Little Farmer Big Star

When Su Qing heard the little girl say "Jing Tang", she couldn't help but ask with some doubts: "What is 'Jing Tang'?"

Li Fan said with a smile: "'Toast candy' is a word invented by the girl herself. In fact, it is to pay incense to the Lord of the Kitchen, and you need to put some candy. [No pop-up novel network]"

Su Qing covered her mouth with a smile, looked at the figure of the little girl running out, and said, "I guess that girl is thinking about candy."

Li Fan said: "I think so, let's go to the kitchen."

Su Qing nodded, followed Li Fan to the kitchen, and naturally his father and mother also accompanied him.

Before sending the Lord of the Stove to heaven, there is a ceremony called "Sending the Stove".

The ceremony of sending the stove has now been simplified, and basically it is enough to pay an incense.

In the past, people would sing Songs for the Lord of the Kitchen and dance for the Lord of the Kitchen, which was much more lively than now.

Moreover, in the past, the delivery of the stove was mostly carried out at dusk and into the night, but now there is not so much emphasis on it, and it can be done during the day and evening.

A group of people walked into the stove, and on the north side of the stove, there was a portrait of the stove king.

Su Qing had seen this portrait before, but she didn't know it was the Kitchen Lord.

Su Qing looked at the portrait and said, "So this is the Kitchen Lord, I didn't know it before."

Li Fandao: "In fact, in the past, there was usually a kitchen king niche in the kitchen room, most of which were located in the north or east of the kitchen room, with the statue of the kitchen king in the middle. Now there are basically no more, and one is directly posted. Portrait of the Kitchen Lord. Right? Dad."

Hearing the words, Dad nodded and said, "Indeed, when we were children, there were kitchen king shrines in every kitchen room, but now, there are almost none."

What is the stove king shrine? Su Qing had not seen it before, so she asked Li Fan, "What does the kitchen king shrine look like? Have you seen it?"

Li Fandao: "I saw it in the village when I was young. Some of it looked like a table with a statue of the Kitchen Lord in the middle."

Su Qing nodded and said, "Why does every household respect the Lord of the Stove?"

Li Fan smiled and said: "According to legend, the Kitchen Lord was entrusted by the Jade Emperor, and the chef of Jiutian East ordered the kitchen king to manage the food of each family. The Kitchen Lord has been staying at home since last year's New Year's Eve. Protect and supervise the family. On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, um, that is, today, the Kitchen Lord will ascend to heaven to report the good or evil deeds of the family to the Jade Emperor in the sky.

Therefore, we should like the kitchen master to respect some candy, so that the kitchen master can say more good things. "

Su Qing's big eyes blinked when she heard it, and she looked very interested. She never knew that the Kitchen Lord had so much attention.

While speaking, the little girl had already placed candies under the portrait of the Kitchen Lord.

Dad also put the paper horses made of bamboo strips and the fodder for the animals that had been prepared, beside the candy.

These are all things that the King of the Stove needs to use.

Then light a pair of red candles, three incense sticks, and put them in place.

After that, the little girl volunteered herself, stepped on the stool, and smeared sugar around the mouth of the kitchen king's portrait.

Su Qing was quite interesting to see, and his intention was self-evident, this was to make the kitchen lord and his old man a little sweeter.

After painting the sugar, Dad took off the portrait of the Kitchen Lord, set the prepared money paper on fire, placed the portrait on the burning money paper, and burned it.

The whole ceremony of sending the stove is over, just waiting for the New Year's Eve to invite the Lord of the Stove back again.

"Is it over?" Su Qing asked.

Li Fan nodded and said, "It's over, it's all simplified now."

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At noon, after lunch, Li Fan took Su Qing and the little girl, two beauties, big and small, to live together.

On the way, Su Qing asked, "Elder Zheng and Mr. Liang, don't they go back to celebrate the New Year?"

Li Fan nodded and said, "No, Mr. Liang's wife came here a few days ago. They must be here for the New Year."

Su Qing nodded and said, "It seems that Elder Zheng and Elder Liang have completely regarded this place as their home."

Li Fan said proudly: "That is, the environment here is so good, how can they be willing to leave."

Su Qing rolled her eyes and said, "Dese!"

Soon, the three came to the front of Yuanlai, Zheng Jie, Zhang Xia, Liang Sheng, and Liang Sheng's wife, Wu Bingrong, who had just arrived a few days ago, were disturbing their respective yards.

Li Fan said, "Mr. Zheng and Mr. Liang, did the Kitchen Lord send them?"

Zheng Jie said: "The love girl is here too. It hasn't been delivered yet. I'm waiting for your kid to come and deliver it together."

Su Qing hurriedly said hello to the four elders. Zheng Jie, Liang Sheng, and Zhang Xia had met Su Qing for the first time, but Wu Bingrong saw it for the first time.

Then he smiled kindly: "Fanzi, this is Xiao Su, and Linlin's good girl, you are all here, come and sit."

Li Fan said with a smile: "Aunt Wu, don't be polite, we are here to send the Lord of the Kitchen with you."

Afterwards, Zheng Jie and Liang Sheng's small courtyard kitchen sent away the kitchen master respectively.

After that, the three of Li Fan said goodbye, and after wandering around the village for a while, they returned home.

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The next day, the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, Li Fan still got up early. Well, Su Qing also got up.

Today will be busier than yesterday because today is "dust sweeping day".

To be precise, from today to New Year's Eve, these days are all "dust sweeping days", that is, general cleaning.

Every household in the village has to clean the courtyards and houses, wash all kinds of utensils, remove and wash the bedding and curtains, dust off the dust and spider webs, and dred the open canals and culverts.

Before the Spring Festival, clean up everything, sweep out all "poor luck" and "bad luck", and say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.

In these few days every year, every household in the village is cleaning, which is quite lively, and the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year is getting stronger and stronger.

After breakfast, Li Fan took a hatchet, went to chop two bamboos and came back. After that, he cleaned the bamboo branches from the bamboo joints and made two bamboo poles four or five meters long.

Seeing this, Su Qing asked strangely, "What are you doing with two such long bamboo poles?"

Li Fan smiled and said, "You will know right away."

Su Qing was puzzled and stared at the movements in Li Fan's hands. I saw Li Fan put down the bamboo pole, and then tied the thin bamboo branches that had just been picked together. The bamboo branches had bamboo leaves, forming a "broom" appearance.

broom? Su Qing seemed to understand a little.

After that, Li Fan tied the "broom" he had just made to one end of the previous bamboo pole.

In this way, a temporary "long broom" composed of bamboo poles, bamboo branches and bamboo leaves is completed.

What is such a long "broom" for? Naturally, it is used to clean the grime cobwebs high on the walls.

"Now you know what I'm going to use it for?" Li Fan asked.

Su Qing nodded and said, "Well, I see, it turns out that the broom can still do this."

Li Fan smiled and said, "I haven't seen it before. This is the method that has been used in the village all the time."

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