Chapter 50: The Ancestral Hall Discovered
Qiu Lin took out his mobile phone and called Chen Lao, and as soon as the phone was connected, Qiu Lin said, "Chen Lao, are you resting?" ”
Chen Lao said at the other end: "I'm about to rest, is there something wrong?" ”
Qiu Lin saw that it was already half past one o'clock, and it was late to eat in the countryside, and now there was no dinner at home, so Qiu Lin ignored the time, and was a little embarrassed when he heard the words: "Then Old Chen, you can rest first, and I'll talk about it when you get up." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Chen Lao said: "Say it, if you don't say that I can't sleep well if I pretend to have something in my heart." ”
Qiu Lin was embarrassed: "Okay Old Chen! I received a copper coin today with the words Daqi Tongbao written on it......"
Chen Lao didn't wait for Qiu Lin to finish speaking, and then said urgently: "How sure are you?" Forget it, you send me a picture to show myself! ”
Qiu Lin said: "Okay, then you wait a minute!" After hanging up the phone, Qiu Lin found a good angle and took a few clear pictures and sent them to Chen Lao.
After a while, Chen Lao replied to the phone, and as soon as he connected, he heard Chen Lao say: "The third son will come over today, you give him the things and let him bring them back."
Qiu Lin was surprised: "Feihao will come over?" ”
Chen Lao said: "Well, if you make a mistake, you are afraid that his father will punish him, so he hid in the coast, and I will let him go to you!" ”
Qiu Lin is funny, this Chen Feihao is so old that he is still afraid that his father will be like this. As soon as she finished the call with Chen Lao, her mother was calling Qiu Lin to eat, and Qiu Lin went downstairs to eat with a happy mood.
Qiu Lin spent the afternoon reading books, which made Liu Yumei laugh, if she was so serious about studying, she would go to an ordinary university! Qiu Lin was speechless, if you don't read these books, how can you mix in the antique shop after the lack of knowledge? Don't say that it is difficult to support yourself even if you save money, and besides, Chen Lao does not allow himself to be lazy and not study!
Ignoring his mother's teasing, Qiu Lin looked at the book by himself, and Niuniu was also very well-behaved and knew that Qiu Lin was studying and didn't bother Qiu Lin. The afternoon passed, and nothing happened in the evening, and the family had a happy meal and then got together to watch TV for a while and went to sleep.
Qiu Lin got up before dawn the next day, there was no way to be in Qiu Lin's hometown, and he needed to go to the ancestral hall to offer incense in the morning and evening on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. Earlier, Qiu Lin liked to go to incense very much when he was a child, because incense means that there can be firecrackers to play, and now Qiu Lin has not been to incense for several years, and today his father strongly asked Qiu Lin to go, because the whole family still has to sleep.
Qiu Lin had no choice but to get up and wash up, and then carry the items prepared by his mother last night to incense. It was an incense basket with some incense wax and firecrackers and that yellow paper money. Qiu Lin's family lives on the edge of the ancestral hall, and it is very convenient to go to the ancestral hall, and the reason why he must get up so early is because there is a saying in his hometown that whoever is the first to incense can reunite the family every year. It's the same during the Chinese New Year, whoever is the first to put on incense will make a fortune in a year.
Qiu Lin is not the earliest today, there are already people who have come to the ancestral hall to make incense, and there is an earlier one who has begun to prepare for firecrackers, and it is the elder Qiu Lin who has greeted them meaningfully, and then started his own business.
There are not many gods in the ancestral hall, there are three gods in the innermost, and there is one outside the ancestral hall, each of which has a representative meaning, and I heard my grandfather talk about it when I was a child, but now Qiu Lin doesn't remember it. There is an incense burner in front of each shrine, it can be seen that the incense burner should have been yellow, but the villagers have to put on the incense every year, which is covered with incense ash and candle tears, and the old people in the village do not let the descendants wipe the incense burner and say that this will wipe away the luck of the village, so the incense burner looks ancient and vicissitudes over the years.
Qiu Lin has been incense since he was a child, and it is not strange to see it, he lit incense candles on each incense burner, and then burned it with some paper money. Qiu Lin took the paper money and burned it on the incense burner looking at the ancient vicissitudes of the incense burner, and couldn't help but think of the history that his grandfather told when he was a child, this village was relocated in the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestral hall was also built at that time, and all the things in the ancestral hall were basically inherited from that time.
Qiu Lin had doubts, but the incense burner had a very large weight in the hearts of the villagers, and it was easy to move it. It was impossible for Qiu Lin to take it back for study, so Qiu Lin had to release the aura in his eyes and entangle it on the incense burner in order to find out.
The purple aura soon entangled the incense burner, and as soon as the aura met the incense burner, it shone brightly, and the light emitted by the purple aura filled the ancestral hall, Qiu Lin was shocked, what was going on? Even the last few ancient paintings in Chen's hometown didn't have this situation!
After a while, the light gradually weakened, and the original lilac aura had turned dark purple, and then the purple aura gradually transformed into a line of ancient characters "Xuande Furnace, Ming Dynasty", in addition to these five words are no different from before, there is another line of small words that made Qiu Lin surprised, "Sacrificial spiritual weapon?" "The first time Qiu Lin saw this kind of prompt, Qiu Lin knew about the Xuande Furnace, but Qiu Lin had never heard of the sacrificial spiritual weapon. I kept wondering in my heart, could it be because the villagers had been using this incense burner for hundreds of years to make it a sacrificial spiritual weapon?
"Lin Lin, Lin Lin!" A light shout brought Qiu Lin back to his senses, Qiu Lin saw that it was a clan uncle, Qiu Lin hurriedly said, "Second uncle, what's wrong?" ”
The second uncle said: "It's nothing, I think there will be nothing wrong with you standing here motionless, right?" ”
Qiu Lin was embarrassed, he was distracted just now, and hurriedly said: "It's nothing, I thought of something so I was distracted!" ”
The second uncle said: "It's okay if there's nothing to do, I want to go home if I have something, here you should be careful that the candle burns on your body." ”
Qiu Lin said: "Okay, thank you, second uncle!" ”
The second uncle gave up. Although the second uncle was called the second uncle by Qiu Lin because the second uncle's seniority was too high, all the people in the village called him the second uncle, and his real age was over eighty years old. The people in the village have great respect for him and are the most respected people in the village.
Qiu Lin thought that the second uncle was also the person who knew the most about the affairs of the village, and should know the origin of this incense burner, so he asked, "Second uncle, I want to ask you something!" ”
The second uncle smiled: "Your kid is a college student, and he is also the most promising person in the village, the two cars are seen by the second uncle, I heard that you also bought one for your brother, well, I heard that you also gave your brother millions to build a house." What else do you want to ask me. ”
Qiu Lin didn't expect this matter to spread so quickly, and asked, "Second uncle, how do you know?" ”
The second uncle said: "You kid has no conscience, and you won't go to see me when you come back, aren't your father and your brother allowed to come to see me with a conscience?" Your dad told me. As if he saw what Qiu Lin was thinking, he said: "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this, but your family's cars are placed at the entrance of the village, and your family's troubles will not be less!" ”
Qiu Lin said: "Can't you put the car at the entrance of the village?" What's the trouble? ”
The second uncle said: "That's not it, anyone can put it in the public house at the entrance of the village, what I'm talking about is that your family has money to buy a car, and there will be no less people who come to your family to borrow money, you have to be prepared, there is an excuse to come to the door for today's holiday." ”
Qiu Lin said helplessly: "We have thought about this matter, my family is not bad, this money can help it, as long as it is not too much!" ”
The second uncle shook his head and said, "Things are not so simple, you can send away one or two families, and you won't have pressure on three or four families?" Borrowed this and didn't borrow this in the past? How much money do you have to borrow? ”
Qiu Lin was dumbfounded and said, "There won't be so many, right?" ”
The second uncle said: "Who is not short of money these days!" ”
Qiu Lin said: "Second uncle, what should I do then?" ”
The second uncle looked at Qiu Lin with a smile and didn't speak, and Qiu Lin immediately calmed down: "Second uncle, if you have a way, you can tell me, and you will play with your juniors!" ”
The second uncle was stunned and said, "You kid, don't ask your second uncle to blame the second uncle, forget it, it doesn't hurt to tell you." I will help your family solve it in the village, but if you do have a problem, you can help it, and I can't help those relatives of your family! ”
Qiu Lin regretted that he had bought a car for his family earlier, and he was relieved to think about it and didn't keep it for his family to spend on it. Anyway, it's all up to Dad! Presumably, when I bought a car, my dad figured out how to deal with it!
So Qiu Lin said to the second uncle: "Thank you second uncle for reminding and helping, this matter is my father's business, let him have a headache!" Come to my house for dinner at noon today, Second Uncle! ”
The second uncle said: "No, I'm used to being alone!" ”
Qiu Lin said: "That's not good, second uncle!" You also said that I am the most promising person in the village, you must give face! ”
The second uncle said: "You kid! What did you just want to ask? ”
Qiu Lin remembered that he wanted to ask the second uncle about it, but he was abducted by the second uncle, so he said, "Yes, there is something I want to ask you." Do you see what is the origin of these incense burners? ”
The second uncle looked at Qiu Lin in surprise and said, "Heh, so many people in the village have to make incense every year, you are the first person to ask this question." ”
Qiu Lin scratched his head, if it weren't for the existence of aura, he might not have paid attention to it, and he hadn't asked after so many years.
The second uncle continued: "You really asked the right person, few people in the village know their origins. According to legend, our ancestors moved here in the Ming Dynasty, and then spread out to have our current village, this ancestral hall was also built when the ancestors moved over, and the middle was renovated several times to change a lot of things, but also left a lot of things, these three incense burners, and the gate has never changed. As he spoke, he pointed to the three incense burners and the door of the atrium.
Qiu Lin saw that the gate was four or five meters high, very old, and there were many patterns carved on it. This gate is separated from the atrium and **, as long as there is an old man in the village who dies, the body will be placed in ** for future generations to mourn, when the body is placed in **, the gate is needed to isolate, so as not to be afraid when the child passes by.
Qiu Lin said: "Then these three incense burners and that gate have been left from the Ming Dynasty to the present?" Antiques too? ”
The second uncle said: "I don't know if it's an antique or not." But it's a long time ago. ”
Qiu Lin asked again: "I see that our ancestral hall is built so magnificently, and our ancestors were also rich families back then, right?" ”