Thinking of this, he felt more and more the changes that Qingman had brought to himself and his family, and the respect for Qingman in his heart deepened, and he stepped forward with a smile on his face to greet everyone.

When he arrived, everyone in the hall gathered, including Qingman and Xiaojia's two daughters, Ji Fei and Li Jianmin, as well as Xiaojia's mother Ji Mu, husband Wang Jie, and an old man in his sixties, dressed more casually, I don't know what he was doing.

The entire plum blossom hall seems to be centered on Li Rui.

Ji Fei shook hands with Li Rui first, and then introduced the old man to him: "This is Lao Zhang, a retired veteran cadre in our bureau, who lives in a community with us, usually manages wedding occasions, and is a master of ceremonies, prime minister, and witness, etc., today I specially invited you to preside over the ceremony." ”

Li Rui hurriedly shook hands with this old Zhang and spoke, thanked the other party for a few words, and thought to himself that today's worship ceremony was really formal.

Ji Fei said again: "Let's hold a ceremony first, and then eat." ”

While Li Rui listened to him, he also saw a square table under the north wall of the hall, and a statue of Guan Erye was placed in the middle of the table, and three plates of offerings were placed in front of the statue, namely pork, fish, and eggs, representing the three animal sacrifices; In addition, on the wine table in front of the square table, there was an open bottle of red wine and an empty bowl, and next to it was a thin booklet painted with gold, I don't know what it was for, and on it rested a carbon pen and a box of ink.

Lao Zhang called him and Ji Xiaojia together and told about the specific worship ceremony: "We are already a new era, so we will not go according to the feudal and pedantic old principles of the old generation, for example, the old generation pays attention to cutting the head of the chicken and burning yellow paper, and wants to kill the live chicken and drink the chicken blood, but let's hold a ceremony in a five-star hotel, let alone kill the chicken, you can't even bring in a live chicken, hehe, so, let's use red wine instead of chicken blood." In addition, the old generation also pays attention to the alliance of blood, to prick your fingers, to drip blood into the wine, but the two of you are delicate and expensive, you must be reluctant to prick the flesh and bleed, and it is not hygienic, then we will not pierce, all use red wine instead, when that is the meaning. You two have no opinion, right?"

Li Rui and Ji Xiaocaneng have any opinions, they just want to finish the ceremony as soon as possible, and they all say that they have no opinion.

Lao Zhang continued: " How to bow after a while, like this: see the book on the table, you two, each tear one, first according to the order of age, write your own name on the golden orchid spectrum, each person has to write, which is equivalent to writing two copies, after writing, press the handprint, this preparation is completed, and then, the ceremony can begin, see the statue of Guan Gong on the table over there, after a while, the two of you each hold a stick of incense, and then take their own Jinlan spectrum, to incense Master Guan; after the incense, I pour a bowl of red wine, also brought to the statue of Master Guan, first sprinkle three drops on the ground to worship ghosts and gods, and then you two brothers and sisters drink a sip each according to their age, The rest of the offerings are in front of the statue of Master Guan, I will say a few more words to you, you bow a few times to Second Master Guan, and then bow to each other, even if this ceremony is over, how about it, I will make it clear, right?

Li Rui nodded and said, "I understand, then I will trouble Uncle Zhang in a while." ”

Lao Zhang smiled and waved his hand: "You're welcome, it's not an outsider who came today." ”

Ji Xiaojia blinked her delicate eyes, looked at Li Rui, and said, "Brother, it's a good time to bow down, let's just go according to the blood alliance, and it seems more sincere." Isn't it just a needle pricked in the finger, it's not a big deal, just go to the hospital for a blood test. ”

Li Rui's eyes widened, and he looked at her incredulously, and said in his heart, you are a stinky girl, you will really have nothing to do, Uncle Zhang said that you don't need to play so pedantic and feudal, why do you still have to play? You don't hurt if you dare to take a needle, do you? I don't want to, but it's not easy to object, if I really object, it seems that I am not sincere, so I can only change the consternation on my face with a smile, and squeeze out two words from between my teeth with a smile: "Okay...... Ahh

Lao Zhang was also a little surprised when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Xiao Jia is quite courageous, then just prick it, anyway, I also brought the needle over, and after a while, take a lighter to bake the tip of the needle, and it will be sterilized." ”

Li Rui was speechless for a while, looked at Ji Xiaojia and thought, aren't you a stinky girl afraid of pain, then I'll prick you with a needle later, see if you cry.

Ji Fei, Li Jianmin, Lu Qingman and others next to him looked at the brother and sister with a smile, but no one thought Ji Xiaojia's proposal was a little bloody.

Lao Zhang walked to the table, tore off two pieces of Jinlan spectrum, and handed them to the two of them. Li Rui and Ji Xiaojia lay on the table, wrote their names and surnames on the two Jinlan scores, and then pressed their handprints respectively, and the preparation was completed.

Lao Zhang took out the incense from the bag he brought with him and gave each of them a bunch. Ji Fei came over with a lighter and lit it for the two. The brother and sister held incense bouquets and Jin Lanpu, and walked to the statue of Guan Gong under the guidance of Lao Zhang, and respectfully put on the incense.

Lao Zhang had already poured a bowl of red wine, walked to the two of them, put the wine bowl on the table first, walked back and took out a box of embroidery needles from his bag, took out one of the sharpest and thinnest needles from it, pinched the needle handle with his left hand, and baked the needle with a lighter in his right hand, which was regarded as disinfection, and then walked back to the brother and sister, and asked with a smile: "Which of you two will come first?" Xiao Rui is the eldest brother, and the eldest brother will come first?"

Li Rui said: "Uh...... I haven't washed my hands yet, I'm afraid it's a little unclean, I'll wash my hands first, and then prick it when I come back. Ji Xiaojia shouted: "Oh, I didn't wash my hands, I'll go too, hehe." ”

The siblings looked at each other, laughed together, and turned to walk to the bathroom. This banquet hall has a toilet and is just a few steps away from the door.

After washing his hands, Li Rui took the needle from Lao Zhang's hand, and in front of everyone, he picked out the little finger of his left hand, held the needle in his right hand, and gently stabbed it on the belly of his little finger, and saw that bright red blood came out.

Ji Xiaojia gasped when she saw it, and a painful expression appeared on her face, as if she regretted it a little.

Li Rui put the little finger of his left hand on the top of the wine bowl and held it upside down, and pressed the thumb of his left hand above the pinhole, and saw a drop of blood fall into the wine bowl and slowly dissolve into the crimson wine. He smiled, looked up at Xiao Jia opposite, and said with a wicked smile: "It's your turn, I'll prick you!"

Ji Xiaojia smiled bitterly: "Can you not prick it, it hurts when you look at it." Although he said this, he still handed him his finger, and like him, he chose the little finger of his left hand, which he didn't usually use.

What Li Rui wanted just now was to stab Ji Xiaojia hard and let her know the pain of her bad idea, but in the end it was just a grudge, it was all his own sister, how could he be embarrassed to give such a heavy hand?

After the brother and sister finished taking blood, Lao Zhang picked up the bowl of blood wine, as said before, sprinkled three drops on the ground first, and then handed it to the brother and sister, and after the two of them took a sip, the remaining wine was offered in front of the statue of Guan Erye, and then said in his mouth: "Guan Erye is above, the thick soil is below, today Li Rui and Ji Xiaojia are brothers and sisters, and from now on they will share blessings and difficulties, work together, and support each other......

After he finished saying this, he asked Li Rui and Ji Xiaojia to bow to Guan Erye, and bowed to each other eight times (eight bows), and this worship ceremony was over. In fact, the last procedure should have been worshipped, but Lao Zhang also took it upon himself to identify it as the dross left over from the old generation, so he replaced it with a modern popular bow, anyway, it was just a ritual, the important thing is sincerity, and the external form is not important.

After the ceremony, Li Rui and Ji Xiaojia looked at each other and smiled, they couldn't help but feel that after this ceremony, each other's hearts got closer, and they really felt like brothers and sisters, especially after drinking each other's blood in their stomachs, it seemed that they had really merged with each other's blood. This is a very wonderful feeling, only the two people concerned can feel it, and those who watch the excitement on the periphery can't feel anything.

Seeing that the ceremony was over, Li Rui walked back to Qingman, took his briefcase from her hand, reached in and fiddled with it for a while, found a gorgeous and delicate flat box, looked up and smiled at Qingman, put the briefcase on an empty chair next to him, walked back to Xiao Jia, handed the box over and said, "Xiao Jia, take it, see if you like it." ”

Ji Xiaojia guessed that it was a gift from him, received it with a smile, untied the tie, lifted the lid of the box, stared at it, immediately smiled, reached in and took out the jade bracelet inside, played with it, put it on the wrist of his left hand, and made a gesture that was just right, and became more and more happy.

Ji Fei blamed Li Rui and said, "Why did you buy a gift for Xiao Jia." Li Rui smiled: "It's okay to bow down anyway, it's okay if I don't give gifts as a brother?"

Ji Mu said: "This bracelet looks like it's made of good jadeite, isn't it cheap?"

Ji Xiaojia also looked at Li Rui when he heard this. Li Rui smiled: "As long as Xiaojia likes it, what are you afraid of?"

Ji Xiaojia liked it so much when she heard this, she joked: "Look, I have to bow down and admit my relatives, otherwise how could my little brother Rui give me such a good bracelet?"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and Ji Fei said with a smile: "Silly girl, then you don't have to do anything in the future, it's good to go around and recognize your brother, and you can receive more gifts when the time comes." ”

Ji Xiaojia smirked for a while, thought of something in a half-loud way, and gave her husband Wang Jie a look. Wang Jie understood, immediately took out a rectangular box, walked over and handed it to her.

Ji Xiaojia received it in his hand, handed it to Li Rui, and said, "Brother, I also prepared a gift for you, do you like it or not?"