The Spring Festival is the biggest festival of the year, and there are a lot of cumbersome customs. Generally after twenty-three small years, it will enter the blessing period, from this day, it will become day and night upside down, for example, "twenty-five days" should be called "twenty-five nights", because the blessing ceremony to hire the gods to come, the gods are big, come late. If you invite the gods to dinner, maybe it won't come until dawn, who can stand it. In order to avoid the pain of staying up late, the people came up with such an idea. It can be seen from this that the history of Chinese people bluffing the gods has a long history.

During the blessing period, people will choose a suitable day for sacrifice, prepare blessings, and carry out the two most important activities, one is to worship the Bodhisattva, and the other is to invite soup and rice, that is, to worship the ancestors.

Regardless of whether they are rich or poor, they must not be sloppy at all, and ordinary people will prepare three animal blessings, that is, one meat, one fish, and one goose. If you are a little more particular, you will add cattle, sheep or chickens to become a five-animal blessing ceremony, and a more solid family will prepare a seven-animal blessing ceremony, which will be more face-saving.

When it was time for the sacrifice, every household placed the sacrificial table in front of the hall, and it had to be placed horizontally, and the women cleaned up the hall and the sacrificial utensils spotlessly, and then cooked the blessing ceremony. Inserting chopsticks in a mess, and then pasting red paper, makes it jubilant, and it becomes a real blessing.

At this time, the hard-working women have to retreat temporarily, because the gods and goddesses think that women are unclean, and with them present, the gods can't eat, but if they invite Guanyin Bodhisattva, then they don't know what to do.

The rest of the men waited for the auspicious time to invite the Bodhisattva to come as a guest, first set up the dishes and chopsticks, the wine cup, the right side of the knife figurines, the left side of the chicken blood. Tang Yi thought that the immortals also drank blood, but when he asked, he found out that this was to show that it was specially slaughtered for the immortals, and there were chickens and geese next to it, called all chickens and all gooses. Of course, in Tang Yi's opinion, everyone is "hungry" after such a toss!

It's not enough to just have big fish and big meat, but also to put dried tofu, salt, rice cakes, four-color fruits, three teas and six wines. There is still a lot of attention to these things, chickens and geese have to kneel, the same is not messy at all, and the priority is clear.

When it comes to the auspicious day, the master will light the candle, according to the size of the generation, bow to the god of blessing, and the gods will eat all the wind and clouds, which is much faster than the fake fairy Lan Daoxing. Therefore, just pour a glass of wine, and then burn paper, set off a cannon, and send the god of blessing to heaven, no matter how you look at it, it is a bit of a rush to sweep the floor and go out......

Sacrificed to the god of blessing, the next thing is to worship the ancestors, the gods can bluff, the ancestors can't, put the table upright, the women went out again, and the prepared dishes were served, generally singular, nine to eleven bowls, 12 wine cups, 12 pairs of chopsticks, 20,000 rice balls, 20,000 rice balls, plus a total bowl, a wine jug. Light the candle first and then the incense. The master took the ancestor to worship again, or the family felt sorry for their own people, this time they had to pour two glasses of wine, wait for the ancestors to eat, and then send the ancestors away.

After a long toss, Tang Yi got low blood sugar, but it was not over, the two teachers were at home, they lived in other places, so they had to arrange sacrifices.

Without waiting for Tang Yi to say, Tang Shunzhi directly took the incense, and with the help of the Tang family's sacrifices, he bowed three times even if it was completed, and he was called a heart scholar to do things, only asking about his own heart, not caring about foreign objects. He didn't care, Wei Liangfu didn't care, his hometown had already prepared.

After these two entered the table, the blessing began, and Aunt Zhu ordered the noodles with the broth of the Fu Li, which was steaming and served. It is worthy of a person who has opened a noodle restaurant, the noodles made are as thin as hair, smooth and strong, the soup is fragrant, sprinkled with chives and coriander, it is very good-looking, and it attracts people's appetite fingers.

Everyone began to suck and eat, Wei Liangfu tasted it, and said with a smile: "This noodle is golden in color, and it tastes smooth, it is indeed good." ”

Aunt Zhu hurriedly smiled and said: "Boss, for the idea of losing the little minister, I put eggs in it, and the broth for cooking noodles was also prepared in advance. The filial piety of the little minister to the boss is really enviable! ”

Aunt Zhu couldn't forget to wipe Tang Yi's cigarette and powder, but Tang Shunzhi squatted on the noodle bowl.

"Extravagant, hedonistic!"

After getting an eight-word comment, Tang Yi simply lowered his head and muttered in a low voice: "Don't eat if you have the ability!" ”

"If I don't eat it, the noodles will be left, and it will be even more wasteful!" Tang Shunzhi scolded with a smile, stretched out his hand, picked up the empty bowl, and said to Tang Yi: "Give me noodles!" Tang Yi could only nod.

One thing descends one thing, Tang Shunzhi ate Tang Yi to death, and in the face of this pair of living treasures, the big guy could only laugh secretly.

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The Tang family moved back to the old house on the 29th, and after the blessing ended, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and on this day, the water tank and rice tank should be filled, and couplets should be pasted, and the king of the stove should be invited home, eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, light the lamp, and keep the family in the New Year.

Couplets and stove princes are sold on the market, but ordinary people will buy them, and if they are a little more particular, they will ask learned people to write according to their own thoughts, and of course there are also readers who write them themselves. In addition to festive and auspicious words, there are also people who show their ambitions in the couplet.

For example, a certain person wrote such a Spring Festival couplet: "The article is higher than the Hanlin Academy, and the law is as strict as the judge!" ”

The Hanlin Academy is the place where Chen Menghe has been mixed, and they are all the top literati in the world.

This scholar has such a big tone, and after being spread out, his career has not been smooth since then, and he has suffered an unjustified disaster.

The Tang family is not worried about people who have not written couplets, but it has been less than three years since the old lady died, and the Tang family just pasted it with blue lantern paper outside the door, "Unfinished three years of filial piety, keep a heart forever." ”

With this couplet, the people outside are all retreating, and no one comes to pay New Year's greetings, only Tang Yi and his son, plus the Zhu family and the scholar Shen Lin and others, everyone is also comfortable and peaceful. Tang Yi also figured out why Wei Liangfu and Tang Shunzhi ran to his house. These two are noble, and there are a lot of disciples, and every time it comes to the New Year, the team can send two miles, and they are very annoying.

This time, I hid in Tang's house, eating top food, reading books, teaching students, not to mention being more relaxed.

They are at ease, and some people are unlucky, such as our second son......

It wasn't until the fifth day of the first lunar month that Wang Shimao ran to Tang's house, and as soon as he came in, he was like a starving ghost to survive, grabbing xiaolongbao and eating it, which made Tang Yi think that he was possessed by Lan Daoxing.

"Cousin, image, image, if it gets out, don't want to marry a daughter-in-law in your life!"

Wang Shimao didn't care, he ate five buns in a row, and finally had the energy, pointed to his emaciated little face, and poured bitter water outside!

"Cousin, don't you know, brother hasn't slept well since the twenty-seventh blessing of the lunar month, worship the ancestors, kowtow three times in one generation, you calculate, just worship the ancestors, how much I kowtow!"

When Tang Yi heard this, he couldn't help laughing, when the Wang family could go back to the Western Jin Dynasty, the thousand-year-old family, calculated according to the twenty-year generation, not to mention as many as fifty generations, all the way down, the second son of Wang can be alive and round even if it is a great joy!

Wang Shimao cried and said, "Not only that, on Chinese New Year's Eve, hundreds of bear children surrounded me to ask for red envelopes, some called uncle, some called uncle, and some called Tai Uncle, and the most fucked up thing is that I don't know half of them!" On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I have to pay New Year's greetings to dozens of elders, and the old troubles have not been eliminated, and new creations have started again. My head is dozens of laps bigger! ”

The second son of Wang is like Xianglin's sister-in-law, chattering, eating and complaining. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and it seems that this is indeed the case.

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"Okay cousin, what about me, I have a lot of kindness and take you in."

"Interesting, if someone looks for me, they will say that I am studying behind closed doors with Mr. Jing Chuan!"

Wang Shimao was full of wine and food, and asked Shen Lin to take him to rest, but Wang Ergongzi's words could make him annoyed, and the next morning, he and Tang Yi were pulled out of the bed by Tang Shunzhi and rushed to the front yard to squat. The cold wind blew the sleepy-eyed second prince and his spirit, and he was even more miserable than yesterday.

"Cousin, who did I provoke!"

"If you send it to the muzzle of the gun yourself, will people let you go? He also pulled me here as a back, what a grievance! Tang Yi took a sip.

Wang Shimao was still confused, and wondered: "Mr. Jing Chuan is a great Confucian in the world, don't do to others what you don't want to do, how can he do this!" ”

"Wang Jingmei, I'll do it, what can you do, go, run a hundred laps around the yard for me!"

Plop, Wang Shimao directly lay down!

From the fifth to the fourteenth day of the first month, Wang Shimao finally experienced Tang Yi's treatment, practicing martial arts in the morning, reading in the morning, listening to lectures in the afternoon, and practicing calligraphy in the evening, without even a moment of leisure, so that the second son of Wang was lustful and wanted to die, and he was drowned in bitter water to his neck.

"Cousin, that's how you usually study?"

"What do you say?" Tang Yi stared at him like an idiot, this is why there is a way in heaven that you don't go, and hell has no door to send in.

Wang Shimao shook his head and stretched out his thumb: "Little brother please obey!" By the way, my cousin will be the fifteenth day of the first month tomorrow, Shangyuan Festival! ”

"Isn't it just watching lanterns and guessing riddles, what's the big deal?"

"This year is different! I heard that Lord Chen personally presided over the Lantern Festival, and also promised a heavy reward, Tanhua can get 20 taels of silver, and the example is 50 taels. ”

"What about the champion?"

"I didn't say it, but it's definitely not bad, cousin, you don't want to show your skills, just like in Chunfang Building!"

Tang Yi is also interested, but he is still a little hesitant, it is not good to be in the limelight!

He was still hesitating, so he heard Tang Shunzhi say: "Take the champion back, otherwise you two won't want to sleep!" ”

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The customs are different in different places, and the records are quite chaotic, some blessings are placed on Chinese New Year's Eve, and some are separated, messy, small ones are written, you can read them, don't be too serious!