Chapter 153 New Year's Eve
The New Year will not change with the change of the plan, and it will still come with its feet. No matter how much sorrow you have, it seems that you will forget it on this day. After all, the festive atmosphere will be contagious. In the afternoon, Ah Xi swept away the depressed expression in the morning and played shuttlecock with the children. Because of the plan, some customs have not been continued.
The decoration plan at the door began, and a group of men ran to the mountains and cut down pine trees to decorate Nagoya. Even the patient Maeda Takahiro, who had just recovered from serious illness, picked up an axe and followed it into the mountains. According to him, there was a little joy in the New Year. The snow was thin, and the raindrops last night made the snow on the road frozen firmly. When I stepped on it, it made a creaking sound, because I was wearing straw sandals at that time, and the frozen Ichir was so cold that I had no choice but to invent wild boar fur slippers. Simply put, the straw sandals were called a mirror to wrap a thick layer of wild boar skin and fur. Here I want to say that in Japanese, the word pig refers to mountain boar wild boars, and pigs are edible pigs.
After all, he is a regular visitor for swordsmanship, so cutting trees is no problem. After a few axes, a so-called towering ancient tree fell down. If it were placed now, it would have been arrested for people to eat New Year's Eve dinner. The snow fell to the ground and made a crisp sound, which made people feel a little more happy. Originally, the woman should have stayed at home, but Yishi didn't care about it and called out all the ladies and jadeites from the family. Ashi and Yan stared at the mirror and Axi chopped the wood. Yuko was so happy that they ran to Shinhu's head. It seemed that Shinhu liked this little girl very much, as if she was her granddaughter. What's strange was that Niii was staying in Nagoya, which made Yoshin feel confused. But Axi smiled at Yoshin for a long time.
The wood is cut down and sent to Nagoya City, and it is used for decoration. It is made into pine. In fact, the so-called pine is not just made of pine trees, but also made of bamboo and other materials. Add some decorations made of rag heads. The pine trees mean growth and prosperity. If a farmer without a yard will face two piles of soil in front of the house where he lives, and insert two pine branches as pine branches, which looks like an altar to welcome the gods. The pine is inserted from the New Year until the 7th day of the New Year, which is called "Pine". The pine branches are where the gods who are welcomed home for the New Year. There is a similar proverb in Japan to "Xiaomen Fulai".
Meat cannot be eaten during the New Year, which is nothing to others, but it is a real blow to people like Yishi. It means that they can only eat seafood within three days. Others think about it and see how good it is to eat seafood, but meat was seafood in that era.
As the lord, Yishi began to distribute A Nianyu (Nianyu) as New Year's money, which was packed in a small lucky bag. In fact, there was only three cents (the most auspicious number in Japan is three). After the children got the money, they told their parents that Koichiro would go crazy and thought that the owner was crazy about nothing, why did they give the money? The farmers were all grateful and burst into tears. Good Lord, he still remembers these people.
It was almost evening when the monks were sent to Changdao City. First, as a thank you, the Lord Yuanzhe Temple seemed to have stabilized and improved a lot, but did you know that a slap was the problem. Second, as a monk who celebrated the New Year, came to celebrate and brought a small bell. This only made Yishi feel the benefit of the monk piled up next to him. Although he was chanting Amitabha and doing bandits, today was surprisingly good. As the person who sent the bell, Yishi discovered the Kanta who was guarding the door.
"Mr. Yi, I'm here to surrender to you, hoping to protect your doorstep for you." Kanta's face turned red and excited.
Yi Shi smiled and said, "Hehe. It's the Chinese New Year, I'll agree to you with a wish."
"Yes, my name is Kanta, the one next to me is Qizhilang. (囧)" Click the man holding the clock nearby.
"Yes, yes, you go and talk to Koichiro over there, and then say I agree. Please ask him in detail." Koichiro, who was still besieging the farmers in the distance, looked miserable.
On New Year's Eve, the Japanese called it "New Year's Eve". On New Year's Eve, they prayed to the gods to entrusted the old year of troubles and sent them away. They asked the gods to give them to the gods of the new palace. As for asking for Buddha, there were naturally monks to help. Yishi discovered that this was really luxurious. A rich man in the countryside had both gods and Buddhas.
As night fell, a group of people gathered around the fire and set up a stove. Because they could not eat meat, they changed it to a fish pot. During this period, they also added tofu, frozen tofu, tofu skin and other ingredients, including fish tofu Miso soup. As soon as they started the pot, Koichiro came over to line up with a bowl.
Yishi looked puzzled: "Koichiro, what are you doing? Those farmers seem to be still making noises when they hear the sound."
"Haha, it's okay." Koichiro's thief smile seemed to slowly change with Yishi. "It's really time for your new two guardians to come..." Obviously, Kata and Hiroro were the door gods at the door.
As for the monk from Changdao City, he was completely stunned. It turned out that Yishi and the lowly warriors had eaten together, and it seemed that there were still common people. But it was natural to think about it. This man was actually just a vulgar rich man, but this tofu was really delicious. He ate many bowls in one breath. Obviously, this man who had not eaten enough in Changdao for a long time touched his belly and ate it full today.
When the bell rang to the twelfth time, the so-called midnight came. In the past, when there was no bell, I always looked at the time, but now it's better. The monk with a round belly held a small wooden stick and knocked on the small clock hanging on the wooden pole. "Dong, dong, dong", Yishi and others knelt at the door, muttering in their hearts.
Yan walked over quietly, and the moonlight made the person look even more hazy, like a fairy in the moon palace. "Master, thank you." He blushed and handed a lucky bag. It seemed that this person was timid. He usually prayed at this time, and had to wait for the bell to be struck by one hundred and eight times.
"Oh, Yan, what are your wishes for the New Year?" Yi Shi was obviously surprised. The first person to give the gift was this Yan who didn't speak much, but Yan always silently supported Yi Shi.
Chapter completed!