"There it is!"

Qiu Chuji laughed, raised his head suddenly, turned to Tan Chuduan, and suddenly saw Sikong Zhan on the side, and said in surprise: "Uncle Shi, when did you come here?"

"It didn't take long to arrive, hurry up and tell me what you want to come up with. Sikong Zhan hurriedly urged.

Qiu Chuji did not shirk, and opened his mouth and said: "The green bamboo is not its three-point scene, the red plum is reporting the spring of ten thousand families, and the horizontal batch: spring returns to the earth." How does that feel?"

"Very nice. Sikong Zhan stretched out his thumb and praised, and Tan Chuduan also nodded in praise.

"Then it's decided, and then trouble Senior Brother Tan. Qiu Chuji smiled and said to Tan.

Tan Chuduan had already gotten up at this moment, picked up the brush, and wrote down this pair of Spring Festival couplets with a wave, Sikong Zhan and Qiu Chuji looked at each other separately, and they both secretly admired.

Qiu Chuji even opened his mouth and said: "Senior Brother Tan's handwriting is becoming more and more charming, Senior Brother I am convinced. ”

"Where, where. Tan Chuduan was a little embarrassed to be praised, and hurriedly humbled himself.

Sikong Zhan said with a smile: "You don't have to be too modest, good is good, admit that there is nothing bad, you can't be too modest." ”

He looked left and right, and then said strangely: "Huh, didn't you buy a door god this year?" During this period, in order to pray for the happiness of the family, people in many places have the habit of sticking to the door god.

It is said that there are two door gods on the gate, and all demons and monsters will be feared. The ghost-hunting master Zhong Kui, whom people admire, is this kind of strange appearance. Therefore, the door gods of the world are always angry-eyed, hideous-looking, holding all kinds of weapons in their hands, ready to fight the ghosts who dare to come to the door.

Since the previous dynasty, in addition to the two generals of the past gods and Yu Lei, the people have regarded Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong, two Tang Dynasty generals, as door gods.

According to legend, Tang Taizong was sick and heard the ghost cry outside the door, and he couldn't be at peace all night. So he had the two generals stand by the door with their weapons in hand, and the next night there were no more ghosts. Later, Tang Taizong asked people to draw the images of these two generals and paste them on the door, and from then on. This custom began to spread among the people.

Qiu Chuji replied: "I bought it, I bought it for the two door gods Qin Shubao and Wei Chigong, who were taken by Uncle Zhou, and I have to ask for it back from him after a while." ”

Sikong Zhan was speechless when he heard this: "Poor Dao doesn't need to see it. I'm afraid that before you can ask for it, he has already posted the door god outside the mountain gate. ”

Tan Chuduan and Qiu Chuji thought of the temperament of the old naughty boy Zhou Botong, and it was really very likely that this would be the case.

The Quanzhen Sect belongs to the Jianghu forces of the Taoist sect, which is different from the people of the red and earthly world, and sticks Spring Festival couplets during the New Year. Just put it on the door. The couplets on the gate are the façade of a family, and they are generally paid special attention to, or lyrical, or written scenes, rich in content, and witty words.

Others, such as the land god union "white jade is born in the soil, and gold is produced in the earth", the god of wealth is "the lord of wealth in the sky, the god of happiness in the world", and the well god union "the well can pass through the four seas, and the home can reach three rivers". The spring couplets in the granary, the livestock pen and other places are "bumper harvest." Six animals are prosperous";" The rice surface is as thick as the mountains, and the oil and salt are as deep as the sea"; The ox is like the tiger of the South Mountain, and the horse is like the dragon of the North Sea"; The big sheep is prosperous every year, and the little lamb is increasing every month" and so on.

In addition, there are some singles, such as each indoor is pasted "look up and see joy", the door is opposite the paste "go out to see joy", the fire is pasted with "vigorous spirit", the courtyard is pasted with "full of gold", and the tree is pasted with "deep roots and leaves". The stone mill is pasted with "White Tiger Daji" and so on.

These gods of the land, gods of wealth, and the like are not worshiped in the Quanzhen Sect at all, so there is no need to write couplets, like some single couplets. It is also not suitable for use in the Quanzhen Sect, and it is also omitted. As a result, a couplet and two door gods are enough.

The three of them were sitting together chatting, and suddenly heard the sound of firecrackers outside, and Tan Chuduan was surprised: "Is it the sound of firecrackers outside?"

No wonder he was surprised, it was too early to set off firecrackers. Usually after the third watch and the fifth watch, the firecrackers will resound in the sky, and the process of worshipping heaven and earth, sacrificing ancestors, and worshipping each other will begin.

Qiu Chuji also pricked up his ears to listen and did not speak, but Sikong Zhan looked at his expression and obviously thought of who did it.

Qiu Chuji is Zhou Botong's junior, and some words are inconvenient to speak, not to mention that he still talks about people behind his back, and it is even more difficult to speak. Sikong Zhan and Zhou Botong belong to the same generation, but they don't have any worries, but sometimes they call Zhou Botong an old naughty boy, and when they call it, they call it, and there is not much wrong with it.

He laughed and said, "What else could it be if it wasn't the sound of firecrackers? Don't you forget what happened last year?"

Tan Chuduan finally reacted and said, "Uncle Zhou is talking about Uncle Zhou?" Last year, a group of children of three generations had not yet set off firecrackers, and his good uncle Zhou Botong had secretly started, and when it was time to set off at the end, there was not much left.

"Who else but him?" Sikong Zhan pouted.

Qiu Chuji glanced at Sikong Zhan, and said in his heart: "Uncle Sikong, you still talk about others, you were very happy last year." Of course, he didn't dare say that.

"Listen to the sound as if at the mountain gate, let's go, let's go and see. Sikong Zhan stood up and said.

Tan Chuduan and Qiu Chuji were busy with their work, and they had nothing to do, so they took the dried Spring Festival couplets and followed Sikong Zhan, and the three of them went to the mountain gate.

After a while, Sikong Zhan and the three of them came to the mountain gate, and sure enough, Zhou Botong just took out a double bang from his arms, and ignited the lead quickly, first with a bang, and then with a loud bang in the sky.

Zhou Botong covered his ears with his hands, jumping and jumping like a naughty boy, he looked very happy, he surrounded three generations of disciples in a circle, bold like Yi Zhiping, Zhao Zhijing and a few people stood in the back, looking at it with wide eyes, the excitement and excitement in his eyes could not be hidden, and he stood a little farther away, and his eyes were also full of excitement.

"Senior Brother Zhou, you are secretly setting off firecrackers again. Before he arrived, Sikong Zhan's voice came first.

As soon as he took out a continuous ring, Zhou Botong immediately put it back, pulled out his left hand, and said to Sikong Zhan: "No, the old naughty boy didn't steal it, I bought it for myself when I went down the mountain." ”

Seeing Sikong Zhan's suspicious face and not believing him, he hurriedly said: "Don't believe it, you can go to Hao Datong and Wang Chuyi to confirm that the three of us went together at that time." He was telling the truth, how could he not participate in such a fun thing as buying firecrackers, so he followed down the mountain with a dead face, and as a result, the firecrackers he bought were naturally more than twice as many as in previous years.

"Senior Brother Zhou is a believer, how can we not believe it. When he came closer, Sikong Zhan saw that Zhou Botong didn't look like he was lying.

Zhou Botong turned to joy and said: "It's about the same, the old naughty boy never lies." After saying that, he took out the ringing again and prepared to light it.

"I'm afraid I've bought a lot of firecrackers this year, right?" Sikong Zhan said with a smile.

Zhou Botong also replied: "A lot, much more than last year, you don't know, there are more than 100 varieties of firecrackers, there are single rings, double rings, and continuous rings,...... , it's just going to be dazzling. ”

"It's a lot, it's good! The five-foot simmer is paid, the sweat is sweating and the fire is through, and the healthy servant will still walk away. But the child stood away from it, and thundered and roared on the ground.

One or two ghosts were frightened, and three or four ghosts were overturned. Ten voices even the hundred gods and gods, and peace in all directions. But he picked up the scorched head and stacked it at the bottom of the bed, and there was still residual power to drive away the boil. Sikong Zhan was angry and couldn't help but say loudly.

Tan Chuduan and Qiu Chuji glanced at each other, looked at each other and smiled bitterly, these two uncles, there is really nothing they can do. (To be continued.) )