After quietly washing his underwear, Sun Yiqiu tidied himself up after putting it on, and then came to the kitchen. His parents had all gotten up, even his elderly grandfather and grandmother were there.
Seeing her grandson coming out, grandma smiled and brought over a bowl of white porridge with pickles, marinated meat and a piece of fermented bean curd piled on top.
"Eat quickly."
"Um."
Sun Yiqiu took the bowl and chopsticks and started to cook the porridge. The others looked at him and didn't say much. They kept busy. Steam was rolling over the stove, and there was something cooking in the pot. There were already a lot of things on the kitchen table. Less vegetables.
"Eat quickly, help after eating, and stay in bed with some restraint."
The father complained, and the grandmother next to him spoke for his grandson.
"Okay, boss, it's a bright day today. It's not like we can't do it. The hill is still small. Let him sleep more."
"You're still young? You're still thinking about women."
"Pfft... cough cough cough cough..."
Sun Yiqiu, who was sucking the white porridge, choked after hearing his father's words. He kept coughing, his face was extremely embarrassed, and he kept thinking wildly.
"Look at how you look. That kid Dongdong is also very popular. It's good to join my family. Come on, eat quickly and help me after eating. Your aunt, your sister, and their family will all be here today."
"Hey, cough."
Sun Yiqiu quickly calmed down, then speeded up his eating speed, and then helped together.
The lid of the stove pot was opened, and a large amount of steam came out. Inside was a big goose cooking. The Sun family put the big goose on a large tray, inserted a few chopsticks into the goose, and wrapped the goose intestines around the chopsticks.
With meat, goose and other chicken, duck, fish, fruits and vegetables put on the table, the preparations are almost complete.
At the end of the year, the Sun family is preparing for the big sacrifice at the end of the year. Most families worship gods and ancestors separately, but the Sun family is obviously different.
It started to get brighter, and the Sun family cleared out the living room of the house, placed all the chairs and stools beside it, and then placed the tributes on the Eight Immortals table one by one.
Sun Yiqiu's two aunts and his sister, who got married the year before, also arrived shortly after dawn. They arrived almost together. One aunt came with her grandson, another aunt came with her wife, and the sister came with her child. Came with her husband.
"Brother! It's Chinese New Year!"
"Brother! By the way, call uncle!" "Uncle!"
"younger brother... ... "
"Father-in-law, mother-in-law! Hello grandpa and grandma!"
"Sister, brother-in-law. Oh, little jelly beans are here too!"
"Everything is fine, everything is fine, hahahaha..."
The whole family greeted each other, making the Sun family compound very lively. However, everyone came back to participate in the sacrifice, so naturally they couldn't forget about business.
After the excitement, the offering table was set up. In addition to the tributes, the incense table and red candles were naturally indispensable, but the most special thing was a few tablets.
Sun Yiqiu's grandfather personally "invited" them out and placed them at the end of the table.
Other families offer sacrifices to gods, Buddhas and ancestors separately, and generally do not have tablets. They just call a few times and pray, but the Sun family has three plaques in total.
In the middle of a dark brown plaque is written the word "Heaven and Earth" in clear handwriting. The plaque on the left reads "Ancestors of the Sun family" and the plaque on the right reads "Grandma Xian Guzu".
But this is not the end yet. Sun Yiqiu's father slowly pushed the cupboard cart he usually used for selling stalls to the door. Then Mr. Sun walked to the cart in person, carefully squatted down, and put a small wooden sign "Please" from the side of the money jar. "Come down, walk slowly to the altar table, and hang this small wooden plaque in the middle of the "Heaven and Earth" tablets.
"Okay, it's time to start!"
Whether it was sincere or pretending, the Sun family immediately became serious. Even the children who were laughing and joking before were scolded not to be arrogant. The Sun family came first according to seniority, and the surname was a step behind.
The red candle was lit, and Mr. Sun held three lit incense sticks and faced the altar seriously.
"The New Year is approaching, and the Sun family of Ning'an County will offer sacrifices here. I hope that the gods and Buddhas of heaven and earth will protect my Sun family's descendants, that my ancestors will bless me, and that my great aunt and grandma will bless me!"
With that said, the Sun family members bowed down together, and Old Man Sun put the incense on the incense burner.
"Okay, come up and worship one by one! Remember, be sincere!"
Under the instructions of the old man, the Sun family members came forward one by one and began to worship. Of course, the baby still had to be held by the adults.
Although this kind of annual event is grand, it is done by the family. The Sun family is naturally more relaxed. Among young people, it is not so much seriousness, but respect for the traditions of their elders. Maybe when they get older I'll change my mind, but I'm not really sincere right now.
"Grandma, why is it different from what our family does?"
The child who came with Sun Yiqiu's second aunt was only five years old. This was the second time he came to offer sacrifices, but the first time was when he was still two years old. He had long forgotten about it. Before grandma could speak, Old Man Sun on the side had already Explained with a smile.
"Haha, Xiao Caitou, even though our Sun family doesn't seem to have produced any great dignitaries, our ancestors are also very prominent. As for this plaque, it's not your uncle who boasts about it. There are not many in the world, and we have Grandma Xianguzu..."
"Grandpa is telling old stories there again. My ears have been filled with noise since I was little."
Sun Yiqiu and his sister and husband were laughing and talking behind them, and the grandfather over there had also finished "popularizing science", but the little Caitou kid had obviously heard about something and hurriedly asked.
"Uncle, is there really a fairy aunt? Grandma said that the fairy aunt is a person in the sky. Is she more powerful than some big gentlemen? I heard that in some big cities there are gentlemen with university education who can go to heaven and earth. !”
"Well, this one must be better than them!"
Old man Sun felt somewhat guilty when he said this. How could he not have heard about some great scholars in Ning'an County? Many people knew about some powerful people, but most of them were heard and heard. The story about Grandma Xiangu was... I have only heard it since I was a child, never seen it, and not many can be passed down.
"Oh, by the way, this tablet is the proof! This Heaven and Earth tablet and this small tablet were given by Grandma Xiangu herself in the clouds to our Sun family's old house, and they will never be forgotten by the descendants of the Sun family."
"I know this. The braised noodles here are delicious, but every time you go to the stall, you have to leave some ingredients. Don't sell out! Uncle, I want to eat braised noodles later!"
"Okay, okay, let's eat braised noodles later! My uncle will cook today!"
Why keep a copy? The Sun family has actually forgotten it. It may be because the ancestors meant that there will always be more than enough every year. Anyway, they did not break this default ancestral precept.
"Yiqiu, it's your turn, stop laughing and joking, go up and pay homage."
His father called Sun Yiqiu, and the latter put aside his laughter with his sister and brother-in-law, made a serious look, went to the altar table to worship, and muttered some words of prayer for good health.
The whole sacrificial process went without any disturbance. Just like ordinary people, after the sacrificial ceremony, the table is cleared, some edible dishes are placed, some dishes are heated up, and some new foods are prepared, such as braised noodles.
At noon, the family sat around the table with a round table to eat. The older ones had a drink, the younger ones were playing non-stop, and the baby was crying for milk in the middle of the meal. It was very lively.
But the whole family didn't realize that there was actually one more person in the room, a woman wearing light blue clothes, with green silk hair in a bun but with long willow-like hair on the front, and three feet of water-like hair on the back, with a white jade hairpin on her head. Decorated with a faintly shining bead.
The woman just watched the Sun family eating happily. She walked a few steps around the table and stopped next to Sun Yiqiu. She held her elbow with one hand and held her chin with the other. She carefully observed Sun Yiqiu, the strongest cook in the field. Man, the big red flower bowl in his hand was filled with a big bowl of rice, and it was quickly disappearing together with the various dishes put into the bowl.
Nothing like Yaya!
Seeing the Sun family eating happily, Zao Niang bit her finger, turned around and walked out of the lobby. When she went out, she already had a sauced duck leg in her hand.
"Just try it!"
After whispering, Zao Niang waved her sleeves to the ground and the dust near the threshold dispersed. She sat down casually, stretched one leg and bent one leg, and tasted the sauced duck leg there.
Although Youdao was killed for being a gentleman for five generations, the rules of the Sun family noodle stall have been followed for so many generations. Even if Sun Yaya doesn't care, Zao Niang, who has been guarding Ning'an County most of the time, won't care either.
"What if the old man wants to come back to eat noodles one day and can't find anyone?"
Thinking like this, Zao Niang glanced outside the door again. There were already two people standing there holding knives with serious faces. Judging from their clothes, they must be the day wandering gods of Ning'an County.
"You are not a human being, what are you doing here?"
"But what's the connection with the Sun family?"
"If there is no connection, I hope you will leave immediately!"
The two Japanese cruisers did not attack immediately. After all, the other party just stole a duck leg from the Sun family, and the aura of the other party was neither a god nor a Buddha nor an immortal nor a demon nor a ghost, so they should not act rashly.
Zao Niang stood up and bowed.
"Hello, you two. I am also from Ning'an County. I know the ancestors of the Sun family. Today I suddenly felt that this family was contaminated by something. I came here to have a look. I have never done anything trespassing, and I will not harm them. Please tell me. A wise observer."
Two Days Tour subconsciously glanced at the half-eaten duck leg, nodded slightly, and made some relaxed gestures although his hand was still on the knife. There was an inexplicable aura about this woman that made people want to believe it. Even ghosts and gods were attracted by it. No exception, it's amazing.
"Do you know what it was contaminated with?"
"Then I don't know yet. It doesn't seem to have harmed the Sun family, so I plan to wait here. If it is a misunderstanding, just let it go. If you don't know what is good and what is good, let it be destroyed."
Zao Niang's tone was very calm, but her words were a bit harsh. Both Niyouxu had some synesthesia and could sense that these were not bragging and exaggerated words, or even self-confidence in oneself, but just ordinary words that should be taken for granted. That’s all.
The more this feeling, the more unusual it is. The woman in front of me is probably very extraordinary.
The Japanese tour showed some respect, and one of them deliberately bowed and made a gesture before asking again.
"May I ask this fairy's name and where he comes from?"
Zao Niang smiled. It seemed that the other party didn't believe that she was from Ning'an County. With some solemnity, she put the duck legs into the space inside her sleeves, stood up straight and threw her sleeves behind her, with her hair on both sides blowing slightly in the wind.
"A native of Ning'an County, Zao Niang!"
A gentle breeze blew in the county. At the end of the twelfth lunar month, there seemed to be a vague and faint fragrance of flowers floating in the county.