Two weeks later, it’s New Year’s Eve.
The midday sun shone on Panyu's face, and a happy smile filled her eyes below her sharp eyebrows. He held a couplet in his hand and prepared to paste it on both sides of the door, and then paste the paintings of Guan Gong and Zhang Feimen on the left and right doors.
"Dad, what words are written on the couplet?" Pan Tianyi stood in front of the gate and asked curiously.
"The spirit of heaven and earth is dipped in the divine painting, and the body is cultivated and the family is prosperous! Hengbiao: Everything is prosperous in the family!" Pan Yu gently stroked his head and read it eloquently.
At this time, Sister Tianyi, wearing a brand new red cotton-padded jacket, happily walked out of the house from the courtyard with the door painting in hand, and posted "Go out to see happiness" on the wall in front of the door.
"Sister is wearing new clothes. Big, I also want to wear the little military uniform you bought for me!" Pan Tianyi was ecstatic when he saw his sister wearing a red cotton jacket made of new fabric.
"Hong'er, you and your brother should wear new clothes tomorrow, the first day of the new year. Now the new clothes are stained by the pictures on the door!"
"Oh, I'll change back right now..." My sister blushed and didn't dare to look at her father, and ran home quickly.
At night, the stars twinkle.
Pan Tianyi sat on the threshold of the main room, holding a small lit red candle in his hand and gently holding it on the large green bricks on both sides of the door frame. I raised my head and looked at the southern sky. There were three relatively bright stars in a line. According to my mother, those three stars and four other bright stars formed the Orion constellation. It looked like an Orion fending off wild beasts! Pan Tianyi looked curiously at the three stars connected in a straight line, gazing into the deep space in ecstasy, imagining that there was an Earth-like existence there, and whether there was a being similar to himself living on it...
Steam filled the kitchen. Pan Tianyi's mother opened the pot and filled out many bowls of dumplings.
"Tianyi and Hong'er both came over to bring dumplings to eat."
"Well, here we come!"
Panyu buried a handful of incense in the yard, facing the door of the hall, then walked to the tree and lit a small bunch of firecrackers, and started eating New Year's Eve dinner! The sister and brother were sitting next to the square wooden red table in the main room with dumplings. The table was filled with vegetables, fish and pork. The family sat together, listening to the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve and eating dumplings.
"Oops, I bit a hard bone!" Pan Tianyi was eating the dumplings when his teeth were suddenly separated by something hard. He put his fingers into his mouth and took it out to look at: "Ah! Why is it a coin?"
At this time, the mother smiled and looked at Pan Tianyi affectionately: "Good son, you will be blessed next year!"
"Why can't I eat?" The sister looked at her brother with her lips pouted, looking unhappy.
"Here, a pot of dumplings only contains one yuan coin." Tianyi's mother explained the traditional customs, and smiled knowingly, then put a piece of fish in her sister's bowl, "Hong'er, you will also be blessed next year. The whole family will have good luck..."
Tianyi's father sat beside him without saying a word, his face flushed after a glass of wine. "This Yellow River Daqu wine is so strong! Good wine!" Panyu drank another glass before the alcohol subsided.
"Drink less, drinking too much will hurt your stomach!"
"Okay!"
In the early morning, the stars outside were covered by thick fog. As soon as Pan Tian fell asleep, he felt like he had not finished his dream when he was woken up by the overwhelming sound of firecrackers outside! I originally wanted to stay out of bed, but when I saw my mother had brought new clothes, I couldn't wait to get up early.
The night outside was pitch black, and two arm-thick red candles in the main room were glowing with yellow-white light. They not only illuminated the entire room, but also illuminated a long string of firecrackers hanging on the trees in the courtyard.
Under the two big candles in the main room, jujube mountains and steamed buns are placed close to the wall. A gray-blue hundred-yuan bill with four heads is stuffed on the jujube mountain; and some green spinach is placed on the steamed buns. The periphery of the table is filled with apples, oranges and other fruits.
Pan Tianyi's mother lit up a large amount of incense and placed it on the incense burner in front of Mr. Guan. She kept praying in her heart. Then she knelt down and kowtowed, praying to God that the whole family would be blessed with good luck, health and safety in the New Year!
Pan Tianyi, wearing a small military uniform, was watching beside his mother. When he saw his mother kneeling down, he also learned to kneel down and kowtow. A cold shiver came over, and Pan Tianyi felt a coolness and warmth in his mind, like a hot spring emerging from the ground, flowing in the space of consciousness, nourishing the earth and the two big mulberry trees!
At this time, the firecrackers in the courtyard kept banging. Panyu was holding an incense stick in her hand and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to hide. When firecrackers are set off during the Chinese New Year, sometimes some unexploded firecrackers will be left on the ground. After the firecrackers have finished going off, some children will run to other people's homes to pick up the firecrackers. But sometimes it is quite dangerous. When you pick up the firecracker from the ground, suddenly a dumb firecracker explodes, which will hurt your fingers. For Pan Tianyi, he is not interested in picking up firecrackers. Instead, he likes to follow his sister to his grandfather and uncle's house to pay New Year greetings, and then take some snacks or lucky money with him~
After Pan Tianyi finished setting off the firecrackers at his house, he was ready to have New Year's Eve dinner. Like New Year's Eve, the red square table is filled with pork liver, large intestine, fish, vermicelli, mung bean ball soup and dumplings. Pantianyi's family sat around the square table, enjoying the joy of the New Year. Even after many years, Pan Tianyi still couldn't forget the pork and garlic cold dish made by his father. It was sour and spicy, smooth but not greasy!
After the Spring Festival, the second day of the second lunar month is Pan Tianyi’s ninth birthday. This morning, he found many large circles drawn with stove ashes in the yard, which looked like holes leading to the center of the earth. He carefully jumped back and forth along the edge of the ashes, imagining how terrible it would be if he fell in.
Pan Tianyi's mother came out of the kitchen, holding an egg, rolling it on his head a few times, and mumbling something.
"Tianyi, today is your ninth birthday. Mom has boiled an egg for you. Eat it quickly!"
Tianyi's mother peeled off the eggs and brought his favorite mung bean pancakes from the kitchen and handed them to him. Mung bean pancakes are green, made from ground mung bean skins and mixed with some white flour. This pancake is eaten almost every year on the second day of February. At that time, white flour steamed buns were almost unavailable at home, most of the wheat was sold for money, and the most commonly eaten food was corn buns.
"Mom, why does the dragon raise its head on February 2nd?" A young and handsome face, with shining black eyes, Pan Tianyi, dressed in a green military uniform with thick and long hair, looked at him curiously Mother.
"In the past, a man was punished by the Emperor of Heaven and was thrown into a deep cave* to fend for himself. He tried repeatedly to climb out of the cave, but finally exhausted all his energy and failed. When he was desperate, a A loud and powerful voice came out from the depths of the cave. He found that a giant dragon was sealed here, and its limbs and claws were firmly nailed by four nails. The Dragon King said to the man, help me pull out the nails, and I will save him. You get out! That person trusted it, pulled out the nail, and released the seal. The Dragon King rested for a few days and chose to ascend to heaven on February 2nd. At the same time, he asked the person to hug its tail tightly and fly out of the cave. "
Pan Tianyi's mother wore two shoulder-length braids and a white shirt with blue patterns. She smiled sweetly and looked at Tianyi who was listening with great interest.
A few mornings later, Pan Tianyi sat on a Phoenix bicycle and went on a long trip with his father for the first time.
Pan Yu wears a Lei Feng hat and a military green coat, with a pair of sharp eyebrows revealing a spirited look! He rode his bicycle, with Pan Tianyi sitting on the back, and walked out of Panlong Village, passing through village after village all the way to the west, with the final destination being Taihao Mausoleum in Huaiyang.
Halfway through, Pan Tianyi saw a train for the first time. The train is long, extending directly from the eyes to the depths of the horizon. From a distance, it looks like a black giant snake lying quietly on the ground, motionless, as if it has seen the gods and has shed its previous majesty.
We arrived at the Renzuye Temple in the middle of the afternoon. Visitors here come from all over the country. The vendors in front of the temple are shouting and people are coming and going. It is bustling and lively! After passing through one pavilion after another, Pan Yu bought a few sticks of high-quality incense and took Pan Tianyi everywhere to pay homage devoutly. Finally, we came to a hilltop, which was the tomb of Grandpa Ren. There were many people kneeling around, and pillars of incense were lit. They were having a silent conversation with Grandpa Ren in their hearts, and they seemed to have spiritual sustenance.
Fuxi, the ancestor of humanity, was one of the Three Ancient Emperors of China. He appeared at the same time as Nuwa, created the Xiantian Bagua, and taught people to build nets for fishing and hunting. According to local legend, after his death, his head was buried in Taihaoling Temple in Huaiyang, and other body parts were buried in other provinces and counties.
Of course you have to buy some mud dogs when visiting Taihao Mausoleum. The black mud dogs are painted with lines of various colors such as red, yellow, green and white. Pan Tianyi pestered his father and bought a large bag of these things. It is said that these mud dogs are the guardian beasts of the ancestors. Children will bring good luck if they carry them with them!
In the void of Pantianyi's soul consciousness, an inverted pyramid ark was swimming with dark gold around it, floating quietly. The AI robot Gaia is in the center of the civilization laboratory, constantly calculating and operating on the illusion of time and space. The fibers of belief consciousness are glowing softly, constantly filling the floating luminous sphere with overflowing colors, inside which is lying quietly. There is a beautiful and exquisite girl life form, Pandora Bena! But she had only slept for a short while, and three years had passed in this world. Three years ago, when Pan Tianyi was only six years old, she opened the space-time phantom and came to him, teaching him meditation techniques to help her master continuously gain consciousness awakening and evolution in this world.
The afternoon passed quickly, and Pan Tianyi followed his father on his way back. Perhaps, this is Pan Tianyi's first and last time to visit Taihaoling!
Looking up at the sky, the stars are twinkling, and an Orion constellation hangs in the southern sky.
During dinner time, my parents sat on the bench in the courtyard and chatted. Pantian held a large porcelain bowl in one hand, drinking corn mush while listening to her mother telling ancient myths and legends.
In ancient times, the flood submerged the world for dozens of months. Fuxi and Nuwa, a brother and sister, survived by sitting in a wooden barrel. There are the sun, moon and stars in the sky, and there are pythons and strange beasts on the ground. The brother and sister still feel that the world lacks a little vitality and is a little more lonely. Later, under the instruction of the Emperor of Heaven, they got married in Kunlun Ruins and multiplied, so that mankind could continue on. But human beings are still too rare in the vast land. One day, Nuwa was meditating by the river. She was delighted when she saw her reflection in the water, so she rubbed the yellow mud and made a small clay figure in her own likeness. With the little clay figurine blowing a breath, he jumped up and down on the ground and called out for his mother! Nuwa then kneaded many small clay figurines, some male and female, and each one came to life... One day it rained heavily, and Fuxi and Nuwa began to use a dustpan to move the clay figurines into the house one by one. Then it rained heavily. The couple started sweeping the clay figurines into the house with brooms. As a result, many little clay figurines either had broken legs or missing arms. In other words, among people born in the human world, some are missing arms and some are missing legs...
