The days when I am farming in the last days

Tang Han's cold lasted for several days this time. At first, she had a fever and a hoarse voice, then turned to coughing, dizziness, and finally a slight runny nose. When she fully recovered, it would be July and a half.

Although it is called "July and a half", the local custom is not the ghost festival of July [-]th, but July [-]th.Tang Han couldn't understand this when he was a child, but he gradually understood it when he grew up. Maybe it's because Ghost Festival is so special, so we should avoid the official day, right?

Although it is a grand festival, because of its nature, it is actually celebrated for the dead, so it is not very lively.

That is to kill a big rooster as a sacrifice, just for fun.

But it was still a busy day.Father Tang dug out a lot of yellow paper, and they wanted to carve out patterns on it with a chisel, turn the yellow paper into valuables that pass through the underworld, and burn it to the ancestors, relatives and friends below.

"Do you want to burn so much?" Jiang Dai couldn't help being surprised when she looked at the tall stack of yellow paper.

In her impression, there are very few similar customs in big cities, and even if there are few fragrant wax paper candles, there are often only a little bit, so let's be interesting.

"Yes, after all, there are so many people sharing." Tang Han counted her family tree with his fingers.In the past, more children would bring more blessings, and every family could have children. Four or five children were a bit small, and seven or eight children was not too many.In this way, from birth to death, you will become a big family. If you don't burn a little more, how can it be enough?

"Besides," Tang Han said again, "after all, it is much easier to burn paper money than to make money. Everyone burns more, and the underworld may be like inflation. Maybe these paper money are as worthless as Zimbabwean currency. Of course Burn more."

Reasonable and well-founded, Jiang Dai gave her a thumbs up.

Fortunately, although it is said that the paper money chiseled by filial sons and virtuous grandchildren is more effective, but there is no such rule that outsiders cannot do the sacrifices, so she is on the sidelines to help.

In the end, all the results were packed in a huge bag, which looked magnificent.

Tang Han secretly told Jiang Dai that in fact, the paper money that the Tang family burned in the past few years was bought directly from the establishment, weighing tens of catties, and can be burned slowly.The last time I chiseled yellow paper by myself was already a child.Probably nothing is convenient this year, but in this kind of ceremony, they are more attentive.

Because there was still no electricity, Dad Tang got busy in the afternoon.

However, the matter of offering sacrifices is ultimately for the filial son to do, and has little to do with other people.

"Don't you need to learn?" Qin Yu asked as if the matter had nothing to do with him

Tang Han.

Tang Han shrugged, "It is said that filial sons are required to do it. Although I am filial, I am a filial daughter. Now the bunch of ancestors and ancestors are all old-fashioned ideas, and sons are considered to have inherited the incense, so it doesn't matter if I learn or not. .”

Hearing what she said, Jiang Dai subconsciously looked at Tang Ma.But Mama Tang's face remained normal, as if she didn't hear these outrageous words.

Later, Tang Han secretly told her that these theories were actually learned from Tang Ma.

Jiang Dai immediately stood in awe.

However, it was not the first time that she had shown awe to Tang Ma, and everyone was not a person who showed their emotions, so it was fine to sigh in her heart.

The ancestors of the ancestors could not really eat, so after the sacrificial rooster was used up, it was handed over to Qin Yu for extra meals at night.This big rooster is growing very well, and its tail feathers are especially beautiful. Before Qin Yu scalded, he carefully pulled out the tail feathers and gave them to Ozawa to play with.

Because it is a rooster, there is no stew, but the meat of two legs is cut to make spicy chicken, and the rest is stewed in one pot.In addition, I peeled some potatoes, and the August beans in the cornfield were just in season. Finally, I made a pot of roasted chicken nuggets with potatoes and beans.

Since it is a festival, I added a few more stir-fried vegetables, very simple bacon stir-fry everything.

I also fried the new potato chips this year. They were all sun-dried during the rainy season. The potato chips looked slightly black and the quality was not very good. Tang's mother was going to wait for the weather to clear up before drying them again.Fortunately, it doesn't affect the taste after frying, and it's not something to give away, so it doesn't matter if you eat it at home.

Oil-intensive dishes are always extra fragrant when fried.Before dinner started, Tang Han was hungry.

During this period of illness, she ate very lightly.It's completely healed now, and just needs a big meal to make up for it.So she sat by the stove and guarded the pot, how could she resist reaching out?It's a pity that Tang's mother slapped her hand just as she stretched out her hand, "Go aside."

Tang Han was very disappointed. In order to keep out of sight and out of mind, she simply stood up and greeted Jiang Dai, "Let's go pick pumpkins."

"Picking pumpkins? I want to go too!" Ozawa immediately raised his hands enthusiastically.

Qin Yu snatched his son back, "You're not going. What are you going to do? Make trouble. You stay at home, and Dad will play with you."

To be honest, this condition is very rare.Because Qin Yu is such a big man after all, he always felt that the feather shuttlecock was not something he should play with, so he only let Xiao Ze pester Jiang Dai and Tang Han.Tang Han privately suspects that he actually doesn't know how to kick shuttlecock at all, but there has been no evidence.

Jiang Dai stood up, nodded to Qin Yu sympathetically, and then followed Tang Han.

During this period of time, the things that should be busy in the field are almost busy.Although there are still some messy things to do, everyone basically stays together, and Jiang Dai rarely finds time to be alone with Tang Han.In addition, Tang Han was sick again and prevented her from getting too close, so although the two of them confirmed their relationship, they were not as close as before.

Now Qin Yu stopped Ozawa. Although he was going to pick vegetables in the vegetable garden, it was still a period of two people alone.

"What are you doing picking pumpkins?" Jiang Dai asked on the way to the vegetable garden.

Of course, pumpkin is also delicious, whether it is fresh and tender melon for stir-frying, or old pumpkin for stewing soup, the taste is very good.But tonight's menu doesn't seem to be adding pumpkins, so why do you want to pick them all of a sudden?

"You'll know in the evening." Tang Han made a fool of himself, instead of walking in the direction of the vegetable garden gate, he pulled Jiang Dai and walked around to the other side.

The village is built on the hillside, and the overall plan is layered like terraced fields.The vegetable garden of the Tang family is right behind her house. Since the pumpkins are climbing vines, Tang’s mother planted them along the edge of the ridge, letting them climb down the ground and hanging them up so that the pumpkins do not grow on the ground. Stained with dirt, the condition is not good.

So you don’t need to go to the yard to pick pumpkins, just walk around the base of the wall.

The ridge was a bit high, and the pumpkin vines were overgrown.Tang Han raised his head and carefully searched for a moderately sized pumpkin among the melon leaves. He finally saw one and was about to call Jiang Dai to pick it, but when he turned around, he almost ran into Jiang Dai's arms.

"What are you doing so close to?" She jumped.

"Clinging to my girlfriend, do you want to ask why?" Jiang Dai stretched out her hand from behind, wrapped her waist around her, and stuck her whole body up.

Because they were standing under the ridge, and on the other side was the abandoned uncle's house, so they didn't have to worry about being seen.Tang Han struggled a bit, but didn't break free, so he let her go.Anyway, it's still early, so I'm not in such a hurry to pick pumpkins.

Jiang Dai's lips pressed against the back of her neck, and a series of kisses fell.This place is fragile and sensitive. Tang Han shook his head and turned his head to avoid it indiscriminately, but the whole person was imprisoned by Jiang Dai, so naturally there was little effect.

"Don't mess around..." she complained softly.

Jiang Dai chuckled vaguely, "What kind of mess is this?" Her palm ran along Tang Han's waist, got into his clothes, and explained to Tang Han what "chaos" was.

When the two separated, she was already soft-handed, and she gave Jiang Dai an angry look, distanced herself from her, and continued to look for her own melon.

A total of three melons were picked, and Tang Han held the two big ones for Jiang Dai, and returned home with one not much bigger than a slap in his hand.

Put the two big ones first, and the small one, Tang Han cut off a cover, hollowed out the melon flesh inside, then turned out the fruit knife, and stroked along the side of the pumpkin.Jiang Dai finally understood what she was going to do, "Pumpkin lantern?"

"Well, make one for Ozawa to play with." This pumpkin was carefully selected by her. It is not big, but its shell is completely yellow. It will definitely look good when used as a jack-o-lantern.

When Ozawa heard his name, he immediately came over to watch.Qin Yu was relieved to see that he didn't have to play with the feather shuttlecock.

Tang Han gestured for a long time, and finally started to do it. As a result, the knife cut crookedly.

Only then did Jiang Dai realize that she only had theoretical knowledge and no experience at all.It was Qin Yu who made the last move.The boss didn't show his face in real life, but his knife skills were quite good. He carved a word "Ze" on the pumpkin, and carved some relatively simple patterns, which looked quite good.

Fix the candle to the bottom of the melon, then use a rope to pass it through both sides, and hang it on the pole. An earthen jack-o-lantern is completed.

Because it was done by myself, although it was a little rough, Ozawa still enjoyed it quite a lot.It's not dark yet, so it's not suitable for lighting candles, but he has run around the yard several times with the lamp, and he even wants to go out and show off.

Seeing this, Qin Yu took him out.

They used to be guests, and considering that people in the village might be taboo, they didn't have much contact with each other.Now Qin Yu is in charge of delivering things to the city, and every household has to deal with it, and everyone accepts his favor, and has agreed that Qin Yu and Jiang Dai are treated the same as the people in the village, and no one cares about it anymore.

There are quite a few children in the village, and there is no prohibition from adults, and the children from several nearby families are already familiar with him.

Ozawa could only stay at home before, without playmates, so he was a little lonely after all.Now that I have made new friends, the whole person is visibly cheerful, and often a group of children come back from playing dirty. They are also a lot tanned, but they look more energetic.

Now being carried by Qin Yu, Ozawa couldn't wait to show off his jack-o-lantern to his friends.

Jiang Dai looked at the remaining two melons.this

Two are relatively raw and tender, not old pumpkins, "Is this also a jack-o-lantern?"

Tang Han shook his head, "You will know in the evening."

The weather was fine, and they ate their usual meals in the courtyard until dark.It took a long time to eat this meal, and it was not until it was completely dark that the sky with a bright moon and few stars was exposed, and the stall was closed.

The door of the main room was wide open, and Tang's father took a large iron basin and placed it at the door. The whole bag of yellow paper was taken out and put aside to be burned.

Father Tang lit the incense first.

There are also a lot of incense, the kind that can only be held with two hands.

After lighting it up, he gave half of it to Tang Han.Tang Han led Jiang Dai to get the remaining two melons, first tied them with bamboo poles, then filled the melons with incense sticks, and finally put the bamboo poles on the flowerbed, two unique pumpkin incense lamps It's finished.

Looking from a distance, you can only see dots of flames floating in the air, among other things, the atmosphere of the Ghost Festival is there.

For the remaining half, Father Tang followed the road in front of Tang's house, all the way to the main road outside.On this day, the gate of ghosts is wide open, and all ghosts can visit relatives in the underworld. Although humans cannot see it, one can imagine how lively this scene is.It is inevitable that there will be a few ghosts who do not know the way and go wrong.Therefore, it is necessary to plant incense on the road to lead the way for relatives.

This custom is still valued locally, so although the ground has been built as a cement road, small holes for inserting incense are also left on purpose.

All that's left is to burn the paper.In order to burn every piece of paper cleanly, we can’t be in a hurry, we can only tear off a few sheets and burn them. Burning paper is a big project every year, and the whole family has to burn it until the early morning.

Tang Han squatted by the brazier, tore a few pieces of paper money and threw them into the fire.

In fact, she was kneeling at first, but her knees couldn't bear it, and she became squatting within a few minutes.After squatting for a while, I just felt a little numbness in my legs and wanted to move around, when a low stool was suddenly stuffed under my buttocks.

It's really short, only palm height, but right now it's just right.

Tang Han turned his head and saw Jiang Dai smiling at him. ——Tang Ma gave her and Qin Yu a small iron basin, and some of its value, and asked them to give less to their ancestors.Although it may not be possible to get it, it is always the wish of the children and grandchildren.

In the flickering fire, Tang Han stretched out his hand without a trace, and held Jiang Dai's hand in the dark.

Jiang Dai reacted quickly, grabbed her back, and quickly clasped her hands together.While Tang Han felt a little sweet in his heart, he couldn't help but think, if there is really a soul in this world, if the ancestors would really come back to visit relatives on this day, eat and drink, and then take some paper money to leave, seeing her and Jiang Dai I don't know how to feel?

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