There is a tiled grain drying field in front of the stage, and there are two wide doors in front of the stage. Looking up at the entrance, there is a horizontal plaque, and two striking Daewoo "Jinshi" come into view. There is an inscription next to it, which is the first place in the so-and-so festival during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. There is a door bucket between the first door and the second door. After passing the high threshold, there is a courtyard, and then the main hall, named "Guanju Hall". A pair of couplets: inherited grandpa's instructions of managing the family diligently, taught his son to publish, and learned to read and cultivate. The left and right sides are slant halls. The main hall looks very imposing, with four thick wooden pillars standing proudly and the ground is flat floor tiles. A beautifully carved wooden basket with dragon pattern hangs above the hall. No one knows what is stored in it, maybe it is the imperial seal of the Qing Dynasty. In a word, this kind of panlong hanging basket with gold foil is something that can only be looked up and not touched.
Behind the main hall are the middle hall and the back hall. There are patios between the halls, east and west wing rooms in the middle hall and the back hall, houses on both sides of the three halls, upstairs and downstairs, forming two alleys. A family, full of children and grandchildren, often mentioned here is how big the room, two rooms, three rooms. At that time, children were mostly "lucky", so there were many children in the gate of the big platform. Sometimes the old man pointed to the children and said, this is the fourth child in the third room, and that is the third grandson of the second child in the big room. The population is prosperous and bustling.
According to the old people, this temple was carefully built by the ancestors after spending tens of thousands of dollars as official salaries for many years and returning to the Five Dynasties. Shaoxing is a place with many scholars, officials, teachers and desks. There are five terraces around Li Sanzhou in Fiona Fang, such as "Spring Guandi" and "Xiyuan". Taiwan Province and Taiwan Province are similar, but each has its own characteristics. Some are similar to the official palace and the official style; Some rooms, trees, IKEA in Lvmu and Yi Shi. People on the balcony gather, rise and fall. The boundless grass on the grassland comes and goes with the seasons. In normal years, on holidays, people go home to visit relatives, officials, businessmen and teachers who go out return, red candles shine brightly, and the whole family is reunited and beaming. Or the old man's birthday, children and grandchildren get married, gongs and drums are loud, firecrackers are ringing and steaming. As soon as the Lantern Festival is over and the happy event is over, people go out one after another, seeking promotion, wealth and support for their families, and each runs north and south, and the entrance to the platform is silent.
War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out and there was a panic. Factories closed down, shops closed down, the economy was depressed, and all walks of life were depressed. Men who work outside the Taiwan gate are unemployed, or go home to take refuge first or later, and the Taiwan gate is lively again. However, it is different from the normal mood during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The people who came back looked miserable and said sadly, "Alas, Japanese soldiers came in and killed and set fires everywhere. It's really sad. Back home, finally have a life. I don't even know how to live in the future! " The old man and his wife smiled warmly and comforted, saying, "It's good to come back, good, good, and stay in Qingshan, not afraid of running out of firewood." Take this opportunity to pay interest. God never shuts one door but he opens another, and there will always be hardships. "The family held out steaming water to wash their faces and feet. After washing, they served a bowl of steaming preserved eggs. Perhaps it is a local custom. When family members come back from other places, they should wash away the dust on the road and eat candied preserved eggs, which means endless sweetness. The woman in Taimen is as beautiful as flowers and as beautiful as jade, dazzling, and envious of marrying into this big Taimen. After ten and a half days, my husband went to other places to be an official, do business or teach, and Lao Yan parted ways. After a few years of cold and heat, Hongyan passed books. Finally, the wife learned that her husband was coming back, so she dressed up and boarded The Upper Terrace, looking from a distance. How can my husband not be overjoyed when he comes to me now! The man who came back from a long way could not help but burst into tears. Excited, he muttered, "It's so warm and comfortable to go home. The war is raging outside, and the home is still stable. Home is a shelter from the wind and a place to rest. "Although the door is still so wide and the courtyard is still so deep, it is worn out. However, in the mind of a wanderer, it is a place where childhood plays, where parents live and where dreams haunt.
There are still other people's heads at the entrance, wandering outside. Parents, wives and children are even more worried and afraid, and they have gone to the city to see the boat. When the last person on board went ashore, he still didn't see his family coming back. He felt dejected and looked from house to house. After three months of war, a letter from home is worth a ton of gold. The postman came into the village and everyone looked at each other. I wonder if there are any letters from home or remittances. Whose new daughter-in-law can receive her husband's letter and remittance, the neighbors are envious, and the younger sister sings a tune without ridicule: "Chinese cabbage is tender as water, and her husband goes out of Shanghai and the cymbals are sent back." The bride's face flushed, and she said shyly, "In recent years, nothing has happened, and everything has gone smoothly. I have a clear conscience and feel guilty about bringing money every month. " The little sister said, "This is called love." Ha ha ha ... in those days, this kind of laughter was rare!
During the war, men went home to stay with their families. Although it is safe and no longer lonely, after a year or two, the whole family can't support themselves, and they start to make a living by busking, and the stage door is showing more and more signs of decline. Although the farmers around have lived a hard life for a long time, there are always some harvests in the farmland all year round. Broad beans will be on the market later, and wheat will be harvested later. Staple food, complementary food, pumpkin and vegetables are really envied by Taiwanese people.
Although there is a couplet of "reading only and farming only" hanging at the entrance of Guanju Hall. But in fact, none of them are really farming. The so-called "farming" in Ancestors actually refers to renting land to farmers for farming. In that war-torn era, how can people who only study and don't plow survive without income?
Previously, farmers in the surrounding areas often borrowed some money from people in Taimen when there was a shortage of agricultural materials or they didn't meet the demand, and small loans were quietly carried out. Later, the situation changed. During the war years, people in Taimen lost their jobs and turned to farmers to borrow money to grow grain. From time to time, a fur robe was exchanged for a few buckets of rice, a copper hot pot and a censer were exchanged for a few liters of broad beans, and the barter was quietly carried out. The scenery of Taimen people is gone, and the men are out looking for things. As long as they can survive, they will be satisfied. The platform door has peace again, and it is attributed to the silence of poverty.
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They learn from farmers to raise poultry. Chickens cackle in front of the stage, ducks and white geese swim around in the water for food. Farmer's proverb day: "Let the geese eat (eat the rice and grass left in the field) and let the geese paddle (swim in the water) for 60 days before selling." "Twist duck, called Gaga, swims into the water every day to eat fish and shrimp and lay duck eggs. The master calls me golden duck. "
They also grow vegetables and plant a layer of green vegetables next to the house.
Vegetables and seeds are sown in front of you, green seedlings grow out, rain and branches stretch and grow, so pick them in time. Why are you unhappy?
They spin from morning till night. They can earn six or seven taels of cotton per catty of yarn and can only spin a few taels a day. The income is very small, but over time, there is no small supplement.
Women in Taimen used to be called "madam" and "housewife" by farmers nearby. Now they all say hello to the farmers. Do not call me that. Call me sister-in-law.
Shaoxing is famous for its wine-making industry, which has a history of thousands of years. In China, everyone knows Shaoxing wine. Shaoxing people are very familiar with wine-making, sauce-making and pickled Lyle, and they quickly master the essentials and become familiar with it. Although it has been many years since they made wine and sauce, they still remember it clearly. Wine making adopts joint-stock system, with three buckets of glutinous rice as one share, and the last few stones of glutinous rice are made into vats. Soak glutinous rice in water first, then steam it, add wine and medicine to glutinous rice, mix well, put it in a jar, and cover it with straw to seal it. After fermentation, the wine smells delicious. When I opened it, it was the usual sweet wine, also called Lao Lao Zi. Glutinous rice is divided into two parts, one is wine pulp and the other is distiller's grains. Skilled "wine masters" carry special brewing tools for distillation. During the distillation process, the screen shrank to the left and right, only to see the fire burning on the stove. When I woke up, I was finished. Slowly pour the yellow wine into the jar and cover it with mud; Distilled liquor is packed in thousands of bottles, with a large amount of distiller's grains; Partners receive yellow wine, white wine and distiller's grains in proportion. Only a small amount of distiller's grains is needed for Taiwanese to pickle rotten fish, rotten meat and rotten chicken. Farmers near the remaining distiller's grains have already made reservations and given them away for free. Distiller's grains are the first-class fine feed for farmers to raise pigs, which makes the best use of it and is not wasted.
"There is spring breeze and summer rain", and simple farmers are grateful for this. When broad beans are on the market or bamboo shoots are unearthed, farmers bring broad beans and fresh bamboo shoots into the platform door and send them to the relevant families respectively. They say with a smile, "These broad beans and bamboo shoots are fresh and there are not many things. All my heart, a thousand miles of goose feathers, please try them. " The gentlemen at home said, "I'm sorry, thank you for your kindness." The name should be changed. Now we are ordinary people. " The farmer said, "You're welcome, you're used to it, but people who study will always send it, which is a good guarantee." Say goodbye to each other in a warm conversation.
In winter, every family buys hundreds of pounds of Chinese cabbage, piles it yellow, sprinkles a layer of vegetables and salt, and preserves pickles. The local custom is to let the little boy step on the layers of vegetables and let the salt melt into the vegetables. A jar is full, covered with dozens of pounds of stones, pressed tightly, and pickled in about three weeks. Pickles can be eaten raw or cooked. Boiled pickles with water are called cooked pickles. Pickled vegetables are carefully cut and poured with sesame oil, which is called raw pickles. Two ways to eat, each with its own flavor. Pickled rape and mustard (potherb mustard) can be served with meals. If exposed to the sun, the water in pickles gradually evaporates, showing amber, reddish brown and fragrant, which is known as Shaoxing plum. Braised pork with dried plum is a famous dish in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and it is also favored overseas.
Shaoxing people are also good at making sauces. Stir flour, soybeans and broad beans into dough in water, let them ferment, put them in a jar, cover them with gauze or glass, and expose them to the sun. The juice that gradually flows out is soy sauce, and the paste that precipitates out is sauce. Cucumber, etc. They are all exposed to the sun in the sauce, that is, pickled melons. Cut the old tofu into small pieces, let it ferment at a certain temperature, add yellow wine and pepper to make delicious milk rot.
In that tragic era, housewives in Taimen were thrifty and thrifty. When men go out to work and earn little, it is admirable to respect the old and love the young and survive tenaciously.