Chapter 180 Ancestor Worship
Lin Su'e gave red envelopes to everyone one by one, treating everyone equally and giving each person 6 yuan in New Year's money.
Everything goes well.
No matter big or small, everyone showed genuine joy on their faces when holding the red envelopes, which made her feel warm at heart.
The year ends with the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to the wine.
The whole village seemed to come alive, and the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time.
The brothers Zhao Zhenren and Zhao Zhenyi were busy pasting New Year pictures, Spring Festival couplets, blessing characters and window decorations; Zhao Zhenli took the three younger ones to pick up unlit firecrackers outside the house, lit them with matches and threw them on the ground, causing Zhao Yulan and Zhao Baozhu to scream.
"Zhenli, keep an eye on your brothers and sisters, don't let them get dirty."
"Got it, Mom."
Lin Su'e withdrew her gaze and took Chunlan and Fenglan to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.
Pu County is located neither in the south nor in the north, and its customs are different from those in the north and south. Here, although it is also called New Year's Eve dinner, the meal at noon is the most sumptuous, and the dinner is usually just the leftovers from lunch.
I was preparing for it a few days ago.
There are twelve dishes in total for the New Year's Eve dinner: a platter of cured meat, cold local chicken, braised pork with salted vegetables, taro chicken, fragrant bowls, glutinous rice with red bean paste, braised fish, sweet and sour spare ribs, braised pork, dry pot shrimp, fried crab in the typhoon shelter, and three-fresh soup.
The cured meat platter is a selection of newly pickled cured meats this year, including bacon, spare ribs, sausages and pig's trotters.
The cold-mixed native chicken nuggets are bright red in color, symbolizing a prosperous and auspicious new year. It is a traditional cold dish that is a must-have during the Chinese New Year in Sichuan Province.
Braised pork with salted vegetables is made of pork belly and salted vegetables. It is prepared one day in advance and is steamed today.
The taro chicken was also cooked yesterday. It was cooked with soft and glutinous taro and chicken, and it had a strong aroma of sauce.
The fragrant bowl is made of crispy meat that has been fried in advance, sliced and steamed in a pot. It is fragrant and soft.
Red bean paste glutinous rice is suitable for both young and old. Sweet red bean paste is sandwiched between two pieces of pork belly and steamed in a pot. It is sweet but not greasy.
Braised fish is also a must-have for the New Year’s Eve dinner. As the saying goes, there will be surplus every year and no meal is complete without fish.
The sweet and sour spare ribs are made from the finest ribs, and are covered with a generous amount of sweet and sour sauce, so delicious that you can’t stop eating it.
Braised pork, dry-pot shrimp, and typhoon-safe fried crab are all favorite foods of children, so of course we have to satisfy them during the New Year.
Three Fresh Soup, also known as Pork Tripe Three Fresh Soup, is made in Sichuan with the main ingredients of pork tripe, quail eggs, pork heart, lettuce strips, winter bamboo shoots slices, and black fungus slices. It is fresh and sweet.
Each has his own duties.
Been busy all morning.
11 o'clock.
The meals are all ready.
First, they placed some melon seeds, peanuts, candies, white wine, a cooked chicken and a piece of pork belly in front of Zhao Xiaosheng's spirit tablet and invited him to eat.
Then, the Zhao Zhenren brothers set off another set of firecrackers.
The whole family sat down and started to eat. Each person’s bowl was poured with yellow water, which was the orange drink brought back from Beijing.
Lin Su'e picked up the bowl and said with a bright smile, "This year, our family has undergone tremendous changes. First, I changed my career to matchmaking, and I did a good job. Chunlan got divorced and returned home with Baozhu. The eldest went back to college. The second child went to high school. Fenglan went back to school to study in junior high school. The third child and Yulan started school. Zhenxin discovered the tumor in his brain in time, and the surgery went smoothly and he recovered. Finally, our family built a big and nice new house."
“Overall, it’s been a great year.”
"This year, we will continue to work hard and strive to live a better life."
Zhao Zhenren nodded heavily: "Definitely."
Zhao Zhenyi: "I wish my mother to make a fortune this year."
Zhao Zhenli: "Next year I must be in the top 10 in the class and get the bonus."
Zhao Yulan: "Then I want to be in the top 10 in my grade."
Zhao Zhenxin: "Then I wish everyone good health."
Zhao Fenglan complained helplessly: "Are you three making wishes?"
Zhao Chunlan covered her mouth and laughed.
Now this kind of life is like a dream to her, she is already satisfied.
“…”
Everyone had a happy meal.
Afternoon.
Zhao Chunlan and Zhao Fenglan cleaned up the dishes.
Lin Su'e led Zhao Zhenren and others to tear paper money as they would worship their ancestors later.
Paper money, ghost money, incense, and candles are all prepared.
In the past few years, these things were not allowed to be displayed openly and were called "feudal superstition."
After the reform and opening up.
The incense and candle shop was opened secretly.
People in the city don't dare to burn paper money in a lavish manner, but people in the countryside have long since done so.
Even more.
It has been more than ten years since we burned paper money for our ancestors. Everyone is afraid that our ancestors have no money to use in the underworld, so they burn large amounts of money, as if they are trying to make up for the loss of ten years.
Live a new life.
It was hard for Lin Su'e not to believe in these superstitious things, so she bought a lot of them.
Zhao Yulan loudly accused Zhao Zhenli: "Third brother, separate the paper money one by one. Look at what you counted, many of them are connected together."
Hearing this.
Zhao Zhenli didn't care: "Oh, they are almost the same~"
Zhao Yulan was angry: "What do you mean almost? Third brother, you are a big idiot!"
Zhao Zhenli's eyes widened: "How dare you call me stupid?"
Zhao Yulan stiffened her neck and said, "Why not? I'm telling the truth, humph!"
Zhao Zhenli: “…”
He clenched his fist and looked at his brothers and sisters aggrievedly: "Big brother, second brother, Zhenxin, you see she is so mean and only knows how to bully me."
Zhao Zhenyi said seriously: "Yulan is not wrong either."
Zhao Zhenren nodded.
Zhao Zhenxin agreed: "Yes, Third Brother is so stupid that he can't even count paper money properly."
Zhao Zhenli looked at them in disbelief.
at last.
Choose to complain: "Mom! Look at them, they all call me an idiot!"
Lin Su'e tried to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, I'll ask them to stop talking."
"Just focus on it."
I counted the paper money and the ghost money, and they filled up an entire backpack.
Take it outside.
She asked Zhao Zhenren and others to get some soil and make five piles of soil, one for her parents, one for her parents-in-law, and one for her husband Zhao Xiaosheng.
Then.
She began to light candles.
Zhao Zhenren said, "Mom, let me have some."
Lin Su'e did not refuse, and casually instructed Zhao Zhenyi: "Second brother, light the incense and pass it to me."
"OK."
The two brothers lit candles and incense and handed them to her, and she stuck them into the pile of earth one by one.
There are 2 candles.
There are 3 bamboo incense sticks.
This order cannot be wrong.
Tao Te Ching says, Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, and three gives birth to all things.
In ancestor worship, the ancestor to be worshipped is one, the candle is two, and the bamboo incense is three.
People in the countryside don’t know what the Tao Te Ching is.
This set of rules has been passed down from generation to generation.
After lighting candles and incense, she began to burn paper money and ghost money, and placed them on the pile of earth on the left. As she burned them, she said, "Grandpa, I haven't burned paper money for you in many years. Please don't blame me. You have met Xiaosheng, right? Don't worry, the children and I are doing well. Please bless the children in the underworld to be healthy and safe..."
This way.
Zhao Zhenren and the older ones knelt down and kowtowed three times, and the younger ones followed suit.
Burn the father-in-law.
The second one is from my mother-in-law.
Then there are her mom and dad.
"Mom and Dad, my sister and I have reconciled. Don't worry, we sisters will support each other in the future."
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