Chapter 207 Xin Er Faints as She Moves into the New Home (7)_1
Afterward, Mo Qingze took a new broom into the main house and started sweeping from every corner, moving towards the centre of the main house, and then to the doorway, signifying the intention to sweep away anything unclean.
Next, Mo Qingze placed the eight pieces of yellow joss paper, which he had prepared the day before, at the doorway to pay homage to the "House God" of the new residence. Then, the family of four each held three sticks of incense and walked around inside and outside the house before inserting the remaining half-lengths of incense into the incense burner.
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By the time the moving ceremony was completed, half an hour had passed.
Mo Qingze had finished what he needed to do and began to entertain the villagers who came to congratulate him. Since it wasn’t the day of the housewarming, after offering their congratulations, the villagers slowly left, taking with them bags full of celebration candy that their children were reluctant to part with.
As noon approached, according to custom, on the first day of moving into a new house, one must light a fire to cook, and the family would sit and eat together.
Mo Yan told the eagerly waiting children to go check out their rooms while she joined Lixiu in the kitchen to cook.
The Mo family’s kitchen was built next to the main house, close to the courtyard wall, and had two doors. One door opened to the outside, leading to the yard, and another door opened inside, leading to the dining area, so that the kitchen door could be tightly shut to prevent the smell of smoke from wafting into the dining area.