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.
