City Start Striving for Becoming a Rich Man

Chapter 267

Twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month

Today is also called Xiaonian, and there is a proverb among the folks, Twenty-three, Sacrifice to the stove.

The twenty-third of the twelfth lunar month is the day to worship the kitchen god.

The Stove Lord is considered to be a god of the way, and on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, offering sacrifices to the Stove God is to send Stove Lord to heaven.

A week later, on the night of New Year’s Eve, Lord Zao will bring his family’s good, bad, bad, and bad luck to the world with other gods during the year.

After the New Year, the other gods will return to heaven, and only the Stove Lord will stay in the kitchens of every household.

After dinner, Ni Shixiao placed the tribute on the stove in Baylor House.

There are four-color pastries, two bowls of glutinous rice balls, tofu and rice.

There were also three wine glasses filled with rice wine and three pairs of chopsticks.

Put three more incense in the incense burner.

“Tang Jing, come and kneel down and worship Lord Stove Lord, and let Lord Stove bless you.”

Ni Shixiao asked Tang Jing, who was standing aside, to kneel down and hand her the incense, asking her to worship Lord Stove.

Tang Jing obediently went over and knelt down, and bowed bye.

When it was almost 12 o’clock, Ni Shixiao awakened Tang Jing who was already napping on the sofa.

“Tang Jing, get up, it’s time to change the kitchen god statue”

“Ok”

Ni Shixiao took the old kitchen god statue out of the shrine on the stovetop, with paper money.

Yellow paper and tin silk were burned at the gate of Baylor House, and six incense sticks were lit.

Sangen handed it over to Tang Jing: “Come bye bye, please ask Lord Stove to tell us more in front of the Jade Emperor.”

In fact, Ni Shixiao doesn’t believe this too much, but this is a rule that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Even if it is to comfort the elderly at home, it must be done.

Ordinary farmers, with a bit of spiritual sustenance, pray for blessings and bless their families, and cannot be blamed on superstition.

When you are helpless, as long as there is a way to pay, you may be willing to try any method.

After burning the paper.

Ni Shixiao shared the glutinous rice balls and dim sum that were enshrined on the stove just now with Tang Jing.

This is also an old tradition. This is called eating blessing. The more you eat, the more blessed you are!

After eating, Ni Shixiao said to Tang Jing: “Go to bed early. We have to clean up tomorrow.”

“Well, I got it.”

Ni Shixiao has put all the servants on vacation, letting them go back for the New Year.

Twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month

“Twenty-Four, Dust Sweeping Day”, sweeping dust means year-end sweeping, called Shan Dust in the south and sweeping the house in the north.

Cleaning up before the Spring Festival is a well-known traditional custom. Today, the whole family should work together to clean the house, wash the bedding, scrub the pots and bowls, and greet the new year cleanly.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

Legend has it that this is the day when the gods return to heaven, and only some little gods on duty come to look after order.

You don’t have to be afraid of offending the gods in your home by using this day’s time to clean or move objects.

Although Baylor House is large, there are dedicated servants in charge of cleaning it.

The room is actually very clean. Ni Shixiao and Tang Jing just need to scrub the living room, kitchen and their own bedroom.

In one morning, the two of them cleaned up the room.

Randomly grabbing a bit|West, Ni Shixiao went to Tang Jing’s room and removed her bed sheet, duvet cover, and pillowcase.

“Tang Jing, do you like this four-piece style now?”

Ni Shixiao took out a set and bought it and hadn’t used it, but asked Tang Jing about the four-piece set that had been removed and washed.

The four-piece set is printed with elegant lotus, not fancy, only simple lines, Ni Shixiao chose according to his own aesthetics.

“Shixiao, I like it very much!”

Fortunately, Tang Jing’s aesthetic is similar to that of Ni Shixiao, and she also likes the current color.

“Okay, then you help me put on a duvet cover.”

Ni Shixiao first pulled the quilt cover back out, and then tucked the velvet quilt into the quilt cover.

She squeezed one foot and let Tang Jing squeeze the other one, lift the quilt up and shake it a few times, and then reverse the quilt cover.

Close the zipper and the duvet cover is installed.

This technique was taught by his mother when he went to university in the previous world.

At home, quilts are not used, but quilts are used.

The quilt is two large and small pieces of cloth, one on top of the quilt, and the larger one on the bottom.

Then, fold the four corners of the larger piece and sew it with needles and threads.

When it is dirty, remove the needle and thread and wash it.

The quilt core is not bought, but the cotton we grow in the house is pressed into cotton wool, and then I find a master who plays cotton to play.

The quilt is also light and heavy. When it is not cold, it covers 4 catties, and when it is cold, it covers 6 catties or 8 catties.

There are ten catties and twelve catties.

The upper part is less, and the twelve catties are a little heavy, which will make people breathless…

In rural areas, it is not that there are too heavy quilts to cover the children, which leads to the death of children who can’t breathe.

Holding the changed bed sheet and duvet cover, Ni Shixiao went to the pool in the front yard to clean it.

Although there is a washing machine, he still decided to wash it by hand. It is not so much that he is washing, it is better to say that he misses it.

After washing and rinsing.

Ni Shixiao and Tang Jing pinched one end of the quilt and straightened it.

Then the two turned in different directions, twisted the quilt cover into a twist, and squeezed the water out of the quilt cover.

After that, let the washed things hang on the drawn rope.

The sun is okay today, and the climate in Yanjing is dry. It is estimated that it will be almost dry by night.

Take it to the dryer to bake it, and then it can be set up.

After washing|West, the two went to the kitchen to pick soybeans, and picked out the dirt and small particles from the beans.

Tang Jing, who was picking soybeans, asked Ni Shixiao strangely: “Why are we picking soybeans, do we want to cook pig’s feet?”

“Little fool, soy beans must be grinded tofu,” Ni Shixiao said with a smile.

“Make tofu, then how do I know, it turns out that we don’t make tofu.”

There is no custom of making tofu in Tang Jing’s mountains.

“It’s okay if you don’t know. When the pick is done, we will soak the soybeans. We will grind the beans early tomorrow morning.

Beside the kitchen in Baylor House, there is still the original stone mill.

In fact, you can also find them near the processing plant, but Ni Shixiao wants to use a stone grinder to grind the beans. The stone grinder should be more delicious.

Twenty-fifth lunar month

The folk saying goes “Twenty-five, grinding tofu”. It is said that after the kitchen god reports to the Jade Emperor, the Jade Emperor will visit the world.

Seeing whether the Kitchen God’s words are true or not, all households use tofu dregs to show their diligence and thrift.

Early in the morning, Ni Shixiao woke Tang Jing up.

Ni Shixiao looked at the beans in the kitchen. They were soaked and fully hydrated.

It can be polished.

He pushes, Tang Jing is responsible for adding beans.

The beans were ground into a white silt in a few hours.

A large pot of water was boiled in the large pot on the stove, and after the water boiled, the ground beans were poured into the pot.

Stir slowly and let it heat evenly! .

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