Zhang Yun's ancient life

In the early morning of Chinese New Year's Eve, Aunt Guan and Guan Jing started to get busy after breakfast. Aunt Ma started her holiday from today, and Aunt Guan told her to come back after the fifth day.

Leaving the children to the men to take care of them, Aunt Guan and Guan Jing came to the kitchen. It was not enough to use all the two stoves, and they also stood on the small stove in the bedroom for heating the kang, and stewed on it. Braised pork with braised dried beans.

In the bedroom, Uncle Guan and Master Zhang Yun were drinking tea and chatting leisurely to tease the children. In the kitchen, Aunt Guan and Guan Jing were working hard. Aunt Guan kneaded the dough made yesterday and prepared to steam the buns later, while Guan Jing He was fiddling with the fried small yellow croaker in the pan in front of the stove. He carefully observed the color of both sides of the fish, and picked out the fried ones and put them on the side plate.

Frying, frying, cooking, deep-frying, stewing, stewing, and boiling, the two of them worked hard all morning, and at noon, they contributed a table of festive feasts to the family. The total of cold and hot dishes added up to 10, heralding the coming year Your life can be perfect.

The family had a happy lunch, and after the table was cleared, Aunt Guan and the others were busy chopping meat and making dumplings again.There must be two traps for the dumplings on the New Year's Eve. This year, the dumplings are filled with mutton, shiitake mushrooms and pork cabbage.

And Zhang Yun and Uncle Guan were not idle either. The two little guys slept all morning, and now they woke up, and they were thinking about it. Guan Yu was dishonest. The child was practicing turning over. If the adults didn't pay attention, he would turn over and then turn back. Sometimes he lost the strength to turn over, so he would stay in the turtle shape for a while. , Take a break and turn over again, if you really can't turn over, you will lie there and cry, waiting for the adults to pick him up.

Uncle Guan doesn't dare to take his eyes off him now, because the child never cares about the north, south, east, and west when turning over. He can turn over vigorously if he catches on to one direction. up.

In order to ensure the safety of the child, Uncle Guan laid a pillow on the edge of the kang, leaned on the top of the kang, put little Guan Yu inside his body, and then let him play by himself, only when he hit the wall or When you really can't turn around, go and help him.

As the sky darkened little by little, the sound of firecrackers and fireworks could already be heard from the village in the distance. It was the New Year's Eve in Qingshi Town.The time of setting off fireworks and firecrackers is particular. During the day, the patriarchs of each surname will go to their ancestral halls to choose an auspicious time, and then notify the elders of each branch of the clan. When the auspicious time arrives, the fireworks and firecrackers in the patriarch's house will It will sound first, and each branch will set off fireworks and firecrackers one after another according to their seniority.

When setting off fireworks and firecrackers, the family will pour the prepared yellow paper into the fire and burn it. This is used to worship the heaven, earth and family gods, and it is also one of the New Year customs.

The time for Zhang Yun and his family to set off firecrackers this year followed Uncle Guan and his team, and it was set at Xu time, which was relatively late.

After a while, Aunt Guan came in and said, "Boss, Brother Yun, it's getting dark, let's cook the dumplings first, and let's go out and set off firecrackers later."

Seeing that Zhang Yun and the others agreed, Aunt Guan asked Guan Jing to put the leftover vegetables in the pot to heat up, and she herself started to boil water to cook dumplings later.

After a while, the hot dumplings came out of the pot. Uncle Guan removed the pillows lying on the edge of the kang, and together with Zhang Yun lifted the table up, Guan Jing brought out the hot dishes, and Zhang Yun adjusted the table. After eating the seasoning bowl, the family gathered around the table and had a New Year's Eve dinner.

Not long after sitting around the table, there was crackling sound of firecrackers outside the house. These are the surnames that were auspiciously set earlier, and they have already begun to worship the heaven and the earth.

When Aunt Guan heard the sound of firecrackers, she quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hand, hurried to the side of the child, and covered the child's ears with her hands.

Seeing this, Guan Jing followed suit and put her hands on Xiao Baoni's ears. They did this because they were afraid that the sound of firecrackers outside would frighten the babies who were just a few months old.

Compared to the nervousness of the mothers, the performance of the babies was much more exciting. Little Bao Ni had just fed her milk and was sleeping soundly there. The sudden sound of firecrackers just made her wrinkle her nose, and then Under Guan Jing's comfort, he continued to sleep well.

On the other hand, Xiao Guan Yu was very excited, always trying to avoid her mother's hand covering her ears, and poking her head to hear the voices outside clearly.

Zhang Yun looked at the dumplings on the table, thinking that the sound of firecrackers would be endless. By the time Guan Jing had time to come out, the dumplings would have been cold. He had worked hard all day for this meal. , New Year's Eve can't eat cold dumplings.

So Zhang Yun carefully looked at Uncle Guan and Aunt Guan, and saw that both of them were thinking about Xiao Guanyu, so he quietly picked up the bowls and chopsticks, poured some seasonings into the bowl, and quickly filled it up. The whole bowl of dumplings was brought to Guan Jing's side to feed him.

Guan Jing looked at the dumplings that reached his mouth, wanted to eat but felt embarrassed, he was afraid that his parents would see, Zhang Yun moved his body to block Guan Jing, and put the chopsticks with the dumplings in his hand to Guan Jing's mouth Handed it, it means that you see, I blocked them all, if you can't see them, eat them quickly.

Guan Jing was really hungry after a busy day. She glanced at her parents and saw that they really didn't notice this end, so she opened her mouth and ate the dumplings that were brought to her mouth.While chewing the dumplings in his mouth, Guan Jing signaled Zhang Yun not to patronize him and eat them himself. Zhang Yun picked up the dumplings, dipped them in the sauce in the bowl, stuffed them into his mouth, and picked up another one, intending to feed it later. Guan Jing.

When Uncle Guan teased his son enough and returned to the table, he suddenly found that there was no one at the table. He looked around suspiciously, and saw the young couple eating a bowl of dumplings at the kang, he opened his mouth and thought He wanted to say something, but he closed his mouth and did not speak. Following Zhang Yun's example, he filled a bowl of dumplings and brought them to his wife, and then went to feed his daughter-in-law dumplings.

After the meal was over, the two husbands took over the task of covering the baby's ears in a tacit understanding, and Aunt Guan and Guan Jing, who were flushed with faces, poured their hands out to clear the table.

After they finished clearing the table, the sound of firecrackers outside became much quieter. Uncle Guan looked outside through the window and said, "It's about time. It is estimated that the patriarch and his family will start to put off fireworks soon. Brother Yun, come out with me and set up the firecrackers and fireworks."

As soon as they left the house, the fireworks in the house of the chief of the Guan clan rang, and then the fireworks in the houses of the elders of each branch exploded in the sky above the house. The long whip on the wall was lit, and then directed Zhang Yun to set off fireworks, while he himself took the yellow paper to sacrifice to heaven and earth.

Uncle Guan bought a lot of firecrackers and fireworks this year, and put them in the animal shed. Zhang Yun dug out half of the fireworks there, and kept the other half for the fifteenth day.

The fireworks and firecrackers were set off for about a quarter of an hour. Zhang Yun gathered the scraps of paper on the broom and poured two tablespoons of ice water on it to prevent the unburned firecrackers from burning other things.

Uncle Guan had already gone back to his house after offering sacrifices to heaven and earth. Zhang Yun scanned the yard and found nothing unusual, so he also went in to rest.

According to the tradition of the New Year's Eve, there is a vigil at night. Of course, the children don't care about these things. They have already gone to bed early after playing around. Taking out the quilt surface bought years ago, that kid will never let her finish the work safely when she is awake.

Guan Jing saw that Xiao Baoni had also fallen asleep, so she got up and went to Aunt Guan's place, planning to help her mother make her younger brother's bedding.

Uncle Guan was afraid that he would not be able to hold on at night, so he brewed a large pot of strong tea, intending to drink it to refresh himself.Zhang Yun was afraid that he drank too much and would not be able to fall asleep when he could rest after midnight, so he quickly took out the chess board and dragged Uncle Guan to play chess.

It wasn't until the watchman who announced the time outside shouted: "At midnight, the sky is dry and the things are dry, be careful of the pillar of fire." Uncle Guan and the others packed up their things, carried the child and went to sleep in their own room.

Zhang Yun sent them out, and then shook Guan Jing, who was leaning on the bed in a daze, and signaled him to lay the bed. Guan Jing carefully picked up Bao Ni and put them in the cradle, while Zhang Yun nimbly lifted the two of them. The bedding is laid out.

Gently put the cradle on the kang, and carefully pressed the quilt firmly. Guan Jing turned around and saw that Zhang Yun had slipped into the bed and waited for him. Seeing Guan Jing looking over, Zhang Yun's eyes lit up immediately , patted the quilt next to him with his hand, which means you see that I am ready, come here, come here.

Guan Jing looked at him dumbfounded, wishing to see him like that, put on a tail, it was just a ready-made lecher, a wolf.He looked at the sleeping child, thinking about it, but was afraid that Zhang Yun would make some noise that would wake the child up.

Zhang Yun seemed to see Guan Jing's hesitation, and patted the quilt more quickly, because Guan Jing was pregnant, gave birth, and confinement, Zhang Yun obediently guarded him for five or six months, and finally waited until he was confinement It’s the twelfth lunar month, and there are many things to do. Zhang Yun is very tired watching him busy, and falls asleep every time he touches the pillow, so it’s not easy to wake him up, so he can only hug him every day. Let the daughter-in-law wake up until dawn.

It was not easy for Guan Jing to be energetic today, so there is no way to waste such a good opportunity.

Guan Jing looked at Zhang Yun, as if seeing a big tail from behind him, wagging it vigorously, hooking him to go over quickly, he carefully glanced at the child, seeing that she was really fast asleep, so he blew it He extinguished the candle, followed Zhang Yun's hook, and crawled into the quilt lightly.