smoke from cooking

The sound of bamboo.

Zhang Mama and Dou Mama congratulated each other, Nan Shu raised the curtain to enter the room, and said a few words with He Mingmin who woke up from sleep.The baby was woken up, pursed his mouth, and cried loudly.

Zhang Yue put her arms around Nan Shu, "My younger brother is not good, and Xiaoyue won't cry."

Nan Shu was amused, "My brother is just that little. Of course you are afraid of the sound of firecrackers. When you were so young, you cried so much that you couldn't keep your eyes open."

Zhang Yue threw herself into Nan Shu's arms and acted like a baby, "Xiaoyue didn't cry, Xiaoyue didn't cry."

He Mingmin leaned against the bed board, "I don't know when I will be as big as Xiaoyue."

"Children grow up when they see the wind, and grow up when you don't care."

"is it?"

"Don't think too much, you're still in confinement. The morning is over, you should have a good rest."

He Mingmin didn't want to keep Nan Shu, instead he said to Xu Xiu, "It's getting late, Xu Mama will stay overnight. I'll send Xu Mama back tomorrow."

Xu Xiu thought about it and agreed.

You Ning and Xu Ju bid farewell to Nan Shu and left. After a night of hustle and bustle, Nan Shu stretched herself, the New Year was not so easy.

The sound of firecrackers continued all night, but Nan Shu and the two children were so tired that they couldn't hear them at all. As soon as their bodies touched the bed, they fell asleep, and they didn't wake up until Dou Mama came to knock on the door the next day.

"My lord, Mama, what time is it now, and she's still lying on the bed. Rewarding God is a major matter, and there is no delay." Dou Mama quickly dressed Zhang Ri Zhangyue, and the two children coyly refused to let Dou Ma Ma wears.Dou Mama has great strength, so she didn't let the child feel shy, but she tidied up the child's clothes in a short time.

"My lord, Mama, I'll pour water to wipe your faces, and everything for God's sake is prepared outside."

"Okay...okay." Nan Shu yawned, squinted her eyes, and answered Mama Dou.As soon as Dou Mama turned around and went out, she crooked her body and lay down again. She was really tired. After staying up midnight, how could she get up the next day.

Dou Mama came in with hot water, and saw Nan Shu lying on her side, falling asleep again.Mama Dou stomped her feet anxiously, "Master, Mama." Ignoring the two children who looked like winter melons on the ground, Mama Dou helped Nan Shu up, "Wake up, it's time to pay the gods, the gods are late Not happy."

Nan Shu opened her sleepy eyes, "Okay, okay. It's up." Lazily put on her clothes, washed her hands and face, Dou Mama washed the two children, and carried them out.

In the yard, a long table has been set up with an incense burner, incense candles, a slaughtered and washed raw chicken, a plate of fresh fruit, and a plate of buns.

"Bringing a plate of fruit to reward the gods at this time is several times more expensive, and these are sent from the farm." Dou Mama babbled, carried the two children to the table, and placed a cloth cushion on the floor for the children They knelt down and told them not to look around and not to blaspheme the gods.And he just knelt behind the children like this.

"Use a cloth cushion. In cold weather, kneel on the ground. If you catch cold, it will be a lifetime thing."

Dou Mama wanted to back down, so Nan Shu directly took the cloth cushion from the chair in the main hall and put it on for Dou Mama.A family of four kneeled neatly in front of the long table.

Nan Shu held three injections of fragrance and kowtowed respectfully three times. "May the house be safe in the coming year. The child is healthy and smart." Inserting three notes of fragrance, Nan Shu led the child to kowtow again.

"Let's put one in the backyard for Zhang Mama. He Mama can't go out, but worshiping God is always necessary on the first day of the new year. Letting Zhang Mama carry the child out is a kind gesture."

Dou Mama sent the tribute on the long table to the main hall and enshrined it in the center.These tributes can not be eaten until the fifteenth day of the new year, the last day of the New Year's Eve, implying the blessing of the gods.

Nan Shu and the two children casually ate a few mouthfuls of porridge.Zhang Ri Zhangyue was unwilling to get up just now, but now she is clamoring to go out to play.Nan Shu gave everyone a small basket, opened the yard door, asked Zhang Ri to hold Zhang Yue's little hand, and told Zhang Ri not to let go of Zhang Yue's little hand no matter what.Zhang Ri repeatedly nodded in agreement, and ran to the next door.

Nan Shu also opened the yard door, moved a chair by the door, took out the fried Bai Luo Cake from the kitchen, and put a plate by her hand.

There are strange customs on New Year's Eve in this world.Children go out on the first day of the new year and go to various households to ask for pastries. The people who are asked cannot refuse, and they will give the pastries to the children who come to the door.Kids can eat it right away, or put it in a basket and eat it at home.

It is said that the origin of this custom is that there was a great famine among the Sani people, and countless children starved to death.At that time, the imperial husband called on his subjects to make pastries from the food they had at home and give them to children for free.On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the imperial concubine personally gave pastries to every child who came to the door at the main gate of the palace.Not only the royal family, but also wealthy households in the imperial capital followed suit.There should have been a famine that killed countless people, because this time, many children survived.The imperial concubine felt this, and after becoming the empress dowager, he officially decreed to distribute free pastries to children at the main gate of the palace every New Year's Day.There has been no exception for hundreds of years. Gradually, on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the custom of every household opening the door to distribute pastries to children has been fixed.

Children are ignorant, they have something to eat and something to play with, and they are naturally happy and satisfied if they can hang around without being scolded.And the adults are grateful for the countless acts of saving lives by the imperial husband at that time, and take this as a memory.

After Nan Shu knew the reason of this custom, she sighed a lot.In a famine year, what he thinks of is not to live with his own food, but to call on everyone to help those in need. This imperial husband has to be said to be a great sage.

In addition to Bai Luo Cake, Nan Shu prepared buns filled with sugar and crushed peanuts, and raw meat buns filled with chopped green vegetables and minced chicken.

It was strange to say that the children outside the door were running around, but no one ran into Zhang's courtyard.Nan Shu was not in a hurry, she just sat by the door and waited.

The first one to run in was Liang Tong, "Nan Mama, you're too late here, I've already walked around Fuyang Street." Liang Tong sent the basket to Nan Shu dissatisfied, "It's too late. Give double."

"Okay, two servings." Nan Shu took a portion of each snack and put it on Liang Tong's basket.The basket is already full of all kinds of buns.As soon as Liang Tong saw the Bai Luo Cake, he immediately picked it up with his fingers and ate it, "It's still delicious made by Nan Mama, the Mama at home can't make this taste."

"Eat as much as you like, there are many more."

Liang Tong lifted up his clothes and robe, sat on the ground and began to eat.

Nan Shu hurriedly asked Dou Mama to move a chair over. Liang Tong, a little nun, sat on the ground like a Suo. He was too courageous, but he could climb trees and bully Zhang Ri's nuns, so he said no. Sitting on the ground, how could it be possible.

"It's cold on the ground, sit on a chair."

Liang Tong replied, sat down carelessly, put the basket in his hand on the ground casually, took the white Luo cake in the other hand, and while eating, looked out of the corner of his eye at the child who was poking around the door, and snorted with the tip of his nose.

The author has something to say: Merry Christmas, there should be another chapter today, (*^__^*) hee hee...

New Year's Eve

"What's wrong?" Nan Shu asked intentionally.

"Hmph, if they don't eat, it's nothing to me." Liang Tong raised his voice deliberately, and looked at the child by the door while talking.He took a big bite of the Bai Luo Cake and ate it loudly on purpose.

Nan Shu turned her head and figured out the key point. "How can you be so stingy," he said, deliberately moving the cakes he had prepared so that the children by the door could see them, "this one contains sugar and peanuts, this one is meat buns, this one is Poirot Cake, with a lot of ingredients in it."

The children by the door were drooling a long time ago when they smelled the fragrance from the wind. Although they come to pick up pastries every year, the children are still worried about which family makes delicious pastries and which family makes bad ones. There are many.The cakes made by Nan Mama in Zhang's Yard were not very good in the past, but this year it seems that there are some changes.What's more, someone has already entered the gate of Zhang's house, and they are still eating with great relish. The child's heart is crawling like ants, feeling very uncomfortable.

You push me, I squeeze you.A little nun was squeezed out and fell staggeringly into Zhang's small courtyard. A group of children ran away, like a little nun sitting on the ground, and a lot of pastries fell out of the basket.

Nan Shu stepped forward to help the child up, and helped him pick up the cakes on the ground, "Come, eat something." As she spoke, Lazai was still sitting on her knees, and picked up a white Luo cake and sent it to the little nuns lips.

The little nun hesitated for a moment, but couldn't resist the aroma of the pastry after all. He opened his small mouth and took a small bite. The soft Bai Luo entered the mouth, with the aroma of bacon. The delicate taste is far beyond that of the big white steamed buns. .

"Is it tasty?"

"It's delicious." Crisply responded, and the little nun picked up the white Luo cake and ate it.

Nan Shu asked Dou Mama to prepare hot water and clean cloth strips, and after they finished eating, they washed their hands and wiped their mouths.

The children who had run away slowly gathered around again, and saw the little Ni who had been pushed in, sitting on Nan Mama's lap and eating happily.A more courageous one ran in first, "Nan Mama, what is this? Is it delicious?"

"Come here and taste it to know if it's good or not."

The Saren child shook his head, "Ama said your house is dirty, so I won't let you in."

Nan Shu deliberately turned her head to ask Mama Dou, "Mama Dou, is our yard dirty?"

"What's the matter? I sweep the leaves every day and wash the yard with water." Dou Mama replied in a rough voice.

The Suaren child thought about it, and then looked at the courtyard, at Nan Shu and Dou Mama.Although the dress is not very good-looking, it is also clean and tidy.Not to mention the small yard, there is not even a leaf on the ground.

The child jumped and ran to Nan Shu, opened his little hands, "Nan Ma