Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 118
Yuan Shi didn't know whether Wang Cuifeng really understood or was just pretending to perfunctory her, but looking at what Wang Cuifeng's colleague explained not far away, Yuan Shi was very satisfied. It didn't matter whether she meant it or not, as long as she said it.

"Mother, shall we go home now?" Chunqiu looked up at her mother, Yuan Shi, thinking that the two of them had been out for a while, and it was time to go back to the shop.

"Huh?" Yuan Shi lowered her head and smiled at Chunqiu, squinting her eyes, "Niuniu, are you tired? Go back, mother, I will talk to your Aunt Wang, and then our mother and I will go home."

After Yuan finished speaking, she walked quickly to Wang Cuifeng's side, bowed her head and whispered a few words to her, Chunqiu saw that Aunt Wang opened her mouth in surprise, and then nodded repeatedly.

After Yuan finished speaking, the girl turned around and waved to Chunqiu who was beside her. Chunqiu smiled and ran two steps quickly, and the two went back to the shop together.

Chunqiu didn't inquire seriously about what happened next, nor did her mother, Yuanshi, mention it. Anyway, this matter passed without incident.

The closer the New Year is, the fewer people there are in the shops. As the New Year approaches, the surrounding shops are closed one by one, ready to go home for the New Year.

Chunqiu's house has already been cleaned up, and they plan to close the door and go home in two days. Chunqiu doesn't know when the door will open after the next year, and because there are fewer and fewer people, Yuan simply didn't open the shop these two days. , Chinese New Year is coming soon, the market in Heishan Town is open frequently, Yuan and Yang Weibo went to the market twice to buy things, Spring and Autumn are bored at home, specially picked a warmer weather and followed During the market, she also took a special look at the stall of Aunt Wang's house. Although there were not as many people as on the first day, there were quite a few people who came to eat noodles, and the other party did not continue to use the reputation of Yang's shop this time. When Shi saw it, he specially greeted her twice.

December 23, Xiaonian.

Chunqiu and the others spent the New Year in the shop, and Yuan Shi specially bought a lot of fresh ingredients and cooked a large table of delicacies for Chunqiu and the others by himself. After a delicious meal, in the evening, Chunqiu and the others were deliberately taken out by Yang Weibo to watch an evening show.

Because of his short stature, Chunqiu was directly carried by Yang Weibo on his shoulder with one hand. He was very happy to see the lion dance surrounded by the crowd.

The tiger also wanted to see it. Yang Weibai let Chunqiu watch it for a while, put Chunqiu down, and picked up the tiger again. The two of them took turns to watch it. Among them, Yang Chunming bought some melon seeds and peanuts for them. , Watching while eating, Chunqiu watched with gusto, and the first year of coming here was also very fulfilling...

In addition to the New Year, Xiaonian is also a day for the Han people to worship the stove, commonly known as the Kitchen God Day. There is a saying that "officials, three peoples, four boats, and five". .

The Kitchen God is always worshiped at dusk. I just celebrated the New Year happily yesterday, and I woke up early again today, and the small body of Chunqiu couldn't bear it.

December 24, Sweeping Dust Day.

As the saying goes, "Dust the dust and sweep the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month", this is also the reason why Yuan called it early in the morning in the Spring and Autumn Period, that is, to clean the inside and outside of the shop.

Sweeping dust during the Spring Festival has a long history. According to the folklore of the Han nationality: Because "dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, sweeping dust during the Spring Festival has the meaning of "removing Chen and bringing forth the new". "Bad luck" is all swept out, hoping that the new year will be promoted and good luck will continue.

Moreover, in ancient times, after the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, it was collectively referred to as the year and month. Every household had to post Spring Festival couplets and hang door gods, because the family would return to Yangjia Village early tomorrow morning, and the shop would be closed until the first month. Yuan thought about it, and directly Decided to get everything done today.

Yang Chunming was asked by Yuan to write Spring Festival couplets in the room. Huzi and Chunqiu each held a small feather duster, and Yuan brought them into the room and asked them to clean it from beginning to end. Yang Weibo and Yuan also went to work on the front. shop.

When Chunqiu received the task he was about to complete, he directly discussed with the Huzi beside him. They couldn't reach the top of the wall, but they could still see the corners of the wall. The house hadn't been cleaned for a year, no matter if it was a spider web. Maybe the dust piled up for a while, the two murmured for a long time, and decided to start from the corner first, and then cleaned it with a broom.

Behind the bed, behind the cabinet, and in the corner, Chunqiu took a small feather duster and cleaned it bit by bit, while Huzi took care of some small things around. The broom on the side swept the dust and cobwebs to the door, "Okay, let's go to the next room, mother will collect it when she comes over," Chunqiu panted tiredly.

"Third Sister, let's go over there." Huzi held the feather duster in his hand, first stepped out of the threshold, then turned around and called Chunqiu who was still panting at the door.

"You go first, I'll take a rest" Chunqiu waved her hands feebly, panting a little tired, she let Huzi go first, after seeing Huzi leave, Chunqiu sat down on the threshold, thinking that there were still three rooms Without cleaning, she felt so uncomfortable that she wanted to cry, she was so tired!

Chunqiu rested for a while, then stood up from the threshold, leaning on the wall, stretched out his hand and patted his buttocks to wipe off the dust, and walked to the next door with the broom in his hand.

Huzi had already started cleaning at this time, Chunqiu circled around Huzi, and then cleaned with his back to Huzi, the two of them cleaned the house all morning after sweeping.

At noon, the few people had a simple meal. After eating, Yuan Shi and Yang Weibo got busy again. There were still many things in the warehouse that had not been cleaned up, including the things that were going to be brought home tomorrow, and the ingredients left over from the previous hot pot. , Yuan thought that it might be useful during the Chinese New Year, so she planned to take it home.

Chunqiu Huzi finished packing in the morning, and was asked by her mother Yuan to help her second brother in the afternoon. Yang Chunming wrote Spring Festival couplets all morning and planned to post them in the afternoon.

Chunqiu first ran to Yang Chunming's room to inquire, and found that the paste used to paste the Spring Festival couplets hadn't been made yet. Chunqiu left the tiger in the room and ran to the kitchen by himself.

The paste was made with flour and water. Chunqiu brought the paste into the house in the kitchen, "Second brother, shall we paste it now?" Chunqiu looked up at the paste behind the table Yang Chunming.

"Well, bring it here first." Yang Chunming nodded, signaling Chunqiu to bring the paste.

Chunqiu handed over the paste in his hand, and Yang Chunming stretched out his hand to hold it, while turning over the written Spring Festival couplets, picked up the stick in the paste and obliterated it.

"Qiu'er, you can do the rest. I'll paste the Spring and Autumn Festival like a tiger." Yang Chunming finished the Spring Festival couplets to be pasted on the door of the shop, and returned the paste in his hand to Chunqiu.

Chunqiu looked at the Spring Festival couplets all over the table, nodded and said, "Oh, I know."

Yang Chunming smiled, then called Huzi who was beside him, and the two went out one after the other.

Chunqiu sorted out all the Spring Festival couplets on the table according to the upper and lower sentences. The previous recognition of characters was very fruitful. At least Chunqiu was able to recognize all these traditional characters.

"The five grains are plentiful and the six animals are thriving." Chunqiu read the couplet written by her second brother, um, it looks like a Spring Festival couplet pasted in the warehouse.

Chunqiu nodded, put all the Spring Festival couplets he had guessed aside, then turned around, smeared them with paste, and waited for her second brother to come in to get them...

The family of five worked hard all day during the day, and worshiped the Kitchen God at night. After everything was done, everyone was exhausted, so Chunqiu went to bed early.

(End of this chapter)