Chapter 34 Ghost Festival
In the past few days, it always rained heavily in the middle of the night. In the past few days, the heat has been constant, and the cicadas in the yard were making people upset and angry.
Li Sanniang, Lu Zhuer and Li Silang spent a whole morning without eating breakfast, and asked Li Silang to climb a tree and catch four cicadas one by one.
Of course, Li Silang took action, and Li Sanniang and Lu Zhuer were cheering Li Silang under the tree.
Li Silang threw the caught cicada into the stove and roasted it and ate it. Li Silang also wanted to give it to Lu Zhuer, so he quickly asked Li Sanniang to stop it.
Of course Li Sanniang knew that insects were high in protein, but since she couldn't get over them, she might as well not eat them.
Li Sanniang asked Shen Qiuniang in the courtyard to have breakfast with her. Shen Qiuniang was not embarrassed, because she now completely placed herself in the position of a servant.
Why do you say that?
Because she had finished her breakfast and saw that Li Sanniang was taking Luzhu'er with her, and Mrs. Li was the only one working in the kitchen, she took the initiative to help clean up the dishes, wash them, and cook them. Really nimble hands and feet.
Sister-in-law Li said she didn’t need to do it, she still had a wound on her head and just went back to the house to lie down.
Shen Qiuniang didn't listen and just kept working hard.
After helping Mrs. Li with the kitchen chores, I asked if there were any clothes that needed washing?
Li Sanniang quickly said, where are the clothes to be washed? The Li family's clothes were all given to neighbors.
Finally, Sister-in-law Li took out the basket, found a mess of threads, and asked Shen Qiuniang to help separate the threads. It was like finding an errand for her.
Li Ersao also took Xiao Wulang out of the house, and they sat around under the jujube tree and chatted.
Kogoro is almost two months old. Sister-in-law Li has raised him well during the confinement period and has enough milk. He is white, fat and cute. He looks like a big fat boy who makes people want to hug him when they see him.
Luzhu'er seemed to have a new "toy". Every time Li Sanniang took her to see Kogoro, she would hold Kogoro's little hand like a little adult and say in sign language sincerely: "Goro , you have to grow up quickly, sister can take care of you."
Turn around and ask Li Sanniang: "Mom, when will Wu Lang grow up?"
That's right. Seeing Lu Zhuer teaching Kogoro to call "Ajie", Li Gui came in and sent a post to Li Sanniang.
Li Sanniang quickly took it and took a look. It turned out to be written by Dr. Gao. He said that he had united more than ten members of the alliance and decided to give Li Sanniang an interview opportunity. He agreed that Zaijun would come to the restaurant again in five days. See you at Lou Shao Pharmacy.
Taking the post in hand, Li Sanniang began to think, what is the purpose of this alliance? It would be better to go back and have a serious discussion with Li's father and brother Li.
A few people were talking about their parents' family affairs. Shen Qiuniang didn't speak much, but she would nod to show that she was listening, which was a good reflection. Time passed by in a flash.
The weather was too hot, so Father Li asked Li Sanniang to help pick up a pot of refreshing herbal tea. He was going to boil it, let it cool, put it in a bucket and put it at the door of the hospital to provide it free of charge to the neighbors and visitors. A person who treats medicine.
Father Li felt that the temperature in the past few days was a bit abnormal and too hot. He was worried that people with weak constitutions would not be able to withstand heat stroke or would be too late to receive treatment, so he decided to provide free herbal tea to cool down and relieve heat.
This is what Li's father has been doing all year round. In the past, Brother Li took care of it. Since Li Sanniang is at home this year, he will let Brother Li take a rest while Li Sanniang does it.
When Brother Li came home from duty in the evening, Li Sanniang specially gave Brother Li the salt and sugar powder packets she had wrapped in paper in the afternoon, and told him to take one packet in the morning and one packet in the afternoon when he went on duty during the day, and mix it with water to drink. Down.
This candy was specially bought in the shop just for Brother Li.
Brother Li didn't notice anything and just dipped a little bit of it with his little finger and took a sip, "Is it salt candy? Sanniang is interested. Brother Li knows it and is paying attention. Don't worry."
Today is the Ghost Festival, and Brother Li and the four little ones are on holiday.
In the morning, Brother Li, along with Sister Li, Li Dalang, and Li Erlang, first placed offerings in front of the memorial tablet of his biological father, Sun Datou, in his house, lit incense, and kowtowed one by one before leaving. Room.
Then we came to Father Li's and Mother Li's place, and together with Father Li, Brother Li's family, Li Sanniang and Lu Zhu'er, they offered memorial tablets to Father Li's parents, burned incense and kowtowed one by one.
The others kowtowed and left the house, leaving Li's mother in the house with Li's father.
At this time of year, Li’s father is always reticent. Except for elder brother Li and elder sister-in-law who know some inside information, the second brother Li and Li Sanniang don’t know much about it. They don’t know what happened to the previous generation. , so that Li’s father still refuses to forgive Uncle Li who has passed away.
I vaguely knew it was a matter of life, but Father Li wouldn't let him mention it at all.
About half an hour later, Father Li and Mother Li came out of the house.
The family, including Shen Qiuniang, who was living in the Li family, went out to take a ride to Xuanduguan to pay their respects. Even Xiao Wulang was wrapped in a quilt and was carried out by Brother Li.
In fact, in the morning, Li Sanniang burned the paper with a brazier in the house in advance. It was for the original Li Sanniang, and she also pulled Luzhu'er to kowtow to the brazier.
What Li Sanniang is thinking in her heart is that since she has taken over your body, you will naturally take over your responsibilities. Lu Zhuer must be raised well, and she will be filial to her father and mother.
Don’t worry, we will do what we say.
Li Sanniang also thoughtfully gave Shen Qiuniang next door a brazier and told her that if there were relatives who needed to worship, they could do so.
Fortunately, I made an appointment in advance to go to Xuandu Temple in advance. People in Chang'an estimated that at least half of the people in Chang'an would go to Xuandu Temple today, and the roads were extremely congested.
More than an hour later, we arrived at the gate of Xuandu Temple. Cars and horses were constantly coming and going at the gate. There were quite a lot of believers in Chang'an City. Of course, there were also a lot of people at Xingshan Temple opposite. I accepted the incense from the Taoist boy at the door, gave me the money for the sesame oil, and said my respects. This time I didn’t have to go to the Taoist priest to ask for my name, and I didn’t have to go to the temple master alone to answer my questions. I earned it without spending too much money.
In Xuandu Temple, I participated in an altar ceremony with everyone.
This is really a very novel experience for Li Sanniang. The ceremony is very solemn and can be called spectacular. The temple leaders and Taoist priests in full robes can really say "De Dao Gao" when they look at it. "people" to refer to.
Mother Li was still very pious, and she paid five taels of silver for sesame oil, and got the vegetarian fruit from Guanli, which is actually a kind of pasta. The baked pancakes are salt-and-pepper flavored and quite delicious.
Second Sister-in-law Li also went to ask for a peace charm for Kogoro to wear.
After such a delay, it was already past noon by the time we walked home.
By the time we got home, it was almost evening.
After returning home, we each drank a bowl of porridge with sour beans to satisfy our hungry stomachs.
Li Sanniang was very curious about what happened to Li's father's previous generation, so she asked Shen Qiuniang, who was also in the yard, to look after Lu Zhu'er who was playing with Xiao Huang'er in the yard for a while, and then went directly to Brother Li's house.
"Second brother, are you free? My little sister is confused."
"What? Did Sanniang remember that she has a second brother?"
Second Sister-in-law Li is here The second brother Li was watching, teasing Li Sanniang, holding Xiao Wulang with one hand, and punched the second brother with his fist. The second brother Li also cooperated, fell back and pretended to be in pain: "Ah, it hurts, Sanniang, Your second sister-in-law is taking revenge for you."
"Haha, second brother, stop making trouble, my little sister really has something serious to do. Second brother, do you know why Aye is silent and solemn and sad every year? What happened to the previous generation? Why don’t I remember it at all?”
When Brother Li heard this, he frowned and became serious, "Sanniang, I don't know the details. This matter is a grudge from the previous generation. I don't want to talk about it. Of course I have a reason. Wait. When Aye wants to say it, we will know it naturally."
"If the second brother knows, tell me."
"Okay, go back to the house. Take a rest, you're not tired after a trip to Xuandu."
Brother Li obviously didn't want to say anything, so Li Sanniang withdrew, feeling that she had missed a big news.
Supper was plain noodles served by Sister-in-law Li. After eating, Father Li took the lead to burn clothes for the ancestors in the yard. However, Lu Zhuer and Xiao Wulang were not allowed to go, so Sister-in-law Li was in the house. Take care of.
The old people always say that children have clean eyes and may be seduced by wandering spirits, so children are not allowed to come out.
Then go to the entrance of the medical hall to burn paper clothes for the wandering souls passing by.
The sky has completely darkened, and now more than one of the Li family is burning clothes at the door on this street. Li Sanniang, who is kneeling behind the second brother Li, looks at this scene, but does not find it scary.
It is said that Li Sanniang, who has experienced this magical thing of time travel, should be the most devout believer, but Li Sanniang is still a staunch materialist.
How to say, the self-contradiction of the time traveler?
After the paper clothes were burned, Mother Li said that although her family was a believer, she could not neglect the Buddha, so she had to put out river lanterns.
The closest place to the Li family is Anqu. Every year during the Ghost Festival, it is open to the common people and the common people are allowed to put out lanterns at night.
Li's father said that he was tired and didn't want to go. Finally, Li's father went back to the house. Li Ersao was at home with Xiao Wulang and Lu Zhu'er. At this time, Shen Qiuniang also said that she would not go and would stay at home.
Among the four little ones, except Li Dalang, the third little one is not allowed to go.
In the upper reaches of Anqu, there are merchants selling lamps. They are not expensive, costing five copper plates each. If you can write, you can also inscribe them.
Li Sanniang bought one, wrote "May my son Wang Wanlu have a safe and smooth life", lit it with a fire stick, and put it into the canal on the shore.
Looking at the scene of hundreds of lights in the ditch, Li Sanniang felt that this scene was really beautiful. Once again, she regretted that she did not have a mobile phone, so she could take a photo and look back to appreciate it in the future.
Waiting for the group of people to catch the moonlight to get home, it was almost curfew. As soon as they arrived at the door of the hospital, Li Sanniang felt something was wrong.
This kind of something wrong can be said to be a sixth sense. Li Sanniang also told Sister-in-law Li that it felt weird. If she was asked to tell her what the strange method was, she couldn't tell.
Sister-in-law Li said she was too tired and hurried back to wash up and rest.
Li Sanniang shook her head and put this strange feeling aside, went to Shen Qiuniang's place next door to pick up the sleeping dewdrops, and went to the kitchen to fetch water to wash up and go to bed.
As a doctor, your nose may not be sensitive to other smells, but the smell of blood is really hard to ignore.
Li Sanniang smelled a faint smell of blood in the kitchen, the kind of fresh blood.
Sorry for being late today. I worked overtime and stayed very late.
It’s super hot today. I’m sweating even while sitting. The company is engaged in energy conservation and emission reduction, and I can’t bear to turn on the air conditioner. It’s so hot.
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