Chapter 7 Lively 2

Lin Sanniang frowned at the fish when she heard this, and asked the fish with a smile: "Yo! Why did I bully you? It's your sister who shouted that you wanted to worship the moon with us! I just kindly proposed a way to fulfill your sister's wish.

Although this fish is a modern woman who passed through, she is thin enough to compete with the shy little lady in ancient times. It seems that this time travel does not turn the fish into a "thick-skinned" little lady. In addition, Yuer did not have a serious and hard-working relationship in her previous life, so that as soon as she met someone who made fun of her about this kind of thing, she would completely change into a person.

Therefore, as soon as Lin Sanniang teased the fish with the marriage, the fish's little mouth was not as good as before. It was awkward for a long time before she squeezed out a sentence in a low voice: "Third sister-in-law, if you bully me again, I will complain to the third brother!" I... I will ignore you in the future..."

Liu knew that her daughter was good at everything but she was thin-skinned, so when she saw that the fish was teased by the bold Lin Sanniang and her little face turned red like a red apple, she immediately laughed and relieved the fish: "Well, it's not that you don't know that our sister is thin-skinned, so don't deliberately tease her with words. I'm ashamed!"

When Lin Sanniang saw Liu's words, she naturally stopped making fun of the fish, but instead explained the customs of southern Fujian women's moon worship to the fish, and without a trace of turning away the previous topic that embarrassed the fish.

And after listening to Lin Sanniang's words, Yuer knew that the moon worship on the Mid-Autumn night was really just an activity of women in southern Fujian, and men and little women who had not left the cabinet could not participate...

Originally from ancient times, Minnan people have particularly worshipped the moon and respectfully called the moon "Moon Lady" and "Moon Mother". And there is also such a legend in southern Fujian - that after Chang'e went to the moon and lived alone in the moon palace, she missed her husband Hou Yi, who stayed in the world very much, so she thought of a way to secretly send a message to Hou Yi and asked him to make moon cakes for the moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival. With moon cakes, Chang'e could go down to earth and share moon cakes with Hou Yi and his wife.

With this legend, people in southern Fujian will slowly worship the moon and eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival to show reunion. And every Mid-Autumn Festival and the full moon, almost every woman in southern Fujian will set up incense on the patio of the courtyard, display seasonal melons and fruits and moon cakes, light incense and pray, and worship the mother of the moon devoutly, hoping that the mother will bring good luck to the whole family.

When worshipping the mother of the moon, most of the seasonal fruits offered by women in southern Fujian are longan and grapefruit. Although Yuer knew that longan was also called "Longan", he learned the origin of the word "Longan" after listening to Liu's words - longan usually results in the osmanthus bloom and the bright moon, and it takes a long time to be called "Longan".

Because of the idiom "Toad Palace Folding Gui" and the phrase "Lai Guan", eating longan during the Mid-Autumn Festival can be said to be the unity of man and nature. It is not only auspicious, but also beneficial to fruit and delicious, which is more amorous than usual.

And the way to eat grapefruit for the moon is also very particular. Southern Fujian women should draw a grimace on the grapefruit skin to symbolize the thief's head. After sacrificing the moon, they have to cut their waists and peel the grapefruit meat, indicating that they peel their (thieves) skin and eat their meat to dispel evil and ensure safety...

After listening to Liu's introduction of the custom of worshipping the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival night, the fish immediately returned to Yang Dazhu obediently and stayed with a group of men and no longer quarreled to worship the moon together.

After the three married women, Liu, Yang Qiniang and Lin Sanniang, were ready to worship the moon, they put incense cases on the patio in the corner of the dam. They put all the worshiped things before they began to pray and worship the moon mother devoutly, hoping that the moon mother could bring good luck to the Yang family. In addition, Liu also asked Yue Niang's mother to bless the families of Yang Dalang and Yang Silang, who left home as officials, to be safe and disaster-free.

And after sitting with Yang Dazhu and the others for a while, there was a loud shout from Li Erniu at the door: "Yuer, I have made an appointment with Si Niang and Xiao Shuanzi to go to the city to see the lanterns. Why don't you go together? Call your two brothers..."

Yuer heard Li Erniu's voice and hurried out. As soon as she went out, she saw Xiao Shuanzi, Li Erniu and Ma Siniang standing outside their door. In addition to the three of them, there were also several children and little ladies from the same village. It seemed that the big guy planned to go to the city to see the lanterns and invite her together.

Yuer knows that the city is much more lively than Xiaoqi Village during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and because of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the curfew will also be slightly extended, so that people who rush from township villages to the city to enjoy the lights can stay in the city for a while. As soon as the fish family became dark, they began to make cakes, so although they had been playing for a while, it was not too late now. They immediately left for the city and could still play for a long time.

Li Erniu nagging in the fish's ear this morning, saying that the lanterns in the city will be much more beautiful than previous years. I heard that it was a rich family in the city. Early in the morning, she sent people to buy many strange lanterns. As early as three days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, she ordered people to hang them on the street for people to enjoy.

It is also because the lanterns hanging in the city this year are different from previous years that Li Erniu shouted early in the city to see the lanterns, but the fish was afraid that there would be something to do at home on the Mid-Autumn Festival, so she did not respond to Li Erniu's invitation. However, at present, I saw that there was nothing to do at home, so the fish thought about it and happily agreed to Li Erniu's invitation and planned to go to the city to join in the fun...

"Well, there's nothing to do at home anyway. I'll go to the city with you," Yuer first answered Li Erniu, and then turned to Yang Sanlang and others and shouted, "Third brother, sixth brother, do you want to go together? And the third sister-in-law and sister-in-law, let's go together for a fun!"

Yang Sanlang is simple and dull and doesn't like to go to lively places, so he refused Yuer's invitation with a smile: "The third brother won't go. Sister, call your sixth brother to accompany you!" We don't worry about you going to the city alone this night. It's better to let Xiao Liu go with you.

Lin Sanniang and Yang Qiniang wanted to accompany Liu's moon worship. After the worship, they had to help Liu's clean up things, so they also smiled and refused the fish's kindness and only let the fish go out with their friends to have fun.

Instead, Yang Dazhu got a reminder after listening to Yang Sanlang's words and immediately told Yang Liulang, "Yes, Xiaoliu, go to the city with your sister. There must be a lot of people watching the lanterns in the city tonight. Xiaoliu, you have to take good care of your sister, don't let any eyesight boy bump into her, and protect your sister and don't let her do anything. Accident..."

When Yang Liulang heard this, he patted his chest and promised, "Father, don't worry, I will definitely protect my sister and bring her back unhurt."

So Yuer quickly joined Li Erniu and his party with Yang Liulang. She went straight to the entrance of the village and planned to rush to the city quickly so that she could watch more excitement in the city for a while. Li Erniu's heart had already flown to the lively streets of the city.

And the fish went out of their door and found that the village was also very lively at this moment. Many children ran out to play in groups after baking at home. And looking at the children burning towers everywhere, the fish couldn't help watching for a while, and pointed out to Li Erniu about the funny stories when they burned the towers.

This children play "Burning Tower" which can be said to be a favorite game for children during the Mid-Autumn Festival. After experiencing it several times, they soon found that the unique "Burning Tower" in southern Fujian is an activity full of local atmosphere and childlike fun. When Yuer was a child, she often worked with several brothers and Li Erniu and other friends play this game, and they play it happily every year.

And the game "Burning Tower" is specifically played like this - for three consecutive days from August 14 to 16 of the lunar calendar, children will begin to meet everywhere to pick up broken bricks, broken tiles and dry firewood, and then gather their brothers and sisters to stack "Ta Zai" in the fields and wilderness.

This kind of "tower" is mostly round and has a spire, and the bottom is stacked into a small door with bricks or long stones to burn firewood. This kind of "tazai" varies in size, generally folded into five or seven layers, and some pay attention to the colorful five-color paper on each layer... Some even worship the clay statues that children like. Of course, only children from rich families have the money to buy clay statues.

After the tower is folded, the children will stuff the straw, branches, leaves and grass roots into the tower, light the fire and start to sprinkle salt to make it crackle. The dry firewood burns in the tower. The more burned, the more prosperous the family will be, and the more excited the children will be.

The bright fire shines in the moonlight. The children chase and fight in the wilderness and invite each other to watch the tower. Compared with whose tower is burning more prosperous, everyone is united and immersed in joy...

After seeing this happy scene and the children who burned towers, the fish suddenly had a deep feeling in his heart. When he experienced the customs and habits of the Northern Song Dynasty, he grew up slowly and unconsciously, and unconsciously and completely integrated into Xiaoqi Village and into the north. Song Zhong.

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Today's second update~Tight for 2nd update tomorrow~