When Xiao Liuzi came up with this pair, everyone looked at him in amazement, and they all wanted to know how he came out? Mr. He also asked curiously: Jing Xuan, how did you come up with it? Xiao Liuzi smiled stupidly and said: When Mr. just said that the jujube is a jujube, I already knew how to be right. Just because when Mr. said that jujube gets jujubes, he must have thought of a jujube forest on the other side of the stone bridge, and at the same time, I also thought of my own mother's appearance of washing by the river every day.

Oh, I thought of it so quickly, so why not say it?," Mr. Ho said. I'm just wondering if there is any better pair to match, and to choose a better one, a little more appropriate, so as not to disappoint him. He Nai was secretly happy in his heart, this was really a jade tree seed.

In the wax moon, due to the New Year's pass, the post house is particularly busy. Zhang Liuyi's word Yuyu, taking the righteousness of running around the long car, he and the second brother next door to the wind are a pair of difficult brothers, idle is two people are opposite, busy two people to help each other. This year's city patrol horses are a little busy, and Zhang Dabiao, the post manager, seems a little at a loss. I had to invite the county master to come to the city to help, this horse to patrol the city Ma Ye is a powerful person in the county. Ma Sanye is an old man in Dingbian County, and no matter how many county orders he has changed, he is constantly relying on him. This person is proficient in all three religions and nine streams, and is proficient in all the skills and secret language of each way, and he travels in four counties and eight counties, and his face is extremely open. Although he is a delicate character with eight faces, he never takes the "waterway and oil words" when he does things and speaks, and he is still a reliable person for many years.

"Ouch, sir, you raised your hand to our post house this year, and our post house will also give you a foil and help in the coming year. It was Zhang Dabiao, the manager of the post house, who said this, and it was originally a heartless sentence, but who knew that it had become a proverb with a joint signature. In the post house, two fast hands Zhang Liuyi and the second brother Chao were arranged to follow Ma Ye, and this horse patrolling the city was also the master who couldn't sit still, and he went out to hang around every morning, which was no different from the original. Anyway, the two of them are familiar with each other, so they don't need to be told, they both know that they can do things on their own. On weekdays, there are more or less things in the post house, Zhang Liuyi and Second Brother Chao take turns to go out to deliver letters and run the post. At the end of each year, the two go out together and come back together, which is the same. The only advantage of this long journey is that you can buy and sell some private belongings by the way, which is already an open secret in the inn. Not only in this county, but also in other places, there are very familiar runners, and they can still be invited to bring some things that are not available locally. Zhang Liuyi and the second brother Chao are both neighbors and partners, and they often bring some things for women in the spring, and in the autumn, they send the fruits of the jujube forest in Shiqiao to various places, some are fresh, some are dried, and some are dried and steamed. At this time, the neighbors always joked that the jujube brother went out.

This year's harvest is much better than in previous years, not only can the men go out to get silver, but also the family's few acres of land can produce a good harvest, which makes people envious. But these years and months are good, and the scenery is unbearable, so you can only live a tight life, and you must not be extravagant. There was another opportunity to go far away, Ma Xuncheng said to the two fast hands: "I heard that it is not very peaceful outside, and this is about to come to the New Year's Pass, bring a little less silver on your body, pay attention to safety and go home early." Keep your body solid and good, and bring some weapons if you can, it's best to hide them just in case. Ma Xuncheng chattered for a long time, patting the horse's ass and urging the two fast hands. "Okay, let's listen to Master Ma's orders. The two talked and laughed, and rode away on stagecoaches. Looking at this scene, Zhang Dabiao, the steward of the post station, hurriedly stepped forward with a teacup and asked Ma Ye, "What's wrong? Why are you nagging today?" You often sit at home, I don't know, I hear the news that the two counties in the northwest are far away from each other, there are different bandits and famines, not small!" "If there is such a thing, then I have to tell the county magistrate, report, report, just in case!" "That's right, now it's difficult to live anywhere on this day, just like a poor family who can't open the pot, a bowl of rice can worry about death!" Ma Ye said and walked away with his head down.

Seeing that it is almost a young year, Zhang Liuyi and Second Brother Chao have not come back. On this day, the sky suddenly darkened, and a good snow soon covered the ground with thick cotton wool. In the evening, when the snow was almost finished, there was suddenly another hailstorm, followed by endless snowflakes floating in all directions. It's cold, people haven't returned, and their hearts are empty and cold. At night, the daughters-in-law of the two families sat together and chatted, and the children were playing together. Early the next morning, everyone pushed open the door and looked, wow! Strings of ice hung under the eaves, and the north wind was blowing, as if the calling people were saying that they were not afraid of the cold to come out! I don't know whose ears heard the sound of horses' hooves shouting, come back, come back, the jujube brothers are finally back, and it will be Chinese New Year's Eve a few days later! Xu heard the shouting, and the daughters-in-law of the two families pushed open the door at the same time and looked at the other end of the stone bridge. In the cold mist, I could vaguely see two stagecoaches dragging their tired bodies, trotting all the way to this side. After a while, they arrived at the door of the house, and the two of them let their owners in. It was a few warm words that let the men rest and recuperate. Zhang Liuyi took a sip of tea and said: "It's really messy, how do you know it's so messy?" The second brother was injured for me, and almost lost his life, it seems that I really have to bring some self-defense things when I go out in the future." The two didn't sit at home for a long time, so they went to the post house together to deliver official documents and private messages. Tell the steward and Ma Sanye who patrolled the city what he saw and heard on the road, and the steward Zhang Dabiao listened very carefully, but Ma Ye rolled his eyelids and put it in front of the big guy as if he had already heard it. "That's it, I'll report to the county master tomorrow," Ma Ye said and was about to leave.

Everyone watched Chinese New Year's Eve together for the first month, watching the ice open river and spring slowly coming. The boys will also go to Mengxue again, and the annual spring opening ceremony is indispensable to beat spring cattle. Since the establishment of the private school, the lively movement in the county has gradually increased, and with the help of Mr. He, the yamen has paid more and more attention to the lives of the people. In the beginning of spring, in the spring ceremony, "beating the spring cow", also known as whip spring. This folklore is popular in many regions. "Spring cow", with mulberry wood as a skeleton, after the winter solstice festival to take the soil molding. He was four feet tall and eight feet long, and drew four hours, eight quarters, three hundred and sixty days, and twelve hours. The day before the beginning of spring, people go to their ancestors' temples to worship incense, and then whip them with colored whips to drive the "spring cow" back to the county government, and set up wine and fruit offerings in the lobby. Men, women and children lead "oxen" to help "plows", sing Yangyang songs, and pray for a good year. At the same time, you can also "beat the spring cattle" ploughing scene, one person tie the plow, one person plows, dance while ploughing, or wander in the countryside, or perform on the stage, adding to the festive atmosphere. When the men are "whipping spring", the women "wear spring", they compete to wear their own colorful pure flags, and there are also their own spring swallows and spring butterflies cut from cotton cloth of various colors as ornaments, and the old people and children do not forget to "bite the spring", that is, to eat spring rolls and spring cakes, everyone gathers together, has a good time, and begins to prepare for this year's work.

Of course, the production of spring cattle is also very particular, the body of the spring ox is three feet six inches five, symbolizing the number of days of the year, the tail of the ox is one foot two inches long, symbolizing the twelve months of the year, the four hooves symbolize the four seasons, the wicker symbolizes the willow branches in spring, and the whip is two feet four inches long, representing the twenty-four solar terms. Legend has it that Shennong's tasted a hundred herbs, divided the five grains, and began agriculture, the three emperors and five emperors, all attached great importance to agriculture, and when it came to the Zhou Dynasty, the matter of agriculture was mentioned to the court to discuss matters. On the one hand, the calendar was made, and on the other hand, the magistrate was ordered to hold a ceremony to welcome the spring once a year. Agriculture is the foundation of all industries, spring is the first year old, this "spring" ceremony, of course, to be grand. On the day before the beginning of spring, officials from all over the country have to take a bath, wear plain clothes, do not sit in a sedan chair or ride a horse, walk to the suburbs, gather villagers, and set up tables to make offerings. In addition to burning incense and prostrating, it is necessary to make a local ox in front of the offering table, so that the person who pretends to be the god of Goumang raises the whip of the earth ox, which is called "spring cow", and "beating spring cow" means to beat the laziness of the spring cow and usher in a good harvest of the year. "Beat the spring cow" at first started from beating the earth cow, after many years, the earth cow was replaced with a paper cow, a paper paste cow was loaded with grains, was regarded as a "spring cow", in the spring party let the "Gou Mang God" raise the whip and beat hard, the cow was knocked down, the paper was broken, and the grains inside flowed out, which symbolized the harvest of the five grains of the year. After many years, the paper spring cow was replaced by a real spring cow.

In the past, it is said that there was an incorruptible official who committed a crime and demoted him to a petty official, and on the day he took office, it was the day of the Spring Festival, and he saw that the magistrates were gathering in the suburbs to hold a spring ceremony, and the "Gomang God" was whipping the paper spring cow vigorously, and he felt ridiculous, so he wrote half a poem, entitled Spring Cow Bangzi, and the poem wrote: If you are not in the field, you will die of hunger, and what will you do to beat the spring cow? After he took office, he seriously cared about agricultural affairs, often took off his official uniform, went to the field, talked with the peasants about mulberry and hemp, and personally learned to do farm work with the old peasants. In the first spring after he took office, he moved the ceremony of "welcoming spring" to the day of "the beginning of spring", neither laying earth oxen nor pasting paper oxen, but brought a plow cane and brought in a ox, and asked the officials to make a bamboo tube to tie on the ground, and put a fluffy chicken feather in it to see when it was the beginning of spring. As the saying goes, the beginning of spring when the yang rises, he guards the bamboo tube and waits, and when the time of the beginning of spring comes, he sees the fluffy chicken feathers gently floating upward, slowly out of the bamboo tube, fluttering to the sky. Just as the chicken feathers gently floated out of the bamboo tube, he whipped the sky. The oxen were gone, the plough was moving, the spring ploughing began, and he ploughed again and again, until the sun went down before returning to the yamen. In the evening, he was full of poetry, and he added two more sentences to the half of the poem "Spring Cow List" written last year: The first year often thinks about Chinese food on the plate, and the crisp whip hits spring. Since then, people have called the day of the beginning of spring "beating spring". Of course, the customs are different from place to place, so it is called a suitable custom.

This year, Mr. He, who has a private school, is on duty, so naturally he has arranged for the spring cattle to be beaten, the township and county messages, the academy congratulations, the spring banquet, etc.; the most lively thing is the next day's Wangshan horse race.