Chapter 187: February Twelve
Therefore, the girl is happy to be idle, wandering around here and there in the yard, admiring the ancient Spring Festival couplets, New Year's paintings and window flowers! "Niu'er, your home is so beautiful." Qiao'er, who was two years older than Niu'er, watched Niu'er run all over the yard and also ran over.
"Well, these are all posted by great-grandfathers and ancestors!" After Niu Niutou replied to the horse's mouth, she turned around and ran to the other side.
It's not that I don't like to play with Qiao'er, but the second aunt is really not a fuel-efficient lamp.
Niu'er doesn't want to cause trouble during this New Year. Moreover, this Qiao'er likes to cry very much, and the tears will come down when she says it.
In case, I don't know where to offend her, her tears, you can't tell if you have more mouths.
Unexpectedly, with Qiao'er's beginning, other children who were about the same age came over.
"I'll take you to candy!" Niu'er really couldn't stand it, so surrounded by a group of five or six children, big and small, asking questions.
Niu'er guided them to the south house, brought a candy box, and gave them two sticky tooth candies that had been prepared for the New Year.
After dividing the sugar, Niu'er slipped away to Li Xuan's place to play while they were eating candy.
Li You was teaching Li Xuan to practice calligraphy, and Niu'er just happened to join in to practice calligraphy.
After a while, the boys in the family were all called by the elders to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.
Niu'er thinks she doesn't have to go! As a result, he was still called by his great-grandfather.
When worshipping ancestors, the great-ancestors were first brought to worship with their juniors, and then they began to worship one by one.
Niu'er was stained with the light of her great-ancestors, and after several great-grandfathers took her ancestors to worship, her great-grandfather hugged Niu'er and worshipped her ancestors, and said a lot of good things to her ancestors.
Roughly speaking, Niu'er brought good news to Tianjiazhuang, hoping that the ancestors could bless Niu'er with a safe and secure life.
After the great-grandfather left the ancestral hall with Niu'er, the grandfathers took their families to worship.
When everyone is done worshipping, it is time for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
The Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at Niu'er's house began after a burst of artillery fire, and three tables of eight immortals were set up in the hall, one table for men, one table for women, and one table for children, and Li You and Li Xuan were arranged at the main table,
The little child was held by the female elders to eat in her arms, and after such an arrangement, the three tables were not only just right.
The dishes for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner are also very complete, at least people of this era have not eaten in the previous New Year.
After the lively Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, after resting the meeting, the great-grandfather began to arrange for everyone to take a bath and prepare for the vigil.
The bath is divided into two batches, the first batch is for the man to take the boy to wash first, and the second batch is for the talented women in the family to take the girls to wash together.
The next people have taken a bath in the first two, otherwise there are so many people, and they can't be arranged at once.
When the great-grandfather took a bath, grandma took the orange grandmother to arrange the kitchen to make ingots (dumplings, which can only be called ingots during the New Year. )。
After the great-grandfather and they finished washing, the grandmother took the aunt and the girl to take a bath.
When everything was cleaned up, everyone gathered around the brazier and ate pastries while keeping vigil.
The vigil is fine for adults, but not for children, and after a while, everyone begins to doze off.
The aunts all took the children home to sleep first, leaving a few uncles to keep vigil with their great-grandfather.
The vigil lasted until 12 o'clock in the middle of the night and ended after the artillery battle.
On the first day of the new year, although they slept late during the vigil, everyone got up early.
When the children get up, they start to touch under the pillow and inside the new shoes, where there will be New Year's money and pastries.
Everyone knows that this pastry wrapped in red paper means that children will grow taller and grow up quickly.
The first meal on the first day of the new year is eaten with big ingots (dumplings) and small ingots (glutinous rice balls), which means that there are ingots entering the door every day.
After eating the ingots, the elders will give the children New Year's money, and prepare a big purse for each child, which is used to let the children go out to pay New Year's greetings and ask for New Year's money and small pastries.
The elders would gather around the ingots at home, waiting for the children to come to the door.
After Niu'er got the New Year's money from the elders in the family, she took Li Xuan to pay New Year's greetings with her brothers.
After Niu'er left with her two brothers, Zengzu began to ask the three housekeepers to give the next person New Year's money.
Not long after they left, several children came into this small courtyard.
The great-grandfather and the old ancestor gave each of them the New Year's money that was prepared and packed in the lotus bag, and filled each person's big purse with small pastries, and the children ran happily.
As soon as Niu'er was halfway there, she met a child who went out to pay New Year's greetings. So, everyone got together and went door-to-door to give New Year's greetings.
In less than a while, the big purse was full, and a string of small purses were also carried in his hand.
The big lotus couldn't wrap it, so I put it in my pocket, but I couldn't put it in it, so I went home and put things out again.
After a few trips back and forth like this, it's time for dinner.
In the New Year, we do not make raw food, and we eat all the ready-made food prepared last year, and we can eat it when it is steamed on a steamer.
After eating, I continued what I didn't finish in the morning.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the adults began to pay New Year's greetings, first the younger generations went to the elders' houses for dinner, and in the next few days, they visited the families to invite guests to eat or something.
Every year during the Chinese New Year, every family is as lively as a banquet.
For elders like Great-Grandfather, in the second year of junior high school, all the children and grandchildren will gather, so it's like holding a medium-sized banquet.
In the third year of junior high school, it is a gathering of the children and grandchildren of the ancestors, and this is also a small banquet.
In the fourth year of junior high school, it was the grandfather's family who brought his children and grandchildren together.
On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, great-grandparents, grandparents, patriarchs and village chiefs will gather together to have a lively New Year's dinner and discuss some things in the new year by the way.
Next, each family treats each other or something.
Such an event ends only the day before the Lantern Festival, which has been maintained.
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, every household began to hang lanterns, and the great-grandfather would take the whole family to gather around with the children to tie lanterns, lanterns, and write lantern riddles.
After waiting for the Lantern Festival, he took the children to the threshing floor in the village, guessed the lantern riddles with the children of the village, and put the lanterns.
As soon as the Lantern Festival passes, this New Year is considered to be over.
On the sixteenth day, everyone will return to normal life, and the children who go to school will also go back to school on this day.
Niu'er also went to school with her two elder brothers, and went to the mountains with Li You and Li Xuan to practice martial arts.
Such days lasted until the beginning of February, when spring suddenly appeared, and the clouds dared to come back.
No, February 12 is the day when Yun Ting and Wan'er get married.
There was also a troop that came back with Yun Ting, who came back specifically to transport sausages and pickles.
After the team emptied Niu'er's warehouse, they left directly.
Only Yun Ting and his twelve guards were left.
Yun Ting and Wan'er's engagement banquet was arranged in the Song Mansion in Qingzhen. Great-grandfather invited the people of Jeondajia Village. Of course, people from Wangjia Village are also indispensable. In this Lijia Village, individuals come voluntarily or not.
Aunt Weaving's husband's family, Yun Ting has also been invited. The current Song family, when they see Aunt Weaving's family again, are all respectful, for fear that Aunt Weaving will be unhappy to turn over old accounts.
Yun Ting's parents and Sheng'er also arrived in Qingzhen on the fifth day of Yun Ting's arrival, accompanied by some relatives of Yun Ting's family.
Great-ancestor took his family to the Song Mansion in Qingzhen on the eighth day of the new year, so that he would have to live with Aunt Weaving for several days.
Li You and Li Xuan said that Wan'er would rush to Qingzhen the day before they got married.
Song Quan, the big housekeeper in Aunt Weaving's house, is a powerful person, so many people, so many things, inside and out, up and down, are properly arranged.
Since Niu'er arrived in Qingzhen, she has taken Ahri and the streets full of running, and she has had a lot of fun.
Of course, the most important thing is to change the identity and go to Zhenxi to see the beggars.
Niu'er soon found out that the beggars in the west of the town really didn't care about her in vain, all of them were smart and clever, and they would teach anything.
In such a short period of time, older girls can already make clothes and make money, and smaller ones can also use needlework to embroider purses.
The boys are also very good, and they are all very serious about practicing martial arts and learning knowledge.
Maybe it's because they found the only way out, so these children will study so hard!
The day before Wan'er's marriage, Niu'er went to the Treasure Building and specially selected a set of gold jewelry and a pair of fine jade jade bracelets for Wan'er.
"Niu'er, don't buy anything for my sister next time. Brother Yun and his uncle and aunt have sent a lot of new clothes and jewelry, and I have more now. Wan'er looked at Niu'er distressedly, took Niu'er's little hand and said.
"Sister Wan'er, these will be your dowry in the future! Of course, the more the better! Niu'er grabbed Wan'er's hand and said mischievously.
"Miss, Young Master Li Xuan is looking for you." Niu'er is chatting happily with Wan'er! Mama Bai shouted outside.
"Oh, got it, I'll come here." Niu'er replied casually, what is this Li Xuan looking for herself!
"Sister Wan'er, I'm out playing." After Niu'er said hello to Wan'er, she went out.
"What are you looking for me?" Niu'er looked at Li Xuan at the door and asked.
"I heard that there is a market in Qingzhen today, and I want you to accompany me to the party." Li Xuan hasn't seen Niu'er for a few days, and he looks for her everywhere as soon as he comes.
Unexpectedly, this little girl saw that she was so unkind, and thought she would miss herself! It seems that I really think too much.
"If you want to play, just go by yourself! I had just returned from town not long ago. "It's such a big person, and you still need someone to accompany you!
"I've been here for so long, and I've never been to Qingzhen. Aren't you afraid of getting lost! "Alas, I'm sorry for myself these days, and I'm still worried about whether she will miss herself!
"I'm tired and don't want to go, you can find someone else to take you there!" Niu'er is small, and she will be tired after running for a while, so how can she have the energy to accompany Li Xuan to go shopping again!
"It's okay if you're tired, I'll carry you." As Li Xuan spoke, he lifted Niu'er up and rode on his shoulder. (To be continued.) )