Husband and wife are hot on the kang

Yu Liangji didn't go this time, and he didn't intend to take Yu Baobao there, it was too cold outside!

Now that the house is kept warm all day long, the wind is always howling outside, there is no snow for two days, and it is early for three days. Now he can finally understand why there was ice and snow everywhere when he was looking at the scenery of the Northland.

In such a cold weather, isn't there ice and snow everywhere!

The weather is so cold, how could it be possible to let the children go to the county seat?Let's wait until spring!

And 23 is when the big offerings are made. Last year, Yu Juren made things for the offerings. This year, everything was made by Chef Huang!

After delivering the stove lord, the remaining stove candy was distributed to the children.

24 is the day to write couplets. Unfortunately, if Yu’s family wants to post couplets this year, they can only paste couplets on yellow paper. Yu Liangji never thought about it, so this year, like last year, the door is closed.

It was not until the 25th of the twelfth lunar month that people came back and bought a lot of items. Yu's family bought the same items this year as last year, but there were more people, and the amount also increased.

I didn't buy firecrackers and other things because there is still a baby at home after all, so I can't put window grilles or set off firecrackers this year.

New clothes can be worn, but they cannot have bright colors, such as bright red and purple, which are absolutely impossible. They can only have single colors such as royal blue, navy blue and other deep colors.

"Uncle, when can we have firecrackers?" Yu Baobao has already heard from his playmates that other people's homes have firecrackers, but his own doesn't.

He remembered that when his father was around, there were still firecrackers, but now life is better than when his father was around, why are there no firecrackers?

"You will be able to have firecrackers next year during the Chinese New Year, but not this year, because your father just celebrated his anniversary, so you have to catch up carefully." Yu Liangji picked up the baby and told him the rules of filial piety.

Although Yu Liangji is not very clear, but the filial piety lasts for three years, but to be more precise, it is 27 months, and Yu Baobao will be considered to be filial piety in the twelfth lunar month of next year.

"Oh." Yu Baobao nodded, indicating that he understood, but he still didn't quite understand it. He probably understood that because it was his father's trend, his family could not have firecrackers this year, and there were no firecrackers last year.

The family bought a lot of cloth, of course not for making new clothes, but for gifting. It is not expensive cloth, but fine cotton cloth, coarse cotton cloth, and local batik homespun.

They are all things that farmers can use.

The clothes they will wear during the Chinese New Year have also been prepared early, and there are not many dry goods left. They mainly bought some seafood. There are merchants from afar who sell dried squid and scallops. Shi Hongda buys them all. After coming back a lot, he knew that Yu Juren likes to eat seafood.

In addition, the Yu family has no share in the red paper, firecrackers, fireworks and other items bought by other people's homes, but Shi Hongda also bought a lot of sacrificial items, and even a small house!

Although it is paper, it is very interesting, like a miniature version of their home.

"I watched someone stab it and burn it to parents and brother-in-law." Shi Hong told Xiao Juren in a loud voice that it was his masterpiece.

Yu Liangji glared at him, and put the little sacrifice away properly. There were still a lot of paper carts, paper horses, and two golden boys and jade girls. It was interesting to look at Xiao Juren without being afraid, but this kind of thing cannot be suppressed. , I can only leave it well.

In addition, six hundred catties of honeycomb briquettes were added to the firewood room at home, and a lot of condiments were added to the kitchen, as well as persimmon cakes, frozen pears and other items bought back.

Most importantly, I bought half a cow back!

Beef!

It's less than drooling.

There are also six sheep, all of which are prairie sheep sold from Inner Mongolia. This kind of sheep has drank a lot of water since childhood, and has no smell on its body. Batu personally picked it. , are absolutely delicious!

And 25 is the day to grind tofu. Chef Huang took Xiao Huang early and drove the only donkey cart left in the house to Sun's house to grind tofu. He also bought a lot of dried tofu. Dried tofu.

Although there are tofu sellers in the county, the taste is not as good as that of Sun's!

At the age of 26, the family killed two big roosters, and Miss Huang did it herself. That was a snap!

Baduo was the one who killed the sheep, but Aya was the one who skinned the sheep. All six sheep were killed. Anyway, it was freezing at this time, so the lamb meat would not be damaged!

Batu also disassembled the half of the cow, leaving only the head of the boss.

26 is the time to cut the meat of the new year!

At 27, no one in the village went to Zhang's family to catch the big fair. Only the brothers of the Fu family went ahead of time and stayed at a relative's house, waiting to buy new year's goods there!

All the people in the village went to the river ahead, each family caught a few big fish, and they were self-sufficient. While they were still alive, they quickly transported them to their homes and kept them in the prepared water tanks. At that time, the fish in the Northland were expensive!

Especially live carp, live silver carp and live grass carp.

At the age of 28, someone put up window grilles, but there was still no movement at Yu's house.

However, at 28, there were already children who came out with firecrackers, but it may be because of what the family said, there were few children who came to play with Yu Baobao, and most of them came to play with Yu Baobao, and never seduced him to go out, let alone Set off firecrackers at home.

Yu Juren also asked his little nephew and two friends to receive their classmates, and asked the kitchen to make snacks. They could not drink tea, but they could drink honey and hawthorn water, which was sweet and sour, and delicious.

They also gave them thawed pears to eat, and they were not allowed to eat more persimmon cakes, for fear that the children would become constipated if they ate too much.

On the 29th day, I started to stew various dishes again, and there was a burst of fragrance from the kitchen.

The same 29 is the day of offering sacrifices.

This year, the offerings at Yu's family surprised everyone!

A pig's head, he knew, it was the head of the pig he slaughtered at home, and it had been frozen outside for preservation.

A sheep's head, the six sheep I just bought, the only sheep's head of a young ram with horns!

There is also a big bull head, which is the beef from a beef cattle bought by the family. It is a beef cattle raised by a foreign family. If you sell it to them, you can sell it for a high price. Half a cow costs 20 taels of silver!

"The bull's head is what the old man insisted on. Otherwise, if it's just a cow, 15 taels would be enough!" Liu Wenxi settled the score with distress.

"I didn't hear that you like to eat bull's head?" Yu Juren looked at Shi Hongda.

My family is not picky about food, especially Shi Hongda. When I was a filial piety, I didn't see him greedy for meat. If he likes to eat beef head, how could he not know about it after living together for so long?

Every time I go to buy beef, I almost buy a bull's head!

"It doesn't matter whether I like it or not. What's important is that today's big offering will come in handy." Shi Hongda pointed at three heads: "Last year, I had no choice but to keep it simple. This year, you already have a family business." I'm dead, I want to congratulate the ancestors, I want to bring the baby to sacrifice, it's a big sacrifice!"

Xiao Juren listened and sniffed, a little moved!

He didn't think so much, he just felt that he had been very busy and fulfilled this year, and he had done all the things he wanted to do. Now the village is safe, and there is Le Xuetang, and his little nephew goes to school right in front of him. , Even going out to play reassures him.

It's time to give the Yu family another tribute.

So Yu Juren did it himself, and carried the boss's bull's head to the offering board, and then the pig's head, which were quite heavy. Unfortunately, Shi Hongda could only watch, because the ancestral hall was not for the family members, so they were not allowed to enter.

The lightest is the sheep's head.

These three are the main force.

What is left is a whole big rooster, a whole big gander, and a whole male duck, which are put on the second offering board.

The offering board in his house has been replaced with a ladder. There are three floors in total. The first floor is for the big offerings, the second floor is for the second offerings, and the third floor is for the third offerings.

Last year there was only one offering, but this year it has been changed to three offerings.

This is really a big offering!

The third offering is pea yellow, red bean cake, mung bean cake and plain hair cake that Chef Huang had already prepared.

Cook Huang is indeed a handy cook. The pea yellow is made into the shape of a lotus flower, the red bean cake is made into a carnation shape, the mung bean cake is a square piece, and five pieces are stacked together. It became layer by layer, and there were as many as six layers in total.

Counting the four members of the Yu family who died, plus Yu Juren and Yu Baobao, there are not six members of the Yu family!

The sacrifices were all placed at the door, and Yu Juren brought Yu Baobao and the two of them groaning and dumped everything in, especially the paper things that were about to be burned.

After the uncle and nephew tidied up their clothes, they turned around, knelt down respectfully and kowtowed, then looked up, kowtowed again, and began to burn the paper.

The ancestral hall is not heated, and there is no stove or brazier. It is a little cold inside, but after burning paper, Xiao Juren feels much warmer!

In particular, there are still a lot of best products burned!

He deliberately burned several Four Books and Five Classics that he copied on weekdays, and only he himself knew who was burned.

In the midst of the fireworks, Yu Juren felt that the ancestral hall he built was worthwhile, so that the dead souls of the Yu family could have a place to live, and he would definitely take good care of his baby, so let them rest assured!

These sacrifices are to be placed on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the weather in the north is cold, let alone the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, even on the second day of the second lunar month.

After waking up early in the morning, he began to make offerings, offering incense and burning paper to kowtow, and after a toss with the baby, he was sent back to the Westinghouse to rest.

But Yu Juren had no time to rest, so he came out of the ancestral hall, changed his clothes, and got into the shed.

Thirty small baskets were prepared at home, and he put two cucumbers, four green peppers, six persimmons, a handful of rapeseed, a handful of spinach and a handful of coriander in each small basket; the old village head had two more Green peppers and a handful of leeks; Che’s house has two more cucumbers and two green peppers; other people’s houses are the same.

Then Shi Hongda drove the donkey cart, Yu Juren carried the things, dressed neatly, and went out to give New Year's greetings from house to house!

Last year, Shi Hongda went there on his behalf. This time they were together, and the first family was naturally the old village head's family. Apart from his own family, the old village head's family was the most prestigious in this village.

When they arrived, their family was cooking pork, the eldest daughter-in-law was looking at the pot, the second daughter-in-law was chopping chicken, the eldest son was gathering around the fire, and the old village head was commanding the second son to burn the hair on the pig's hooves with confidence. .

Seeing the two of them coming to the door, and looking at the things they were holding in their hands, the old village head welcomed them into the house cheerfully.

Shi Hongda didn't go in. After all, there were a lot of gifts for others on the donkey cart. If he went in, it would be bad for you to bring gifts into someone's house and then bring them out.

Seems disrespectful enough!

So only Yu Juren went in with a basket, and he stayed at the door to wait for someone.

Anyway, the clothes were thick enough, and it was not cold outside, so he waited for Yu Juren in the car.

"I won't say anything more. This is a New Year's gift for your old age. It's all about the future of the big shed at home. I'll give you a taste of something new." Yu Liangji was not polite, and gave the gift first when he entered the house.

Open the lid covering the basket, and the vegetables inside are immediately exposed!

"I said why you haven't moved for a long time, kid, co-authoring is a good time!" The old village chief joked cheerfully.

Generally, New Year’s gifts are delivered in advance, because in the first month, the gifts are usually relatives or old friends, and those with younger generations usually give gifts before the year, and those with older generations give gifts after the year. New Year's money or New Year's gifts.

Who is the youngest in the village?

To be the head of the family, of course Qiao Xiaowu is the youngest, he is only 16 years old, and the second youngest is Yu Juren!