now than in later generations. In fact, most of the festivals in later generations can be related to ancestor worship, and most of them are evolved from ancestor worship activities.

As the beginning of the year, the procedure of worshipping ancestors is particularly cumbersome, and Yang Ying has been busy for several days for today's ancestor worship. After pinching the hour, the sè sacrifices are offered by the maid one by one, and then the head of the house offers incense. It stands to reason that the incense ceremony should be arranged according to the children and grandchildren, and the blood relationship should be divided, but now the Jin family only has two sons, Jin Yu, so the time is basically spent on the placement of offerings.

Jin Yu stood aside bored, raised his head and turned around to savor the ancestral hall. The ancestral hall was built by Yang Ying, and the materials used were all high-quality materials, which were one piece higher than the house where Jin Yu lived, and the carved beams and paintings in it were extremely luxurious. If it weren't for Yang Ying to stop him, Jin Yu would have the heart to live in, but now he is not in a hurry, in another fifty or sixty years, it is estimated that Jin Yu will be able to get his wish.

There is a tablet of Grandpa Tang on the table, and there is a sketch of Grandpa Tang behind the tablet. The sketch was originally the photo brought by Jin Yu, and Jin Yu added some things according to his own memories, such as the horse under Grandpa Tang's buttocks in the painting, the undershirt he was wearing, and the pipe in his hand, and the yard behind Grandpa Tang was also the old mansion in his previous life. However, after Yang Ying saw it, she immediately vetoed it to Jin Yu, and the reason was very simple - it was not in a proper manner! It is also said that according to the current point of view, the old man cannot wear such a dress, and the background behind him is also very cheap, so Yang Ying personally drew another pair of knives. Yang Ying was very surprised when she took the photo, and asked who made this painting, it was too expressive! Jin Yu casually made up a reason to prevaricate, did he tell her that this is a black brick photo? It's no wonder that Yang Ying doesn't regard it as an evil spirit!

Even if there was the original in hand, Yang Ying still made changes, how can the Jin family be regarded as an upstart now, if you let your descendants see the shabby appearance of the old man before, it's not good? Therefore, the old man in the painting is dressed in Hanfu, and the golden knife horse sits solemnly and solemnly on the Taishi chair, which is much more expressive than the one painted by Jin Yu.

"Husband Mo is looking around, it's time to give incense to grandpa." In front of the maid, Yang Ying kept her husband's face, and did not point out Jin Yu's impropriety, and when the couple was left, Yang Ying pinched Jin Yu's waist with two fingers and spun, "I'm not afraid of the old man's blame, what are you looking around?" ”

"Oh." Jin Yu nodded, the winter clothes are thick, Yang Ying's "two-finger Zen" is almost the same as tickling, Jin Yu took the incense in Yang Ying's hand, saluted Grandpa Tang, and respectfully kowtowed, this set of processes is completed.

There are a variety of offerings on the table, whole pigs, sheep, some xiǎo animals, dried fruits, and snacks. Last night's tossing consumed a lot of physical strength, and he didn't eat early in the morning, and Jin Yu was really a little hungry. After Yang Ying finished offering incense and saluting, Jin Yu took a piece of snack from the offering table and stuffed it in his mouth, not counting it for himself, and handed Yang Ying a piece, "Hungry, right?" Lady also come to a piece? ”

Yang Ying hurriedly took it and put it back on the table, the piece that Jin Yu ate couldn't be taken out, and even if he took it out, he couldn't put it on again. After putting it on, I didn't forget to apologize to Grandpa Tang, and there were words in my mouth.

Jin Yu was dumbfounded, this is not disrespectful to Grandpa Tang, Jin Yu is just used to it. When Jin Yu xiǎo, the New Year was also to worship ancestors, but at that time there was no ancestral hall, but instead to worship ancestors in each household. At that time, Grandpa Tang also gave Xiǎo Jinyu from time to time those snacks on the table, but he didn't say anything rude. Grandpa nǎinǎi didn't love his grandson, when he was alive, he always left dim sum to his grandson, and this kind of mind will not change after he dies, right?

"Don't be like this, husband, disrespectful to the elderly. .... Just now, the husband cut off a stick of incense, and he will not be able to use his hands and feet in the future. Yang Ying also knew that her husband didn't know much about the rules of the Tang Dynasty, so she took on the work of apologizing, but an education could not be avoided, like an old lady teaching an ignorant child.

Jin Yu nodded, what else can he say? Yang Ying is also for her own good, isn't it? But you can't blame yourself for cutting off the incense, who makes the quality of the incense this year bad? Although it is mixed with sandalwood, the smell is better, but the tenacity is not good. ,

At this time, there was no New Year's greeting, so after breakfast, Jin Yu had nothing to do, and he couldn't sleep in the morning, wandering around the yard blindly. Chen Rui, Han Wu and Hu Yue were not as easy as Jin Yu, Chen Rui led in front, Hu Yue was holding a large roll of huāhuā green paper in his arms, and Han Wu was holding a xiǎo pot in his hand, with a posture of pasting big-character posters in a certain era. Jin Yu looked curious, so he walked out of the courtyard and shouted to the three, "Uncle Chen, two worshippers, happy New Year!" Happy New Year and all the best to all three! ”

Jin Yu's New Year's greetings are too advanced, how have these three seen this posture? Listening to the blessing of the main family, there was a blind movement, Han Wu hurriedly put down the iron pot in his hand for a while, but Hu Yue hugged the things in his hand tightly, for fear of losing it. "Happy New Year, young master."

"Early in the morning, what is Uncle Chen doing here?" Jin Yu waited for him to finish his salute, and also returned the salute, and asked politely.

"In addition to the old cloth and the new, the old slave took advantage of the fact that it was still early to invite all the gods into our house." Chen Rui pointed to the paper in Hu Yue's arms and explained.

Jin Yu nodded, Chen Rui was very enthusiastic about this kind of secret letter activity, and Hu Yue was also very respectful, and he didn't forget to put this thing down when he saluted. "Let's go, piece by piece, young master, I'll take a look." Jin Yu is also idle, it doesn't hurt to learn a little more, no matter what, it's the folk customs of the Tang Dynasty, in case you meet a friend in the future in a dream one day, you also have knowledge to brag about, right?

The master said that he wanted to see it, and the three of them had no reason to refuse, but they did it more energetically. The first stop is the big mén mouth, Han Wu is pasted, Hu Yue finds the portrait of the mén god, and Chen Rui pastes it, this may be the earliest sticker, right?

"This is '''''' mén god?" Jin Yu looked left and right, the two brothers on Mén are very handsome, and they are still colorful, but Jin Yu just doesn't know him, now Qin Qiong and Wei Chigong are still alive, and Li Er is not suspicious of insomnia, these two must be two heroes that Jin Yu doesn't know.

Chen Rui respectfully pointed out to Jin Yu, "It's the god of mén." On the left is the Shen Tu Immortal, and on the right is the Yu Lei Immortal. The two immortals are brothers, and their skills are very great, they can drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits, and they can protect the house from being invaded by demons. ”

Jin Yu nodded, and arched his hand towards the two mén gods, which can be regarded as acquaintance. Chen Rui looked strange, but when he thought about it, he understood, maybe the customs of this master family were different in the past, so he told Jin Yu what he knew, "In the past, it was all mén gods carved from peach wood, but in recent years, the imperial court has encouraged the cultivation of grain, and there are fewer peach trees, so now they are all stereotyped and printed on paper." ”

Chen Rui made a gesture of invitation as he spoke, signaling that he would carry out the next step. Jin Yu looked at the sides of the slippery mén and asked, "Uncle Chen, don't you stick couplets?" ”

"Couplet? What immortals? Chen Rui was a little confused, he had never heard of this word, and asked tentatively: "Young Master has the custom of pasting couplet immortals outside the territory?" ”

Jin Yu was dumbfounded, it seems that there is no custom of posting couplets this year, couplets should have only existed after Tang poetry became popular, and there are still some days before the popular date. "Uh''' It's an auspicious thing, not a fairy. What's next? (There is a legend that the couplet arose from the five dynasties after Shu, but the Dunhuang murals handed down in the middle of the Tang Dynasty already have the existence of couplets, which should be a manifestation of the folk following the trend after the popularity of Tang poetry.) ）

"Immortals, please!" Chen Rui counted his fingers to Jin Yu, "There are also the God of Wealth, the God of the Well, the God of the Land, and the Lord of the Stove to invite into the house." ”

Jin Yu nodded and said, "Well, you're busy, so let's go ahead, don't delay the auspicious time." "It's auspicious, and now Jin Yu will also say, this year, people have to pinch when they do some mi letter activities, but unfortunately they don't have a watch, so they can only estimate it.

Wherever Chen Rui and the three of them went, Jin Yu followed, and he didn't ask much now, just watched. This please God didn't have much avenue, find a place to paste it and pull it down, it is not as grand as sending the king of the stove to heaven on the twenty-third day of the lunar month. No wonder as the saying goes, "It's easy to please God, but it's hard to send God", maybe that's where it comes from, right?

The immortals were finished by Chen Rui, and the work was over, which was not very interesting. Jin Yu despises the ancients in his heart, is it easy for people to be immortals? On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I went to work in every household, how dedicated and dedicated! Don't say anything about the bowl of tea, despise them, and you must put a few cigarettes in front of the gods and goddesses at night, which can be regarded as a welcome ceremony for them, Jin Yu thought to himself.

After Chen Rui and the others invited all the immortals, they went their own way, and Jin Yu began to wander around the backyard again. Now the lion doesn't take care of Jin Yu very much, because it has three "concubines" to take care of, and the female dogs were born when they opened the chun, and the lion was a father for the first time, and he was very responsible. ,

It's the New Year, the sun is not off duty, hanging high in the air, the sun makes people warm and sleepy, Jin Yu stretches his waist and yawns. Forget it, this year is not interesting, it is not as lively as the future generations, only toss people, go back to the room and sleep a lot!

Jin Yu just felt bored, and there were still people who were afraid of the New Year, this person was Chu Xuan!

In terms of efficiency in these years, as long as you can escape from Chang'an, it is possible to catch Xing very xiǎo, because the portrait error on the wanted notice is too large, how can Jin Yu be determined to find out Chu Xuan this time?

Chu Xuan originally thought that he had escaped, at that time, he scolded Xiǎo Fat Man as he walked and was not a thing, if it wasn't for the fact that he had a lot of eyes, I am afraid that he would have already found his concubine "Juhuā" to love now, right?

The situation was fine two days ago, Chu Xuan pretended to be an outdated scholar and hitched a ride on a caravan all the way east. Although he is an outdated scholar, the businessman still respects the scholar, eats and drinks well, and does not need money, Chu Xuan is very comfortable.

In these years, it is not easy to do business, back and forth are relying on double tui, carrying goods to Chang'an to sell, and then buying some goods from Chang'an to sell to Luoyang, if you go back empty, you will lose money. The accident happened at the mouth of Luoyang City, and Chu Xuan was thinking about finding another family in Luoyang to earn some money huāhuā, and he was recognized at the mouth of Mén.

The post stations in the Tang Dynasty were very developed, but they were only for official use, but as a way to arrest important criminals, it was enough. The wanted portrait that came down this time is impressive, just like the real person, it is difficult to forget, especially since there is a reward of fifty taels of silver in the back. If you want to talk about money, no one doesn't like it, what is the concept of fifty taels of silver? You can afford to marry two more concubines, no one doesn't want to earn, especially the chengguan who stands guard at the entrance of the city all day long, is it easy? In the winter, I didn't even have a padded jacket, and my face and nose were red from the cold.

Since the posting of this new wanted notice, the chengguan has actively improved a lot, and pedestrians who come and go are must be checked, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and the more tired it is after a few days, but no one complains about anything, after all, it is for the reward. If you are lazy and let others get it first, it will be too late to regret it.

The wanted notice at the entrance of the city is basically posted to the city management, but the people don't see it much, and they don't know how to read it! But it's different in the city, the neighbors all know each other, and the most positive after posting it belongs to those rangers who have no serious careers, which is the xiǎo as the saying goes.

The life of Xiǎo in the Tang Dynasty was not easy, basically they were all natives, they knew a lot, and they didn't dare to charge protection money or anything, and they were ruthless, and the officials in the Yamén were not eating dry food, they were caught with a board, and then thrown into a cell and locked up for ten days and half a month. If the food is good, it is enough to eat anywhere, the key is to eat one meal a day, this meal is only two moldy nests, and the first thing to do when you come out of the cell is to hold on to the wall to find food. Why the wall? Because I was too hungry to walk.

Seeing that the New Year is coming, everyone happily pulls a few feet of new cloth to make a new dress or something, and the days are sad, so they almost squat in the corner of the wall and help the beggar with Hun.

It is said that there are such two xiǎo in Luoyang City, Zhen Pig and Dog Baby, after reading for a few days, and can't bear the hardships of working in the field, doing some stealing jimo dogs at home all day long, and being scolded by the neighbors, the father can't afford to lose this person, and every time he is beaten. This xiǎo brother discussed, got, go out to beg for a living, hun society. How do you want society to be so difficult?

No, Zhen Zhu'er took out other people's money bags yesterday, but he succeeded, but seeing the panic of the mother and son crying after losing the money, one couldn't bear to return it, and was scolded. Who told him not to have a heart and say that he picked it up himself?

The dog baby is even more miserable, but today he took out the purse of a rich son, how could he be discovered, not only scolded, but also greeted by the rich boy's servant. Although it didn't hurt his muscles and bones, he thought about walking normally for three or five days. Although the Tang Dynasty had clear regulations on the punishment of stealing, few people did it, and they were generally caught and beaten, as long as no one died, the government was willing to turn a blind eye and pretend not to see, who let the government not have enough manpower? It's not like a certain dynasty, there are more than ten deputies, and there are countless temporary workers.

Fortunately, Zhen Zhu'er was righteous and didn't leave his brother behind. Now I have to take care of a sick person for food and clothing, and the money bag is not so easy to pay, and in desperation, Zhen Zhu'er gave up his face and became a beggar for a day. Which Cheng wanted to be beaten by the group before he finished a day, and the beggar also has his own territory, and he robbed the business of the beggars in other people's homes, how can there be a reason not to be beaten? Zhen Zhuer couldn't help but sigh "I'm not afraid of the underworld, I'm afraid of the black society"! ,

Zhen Zhu'er was thinking about how to fill his stomach with two black blue eyes, and he saw that the official posted a statistical reward. Zhen Zhu'er was very moved by the fifty taels of silver, and lay under the wanted notice with his brother on his back, and took the wanted notice down at night when no one was around. Although he hadn't found anyone yet, the more people who knew about it, the less hopeful he became, and the idea was given to him by the dog lying on the ground.

The two of them just had some hope, and the boss of the local gang found Mén, which is someone's territory! When I first came, I didn't know that the sky was high and the earth was thick, and there were many conflicts, and the brothers had been hiding from others. It's good now, there's nowhere to hide, and after another beating, the two really can't do anything, so they discussed it, let's go home with a thick skin, at least we can have a hot meal.

The pig carried the dog baby on his back, and chattered about bad luck and the like all the way, and finally he was really tired of talking, and the two found a slope temple to make do with it, and self-hypnotized: If you sleep, you won't be hungry.

People were unlucky, and they couldn't stop it, not long after the two of them walked out of Luoyang City, the caravan that Chu Xuan was riding also walked to the entrance of Luoyang City. The inspection at the mouth of Mén was strict, blocking a lot of people, and at this time it was already dark, and the caravan steward was very anxious. Chu Xuan was idle, and volunteered to go forward to find out the news, but he was scared back when he squeezed into the crowd. For no other reason, the picture on the wanted notice is too real!

Steady his mind, Chu Xuan returned to the caravan, lied and said that there was a big man in front of him who was going out of the city, and now he had to make way for others, cleaned up his softness, made an excuse, smiled and thanked the steward of the caravan and wanted to slip away. How did the steward of the caravan think that Chu Xuan was a wanted criminal? Still wondering how big people want to go out of the city at such a late hour? If the retention fails, they can only be allowed to leave. By the time they entered the city, it was already dark, and the caravan people were in a hurry to enter the city.

It was dark, Chu Xuan didn't bring a fire fold, there were sparse sounds in the woods from time to time, and occasionally there was a wolf howl, Chu Xuan was more and more scared the more he walked, and finally ran directly. After a sprint, Chu Xuan, who was running, was out of breath, and when he saw the fire in front of him, Chu Xuan was overjoyed, and he didn't care about what he wanted, so he plunged into it.

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