On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Kitchen God is about to ascend to heaven.

The sacrifice of the Kitchen God is limited to men and women. Therefore, when the sky is about to dim, the Kitchen King's niche on both sides of the kitchen hall is raised at the horn of the Ming Dynasty on both sides, and red lanterns are hung, which looks like daytime.

Although they could not participate in the Kitchen God sacrifice, the women and children from the house stayed in the room, staring at the window through the window, and looked around with excitement.

Mrs. Shen leaned against the back and led the pillow to sit on the kang. Cui Xue also occupied one side of the kang table. On the kang table were seven or eight plates of candy and fine fruits, a pot of pineapple tea, and several plates of steamed bacon and sausage, roasted chicken stew fish, and cold food mixed with sauce, vinegar and fresh peppers, which were used to serve wine and play with it.

Aunt Su sat on the embroidered bench beside the kang and cut the window flowers alone. Several close relatives and children who were in the house for the New Year were timidly surrounded her. The aunt next to her sat a table a little far away and also placed a table to eat, drink and chat.

Shen Yan was accidentally pulled away by Brother Xi and ran to find Cui. Cui was pouring milk for Mrs. Shen. Wherever she had time to pay attention to her, He pulled her over and ordered the maid to take a comb to comb her hair.

Cui said: "This is a specialty of Shu, made of fresh milk, so it looks clear and clear, and tastes like wine and frankincense. It is rare to see it in the capital."

Mrs. Shen then picked up the cup and ate it with interest, and it seemed to have a faint sour smell. Then she smiled but didn't say anything. She looked at her second daughter-in-law, Shen Li and other children, and was looking out through the window sash.

Because Tian Jiang was standing sideways, the soft silk jacket wrapped around her abdomen, and glanced over Aunt Su again. Even though she was sitting, her belly did not swell. She couldn't help but frown and looked at Tian Jiang again. She saw that Brother Xi'er's elbow accidentally hit the curve of the line, and she called out in shock: "Be careful of the grandson in her belly."

Cui looked at it with a voice and smiled faintly: "My second sister-in-law is young and likes to watch the fun like a child."

Xue was unable to drink, so she ate two bites of cheeks and cheeks were like rubbing rouge. She muttered with a dazed look: "My sister-in-law's belly is not like three months old..."

"After drinking, he would make a fuss. "Mr. Jiang quickly interrupted her, looked at the face of Mrs. Shen and said, "My second sister-in-law can eat and drink, maybe because she has gained weight."

Mrs. Shen was angry before she saw her face, and her face turned happy. Cui was also a delicate person. She was stunned for a moment and asked: "Is it......"

"It's not said, it won't work if you say it." Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "After the New Year, please ask Dr. Qian to come to the mansion again to give her a good life and then return her pulse."

Cui stuttered his lips and looked at Tian Jiang again, his eyes became complicated.

Tian Jiang looked out the window, and the manager carried a bucket and used wine lees to apply the stove door. The new couplet on both sides was "God said good things" on the left, and the right was "Go back to the palace and surrendered good luck". In front of the Kitchen King's statue, the servants placed fresh fish on the altar, and each dish of scented sweets and paste beans. At this moment, these men in the mansion stood beside him to prepare for the sacrifice to the kitchen. Mr. Shen was the main priest, wearing a new oriole with a straight back, holding a big rooster with a red crown, yellow mouth and white feathers, and flapping his thick claws to escape, but was held tightly by his big hands, rolling his eyes so much that he was so angry that he rolled his eyes.

Tian Jiang couldn't help but laugh out loud. Mr. Shen has always been bright moon and breeze, and he is so arrogant that he will be covered in the world of fireworks, which makes him feel very strange.

Shen Li asked curiously: "Why did Dad hug a big rooster?"

Tian Jiang smiled and replied: "That's not a big rooster, it's the horse that the Sauce Master rode ascended to the sky. If the feathers are red, it's called 'red horse'. What your father holds is just white, it's a white horse... Haven't you seen it before?"

Chen Li clasped his fingers at the window frame and shook his head and said, "Mengsheng's mother is not happy."

Tian Jiang touched her head and said with a smile: "Look at Chen Lin used the candy melon to paint the mouth of the Tsans, so that he could not say bad things about the world."

Brother Xi pulled her sleeves aside, and she couldn't speak clearly. It turned out that he had stolen skin and wrapped candy, sticking his lips firmly and unable to separate them, and his face was so anxious that he blushed.

"You are not the Kitchen God, what are you doing?" Chen Li looked at him and led him to find the maid.

When Tian Jiang looked out the window, the incense was burned, and the green smoke scattered everywhere. Chen Sanye held a big rooster in his arms, knelt on the cushion of the lotus-wild pad, and asked Sister Yan to call Cui. After a few words, Sister Yan ran over and waved her hand and said that she wouldn't come. Instead, Meiyun approached with her step, looking like she wanted to see.

Mr. Chen kowtowed, and the second master held a pot of wine to pour wine, toasted the sky and the earth, and poured white chicken with a cup of wine. It was strong in nature, and shook his head and shook it all over. Suddenly, he bent his neck and yelled loudly, and it clearly spread into the room. Mrs. Shen slapped her legs: "It's done! Mr. Zao appreciates the love, and next year will be a good situation."

The second master Chen and the third master clapped each other. They were all majestic, mature and elegant, with a smile on their faces.

The old statue of the King of Society was removed and burned with fire, which means that the sacrifice to the kitchen is near to the end. When the New Year's Day is around the corner, the new Kitchen King will come.

Tian Jiang suddenly saw Mr. Chen looking at her, and raised his hand and called her over. He was stunned. It was still a distance between him, how could he know that he would be in front of the window...

Someone in charge said through the curtain that the Kitchen God has gone to heaven. Please come over and eat the Kitchen God to eat the Kitchen Fruit for auspicious purposes.

The child heard that there was a stove fruit to eat, so he hugged the door. Cui held Mrs. Shen with greed. He didn't know which little guy hit his waist. Looking back, he looked Shen Mian, frowned and said angrily: "Why are you so unruly?"

Mrs. Shen didn't like to listen, so she pushed Chen Mian away first, and said kindly: "What's wrong with him! I'll be happy this year and I'll be polite."

Thinking of letting go of Cui, let Tian Jiang come to him, and clenched her hand: "You go with me, don't be hit by anyone..."

Cui slowed down and looked up again. When the old lady was reminding her that she was far away. She was surrounded by wives, concubines and maids in each house, happily.

Aunt Su was still sitting on the embroidery stool, looking at her expression while eating melon seeds, and suddenly asked with a smile: "The third lady looked pale, but her body was not well-behaved yet? You have to relax and take care of yourself!"

Cui heard her words, but she didn't bother to bother with her aunt, so she didn't look back and then threw the curtain and went back to the room.

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The auspicious period chosen by the Imperial Heaven Supervision this year was the 24th day of the 12th lunar month. All the six ministries, five temples, and two courtyards were sealed as usual. Chen Zetang did not go to the restaurant to have a chat with Li Guangqi and Xu Ling and other colleagues. He only led the left and right ministers of the Ministry of Personnel and the chief of the doctor to estimate ten people, and went to the Xichun Tower to repay the work of one year.

Huang Siniang smiled and welcomed them to the accord. The guy served them with tea and water to serve them diligently. The right assistant minister Xiao Yunju was the foreign official who stayed in Beijing to wait for promotion. He asked on his own initiative: "How can there be any good songs?"

Chen Zetang went to the toilet, and everyone else was tacit. Huang Siniang wiped her handkerchief and laughed: "Mr. Xiao, your official office seal, and our opera troupe and theater must also choose a day to seal the stage. If you want to listen, come here to listen to the opening stage again in ten days. I will tell you what good songs will be like when I go there!"
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