"This grandma's request is too much, and the little lady has nothing to say if she refutes her, even if she makes trouble with the young master, such a steward errand can't be appointed casually, and the little lady really doesn't have to worry."

How could Granny Hua not see Gu Jin's worries, but no matter how Mother Jiang dealt with this matter, her uncle would not rely on her, and her feeling for this new aunt became better and better during this time, not to mention her character and knowledge, the importance of the little lady was the most reassuring.

"Well, I'll talk to my husband about it again! In the end, this is such a relationship, if the milk brother can use it, it will be better than others. ”

After going out for more than half a month, there were still many things to deal with inside and outside the house, and Gu Jin was soon busy.

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After Lin Yuzhi returned to the academy, he saw the mountain chief and the lecturer, so he naturally worked hard, and then began to prepare for the exam again.

Senior Brother Tan had already returned to the academy, his body was completely healthy, and he was newly married, he was very radiant, and he didn't show any sickness, as if the dying situation had never appeared.

Cai Mao has not yet returned, and it may be related to the implementation of Shanxi's new policy, and the obstacles may be obvious, but I don't know how much resistance the opposition forces involved are.

Lin Yuzhi can only hope that he can help his brother take care of government affairs as soon as possible and return as soon as possible.

He Qi's matter was much simpler, and he returned to the academy early.

The academy has set up special coursework for the candidates preparing for next year's spring exam, which is the so-called opening of a small stove.

In addition to Lin Yuzhi, there are still more than a dozen people who have not yet made the move, these people are almost all the elite students of the academy, and the ages are also different, the eldest is thirty or forty years old, and they are still studying hard, and their perseverance is impressive.

The atmosphere of the whole school was very solemn, and in such an environment, Lin Yuzhi felt the urgency more intuitively, and he also worked hard.

In any case, after studying hard for more than three months, I have the strength to prepare for the college entrance examination, so let's fight it!

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The snow was falling, and it had been raining for two days in a row, and on the mountain road on the side of the mountain behind the Fahua Temple, two sturdy young men in old robes and rotten shirts each carried a bundle of dry firewood on their backs, and they staggered forward on the mountain road, with difficult steps.

Fang Dahua took his brother Fang Dali into the mountains today to chop firewood, carrying a heavy firewood on his back and a rabbit in his hand.

"Big brother, it's been snowing so hard in the past two days, it's hard to cut firewood, but the temple has to send more firewood, but not more money, alas, our brothers have to stay in the mountains for half a day, and it's getting harder and harder to make these money!"

Fang Dali complained to his brother as he walked.

"I don't know how many people are willing to do such an errand! It's not that I have a good relationship with the guys and monks in the temple, so it's our brother's turn. ”

The two Fang Dahua brothers are strong laborers to support the livelihood of the family. In addition to his father and mother, he also has two younger sisters. The family rented ten acres of land from the owner, and this year's harvest was good, but the owner's rent was more than before, and the rest of the harvest was the same as in previous years. No matter how angry the Fang Dahua brothers are, there is nothing they can do.

The rations are not enough, and they have to think about it elsewhere.

In the winter weather, where do large families still need short-term work, but also Fang Dahua and the men in the Fahua Temple have some friendship, and the temple needs firewood in winter, so he can earn some money to subsidize the family.

"Big brother, can we keep this rabbit? It's been a long time since we've tasted meat. ”

Fang Dali thought about the big mouthful of fat he had eaten a long time ago, and swallowed his saliva.

"Stinky boy, this rabbit is not enough for you to eat, this is given to Lao Meng, and you can exchange it for some rations!" Fang Dahua stopped his brother's unrealistic thoughts. It's going to be the New Year in a blink of an eye, so how can I prepare some rations. The two brothers are now seventeen or eighteen years old, and their families are poor, and they have not even been married.

"Hey, brother, their monk still wants rabbit meat to eat, phew, it's a shame that so many people still believe in them." Fang Dali was very unimpressed, this was not the first time they had given wild things to the monks.

"Hugh is talking nonsense, wrap the rabbit in a while, don't let people see it."

Where did Fang Dali dare to refute his brother's words, and continued to walk forward with the firewood on his back. When he looked ahead, he saw a thin young man in front of him, lying crookedly on the road, and a bundle of dry wood scattered on the side of the road.

"Big brother, someone fainted here, take a look."

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Whoever waits for the beauty and evil of the year, wait for the beginning of the year. At the beginning of the year or on the winter solstice, gas production begins to sprout. Tomorrow, when everyone dies, they will eat and drink for a while, and they will be yang, so they are called the first year.

"The Book of Rites: Suburban Special Sacrifice" has a cloud: "In December of the year, gather all things and ask for food." It refers to the twelfth month of the year, which needs to be used to hunt in the field to obtain birds and beasts, so as to worship ancestors and gods. The wax people hunt together, so December is called the wax month, and the day of the wax sacrifice is the wax day. From the Zhou Dynasty, there is the custom of the whole country to celebrate, and in the Han Dynasty, the day of Lali is the three days after the winter solstice, and then there is the saying of the virtue of the five elements. Later, the five elements were removed and the day was set as the eighth day of the lunar month.

As for the origin of Laba porridge, it turns out that the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month is said to be the day of the enlightenment of Shakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, so the monks of the Buddhist temple have to chant the scriptures and perform the law, and take the incense valley and fruits to make porridge for the Buddha monks to commemorate.

Laba porridge is cooked with yellow rice, white rice, jiang rice, millet, water chestnut rice, peeled jujube paste, etc., mixed with water, and externally dyed with red peach kernels, almonds, melon seeds, peanuts, hazelnuts, pine nuts, white sugar, brown sugar, and grapes for point dyeing.

On the day of Laba, the porridge had already been prepared in the kitchen, and under Lin Yu's order, breakfast was immediately served. In addition to the often eaten dim sum egg custard, it is the Laba porridge specially burned today. This is also specially arranged by Gu Jin, the porridge is filled with grains, beans of various colors and dates, which are soft and glutinous and thick, and the color is bright, just looking at it makes people move their fingers. They are all new grains in the season, and there are sticky grains such as millet rice, plus sweet dates, which are naturally sweet to eat.

As soon as Laba passes, it gradually has a New Year's flavor, and the New Year is approaching day by day.

After using Laba porridge early, Lin Yuzhi returned to Yong'an Bo Mansion with his little wife, and today the house is to open a shrine for worship, and it is a family banquet, so Lin Yuzhi naturally can't be absent.

And Yong'an Bo Mansion has also opened an ancestral hall, and Master Lin began to clean, pack up the offerings, invite the gods, and clean the upper room to prepare for the suspense of the true image.

This year, whether it is the Laba sacrifice or the preparation for the New Year, the masters of the Lin Mansion can be said to be very solemn. This is also based on the fact that the Lin Mansion has made great progress this year, whether it is the promotion of the second master, or the eldest master's job, and then Lin Yu's promotion, it is enough to be comforted.

It was an order from the masters of the Lin Mansion that this year's Laba Festival, the Lin Mansion was very lively.

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