Chapter 37: The Day of the Spring Equinox
Finally, on the day of the spring equinox, the long-prepared festival finally arrived, the festival is the same as the moon festival, it is out of the worship of nature, although they are both festivals, but they are not as grand as the Spring Festival, but extraordinarily refreshing, so that the festival and nature are properly integrated. The sacrifice of the sun and the moon is the opposition and blend of yin and yang, which is exactly the yin and yang that Taoism emphasizes, just like the shape of Tai Chi gossip.
On the day of the spring equinox, the day and night are evenly divided, after which the weather gradually warms up, which also shows the importance of the sun.
Early in the morning, Qi Rou was really busy today, so she didn't come over in person, but sent two maids to dress up Dongfang Yingyue and Shen Nianshan.
The colors of the dresses sent today are very refreshing, Shen Nianshan is a set of goose yellow long skirts, with two brocade belts hanging from the waist, the hem gradually changes from yellow to white, layered on top of each other, and the collar has two layers, which are supported by hard gauze, which can reach half a head high, and the whole person seems to be elegant, and the head is combed by the maid with a double bun, which is lovely in the clear spirit.
Oriental Reflecting the Moon is a set of green skirts that are almost white, with a short front and a long back, with a pair of boots of the same color, with a safe knot at the waist, there is no tassel under the safe knot, but two big white fur balls, which are very cute, and the collar is wrapped over the shoulders and back, overlapping on the chest, and combing a pair of double flat buns on the head, lively and solemn.
After doing all this, before dawn, the two were taken to the courtyard of the Li family's grandmother.
Seeing the two coming, the grandmother of the Li family was very happy, she really liked these two children from the bottom of her heart, one was lively and cute, the other was peaceful and pure, and she really hoped that they were her own granddaughters.
When Li Guangyuan, Li Guangyue and others came over, they led everyone to the direction of the kitchen.
When I arrived in the kitchen, a lot of spiritual rice noodles had been prepared, and the Li family's grandmother taught everyone to make these rice noodles into dough, and then roll these dough into thin round cakes, pile five into a layer, and then use the dough to knead into the shape of a chicken, and then use the juice extracted from the spirit grass to color the chicken, and finally put the chicken on the small round cake pile, which is completed.
"Everyone makes this kind of sun cake with their own hands, and then offers it to the sun with their own hands, may your practice be more diligent. Grandma Li said to everyone.
Dongfang Yingyue is very curious, why put a chicken on it, what kind of connection does this chicken have with the sun? Could it be that the sun comes out and the chicken wants to crow?
Filled with bewilderment, they came to the altar that had been erected, put the sun cakes they had made on them in turn, and then stood on the altar and waited.
Unlike the Moon Festival, the Sun Festival does not have a table under the stage, but allows everyone to stand under the altar.
When the day was just dawning, all the clansmen of the Li family arrived, and at this time, the ceremony of sacrificing to the ancestral hall began, which was not too long, and finally worshiped the sun and the earth.
The process of sacrifice is not too complicated, but the preparation is very cumbersome and mediocre, and everything in the ceremony is quite elegant, but the process is actually not long, and it is a bit of a thick accumulation.
However, as soon as the festival is over, it means that I am about to return to the academy, and although I am a little reluctant to go back, I am faintly looking forward to the next year's study, which is really a contradiction.
In the afternoon, after the end of the sacrificial activities, Li Guangyue, Li Guangyuan, Dongfang Yingyue and Shen Nianshan came to the grass next to the square at the entrance of Li's house, lying down and basking in the sun, they were very comfortable at this time, it had snowed for many days, and today the sun finally came out, and the warm winter sun was the most comfortable, they all relaxed their bodies at this time, enjoying this rare time here.
I don't know what Tang Ze and Ren Chi are doing at this time, Dongfang Yingyue misses those two senior brothers a little, after Tang Ze has a problem with his cultivation, the family has no contact, he is the most outstanding child in the family, and he has high hopes, but now he can only nest in the spiritual grass field of the academy, and he is accompanied by the spiritual grass day and night.
Because of one thing, which affected three excellent senior brothers at the same time, Dongfang Yingyue felt sorry for them from the bottom of her heart.
She could still enjoy family and friendship here, if only there was any way she could help them, she thought to herself.
But thinking that even Dean Xuanyue and Elder Xuanyue couldn't do anything good, what could they do? secretly laughed at his own nonsense, and let himself enjoy the last days of the holiday.
Time really flies, and they will return to the academy in a few days, this time it was still Li Shangyuan who sent them, and they left in a hurry as soon as they arrived at the academy.
Li Guangyuan pouted: "My father is always busy. ”
Although the voice is very flat, you can also hear the loneliness in it, especially when I see the students who are also escorted by their families, and they are all happily walking into the academy accompanied by their families.
But seeing that Dongfang Yingyue and Shen Nianshan were even more lonely than him after seeing each other, Li Guangyuan instantly reacted, he really couldn't open any pot, no matter how bad he was, he could go home to see his family once a year, but they didn't know where their relatives were.
Thinking of this, he hurriedly stepped forward and pulled up the two of them, pretending to be relaxed: "Let's go, let's go get the items we need for this semester, we are now senior brothers and sisters." ”
Li Guangyuan is not wrong, this year they will become intermediate students, of course, this year as usual there will be new students enrolled, so they can be regarded as a level up.
There is a custom in Hidden Moon Academy, old students generally report to the academy three days in advance, and new students will report the day before the start of school, so Dongfang Yingyue and they also return to the academy in advance.
Not long after stepping into the academy, a senior brother came to invite her, saying that Dean Xuanyue had asked her to come over and handed her a token, saying that she could use a flying mount on the square.
In the Hidden Moon Academy, flying mounts can only stay outside the square outside the courtyard, and no flying mounts are allowed to enter the courtyard, so Dongfang Yingyue can only hand over her courtyard card to Shen Nianshan and ask her to help her get things, and then she walks outside the courtyard.
The token was exchanged for a cloud-piercing bird, which was small in size, but not fast, which just extended the time for Dongfang Yingyue to be entangled.
Since these days, although she has tried her best not to think about the spiritual snake turning into black mist, that scene always suddenly appears in front of her eyes and lingers.
On the one hand, she felt that it was not something she could control, and wanted to have someone to discuss;
But on the other hand, I am afraid that after I say it, the serious consequences of the matter are beyond my control, and I am in a dilemma and cannot make a choice.
Dongfang Yingyue has actually always been a believer in "the boat is naturally straight from the bridge", anyway, the plan is not as good as the change, and it is useless to think more.
But this time it was different, things couldn't help but think about what the consequences would be, if Dean Xuanyue knew, would she be expelled, or even get rid of her sooner?