Regarding the cat and the goldfish dying together, blowing themselves up and dying together, the two neighbors of Meng Ruan were silent, and the Tao family thought that they didn't see or hear it, otherwise how could they think that they didn't know everything?

Such a strange thing seems to have happened to the Tao family, and to outsiders it can only be a story in the Arabian Nights! The people of the Tao family are not suitable for publicity, if someone asks about the whereabouts of the goldfish in the future, it is the best explanation and prevarication to die naturally!

After dark, people set up an offering table in front of the statue of the god of the stove, light lamps and burn incense. The main thing to offer is to make syrup with malt, Jiang rice, etc., or "glutton", which is called "stove sugar" among the folks. All over the Northeast had special small workshops to make and sell before the "Xiao Nian", and it was very authentic, which was characterized by sweetness, crispness, and stickiness, and was also trafficked to Kannai. Beijing calls "stove sugar" "Kanto sugar". During the Qing Dynasty, the stove sugar used in the palace sacrificial stove was paid tribute by the internal affairs office of the governor of Shengjing. The reason why this kind of sugar should be made sticky and sweet is because people use it to smear it on the mouth of the king of the stove in the portrait (some are smeared above the stove door), which means that he will be "sweet" after going to heaven, say a few more "sweet words", and report more about the benefits of the house where he is located, and when he says "bad words", his mouth is stuck with sugar, and he can't open his mouth, so as to "hide evil and promote good" for the sugar house. Therefore, the people of the Northeast said casually: "The Lord of the Stove, whose surname is Zhang, rides a horse and carries a gun, and the heavens say good things, and the lower realm is safe and healthy", which is also people's hope and prayer for the Lord of the Stove. In short, as the messenger of the world and heaven, the Lord of the Stove is the most important object to be taken care of on this day (of course, some people worship Bodhisattvas or Buddhas at home, and there are gods from all walks of life, who will also receive incense and offerings).

In addition to the candies, the offerings are usually accompanied by a handful of grain grass, a plate of fried beans or sorghum rice, and a bowl of water, which is said to have been prepared for the mount of the Lord of the Stove when he ascended to heaven. When people send the stove, they should deliberately use straw (sorghum stalks) to make horses, dogs, and chickens, in order to lead the way and travel for the stove king. After the ceremonies such as burning incense, kneeling, and anointing sugar, the statue of the god of the stove is taken down, and the dogs and horses are burned together with the "ascension to heaven", and firecrackers are set off to "see them off".

In the past, before the new daughter-in-law of the Northeast officially went to the kitchen to cook the next day, she first had to kowtow to the "stove prince" of her mother-in-law's family, and be respectful to her. It stands to reason that housewives who revolve around the pot and cook all day long are the people who "get along day and night" with the king of the stove, and they should be the main ones in the sacrificial stove. But the opposite is true. Because at that time, there was a "rule" among the people that "men do not worship the moon, and women do not quit the stove", so the sacrifice stove was only a matter for the "old men" in the family, and women were not eligible to participate, which seemed unfair.

Since the day of the stove festival is a "small year", of course, the whole family will have a richer dinner than usual. In the past, people who hired long-term workers and men generally let them go home on vacation from this day to prepare for the New Year. And the people who are in other places have also returned one after another, ready to "celebrate the New Year" in a reunion.

Starting from this day of the new year, even if the preparations for the "New Year" have officially begun, the "small year" is equivalent to the prelude to the "big year". In contrast, there are slightly wealthy people, it is to rush to the store to buy New Year's goods, and the poor New Year is not much different from usual, adults are still sad, in the case of the children who are looking forward to the New Year have not added new clothes, new hats and new shoes, although they are troublesome, but under the wishes of adults, it seems that they can easily revel in the festive atmosphere than usual.

In the Tao family, what is different this year from previous years is that it is no longer Tao Qisheng, the head of the family, who routinely performs this ceremony, but replaces him with his "son" Tao Zhenkun, and there is also a delicate Liu Xingmei by his side.

Tao Zhenkun knelt in front of the offering table, nailed a wooden board to the wall above the pot table, on which was placed an incense burner bowl, inserted with three incense sticks, and on the offering table was a bowl containing cooked dumplings, a pair of chopsticks, and a wine cup filled with wine, and on one side of the table was a sieve woven from bamboo containing cereals and broken hay. He lit three stacks of yellow paper and burned them in a basin, and then kowtowed three respectfully, muttering in his mouth: "Today is the New Year, please eat and drink enough to go to the west, see the Jade Emperor to say more good things and say less bad things, don't forget to come back for the New Year after seven days-"

He was thinking: he was about to take his father's place in this family, and this replacement made him very miserable and helpless!

In her opinion, because this custom is a bit absurd and funny, she is deceiving herself, and superstition is fooling the minds of ignorant people. However, the tanuki thing today is simply incredible, it is a supernatural phenomenon, and even science is difficult to solve its mystery!

At this time, the sound of firecrackers rang out one after another outside.

Tao Zhenkun stood up and said, "Let's set off firecrackers too." ”

When setting off firecrackers outside, Liu Xingmei was standing far away with her hands covering her ears and watching.

A double bang rang into the air with an explosion after lighting Minoru, followed by another crisp sound in the dark sky, and a cloud of fireworks erupted.

Tao Zhenkun looked at Liu Xingmei and said to her: "Just your little coward, dare to learn to shoot?" ”

Liu Xingmei said: "Don't look down on people, courage can be practiced, maybe I'm also a sharpshooter." ”

"You're thick-skinned."

"If you don't believe me, I'll prove it to you later!"

"That's a waste of bullets, and you think there are as many bullets as my 'bullets'?!"

"You're not serious again, I see-" Liu Xingmei stepped forward and grabbed Tao Zhenkun's ear.

Tao Zhenkun, who was in pain, screamed and begged for mercy and said: "Don't take it off, if it becomes a one-eared standing (another name in the rabbit species), it will be even more stumbling in your eyes!" ”

"It's good to know!" Liu Xingmei let him go.

Tao Zhenkun rubbed his aching ears, ducked to the side and said, "It seems that you will only be honest when you are in the bed." ”

Tao Zhenkun saw that Liu Xingmei was about to come up to chase him again, so he held a cannon in his left hand at her, and a stick of incense in his right hand lit a fire. Liu Xingmei couldn't help but be scared, so she ran back to the house. It's not entirely out of fear, she still has to fry a few dishes, Xiao Nian must improve the fire food on this day.

Tao Zhenkun smiled smugly-

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