Until the next day, when Jiang Xixi was sitting at the table and having breakfast with the mother and daughter, Fan Qing still drooped her face and ignored her.
Although last night's incident had nothing to do with him, but under the fence, how could he argue with others, so Jiang Xixi had to accompany the smiling face, "Sister Fan Qing, don't be angry, I will chase the cats when I see them in the future, and never let them enter the yard again." ” Fan Qing drank porridge without a match, but Fan Yin sat down and brought a plate of pickles in front of her, "Don't blame yourself, if the cat hadn't seen a mouse in the yard, it wouldn't have come, hurry up and eat, I'll take you to a good place after eating." ” Mrs.
Fan also walked over, "Miss Jiang's foot injury is not healed, don't let her walk around." ” Jiang Xixi felt that the atmosphere in the room was depressed, and he hurriedly answered: "It's okay, this little injury is not hindered, I have been practicing martial arts since I was a child, I don't know how many injuries I have suffered that are much more serious than this, Madame, don't worry." ” Mrs.
Fan smiled, "It's okay, today's excitement is really worth seeing, there is no other place, and you can't see it if you want to see it." ” "What the hell is it?"
"Worship the silkworm god."
Walked to the foot of Qinglun Mountain, Jiang Xixi only figured out what this "worship silkworm god" is all about, legend has it that March 16 is the birthday of the silkworm god, Shu in order to commemorate this immortal who brings the people a rich life, to hold a half-month celebration to celebrate the birthday of the silkworm god.
Therefore, the second half of March is also called the silkworm moon, and today's silkworm flowers are the beginning of the entire silkworm month.
After the harvest of silkworm cocoons, silkworm farmers sacrifice silkworm gods with wine and food, and after the sacrifice, the most beautiful local girls will offer silkworm flowers to worship the silkworm gods, and ask the silkworm gods to bless the silkworms for the whole year in the coming year.
"So, you went out all afternoon yesterday just to collect flowers?"
Fan Yin nodded, "Every household in Tamsui Town must prepare silkworm flowers, if anyone's flowers are selected, it is the supreme glory, and the silkworms of their own family will be taken care of by the silkworm god in the coming year, although our family does not raise silkworms, but also attaches great importance to the preparation of silkworm flowers, after all, who is not happy to be able to offer flowers to the gods." ” "I see," Jiang Xixi scratched his head, "but why don't your family raise silkworms?"
” Fan Yin sighed, "You have also seen that my sister and I are afraid of cats, but without cats, we can't raise silkworms." ” "You can't raise silkworms without cats?"
Fan Yin's eyes rolled, and whispered close to Jiang Xixi's ear, "Do you know silkworms?
” She wondered, "Silkworms?
” Fan Yin hurriedly covered her mouth, "Be quiet, Silkworm Yue said that silkworms are unlucky." ” "Oh, but what the hell is it?"
Fan Yin pulled Jiang Xixi aside, avoiding the bustling crowd around him, "Every year before the silkworm moon, silkworm farmers have to clean the silkworm room, there are several ways, one is to draw a bow in front of the door with lime water, the back of the bow is outward, and three arrows are waiting to be sent outward, so that the silkworm does not dare to enter through the door and window."
Second, you can also hang an empty silkworm plaque in the silkworm room, paste a square red paper obliquely in the plaque, pull a broad bean seedling with roots and a handful of wheat seedlings from the field and wrap them in red paper, and then tie a handleless sickle with hemp rope, and hang these three things together in the silkworm room.
After the silkworm goes up the mountain, these three things are placed on the mountain shed to ward off evil spirits.
Third, silkworm farmers believe that the peach branch is the most powerful, and in the whole silkworm activity, it can also be placed in the silkworm room. ” "It's so troublesome, so what is this silkworm?
What does it have to do with the fact that you two are afraid of cats?
Jiang Xixi shook his head and sighed.
Fan Yin smiled, "Sister, you are really an impatient, I haven't finished speaking, you can't bear it."
Although the three methods mentioned above are used by everyone, they are not the most important methods. ” "Silkworm cat?"
"The silkworm room is cleaned, and the first thing the silkworm farmer does is to invite silkworm cats.
Silkworm farmers like to go to the temple fair to invite silkworm cats, thinking that the silkworm cats at the temple fair are more effective by the gods, not only can force mice, but also can dispel a lot of evil spirits.
The silkworm cat painted by clay sculpture is placed in a secluded place in the corner of the wall, and the five-color silkworm cat printed on the paper is pasted on the wall, and some are also pasted under the silkworm plaque to drive away rats and avoid harm.
Of course, the best way is to keep a few real cats, so that the mice will not dare to come. ” "Wait, so that silkworm is a mouse?"
Fan Yin shook his head, "Yes, it doesn't count." ” "Why not?"
"Of course, rats are the most harmful to silkworms, if they don't prevent it, they will eat all the larvae of silkworms, so every household here will raise cats, and they are very good to them, each one is fed with oil and water, and the fat is abnormal.
But if you have to say that the silkworm is a mouse, it doesn't seem right, it's not so specific, you think, if it's really a mouse, why is it exorcism and sacrifice, these are all used to deal with demons, and it's useless to mice.
However, these methods of removing silkworms have been handed down, and it can be seen that the ancestors also knew that this thing was not so easy to deal with. ” Jiang Xixi didn't speak, she looked at the bustling crowd in front of her, and suddenly thought of the strange thing she encountered in the temple yesterday: those rats were going to attack her, but at the same time, as if they heard some command, they frantically attacked the statue of the silkworm god, why, they are just mice, how can they act so consistently and have a clear goal?
"Hey, aren't you scared?"
Fan Yin gently hugged her shoulder, "Fool, these are legends, legends and legends, after a long time, they have become traditions, everyone knows that they are fake, but no one explores them anymore, but they are just a little evasive."
She looked forward and found that the people in front of the silkworm temple were gathering more and more, so she hurriedly pulled Jiang Xixi forward, "We have to hurry, otherwise, we won't be able to see the silkworm flowers." ” Fan Yin and Jiang Xixi still grabbed the best position - on the mountainside directly opposite the main hall of the Silkworm Temple, from this angle, they could see the entire sacrifice process clearly.
The statue of the silkworm god is still the same, except that someone has draped a piece of red silk on his back to make him look more festive.
On the table in front of the statue, there is also a sacrificial incense burner, as well as a table full of melons and fruits, which is not much different from other sacrificial activities.
"Whose flowers were chosen this year?"
Jiang Xixi remembered the bouquet of flowers that Fan Qing was holding in her arms last night, and knew that Fan Jiazha's flowers were not planted.
Fan Yin chin forward, "There is no suspense, it is still the young master of the Yu family, Yu Wuxian." ” No injury, this name is unusual, Jiang Xixi said in her heart, she looked forward and saw a thin young man sitting in front of the main hall, shaking the pu fan and staring at the silkworm statue quietly.
The people next to him were all standing, but he was the only one sitting in front of the hall, not because his flowers were chosen, nor because the Yu family was a big family in Tamsui Town, but because he had no legs.
Yu Wuxian sat in a four-wheeled bicycle made of bamboo, the robe on his lower body was empty because it was not supported, and it was swollen by the wind, and his whole body seemed to be sitting on a cloud.