Chapter 5: The Autumn Festival
The lotus flowers in the pond are in full bloom, either white or red, fresh and elegant, or graceful and gorgeous. Lin Yu didn't let people pick it, but he carried the case and Se to the pond with Lin Yu and Du Juan. Se is quite heavy, and Lin Yu rarely lifts it out. Lin Yu drummed, Lin Yu and the cuckoo blow the flute, the breeze came slowly, wrinkled the pool noodles and the girls' dresses, and the long hair flew around, becoming a scenery of its own.
Lin Yu said: "The chorus of Xiao Se is poignant and tactful, if it is played in winter, it will be too sad." In such a high summer, it is sad but not sad, very good. ”
On the seventh day of July, at night, Lin Yu set up a case in the courtyard to burn incense and worship the Weaver Girl and the Big Dipper. Usually, other people's daughters will beg Vega for ingenuity at home. The Big Dipper often hangs in the night sky, pointing the way for walkers-by, especially on summer nights. Worship Beidou is to pray for longevity.
When the lotus seeds are ripe, it is indispensable to row bamboo rows and pick lotus pods. The lotus seeds are sweet in taste, and the japonica rice can be boiled into porridge, which has the effect of strengthening the heart. The lotus core has a bitter taste, and it can be drunk in water to relieve summer heat poison.
After the summer rice harvest is completed, the autumn festival is performed. The autumn festival does not require a shrine maiden. But everyone rests at home, and does not do anything.
The melons and fruits are ripe in mid-autumn, and the osmanthus flowers are fragrant. In addition to collecting osmanthus to make osmanthus wine, osmanthus cake, and cinnamon syrup, Lin Yu also taught the two to make laurel spices.
Until the full moon of August 15, the setting moon. Offering osmanthus wine, osmanthus cake, fruits, praying for peace and so on.
Lin Yu asked the two: "Do you know that the sunset moon is so important?"
Lin Yu and Du Juan replied: "The full moon means reunion and happiness. ”
Lin Yu said: "On the one hand, the moon is very important to people's daily life, and people set the calendar according to the cycle of the moon and the sun, and guide people to farm at four o'clock. ”
The worship is over. The three of them went to the center of the village to watch the lanterns and towers burned. Young people and children get together, and it's not lively. When someone sang, everyone sang in chorus, and a group of people sang and danced. Or there are men and women who quietly convey their hearts, and under the moonlight, their daughters are shy, like a lotus in the water.
It's busy until it's time to rest.
In autumn, there are a large number of fresh vegetables and fruits that need to be dried and stored, and each family is in front of the house, behind the house, on the windowsill and eaves, and uses a large round dustpan made of bamboo strips to dry, hang and dry, called "drying autumn".
To the Double Ninth Festival, climb high and overlook, drink and appreciate chrysanthemums, and Lin Yu is no exception. The witch must also sacrifice to the Emperor of Heaven and worship the ancestors, in order to thank the Emperor and the ancestors for their kindness, and bless the harvest and longevity. The cuckoo returned to Yiyi Village and made a grand sacrifice.