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Zhang Taiping got up early the next morning and practiced martial arts in the valley behind Daohou. Practicing martial arts is like sailing against the current or retreating if you don't advance. Zhang Taiping didn't think about how far his fists and kicks could be improved. He just had to at least maintain the current status. Unexpectedly, the old man was already there.

Tai Chi was practiced in the valley, and Zhang Taiping also followed suit. It seemed slow and had no offensive power. Only by immersing yourself in the fight can you feel the horror of it.

After doing Tai Chi a few times, the old man stopped and stood aside to watch Zhang Taiping practice his fists, kicks and sword skills. Although sword skills are not suitable for mastery, one method can be used to master all methods, and it can still be seen that Zhang Taiping seems to be casual.

Precise calculation and control of force when swinging the sword.

Seeing Zhang Taiping carrying the tree with his body, and the big tree was shaken and rattling, the old man also showed surprise in his eyes. This kind of power is very rare. Even at his peak, it is impossible to achieve this kind of power.

situation.

After Zhang Taiping stopped, the old man pointed to the neatly pruned fruit trees in the orchard and asked: "You pruned these, are you ready to manage the orchard?"

Zhang Taiping nodded and said: "Yes, I want to manage the fruit trees well next year. Well, I will build a farmhouse then."

The old man nodded and said, "It's time to do something."

As he walked back, he asked again: "Is that eagle on the roof yours?"

"Yes, he was rescued from the mountains after the heavy snowfall. His wings were pierced with a shotgun. He was brought back to be treated and survived. He was named Xiao Jin."

"Yes, those two dogs are not bad either." The old man praised a few words and then stopped talking and walked back with his hands behind his back.

After breakfast, a large group of people came to the house. They were all people who came to visit after hearing that the old man had come down from the mountain.

When the old man and Cai Yazhi's grandfather came down from the battlefield and settled here, they often helped the village fend off local bandits. This is why the villagers have taken so much care of Cai Yazhi's two sisters over the years. Moreover, the old man also has miraculous traditional Chinese medicine skills.

The author has been a doctor in the village for decades

The characters and prescriptions are written based on the individual's condition. The medicine cures the disease miraculously and saves countless lives. In addition, there is basically no medical fee for medical treatment. The prescription and the painstaking method of taking it are all written.

Leave it to the patients and let them prepare the medicine themselves, and never worry about the prescription being leaked.

Of course, the people in the village were respectful and grateful to him. Although he had not often seen doctors in the mountains in recent years. Only when they encountered acute illnesses that could not be treated, people would go to the mountains to invite him down. Their respect for him was still not the same.

Minus one thing. A large group of people came to visit carrying all kinds of things, and the village chief was also among them.

The old man did not refuse, and nodded and asked Cai Yazhi to collect all these things. The family who had the things collected seemed to have received a great honor, and no longer stayed at Zhang Taiping's house too much, and went away happily.

Only the village chief stayed and drank a few cups of tea with the old man. He kept asking the old man for advice as a junior, and finally left happily with the old man's nod. It seemed that the old man nodded and agreed to something.

It seems that every old man in a family is like a treasure, and an "old man" like the old man is the treasure of the whole village.

Most of the surnames in the village are Wang and Zhang, and many families hold sacrifices to the stove on the night of the 24th. Before it gets dark, firecrackers sound one after another in the village, and nursery rhymes can be heard from far away: "Twenty-three,

After offering sacrifices to the stove, the children clapped their hands and laughed. In five or six days, the New Year will come. They played with evil spirits boxes, played with walnuts, and made two clicks of cannons. The five children passed the exam and the ping-pong sounded, and the fire rose higher than the sky." Reflected.

Children’s joy in looking forward to the New Year.

Zhang Taiping's family is also busy at the moment, preparing a meal, mainly Zaoye cakes and various sesame balls. Zaoye cakes are round cakes with palms baked into them. In the past, patterns were baked on them.

, the most is to put it inside

Some white sugar and brown sugar are luxuries; but it is different now. If people's conditions allow, they will put various condiments on them. Zhang Taiping's family now prepares several kinds of fillings, including white sugar, brown sugar, bean paste, rock sugar and orange peel.

Shredded, sesame paste.

Put different marks on imitation flour cakes with various fillings and bake a dozen or so of them in a large pot. Different marks will be left on them when they come out. You can choose the cake you like according to your own taste.

After the Zaoye pancakes were baked, I made seven or eight more dishes. After all, tonight is also the New Year's Eve, so the fire seemed to be better than usual. After finishing these, we started to worship the Zaoye.

Ancient people have always performed sacrifices to the stove by men. According to folklore, the moon belongs to yin and the kitchen god belongs to yang, so "men do not sacrifice to the moon, and women do not sacrifice to the stove." On the night of the stove sacrifice day, every family makes "stove sacrifice soup" with tofu, vermicelli, cabbage, kelp, etc.

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In front of the memorial tablet of the Lord, sesame cakes made of sugar paste or maltose syrup are then offered, which are called "stove-sacrifice candy."

Some even bake them eighteen times and use a rooster

One, clamp its two wings and place it in front of the Kitchen God. At the same time, put some grass and beans aside to "move the God's Horse". When worshiping the Stove, the officiant first sprinkles wine on the cockscomb, then burns incense and candles on the God's table.

In front of the altar, firecrackers were set off, and the worshipers recited prayers.

, its content is diverse, and they are all words of help and blessing. After praying, take off the statue of the Stove God from the wall, lightly smear its mouth with Stove Sugar, put it on the paper horse and burn it, and at the same time shout "Send Stove God"

"I rode my horse and ascended to heaven", and the sacrifice came to an end.

Nowadays, people don’t pay so much attention to it. Since women are in charge of the kitchen, all these things fall on women. In the countryside, there are very few men going to worship the stove. At least this is the case in Zhang Taiping’s house now. The old man and the old man are sitting

In the room, they were drinking tea and watching TV, and Cai Yazhi and her four daughters were busy in the kitchen.

First, Cai Yazhi pasted the portraits of the Kitchen God and the Kitchen Lady in a specially recessed place on the wall above the stove. The Kitchen God in the portrait is white and fat. He has been enjoying the delicacies of the world in the human kitchen all year round and has grown a little fatter.

excusable.

There is also a couplet on the portrait, with the four characters "head of the family" on the banner. Zaoye is responsible for the human kitchen and food. In the era when food was not enough, he was regarded as the head of the family and hosted the majority of people.

The desire for things and the good wish to not have to worry about food. On both sides is a couplet "God speaks good things, and descends to earth to bring good luck."

Tonight is called Sacrifice to the Zao, actually it is also called as a gift to the Zao. The Zao Lord has been sitting in the kitchen since New Year's Eve last year. On the night of the 24th, he was sent to heaven to meet the Jade Emperor to report on the situation at home this year.

They will be brought back on the eve of the New Year's Eve. Therefore, people hope that the Kitchen God can speak well to the Jade Emperor in heaven and that he will bring good luck when he comes down to earth on the 30th!

Paste the portrait, then light a pair of small candles and a few sticks of incense on the wooden board in front of it, then offer the prepared food to the wooden board in front of the portrait, and invite the Kitchen God and the Kitchen God to enjoy it.

They are some vegetarian food, and most of them are sweets. I hope Mr. Zao will say good luck to heaven after eating sweets and putting sugar on his mouth.

After waiting for a while, after the Kitchen God and Kitchen Goddess had finished enjoying the meal, Cai Yazhi took out a paper pony and grain and grass, knelt on the ground and burned them together with the old portrait, muttering silently in her mouth and gesticulating in her hand: Gong.

Send God the Stove God and the Stove Lady God to say good things.

Good luck to everyone. Then there was a silent murmuring. Several other people also knelt on the ground and murmured words. This was Zhang Taiping who was also cooperating with setting off a string of firecrackers outside. This was considered to be a preparation for Stove Master.

After that, the horse sent Master Zao to the sky.

After doing all this, quickly take out the sesame sugar Zaoye cakes and other things that were donated to Zaoye Zaopo and distribute them to the family members. It is important to show their dignity and pray for blessings and avoid disasters for the whole family.

After offering sacrifices to the stove, the whole family, old and young, would enjoy stove-offering candies, cakes and have dinner together. In the past, what we ate tonight was very particular. Most of the dinners were vegetarian, such as noodles, and no meat or meat was eaten. The more we ate, the better.

Commonly known as "filling the warehouse". However, nowadays people really don't pay so much attention to it. In addition to the things they contribute to the Kitchen God and the Kitchen God, they also don't eat meat or vegetables at home.

The old man was sitting at the main seat. Eight hot and cold dishes were placed on the table, as well as two baskets of Zaoye cakes. Zhang Taiping also went down to the cellar and took out a jar of wine.

When the old man saw that the dishes on the table and the electrical appliances at home were not what they were six months ago, and the quality of life had obviously improved by more than one level, he couldn't help but said to Zhang Taiping: "It's best to use your martial arts skills properly."

Zhang Taiping was stunned for a moment, but he understood what he meant instantly and said with a smile: "Grandpa, don't worry, I only learn martial arts to strengthen my body. A gentleman loves money in a proper way, and making money is definitely a legitimate means.

What kind of shameful thing did you do?"

The old man was surprised that Zhang Taiping could say such Wen Zou's words, but he also knew that this was his guarantee, so he didn't say anything more, waved his hand and said: "Let's eat."

As the old man's voice fell, little Yaya used her chopsticks first and picked up a piece of spareribs. However, she put it not in her own bowl but in the old man's bowl and said, "Grandpa, these are the spareribs made by Aunt Xing. They are delicious."

have eaten."

The old man looked at a piece of spareribs in the bowl, his expression was stunned, and then he laughed loudly, the sound shook the sky, venting his inner happiness, wiping Yaya's little head and said: "Okay, Yaya is the best to grandpa.

good."

The other three girls didn't feel anything, but Xing Rushui was shocked. It's not easy for an old man to have such a good spirit and a healthy body at such an old age. I didn't expect that the old man of the Zhang family was really full of energy.

, there is no sign of aging like an old man at all, and there is no problem in living for another twenty years.

The old man was grinning from ear to ear as he ate Yaya Jialai's pork ribs. He was in good health and had no bad teeth. He could enjoy any food like a young man.

The next dinner ended in a cheerful atmosphere with Xiaoyaya having a piece of pork ribs.