Chapter 136 Become a vegetarian
Early the next morning, the blessing ceremony began. Worshiping activities began early in the morning at Mazu Temple, and Ye Yaodong also went to burn three sticks of incense.
The first day was very simple. They just laid out tributes and invited gongs, drums and suonas. Then the villagers volunteered to offer incense. They waited until the last day to invite Mazu to patrol.
He came back directly after burning incense. His wife said that she would move things to her new home today.
Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua also plan to take advantage of these few days of free time to take all the things they can to their new home together. It just happens that they can move on the same day.
There was only one cart at home, so they took turns to move it, one cart at a time, and the move was completed in three trips. They didn't have much belongings at first. The big items were their wardrobes, and the rest were only bedding and clothes that were not yet in season.
The bed cannot be moved until the day of the move. Moving the bed depends not only on the day, but also on the time. Lin Xiuqing is also very likely to be pregnant. If there is a pregnant woman at home, the bed cannot be moved casually.
Ye Yaodong actually wants to get a new bed. The wooden bed creaks every time he does something, which greatly affects his longevity. Although Simmons is also available now, how can he get it? It's too expensive. He makes a lot of money.
We don’t even have enough money, so we can only make do with it and sleep.
Then I bought a small bed with an iron frame for my child, similar to the bunk beds in the staff dormitory. Even though there is only one floor, it is enough for the time being. The younger son will have to sleep with them for at least two years.
After moving the things, Ye Yaodong ran home to get a hoe. He planned to reclaim some of the open space next to it. It was all open space anyway, and the land he opened was of course his, as long as it was not used as a homestead to build a house.
Farming is still no problem.
When the time comes, cut some bamboo, surround it with a fence, and you’ll have a vegetable garden!
Father Ye and Mother Ye also came to their new home when they had nothing to do. They were very satisfied when they saw him reclaiming land again. The third son has indeed become more and more planning during this period, and he will also think of a variety of dishes to order and is no longer lazy.
No more work.
"Dongzi, when you run out of hoe, give it to me. I'll take advantage of this free time to open some land, just in time to plant some radishes."
"good."
He thought in his mind that he should go to the blacksmith shop to buy a hoe. Many things had to be used when he was about to use them, and then he remembered that he didn't have them. There was only one set of farm tools at home and they couldn't separate them. They had to buy them by themselves.
There was only one share of many things at home. Only the dishes, chopsticks and things from each room could be brought over, and the rest had to be left to his parents. They were both young and still able to work, so they couldn't share everything.
After cultivating the land for most of the day, Ye Yaodong pushed the ash bucket up the mountain after lunch. He had to dig some soil and chop some bamboo to tie the fence.
He was busy with these things all day long, and Ye's father also helped him tie the fence. After all, he had never done this kind of work before. Ye's father was more experienced and knew everything.
In the evening, the men in the family went to the Mazu Temple to burn three sticks of incense in the evening. During the week of fasting, they would burn three sticks of incense in the morning and evening.
Ye Yaodong is also very pious. He hopes that his whole family will be safe and healthy in this life. There are young people around him who are ignorant, and he helps correct the wrong way of burning incense.
Traditional culture regards the left as good luck and the right as bad luck. When offering incense, you must cover your left hand with your right hand and bow, and then you must hold the incense in your left hand and insert it into the incense burner.
There is a saying that the right hand is unclean due to killing, while the left hand is more peaceful and suitable for offering incense in front of the Buddha. There is also a saying that men should be left on the left and women on the right.
Father Ye couldn't help but nodded when he saw that he was quite reliable and could teach others without being taught.
"Okay, let's go back to eat."
Dinner was the same as lunch. The table was full of vegetarian dishes. The adults didn't care. They knew they had to eat fast to pray for good luck and peace. The children didn't understand this. When they saw the table full of vegetarian dishes again, their faces suddenly fell.
"It's all vegetables. Do you really need to eat it for seven days?"
"Can you please stop eating vegetables?"
"I want to eat yesterday's prawns!"
"Me too, I've never eaten such big shrimp..."
Mother Ye knocked on the table, "The whole village is on a vegetarian diet, and our family is not the only one. Eat quickly. We ate a lot of fish and meat yesterday. You may want to eat some vegetarian food in the next few days to clear your stomach."
"But I'm not full!" Ye Chenghai touched his flat stomach, and after a few peeings, it was empty.
"Yes, I don't have enough to eat!" the children agreed in groups.
Sister-in-law Ye glared at her eldest son. He was the one who started everything. She was really disgusting. "Why are you eating so much when you're not working? Eat quickly, don't be verbose, and don't finish the meal no matter how verbose you are."
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"Oh, it feels like just one day after the good days, I have been knocked back to my original shape. No... it's even worse than before. I used to see small fish, shrimps and shells."
"Shut your mouth and don't affect your brothers and sisters. Just hold on for a few days and it will be fine. If you don't want to eat, don't eat and go back to the house."
Ye Mu hurriedly acted as peacemaker, "Stop scolding him, half-grown children eat poor people, they are growing up, it is normal not to resist hunger, not to mention that they have eaten vegetarian dishes and porridge all day long. Tomorrow
I'll cook sweet potato rice to satisfy my hunger."
When Ye's mother spoke, no one had anything to say. Sister-in-law Ye didn't scold the child, she just glared at him and told him to eat quickly.
After speaking, Mother Ye looked at Father Ye again, "The ash on the bottom of the pot is too thick. After dinner, take the pot to the back door and scrape the bottom of the pot with a hoe."
"knew."
Children all love to join in the fun. Even after watching it thousands of times, they are still very interested. After eating, they wait there instead of running out to play.
After the meal, the big iron pot of the earth stove was carried to the back door and covered upside down on the ground. The children squatted in a circle around it. Father Ye couldn't drive them away, so he could only ask them to step back a little.
He stepped on the pot to prevent it from moving. He took a hoe and slowly scraped along the edge of the pot, scraping off all the black pot ash on it.
"Grandpa, why do you always have to lift the pot out and scrape the bottom of the pot?"
"Don't you see it's all ashes? It's accumulated a thick layer, how can you cook and cook like this? It takes a long time to cook."
They nodded in understanding.
Ye Mu held a jar with half a jar of black powder inside, squatted down and carefully scraped the ash from the bottom of the pot into the jar.
Pot bottom ash can stop bleeding and diarrhea. It is a reliable rural folk remedy with scientific basis. However, they all use it to stop bleeding. It is inevitable that there will be bumps and bruises in daily life. Just apply a pot bottom ash.
The leaf mothers have to be collected every time.
After scraping, they carried the big pot to the earthen stove again, and Ye Mu also put the pot away and couldn't help but give instructions.
"After finishing the meal, we all went to buy an iron pot for our new home. We will use it on the day of moving. Everything must be prepared in advance."
"I know, we know."
After watching the excitement, the children ran away to play happily.
The adults all went back to their respective rooms to talk.
Chapter completed!