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One hundred and five days after the winter solstice, it is called the Cold Food Festival, also known as the Cold Smoke Festival.

Human life is inseparable from fire, but fire often brings great harm, and the ancients believed in the existence of the god of fire. So on the day of the cold food, they would extinguish all the fires in the house, give the fire god Grandpa a holiday, and the next day they would relight a new fire, called the change of fire, and hold a series of sacrifices.

This is obviously an oriental ritual, and there should be nothing to do with the monks. However, this religion, which is about to die in the local area, can spread out in the Central Plains and become the largest religion in the world, so it is naturally well versed in the way of change by following the customs of the locals. Therefore, starting this morning, the novices in the temple carried a huge butter lamp basin and walked the streets and alleys to deliver new fires from house to house.

Of course, while respectfully taking over the new fire, the residents will also seal a thick package of personnel, which is not only to thank the monks for sending the new fire, but also to reward them for predicting the weather on time, rain or shine.

The monks are naturally solemn, and the donors will not say anything to their faces. However, if the personnel obtained do not meet expectations, when you arrive in the vicinity of the next day, it is inevitable that your throat will suddenly itch, be slurred, and people will not understand. When you move on to the next area, nature returns to normal, waking up the neighborhood with the loud sound of Buddha.

The amazing thing is that the novices who should be dedicated to the Buddha and do not ask about the red dust know the distribution of the rich and poor in the county well, especially which one will give a thick red envelope, they are all clear, it can be described as the Dharma is boundless, and they know everything!

From the front street to Wenxing Street, I saw the first family on Wenxing Street, with high pink walls and tiles, dark gates, and bookboxes carved on the stone gate piers on the left and right...... The gateway of a family can best show the cultural taste and living habits of its owner. The ruler shall build several steps at the entrance to show that he is on top; Those who do business should set a high threshold at the door to prevent the outflow of fertilizer and water; And the book box engraved on the stone gate pier at the door means that this is a scholarly door.

But this household has no doorstep, which means that there is no official in the family.

It is said that when they see such a person, the novices will frown, and you will not want to step forward...... The scholars are poor and sour, stingy, and sour and sour nonsense, which makes the monks hurt.

However, looking at the excitement on the faces of the monks, you know that this is an exception.

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In front of the door, a chubby woman in her 40s wearing a blue skirt is inserting a delphinium-shaped jujube cake on a wicker stick into the lintel.

A seven- or eight-year-old boy with a pink face and a pair of 'horns' combed on the top of his head was flashing a pair of big smart eyes, looking up at the woman's movements. I saw that his body was an embroidered white silk robe on the inside, and his outer coat was sleeveless blue silk with long back clothes. The blue silk trousers on the lower body, tucked into the satin soft-soled cloth shoes, are like the good wealth boy who walked down from Guanyin's side, and the woman seems to be the master and servant.

"Niangniang, what's the name of this object?" The little boy said in a crisp voice.

"Rokuro, this is called 'one-legged swallow'."

"One-legged swallow, what does that mean?" The little boy asked, widening in his eyes.

"I don't ask if I put a family show, but it's hard for me, an illiterate old woman." The woman laughed kindly: "But I do know that it is said that there was a minister named 'This Leg' who once cut shares to satisfy the emperor's hunger when he was in trouble. As a result, after the emperor Lao'er ascended to the pole, he gave all the heroes an official, but he forgot about this leg. In a fit of anger, he hid in the mountains with his old lady on his back. Later, the emperor remembered this leg, so he set fire to the mountain, trying to force him out, but who knew that he burned this leg and his wife to death. He sighed and said: "Alas, it's really miserable, the emperor is uneasy, so every year on the auspicious day of this leg, he will be a man to plug in the door......"

"What's going on in the door?" The little boy asked.

"Maybe it's to ward off evil spirits." The woman said with a serious face: "Do you think, not only don't you reward others, but also burn them to ashes, what a big hatred this leg has, can you not take advantage of the day of resurrection to come back to him." ”

"Aunt Zhang, don't be untrustworthy and mislead Xiao Tanyue." The novices finally couldn't listen anymore and corrected in a loud voice: "What is this leg, that leg, people call it ......."

"It's called Jie Zitui!" The child glared at them in an atmosphere and said, "The story of 'Zitui Bu Yanlu' is still taught by you!" ”

"You, you little Tanyue ......" The novices were depressed: "Since I know, I still listen to it with relish." ”

"I love to listen to my mother's stories, can you handle it!" The child pouted and said, "Come and ask for money, you guys are really lucky, my second brother is not at home." ”

"Alas......" The novices hung their heads in frustration, thinking about it, it was really a mouthful, how ignorant could Chen Sanlang's younger brother be? It's bad that this little master is pretending to be cute, and I don't know if it will affect the thickness of the red envelope.

The novices entered the gate, turned a wall of shadows painted green, and saw two tall teenagers engrossed in a game of archery in the spacious front yard covered with square tiles.

They stood at the corner of the east wall of the courtyard, and the target was at the foot of the west wall thirty paces away, and they saw two men pulling their bows full of strings, and the arrows were not missing, and ten arrows in succession were all shot at the red bull's-eye.

The taller black boy put down his bow and shook his head, and said in a dissatisfied urn, "It's too close, it's not fun." ”

"This is for you to concentrate and nourish your temperament," said another young man with a wheat complexion and a heroic look, "I didn't ask you to practice archery." ”

"Third brother, how about going hunting outside the city another day?" The black boy scratched his head and said, "I haven't been out for a while, and my hands are itchy." ”

"Hey, hey, each other." The young man lowered his voice and smiled: "But don't let the second brother know, we will sneak out another day......" After speaking, he hung his bow and arrows on his waist, hugged his fists at the monks and smiled: "I have been waiting for you great monks for a long time." ”

The leader of the "Amitabha Buddha ......" clasped his hands together, took the oil lamp handed by the big black man, and then lifted the windshield of the lamp basin and ignited it with the wick inside.

Toutuo carefully handed the oil lamp back to the big black man, who also put a piece of silver in his hand. In the Song Dynasty, Shuzhong was definitely raised by the queen, and the imperial court forbade the flow of silver and copper as currency into Shuzhong, resulting in a shortage of silver and copper in the Sichuan Basin, which could only be replaced by iron money, but the price of iron money was low and heavy, and it was not capable of large-scale transactions, so it was forced out of the 'Jiaozi'.

However, in Shu, the most popular hard currency is still real money! Only it is rare and more precious!

Tou Tuo weighed it imperceptibly, and found that the other party had sealed five taels of silver, and couldn't help but smile all over his face: "Amitabha, Chen Tanyue is willing to be benevolent, and my Buddha blesses your house with a safe year, and does not cause fire and ......."

"Thank you, thank you." The young man arched his hand, and said with a lazy smile on the corner of his mouth: "I only hope that the master will buy more pear paste to eat, and don't have a dumb voice from time to time......"

Toutuo's face turned red when he was said, and he said: "Amitabha, the poor monk knows." ”

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After the monks left, Aunt Zhang pulled Liulang in, sighed and said, "San Lang, it's not that the old body is too talkative, no matter how much money you have, you can't squander it like this." You must know that people are not good for a thousand days, and flowers are not red for a hundred days, so your Chen family has only been a few years old? ”

"Aunt Zhang...... "The heroic young man is Chen Ke and Chen Sanlang. It is now the eighth year of the Great Song Qingli, and he has been in this world for three full years, and he has grown into a tall and handsome young man.

Not only has his image changed greatly, but his demeanor and speech are also much calmer and more atmospheric than before.

I only heard Chen Kelang laugh and said: "These monks are not easy, three hundred and sixty days a day, rain or shine, day by day, if we don't appreciate a little more, I'm afraid we will have to slack off in the future." ”

"Hey, I'm the emperor and I'm not in a hurry, eunuch is in a hurry," Aunt Zhang laughed and said: "Anyway, you, the little god of wealth, sit at home and make a lot of money, what do you do if you don't spend it?" ”

This aunt Zhang is the female envoy of the Chen family, a native of this county, who only signed a five-year employment contract a few years ago, because she received Chen Xiliang's order to 'discipline a few boys at will', so she always couldn't help but say.

Speaking of which, in the past three years, the Chen family has been turned upside down. At the end of the sixth year of Qingli, they moved out of the original small courtyard and lived in this newly renovated house...... This set of three-entry large courtyard houses was bought by the Chen family from a businessman, renovated inside and out, and purchased fine furniture, spending a total of 200,000 yuan before and after.

In fact, according to Chen Xiliang, he naturally didn't want to be so extravagant, but Chen Ke didn't think so...... I spent one million in my last life to buy a small set of 80 square meters, and it is still a second-hand rough room! Now for only 200,000 yuan, you can buy a hardcover large courtyard house with a full set of furniture, and a fool can make do with it.

In line with the principle that whoever earns money has the right to speak, Chen Xiliang did not object again, not to mention that deep in his heart, he did not let outsiders see that the Chen family is no longer what it used to be...... Even if you are a gentleman, you can't forget the shame of separating the family! The humiliation of divorce!

After moving to a new home, seeing that the children had grown up, Chen Xiliang completely let go of his worries and prepared to deal with the next imperial examination, that is, this year. Because he had to go out to study, he was afraid that he would not be able to take care of the children. Although they are not afraid that they will be bullied, someone at home must wash and clean up, right? So I hired this Aunt Zhang, who is in her forties.

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