A gust of wind blew, the sisters suddenly felt the coolness, a little hungry, the sisters washed the apples with mountain spring water, and enjoyed it beautifully, Kashu proposed: collect the banana peels and apple cores that they have eaten together, and bury them in the roots of the trees or flowers they like, one is waste utilization, and the other is to beautify the environment.

"Respected four sages, please testify, my brothers live up to your high expectations, diligent and self-reliant, but tired and hungry, I really can't persevere, this is called 'work first and then leisure, it is justified', the combination of work and rest, gods and ghosts are helpless." Kaki muttered to himself to the blowing platform and the statue.

"Brother Ren, which celebrity said this?" Du Ruo asked strangely.

"Ruoruo, I think the proverb is so interesting, I can't help but make up one of my own, what do you think?" Kashu looked at Du Ruo expectantly.

"Well, learning is to combine work and rest, and Brother Ren's words are very appropriate, otherwise, you will be dizzy and affect your psychology and health." Du Ruo commented.

"I think apples are 'healthy fruits', 'happiness fruits', I have heard 'an apple a day, let the doctor hide from afar', you can see its special nutrition, you see this smooth and ruddy peel, isn't it just like our girl's face? Looking at the firm and full flesh of the fruit, doesn't it symbolize our abundant vitality? As for its tempting fruity aroma, it is even more irresistible, so it is also advisable to eat it often. Kashu said this as he ate.

Then, the sisters happily returned to the city, and when they inquired, it turned out that today was the Midyear Festival.

The sisters asked an old Xiucai for a poem by the Tang Dynasty poet Lu Gong's "Zhongyuan Riguan Fa": Simeng is in the autumn order, and Sanyuan is in the middle of the qi. The clouds welcome the blue and fall capital, and the Jade Palace is played. The altar drips locust flower dew, and the fragrance wafts the cypress wind. The feather coat is ethereal, and the yao hub is in the void. For a long time, he admires the meal and often collects knotweeds. How to teach the green bag, from then on to visit Hong's house. Jia Shushu realized that this poem described the perception of the Taoist poet Lu Gong in the Yuan Festival, and immediately communicated to Du Ruo: "Brother Ai, in this poem, although the poet clearly writes about the Fa, but it gives people the feeling that it is a scene that is too vain to travel, which makes people have more feelings about the world out of thin air. ”

"Brother Ren, you're about to become an expert in proverbs!" Du Ruoxi praised with a smile.

"It's still a long way off." Kaki said humbly.

"Ruoruo, you see the rush of people on the street, all preparing the offerings or related things for the Zhongyuan sacrifice, let's hurry up and have lunch, let's prepare well." Du Ruo silently agreed.

Originally, Jiashu planned to taste the Yellow River carp again today, but since it was the Midyear Festival, he immediately dispelled this idea, and picked a clean and tidy vegetarian dim sum from the food shop on the street, and the sisters bought two cups of cooked water in the moon season, and bought a bag of rich sugar cakes, chestnut cakes, mirror cakes, jujube cakes and ginger candy.

"Brother Ren, why don't you get meat today?" Du Ruo was extremely curious and couldn't help asking.

"Have you forgotten what Confucius said: burial is a ceremony, sacrifice is a ceremony; Gentleman's sincerity is precious. Kashu asked with a straight face.

This is the first time to see my sister angry, Du Ruo regrets that he doesn't know how to be grateful, and he shouldn't provoke his sister "like this", so he hurriedly said: "Oh, I know, I'm sorry, sister." Du Ruo was busy and didn't choose what to say.

"In the future, you want to call me 'Brother Ren', no matter how hurried, you know?" Kashu affirmed, and Du Ruo agreed.

"At noon today, I'm sure you and I can't sleep, but we still have to go and rest for a while." Katsuki announced.

Du Ruo was a little scared, Jiashu hugged and caressed, Du Ruo gradually quieted down, slept for about an hour, the sisters got up and said goodbye to the store, came to the market to prepare tonight's sacrifices, the sisters bought paper money, Jiashu Du Ruo asked the boss to tell the late grandmother, parents name the paper money, and then purchased fragrant wax, eggplant cake, lotus lamp, sky lantern.

"Brother Ren, did your grandmother ever treat you well?" Du Ruo asked suddenly.

"It's not just good, it's just taking care of our childhood, my grandmother worked hard to bring us up, from infancy to 3 years old, our three brothers and sisters have been spent on her back, you say I'm a mountain girl, do you enjoy the treatment of a princess?"

"Perhaps, in my grandmother's heart, life is the noblest gift, so she is an old tree desperately protecting us young shoots." Du Ruo said approvingly.

Jiashu introduced in a low tone: "We Bashu people are customary to burn paper in Zhongyuan today, that is, to seal the paper money into small envelopes one by one, with the title and name of the recipient, the number of seals received, and the name and time of the person who turned the silk on it. It is said that the ghost gate is closed on July 15, and every family has to "give orphans and send children". People in Chengdu use paper to tie the 'flower plate', put paper money and fruit offerings, hold it in their hands, and read while walking in the house: 'Relatives and friends, neighbors, original residents, and the souls of the dead who are reluctant to go back, all lonely souls and wild ghosts, please put on the flower plate, send you back to Luo!' After saying that, he went outside the house and incinerated it. ”

There was a commotion in one place, and the two sisters stepped forward a few steps, and it turned out to be a group of flower bun sellers. Listen to the boss's introduction: "This is a flat-type sheep, is a flower bun flat type given to the juniors, take the meaning of the lamb to eat milk kneeling, I hope the juniors do not forget the parenting grace, Jiashu lost no time in saying to Du Ruo: 'This is the sheep has the grace of kneeling milk, and the crow has the righteousness of feeding. This is a human-shaped flower bun for the elderly, called a noodle person, which means that children and grandchildren are full of children and grandchildren, and they are blessed with longevity; This is a fish-shaped flower bun given to the younger generation, called noodle fish, which means that there are more than one year in a row. Nowadays, there are various shapes of steamed buns for sheep, tigers, cows, fish, rabbits, and people. These are all kinds of flower buns in the shape of melons, fruits, peaches, plums, lotus, chrysanthemums, plums, etc., which are dotted with flowers, birds, butterflies, dragonflies, and squirrels. ”

"Thank you boss for the introduction, let's buy some noodles and noodles."

Night fell. The sisters were afraid and happy, afraid that they would not be polite, afraid that their grandmother or parents would complain about the sisters under the nine springs, and happy that they knew how to sincerely worship their deceased relatives and could talk to them immediately.

The common people in Kaifeng City have walked to the Yellow River, and gently placed countless bright and shiny magnificent lotus lamps on the surface of the river, and the sisters did the same, and thousands of lotus lamps will merge the Yellow River into a river of light, a river of poetry, a river of dreams, and Jiashu said in a lost voice: "May the happiness of your relatives flicker forever like this lotus lamp, and always float to your heart." Katsuki whispered, "Say whatever I say." The sisters bowed together and said, "Dear grandmother, are you happy in heaven?" If you are not happy, please practice smiling every day, there are more capable people in the heavenly realm, you don't care about anything, remember, life is a river, not because you are unhappy, you will no longer flow forward. May you enjoy the happiness of the heavenly realm forever! I have married Sister Ling'er (Sister Qingqing) to Jinlan, please don't worry about the two of us, we will live a good life. Feel relieved! Feel relieved! Take care! Take care! The sisters had long since stopped crying.

In an open area, the sisters wiped away their tears, put all kinds of pastries, eggplant cakes, peaches and flower buns in a neat row, lit fragrant wax, burned paper money, and Jiashu silently made a wish: "I wish my relatives and lonely souls to walk smoothly in the netherworld forever, live a rich and worry-free life, bless me and Brother Xu's smooth love path, and always bless my sisters and my Great Song Dynasty to always be carefree."

The two sisters let go of the sky lanterns, watching the fluttering sky lanterns drift away, Jia Shu muttered a prayer: "Relatives, there are sky lanterns on the sky and lotus lanterns below, may you go to the heavens and the earth to be bright," and later murmured to Du Ruo: "You say, why are our relatives like these papier-mâché sky lanterns, one day, they will leave me, why can't they keep it?"

"Yes, this is really a mystery for the ages, my parents, your grandmother, they are not good, they left in a hurry, and they will never come back, they will never come back."