Chapter 133 Thank you, I am very touched

Author: Potato Sweet Potato Pie

Chapter 133 Thank you, I am very touched

The dumplings at Zishi were steaming hot. Among the several plates of dumplings, only two dumplings were wrapped with copper coins, which means good things come in pairs. Those who eat the copper coins in the dumplings will have good luck in the coming year. Zhao Yuerong and Xia Shu happened to eat them alone.

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One of them ate six dumplings, and the other ate seven dumplings. This made Xia Yuan, who had eaten more than 20 dumplings, feel embarrassed.

Xia Yuan definitely had reason to suspect these two of cheating. They made the dumplings. Isn't it easy to put a mark on the dumplings?

Unfortunately, after asking, both girls denied it.

Well, it's just dumplings wrapped with copper plates. It doesn't matter if you don't eat them. I don't care about it.

Silently comforting himself in his heart, Xia Yuan took out a few more coins from his arms. Of course, these were not real coins. This thing was called winning money.

It looks very similar to a copper plate, but it is several times larger than an ordinary copper plate and much thicker. It is also engraved with beautiful patterns.

Although Yashengqian also has the word "money" in it, it is definitely not used to buy things because its main purpose is to wear it.

Wearing lucky money on the body has the meaning of seeking good luck and avoiding disaster, but in the next few hundred years, this kind of thing will be renamed as lucky money.

At the same time, it has become a real currency that can be circulated, and it has also changed from being worn on the body to protect safety, to something that does not belong to you, like "Mom will help you save it first, and I will marry you later."

Distribute a few winning coins according to each person's head, "Come on, give me a winning coin, one for each person. I wish you all a safe and sound new year, with no illness or disaster."

"Why do I have one too?"

Zhao Yuerong stupidly accepted the winning money. This kind of thing is for children. She obviously did not put herself in the children's lineup.

"Of course there is. You also carry your husband's best wishes for you with this winning money. I wish you will develop better and better in the new year and become a mature little shepherd's purse soon."

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Hearing that the winning money actually had such a blessing, Zhao Yuerong felt ashamed, and then he took the winning money into his arms with a blushing face.

Xia Shu also felt that she was not a child, but when she saw that her sister-in-law accepted it, she did not refuse. Moreover, the winning money was very delicately cast, and was much more beautiful than the winning money she received when she was a child.

The happiest person here was Xia Chen, who turned over and over with the winning money and made several snot bubbles in a row.

Seeing Xia Yuan handing out winning coins, Xia Ru didn't know whether he should take out the winning coins he prepared. After thinking about it, he took one out of his arms and handed it to Xia Chen.

"Here, daddy sees that you like this one so much, I'll give you another one."

Xia Chen happily took it and blew out a snot bubble happily. Xia Shu took out a handkerchief and wiped it for him with a look of disgust, "Why do you have so much snot? No wonder my elder brother always calls you snot baby."

"Children are like this, it will get better when they are older." Xia Yuan said from the side, with clear water and runny nose hanging on his face all day long. If it is an adult, it is probably rhinitis.

But children are basically too young, and their immunity and resistance are not as good as adults. In addition, we are in the Little Ice Age and the weather is already very cold, so it is normal for this situation to occur.

Which kid in Zhuangzi is not a snot-nosed kid.

Xia Ru raised his sleeves and covered his mouth and yawned, "This time of year is always the most stressful. I don't know which ancestor made the rule of staying up on New Year's Eve."

Yawning is always a magical contagious thing. Xia Yuan slept beautifully all afternoon today, but when he saw Xia Ru yawning, he inexplicably wanted to follow suit. As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt his cuffs

I was pulled a few times.

Xia Yuan knew who it was without even turning her head to look. There was no one else but Xiaolizi. She asked in a low voice with a curious look on her face: "Husband, why is there a rule of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve?"

"Oh, because a monster called Nian will appear on this day and specializes in eating people, so you can't sleep on this day, otherwise you will be eaten by the Nian monster."

Hearing this, Zhao Yuerong had not yet reacted, but Xia Shu chuckled first, "The eldest brother is already Mr. Jie Yuangong, and he actually believes in such a thing made up to deceive children. I'm afraid even the younger brother may not know it."

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"The older ones stay up late to bid farewell to the old year, and the younger ones stay up late to welcome the new year. Children staying up late can also help their parents extend their lives. Dad, am I right?"

"Yes, keeping the old year is called keeping, which means keeping the old and welcoming the new."

Seeing the father and daughter singing together, Xia Yuan fell silent. He stopped believing in the Nian beast after he was in elementary school. But if others asked him, he would only say that staying up late on New Year's Eve was because of the Nian beast. There is a Nian beast who is afraid of fire.

, afraid of the noise, setting off cannons on New Year’s Eve, and not sleeping to avoid being eaten by the Nian beast.

Even in later generations, if you catch a random person and ask them, the answer will most likely be the same. If you search on the Internet, you will also get the same result. According to legend, there was a Nian beast a long time ago and then Balabala.

So can you blame yourself?

Seeing that Xia Yuan was speechless, Zhao Yuerong tugged on his sleeves, then leaned into his ear and said softly: "Husband, although I don't know why you believe this kind of thing to deceive children, but I will not be like Shu.

Mother laughs at you like that."

"Thank you. My husband is very touched."

After saying this in a faint tone, Xia Yuan turned to look outside. The dark night sky was full of stars. It was already past midnight, which meant that the fourteenth year of Hongzhi had ended and the fifteenth year of Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty was ushered in.

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On the first day of the fifteenth year of Hongzhi's reign, I stayed up all night, and then went to the ancestral hall early in the morning to worship my ancestors.

Xia Yuanyuan witnessed the grand scene of ancient ancestor worship for the first time, and it was also the first time he personally participated in it.

In fact, when he and Xia Ru were admitted to the Juren Examination, Zhuangzi also held a large-scale ancestor worship activity, but he was not there at the time, so he did not participate.

But this time, before dawn, with gongs and drums, string instruments accompaniment, and three animal sacrifices, as well as other large and small sacrifices, all the men in Xiajiazhuang, led by the patriarch, carried

The torch went to the ancestral hall.

The incense table has long been set up in the ancestral hall, with small animals such as pigs, chickens, and fish on it. There is also a bonfire as tall as one person in the courtyard of the ancestral hall.

Beside the bonfire were more than a dozen people wearing strange clothes, disheveled hair, and colorful paint on their faces, jumping and jumping around the bonfire. While jumping, they grabbed a handful of paper money in the basket around their waists, and then raised it all over the sky.

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The scene was quite funny. Xia Yuan grinned and was about to have fun, but when he saw that everyone's expressions were extremely serious and their faces were tense, he quickly suppressed his laughter.

After going through the memories of his previous life in his mind, he realized what he was doing. To put it simply, it was a ghost show, or a ritual to exorcise ghosts, which evolved from the Nuo opera of the Qin and Han Dynasties.

As for its function, it drives away the lonely ghosts around so that they will not disturb the ancestor worship.

The small animals on the incense table are prepared for these lonely ghosts, and the paper money is also for them to enjoy.

How should I put it? It's quite polite.

These chapters are somewhat routine, but starting from tomorrow they will change and the plot will begin to advance.

Also, after voting yesterday, I found that there were many people who deducted one number, so I posted the four chapters together. I will ask again in a few days.
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