The festival time for worshiping the Kitchen God is a little different in many places. Some are on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and some are on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. But in some areas around us, it is also held on the 24th. This is the day when the Kitchen God returns to heaven to report his duties.

Legend has it that he is old

People specialize in reporting sins in the world. Once confirmed, their life span may be shortened by twelve years or a hundred days in the worst case. So on this day, every household will buy candies to worship him, hoping to stick his mouth, and return to his hometown like this.

The Heavenly Court cannot speak, and the disaster will be avoided.

In fact, there is an ancient custom among the people. Women do not worship the stove, which is a matter for men. But later it became that all the work of burning incense and worshiping gods at home is the work of women. No matter who worships, as long as they are sincere, they will be successful.

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My father was cooking in the kitchen that night, and we both went to help but were kicked out. Then we had to watch my mother worship the Kitchen God. She put the candies on the table, inserted three sticks of incense into the incense burner, burned some paper money in the brazier, and put it in her mouth

He also muttered something like: "Old Zao Master, God has many good things to say, but few bad words..."

I told Xiao Ying that there was a local nursery rhyme for worshiping the stove. The girl was very interested and asked me to tell it. So I thought about it and read it to her: "Twenty-three, after the sacrifice to the stove, the child clapped his hands and laughed.

.In five or six days, the New Year will come. The evil spirits box will be played, walnuts will be played, and two cannons will be fired. The five sons will be crowned and the ping-pong will be heard, and the fire will rise higher than the sky."

After reciting the nursery rhyme, I couldn't help but think back to my childhood. At that time, although my family was poor, I was very happy during the Chinese New Year. Because I couldn't usually eat delicious food, during the Chinese New Year, I had dumplings and candies, and most importantly, I got red envelopes.

, not to mention how happy I am.

But now, most of that childhood joy has been lost, and what follows is confusion about the future. After the New Year, I will be twenty-six years old, but I don’t have a stable career yet, and I don’t have the same job as before.

Mom's wish is to marry a wife and have a baby.

What we will face next year are still all kinds of ghosts and gods, and the mysterious and unpredictable Tomb of the Ghost King. When will this end?

I really want to live in my hometown and never leave, find a job that suits me, stay with my parents, and enjoy family happiness. But this is also a dream of Qingqiu. People can’t help themselves in the world, and I don’t know why.

I feel that I have been involved in this "ghost world" for almost two years!

Xiao Ying seemed to understand my thoughts and whispered in my ear: "Next year, we must finish the Tomb of the Ghost King and solve Mo Xi's problem. We will never take risks again and live peacefully."

This girl is also deeply touched. Why doesn't she want to live a peaceful and happy life? I was about to say something when my mother asked us to go over and kowtow to the Kitchen God. Before I put it on, my brothers would definitely sneak away with some excuse.

If you ask me, an atheist, to kowtow to a piece of waste paper, there is no way.

But now my mood is different. Although I am not sure whether there are gods in this world, at least there are ghosts, right? Just knock, why make my mother unhappy. Xiao Ying and I walked over and knelt on the ground in awe.

, just as he knocked his forehead to the ground, he heard a voice coming from his ear: "My child..."

Damn, after hearing this cry, I wanted to grab the incense burner and slap this old guy on the forehead. How many times have I told you, don't call me a kid, his uncle only grows old but doesn't remember his sex.

But I knew that Lao Donkey was here. To communicate with him, I had to enter the Underworld to avoid being frightened by my mother. I kowtowed in a hurry, got up, and walked out the door. My father asked me to come over and serve the food.

He said he was going to the toilet and would be back soon. I entered the toilet, closed my eyes and entered the sea of ​​​​underworld. The old donkey looked like this before the black mist. He looked so shabby that once I saw him I wanted to die!

The old donkey put his hands in his sleeves and said bitterly: "Little..."

"You are so small. Are you sincerely disgusting with me?" There is no need to be polite to him, we are all old acquaintances.

"Okay, Xiao Lin, I came here today to send you a message." The old donkey frowned, as if he had condensed thousands of years of suffering into one piece.

"What letter are you sending?" I thought. It's almost the Chinese New Year. You won't send me bad news, right?

As you know, my brother's crow's mouth usually makes perfect shots.

The old donkey sighed and seemed worried. After a long while, he said: "On the 21st of the twelfth lunar month, the city gods from all over the country went to the underworld to report on their duties. I also followed and listened, and reported your family's request for longevity.

Yes, but the superiors didn’t approve it..."

Hearing this, I breathed a sigh of relief. It turns out that this is what happened. My brother didn't take it to heart at all. This person has a destiny, so why force it? Living in this world may not be a blessing, and dying is not a kind of relief?

I smiled and said, "Uncle Donkey, although this didn't work out, I still want to thank you. It's not a big deal, and I can't live forever. It doesn't matter if I live a few more years or a few years."

The old donkey still frowned and refused to relax. He shook his head and said, "That's not what I want to say..."

I was stunned, what was that? Is there really bad news? Look at your face, it's more bitter than eating bitter melon. Don't you think it's unlucky to celebrate the New Year?

The old donkey sighed again, stared into my eyes and said: "It's a bad thing, you have to be mentally prepared..."

Damn it, why are you wasting your time? I've been talking about one thing for so long without getting to the point, and I'm almost dying of anxiety. I've been through a lot of bad things, and this is not the least of them. So I urged him unhappily: "You

Just be direct, I'm waiting to go back home for dinner."

"Okay, I'll tell you right now." Although he said this, he still sighed and hesitated for a few seconds before telling me what news he heard in the underworld this time.

In fact, Laoji heard this news. Because he was going back to Handan at the end of the year and was busy maintaining stability, he asked Laolu to send me a message. Laoji has a close relationship with the seventh and eighth masters, and this news also came from Black and White Wuchang.

In his words, the real character is relatively high. The seventh and eighth masters heard from the boss that after the New Year, a few people would be sorted out, and the first one named was Wang Lin from Yu County!

I was shocked when I heard this. I didn't do anything to apologize to the underworld, so why should I be punished?

Lao Lu went on to say that the others to be liquidated were Zhang Yunchuan, Xiao Ying and Li Longhua. I couldn't help but be stunned. This was targeting a few of us, except for Chen Hanyan. I asked why, and Lao Lu said don't worry.

Listen to him speak slowly. The underworld listed more than a dozen crimes for me, but I didn’t remember them all clearly, only the important ones.

First, I am good at using psychic skills to seduce the ghosts of the City God's Temple and destroy the rules of fairness in the world. Second, I abuse the zombie soul painting technique and destroy the law of life and death. This matter has caused great shock in the underworld. Third, because of my

Destroying the Southeast hexagram caused the 120-year curse in Yu County to break out, almost causing a catastrophe. Fourth, I peeked into the chaotic underworld, which is not allowed by heaven.

The matter has touched the law of heaven, and the underworld has been blamed. Fifth, the formation of heaven and earth has been set up, resulting in excessive casualties among humans and ghosts, and creating a place of great evil in the human world, with endless consequences. Sixth, trespassing into the ghost city,

Colluding with ghosts from the underworld, the ghosts from the Niliwan Water Prison escaped and destroyed the ghost city. Seventh, Liangzhong Village killed countless ghosts, which violated God's virtue of good life. This is a taboo!
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