Planar Garbageman

Chapter 103 New Year's Eve
The first couplet: Everything goes well and the grand plan The second couplet: All wishes come true and great achievements are made. Hengbiao: Five blessings come to the door.

The couplet was bought by my mother Liu Xia. In fact, Wang Dong learned brush calligraphy when he was a child, and he kept in touch with him for a while, but unfortunately he couldn’t stick to it. After primary school, he forgot it, so that now, even the word “Fu” is written. It's got crooked.

In fact, in the past, door gods and window grilles were still posted, but it is not popular now, there are fewer and fewer, and gradually there will be no more.

Wang Dong remembered that when he was a child, there were door gods posted at his grandma's house, and one of them was Qin Qiong, a character in the Sui and Tang Heroes.

The door god is a symbol of righteousness and force. The ancients believed that people with unusual appearances often have magical dispositions and extraordinary abilities.

They are honest and kind-hearted, and it is their nature and responsibility to catch ghosts and demons. Zhong Kui, the heavenly master of ghosts and ghosts admired by people, has such grotesque appearances.Therefore, the folk door gods of the Han nationality are always glaring and hideous, holding various traditional weapons in their hands, ready to fight any ghosts who dare to come to the door.Because the gates of Chinese folk houses are usually opened in two, the door gods are always in pairs.

After the Tang Dynasty, in addition to the previous two generals Shen Tu and Yu Lei, people also regarded Qin Shubao and Yu Chigong as the door gods.

According to legend, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty was ill, and he heard ghosts shouting outside the door, and he had no peace all night.So he asked the two generals to stand guard by the gate with weapons in hand, and there were no more ghosts to disturb them the next night.

Later, Tang Taizong asked people to draw the images of these two generals and paste them on the door. This custom began to spread among the Han people.

However, there are still many stickers with the word "Fu".At the same time as the Spring Festival couplets are pasted, some families have to paste the characters "Fu" on the house door, on the walls, and on the lintel.Pasting the word "Fu" during the Spring Festival is a long-standing folk custom.

The word "Fu" refers to blessing and good luck, and it expresses people's yearning for a happy life and wishes for a better future.In order to fully reflect this yearning and wish, some people simply paste the word "Fu" upside down, which means "happiness has arrived" and "blessing has arrived".

There are also folks who carefully trace the word "Fu" into various patterns, such as longevity star, longevity peach, carp jumping over the dragon's gate, five grains and harvest, dragon and phoenix presenting auspiciousness and so on.

Soon, Wang Dong finished posting the Spring Festival couplets, and then set off firecrackers, which were also festive.

My mother took Wang Wei to make dumplings. In my mother's words, a girl, or a girl from the countryside, can't do anything if she can't cook. So when she saw Wang Wei playing crazy, she pulled her back. If you learn how to make dumplings, you are not allowed to go out to play.

This is really hard for Wang Wei, with a small face wrinkled tightly, Wang Wei who usually only knows how to make noodles, when did she make dumplings?

Wang Dong reckoned that instead of eating steamed buns, he would drink steamed stuffed bun soup.

Because my mother has always been a little high blood pressure, I originally prepared fried vegetables, so I gave up, because the oil is too heavy, which is not good for the body.

In the past, I always fried some at home, such as radish balls, potato balls, and crispy pork.Wang Dong remembers that when he was a child, he most hoped that he could eat delicious food at this time.

"Brother, tell me, why do we keep the New Year's Eve?"In the evening, before the Spring Festival Gala, Wang Wei watched the boring TV and asked a little absent-mindedly.

"Hehe, there are really several theories about this, as for me, I will just say one of them."

A long time ago, there was a monster named "Xi".This guy is very good at harming people, especially when he sees a beautiful girl in a house, he will go to spoil her at night.Then I have to eat the girl to be reconciled.

The common people hated it to death, but there was nothing they could do about it.

There was a hunter named Qilang, who was extremely powerful, he was very good at shooting arrows, and the dogs he fed were also very powerful, and any beast would dare to fight.Qilang saw that the people were suffering from "Xi", so he wanted to get rid of him.He took the dog to look for "Xi" everywhere, but he couldn't find it.It turns out that "Xi" doesn't come out during the day, it only comes out to harm people after the sun goes down, and it disappears after midnight, and no one knows where it lives.

Qilang searched for "Xi" for a year, and it was already the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. He came to a town and saw that people were happily preparing for the New Year. Maybe "Xi" will come.He asked the people in the town to discuss it, saying that "Xi" was most afraid of noise, and told everyone not to sleep when it was dark.Find more things that can be knocked loudly and put them at home, and when there is any movement, knock hard, so as to scare "Xi" out and get rid of it.

That night "Xi" really came, and he was discovered just as he broke into a house.The family immediately knocked pots and pans, and when this family knocked, the whole town followed suit. "Xi" ran around in fright, but was seen by Qilang.Qilang released the hunting dog to bite him, and "Xi" fought with Qilang and the dog.As soon as people heard that there was a killing outside, they picked up things and knocked loudly.At this time, "Xi" was a little overwhelmed and wanted to run away, but he didn't know that the hound was biting his hind legs.Qilang took the opportunity to open his bow and shoot fiercely, and shot "Xi" to death with one arrow.

Since then, people have called the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month "New Year's Eve".On this night, every family has to watch the year and set off cannons to show that they will drive away bad luck and welcome happiness and auspiciousness.

While talking, the Spring Festival Gala has already started, and it is exactly the same at eight o'clock every year.It’s just that in the past two years, Lao Zhao, one of the original pillars, has retreated behind the scenes and is not performing on stage. After all, he is too old and can’t keep up with energy. However, for so many years, his dedication to the Spring Festival Gala deserves everyone’s applause.

How many people laughed and cried in the previous trilogy of selling abductions.Although Lao Zhao retired behind the scenes, he also welcomed many newcomers, who also brought a lot of joy to everyone.

"Brother, look quickly, it's amazing, how did it change, I didn't see it."It was a magic show, and Wang Wei was dumbfounded, not knowing what to do.

In Wang Wei's heart, the eldest brother is omnipotent, so she didn't understand what was going on, so she asked Wang Dong to explain.

It's a pity that Wang Dong was distracted just now, he didn't pay attention at all, so he had to prevaricate.Seeing the laughing mother and little sister, Wang Dong also smiled contentedly. What could be better than being together with family members, having fun and living happily.

A harmonious family is the best.It's like some families, even if they are worth hundreds of millions, but because of the family property, the dispute has been brought to the court, so what is the relationship between the family.

Wang Dong vowed that he must let this atmosphere continue, and no one could destroy it, otherwise, he would be the target of his own revenge, and the first one would be the Gao family.

Wang Dong is not a character who will take revenge, but if you bully me, I will not only fight back, but also shoot you to death.

If you respect me one foot, I will pay you back one foot.But if you bully me once, I will pay back twice as much.

The happy time is always short, and soon the Spring Festival Gala will come to an end, which means that it will be twelve o'clock soon.

One night, apart from watching the party, Wang Dong was also busy with New Year greetings.Yes, it's New Year's greetings.In the past, New Year's greetings were sent greeting cards and postcards, and later, it was phone calls, and then text messages, but now, it has become the Internet, QQ, or WeChat New Year greetings.In the hands of a young man who knows how to use a mobile phone
It keeps ringing, and now it is pointed out that red envelopes are given out, which adds a lot of festive atmosphere.

"Little sister, your lucky money, mom, also has yours."Wang Dong handed over two red envelopes. In rural areas, there is a saying that red envelopes weigh down the waist, which means that you will bend over if you make money in the coming year.

In the countryside, there are many families who will offer offerings, fruits, chicken, duck and fish.With the rumbling sound of firecrackers, the old year is said goodbye to the new year, and the new year has begun.

The same is true for Wang Dong, picking up a large group of firecrackers, crackling and ringing non-stop.Life in the new year is like that fire, prosperous.

Wang Dong didn't understand the offering, so he had to follow what his mother said.I remember when I was young, the Wang Dong brothers and sisters liked this time the most, because after the offering, there would be a lot of delicious food.Looking back at that time, although it was poor, it was also very happy.After helping his mother get it done, Wang Dong went back to sleep after tidying up.

(End of this chapter)