Shangliang wine Shen said that Zeng Ruixiang went home on September 28 for the autumn harvest holiday, and the date was set on the 28th, Ziqing knew that day was actually her birthday in this life, and she was not yet five years old for a long time, child labor in child labor, planting vegetables, watching children, cooking, cleaning the yard, feeding chickens, etc., actually more than the 22 years in the previous life, if my mother knew, I don't know whether it was gratifying or sad.

Early in the morning of the 28th, relatives gradually came, and they set off firecrackers first when they entered the door, which was regarded as congratulations. The He family was the first to come, and even Shen Dafu and Shen Xiaofu of Shen Jianshan's family actually came to help the Shen family prepare meals.

The tables, chairs, and chopsticks were borrowed from the village the day before, and it turned out that for the convenience of each family to hold a banquet, Li Zheng mobilized the villagers to pool money to buy a set of tables, chairs, bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses, wine jugs, etc. It is usually placed in the ancestral hall surnamed Zhou, and there are ten villagers in the village who are responsible for various matters related to the red and white ceremonies in the village. Ziqing felt that the affairs in the village were arranged more reasonably, for example, there were ten people in charge of digging the ground and building houses, and the division of labor was clear.

Shen bought half a pig for this banquet, as well as pork liver, pork belly, pig's trotters, pig's head, pig's tail, and bought 20 carp with a size of 2 catties from the bazaar, a number of dried bamboo shoots, tofu, dried mushrooms, and so on. Shen means that the villagers were invited to eat for the first time after the separation, and they built such a good house, if the food was too harsh, they were afraid that the villagers would laugh at it.

When the relatives of the family have almost arrived, the villagers have basically entered the door, and the villagers generally come from one family, regardless of men and women, and the people of the nearby branch are the whole family. Ziqing saw everyone's envious eyes, and said that this was the best house in the village, especially the Zhou, Chunyu, and Yan Renda, and they couldn't pull out their eyes, Tian's eyes were angry, and they felt that Zeng Ruixiang and Shen had deceived her again, but she also knew that this was not the time to attack.

The old man led a feng shui gentleman to preside over the ceremony, Ziqing and Xiao Xiushui hurriedly rushed to the front to find a good place, only to hear the feng shui gentleman shout: "The auspicious time has come." Hearing the firecrackers outside, Zeng Ruixiang and the old man lifted the wood of the main beam, and wrapped a red cloth around the wood, climbed up the stairs and put it in the position that had been prepared a long time ago, and then Zeng Ruixiang gave the carpenter a red envelope.

Outside the door has been set up the offering table, candles, incense burners, and a pig's head, pig's tail, wine jug, wine glass, are all placed, and a three-foot square pit has been dug in the middle of the yard, Master Luo holds a large object wrapped in red cloth and puts it into the pit, open the red cloth, it turns out to be a large bronze mirror, much taller than Master Luo, two meters long.

At this time, it should be seen blood, kill three animals, because the family did not feed the pigs, had to replace it with the chicken in the three birds, Zeng Ruixiang grabbed the chicken first to the southeast and northwest sides, killed the chicken, filled a bowl of chicken blood, knelt down, kowtowed three heads, poured the chicken blood on the ground, Mr. Feng Shui stood aside and pointed out, taught him to grab the prepared rice grains, wheat grains and copper plates, sprinkled in the pit in all directions, while sprinkling and chanting auspicious language:

Scattered Oriental A and B wood, generations of descendants eat Huanglu;

2. Scatter the western Gengxin gold, and the descendants of the generation will fight the gold;

Sansan the southern propylene fire, generations of descendants early Dengke;

Scattered in the north, generations of descendants are rich and rich;

Five scattered central Wuji soil, generations of descendants than Peng Zu.

After doing this, Zeng Ruixiang gave Master Luo a red envelope, and the three Shen Jianshan brothers bought a two-foot-high bronze mirror, which Mr. Feng Shui asked to hang on the wall on the left side of the hall, and there was a couplet, which was pasted on both sides of the main door. Horizontal criticism: "Square inch blessed land." ”

Chunyu's family bought a palm-sized bronze mirror to hang on the wall above the door of the main hall, and Shen Jianren also sent a pair of half-meter-high vases, which were placed on the long table in the hall, implying a safe life, which should have been sent during the housewarming, but he said that he would not have time to come over next time, so he sent it in advance. It was placed in the hall, and after the guests saw it, Shen put it away.

After the ceremony, a firecracker was set off, the things were removed, tables and chairs were placed, a total of fifteen tables, and the banquet began. The villagers, clansmen, and family members all ate in vain, and Ziqing found that almost every woman brought her own bowl, and she didn't know what it meant.

Zhou's, Qiuyu, Xiao Xiuying, and Xiao Xiushui helped serve the food, Tian's, Xia Yu, and Chunyu's families occupied a table, and as soon as the dishes were served, they were almost swept away, and Ziqing pulled Zilu to snicker.

For a while, the wine was staggered, the wine was smiling, and they all praised the rich banquet of the main family today, Ziqing saw a kind of meat that was one inch square, dyed red, and the women at the banquet were generally reluctant to eat, so they took the family to satisfy the children's hunger, Ziqing counted ten bowls of dishes, meat dishes include red meat, potato roast meat, cucumber liver slices, spicy fried belly shreds, dried bamboo shoots and fried meat, dried mushrooms and potatoes roasted chicken nuggets, and a plate of braised whole carp on each table, a bowl of steamed egg custard, vegetarian dishes are vegetarian fried tofu, bean sprouts, and the portions are quite sufficient. The red meat is served according to a table of eight people, and the other dishes are full of bowls, what Ling Ziqing didn't expect was that the female guests divided the meat dishes as soon as they were on the table, and ate white rice with meat soup and vegetarian dishes. No wonder almost every woman brought a bowl over, daring to be reluctant to eat it, saving the food and bringing it home, she is really a great and respectable woman.

After the meal, the men groced their teeth and burped contentedly, while the women hurried home with a bowl full of food, just in time for the children to satisfy their hunger. Several cousins and aunts in the nearby branch helped clean the yard, clean up and return the tables, chairs, dishes and chopsticks, and even Zhou and Ziping were helping, Tian took Xia Yu, Qiu Yu and Chunyu's family away, Xia Yu wanted to stay, Shen said that she was not in good health or let her go earlier.

After being busy for almost an hour, it was finally cleaned up, and several daughters-in-law of Zhou's and nearby branches also said goodbye, leaving He's family to sit in the yard to rest.

Shen said: "Mother, don't worry, anyway, it's just one acre of paddy field, how can you get it." ”

He Shi pondered for a while before saying, "Then let the two thousand blessings come to help for a day at the beginning of next month, you will be enough for you to clean up for a while." We'd better go back early, your brother and they still have work to do in the fields, and we'll come back when you move." ”

"That's okay, when I move, my mother can live with me for a while, I always want to pick up my mother to live all these years, there are no conditions, this time I got my wish." Shen said.

"Okay, the days to come are still long, you can be considered to have survived, seeing that you are doing so well, my mother is also relieved, my daughter is really capable, she can build this big house and yard in less than a year after separating, my mother is really happy today." After He finished speaking, he still grabbed Shen's hand and didn't let go. Shen made some leftover meat, as well as a few pig's trotters, and sent them away.