Tibet

Chapter 363 The Thing in the Couch
After entering December, the atmosphere of the New Year becomes stronger day by day. The New Year in the Tang Dynasty is called Yuan Ri, also known as New Year’s Day. Every household has to be cleaned. Pigs must be killed and bacon smoked with pine branches.

After the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year is more intense. Every family erects a long pole in the yard with flags and streamers on it. This is the meaning of feeling the east wind and praying for good weather in the coming year.

The military camp in Hezhong is already on holiday, and the soldiers are all going home to celebrate the New Year. It is stipulated that they must arrive at the military camp to report at the latest on the tenth day of the first lunar month, otherwise they will be punished as deserters.

Before dawn, Li Ye was awakened by a rustling sound in the room. He slowly opened his eyes, and saw the little maid, Xiao Hong lying on the ground, rummaging for something in the stomach of the bed with a wooden stick.
"What are you looking for?" Li Ye muttered, then turned over and continued to sleep.

"Madam asked me to find out all the old things. I remember a few pairs of broken shoes."

Li Ye yawned, "Didn't you say you should hide your old shoes at home during the New Year?"

"I want to hide the shoes, but I have to hide my own shoes. You can't hide other people's shoes. These are shoes left by the previous owner. Madam said that everything left by the previous owner should be burned to avoid bad luck."

"You little fool, won't you drag the bed out a little and get it from the other side?"

"I tried it, but I can't drag it." Xiaohong said aggrievedly.

"Oh! I forgot, I'm still lying on the bed!"

Li Ye had no choice but to sit up, yawned, and looked out the window, it was still dark.

"Xiao Hong, are you busy before dawn?"

"Madam said that the old things must be put into bags before dawn. It should have been packed last night, but I forgot."

How could there be so many weird customs, Li Ye got up and helped her drag the bed out.

"Huh!" Li Ye suddenly discovered that there was a hidden space in the bed, and there seemed to be a leather bag inside.

In fact, this is quite normal. The bed is hollow and placed in the bedroom. It has always been a place to hide valuables. Li Ye's predecessor also hid more than 100 cash in a small space in the bed. Ye found out by accident.

Therefore, when moving, no matter whether you are moving out or moving in, you will search carefully for the bed, so as not to be in vain for others, or expect to find a bargain.

Li Ye stretched out his hands and carefully took out the deerskin bag. With age, the deerskin bag was a bit rotten and easily torn.

The bag was heavy in his hand, and Xiao Hong came forward curiously, Li Ye smiled and said: "Whoever sees it will have a share, and I will share some good things with you!"

"Okay! Let's see what it is?"

Li Ye opened the rotten rope, and there was a bag full of golden beans inside, which weighed three to four catties, and Xiao Hong also covered her mouth and exclaimed.

There is also a roll of silk cloth inside, which is also a bit rotten. Li Ye slowly unfolded it, and there is a line of writing on it, which is quite beautiful in lower script, "Yuan Ri, the gods gave three catties of golden beans, and put them in the couch to avoid plague." . '

The inscription is "Tongtian two years, Shangguan Wan'er".

It turned out to be the three catties of golden beans left by Shangguan Wan'er. It turned out that my sleeping couch belonged to Shangguan Wan'er.

"Xiaohong, will your family hide beans on the bed during the New Year?"

Xiao Hong nodded, "Yes, put a catty of red beans in the bed, or throw a handful into the well, my father said, to avoid the plague, but it has to be taken out after a few months, because there will be insects."

Or was the palace extravagant, fearing that the beans would be infested with worms, all the golden beans were left behind by Shangguan Wan'er, meaning that Shangguan Wan'er also slept on this couch?A little fanciful.

Li Ye still grabbed two handfuls of golden beans and gave them to Xiaohong, and told her: "Take it away, go back and give it to your mother, and just say I gave it to you, don't say that you found it in the bed."

Xiaohong nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and happily ran back to the room with the golden beans in her hands.

At this time, Granny Wu, the housekeeper, shouted in the yard: "Xiao Hong, it's almost dawn, hurry up and take out the old things and burn them together!"

"Hey!"

Xiaohong agreed, and ran in quickly, put a few pairs of worn-out shoes in the bed into a bag, dragged them out together with other worn-out items and burned them.

Of course, according to New Year's customs, these are all worn-out items left by the previous owner, and generally don't throw away their own things, except for the broom, which has been used for a year and has a lot of filth on it, which must be burned before the New Year.

But Li Ye was looking at this bed. The bed used by Shangguan Wan'er must be a precious wood, and it has been more than 50 years since the second year of Tongtian, and the wood is quite strong, without any signs of moths.

The wood is hard and heavy, you can see gold stars on the wood grain, the luster is like silk, very beautiful, this should be the extremely precious Venus rosewood.

At this time, Li Ye saw Aunt Mu sneaking in with a bowl of soup.

"Ma'am, what's the matter?" Li Ye greeted her and asked.

Li Ye didn't know until he met his grandmother in Ganzhou that Aunt Mu's original surname was Mu. Mu was difficult to write and she couldn't read, so she changed it to Mu. It was very simple. , passed away very early, and now there are no relatives in the family, she is the only one left, and Li Ye really regards her as his grandmother.

Aunt Mu has eaten a lot of tonics given by Li Linfu in the past two years. Although she is still thin and small, her complexion and physique are obviously much better. Pei Sanniang arranged for a little maid to take care of her daily life. They are all busy chanting scriptures and worshiping Buddha.

"This is the bean I begged from the Great Mercy Temple, you eat it!"

Li Ye’s head grew bigger. Eating beans and hiding beans during the New Year is something that every household has to do, but Mrs. Mu not only makes New Year’s Day, she also makes herself drink bean juice soup and swallow raw adzuki beans four or five times a year. Each time there are 27. It can drive away evil spirits and avoid plague.

"I only got this after queuing for two hours, so hurry up and eat it!"

Looking at the aunt's earnest eyes, Li Ye had no choice but to bite the bullet and swallow a handful of beans, and drank another bowl of bean juice.

"That's good, I don't know when you will come back next time, hey!"

Aunt Mu turned to leave, Li Ye suddenly remembered something, called her quickly, went back to the house, put all the golden beans into another leather bag, and handed them to Aunt Mu heavily.

"Ma'am, these are golden beans, about three catties. Every time you go to the temple, give a few to the temple, and you won't have to queue in the future."

"Okay! Thank you, Ah Ye. Every time I donate seven coins to the monastery, it is a little less. In the future, I will give seven gold beans. I saw others give silver beans, and they can sit first in the puja." Row."

Li Ye smiled and said: "Then you can also sit in the first row in the future, and get more Buddhist spirit."

Li Ye took out another dzi bead necklace and hung it around Aunt Mu's neck, "This is the dzi bead enshrined by the king of Shiguo. , put it in the box and forgot."

Aunt Mu really likes this dzi bead. She is a person who worships Buddha. She knows this kind of dzi bead. It is enshrined in Daci'en Temple. Feeling very comfortable physically and mentally, she patted Li Ye's hand and said with a smile: "My aunt will chant scriptures and ask the Buddha to bless my Yeer's safety."

"Auntie, don't wear dzi beads when you go to the monastery, so as not to be robbed by thieves." Li Ye reminded again with a smile.

Aunt Mu smiled and said: "Don't worry! My aunt wears it at home. If this kind of Buddhist treasure is seen by the temple, she will persuade her to donate it. My aunt is also reluctant."

Aunt Mu left, and Li Ye practiced calligraphy for a while in the morning. Seeing that it was almost noon, Li Ye had nothing to do, so he went out to feel the atmosphere of the New Year.

(End of this chapter)