Tao Zhenkun hurriedly got down to the ground to put on his shoes, and when he opened the door and went out, the yard was empty, and the black tiger came out of the nest.

"Who?"

No one answered.

At this time, I heard Chang Fa shouting at the gate in the yard: "Uncle Zhenkun, it's time to make dumplings!"

"Okay, I got it!"

As soon as Tao Zhenkun's words fell, he heard the crackling sound of firecrackers in the village.

He frowned, still suspicious in his heart, if Zhenzong had come, why wouldn't he see a figure? When he returned to the house, he complained and cursed: "Damn, a false alarm, damn it!" Hell yes! This is to delay me from seeing my son as soon as possible! ”

Liu Xingmei saw that he seemed to be about to explode her lungs, so she couldn't help but laugh and said angrily:

"Who called you a greedy cat? Don't pick a time! What should you be busy with, you still have a mess to do, I'll go down to the ground to cook dumplings. ”

By this time she was dressed.

Tao Zhenkun came to the outhouse, picked up a piece of incense on the board on the wall of the wall dedicated to the stove prince, counted six and lit it on the diesel lamp, and then picked up a thick stack of yellow table paper and gold ingots (also folded from yellow paper) on the pot table, and took a box of matches, opened the door and walked out, first stopped at the place that represented "heaven and earth" (that is, the door of the house under the eaves), there was a wooden board nailed to the wall, and an incense burner bowl was also placed on it, and he inserted three incense sticks into it. At this time, he thought that he had forgotten to burn incense for "Heaven and Earth", and he couldn't help but feel sorry for his carelessness. Then he came to the gate, knelt down, picked up a pile of soil, put three sticks of incense, struck a match, lit half of the yellow paper and gold ingots, and kowtowed three times. Wait for the paper to burn before standing up. In the course of this ceremony, he saw Meng Wanpeng and Ruan Qingfang from the East and West Courtyards, and they were also doing the same thing as him at their respective gates, but they didn't greet each other. Then he returned to heaven and earth, knelt down and lit the remaining yellow paper and gold ingots, and also kowtowed three times. At this time, he would think that in previous years, his father had led him to complete this series of rituals, and now that he had figured it out, it was to pass on his experience. The black tiger squatting on the edge of the nest is looking at him with a strange appearance, and the dog cannot understand human behavior.

When he entered the house, he saw Liu Xingmei in the heat and hazy pouring dumplings into the pot with the lid on the top.

"Open the door, it's hot."

At this time, I heard my father sneeze twice in a row from the east room, and then coughed again and again. Tao Zhenkun hurriedly entered the house and asked, "My father, he-?"

"It's fine." Ms. Qiu said she had also gone to the ground.

"Oh, I'm done handing out paper outside."

"That's the house." Qiu Lanzhi said and came to the outhouse and walked to the pot table.

"Mother, the dumplings will be cooked in a while, I don't need you, go back to the house." Liu Xingmei said.

"Hey!" Qiu Lanzhi returned to the house in a reluctant.

Tao Qisheng asked, "Is it cold outside?"

Tao Zhenkun said: "It's not too cold, and there is no wind tonight."

"Don't forget to wear your hat when you go out."

"Hey!"

Tao Zhenkun was excited about his father's concern, and his heart was very sad and sad, every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, this family of three will be very happy, but this year is different! Liu Xingmei's arrival, but she couldn't feel the warm atmosphere that this home once had. He took yellow paper and gold ingots from the cabinet, knelt on the ground, and lit them in front of the enshrined statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva and several immortals. Qiu Lanzhi also knelt down silently on the side, she, a superstitious person, would not be left behind. She shouted to the outhouse: "Xingmei, you can also kowtow to the Bodhisattva, so as to bless our family with peace and security."

"Hey!" Liu Xingmei readily agreed, and then came to the house and knelt down.

Now, the magical goldfish that fell from the sky and melted out of the huge hailstone, and died in the belly of the cat, can no longer enjoy the incense offerings.

At this time, the hearts of all three were filled with pious prayers for the blessings of the Bodhisattva.

Tao Qisheng, who was lying on the kang, looked up, he would do that in previous years, but this year, when he was weak, he was an exception, so he could only watch with his eyes blank and not say a word! The smoke instantly filled the room, choking him and coughing again.

The three men kowtowed three times and stood up.

The curtains and the outhouse doors were open, and the smoke would be released quickly, but the cold air would pour into the house.

Qiu Lanzhi said to Tao Zhenkun: "You go and set off firecrackers."

"Hey!" Tao Zhenkun turned around and went out.

According to the traditional customs of Northeast China, a series of sacrifices and celebrations are held during the New Year, and the general name of these activities is called "Fazi", which means the prosperity of future generations. The sacrificial activities in the hair stage are ancient rituals. People often understand hair simply as "hair paper", that is, burning paper, probably because it means that money and wealth are abundant. In the old days, the ceremonies and celebrations of the hair were quite grand. Wealthy families set up an offering table in the south of the courtyard in advance, and a shrine was placed in the center of the offering table, as well as incense burners, candlesticks, and various offerings. During the sacrifice, the parents lead the whole family to arrange in order, first burn incense, burn paper, pour wine, and set off firecrackers, then worship the gods of heaven and earth, and then bow to the door god, the stove god, the family hall, and the ancestors in order. After these rituals, the family prostrates to the elders in turn, starting with the younger generations. In the family of the not financially wealthy, it is simpler, then in the stage of entering the hair stage, moving a small dining table, putting on dumplings, dumplings, rice, wine and dishes, etc., is also the whole family out, in the yard to set off a small whip, burn a few pieces of paper money, worship the gods of heaven and earth, and then go back to the house to worship the ancestors, and then the whole family sits at the table to reunite and eat Chinese New Year's Eve. In Heping Village, only the Wu family, which has four rooms in the same house, has this kind of conditions and pomp, and even the Lin and Yang families lack character because of personnel problems.

Another important ritual of the hair is the "welcome to the God of Wealth", it is said that the God of Wealth goes to the world every year to observe the people's feelings, and blesses some people with good hearts and good morals. At this time, every family rushed to welcome the God of Wealth. Some people set up a tablet of the God of Wealth and hang the statue of the God of Wealth. When greeting the gods, first light incense, go to the courtyard and bow outward, and say in your mouth: "Welcome the God of Wealth, receive the God of Wealth, and take the God of Wealth to your home." Turning back to the house and inserting incense into the incense burner in front of the God of Wealth's tablet, it is even if the God of Wealth is welcomed into the house. (Now I am asking some elderly people, they can't tell whether they are "hair" or "hair", and they can only act as inheritors of customs.) According to my idea, both meanings exist, and burning yellow paper that can represent "money" should also have a meaning, that is, to deceive the enjoyment with this kind of fake money, and pray for real money in return).

Tao Zhenkun came to the outside of the house, and then he heard the sound of firecrackers in the village almost ringing like an egg, and the Ruan and Meng families also rang out, and the red light flashed in the courtyard. Standing in front of the whip that had been prepared in advance, he struck a match, and struck three in a row but all of them were extinguished, and then looked for an empty box, and was about to turn around and go back to the house to get it in frustration, but saw Liu Xingmei come over and hand over the lighter that Old Lady Wu had rewarded her. He took it and hit it, and then lit it up.

When the firecrackers were about to go off, Liu Xingmei covered her ears with her hands and hid at the door.

The crackling firecrackers were crisp and pleasant, but they were soon over.

Tao Zhenkun couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's really blind and blind, this is a waste of money!"

"Uncle, your firecrackers really love to sound!"

Liu Xingmei looked over and saw that Chang Fa was lying on the wall and watching, so she asked, "Have you eaten dumplings?"

"Not yet, let's eat it!" Chang Fa replied, and disappeared.

Liu Xingmei said: "I have to look at the dumplings, but don't boil the pot." This black light is blinding, you can be careful when you put it double!"

She finished and went into the house.

Tao Zhenkun squatted down to light the cannon on the ground, the first one rose into the air with a sound, and there was another crisp sound in the sky, and the fireworks bloomed gorgeously, as if they had disappeared in an instant. The beauty of the moment, the disappearance in an instant, made him feel sorry. It reminds him of the face of a beauty, youth is fleeting! He was speculating about what would become of Liu Xingmei when she was old, and for this unpredictable future, he turned his heart into an empty and confused place, as if something important was missing. As soon as he took off after the second cannonball, he struck the branch of an apricot tree, which was bare and without a single leaf, and instead bounced to the ground, and fell to his heels. He was hiding not far away, and he was really a little embarrassed. subconsciously looked at the door of the house, and there was no Liu Xingmei watching, otherwise she would definitely be laughed at.

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