The beautiful pastoral field of Jiangmen girl

Chapter 160 New Year's Eve, We Have Guests (3)
"Miss, it's time for the young master to get up...Miss, wake up, it's getting late..."

There was someone repeating softly beside her ear tirelessly, and Qing Shu, who was sleeping soundly, half-opened her eyes in a daze, "What time is it?"

"It's two quarters of Yin time, miss, it's too late if you stop, today is the first day of the Chinese New Year." Xiao Yu held the pink women's dress that Qing Shu was going to wear today, and stood under the kang to remind her.There is a folk saying that the first day of the Lunar New Year is the beginning of a year, people have to get up in the dark, they must get up before the sun rises, kneel down and worship all the gods, and ask all the gods to bless the whole family with good health and good luck.If you wake up at night and are driven ahead by the sun, the gods of all walks of life will not hear your prayers, which means you are lazy and not diligent, and the gods will not take care of you.

The four words on the first day of the Lunar New Year reminded Qingshu, so that she would wake up immediately and no longer be confused.She sat up and patted Zhengxiang's younger brother who was sleeping next to her, "Xiaoyang, wake up, it's time to get up, don't be lazy, Mr. Lu wants to slap his palm."

I don't know whether it was the word "lazy" that played a role, or Mr. Lu's threat of slapping his palm. Qingyang sat up in a daze, but he lazily leaned on Qingshu's body, muttering sleepy.

Qingshu put on the cotton-padded clothes, asked Xiaoyu to take the clothes that Qingyang was going to wear today, and worked together with Xiaoyu to dress the sleepy Qingyang properly, then patted his face to make him open his eyes, and then She pinched his nose, "Go, Xiaojuan brought hot water, you go outside to wash your face."

Then Qingyang shook his little head, sat down on the edge of the kang, waited for Xiaoyu to put on his shoes, then went down to the outer room.

Qingshu asked Xiaoyu to tidy up the bedding, and stood behind the screen to put on her clothes before turning out.The clothes she is wearing today are exactly the same as the ones given to Bu Yuyan.

After Qingshu washed up, Xiaoyu had already tidied up the kang and combed Qingshu and Qingyang's hair.

After a while, Mother Su came to remind me that the front was ready.

Because it was still dark outside, the lights in the house were still on.Xiaoyu held up a lantern to light up in front, and Qingshu siblings followed behind. When they arrived at the open space in the front yard, Gu Qiang had already led people to make everything ready.On the altar table, two kinds of fruits and two kinds of snacks were placed, and a fire was lit on the ground, beside which were two 枡 (枡, an ancient utensil for storing grain) full of whole grains.

Someone next to him handed incense over, Qingyang took it, lit three sticks of incense, respectfully inserted them into the incense burner, and then knelt down on the blanket spread on the ground.Gu Yeshi knelt down a few steps behind him, followed by Qingshu, who knelt down a few steps behind him.Then, the servants in the mansion, headed by Gu Qiang, knelt down separately for men and women.

The so-called kneeling to worship the gods of all walks of life refers to worshiping the heavens and the earth.When this head is licked down, it’s just a round of licking.

After finishing this, everyone went to the front of the house where the two guns bestowed by the emperor were enshrined. Only Qingyang, Gu Yeshi and Qing Shu entered the room to lick their heads, and everyone else knelt outside the room and licked their heads.

Next, everyone in the courtyard kowtowed to their ancestors in the direction of the general's tomb.There lay Qingshu's grandparents and the general's father, so it naturally became the place where their ancestors lived.Because their general's father is the second son, only Gu Yunfu, the eldest son, can enshrine the tablets of the two old people after the death of their grandparents, so the ancient mansion can only adopt this method instead of setting up another ancestral hall for the two old people in the mansion .All that is offered in the mansion is the tablet of the general's father.

The end of this, the important ceremony of the morning is over.The next step is to cook dumplings in the kitchen, and everyone eats dumplings.

The stewed pork with sauerkraut in the pot is ready; the meatballs and vegetarian meatballs are ready-made, steamed, and can be served with the prepared soup; the braised pork is also ready, sitting on the drawer, ready to serve It can be served on the table; chicken stewed with mushrooms is also good; the frozen skin is cut up and just waiting for the sauce; Xu Sanniang is busy making braised fish.

Qingshu arranged four tables, one was at Mr. Lu's side, where Mr. Lu, Zhou Boyan and Qingyang ate together.The second table is in Gu Ye's Wenlan Courtyard; the third table is the dining hall where they made dumplings last night in the kitchen yard. On weekdays, this is where Xu Sanniang, their women and children eat, and Qingshu will bring her female relatives here today. eat.The fourth table is next door, and it is where the strong men eat on weekdays.

Today, whether it is the master or the servant, Qing Shu has arranged the same meal.Six courses, dumplings with meat stuffing.Not only that, but also generously donated fruit wine, Mr. Lu sent a small altar to the table, two small altars to the woman's table, and two small altars to the strong men's side.

When the dishes were served and the fruit wine was poured, Mr. Lu laughed out loud immediately, saying that Qing Shu was so generous that he was willing to take out the fruit wine.At the beginning, he was so concerned about it, Qingshu only gave him a small altar, and then he never gave it to him again because there was not much left.

Qingyang knew about her sister's arrangement, so she sent a letter to Mr. Lu in advance, "Sir, my sister has always been a treasure and refused to give you more, just to make you happy during the Chinese New Year. My sister said, I will send you the last one in the evening." It doesn’t matter whether you drink it sparingly or finish it all at once, anyway, it’s the last two jars, no matter how much you think about it, my sister won’t be able to change it.”

Mr. Lu was happy at first, thinking of the eight small altars that Zhou Dachang took away, he immediately made a serious face on purpose, "Your sister is stingy." Pointing at Zhou Boyan, "If you are willing to give this kid eight altars, why don't you give him a few more altars?" ?”

Qingyang was stunned by this question, with a bitter face, it took him a long time to find an excuse, "Brother Yan traded something good for my sister."

"What good thing? Tell the master, and the husband will also exchange it with your sister for fruit wine."

Zhou Boyan gave Qingyang meatballs, "Eat it while it's hot, it won't taste good if it's cold." In one sentence, Qingyang's attention was diverted, and Mr. Lu would not let him play with Qingyang anymore.

Mr. Lu knew that Zhou Boyan was protecting Qingyang and would not let him tease him, so he smiled and gave up, moved the small jar of fruit wine to him, and took it for himself, not wanting to take advantage of Zhou Boyan.

Zhou Boyan pretended not to see, while eating vegetables, he took care of Qingyang from time to time.

Mr. Lu drank red wine and ate delicious dishes, looking at the two very intimate disciples in front of him from time to time.Disciple, yes, Zhou Boyan is his disciple, although Zhou Boyan never admits it, but he was indeed Zhou Boyan's teacher, he was Zhou Boyan's enlightenment teacher.

If the accident five years ago hadn't happened, if he had been more careful, if he hadn't believed in her so much and given her too much freedom at that time, that accident would never have happened, and everything would be different. Those fresh lives one after another would not be killed or injured, or go away, or die in a foreign country, and end in such a tragic way.

He thought of his beloved woman, and the way her beloved woman looked at him with such desolate eyes at the end, suddenly felt a pain in his heart, and lowered his eyes.Until she turned and left, he didn't tell her that he didn't blame her for loving others in her heart, he only blamed her for killing so many innocent people for her own selfishness.And among these innocent people, there was his elder brother whom he respected, his good brother, and the man he admired.

(End of this chapter)