The three major ghost festivals in ancient times are the Qingming Festival on the 108th day after the winter solstice, the Zhongyuan Festival on July 15, and the ancestor worship festival on the first day of the tenth lunar month.

The ancestor worship festival is called sending winter clothes because of this day to pay tribute to the deceased, also known as the winter clothes festival.

Zhu Yuanyu woke up early in the morning by Maotou's licking, looked at its little short legs, and didn't know how it climbed into bed.

patted Maotou's little buttocks, Zhu Yuanyu got out of bed and got dressed, washed his face with the water from the maid, and the sticky and greasy place licked by Maotou was instantly much more comfortable.

Seeing the maid coming in with a complete set of new cotton clothes, he was a little puzzled, why did he come out with cotton clothes before it was winter.

"This padded coat ......"

The maid saluted and then put the cotton clothes on the bed, and replied: "Master Hui, this is what Madame ordered, please be sure to put it on." ”

Zhu Yuanyu walked to the side of the bed and pinched the cotton clothes, which were quite thick, it was only autumn now, and it was okay to wear a big coat, but the cotton clothes were too much, he was afraid of the cold and did not come to this way.

"Did Madame say anything?" Zhu Yuanyu passed through Maotou's belly with one hand, picked him up and put him on the ground, this Maotou would not get out of bed when he got into bed, and he was so anxious that he circled on the bed.

Before he got off the ground, Maotou rushed out of the door, looking like he had been holding back for a while.

The maid was careful to avoid the hairy head, and she seemed to be a little afraid of dogs.

"Back to the young master, Mrs. said that this is the Winter Clothes Festival, and the cotton clothes are sewn by Mrs. herself, and the young master wears them for the change of season. The maid paused and added, "You only need to wear it, and you can take it off when you wear it." ”

As soon as Zhu Yuanyu said this, he understood, indeed, on the first day of the tenth month of the folk lunar calendar, the living not only had to send winter clothes to the deceased for the winter, but also carried out some traditional activities that symbolized the winter - women took out the cotton clothes they had made before on this day, and let their children and husbands wear them for the change of season. If the weather is still warm at this time and it is not suitable to wear cotton, you should also urge your children and husband to try it on and be auspicious.

This custom Zhu Yuanyu also tried for the first time, and the reason why he knew it was that there would be this scene every year in the memory of the original body.

"I see. ”

He took off his coat and put on his cotton coat, and after a while, he felt stuffy.

While he was not sweating, he quickly took it off, and the meaning was fine, it was really troublesome to sweat and take a shower and change clothes.

"Alright, put your clothes away. ”

Throwing down this sentence, Zhu Yuanyu walked out, it took a long time for Maotou to, and he went over to see what the situation was.

The maid blessed, folded the cotton clothes and put them in the closet.

Mao Tou thought of the orange sapling and shhh

The hairy head fluttered and struggled, and it also knew that this was someone it knew, so it didn't bite Li Zhuangzhuang with its baby teeth, but it was really anxious, and its little short legs were pushing hard.

Li Zhuangzhuang's two big hands firmly grasped the hairy head, and said in a rough voice: "You can't pee here anymore, what can you do if the young master stinks? You little thing, I'll find you a place!"

He was just about to leave with his hair on his head, when he felt his arms get wet.

Li Zhuangzhuang: !!

The hairy head couldn't hold back, and finally peed open, and after shouting, it still looked mysterious, but the smell of urine was too stinky, and it struggled even more, trying to escape from this place that had been defiled by itself.

Li Zhuangzhuang's eyes widened, his hand unconsciously let go, and Maotou seized the opportunity to quickly flee the crime scene.

It's a big map, wet and dripping.

He was stunned, he didn't expect this result at all, looked at the fluff that ran up and fluttered in the wind, and shouted: "Stop-"

After shouting, he chased after pulling his legs.

Zhu Yuanyu walked to the front yard of the study, and saw Mao Tou in front and Li Zhuangzhuang chasing each other behind.

"Wang!"

Seeing the master, Maotou ran faster.

"What's going on?" Zhu Yuanyu squatted down, and his hair jumped up smartly and got into his arms.

Li Zhuangzhuang's originally fierce face turned into a little grievance when he saw Zhu Yuanyu, he pointed to Maotou and complained: "Young master, it peed on my clothes! Such a big piece!" said and showed Zhu Yuanyu the wet place.

Zhu Yuanyu was amused by Li Zhuangzhuang's little daughter-in-law's tone, patted Maotou's head, and said with a smile: "I said why has it been so long, it turned out to be ...... Zhuangzhuang, you go and change into clean clothes first. ”

Li Zhuangzhuang touched the back of his head, quietly glared at Maotou, Maotou pointed his little ass at him, and he went to change his clothes depressedly.

After Li Zhuangzhuang left, Zhu Yuanyu poked Maotou's head and scolded with a smile: "I won't teach you a lesson next time." ”

Maotou also seemed to know that Zhu Yuanyu was talking about himself, so he raised his head and stuck out his tongue to lick him.

Zhu Yuanyu turned his head sideways with a disgusted face, and said with a smile: "I want to please now, it's too late." ”

After speaking, he put down his hair and walked into the study.

After thinking about it, he said to the subordinate standing in the study, "Breakfast is used in the study." ”

The next person saluted and went to the kitchen.

After breakfast and reading a book for a while, the sun had already risen.

"When?" asked Zhu Yuanyu as he moved his body.

No one answered.

Zhu Yuanyu turned his head and looked, Li Zhuangzhuang was eye-to-eye with Mao Tou!

He smiled helplessly, and said in a loud voice: "Zhuangzhuang, when is it?"

Li Zhuangzhuang woke up and hurriedly said, "Young Master, it's time!" He lowered his head guiltily, he was actually distracted, how to protect the young master in this way, his duty is to guard!

Thinking about it, the more ashamed Li Zhuangzhuang became, he suddenly knelt down on one knee and apologized to Zhu Yuanyu.

"Young master, I'm distracted! I'm not good like this! I'm wrong! There's no next time!"

Zhu Yuanyu smiled, without any care, "Get up." ”

Li Zhuangzhuang grinned and stood up very neatly, but this time he didn't desert again.

Zhu Yuanyu also stood up, he wants to worship his ancestors today, and the time is almost the same.

The tablet of the ancestors of the Zhu family, in addition to being enshrined in the hometown, is also enshrined in the Zhu Mansion in the capital, because of the long distance, Zhu Yuanyu and they did not go back to their hometown, and this time the ancestor worship is in the Zhu Mansion.

There are many things to prepare for ancestor worship, and the specifications adopted by different classes of status are also different. While worshipping ancestors, some places also worship the gods of heaven and the god of the land, and some places also worship the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. Zhu Yuanyu's family does not have this custom, they only need to put the family tree and ancestral tablets in the upper hall of the home, place the offering table, and set up the incense burner and offerings.

The offerings prepared by Zhufu include sheep, five bowls of vegetables, five-color dim sum, five bowls of rice, a pair of jujube cakes and a large steamed bun, which are commonly known as "heaven and earth offerings".

The process is to be the parent sacrifice, that is, Zhu Dafu, first burn three incense sticks, pray for a good harvest after bowing, read the blessings, and finally burn paper, that is, "send money and grain", when burning silk and burning money paper, Zhu Dafu should offer a glass of wine in front of God.

An important part of the sacrificial process, there are also several gongs and drums or string accompaniment to add enthusiasm to the ceremony. At the end of the ceremony, the offerings such as pork and mutton are distributed to the delegates, and the sacrifice is completed.

At the time of the sacrifice, the whole family must be dressed up, otherwise it will be disrespectful to the ancestors.

Zhu Yuanyu rarely wears a dress, solemn and solemn, and Zhu Dafu next to him is also dressed in a dress, which is more prosperous than Zhu Yuanyu's.

Only the father and son worshipped the ancestors, and according to the rules of the ancestors, women were not allowed to participate, so Wang Chunmei was busy with other chores in the backyard.

After working for most of the day, the father and son finally completed the sacrificial process and could finally rest.

Zhu Yuanyu didn't say a word, and immediately went to change into a comfortable and simple robe.

When worshipping the ancestors, he was afraid that Maotou would disturb him, so Zhu Yuanyu handed it over to Li Zhuangzhuang to take care of.

Back in the study, sure enough, a person and a dog were holding each other, and the hair was also obedient, Zhu Yuanyu told it not to go out of the study, and it really carried it out, quite smart, as if it could understand human words.

Seeing the figure of the master from a distance, Maotou began to jump in place, but never crossed the threshold.

Li Zhuangzhuang thought that it was going out to make trouble, and stared nervously, but he didn't expect to see the owner, so he was happy.

"You've worked hard to be strong, you don't need to guard here, lunch should be ready, you go eat first." ”

Zhu Yuanyu let Maotou chase the hem of his robe and said with a smile.

......

Qi Yi listened to the sound of gongs and drums or string accompaniment in the courtyard, and fell into deep thought.

I don't know when I will have the opportunity to go back to the mountains to sweep the grave of my adoptive father, presumably there should be weeds growing in front of the grave now.

He also asked Cui'er to know that today is the ancestor worship festival, in the past, the villagers of the mountains began to worship their ancestors, so he followed to participate, he is an orphan to remember these customs is really difficult.

In fact, Zhu Yuanyu didn't force him to stay, he burned the deed of sale, and now he is a free body, but I don't know why he just doesn't want to leave, but he can't find a reason to stay - Zhu Yuanyu is neither short of money nor people.

Qi Yi thought about being a guard for Zhu Yuanyu, just like Li Zhuangzhuang he saw that day, he could follow Zhu Yuanyu at any time.

He quietly inquired about Cui'er and learned that Li Zhuangzhuang seemed to be a person who had practiced and had real kung fu, and he was a wild boy who only had brute strength to make a living by hunting, so why could he be Zhu Yuanyu's personal guard?

The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became.

In the past few days, he has dreamed of Zhu Yuanyu every night, that scene makes him really embarrassed and ashamed and longing from his heart, sometimes he feels that he seems to be a little wrong, why is a man's mind not thinking about women, but thinking about people who are also men?

He admitted that Zhu Yuanyu's appearance was handsome, and the feeling he gave him was even more mysterious and unfathomable, deeply attracted to himself, could this be the reason why he dreamed of the other party lying on the bed in disheveled clothes every night?

Qi Yi was obsessed with this feeling that seemed to be degenerate, as if he had been poisoned, and at the same time he was reminding himself that this was a kind of defilement and disrespect to Zhu Yuanyu.

He's so conflicted.