Start being a Shennong today

On the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the grass grows and the warblers fly, the spring is warm and the flowers are blooming, full of vitality.

"In the past, every March [-]rd, early in the morning, my parents would take me to Xiawa Village in the west to offer incense. There is a small temple on the mountain over there, and the incense is more prosperous on March [-]rd." Tao Ran walked among the crowd. Talk to Li Tingzhou.

Li Tingzhou tried hard to recall what he was doing on March [-] every year, it seemed to be an ordinary life, and then he practiced hard every day.

"There are also pine branches. I don't know where the custom came from. After offering incense, we have to pinch a section of pine branches to represent the blessings. Fortunately, the mountains in Xiawa Village are all pine trees, otherwise there would not be enough for us to pick every year. " Tao Ran couldn't help but raise his mouth when he thought of himself when he was a child, being held up to the branches of the tree by his father.

"So this year it has become a visit to Shennong Temple?"

"That's right, our village has built a Shennong temple now. If we worship other gods and Buddhas, what if Shennong gets angry?" Tao Ran joked.

Early this morning, Li Tingzhou heard movement outside. Just as he was about to get up to observe, he found that the Tao family had all woken up. Tao Ran dragged him out of the house to take a look. Many people from other villages rushed to Taoyuan Village, which made Li Tingzhou dizzy. Foggy.

It turned out that today they were all planning to go up the mountain to offer incense to Shennong, that is, Mr. Yang, who was a little old, and seeing the continuous stream of people outside, he was unwilling to go up the mountain to squeeze.

It was still dark when we first went up the mountain, but the road leading to Shennong Temple was full of people.It wasn't just the villagers from Taoyuan Village, people from all over the world and even Yuanshan Town came.I am planning to pay homage to Shennong on March [-]rd.

When there are too many people, it is easy to get crowded. The road is not wide in the first place, and Tao Shengwen and Tian Yuxia separated from Tao Ran and the others while walking.

Seeing that his parents were walking together, Tao Ran felt relieved and did not catch up.Instead, he explained to Li Tingzhou the customs of his hometown on March [-]rd.

Tao Ran was not the only one talking on the road, there was also a knowledgeable old gentleman walking and talking on the road, but he was talking about Shennong.

"Shen Nong is also our ancestor, Emperor Yan. Otherwise, we would all call ourselves descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Everyone knows the legend of Shen Nong tasting a hundred herbs. He invented the use of herbs to cure diseases, but Shen Nong not only has these achievements, he also made Lei Si. Planting farm tools, planting five grains, weaving cloth to make pianos, making bows and making pottery are all closely related to our lives.”

"So Shennong can be regarded as an ancestor who heals diseases. We can pray to him to protect our health from viruses and bless the crops. He is also capable of both civil and military skills, and bless our children with both civil and military skills." This burst of praise made everyone around shout. Come on.

The reason they come to worship Shennong Temple is because Taoyuan Village has Shennong Spring, which made it what it is today.There used to be a Shennong Temple on this mountain, and many old people still remember it. Now a new temple has been built in Taoyuan Village, which makes many people half-believe the gossip about Shennong's blessing.

So today, March [-]rd, many people chose to go to Taoyuan Village to worship Shennong, and they could come to Taoyuan Village to buy a la carte and go back.Hearing what this person said on the road, many people began to believe in Shennong inexplicably.There's no harm in saying goodbye anyway.

After paying homage to Shennong, there are no pine trees on Shennong Mountain, but peach trees, which are privately planted. As long as someone wants to stretch out his hand, he will be blocked by other people in the crowd, and he can only withdraw his hand in embarrassment.

But although you can't break the branches, what kind of spring water is there, and one person took a bottle of spring water and went home.Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou mixed in the crowd, worshiped Shennong together, tasted Shennong Spring, and went down the mountain together.

It was already dawn when the two of them went down the mountain, and the sun was quietly showing up.Tao Ran and Li Tingzhou discovered that many people came to the village today.The villagers of Taoyuan also suddenly had business acumen, and set up small stalls on the main street of the village.Even the people from Nantian Village came, and after greeting the villagers of Taoyuan, bamboo weaving stalls were set up one by one.

"Although the name of Xiawa Village is not as good as Taoyuan Village, it used to be very lively, and it was almost comparable to a small town. Especially on March [-]rd, there were many people going to Xiawa Village on that day, which is not far from the mountain. There is only one time a year to hold a big market." Tao Ran was talking to Li Tingzhou while walking.

"Then all these people have come to Taoyuan Village today, the people of Xiawa Village should be unhappy."

Tao Ran shook his head: "That's not true. Most of the people who come to Taoyuan Village today are from Yuanshan Town. Xiawa Village is on the west side of Taoyuan Village. It takes an hour to get there by motorcycle from Taoyuan Village, and Yuanshan Township It’s on the east side of Taoyuan Village, far away from Xiawa Village, and they didn’t like to go to Xiawa Village in the past. So our side has become lively, and although it has a little impact on Xiawa Village, it will definitely not be too big.”

"I didn't expect that our village would be able to set up a market." Tao Ran thought of Taoyuan Village in his previous life. More and more people went out to work, and the number of people in the village became less and less.

"Look, grandpa is also setting up a stall over there." Li Tingzhou noticed Tao Ran's depression, and although he didn't know why, he wanted to divert his attention.

Tao Ran looked in the direction of Li Tingzhou's finger, it was grandpa and grandma setting up a stall there, he didn't pay attention to Li Tingzhou's address, but walked quickly to the grandpa's stall.

"Grandpa, grandma, why did you set up a stall here and didn't tell me. Where's uncle and uncle?" Seeing grandpa and grandma sitting on the chairs, Tao Ran was relieved a lot.

"I just have nothing to do today, and recently I thought of a few new tricks, so I set up a stall to try. Your uncle and aunt took Yangyang to go shopping, and Tian Xu stayed at home and couldn't come. As for your second uncle Who knows where he went." Speaking of Second Uncle Tian, ​​Grandpa Tian glanced at Grandma Tian, ​​and at a glance he knew that Second Uncle Tian had gone to avoid forced marriage.

Hearing what Grandpa said, Tao Ran didn't want to get into trouble, so he directly focused on the new items on the stall.

"Grandpa, you made a lotus lantern. It looks so beautiful." Tao Ran picked up a lotus lantern and studied it carefully.

The lotus lanterns made by Grandpa Tian are also made of bamboo, with a layer of colored transparent waterproof paper pasted on the outside.It seems that the method is simple, but when you look closely, you will find that the most important thing about this lotus lantern is the skeleton. The skeleton made by Mr. Tian Wai makes the petals overlap without being crowded. The colored paper is transparent but not tacky, very delicate .

There are not only lotus lanterns on the stall, but also various small wooden carvings, all of which are small aquatic animals, such as goldfish, turtles, lobsters, etc., which can be tied under the lotus lanterns.At that time, the lights will float on the water and the fish will swim underwater, which will be very interesting.

Tao Ran felt a little moved when he saw it, let alone other people.During the short time Tao Ran was here, several people came to buy lotus lanterns and small wooden carvings, and they said they would play here until night and set off krathongs.

"I knew you would like it. I prepared it for you a long time ago. Take these home." Grandpa Tian looked at his grandson with a smile, and took out the river lantern left in the box.

These river lanterns have different styles, and they are not particularly pink and tender. At first glance, they are carefully crafted by Grandpa Tian.And there are five river lanterns in total, including Li Tingzhou and Yang Jinjiang.

Li Tingzhou took the lantern and thanked him repeatedly, and Grandpa Tian waved his hand indifferently.In fact, Grandpa Tian also had plans in mind, so why did Yang Jinjiang accept the bamboo baskets from Nantian Village, in order to befriend his grandson?But the purchase of bamboo baskets did bring a lot of income to the people of Nantian Village, and they reciprocated. When Grandpa Tian prepared something for the Tao family, he would never forget to prepare two copies.

It was the first time that Taoyuan Village formed a market, and it hadn't been prepared in advance, so the things on the stalls were not new to Taoyuan villagers.But for outsiders, these stalls are enough for shopping.

Tao Ran strolled around for a couple of times, then took Li Tingzhou back together.now

Li Tingzhou originally wanted to hang out with Tao Ran more, since the last spring outing from a few schools, the two of them have never been alone.I didn't expect to be called home by Tao Ran. It's good to go home, now there is no one at home, and we can live in a world of two.

Li Tingzhou took a hoe and reclaimed a piece of wasteland. He didn't expect that the world between the two of them would exist, and Tao Ran would treat it as a labor force. The two of them came here to reclaim the vegetable field.

The three middle schools come here to play separately. As soon as the spring outing is over, the village will prepare to build new houses.Many new houses were located on reclaimed wasteland, but this plan had been seen by someone long ago, and vegetable fields had been re-opened in other places, and Tao Ran's house was no exception.

But today Tao Ran asked Li Tingzhou to help him reclaim the vegetable field, because the current vegetable field at home is not enough.Tao Ran, who had been idle for a whole winter, felt that he was not doing his job properly. It just so happened that after these two months of accumulation, he had enough Starlight Coins and exchanged many of his favorite seeds.

Now that the weather is warming up, it's time to get those seeds out.But Tao Ran took out these seeds and figured out that the vegetable land might not be enough, so he had to hurry up and cultivate the vegetable land again.Just feeling sorry for Li Tingzhou, Tao Ran smiled flatteringly at him.

Just because of Tao Ran's smile, Li Tingzhou felt in a good mood and his body was strong, so he took the time to work.It's time to go out and play after work is done.

Tao Ran didn't pay attention that much, he was still busy with two tasks, working while studying the seeds he had bought.

Commodity: Grade C Rapeseed

Optimization: Edible value and nutritional value are improved.

Price: 5 star coins/[-] tablets

At the beginning, the village had just discussed planting rapeseed, and after a few days the system store was refreshed, and rapeseed was refreshed.Tao Ran felt that since the Shennong Temple was built, everything in the Shennong system seemed to be according to his wishes, and it came to whatever was needed.

In addition to rapeseed, Tao Ran also bought cucumbers, cowpeas, tomatoes, celery and lettuce, which were enough for their family to grow for a long time.

Cucumbers and tomatoes can be used as both fruits and vegetables. In the hot summer, a plate of cold cucumbers and chilled tomatoes mixed with sugar is the most refreshing and refreshing.Needless to say, cowpea can be directly fried with meat, dried and stewed in soup, or marinated into capers. It is delicious no matter what.

Tao Ran doesn't particularly like celery and lettuce, but no matter what the ingredients are, as long as they are delicious, he will love them.So, seeing that there were enough star coins, Tao Ran bought them directly.

"I'm helping you with the work, so you should reward me too. Tell me, how are you going to thank me?" Li Tingzhou was working, but found Tao Ran in a daze, and couldn't help waking him up.

Tao Ran came back to his senses: "How do you want me to reward you? I don't cook as good as yours. I have taken you around this village many times. I can only thank you by working hard to grow more vegetables." This cook."

"Do you know what day March [-]rd was in ancient times?" Li Tingzhou didn't answer the question, but took the initiative to change the subject.

Hearing his question, Tao Ran thought about it and realized that he could do it himself, so he quickly answered: "March [-]rd is the Shangsi Festival. I remember it is recorded in the Book of Songs. On this day, we will worship ancestors, go outing in the green, and have fun together. It’s an old-fashioned Valentine’s Day.”

"You even know the records in the Book of Songs, so do you remember what it is?"

"Want to test me? I think my memory is not bad." Tao Ran proudly read the Book of Songs: "Qin and Wei, Fang Huanhuan. Scholars and women, Fang Bingzhuo. Women say to see? Scholars say that. Let's look at it , besides, enjoy the music and have fun. Weishi and women, Yiqi flirts with each other, and gives them a spoonful of medicine."

When he was in high school, Tao Ran didn't know what festival March [-]rd was, but he only remembered to burn incense with his parents every year.It was after entering university that Tian Yuxia called and said that it was March [-]rd, she and Tao Shengwen had incense together, and went hiking, Tao Ran suddenly wanted to check it out, and she learned another knowledge after doing the search.

But Valentine's Day or something is not as good as a vegetable seed to Tao Ran, and he just needs to keep this knowledge point in his mind.

Li Tingzhou smiled, and stopped talking about this topic, but turned back to the previous topic: "Take me to the village again in the afternoon, and let's put lanterns together at night."

"Ah? Oh!" Tao Ran didn't realize it at first, but when he saw Li Tingzhou's eyes staring at him, he suddenly understood. He felt his cheeks start to heat up, and the red color crept up to his ears.