farm life

With the disappearance of Emperor Hades, there was a voice from outside the window: "Sui Wazi, are you awake?"

As soon as Song Jinfeng entered Lin Jiangsui's backyard, she heard the sound of a TV series coming from the house, so she didn't knock on the door, but shouted through the window, because there were thick curtains hanging in the window, and she couldn't see it. in.

"Get up." Lin Jiang put on his shoes and went to open the back door.

"When I was cooking, I heard the sound of the TV, and I thought you woke up, come here quickly, the glutinous rice balls are ready."

"I'll wash my face and come."

Eating glutinous rice balls on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year is a custom everywhere. Tangyuan is also called Yuanxiao. Yuanxiao symbolizes family reunion, so eating Yuanxiao means family happiness and good luck in the new year, which is a good omen.

The glutinous rice balls in C city also have strong local characteristics. In addition to the stuffing made of peanuts, sesame seeds, white sugar and refined lard, and the lychee-sized glutinous rice balls wrapped in dough made of glutinous rice flour, there is also a Lin Jiangsui prefers the latter kind of stuffingless glutinous rice balls the size of pearls.In particular, the small glutinous rice balls boiled with sweet wine are his favourites.

But what I ate on the first day of the new year was big glutinous rice balls, the stuffing was bought in the supermarket, and the outer skin was made by Song Jinfeng herself. It took more than half a month to get it done.

"Suiwazi, how many do you eat?" Song Jinfeng took a bowl and scooped glutinous rice balls in front of the stove. There was no one else in the kitchen except her, so it seemed that she was still awake.

Lin Jiang casually looked at the pot, and each of the glutinous rice balls was the size of a table tennis ball. He had eaten a lot of strawberries before, and glutinous rice was the most bloated, so he said, "Six is ​​enough."

Without saying a word, Song Jinfeng scooped six big and round glutinous rice balls for him, and handed them to him: "You eat first, I'll wake them up."

"Ah."

The Li family got up one after another, and there was no need to be polite. They each brought a bowl of glutinous rice balls and sat beside Lin Jiangsui, chatting while eating glutinous rice balls.

"After eating glutinous rice balls, it's time to go to worship the ancestors. The ingot candles I bought a few days ago are all placed outside. Don't forget to take them with you." Song Jinfeng reminded.

Lin Jiang responded: "Well, I still have a few rolls of firecrackers at my place, let's take them with me too."

Although ancestors are worshipped separately, the cemeteries in the village are all on the same hilltop, so they can help each other when walking together for a certain distance.

After eating the glutinous rice balls, Lin Jiang went to the outside room, took out a large bag of Mingzhi from the basket in the corner, took out a stack from it, and separated them carefully one by one.

The least thing for ancestor worship is to burn paper money, and the most common among ghost papers is this kind of rough yellow paper. On a large stack of thick yellow paper, rows of small coins are nailed with nails the size of copper plates. The holes are tightly pasted one by one. If they are not separated, it will not be easy to burn later.

Every time a sheet is separated, a large cloud of dust is raised, causing Lin Jiang to frown.

It didn't take long for the others to eat too, and they all came out to share the ghost paper together.Take out all the firecracker candles and divide them into several parts.

"Suiwazi, this is yours. I'll put it in a basket for you, so you can carry it on your back so you can walk." Song Jinfeng took out a smaller basket from the house, packed Lin Jiangsui's share, and put the rest Put them all into the original basket and let Li Zheyu carry them.

After locking the doors of their homes, the group mingled with the villagers who were also going to worship their ancestors, and went up the mountain talking and laughing.

They separated when they reached the end of the field. Lin Jiang and his family's graves were all together, and the location was also very good, very close to the foot of the mountain, while Li's family's grave was halfway up the mountain, and there was more walking.

In the Lin family's cemetery, apart from the cemetery of Lin Jiang's grandparents, there are also those of his great-grandfather and grandma. No matter how tall they are, this village was brought from various places when they took refuge in the past, and it didn't take too long to form it. , Lin Jiangsui's other ancestors are not here.

Worshiping the ancestors is also done according to the backup. Lin Jiang first lit candles and incense sticks in front of the grandfather's grave, kowtowed three times, and then started to reduce paper money by the candlelight. I got up, hung the firecrackers on the grave, and lit them.

When worshiping ancestors during the Chinese New Year, the comparison is who has the most crumbs of firecrackers on the grave, and who wants to light the most firecrackers. Although Lin Jiangsui had no intention of winning, he listened to Song Jinfeng and bought several strings of two-hundred-ring firecrackers. Firecrackers, one for each of the four graves in the family, each of which will not fail.

The entire mountain top was filled with the sound of crackling firecrackers, and wisps of black smoke rose from everywhere. It looked extremely lively, and the faces of the people passing by were all smiling, as if they were going out for an outing.

Lin Jiang bowed down one by one, because he had to kneel when burning paper money, and when he got it all done, his legs were a little numb.

Carrying an empty basket, Lin Jiang went down the mountain. There are many relatives in the Li family, and there are many people who need to worship, so Lin Jiang has already been told not to wait for them.

After offering sacrifices to the ancestors on the first day of junior high school, he will start visiting relatives on the second day of junior high school. Lin Jiangsui didn't know many people, so he naturally went with the Li family. However, he still remembered to wrap the lucky money in red envelopes, and was going to meet some acquaintances. When it was sent out, there was not much money in the red envelope, all of which were brand new ten-yuan bills, which he had specially exchanged at the bank when he went to town a year ago.

Li's family has no children, so he didn't need to give them away. On the contrary, Li Pengwei gave him two red envelopes on the first day of the first day of junior high school. Inside were two brand new 50 yuan bills, which should have been given by the couple together.

Lin Jiangsui's first red envelope was delivered to the little granddaughter of Wang Niang's family. She was a five-year-old girl who did not live in the village. This time she followed her parents home to pay New Year's greetings.

When visiting relatives with the Li family, they didn't take Lin Jiang with them to every house. They only took him with them when they were close to them on weekdays or those who had some status in the village.

Although Lin Jiangsui is an adult, he looks like a student, a little small, so when they took him there, those people would give him a red envelope in return after seeing him seal a red envelope for the child at home. , or let him bring some New Year’s goods home to eat, so after a few days, Lin Jiangsui didn’t suffer at all.

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, the craze of visiting relatives is almost over. Besides those red envelopes and New Year's goods, Lin Jiangsui also has another harvest, a small pet mini rabbit.

Miniature rabbits are one of the smallest breeds of pet rabbits, with small, erect ears.The weight of an adult mini rabbit is about 1kg, the body length is about 30cm, and the coat color is gray and white.

The earliest mini rabbits were male dwarf rabbits mated with female New Zealand rabbits.Because of its cute and miniature appearance, it is very popular among pet rabbits.

The mini rabbit that Lin Jiangsui got was a two-month-old cub, smaller than the palm of his hand, the kind that could fit into a pocket or a cup.Most of the hair on its body is white short hair, fluffy and soft, the edges of the ears are black, and there is also a black circle on the back of the waist, as if it was born with a belt, a pair of round black eyes, big The body is round, the limbs are short and fat, it is hard to imagine how they support the round body.

Why this cute pet rabbit became Lin Jiangsui's, it has to be said to be his luck.

That time they went to Li Zheyu's classmate's house. The father of his classmate was a village cadre in the village. The youngest daughter (Liu Linguo's parents are both only children), because she is a child of old age, so the little girl is very favored at home.And that mini rabbit originally belonged to her, it was a birthday present Liu Linguo bought for his younger sister last month.

The little girl loves this little rabbit very much, and she named it Sofa (forgive me for being forced to choose this name%>_<%), which means that the little rabbit is her first baby, and she doesn’t know who she is How did I know that the sofa has the meaning of the first (the Internet is harmful).

Ever since she got the sofa rabbit, the little girl has regarded it as a treasure in her hands. She bathes and combs it every day, and gives it a share of whatever delicious food she has. The little rabbit also eats whatever she wants, candies, biscuits, Cake, chocolate.It doesn't matter what it is, it only took half a month to raise itself to a plump shape.

It's a pity that the good times don't last long. Everyone knows that pets should not be fed indiscriminately. Many things that humans can eat are not suitable for them, so this little rabbit named Sofa unfortunately fell ill, and the illness was unclear. There is no pet shop near Ye Town, so there is no good veterinarian, and the Liu family can't go to the city just for a rabbit, so this little rabbit was given a reprieve.

Children are pure and cruel strange creatures. At first, the little girl cried and begged her parents to save the little rabbit, but after her parents promised to buy her a better pet, she stopped making trouble and cared no more because The ugly little rabbit that lost its hair, if she didn't remember to feed it, the little rabbit would have starved to death long ago.

When Lin Jiangsui arrived at their house, the little rabbit was almost breathless, and the Liu family was about to throw it away. When Lin Jiangsui saw the crying little rabbit, his sympathy was aroused in his heart. He made an excuse to help them throw the rabbit away.The Liu family still had some affection for this little rabbit that had brought them a lot of joy, otherwise they would not have waited until now and would not have thrown it away. Hearing what Lin Jiangsui said, they agreed.

So, Lin Jiang turned around and put the little rabbit into the sealed place.

【You are too soft-hearted. 】

【Hee hee, since you are here, you will cure it, right? 】Lin Jiangsui has almost paranoid trust in Emperor Underworld.

【... Only this time is not an example. 】