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Volume 4 Spreading Wings Chapter 1282 Sweeping the Qing Niang

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    A millet garden, deep in the green clouds.  In the early morning, Qingyan came back from her wife's room and entered the outer hall. She saw Niaoyan and the others putting up the statue of the Horse King. She couldn't help but pat her forehead and said, "I have forgotten that today is twenty-three."  , on June 23rd, all military camps and inns and homes that keep carriages and horses will sacrifice to the King of Horses on this day. There are more than a dozen ponies in Yisu Garden, so they also have to sacrifice one to pray for him.  Peace to all riders.  Niao Yan turned around and asked: "Madam, what's the matter with you?" "My madam asked if we have enough ice here. The court has issued an ice ticket. There are also the master's Wansi hat and Huang Ge gauze.  Qingyan walked for a long time and felt sweat on his forehead. He picked up a round fan and fanned himself a few times. "The weather is extremely hot this year. I was sweating all over from walking so early in the morning. I have to take a shower."  "It's cold." "There is plenty of ice in the ice cellar. It should be enough for the young master. We have white ice yarn sent from Suzhou this year."  "It rained heavily in June last year. I remember the master asked us to be the sweeper Qing Niang." Qing Yan looked at the cloudless blue sky outside, feeling unbearable in the heat. "As long as the Dragon Prince can sneeze, he can ask me to be the sweeper."  "Yes." Speaking of sweeping Qingniang, the ignorant Xu Hao found a paper-cut woman hanging under the eaves during the rainy season. The lady-like paper figure was holding a broom in her hand. At that time, she thought it was strange and thought that this was not the case.  Japan¡¯s Sunny Day Doll? From then on, I learned that it actually originated from Chinese customs.  It is unknown when it first appeared. The only record is the poem "Sweeping the Qing Niang" written by Li Junmin in the early Yuan Dynasty.  "With rolled sleeves and smock, holding a broom, hanging it to the sky and waving it." By the Ming Dynasty, the custom of sweeping Qingniang had become very popular from south to north.  Just like posting dragon king statues to pray for rain, during the rainy season, if ordinary people's homes are intolerant of rain, or have family members who want to go out, or want to dry clothes and food, they will ask the boudoir girls to cut out paper figures, draw facial features, skirts, etc.  With the help of the ingenious girl's scissors, the paper figures become very cute and beautiful.  It is said that in Shaanxi, Gansu and other Yellow River basins, people call Sao Qingniang Saotianpo, and the paper figure is the image of a woman.  Saotianpo is one of the traditional local gods, a matriarchal deity similar to Nuwa and Fengpo. The custom has been passed down for a long time.  The head of the sweeping goddess is usually cut into the shape of a lotus.  In the Japanese country, Japanese people generally believed that Sao Qingniang was a substitute who could bear disasters and diseases on behalf of others, showing some respect for Chinese customs.  Later, due to the strong power of Buddhism in the Japanese country, monks were the ones who presided over the ceremonies of praying for rain or praying for sunshine, so Sao Qingniang transformed into the bald image well known to Chinese people in later generations.  The custom of sweeping up Qingniang was also very popular in the Qing Dynasty, but by the Republic of China, it gradually disappeared in many areas.  At that time, the entire society began to spurn everything traditional and admire the West and Japan. This has even continued to this day, so much so that Xu Hao didn't even know about it and thought it was an inherent Japanese custom.  Xu Hao was very aware of this and at the same time deeply regretted it. Therefore, every time it rained, he would ask the girls at home to cut some sweepings and hang them up, hoping that this interesting custom could continue.  Ice tickets were also a summer benefit of the central government of the Ming Dynasty. From the summer days to the beginning of autumn, all yamen would give ice tickets as a rule.  At that time, the Ministry of Industry will issue ice tickets, which can be collected by yourself. The amount of ice received varies according to the official level.  All aspects of society in the Ming Dynasty inherited the development of the Song Dynasty, and ice making was one of them.  During the Hongwu period, ice cellars were a luxury product for the rich and powerful. Today, the streets are full of so-called humble people selling ice, and the people call them ice beards.  ????????????????In fact, it is ice core, Hu Zhe core. Over time, it is called Bing Huer.  In hot summers, cheaper and cheaper ice brought great convenience to the lives of all walks of life. Even though it may seem quite backward to later generations, at that time the convenience of people's lives was undoubtedly unparalleled in the world.  If someone has the conditions to build an ice cellar, who dares to say that it is no less than a refrigerator? From this, the profession of selling ice cups was born. Ice cups are like a kind of musical instrument. When touched, they can make a cool sound, which also means the sound of peace.  .  Qingyan, who wanted to take a bath, walked to Xu Yu first and said seriously: "Mrs. said." "Oh." Xu Yu stood up quickly and stood with his hands solemnly in hand.  Mu Caichun, who was playing chess with him, quickly stood up. Mu Lingxia, who was sitting far away, turned his head when he heard this.  Qingyan asked with a straight face: "Yu'er, do you study every day?" Xu Yu didn't dare to say no, so he could only laugh dryly.  Bixiao came over and replied for him: "During the day, the young master has to write five hundred words a day, and he also reads one or two books under the lamp." Qingyan said: "In this case, my wife said that the Imperial College will pass the exam soon, and I will go there then.  "Let's go." As soon as this was said, all the girls in the room became nervous, and Niao Yan said, "What should I do? I haven't touched a book in many days. What if I don't do well in the exam?" Mu Lingxia looked at it.  Xu Yu said distressedly: "I can't care anymore at this time. No matter good or bad, I will go home to collect the punishment at worst."   When Mu Caichun saw this, he said: "It's enough to just improvise. How many days do you have to stay when you go to the Imperial College?"  Three days. Why don't you pack up quickly and you're still standing?" Several people ran to pack their luggage. Mu Caichun asked someone to bring books, and then she polished them herself. Qingyan went to take a shower, while Niaoyan and others were busy.  Those holding books took books, those holding pens took pens, and everyone suddenly became a mess.  Mu Lingxia looked amused, pursed her lips, and looked at them without saying a word. Soon, a large number of ancient Chinese books, four books and five classics, as well as poems on poetry and arithmetic were brought in and piled up in front of Xu Yu like a mountain.  Xu Yu looked at the book in front of him and smiled helplessly, "Where should I start reading it now? Don't read it!" "That's not possible." Mu Caichun rubbed the ink vigorously and wiped out the ink in the inkstone, "Zhiju  It¡¯s just that those exam questions, poetry classics, are not difficult for you. You are also good at contemporary literary theory, so you might as well start with Spring and Autumn and The Analects of Confucius.¡± Xu Yu looked up at her,  Mu Caichun was only focusing on polishing the ink. Suddenly, Xu Yu reached out and wiped it in the inkstone, and then raised his hand to scratch Mu Caichun's cheek.  "Ah!" Mu Caichun screamed, his fair face was stained black, and he shouted angrily: "You are so unreasonable! I was kind enough to grind it for you, but you don't appreciate me and just wipe my face with ink.  !That¡¯s all, good intentions don¡¯t pay off.¡± Xu Yu laughed and said, ¡°You guys are getting pale and pale every day because of your makeup. I¡¯ll help you neutralize it and look much better.¡± Mu Caichun didn¡¯t wash her face immediately.  He glanced sideways at the smiling Xu Yu and said, "Then don't I still want to thank you? Well, thank you very much!" "That's not necessary." Xu Yu said nonchalantly. After all, he did so abruptly, even though we are close relatives.  "Humph!" Mu Caichun rolled his eyes, walked aside, and asked his smiling sister to help her wipe it clean. Everyone was busy at the moment, and it was inconvenient to get water to wash their faces, not to mention that they had to dress up again after washing their faces.  .  Xu Yu said: "Put the inkstone away." Niao Yan, who took over Mu Caichun's position, asked: "Don't write anymore?" Xu Yu said: "It's still early before the exam, only two or three days, what's the hurry?"  "Isn't your hard work in vain?" Niao Yan said silently, pushing the inkstone aside.  Xu Yu pointed to the books stacked into a hill and said, "Put the books away too." "You don't want to read any more books?" Niao Yan was even more speechless.  Xu Yu shrugged and said, "I've finished reading." Niu Yan said funnyly: "You didn't even turn over the pages, so you said you finished reading? Let me see what you can write on the paper when you enter? Don't you want to fail in the exam?  Come back and tell everyone to make fun of you." On the other side, Mu Lingxia saw that her cousin seemed impatient with Niu Yan's nagging. He lowered his head and looked at his fingers. The ink he had left on was still wet, so he took advantage of Niu Yan's unpreparedness.  He quickly raised his hand and wiped her face, and said with a smile: "I will review your first article." Mu Lingxia, who captured this scene, never expected that her gentle and considerate brother would be so kind.  The naughty side of children feels fresh and unexpected.  Although it was frowning to see his stubbornness in not liking to study, I also felt that my cousin was more approachable.  "One thing will naturally have different effects on different people, such as handsome guys and ugly guys. In short, the sisters can't resent it.  Of course, he is also a guest in Xu Mansion, and his relationship with Xu Yu is just a relative, unlike others who care about him and cause chaos.  "It's true." Niu Yan was angry and laughing at the same time, and said angrily: "That's all, if you can't do it after you enter the scene, Master Jijiu will give you a hundred ring feet." He caught a glimpse of the little girl laughing.  , Niu Yan also dipped her hand in ink and smeared it all over her face.  While they were making a fuss, Xu Yunyu and Xu Yunning came in from outside. Seeing their faces covered in black ink one by one, they couldn't help but laugh: "Which song are you singing today? Why are there so many Kunlun slaves?" They were laughing, and Xu Yu started talking again.  Secretly I got two hands of ink and walked over with my hands behind my back.  Mu Lingxia suddenly became alert and quickly pulled her sister to hide in a corner.  Xu Yu walked up behind Xu Yunyu, wiped her face unexpectedly, and said with a smile: "I also asked you to sing a flowery face." Xu Yunyu was so frightened that she quickly turned around. Before Xu Yunning could react, she was also wiped on her eyes.  Time stood still.  Xu Yu simply drew two circles on her eyes and laughed: "My eyebrows are long, but yours are round. It's a strange makeup." After saying that, without waiting for his sisters to fight back, he ran away quickly.  .  Mu Caichun said to Mu Lingxia: "No wonder he refuses to call him brother. He is so naughty, like a ten-year-old naughty boy. But having such a brother is also interesting and tight. The brothers and sisters laugh and play, and they don't have to worry about their lives.  Boring." Mu Lingxia couldn't help but nodded. Her life was very dull, and she had a cold temperament, so few people joked with her.  Xu Yunning asked the little girls to serve itAfterwards, they washed their faces, and Xu Yunyu said: "It's better to swim here, the weather is sultry." "No way." Niao Yan waved her hands hurriedly, "Firstly, Qingyan is in the bathtub, and secondly, he belongs to his brother after all.  "The place is not suitable for etiquette." "Are you afraid that we will dirty your pool?" Xu Yunyu curled his lips.  ¡°Hee hee.¡± Niao Yan neither admitted nor denied it.  Look at each other, you look at me, I look at you, see if there are still ink stains on your face.  Xu Yunning said: "We are really confused, hurry up and take a look in the mirror." At this time, Xu Yu came in and said with a smile: "I am guilty of being rude to Xizi, so I deserve a few slaps." Xu Yunyu said: "Then we are alone.  "Just a slap." "Okay," Mu Caichun said, "Let him sit back and relax, so he can go to the exam." Xu Yu sighed: "We are about to leave now.  It¡¯s time to talk.¡± ¡°Oh my god,¡± Mu Caichun felt incredulous, ¡°I¡¯m only a few miles away from your home, so why don¡¯t you say goodbye? If you become an official in the future, what can you say?  What's the difference? Just based on the word "yuan", if I were the examiner, I would give you a hundred sticks!" Xu Yu bowed deeply to her and said in a pretentious respectful voice: "Disciple, I will never be taught again.  I don¡¯t dare to talk nonsense anymore.¡± ¡°Hey!¡± Mu Lingxia sighed softly, finally understanding her cousin¡¯s ability to fool around. It¡¯s better to see it than to see it.  A whole day passed like this, driven by Xu Yu¡¯s nonsense.  In the evening, Xu Qingtang sent someone to call him. Xu Yunyu gloated: "Now we can have some fun." Under everyone's sympathetic eyes, Xu Yu followed him listlessly.  When he arrived at the study, his third brother Xu Xun was also there. Xu Qingtang asked him to sit down and said: "Although our home is not far from Gongyuan, we are still very busy at the scene. This time, passing the examination is not an imperial examination, and we cannot take it lightly. I have ordered someone to  I have rented an apartment in the back street of Qinhuai. I will accompany you two there tomorrow. All the hopes of our family are pinned on your brothers. I hope that you will achieve something, bring glory to your family, and transform your noble family into a cultural one.  , Poems and books have been passed down from generation to generation, so that the five generations of gentlemen can be eliminated, such as the Ye family, the Shen family, the Sun family, the Wang family, the Xie family and other famous families in Jiangnan. " "Yes."  He stood up and agreed.  In Xu Qingtang¡¯s heart, although he treated his two grandchildren equally, he could not help but value Xu Yu more.  As an elder brother, Xu Yu has been smart since he was a child. He inherited his mother's advantages and has greater hope of becoming a talented person.  "Yu'er, let me ask you, have you made any progress in your knowledge? After playing in the garden for a year or two, how have you been studying?" To be honest, with his father's connivance, Xu Yu has hardly taken it seriously in the past two years.  I have read the book, so at this moment my heart is in a state of confusion and I dare not answer.  Xu Xun secretly laughed in his heart. The second brother played with girls in the garden all day long, how could he have time to study? But he was stared at by his mother Zhiqing all day long. During this period, he also worked hard to become stronger. Master Xia and others were gone.  No one tempted him to go out to play, and he made great progress in his studies.  Fortunately, Mrs. Xiao is also in the study, and she came here specifically for her precious grandson. Like most elderly people, the older they get, the more they dote on their grandson, almost doting on them.  Mrs. Xiao said: "I heard them say that Yu'er reads what he wrote every day, and I don't know if it's true or not. It's not wrong. What's more, there is his mother, how can she indulge in fun all day long?" "His father?" Xu Qingtang  He said disdainfully, how could I not be able to figure out the virtues of my son after so many years? It is simply irresponsible to say that my son is good at everything, even in educating his children.  Of course, these words are not suitable for scolding their father in front of their grandchildren. Xu Qingtang said angrily: "I'm afraid that the children will get together and get naughty. Who wouldn't put up a good show for him, Master Xu? It's just to coax you to read and write every day, but in fact it's absurd.  Spend time." (To be continued for your support.)
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