Chapter five hundred and ninety seventh small sacrifice
There is generally a tradition of keeping the year old on New Year's Eve. This tradition is not because of any legend, but for very practical reasons. Every household must offer sacrifices on the New Year's Eve.
Yinshi refers to three to five o'clock in the middle of the night. If there are many people in the family, they have to prepare in advance and have many trivial things to do. Therefore, most people will not go to bed on New Year's Eve. They will not find a place to lie down for a while until the sacrifice is finished and wait for dawn.
Tonight was Zhao Qiaoyun's bridal chamber. She snuggled in Chen Qing's arms all night and slept soundly. Even in her dream, she was still immersed in the joy of becoming a wife for the first time.
There was a knock on the door outside, and Zhao Qiaoyun suddenly woke up from a deep sleep. She found that she was still naked in her husband's arms. She was really a little shy, but she had to answer the knock on the door, so she had to agree.
Said: "Wake up!"
The maid who knocked on the door left, and Chen Qing also woke up from his sleep, looking down at Zhao Qiaoyun with a half-smile.
Zhao Qiaoyun was so ashamed that he snorted and got into Chen Qing's arms without daring to raise his head.
Chen Qing hugged her warm body and said with a smile: "How about we continue to study how to have children?"
Zhao Qiaoyun was frightened and said quickly: "I studied it three times last night, otherwise my legs and feet will be sore later and they will laugh at me."
"Okay! Get dressed and get up."
Touching the silky smooth skin, Chen Qing was really reluctant to let go, but he had no choice. Even his two-year-old son had to get up to participate in the sacrifice. As a father, he couldn't be laughed at.
"What's this?"
Chen Qing found a soft satin bag on the bedside. He didn't notice it last night.
Zhao Qiaoyun, who had just put on her underwear, stepped forward to look at it and said, "This is the gift money my wife gave me when we served tea."
Chen Qing came to his senses and said with a smile: "It's not gift money, it's dowry property for you. All three of you have a share."
"Dowry?"
Zhao Qiaoyun was stunned, "How many are there?"
"Haven't you seen it yet?"
Zhao Qiaoyun rolled her eyes at him, "You were so anxious last night. Do you have time to watch?"
Chen Qing laughed and said, "Look back and take your time. Someone outside is urging us again."
The two of them put on their clothes, Zhao Qiaoyun opened the door, and two personal maids came in and busily cleaned and washed them. At this time, it was still dark outside. When they arrived at Yinshi, there was still half an hour before the Yinshizheng day of their sacrifice.
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The family temple is located in the northeast corner. It is a very small nunnery called Shuiyue Nunnery. There are five female nuns living there, including masters and apprentices, and a Guanyin Bodhisattva is enshrined. The nunnery door faces the street, and is connected to the house by a thick door.
The small door was usually locked from the inside with a big iron lock. Even if Lu Xiu wanted to offer incense, he had to go around the main door. The small door would only be opened during annual sacrifices.
There is a mourning hall in the backyard of Shuiyue Temple, where the spiritual tablets of Chen Qing's parents are enshrined.
After the family gathered together, they took a car to the back gate of Shuiyue Temple. Lu Xiu held her son Chen Ji in her arms. He was jumping with excitement just now, but now he fell asleep in his mother's arms.
"Why don't you let him go back to sleep? He will catch a cold." Chen Qing touched his son's cold face and said.
Lu Xiu smiled and said, "He won't get out of the car in a while. The wet nurse will hold him in the car and cover him with a blanket. He should not be cold anymore."
Sisters Zhao Qiaoyun and Yu sat quietly aside. It was their first time to participate in a sacrifice as daughters-in-law, and they were both looking forward to it and a little nervous.
Chen Qing smiled and said to the three of them: "I'm going to wear sacrificial robes later, so there's no need to change, just put them on outside."
Lu Xiu shook his head and smiled: "I told them that the officials don't have to worry about these trivial matters."
The carriage slowly stopped at the small gate in the northeast corner. Master Jingxin, the master of the nunnery, and her four disciples were already waiting in front of the gate.
The nuns of Shuiyue Temple have lived in poverty in recent years. At their worst, they could not even afford to eat, so they had to go from house to house to beg for rice. However, since Chen Qing's family entered the house, they have turned around. Lu Xiu asked the housekeeper to arrange for craftsmen to bring water to the house. Yue'an was renovated and they were given two hundred guan of sesame oil money every year. Master Jingxin and his disciples now had no worries about food and clothing.
Seeing the arrival of the owner of the mansion, Master Jingxin stepped forward, clasped her hands and saluted, saying: "Welcome to the Xuanfu Envoy, the arrangements for the sacrificial hall have been made, and the sacrificial robes are also ready!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Chen Qing turned around and said to everyone: "Let's change into sacrificial clothes first!"
Everyone walked into Shuiyue Temple, put on black sacrificial robes and sacrificial hats in the nearby hut, and then moved to the sacrificial hall.
The main sacrificial hall is brightly lit, with the spiritual plaques of Chen Qing's parents placed in the central niche. There is a large candle on each side, burning brightly. In front is a small purple gold incense burner with three sticks of sandalwood and cigarettes hanging on it. Below is the altar table. There are three animal offerings, snacks and candies placed on it.
Chen Qing took three sticks of incense from the table next to him and saluted with his long body. Behind him was Lu Xiu, and behind him were Zhao Qiaoyun and the Yu sisters. The five of them held incense and saluted together.
Chen Qing stepped forward, knelt down on the futon, kowtowed and made three salutes, and then burned the incense in another large incense burner next to it.
Next was Lu Xiu kowtowing, then Zhao Qiaoyun, and finally the Yu sisters.
In fact, the sacrifices of a big family are not that simple. First, a chicken must be killed and sacrificed, the chief of the clan reads the sacrificial words, and the elders of each house report the family's situation for the year to the ancestors, and the rules for the new year must be announced in public, and then the whole family The family worships the ancestors, and finally toasts and drinks together. All kinds of complicated rituals take at least an hour to end.
The sacrifice at Chen Qing's side was very simple, and it ended in just a quarter of an hour. Lu Xiu said a few words to the master of Shuiyue Temple, and followed her husband to leave Shuiyue Temple and return to the back garden.
It was still the middle of winter, and the white snow covered Danfeng Garden. Danfeng Garden was the name of the back house. The 50-acre lake was called Dan Lake. The building on the island in the middle was called Qifeng Pavilion. The entire back garden was like It's called Danfeng Garden.
Then the building complex is divided into four parts. The main building complex is in the west of the lake, consisting of seven courtyards and more than 160 houses, including many pavilions and pavilions. Then there is Qifeng Pavilion on the island in the center of the lake, which consists of the main building and It consists of four small annex buildings.
The third part is the elegant garden in the northwest corner. This is a place for reading. It consists of seven or eight rooms in a courtyard. Li Qingzhao currently lives here. It is a very elegant garden within a garden.
The fourth part is Lushan Mountain in the northeast corner. There is a small real mountain here with dense forests, farmhouses at the foot of the mountain, and pavilions on the mountain. It is a good place to live in the spring and autumn.
As for Chen Qing's internal affairs hall, it is located in the atrium and has nothing to do with the Danfeng Garden in the back house.
The main courtyard was originally called Cuiweiju, but Lu Xiu changed its name to Cuiyuan. It is also a garden within a garden, covering an area of three acres. It is a garden full of various exotic flowers and plants. The main building is a large two-story pavilion. Usually, Everyone lives and eats here. In addition, Chen Qing’s inner study is also in a corner of Cuiyuan.
Behind the emerald garden are several stone paths, which lead directly to the other seven courtyards. This is like a fan-shaped structure. The seven courtyards are seven fans, connected through the emerald garden in front.
Today is the first day of the first lunar month, and it is also the first time that Zhao Qiaoyun and the others have their own separate courtyard. Zhao Qiaoyun's small courtyard is located to the east of Lu Xiu's courtyard, covering an area of two acres. It has no name yet, and is waiting for Zhao Qiaoyun to name it.
This courtyard is completely Zhao Qiaoyun's territory. There is no trace of Lu Xiu here. In addition to Zhao Qiaoyun, there are four maids and two female guards. Last night's wedding night was held here.
It was still dark at this time, and Zhao Qiaoyun couldn't sleep. She was packing her things. Her clothes had been put into the box. Next door was her study room. She was sorting out books. Her personal property was very meager, and the master only gave her a few hundred.
This book was brought as a dowry.
The study was very spacious, and she was quite satisfied. At this time, she saw the gift bag on the table. This was the gift bag that the eldest sister gave to the three of them when she served tea to her eldest sister last night, one for each of them. She didn't know it before.
What? Her husband told her at night that this was a dowry for her.
She took out a land deed, a money-saving receipt from Baoji Money Shop, and half a piece of jade from her bag. The land deed was for 500 acres of farmland in Guanzhong, and her name was written on it. Looking at the money-saving receipt, she saw that it was
I have saved 10,000 yuan, and I can withdraw it with this slip and half a piece of jade.
Oh my God! Five hundred acres of farmland and ten thousand guan of money. Her mother used to save only a few hundred guan of money in the palace. When she got married, her husband gave her such a generous dowry.
Zhao Qiaoyun's nose felt a little sore. She quickly put away her things and went out to the two maids: "Put on the lantern, let's go to Cuiyuan!"
