Shen Chenai's Different Life in Ancient Times

Anyway, this storm is finally over.And the direct result after the turmoil is that one of the two big dogs that has been taken since then will definitely show up at Luo Ding's house when Luo Ding is not at home.

Luo Ding originally thought that there were too many dogs in the house, and planned to find a familiar family to send the two puppies out when they grew up.Their dogs are loyal and brave, so there are not a few people staring at their puppies.

But after recruiting thieves at home this time, Luo Ding dismissed the idea of ​​giving the dog away.He even felt that the puppies were growing too slowly, and he was considering whether to buy a few adult dogs directly.

Luo Ding is worried about the animals in the house, and Yue Chong is also worried about an animal.The number of tiger bones collected in the mansion these days has become less and less, seeing that the tiger bones gathered together are only enough for one more use, Yue Chong couldn't help but want to be irritable.

Fortunately, good news came from Wuwei, saying that a pair of tiger bones newly forged this year was found in a pharmacy.The people in the past have already bought all of them, and now they will be bought and delivered as soon as possible.

After receiving this news, Yue Chong felt at ease. Otherwise, with his temper, if he couldn't find any tiger bones, he would definitely go out to hunt them himself. However, there are very few mountain tigers near Liangzhou, so the unlucky ones would be Only those other big cats.

Those skeletons saved the big cats in Liangzhou, and they were able to spend the last few days of this year in peace.

On the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month in the lunar calendar, Shen Chenai got up early in the morning and went out with the couplets and blessings she had written, planning to go to Jixianzhai to find the little boss and give these things to him.

Who knew that when others arrived at Jixianzhai, not only the store was still locked with iron locks, but no one was even in the yard.

I went to the Mozhai next door to ask, and found out that Jixianzhai opened very late these days, but closed very early, so there should be no one in the shop now.

The boss of Mozhai asked Shen Chenai to wait, and Xu Jian would usually come over after the time passed, but Shen Chenai looked at the weather outside, and it seemed that it was not very good, and there was a possibility that there would be a heavy snowfall.

So Shen Chenai decided not to wait any longer. He left the couplets and blessings written for Jixianzhai at Mozhai, and asked the shopkeeper there to help them pass them on to Xu Jian.

Back home against the strong northwest wind, the little girl Yuegui was standing in the yard. The strong wind made her stagger, but she still stood there tenaciously, trying her best to stabilize her body in the strong wind.

It was so windy outside that I could barely open my eyes, and the child didn't know how to go inside to hide.Shen Chenai, who was worried that she would catch the cold, hurried forward a few steps and quickly pulled her into the room.

Yue Gui, who was pulled into the house, said that she still had half an hour to finish her horse stance, but Shen Chenai did not agree with her saying that she went to the yard to suffer from the cold in this weather.So in the end, Xiao Yuegui finished her half-hour horse stance in the house.

Before noon, the sky was as cloudy as the evening.Mrs. Chen opened the door to look, then went back to the back room and said, "Look at the weather, I'm afraid there will be a heavy snowfall in the afternoon."

Shen Chenai also raised her head and glanced out of the window when she heard the words. Although she couldn't see what was outside the white paper window, she could still see the overcast sky.

Because the light outside was too dark, the inside of the room was also groggy.Shen Chenai took out the oil lamp that was only used at night and lit it, and the old lady Chen who was watching was stunned, thinking that she really didn't know her origin when lighting the oil lamp in broad daylight.

Shen Chenai listened to the whistling northwest wind outside, looked at the window for a while, and then said to Mrs. Chen: "Auntie, it seems that this snow will not be small. Before the snowflakes fall, you should hurry back Go home. You don’t have to come here on the [-]th tomorrow, isn’t the imperial court going to rest until the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and it’s the same with our family, you can come back after the [-]th day.”

When Mrs. Chen heard the words, she replied in surprise, "How can that be done?"

Shen Chenai smiled and said: "Why not, you have worked hard for our family for more than half a year, and it is not normal for you to relax during the Chinese New Year."

Mrs. Chen was a little embarrassed when she heard the words. She felt that taking such a long vacation was because she took advantage of the Luo family.

But Shen Chenai doesn't think so. Since Luo Ding invited Mrs. Chen home to take care of him, it has been more than half a year since the beginning. Except for the few days when he and Luo Ding formed a contract, Mrs. Chen did not come, and there was no other time. fall.

For such a long time, Mrs. Chen not only worked nimbly with her hands and feet, but also stood on the Luo family's side without hesitation in many matters, and often stood up for them.Up to now, a good employee like Mrs. Chen who loves her job, works hard and loves her boss must be the best employee of the year no matter what, and bonuses and vacations are indispensable.

Now I don't pay attention to these things here, but if others treat me well, then I have to reciprocate.That's why Shen Chenai gave Mrs. Chen a long vacation with pay, and it was his kindness.

Mrs. Chen beamed when she heard the words, thanked Shen Chenai, put on her coat and pushed the door open against the strong wind to go home.

Not long after Mrs. Chen left, heavy snowflakes floated up in the sky, and covered the sky, so that there was nothing but wind and snow outside.

After the snow fell, the wind was a lot less, but the temperature was also lower.Shen Chenai carried the two little ones who were playing underground to the heated kang, grabbed a chestnut and threw it on the top of the kang for the two of them to chew and play.Then he went down to the kitchen, scooped up a few ladles of water, poured it into a large pot, and filled a lot of firewood under the stove, intending to boil some hot water.

Shen Chenai knew that he was not good at cooking, and for the sake of everyone's safety, he rarely entered the kitchen.But he can still do such simple tasks as boiling water. It's so cold outside now, when Luo Ding comes back, he will make a pot of hot tea for him, so as to get rid of the cold.

Washed a few bowls of fried noodles with boiling hot water, and dug out a few pieces of trough cakes from the cabinet. Shen Chenai, whose kitchen skills were all negative, had to deal with the two little ones and had a midday meal like this. meal.

Luo Ding came back early today, and there were not so many people who went shopping in the snowy day.After Luo Ding, who was braving the wind and snow, came in, he cleaned the snow off his body, and then drank a cup of hot tea that Shen Chenai had already brewed.

In order to drive Luo Ding out of the cold, Shen Chenai put a few slices of ginger into the tea, which made the taste of hot tea a bit weird, but Luo Ding still felt Shen Chenai's heart, holding the warm teacup, I feel warmed up physically and mentally.

After drinking the tea, Luo Ding started to prepare dinner. At the dinner table, Shen Chenai told Luo Ding about the vacation for Mrs. Chen, and Luo Ding had no opinion about it.

As it happens, tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and Luo's Butcher Shop is only open for half a day. The holiday starts in the afternoon, and it doesn't resume work until the sixth day of the first month.

It snowed all night that day, Luo Ding got up early the next morning and started shoveling snow. He shoveled all the thick snow in the yard into the small vegetable garden, so that after the snow melted, the snow water could Provide water for the vegetables in the vegetable garden in the coming year.

After breakfast, Luo Ding got up and left, while Shen Chenai took two small bean bags and started cleaning the courtyard, posting couplets, New Year pictures and blessing characters.

When Luo Ding came back in the afternoon, he also brought back some half-curtains and yellow coins, and he had to find a place to hang these things.

After all the hanging and posting places were finished, Luo Ding took Shen Chenmi and the two children to burn incense and worship the ancestors and set off firecrackers. It is said that doing so meant getting rid of the old.

It was only when Luo Ding was cooking in the evening that Shen Chenai knew that dumplings were not eaten on the New Year's Eve in Liangzhou, and every household here would use green peas to make something called green powder.

It will be used to stew vegetables on New Year's Eve, and the products made are called green powder stewed dishes. This is what must be on the dining table of Liangzhou People's New Year's Eve. Liangzhou people call this a warehouse. , is the meaning of praying for a full warehouse of grain in the coming year.

On New Year's Eve, according to the customs here, all men, women and children in the family have to keep the year old.Early the next morning, Luo Ding took Shen Chenai and the two children, carrying incense and steamed buns, and drove the few breeding pigs in the pig shed out of the city.

Along the way, people driving other livestock continued to join their team. They went all the way along the city wall, and finally stopped by a small river.

The elders in the crowd asked the juniors to light a bonfire by the small river, directing the livestock of each family to circle around the fire, and the rest of the people lit the incense they brought. Chanting New Year's greetings.

This is called traveling, and it is to pray for the safety of going in and out and the prosperity of livestock.On the way back, everyone has to carry a bun in their arms. As the old saying goes, it means going out with an empty chest and entering with a full chest, hoping for auspiciousness.

After tossing around like this, Luo Ding returned home and began to dry the noodles and mince meat, preparing to make dumplings.Shen Chenai didn't know until now that Liangzhou people don't eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year, but they only eat dumplings for the first meal in the morning on the first day of the first lunar month.

As a native of Northeast China, although Shen Chenai doesn't know how to roll skins, he can still make dumplings.So he and Luo Ding divided the labor and cooperated, one rolled the skin and the other made the dumplings, and the dumplings were made very quickly.

Just as they finished their busy work, when Luo Ding went out to put the dumplings into the pot, Yue Gui in a new suit ran over with Xiao Shan, and the two of them knelt down in front of Shen Chenai and Luo Ding, bowing their heads unceasingly, There are also some auspicious words just learned in the mouth.

Shen Chenai used to do this action when he was young, so he knew what Yuegui and Xiaoshan meant. When the two children got up, Shen Chenai took out the red envelopes that had been prepared last night, and handed them out one by one.

The two children who received the red envelopes for the first time were very happy. Xiaoshan handed the red envelopes in his hands to his sister, and he was still jumping out word by word: "Bao, Bao, here, you."

Yue Gui stuffed back the red envelope that Xiao Shan handed over, and said, "You don't want it if you take it, sister's red envelope is also kept for you."

Shen Chenai was very relieved to see such sensible two children. Although this was not a world he was familiar with, there was already someone he cared about. On this special day, he sincerely hoped that in the future, he would also be able to As peaceful and safe as now.