Ting Lan understood when she heard it, and said angrily: "The eldest lady is so cunning, doesn't she understand that she wants to pit the lady......"

Ming Hong on the side looked at Xiao's face and interrupted Ting Lan in a loud voice: "Okay, even if the eldest lady wants to embarrass Madame, will our Madam really be stumped by this little thing." I think I haven't seen her for a few years, but the eldest lady is a little smarter and more sleek. ”

Xiao Shi thought about it and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law has been managing the Shen family since I entered the door, and after the old lady died, the old lady handed over all the affairs of the inner house to her. Okay, let's not talk about that, you all hurry up and check the account books in your hands, and if there is anything wrong, sort out the account books first. ”

Everyone listened respectfully and replied yes, looked down at the account book in their hands, and whispered a few words from time to time.

Although there has always been an old system of ancestor sacrifices, nothing more than five birds and three animals with all kinds of fresh fruits, there are also some particularities in this. For example, the pigs in the three pigs, cattle and sheep must be suckling pigs that are less than a month old and fed with special information, and they also need to be roasted by special methods to keep its overall appearance unchanged.

There are a lot of places that need to be paid attention to, first of all, the suckling pig specially used for sacrifice needs to be fed in advance, because Laizhou is close to the capital, and there are many aristocratic families gathered in the capital, and there is a demand for these sacrifices from time to time, so it has given birth to a special businessman, which needs to find this kind of person to book in advance.

Secondly, this baking is also very particular, and the master who does not have more than a dozen skills can't bake it, but fortunately, the Shen family's kitchen has always had a special chef in charge of baking, so there is no need to bother with it.

Yaohuang went to Ma's to ask where to buy this sacrifice, and when Mama Gui came out to answer, she didn't feel embarrassed, but only pointed out the businessmen she knew well in previous years, so that Yaohuang was surprised and came back to Xiao's.

Xiao Shi smiled and was not surprised, and only arranged for someone to find a place to set up the sacrifices according to Gui's instructions.

Ancestor worship was a very novel thing for Shen Junqian, but she had never really seen this kind of ceremony. I stayed in Maozhou with Shen Jitang and Xiao Shi before, because there was no ancestral hall or anything, only an incense case was set up every year, and the family worshipped. I didn't expect to be able to experience this ritual firsthand.

Without waiting for Shen Junqian's excitement to pass, the Xiao family found someone to come and teach Shen Junqian the etiquette and rules of worshipping his ancestors.

And then......

"Sixth girl, when kowtowing, your hands must be folded together in front of you, and your head must be knocked on your hands, please do it again for six girls. ”

Shen Junqian, who had short hands and short feet and was wearing a thick cotton jacket, hadn't knocked down yet, so she rolled out like a pumpkin, and when Shen Junqian sat on the ground and came back to her senses, she stared at the old mother who taught her the rules and looked at each other.

Shen Junqian obviously saw the corners of the old woman's mouth twitch, but as a good child, it was better for her not to say it.

It didn't take a while......

"Sixth girl, you can't move your head and your eyes can't glance around, this ancestor worship is a major event for the family, and you must not be disrespectful to your ancestors. ”

Shen Junqian glanced at the old woman's stern face, and silently withdrew her restless eyes.

"Six Girls......

"Six Girls......

……

Shen Junqian couldn't help but burst out, she was only three years old, okay, she still needs to learn these things to sacrifice an ancestor, and she is still so serious and strict. It seems that TV dramas are not all deceptive sometimes, and the mamma who teaches people the rules is really annoying.

Shen Junqian had the intention to resist, but when he looked at his little arms and legs, he immediately stopped thinking.

It's just that when she saw Xiao Shi in the evening, Shen Junqian immediately behaved and was cute: "Mother, Qian'er is so tired today, can you let the mama who teaches the rules go?"

Xiao touched Shen Junqian's little face: "You, you know how to be lazy." However, you must learn the rules of ancestor worship first, and you don't have to worry so much about the rest. ”

"Mother, then don't learn it tomorrow, I've already learned it. Shen Junqian pulled Xiao's clothes and swayed them from side to side.

Xiao Shi said with a smile on his face: "Do you really know?"

Shen Junqian twisted her face unhappily and reluctantly when she heard this, she had learned so much today, and her head was knotted with all the complications, where could she remember.

"What's the matter, this is?" Shen Jitang happened to come in from outside, and Shen Junqian immediately ran over and hugged his thigh: "Dad, can you ask my mother not to let me learn the rules from my grandmother anymore?"

Shen Jitang picked up Shen Junqian, looked at Xiao with questioning eyes, and Xiao said with a smile: "It's the grandmother who taught Sister Qian the etiquette of worshiping ancestors, and I have only been learning it for a day today, and I have been calling here for a long time." ”

"Sister Qian is still young, even if there is something wrong with etiquette, the ancestors will not blame her, so why press her to learn now. Shen Jitang said to Xiao Shi indifferently

Shen Junqian immediately responded on the side: "Yes, yes, I'm so cute, my ancestors will definitely like me, and they won't blame me." I didn't forget to shout in a curling voice: "Mother~~~~~"

Xiao Shi was amused by her cheekiness and laughed out loud, but ignored her and said to Shen Jitang: "Master can't spoil her, this time not only to worship the ancestors, but also to open an ancestral hall to record Sister Qian's name on the family tree, this daughter's family has the opportunity to open an ancestral hall to worship the ancestors twice in her mother's life." He sighed faintly as he spoke.

Shen Junqian saw that Xiao really didn't mean to be moved, so he had to give up, but asked curiously: "Why are there only two chances?"

Shen Jitang also nodded with some doubts and looked at the Xiao family.

Xiao Shi looked at Shen Jitang and smiled: "Of course your boy's family doesn't care, you have the opportunity to open an ancestral hall to worship your ancestors in your lifetime, and our daughter's family is different, it is okay to worship ancestors every year, but generally speaking, there are two opportunities to open an ancestral hall, one is to be named on the family tree after birth, and the other is to get married, and this second time is someone else's family, and then go back to her mother's house and become a guest." It turns out that I don't want to press Sister Qian to learn, but this time Sister Qian wants to be named on the family tree. ”

Shen Jitang understood, and took Xiao's hand: "I may not have seen Mr. for a long time, after worshipping the ancestors, we will take Brother Xi to meet my father-in-law and mother-in-law." ”

Seeing that Shen Junqian still didn't quite understand Xiao's words, she didn't say much when she knew that she was young, so she only coaxed: "Sister Qian'er, follow Mama to study hard, and when the ancestor is finished, I will take you to Zhuangzi to play for a few days." ”

Shen Junqian saw that Shen Jitang and Xiao Shi didn't mean to explain, so they couldn't ask anything, so they only played treasure and sold cuteness beside the two of them, and then asked Mama Zhou to take them to the side room to wash and sleep.

Compared with other families, the ancestor worship ceremony of the Shen family is relatively simple, mainly the family worships inside and outside the ancestral hall, and a dinner ceremony.

Because the Shen family's ancestor worship is in Laba, and on this day, several lords and ladies of the Shen family need to enter the palace to thank them and come back after noon, so the ancestor worship ceremony of the Shen family is mainly held in the afternoon and evening.

Early in the morning, the Shen family went to the palace under the leadership of Mrs. Feng.

At the door of Jingxian Hall, Ting Lan was anxiously walking back and forth, and when he saw that Mama Ji and Minghong were coming, he hurriedly pulled the two of them into the room, and without waiting for Mama Ji and Minghong to ask, he said impatiently: "Something happened, the sacrifice placed first had an accident." ”

Xiao Shi is not here, everything is in the hands of Mama Ji, this will be busy, if it weren't for Ting Lan to make the little maid urgent, Mama Ji and Minghong would not be able to get away.

Seeing Ting Lan's anxious appearance, Mama Ji frowned, and said sternly: "What's the hurry, let's make things clear first." ”

Ting Lan was originally brought out by Mama Ji, and Mama Ji was also strict on weekdays, and she was a little afraid of Mama Ji, but she calmed down when she drank it, and then explained the matter carefully.

This is actually a coincidence. In addition to the large number of three livestock and three animals, the Shen family's sacrifices also pay attention to placing nine different kinds of melons, fruits, vegetables, vegetables, pasta, and snacks on nine plates. Because of the importance of the large number of sacrifices, Xiao Shi and Mama Ji paid attention to it, but there was no problem with it, and the problem was the fruit.

The Shen family's nine dishes of fruit are basically fresh and novel, according to the usual practice, the kitchen responsible for the procurement of fruits will be in the first half of the ancestor worship, according to the current fashion and solar terms to make a fruit booklet, and then buy a sample to choose for the wife in charge.

The kitchen staff had specially selected this year's fruit booklet for Xiao Shi earlier, and Xiao Shi decided on nine kinds on the spot, one of these nine things is a banana, and this time it was this banana on a business trip.

Bananas were originally fruits from the south a few years ago, and not many people liked them, but this year they became popular somehow, and the Shen family was set more than ten days earlier, and the people from the shops in the four seas sent bananas over a few days ago.

At that time, Xiao Shi was busy, so he sent Ting Lan to bring someone to put it in the cellar.

Because bananas can be picked and slowly ripened, the Shen family asked for a yellow skin when they bought it, but it was still stiff.

When Ting Lan took people to move bananas, she also made a special inquiry with the people in the store, saying that bananas were not much different from others except that they could not be placed in too cold places, so she took people to put things in the cellar where fruits are usually stored.

Yesterday, when Ting Lan took people to carry the bananas, although the bananas were much riper than when they were bought, and the skin was softer, there was no problem with the appearance being intact.

Who knew that the person in charge of placing the fruit plate had just come to report that it was an accident with the banana, Ting Lan went to take a look, almost all the skin of the plate of bananas was covered with black spots, how could it still be used, but Xiao Shi was not there, so he had to hurry to find Ji Mama and Ming Hong.

After Ting Lan finished speaking, she picked up the bananas on a plate and showed them to Mama Ji and Ming Hong: "Look, it's all like this, how can this still be used." ”

Mama Ji and Ming Hong took a look, and sure enough, they saw a plate of bananas, and basically every one of them was covered with black spots.

Ming Hong frowned: "This is not very easy to do, there are few fruits in winter, and it is really difficult to find them if they are fresh for a while." ”

Mama Ji calmly asked Ting Lan: "Can you ask someone to go to the shops in the four seas and ask, what's going on? Maybe you can change some good ones?"

"I asked, and said that there was nothing wrong with these bananas, but they were ripe, and there would be no problem if I just ate them. Ting Lan was still a little angry when he said it: "But I'm afraid it won't work if you want to exchange the fresh ones, because they are selling well this year, and there is no stock in their store in Beijing, and it will take two or three days to transfer the goods at the earliest." ”

Ming Hong took the banana in Ting Lan's hand and looked at it carefully, and said, "Have you gone to the cellar to see it, is there a problem with the single arrangement, or is there a problem with all the things you bought?"

Ting Lan said a little helplessly: "I have seen it, when I just told sù that there is a problem with the banana, I took someone to see it, and the cellar is better, not so obvious, but there are also dark spots, and it is definitely not okay to make sacrifices." ”

Minghong nodded, and discussed with Mama Ji: "In this way, I'm afraid that not only today's sacrifice will be changed, but the bananas in the cellar will also be exchanged with the shops in the four seas. ”

Mama Ji thought for a moment, and said to Tinglan: "You don't have to worry about it first, these things are not all encountered in previous years, there are still some ways to purchase more at home, you just tell them that the bananas in the sacrifice must be changed before the masters come back, as for the arrival in the cellar, don't worry, wait for the lady to come back, and see how the lady handles it." ”

Thinking about it, Mama Ji told Ting Lan again: "Tell the purchaser, if you do this well, the master will not lose his reward, if you can't do it well, be careful of their skin." ”

"Got it!" Ting Lan, who was walking to the door, turned around and responded.

Mama Ji shook her head with a smile, turned to Minghong to the side and said, "You also hurry back and keep an eye on them, see that some people who have changed their wife to manage the sacrifices this year are afraid that they will not be so dedicated, you keep an eye on them first, and wait until you finish this matter to see how the master accepts them." ”。