Da Song a knife

Chapter 262
In a blink of an eye, it is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

The 24th day of the twelfth lunar month is a small year.

Once the new year is over, wait for the new year.

On this day, the family got ready early - there are many things to be busy during the Spring Festival.

The first is to sacrifice the stove. On this day, every household will sacrifice the stove, and send the Stove Lord to heaven to report the situation of the family to the Jade Emperor this year.

As the god who manages the stoves of each family, the Stove Lord will also bless the safety of the whole family.

On this day, when offering sacrifices to the Stove Lord, we must prepare tributes. I hope that the Stove Lord can say more good things about himself, so that the Jade Emperor of Heaven will have a good impression, and he will also bless the whole family with safety, health and prosperity in the coming year.

And the tribute of Lord Stove is somewhat different from other gods.

The tribute of Lord Stove is sugar.The more sticky the sugar, the better.

Xu's legs and feet are inconvenient, so Zhang Xiaoshan led the children to the street to buy sugar.

When giving money to Zhang Xiaoshan, Mrs. Xu also specifically asked: "Don't be reluctant when you are on the street. When you see them greedy, buy more or less. Especially Jiuniang, she is sensible, maybe I am embarrassed to say, you want more. Watch."

Zhang Xiaoshan felt that Xu was thinking too much: "Maybe Jiuniang doesn't like snacks. Besides, she has money herself, so she doesn't need to be like this."

The family is not what it used to be, and I can't even afford a candy ball.

Mrs. Xu gave Zhang Xiaoshan a blank look: "How can there be a child who doesn't like candy? You, the second uncle, have the nerve to say that? She earned it, and you bought it because of your will. Can it be the same?"

Zhang Xiaoshan thought about it, and he was convinced: "This is the truth. Then I will buy more when I see it."

He walked to the door with the money in his pocket, and after thinking about it, he turned his head and smiled: "What about you? What do you want to eat? I'll bring it back for you!"

Mrs. Xu smiled, and licked the needle into her hair: "You can just buy it as you see it. How old am I? Still greedy for this?"

Zhang Xiaoshan just went out.

On this day on the street, sugar stalls are everywhere.

There are more styles in the store and less in the stalls, but the main popular styles are available.

The most popular candies are candies made of maltose, and there is also a kind of snow-white candy, ginger candy, sesame sticks, and candies with crushed walnuts inside.

For Komatsu and Kobayashi, the streets today are heaven—sugar is everywhere, making it hard to walk!
Zhang Sijiu suggested: "Second Uncle, let's go to the sugar shop to buy. There are many varieties, and the sugar is also good."

This was the first time Zhang Sijiu participated in this kind of thing, after all, there was no such activity in modern times.Therefore, she felt that the focus should be raised.Moreover, seeing what Xiaosong Xiaobai looks like, if you don't buy more, you are afraid that they will cry.

Zhang Xiaoshan readily agreed.

Then I bought a big bag at the sugar shop, and spent more than half of the money that Mrs. Xu gave me—as long as Zhang Sijiu said he wanted to buy it, he would buy it!
In the end, it was Zhang Sijiu who saw that there were too many. He was afraid that Xiaosong and Xiaobai would break his teeth and dare not buy any more, so he gave up.

When leaving the sugar shop, Zhang Sijiu did not forget to ask the shopkeeper to give each of them a piece of sugar as an extra.

Xiaosong and Xiaobai chewed the candy until their teeth stuck together and their mouth could not be opened, but happiness seemed to fly out of their eyes.

When people look at them like that, they can't help but want to laugh along with them.

One of Zhang Sijiu's teeth was loose, and she held the candy in her mouth, so she didn't dare to chew it, for fear of staining her tooth.

Finally, when Zhang Xiaoshan was walking back, he saw someone selling smoked rabbits. After thinking about it, he paid for one and said that he would cook it for dinner at night.In addition, I bought some dried dates, persimmons, two large oranges, and seven or eight sugar canes.

It can be said to be a rewarding experience.

Everyone's face is full of joy and satisfaction.

Xiaosong Xiaobai also has a happy sight of a mouse falling into a rice bowl.

When she got home, Xu saw the battle and knew that Zhang Xiaoshan had spent all the money she had given. She was angry and funny, but seeing the smiling faces of the children, she didn't care about the money anymore. : If you spend it, you spend it, and if you spend it, you earn it!
In the evening, after dinner early, Mrs. Yang set up a table and sacrifices at the door of the kitchen, offering sacrifices to the kitchen and sending the Kitchen King to heaven.

The offerings are sugar, as well as pine and cypress branches, fragrance, and water bowls.

After a meal of chanting, everyone went to the kang in Yang's house to chat, drink water, nibble on sugar cane, and wait for the incense to burn.

Sugarcane is an ordinary bamboo cane, a bit like a thin bamboo, with a layer of skin on the outside, and juicy sugarcane meat inside.But it's not particularly sweet, and sometimes it's not very sweet, and sometimes it's not easy to chew, and the taste is still bland, even a little salty.

Bamboo cane can’t be peeled. You can only scrape off a layer of dirt on the outside of the skin, and then tear the skin with your teeth.

It's delicious, but it's a waste of time.

There is no need to waste the chewed sugarcane husk, just throw it on the ground, sweep it up, and burn it.

Zhang Sijiu stopped eating after one session, because the tip of his tongue and cheeks were blistered, which made him uncomfortable.

Xiaosong and Xiaobai were too young to chew, so they ran over to take a look at the incense on the altar table to see if they had finished burning.

When the incense was finally burned, the two of them cheered, and after seeking Mrs. Yang's consent, they went to bring over the two plates of candy for everyone to eat together.

The whole family sat together, and everyone fell silent—the sugar was too sticky to open their mouths.

However, the sweet smell filled the whole room.

On the second day after the stove sacrifice, the countdown to the New Year officially began, and every household was busy.

The first thing to do is sweep the dust.

On one day, the whole family will mobilize together to sweep away all the dust and cobwebs in the house.

Zhang Xiaoshan's dislocated arm had already been put down, but neither Mrs. Yang nor Mrs. Xu, including Zhang Sijiu, disapproved of him doing heavy work, so he usually did nothing.

But on this day, Mrs. Xu called Zhang Xiaoshan up early: "Go and make a bamboo broom."

Zhang Xiaoshan took the hatchet and led Xiaosong and Xiaobai to cut bamboo.

A piece of bamboo, the bamboo pole can be used to make a broom pole, and the bamboo leaves and branches are just used to make a broom head.Best thing to do is lift it up and sweep the dust and cobwebs off the roof.

Zhang Xiaoshan met many acquaintances along the way, and greeted them one by one. When he arrived at his bamboo forest, he quickly found a bamboo. If they are too close together and too dense, no one can grow well.

As soon as he spit into the palm of his hand, someone ran over and offered to help: "Xiao Shan, do you want to chop bamboo? I'll do it. Is it because your hand is still not good?"

After speaking, he skillfully took out his hatchet from behind, grabbed the bamboo Zhang Xiaoshan had chosen, and asked, "Is it this one?"

Zhang Xiaoshan thanked him repeatedly, but the other party raised the knife and cut off the bamboo in seven or eight strokes. He smiled honestly: "What is there to thank? Do you want me to help you?"

　Next update, about nine o'clock~
　　
　
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