Hou Men's Pampering: Splendid Little Doctor Girl

Chapter 155
"It's not too late to know now, and I'll know it in the future, so as not to be laughed at because I don't understand etiquette."

Yun's arranged the kumquats, and came over to cut the window grilles with Fang Dongqiao and Fang Xiayao.

Over there, Fang Jingshu, Fang Jingpeng, and Fang Jingtai each posted auspicious words written by themselves in their own yards, but Fang Dongqiao's handwriting was not good enough, so the elder brother Fang Jingshu had to write a couplet for her and posted it on the In the bamboo lotus courtyard.

Of course, Fang Mingcheng and Yun's main house, Su Lige, Rong Chaoliang, Gong Tianyu, and two guest room courtyards, the couplets at the gate of Fang's house are all written by Fang Jing, who is the big brother Fang Jingshu's calligraphy It's just so good-looking, so as not to waste his talent, he naturally made the best use of it.

As for Mr. Ye's courtyard, there is no need for Fang Jingshu's ghostwriting at all. Mr. Ye's handwriting is good-looking, and even Fang Dongqiao's eyes shine when he looks at Mr. Ye's couplet.

Needless to say, it's nothing to be talented in handwriting, hard work is the most important thing.

Ye Lao was old, so where should his qualifications be? Although Fang Jingshu's handwriting is very good, it is still a little bit worse than Ye Lao's handwriting. It is a kind of experience left over from the years, not hard practice. can catch up.

Finally, the Fang family finished all the Spring Festival couplets, the window grilles of the Chinese zodiac, and pasted them up. Fang Dongqiao looked at the lively picture of the window grilles of the cartoon images of the Chinese zodiac, and smiled so brightly.

"Sure enough, the window grilles in my house are the most beautiful and rare."

"Isn't it strange that you girl came up with the picture?"

Fang Xiayao joked beside her.

But to be honest, the window grilles are the same every year. This year Fang Dongqiao's cartoon picture of the twelve zodiac signs drawn with charcoal lines is a little more vivid than in previous years, which is very gratifying to watch.

"However, the picture of the twelve zodiac signs has been changed by Qiaoer in this way, and it looks much more interesting."

Fang Jingshu had just come back from pasting the Spring Festival couplets outside the gate, when he saw the cartoon grilles of the twelve zodiac signs on the window, his brows and eyes could not help but frown.

"It's more than interesting, it's so interesting, is this a tiger? It looks so cute, and is this a snake? It looks like a beautiful doll, is this that annoying mouse? Why is it so pleasing to look at? , and this lamb, so playful and beautiful."

Fang Jingtai looked at them one by one curiously, commenting while watching.

"Xiaotai, come down quickly, you are so old, why are you trying to be naughty like your sister." Yun raised her hand and patted Fang Jingtai. "Come down quickly. Tomorrow is New Year's Eve. Mother made new clothes and shoes for you all. Come over and try them on. See if you need to change them. Come tomorrow. If you put them on, I don't have the time to modify them for you." Yun Shi came over with a few winter clothes and robes, and saw that the style and size of the clothes were just right, but the color was all red, so it was strange to wear them. weird.

"Mother, why do you have to wear bright red clothes? The second sister can wear it alone. She is going to be a bride on the eighth day of the first lunar month, and we don't need it. Why do we have to wear red clothes?"

As soon as Fang Dongqiao said this, she was glared at by Mrs. Yun.

"Mother told you to wear it, so there are so many words."

"But mother, this dress is too colorful, it feels awkward."

Fang Dongqiao never liked bright red and green clothes, her clothes were much more simple and elegant.

"Qiao Er, you must wear red clothes tomorrow, even if it's awkward, you have to wear them." Fang Jingshu laughed.

"Why?" Why do you have to wear red clothes? In the previous life, it seemed that only men and women with deep resentment wore red clothes before they died.

Although they are celebrating the New Year in red clothes, they are full of red everywhere, which is too amazing to look at.

"There is an allusion, Qiao Er. You read so many books on weekdays, why didn't you see this one?" Fang Jingshu teased Fang Dongqiao.

"What allusion, is there an allusion to wearing a red dress?" Fang Dongqiao looked at Fang Jingshu wonderingly.

"Of course. There is such an interesting story that has been passed down from generation to generation among the folks: According to legend, in the ancient prehistoric era, there was a ferocious monster called "Nian". Climb out to hurt people and animals, destroy the fields, and bring disaster to the people who have worked hard for a year."

"In order to avoid the Nian beast, on the [-]th night of the twelfth lunar month, people close the door early before dark. They dare not sleep and wait for the dawn. To pass the time and to strengthen their courage, they drink alcohol. When the Nian beast does not come out on the first day of the new year, Only then did they dare to go out. People bowed to each other when they met, congratulated each other, and rejoiced that they were not eaten by the Nian beast. After so many years, nothing happened, and people relaxed their vigilance against the Nian beast." At this point, Fang Jingshu stopped.

"Next? What about the next story?" Fang Dongqiao urged.

"The next story is that on the [-]th night of a year, the Nian beast suddenly rushed to a village in the south of the Yangtze River. The people in the village were almost eaten up by the Nian beast. Only one family hung red curtains and wore red clothes. The newlyweds are safe and sound. There are still a few children who are playing with a pile of bamboo in the yard. The fire is bright red. After the bamboo burns, there is a "pop" sound. The Nian beast turns here and sees the fire. Turn around and run away. Since then, people know that the Nian beast is afraid of red, light and noise. At the end of the new year, every household pastes red paper, wears red robes, hangs red lights, beats gongs and drums, and sets off firecrackers, so that the Nian beast will not be afraid. Dare to come again."

There are such allusions?
It turns out that the Chinese character for Chinese New Year was a ferocious beast in ancient times, and Fang Dongqiao has learned a lot about it.

On New Year's Eve, on New Year's Eve, every family gathers to have a reunion dinner.

The ancients paid special attention to this reunion dinner. Officials in the prisons of the Great Zhou Dynasty all released prisoners and went home to have New Year’s Eve dinner with their families on this day, of course, except for the prisoners who were heavily detained for rebellion.

On this day, the sound of chopping vegetables and meat on the chopping board came from the kitchens of every household, thump, thump, thump, thump, and the housewives were busy in the kitchen all day long, busy with the New Year's Eve dinner, so busy that they didn't touch the ground.

The children were running around, covering their ears in the alleys and corners, happily setting off firecrackers, crackling, crackling, crackling.

Fang Dongqiao also joined in the fun with Fang Jingtai, setting off a long string of red firecrackers, right at the gate, the sound of firecrackers made Fang Dongqiao stomp her feet, covered her ears and ran away, letting Fang Jingtai continue to set off.

In the evening, the whole family sat together for a reunion dinner. This was the first New Year's Eve dinner for the Fang family in five years.

The third uncle, the second son of the third uncle, and the three grandsons of the grandson of the third uncle, plus Fang Mingcheng, the three sons of the Fang family, they form a table, and other women, girls and children sit at the other table. The dinner table is lively. Noisy, everyone is beaming.

Of course, Fang Dongqiao also saw the sadness of her father Fang Mingcheng passing away occasionally, so naturally she thought of Fang Dashan and Mrs. Chen, but fortunately Fang Mingcheng just thought about it and didn't really mean to get involved with that side. .

Although every year when he gave the third uncle a new year gift, he also gave a portion to Fang Dashan, all of which were 20 catties of meat, [-] catties of fish and shrimp, [-] catties of rice, and [-] catties of white flour. There are high-quality materials based on the number of people, and of course silver is given, leaving [-] taels of silver on both sides.

The Fang family didn't care too much about the money and food, as long as Fang Mingcheng felt better.

From Fang Jingtai's mouth, Fang Dongqiao heard that her father's New Year's gift is the most important to Fang Dashan. Since the separation of the first house and the third house, they have lived their own lives, and they have not obeyed Fang Dashan's words like before. , they all began to plan to live their own lives, and naturally Fang Dashan and Mrs. Chen didn't have so much to be filial to.

Fang Dashan and Mrs. Chen watched Fang Mingcheng's New Year's ceremony, and I'm afraid that the New Year's Eve dinner tonight will be uncomfortable. Who told them that they were too cruel at the beginning, but now they can only swallow the bitterness by themselves, even if they regret it, it's useless up.

Thinking of this, Fang Dongqiao shook her head amusedly, she should have a happy New Year's Eve dinner now, why think of those top relatives.

With this thought, Fang Dongqiao naturally turned all his attention to the New Year's Eve dinner.

This New Year's Eve dinner is naturally rich. The whole family reunite, sitting around the table, eating the reunion dinner together, the feeling in my heart is really indescribable. I didn't expect that she had so many relatives in ancient times. She almost forgot about the New Year's Eve feeling.

Looking at the big dishes on the dinner table, cold pots, hot stir-fries, and snacks, the big table is fully covered.Of course, there are two dishes on the New Year's Eve dinner are absolutely indispensable.

That is hot pot and fish. I heard from my mother that there must be these two dishes. There is also a reason. When the hot pot is hot, red peppers are rolling in the soup, which means that next year will be red. It's booming, what about this fish, Fang Dongqiao knows that in the previous life, he also meant to take it as more than every year.

Of course, the dishes on the New Year’s Eve dinner are all exquisite, such as radish, which has another name of Caitou, which means good fortune. What about fried food such as lobster, which means that the next year’s family luck will be prosperous like a raging fire. , At the end of the meal, there will be a dessert, implying that the days to come will be sweet.

Fang Dongqiao listened to Yun's introduction of the meaning of these dishes to her one by one, so she had to memorize them well and keep them firmly in mind.

"Mother, don't worry, Qiaoer has remembered it all, so there won't be any jokes next time."

Yun looked at it and smiled, and poured Fang Dongqiao a glass of wine. The wine was clear and fragrant, and seemed very familiar.

"Mother, can Qiao Er also drink?"

"Of course, adults and children can drink some wine during the New Year's Eve dinner. There is no need to be taboo. Drink it. This is the peach blossom wine that your sister learned from Zhao Anshunniang. Drink less, it won't be intoxicating, and It tastes very good and sweet, and I guess Qiaoer will like it." Yun looked at Fang Dongqiao with a smile.

Fang Dongqiao picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and it was as mother said, very sweet, just like fruit wine, not intoxicating.

(End of this chapter)