Chapter 165: Sacrificial Stove

"I also think my daughter is good, I like my two girls, and you are only the first child, and it is the same for both boys and girls!" Li Suxin was afraid that Xiao Nian would feel uncomfortable, so he was busy playing a round.

"Yes, yes, men and women are the same, our family doesn't like the patriarchal set, boys and girls are good, we all like it." Mother Xu also felt that she had lost her words just now, and hurriedly said.

However, although Xu's mother does not have the idea of patriarchy, but the loyal army is so old, she still hopes that Xiao Nian's fetus is pregnant with her son, but on the surface, of course, it can't be said, and Xiao Nian thinks too much, and there is pressure.

Then Xu's mother and sister-in-law diverted the topic and began to teach Xiao Nian the precautions for pregnancy and taking care of children, although Xie Xiaonian knew some and the eldest concubine also told her, but she still listened very carefully and did not miss any details.

When Xie Xiaonian got home and just burned the kang, he saw that snow particles were falling in the sky again, and it was very dense, and it hurt a little when he smashed it on his hand, it seemed that it was about to fall and it should be a heavy snowfall.

The north wind was blowing, Xie Xiaonian saw that the temperature in the house had not yet risen, and it was still very cold, Xie Xiaonian put things into the side room, and hurried into the space, now she is a special period, and she can't catch a cold.

Xie Xiaonian heard before that there was a child in the village, because his parents bought firecrackers during the New Year, he didn't let go, and he was afraid that the tide would not sound during the New Year, so he secretly put the firecrackers on the kang, but because the temperature was too high, they exploded directly on the kang, but fortunately they only lost a quilt and did not hurt anyone.

Although Xie Xiaonian just listened to it as a joke at that time, the kang was burning in the house, and the temperature was still very high, so Xie Xiaonian decided to put the firecrackers in the side room all the time, and then take them out when they were used, after all, she had never saved the firecrackers, so it was better to be careful.

After entering the space, Xie Xiaonian remembered that she hadn't bought anything for a few nephews and nieces yet, and it seemed that she would have to ask her sister-in-law to buy some small firecrackers and a few flowers when she had a fair next time.

When the time comes, give the boys of the eldest brother and the second brother's family, each of them a 100-ring firecracker, take it apart one by one, and you can also put it for a long time, and the head flower is for a few nieces.

Although the head flower sold by the supply and marketing cooperatives is very rustic, and the big red flower made of cloth is tied to the rubber band, but this is not something that everyone can have, and I believe that a few nieces should like it.

In fact, what Xie Xiaonian didn't know was that no one had ever bought any orchids for them since they were children, and they would like them very much, after all, one flower costs a few cents.

Even if they are rustic head flowers, they can make them the envy of many little sisters.

And Xie Xiaonian thinks that things are rustic, but people here don't think so, after all, the aesthetics of each era are different.

When Xie Xiaonian got up the next day, he found that as he thought yesterday, the snow was really not small, and it didn't stop all night, and now the snow in the yard is 10cm thick.

Xie Xiaonian didn't dare to go out, for fear of slipping, so after breakfast, he could only burn the kang, and while waiting for the orchid to come, he fiddled with the cotton cloth he bought before, ready to start making small clothes and shoes for the child.

Because from 23, people have officially entered the New Year, so Xie Xiaonian also decided to suspend classes from 23, so that orchids have time to study at home, and after 15 in the next year, they will continue to teach orchids to recognize medicinal materials.

On the 23rd day of the lunar month, according to the custom, it is necessary to sacrifice the stove, there is no specific regulation on the tribute of the sacrificial stove, the family kills pigs or sheep, and the head of the pig and sheep is used, and the other fruits and meat are used to make tributes, but no matter what is used to make tribute, the sacrificial stove sugar is absolutely necessary.

Because there is a saying that on the 23rd, the stove master will go to heaven to report the situation in the world to the Jade Emperor, so every family must offer sacrificial stove sugar to the stove master, so that the stove master will have a sweeter mouth after eating, and after going to the sky, he will say more good things, and the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year, and there will be a good harvest.

And the sacrificial sugar here was originally a piece of maltose, yellow-brown, and it tasted a little bitter.

However, now they are advocating against superstition, and the brigade has not allowed such things as sacrificial stoves in recent years, and no one dares to blatantly sell sacrificial stove sugar.

But the rules handed down by the older generation are there, and there are policies and countermeasures, even if the team does not allow the sacrificial stove, every family will secretly carry it out.

When there was no sacrificial sugar, the villagers bought some hemp sugar, fruit candy, brown sugar or white sugar instead.

Early in the morning, after Xie Xiaonian got up, he began to get busy.

First, the white flour steamed buns used in the sacrificial stove are steamed, and then the meat is chopped and dumplings are wrapped.

Because there are no vegetables in winter, Xie Xiaonian used the cabbage and meat that he dried before, and wrapped the dumplings with pork filling, of course, after the dumplings are wrapped, they can't be eaten at noon, and they can only be eaten after the stove in the afternoon.

After wrapping the dumplings, Xie Xiaonian took out two stick bones from the space, chopped them in half, and then put them in a small pot to stew, waiting for the dumplings to be used in the afternoon.

Usually Xie Xiaonian is afraid of being discovered by others, so he stews bones in the space every day, after all, Mother Xu and they all know that Xie Xiaonian did not buy big bones, and when they divided the meat, they got one.

However, today is the day of the sacrificial stove, no one will come to the door, and every family will make good food, so Xie Xiaonian is not afraid that others will smell the fragrance of the house.

Because the stove master can't be allowed to touch the dark sky, the sacrifice stove will be carried out in the middle of the afternoon.

Therefore, at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Xiaonian took out the meat with ribs that he had specially bought, washed it, and put it in the pot to cook.

When it is almost 7 ripe and there is still a little blood, take it out, and insert two chopsticks vertically in the middle, and the meat becomes a tribute.

Xie Xiaonian didn't know why there had to be a little bit of blood in the meat, it couldn't be cooked, and it couldn't be salted, anyway, it had always been a tradition.

And because during the Chinese New Year, the rules are getting bigger and bigger, so when Xie Xiaonian burns the fire, his feet are also put in a proper manner.

According to the people here, the side of the stove is the face of the stove, and below is the body of the stove, which cannot be pedaled with his feet.

Because Xie Xiaonian's family didn't have a pig's head, it was not easy to take it out in the space, so in addition to this piece of meat, he prepared 4 apples, a plate of homemade cane sugar and 4 white flour steamed buns in the morning.

And because there are patrols and inspectors on the main road in the village, even if they turn a blind eye, each family cannot set off firecrackers at this time and make any big noise.

Because the courtyard wall of Xie Xiaonian's house is very high, when Xie Xiaonian sacrifices to the stove, he can do it in the courtyard, instead of secretly sacrificing the stove in the kitchen like other families.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, Xie Xiaonian moved a small table and put it in the courtyard outside the hall door facing north, and then put all the tributes on the table, and put the incense burner in the middle.

Because after burning incense, he had to eat immediately, so after Xie Xiaonian set up his things, he went to the kitchen and made a pot of dumplings with the boiled bone broth.

She put four bowls of dumplings, one bowl on the table in the hall, meaning for God, and one bowl on a small table in the courtyard, and gave it to the old stove master with the tribute.

And the two bowls on the stove, one bowl is Xie Xiaonian's, and the other is Xu Zhongjun's, the rules here are like this, no matter if people are not at home, they must put a bowl of rice during the New Year.

After Xie Xiaonian set the bowl, he lit 3 incense sticks in the incense burner in the hall and the courtyard, and burned a few twists of yellow paper on the ground that had been folded yesterday, so that the sacrificial stove was over.

Although Xie Xiaonian is doing this independently for the first time, the original owner has seen it since he was a child, and he also knows the process.

When Xie Xiaonian was burning paper, he would only say, "Please say more good things to the family after the stove master goes to heaven, and he will give more tribute and incense in the coming year." "This kind of words, unlike some old people, who say a set of things.

But in this way, Xie Xiaonian is very satisfied, anyway, the point is said.

Originally, Xie Xiaonian was an atheist person, but since he crossed over, Xie Xiaonian also began to have some awe of ghosts and gods, and would rather believe them.

After the sacrifice, Xie Xiaonian went to the stove house and began to eat dumplings.

I don't know if it's because I've only had breakfast since I got up in the morning, and I've been busy all the time, and there is no reason to rest, Xie Xiaonian feels that the dumplings made today are very delicious even if there are no things in the space.

After eating, Xie Xiaonian saw that the incense had burned out, so he hurriedly put away the tribute, and the incense burner was all hidden, and even the traces of burning paper were cleaned up, and he resolutely did not leave any traces of the sacrificial stove.

After being free, Xie Xiaonian also missed his relatives in his previous life.

She lived for more than 20 years in her previous life, and she never helped her family buy New Year's goods, let alone such a heart, but now she can only be busy with this and that by herself.

Xie Xiaonian knew that he was pregnant with a child now, and he couldn't be too sad, so it would not be good for the child's development, so when he was a little sad, Xie Xiaonian quickly stood up and began to clean up the pots and pans to divert his attention.

After 5 p.m., the gates of the villagers were opened one by one, and the village was once again lively.

And the villagers vaguely used each other to inquire whether there was anything delicious to ask if other people's houses had sacrificial stoves.

24 sweep the house, 25 grind tofu, 26 steam steamed buns, because Xie Xiaonian is alone, he doesn't need many things, and his body is not convenient, so he is ready to partner with his sister-in-law's family and prepare together.

Because in addition to the 29th of the year, there will be a gathering commonly known as "Hula Ji", and the 25th of the lunar month is the last formal assembly, so on the 25th day, every family must buy all the things needed for the New Year at this set.

Otherwise, by 29 o'clock, there may be things that you want to buy and you won't sell.

However, because they still have to grind tofu, the Xu family only allows the father and mother to go to the market today, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law go to the grinding plate of the brigade early in the morning to make tofu.

Xie Xiaonian couldn't help much, so he stayed at home to watch the children.

Xu Zhongjun, who was in the army, also received a letter from Xu Zhongming early in the morning.

Xu Zhongjun saw that it was written by his eldest brother, and he was scared for no reason.

Since he got married, his eldest brother had never sent him a letter, and now when he looked at the envelope in his hand, he was a little uneasy, afraid that something had happened to his daughter-in-law.

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