Time flies, and the Little New Year is coming in a blink of an eye.
The 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, also known as the “Little New Year”, is the day for traditional folk customs to worship the kitchen.
It is said that every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God would go to heaven to report to the Jade Emperor whether the family did evil and whether to promote good. Finally, let the Jade Emperor decide whether to reward.
Therefore, when sending the stove, people put sugar, water, beans and grass on the table in front of the stove statue, and the things behind them were the forage prepared for the stove’s mount.
Because there is a custom among the people that “men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the kitchen”, so worshiping the Kitchen God is limited to men.
In addition to offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, the Little New Year also has customs such as making dumplings, eating candy melons, Kanto candy, stir-frying corn, eating hemp candy, and sweeping dust.
“Yu Shui, don’t be lazy. Today I have to clean my home.” He Yuzhu kept saying to Yu Shui.
The rain also nodded tactfully. Today’s Little New Year is also called “Sweeping the New Year” and “Sweeping the Dust Day”. We must thoroughly clean the room, commonly known as “Sweeping the Dust Day”.
Sweeping dust is to remove the old and welcome the new, and to remove ominous things. Moreover, this cleaning must be thorough and no blind spots are left. Even a little dirty will affect people.
The two worked hard to move furniture, sweep the roof, wipe the walls and furniture. Finally, under He Yuzhu’s constant nagging, the two of them cleaned up the house.
“Yu Shui, I’ll give you money. Go and buy some hemp candy, buy more, and give some to an old man and an old lady later. I’ll help the old lady clean up the house first, and come to the old lady’s house when you come back.” He Yuzhu told his sister to go out and lock the door.
As soon as He Yuzhu entered the backyard, he saw an old man and a couple clean up the house for the old lady, and joked with a smile, “Old man, it’s early enough. Has your house been cleaned up? Come on, I’ll help you, aunt, please be careful.”
When he moved the cabinet to the yard, the old man gasped, “My house has been packed up, there is not much stuff, so it’s not convenient for her to clean it alone.”
He Yuzhu took a feather duster to sweep the ashes, and said without looking back, “Old man, let’s have a meal together at noon today. I arranged a blind date in the evening. I can’t eat together, so the old lady will trouble you.”
The old man waved his hand unhappily, “What trouble is it? We usually take care of the old lady. Since you have decided to go on a blind date tonight, just do it well. The eldest son is not young anymore, don’t always look out of touch.” The old man looked at He Yuzhu with a smile on his face.
He Yushui came back in a while and gave the candy to an old man and an old lady, which made him teach He Yuzhu a lesson again, asking him not to spend money indiscriminately, and the expenses would be very high when he got married in the future.
He Yuzhu agreed with a smile, and saw the children playing in the yard looking at Ma Tang with a hurried look. He smiled and gave them one by one, and a group of children ran away cheerfully.
He Yuzhu didn’t show off at noon, so he took 3 kilograms of pork from home and made pork stewed vermicelli, and the whole family started eating happily.
In the afternoon, He Yuzhu read a novel when he was free. Last time he used furniture to make a special desk to make it easier for him to read books when he was bored.
He Yuzhu was fascinated by the sight of the sound of knocking on the door, “Zhuzi, are you here?” The third uncle pushed the door and walked in after hearing the answer.
“Zhuzi, how are you preparing for the evening? Teacher Ran will come soon.”
“San Uncle, don’t worry. When Teacher Ran comes later, you can bring her directly. I will talk to her first, and I will call you when I eat.”
The third Uncle thought about it and was right. He couldn’t be a light bulb. He left after giving instructions.
He Yuzhu thought about it and wanted to eat dumplings tonight. He hadn’t eaten dumplings for a while, and he was greedy when he thought about it, so he decided to eat pork and cabbage stuffed dumplings tonight.
I am used to eating dumplings on the night of the Little New Year in the North, which means seeing off the Kitchen God. In addition, there is a common saying among the people that “dumplings are delicious”. During the Spring Festival, dumplings become an indispensable delicacy.
Wash vegetables, chop the filling, knead the dough, and knead the dough, and finish it in one go, “Yu Shui, don’t lie down, come and make dumplings.”
He Yu Shui threw the water and ran into the house, “Wow, it smells so good, brother, you have such a good craft.” He smelled the meat filling with intoxication.
“Don’t stand there, do you want to wrap or roll the noodles?”
“I’ll roll the noodles. The dumplings I made are not good-looking. I’m afraid that my future sister-in-law will dislike them, hehe.” He Yushui stuck out his tongue in a funny way.