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"It's coming! Here it comes! Wang Dao carried two killed chickens and walked quickly into the kitchen.

Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and everyone gets up early in the morning to get busy.

The tradition of Qingsang Town is that the Chinese New Year's Eve meal is eaten at noon and prepared in the morning.

As today's chef, Wang Dao is certainly busy.

Unlike last year, when one person was lonely, this year can be regarded as lively, Li Shuhui, Grandpa Li, and Grandma Li are all together.

It has been discussed in advance, and Uncle Li's family will come over to have a reunion dinner.

Now the relationship between the two families is no longer separated from each other, and they get along very well.

By the time everything was ready, it was already ten o'clock.

Wang Dao called Li Shuhui and prepared to worship the prince.

In this part of Qingsang Town, before lunch on Chinese New Year's Eve, ancestors or deceased relatives will be worshipped.

If the cemetery is too far away, worship directly at home.

If it is a three-room tiled house, the middle is called a hall house, and in front of the wall facing the door, there will be a long cabinet, and the two ends of the cabinet are connected to the two walls, which is locally called "old cabinet" and "old oil tank".

In front of the old cabinet is a large square table, referred to as "big table".

These two pieces are the most important household items and the most important symbols of the family.

In the past, when there were many children and the family was divided, some people would rather have less or even no other family property, but also want these two items back, because this represents the representative of orthodoxy.

With the ancestral old cabinet and large table, it can be said that it is the main vein of a surname.

If there is no foundation and the house is rebuilt, then the old cabinet must be made first, and with the old cabinet, it can be recognized that the household has been erected.

The second is the big table, with a big table can it be said that a family is complete, and you can invite guests to dinner.

Therefore, in general, the joy of housewarming is to first place the old cabinet, and then move it into the big table, so that you can set off firecrackers and start celebrating.

Of course, with the development of society and the change of housing pattern, this tradition is also slowly disappearing.

Ancestor worship is serious.

The dishes are all on the line, generally eight dishes, and six can also be used.

Eight wine glasses, eight rice bowls, eight pairs of chopsticks, and two pairs on one side of the large table are neatly placed.

The dish is to be eaten at noon, there must be fish and meat, the rice bowl should be filled with rice, and the wine glass should be filled with wine.

Yellow paper and dead coins (also known locally as paper money) were then burned in front of the table for the ancestors to spend.

A little should also be burned on both sides of the door, so that the lonely souls and wild ghosts who have no one to worship can use it, so as to express their kindness and prevent them from robbing their ancestors.

After the paper money is burned, kowtow in front of the pile of paper ashes.

After kowtowing, put a little rice and various dishes into a wine glass, bring it to the door, and scatter it to the sky together, and then again, to the ground.

The food sprinkled in the sky is to worship the ancestors, which shows that the descendants have not forgotten their ancestors and will not let their ancestors starve in the sky, and it also shows that the children and grandchildren are living well, eating and drinking.

The ground is sprinkled with poor lonely souls and wild ghosts, give them a bite to eat, let them not come to harass, when they are full, they should go back and forth, and do not run around.

This is generally the responsibility of the eldest male elder, and in the process of sprinkling, say two sentences: "Ancestors, the younger generation honors you, you must bless us with peace and security!" Something like that.

The whole process is more serious, but it will not be too sad, after all, it is a commemoration of the ancestors and good wishes.

Of course, there are families who have recently passed away from their loved ones who are overwhelmed with grief and cry bitterly.

The whole process is also known locally as burning paper and burning yellow paper.

Nowadays, there are people who believe in Christianity or Catholicism, and they don't burn paper, which is a very important proof if you want to give the example of cultural invasion.

Let us forget our ancestors, to cut off our heritage and inheritance, so the late Qing Dynasty lesson plans are frequent, the past is not forgotten, and the teacher of the future should be remembered.

After burning the paper, the family can have a happy reunion dinner.

As long as you are careful not to produce a lot of ash and soot, it will not have much effect.

If there really is a lot of ash floating up and falling into the dish, then find a way to deal with it yourself, otherwise you will have to eat it with the ashes.

Some residences are not far from the cemetery, so they go to the cemetery to pay their respects.

This is locally called the upper grave, which can also be said to be paper burning.

Because the distance was not far, Wang Dao and Li Shuhui walked over.

As an elder, Grandpa Li and Grandma Li don't have to go.

Uncle Li's family also had to go to the grave of Li Jun's grandparents, but it was in the opposite direction of the royal road, and they were a little far away, so they had to fly there.

There were not many things to go to the grave, so Wang Dao carried two bundles of yellow paper and two bundles of paper money.

In this piece of the grave, there are very few food plates, only occasionally someone prepares it, and the incense candles are the same, basically not used.

There were already people on both sides of the road who had begun to go to the grave, and the smoke from burning paper actually made the road feel a little like a fairyland, if it weren't for the pungent smell of smoke.

Most of the people are solemn and not sad, seriously after burning the paper, kowtowing, talking and laughing and returning, ready to eat Chinese New Year's Eve.

Occasionally, there are those who cry in front of the tomb and cry endlessly, and there must be sad things behind this, but no one will see and talk more.

Time is the best healing agent, and after a long time, the sadness will fade.

When he came to the prince's tomb, Wang Dao began to burn paper, and Li Shuhui stood behind and watched quietly.

The cemetery is very clean, and there is not a single dead grass or leaf in sight, which is the reason why Li Shuhui often comes to clean it.

Looking at the flickering firelight and the ashes flying, Wang Dao seemed to see the kind and resolute face of the prince in his eyes again.

Shake your head and expel the illusion from your mind, there is no need for a living person to be immersed in the past, what is needed is to be based on the present and look to the future.

The royal road is making great strides on the road of glory, and it will surely fulfill the promise it has engraved on the back of the princely tombstone.

"You raised me, and I will carry on your legacy! What you have taught me will carry it forward! Your name will be remembered by the world! ”

As the fire was extinguished, the paper money and yellow paper that had been brought had been burned.

Wang Dao knelt down in front of the tomb and kowtowed respectfully nine times.

There is no requirement for the number of kowtows, generally at least three, no matter how casual you are, even if you kowtow to the end of the world.

After kowtowing, Wang Dao stood up, patted the dust on his knee clothes, turned to Li Shuhui and said, "Master, let's go back?" ”

Li Shuhui has been standing quietly, looking at the burning paper and kowtowing, without saying a word.

Although her face was calm, her slightly moist eyes still showed the sadness in her heart.

If there is no royal road, she and the prince will definitely be happy together, and they will not have to bear so much sadness and depression.

Although the prince's character is resolute and resolute, as the saying goes, the hero is sad to pass the beauty pass, what does it mean to refine the rigid and turn into a finger twister!

Especially in the 21st century, information spreads extremely fast, and if there is no royal way, it is difficult to guarantee that the princes will not change their minds.

Time also, life also! Time cannot be reversed, and assumptions are meaningless.

Li Shuhui heard Wang Dao's words, nodded, and turned to leave.

Wang Dao followed behind and did not speak.

When I got home, Grandpa Li didn't ask much, but just ordered: "Shuhui, go and put the stool away, take the bowl and chopsticks, and eat when the dish is ready." ”

Their minds are nothing more than asking Li Shuhui to do something and distract them.

Li Shuhui replied with a smile: "Let the children do these things, and I will continue to watch TV." ”

Wang Dao walked into the kitchen and arranged for Li Jun, who had already returned, to light the fire and start stir-frying.

One stove and two pots, the royal road left and right open the bow, operate together.

"If you want to stir-fry, the fire is low, add more grass!"

"It's time to get out of the pot, there's no need to add grass"

"Hey, are you stupid in school? One will be big and the other will be small, how do you start the fire? ”

Wang Dao was cooking while waving and drinking at Li Jun.

Although he has been used to it for so many years, Li Jun is still depressed, thinking that I am the first student in Qingsang Middle School, and I will be disgusted even if I burn a fire! There's no one left.

After an hour of busy work, all the dishes were loaded and began to be served.

There are a total of twenty-six dishes, eight bowls, eight dishes, eight stir-fried vegetables and two soups, which cannot be put on the table at all, so they have to serve some of them first, and put the rest in the pot to keep warm, and then serve them after eating.

The amount of all dishes is well controlled by Wang Dao to ensure that everyone can't finish it, and there will not be too much left, which is a good inheritance of the tradition that is more than every year.

Looking at the dazzling, colorful, fragrant and flavorful dishes, everyone is full of praise.

Wang Dao opened the wine bottle and poured wine for everyone.

Grandpa Li, Uncle Li, and Wang Dao drank liquor, Grandma Li, Li Shuhui, Li Jun drank wine, and Linlin drank juice.

The wine was given by the elders, and the quality went without saying, as soon as the bottle was opened, the rich aroma of the wine came to the face.

After the wine was full, Grandpa Li picked up the wine glass, didn't stand up, and said directly: "Now that the days are so good, there is nothing to say, let's toast together!" ”

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses and drank them all.

Then it officially started.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, there was an hour before everyone put down their chopsticks satisfied.

After everyone finished eating, Grandma Li took the initiative to say, "Okay, what should you do, I'll clean it up!" ”

Aunt Li also stood up, helped clean up the mess, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we'll go play cards when we're done." ”

Li Shuhui looked at her watch, and also took the initiative to help clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and said with a smile: "Just today, I only help clean up, you wash it!" ”

In the countryside, this is the work of housewives, and men generally do not interfere.

Grandpa Li lit his pipe with a smile and said, "You clean up, I'm going to play cards, Xiao Li, do you want to be together?" ”

Uncle Li also stood up and said, "You guys are too slow to play cards, I'd better find someone else!" ”

The two went out with a smile and a smile, each looking for their own card friends, and began to play mahjong.

Wang Dao said with a smile: "Li Jun, Linlin, let's clean up." ”

There is nothing to clean, usually the sanitation is the responsibility of the nanny robot, very clean.

But to sweep the old, you still have to make a show, so the three of them each took a broom, swept it east, rubbed it west, and pretended to clean it.

After cleaning the two houses, the three of them put down the brooms.

Then there is the pasting of couplets, and the same as last year and the year before that, Wang Daojia does not paste couplets.

Li Jun's house has the same layout as Wang Dao's house, with two huts in front and three big houses in the back.

The door is pasted with a large couplet, and the door in the house is pasted with a small couplet.

The word "Fu" was pasted on the windows, and they were all pasted upside down.

"There is more than enough every year" is posted on the kitchen stove, "Harvest of Grains" is posted on the chicken pen at the back, and "Safe in and out" is posted on the door of the flying car.

Wherever there is a door, the corresponding couplet is pasted.

After the couplet was pasted, the kitchen was cleaned up.

Li Shuhui and Aunt Li went to play mahjong together, and Grandma Li did the same.

Lin Lin and Li Jun each played with their peers, and Wang Dao, accompanied by Liu Jinlong's deputy Lu Qiang, went to the construction site to visit and comfort the workers.

In order to rush the construction period, all workers have been insisting on work, and work will be completely suspended at 3 p.m. on Chinese New Year's Eve, and full resumption of work will be resumed at 3 p.m. on the first day of the new year.

It can be said that for the construction of Baiwang Science and Technology Park, everyone is fighting, not only the workers continue to work, but the leaders of Baiwang Construction Group also stick to the construction site.