The eight-legged essay was as difficult as an insurmountable mountain, which made the four young boys fearful and desperate.
Zhuang Jin looked at Cui Xian's back as he walked away while reading, and said sadly, "In a few years, I'm afraid we won't even have the chance to play together with Brother Xian. He is destined to leave Nanyang to see a wider world, leaving us far behind."
Gao Qi and Li Heyu looked depressed.
Only Pei Jian looked embarrassed, muttering: "Even if it's like this, so what? Anyway...anyway, even if my brother Xian becomes the top scholar in the future, I have to give him half the credit! No matter how powerful he is outside, I am still his big brother!"
"Even if he doesn't recognize me as his big brother in the future, I'm thick-skinned and I'll recognize him!"
Ah this.
After hearing what he said, Zhuang Jin and others thought he was just speaking in anger and did not take it seriously.
The other side.
Cui Xian returned home before evening.
Seeing him coming back, a servant came to greet him earnestly: "Young Master is back!"
Now the Cui family's life has improved, and they have hired six servants and a housekeeper.
Although it’s not much, it can barely help manage such a large house.
Under the stumbling leadership of Old Cui, the family's life began to become visibly stable, secure and prosperous.
"Xian'er, you're finally back. I was planning to send someone to look for you!"
Seeing Cui Xian, Old Cui said quickly, "Come quickly, we have to offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God first. After dinner, we have to look after the empty night and pay respects to Brother Wan Hui. There are so many things to do!"
Cui Xian smiled and said, “Come on.”
To offer sacrifice to the Kitchen God, one must offer malt sugar, colorful rice cakes, chicken, duck, fish and other delicacies to him first.
The family can only start eating after the Kitchen God has finished eating.
After dinner, go to bed early and place an oil lamp under the bed.
It is said that waste is a ghost, and wherever it goes, people there will lose their property and their treasury will be empty. Therefore, if you light a firefight, you will have more money in the coming year.
As for Brother Wanhui, he represents the god of reunion.
Old Cui believed this very much, so she repeatedly told the whole family that the lights under the bed must not be turned off, and that they must be sincere when worshiping brother Wanhui.
Only in this way can our Cui family have abundant wealth and live happily together!
After the Little New Year, it’s New Year’s Eve in the blink of an eye.
When I was in Hexi Village, life was poor and we didn’t care about staying up all night to celebrate the New Year. But now that life is better, the whole family can sit together and it’s so lively!
On New Year's Eve.
Old Cui led several servants, prepared a large table of fruits for midnight snacks, lit the stove, and stayed up in the main hall to celebrate the New Year.
It was late at night and it was still snowing outside.
There were several bright oil lamps in the hall, making the room very bright.
The table was filled with various fine fruits, ten kinds of sugar, granulated sugar balls, rhymed fruits, honey ginger and fermented black beans, soap cakes, city cakes and so on. There were so many of them.
The fire was burning brightly and it was warm.
Holding her granddaughter in her arms, Old Cui looked at the huge pile of food and couldn't help but sigh: "Oh, we are living such a wonderful life now. I never dared to imagine it before!"
Maybe it's because when people get old, they always like to reminisce about the past.
But the memories of the past were all bitter, now they are all sweet!
Chen pinched a candied fruit and put it in her mouth, smiling and agreeing: "Yeah, I used to always wonder when life would end. Now I feel that life is far from over, because good days are all ahead."
The whole family was smiling, and they looked particularly happy.
Then he began to praise Xian Ge'er, the great contributor who brought the whole family together.
Cui Xian was blushing at the praise.
Maybe because life is good, there is no end to the pleasant things to talk about. We sat together and talked for most of the night, and we were still excited.
Wait until daybreak.
Old Cui was the first to react, shouting, "Quick! Big brother, second brother, make a pile of ashes!"
The brothers Cui Boshan and Cui Zhongyuan quickly picked up bamboo poles tied with copper coins and beat the pile of ash.
This means that the coming year will be smooth and all your wishes will come true.
By the time we finished clearing the ash pile, the sky was bright.
At this time, every household will not sleep, but will rush to paste the door god Zhong Kui.
The purpose is to keep evil spirits and poor ghosts out of the door.
After the stickers were pasted, the whole family stood in the yard waiting.
When the sound of clappers came from the streets, it meant that the officials from the county and prefectural governments had already started setting off firecrackers.
It was the people's turn to start releasing fireworks.
Old Cui said, "Xuan Jie'er, Yu Ge'er, Xian Ge'er, stand away! Second daughter-in-law, cover our little fat girl's ears. Let's light the firecrackers!"
Cui Boshan lit the firecrackers.
Crackling!
The yard was bustling with activity, and smoke was rising.
Not only the Cui family, but the entire Nanyang and even Daliang were filled with the sound of firecrackers.
Looking at the exploding firecrackers, the whole family couldn't stop laughing.
Oh, why didn’t I realize before that the sound of firecrackers sounds so prosperous!
The new year arrives amid the lively sound of firecrackers.
After New Year's Day, the ice and snow melted in the blink of an eye, and the peach blossoms bloomed.
The Tongsheng Examination of the 17th year of Jiahe in the Daliang Dynasty is about to begin.
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