amaotonovel Chapter 201 The Kitchen God Festival is here
Chapter 201 The Kitchen God Festival is here
As the days passed, it was soon the Kitchen God Festival, which was also the day for sweeping the house.
The 23rd and 24th day of the 12th lunar month are the traditional days for worshiping the kitchen god in Daliang, called "Little Year" and also known as Kitchen God Festival.
In this era, there is a tradition of celebrating the Little New Year of "officials on the third day and civilians on the fourth day and boatmen on the fifth day". Officials' Little New Year is on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, civilians' on the 24th day, and boatmen's on the 25th day. At this time, officials, businessmen or students away from home will rush home to reunite before the Kitchen God Day and eat homemade candies to pray for the Kitchen God's blessing and family safety in the coming year.
\"It's busy to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. Clean the windows, sweep the floor and clean the stove. Send the Kitchen God to heaven and say good words to welcome good luck.\"
Every household is busy celebrating the festival, and the same is true in the village. People living in every house begin to carefully sweep the dust and redecorate. The most important ceremony is to prepare three kinds of animals, candies, wine, and rice cakes to worship the Kitchen God.
Of course, the men were busy with all these things. Dada Industrial Park started the holiday yesterday, and Xiaoliu and Lu Yao returned home. Xiaoqi and Xiaoba also returned home within the stipulated time. At present, only Yanan and her three husbands have not been seen, and no one knows where they are.
Yiyi and Bailu, two idle people, besides eating and drinking, just watched their respective men busy in and out. Want to help? Impossible, who dares to let a pregnant woman clean the windowsill, wipe the furniture, clean the room, and tidy up the yard? Idle people are only fit to gather together and gossip.
"Sister, are you going to travel outside to celebrate the holidays on your honeymoon?" After talking about it for a long time, Bai Lu directly suspected that Yanan's motive was that she wanted the whole family to live a carefree life outside. With money, a man, and the ability to leave whenever they want, they would live a very happy life.
"Don't worry, second sister. Big sister won't abandon us and run away. There's nothing to do before the New Year anyway. Since we're going out to play, we must have fun before coming back. Just think about it, it's not easy to go out! Right?" Yiyi walked beside her with a pregnant belly as big as Bailu's. They were now more cautious and did not dare to be careless.
"Yeah, if it were me, I wouldn't come back so soon. I would definitely want to experience all the prosperity in the world!" Bai Lu agreed deeply.
The Yanan family, who they were thinking about, led their guards to Liangshan Prefecture, an important town at the junction of Sichuan and Yunnan. This is a must-pass place on the Southwest Silk Road. Yanan and his party have been attracted by the special folk customs of the local area, which is really full of ethnic characteristics.
There is a unique language, and Yanan can't understand it no matter how hard he tries.
Moreover, they also have the high priest of their nation. The special and mysterious existence of the priest is worth exploring.
At the same time, they also used their own calendar, with ten months in a year and thirty-six days in each month.
What is surprising is the way they trade in the market, which is particularly interesting as it follows the ancient barter system.
for example:
One horse → one cow → five sheep
A sheep → a pig ← → a stone of grain
One beagle → one cat → one and a half pounds of wool
A sheepskin → a chicken → a bushel of grain
Yanan and his companions watched with great interest. They also exchanged the things in their carriages for a basket of apples. The apples here are sweet, juicy and crisp. Yanan also specifically asked Shen Wen to exchange some special red agate jewelry and old silver jewelry! When traveling, you always have to bring some souvenirs home to give to others. Now she finally has gifts for Yiyi and Bailu. Otherwise, she is sure that she will be scolded when she returns home, and maybe twice if she is not happy with the scolding.
In Liangshan Prefecture, small streams from the mountains converge into long rivers, nourishing the flat fertile fields on both sides of the river. The river valley has nurtured a special natural geography. The suitable temperature, air humidity, altitude, crop yield, air cleanliness and forest coverage make the agricultural production here rich, with fragrant fruits all year round and flowers blooming every month, which is intoxicating.
It was not until we got here that we felt like we were traveling. The natural scenery is so beautiful and the unique lifestyle is revealed everywhere. Everything we saw was new and it was indeed a trip that satisfied our curiosity.
When handing over the books for the Chinese Character Recognition Contest at the government office of Liangshan Prefecture, perhaps the officials saw that they were a team of men, and they specifically warned them not to touch some taboos of the ethnic group here. For example, every girl of this ethnic group is engaged to a child, so don't provoke them easily, so as not to attract a double beating from her family and the engaged husband's family. Otherwise, there is no place to reason, because unless they are willing to listen to the local respected people, they don't want to listen to others, and it's useless for the government office to come. Because people here value agreements very much, they will not cancel the engagement easily. To cancel the engagement is to pay a price that ordinary people cannot afford! In short, the officials' mysterious warnings made the guards dare not approach the girls who saw more girls than the outside world. Because of the lack of understanding, coupled with some magical legends, this piece of land has added a lot of mystery.
As they were unfamiliar with the place, in order not to offend others, the team went on a low-key tour after completing their business, enjoying the scenery, the local customs, and the local specialties. In line with the principle of not wanting to cause trouble, after staying for two days, they retreated towards home. According to their current comfortable speed, it would take about three days to get home, which was just the right time to go home for the New Year.