Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

"Well, this is a good thing. The cost of selling wine will be lower in the future, and you can make more money."

The money of the two people is calculated separately. After all, they are still two families.

Xu Huizhen said happily: "Thank you, Brother Zhuzhu, you are so kind."

"Silly girl." He Yuzhu said, "Just now you thought my handwriting was ugly."

"It's ugly to begin with."

Xu Huizhen had been prepared for it. When she spoke, she started to back away and then ran out without giving He Yuzhu time to react.

However, things in the winery will not start until after the New Year. It’s freezing right now, and we still have to celebrate the New Year.

Xu Huizhen's parents only stayed for two days, and then they went back with Xu Hui, pulling a car full of New Year's goods, but Xu Huizhi was left here to continue playing.

Soon the time came to the rd of the twelfth lunar month. This day was the most important day. For He Yuzhu, it was more important than the Chinese New Year.

This is not only a small year, but also a day to "sacrifice the Kitchen God".

The Kitchen God is the god who specializes in good and evil in the world. He has a kind, kind and smiling face and never looks angry.

However, the origin of the Kitchen God is difficult to examine. As for the date of worshiping the Kitchen God, the popular date now is the rd of the twelfth lunar month, but in the Song Dynasty it was the th.

Fan Shihu's "Yuefu Yin of the Cuntian of the twelfth lunar month" says: "On the night of the th of the twelfth lunar month, sacrifices are made to the stove."

"Menghualu" says: "On the night of December 12th, when the new year comes, people in the capital will smear the kitchen door with wine dregs at night, which is called drunkenness."

But I don’t know when it was changed to the rd.

Two days ago, He Yuzhu bought a copy of "The Stove King's Sutra" at a second-hand bookstall. It said: "The Stove King left a scroll of sutra for good men and women to read. My god's surname is Zhang and I came from my country. The Jade Emperor ordered me to be the chef. In. I came to the world to investigate the good and the evil, and I will clear up everything before I do anything."

See what that means. Not only is the Stove King determined to have the surname Zhang, he is also the chef of the Jade Emperor. You must know that the Jade Emperor is said to have the surname Zhang.

Sacrifice to the stove is a signal that the Spring Festival is coming, and people in the capital also call it Xiaonian'er. After this day, the clerks in various shops go out to collect debts.

Naturally, there are many people who hide from debts. Only on New Year's Eve when they meet the God (Kitchen King), they will stop asking for old debts. Therefore, there are also sayings of "deadly Guandong candy" and "life-saving dumplings".

Even if the debt has not been paid in the past few days, I will not continue to ask for it. I have no idea of ​​going to the door to collect debts on New Year's Eve. I still want to let the other party eat a New Year's dumpling.

The ritual of offering sacrifices to the stove is very simple. After a busy day, we had dinner early in the evening. He Yuzhu said: "I will sacrifice the stove later. You all go to the front to help. You are not allowed to come to the kitchen in the back."

"Brother, I want to see it." He Yuyu said.

He Yuzhu said: "Little girls can't watch it."

"But."

Xu Huizhen quickly took He Yuyu's little hand and said, "Can I take you to buy candied haws?"

"Okay, I want to buy a big bunch."

After saying that, He Yuyu tilted his head again to look at He Yuzhu's face.

Recently, He Yuzhu has been eating more sweets and is worried that she will develop tooth decay, so He Yuzhu restricts her sweets.

"Okay, I can only buy one bunch."

Because when offering sacrifices to the stove, the man in the family usually presides over the sacrifice, and women are absolutely not allowed to participate. Therefore, there is a saying that "men do not offer sacrifices to the moon, and women do not offer sacrifices to the stove."

The time for offering sacrifices to the stove is usually around one watch in the evening, that is, between 7:00 and 9:00 pm. He Yuzhu came to the kitchen with the tributes.

First remove the offerings from the Kitchen God's case and stuff them all in the furnace, and then put new tributes on them.

This is also very particular. The tributes include: Guandong sugar, sugar melon, and Nan sugar. In addition, prepare a bowl of cold water and a dish of fodder. These are prepared for the horses riding on the Stove Lord.

After offering the incense, He Yuzhu wished: "It's easy to say good things, but say less bad things."

Such a simple prayer is enough, and then use Guandong sugar to wipe the mouth of the portrait of the Stove Lord, which means that the mouth of the Stove Lord will be glued so that the evil deeds will not be reported to the house.

Even the couplets on both sides of the Stove Lord read: "God speaks good things, and returns to the palace to bring good luck."

When the incense burns out, the sculptures, money, grain and fodder are burned together, and cold water is poured on the ground, thus completing the ceremony.

This is a sacrifice to the stove, and every household of ordinary people does this. Although He Yuzhu knew that this was feudal superstition, he followed the general trend and did it.

Otherwise it will look out of place.

After the Little New Year, the entire Sijiu City is filled with a New Year atmosphere that is getting stronger and stronger. There are people walking on stilts and lion dancers everywhere.

Pingshu, big drum, sanxian, foreign films, octagonal drum, Chaqu, Shibuxian, falling lotus, shadow puppet show, you can hear the sound of playing, playing and singing wherever you go. All temple fairs are more lively.

He Yuzhu took the time to take Xu Huizhen and Yuyu out for fun twice. Most of the time, he was busy with business in the store.

The Chinese New Year period in the month before and after the New Year is enough to cover three to five months of revenue in ordinary months, so He Yuzhu is also very busy.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Hui went to the city again to take the two sisters Xu Huizhen home for the New Year. He Yuzhu asked his wife to come over to help and guard them for the last two days.

On the night of New Year's Eve, not only do we have to make dumplings and watch the New Year's Eve, but we also have to invite back the Kitchen God who has been sent away.

In addition to worshiping the Kitchen God, He Yuzhu's shop also worships the God of Wealth. Incense must be burned every day. On the first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, high incense must be burned. Three cups of wine must be ordered, and a plate of dishes may be served.

They are all separated out when cooking every day. Ordinary people usually have dried tofu, peanuts and the like, as long as the idea comes to mind.

Last year's Stove God statue has been burned cleanly, and the new Stove God statue is re-attached, tributes are offered, and high incense is lit, thus inviting the Stove God back.

After worshiping the God of Wealth and inviting the Kitchen God, the next step is to worship the ancestors.

He Daqing left in a hurry and did not take away the ancestral tablets of the He family. Although he did not worship his ancestors in the old house in the courtyard, this courtyard was also bought by He Yuzhu and became the residence of the He family.

A sacrificial table was set up in the main room, 8 dishes of prepared dishes were presented, incense was burned, and He Yuzhu took He Yuyu and kowtowed three times.

Although He Yuzhu doesn't like this set of cumbersome etiquette, since he has traveled through time, he has to follow the local customs. Now that the whole society has just been liberated, he still lives according to the previous way.

Every household will invite gods to worship their ancestors at this time, and He Yuzhu is not exempt from this custom.

In fact, if you think about it, the Chinese nation has a cohesion that surpasses all nations in the world because of this tradition of ancestor worship passed down from ancient times.

In this way, the people living on this land can recognize themselves as members of the Chinese nation, which is a peaceful and unified family.

After worshiping their ancestors, the two had a reunion dinner on the fire pit.

When making dumplings, He Yuzhu was not exempt from the custom. He washed two copper coins, wrapped them in dumplings, and told He Yuzhu who could eat the dumplings with copper coins, and everything would go well in the coming year.

After eating only a few dumplings, He Yuyu's eyes suddenly lit up, he spit out the copper coins in his mouth and said happily: "Brother, look, I got the copper coins!"

"Oh, rain is such a blessing. Everything will go well in the coming year."