Chapter 51: Begging for a Turtle
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Le Lang turned around, but saw Lao Dao smiling ambiguously at him, which made people feel creepy.
Just as he was about to walk back to the house, he heard the sound of a gong in the distance, Le Lang looked around, but saw two teenagers in the distance, one driving a motorcycle and the other holding a small gong, shouting while knocking: "Ask for a turtle at half past one (13:30), ask for a turtle at one hour and a half."
The motorcycle slowly moved from far to near, Le Lang took a look, it was two boys in the village, the one who drove seemed to be called Xinlin, and the other nickname seemed to be called Black Face, as for the name, I can't remember clearly, they have all exercised together before, although they haven't seen each other for many years, but people still know each other.
The name of the Zhongzi car (sound horse) people in Xiaoxi Village has always used the "Jimei Zhong Qi Table" handed down by the ancestors, knowing the new and being cautious. Examine the heart and admire, and continue to learn and study. Waiting for twenty words to rank the name, the word "heart" is still relatively high in Xiaoxi Village, and he should be regarded as the ancestor of the old taro, because the real name of the old taro is "Ziche Muxiang", and the old taro is just a nickname given to him by others.
However, the seniority is the seniority, but few people really talk about the seniority, otherwise an old man calls a newborn child "ancestor", that is not ridiculous, so most of them are called by their names, only the relatives who are closer to them will be called by generation, Le Lang is the same, he has always called people's names.
There are more than 300 households in Xiaoxi Village, and it takes almost ten years to take the turn to do it, so every time it is the turn of the head family, the head family will work very hard.
These two gongs are one of the twenty-four heads, but they are the little minions among them, because their father is the head, and they are not qualified for the time being. When Le Lang didn't come back, they didn't come to call, because people weren't there, and when Le Lang came back this year, they also came.
Coming to Le Lang, the black face parked the car in front of Le Lang. He said to him, "Ah Lang, ask for a turtle at one and a half." ”
"Got it, let's drink tea inside!" Le Lang nodded.
"No, you're here from a distance first, and the village hasn't called yet?" With that, he drove away on his motorcycle.
"Walk slowly," Le Lang said to them from behind.
The two listened, nodded at Le Lang, the car slowly moved away, and Xinlin, who was sitting behind, still shouted loudly while beating the gong: "One and a half to ask for a turtle, one and a half to ask for a turtle"
Le Lang looked funny, I remember that when he was a child, he also liked to do this, as soon as he arrived at the club, he ran to the temple to stay, as soon as he heard what the adults commanded, he immediately ran out to do it, and he was quite happy, now that he thinks about it, it was really cute at that time, Le Lang rubbed his nose and shook his head and smiled secretly.
"Uncle Alang, Uncle Alang, it looks like someone is knocking on something." Saburo heard the sound and ran out of the house, but the man had already run away.
Le Lang fed him up, "Let's go, let's go ask for a turtle." ”
"What's the matter of begging for a turtle, Uncle Alang." Saburo asked with two dark eyes in his eyes.
"You'll know when you get there," he said, putting Saburo down, pushing the motorcycle out, and carrying Saburo to beg for a turtle.
Halfway through the ride, he met Shenmin and them, who were still walking back, Le Lang parked the motorcycle beside them, "Do you want me to give you a ride." ”
"No, let's go slowly by ourselves," Shen Min said, shaking his hand, then looked at Le Lang and asked, "By the way, are you going to ask for a turtle?" ”
"Well, I want to ask for a big one." Le Lang nodded.
After listening to what Le Lang said, Shen Min thought for a while and said, "Then let's go together, I also want to ask for one," and then he turned his head to Xiuhui and ordered: "Ah Hui, you guys go slowly by yourself, I'll go first with Ah Lang." ”
"Hmm," Xiuhui nodded.
So, Le Lang took Shenmin to go first, leaving only the three women, you look at me, I look at you.
Only after half a ring did I hear Cai Shaoqing say strangely: "Huihui, I'll go first, don't think about me!" ”
When Lin Xiuhui heard this, she immediately blushed, and then said angrily to Cai Shaoqing: "Yin and Yang are weird, see that I don't clean you up," said one hand like Cai Shaoqing scratched it, and several people laughed for a while.
Asking for a turtle is also a begging turtle. The turtle is a spiritual thing, with a thousand years of hair, a life span of 5,000, called a divine turtle, and a spirit turtle for 10,000 years. In the southern Fujian region, when the community says (noisy), the activity of asking for turtles will be held, which is not only for turtles, but for children and grandchildren, for wealth, for longevity and blessings.
Every year, Xiaoxi Village will invite a master to make a turtle, the turtle meat is made of glutinous rice, with red rice as the color, black beans as the eye, the master who makes the turtle must fast before making the turtle, eat and live in the temple, and be devout to the gods.
Turtles generally have one catty (small turtle), five catties (medium turtle), ten catties (big turtle) and a head turtle twenty catties. After the turtle is done, it is necessary to sacrifice to the heaven and earth first, and then put it in the temple to accept the worship of the villagers, and wait for the whole village to worship before the turtle can beg for the turtle to go home, hoping that the gods will bless their health, family happiness, and prosperity, and hope to bless the year with good weather and prosperity.
When asking for a turtle, you should look at the turtle cup you are asking for, and when you are begging for a turtle, you should read what you are praying for, and your heart and mouth should be the same, and you must be pious, otherwise the gods will not agree.
Each big turtle has a big red envelope hanging from its neck, and the red envelope contains money, ranging from 4,000 to 6,000, and the turtle has more than 10,000. Everyone who asks for a turtle can use the money with confidence, but you must pay it back in the coming year, and you will also have to give an extra turtle meat money for the turtle you are asking for, which is equivalent to interest, and the money on the turtle is equivalent to a disguised subsidy to the villagers.
No one dares to swallow this money, this is blasphemy against the gods. If anyone dares to swallow this money, then the village will revoke his right to ask for turtles and take turns to be the head of the house, because his character has seriously blasphemed the gods, which is a very heavy punishment in Xiaoxi Village. His character is questioned, people will think twice about asking him to do things, and people will also doubt what he asks others to do or what he does, this person can even be greedy for the money of the gods, and what else can't be done.
The village temple in Xiaoxi Village was crowded with people, and it was full of people who watched the excitement and came to beg for turtles, Le Lang put the motorcycle to the parking place, and walked in with San Lang.
In the past, only people from the Ziche clan could participate in activities like this, but later, in order to allow some people with foreign surnames to better integrate into the village, the villagers specially opened up and agreed to the participation of people with foreign surnames, otherwise even if Lelang's mother was from Xiaoxi Village, he could not participate.
The temple in Xiaoxi Village has a name called Dayu Temple, which is named because it is at the foot of Dayu Mountain. At this time, the Dayu Temple was crowded with people, leaving only a place where they could stand and let the people who begged for turtles kneel and worship the Bo Cup.
Le Lang finally came inside with San Lang and Shenmin, there are a lot of people begging for turtles inside, those who ask for turtles are naturally happy, and those who don't ask for them are not depressed, and they can ask again in the coming year.
After waiting for a while, it was finally Le Lang's turn, Le Lang looked at the turtle in front of him with a cup, he had the heart to beg for the turtle, but he was afraid that he would not be able to eat it all, and he would spoil the turtle meat, so he had to ask for the big turtle, and the big turtle was just ten catties. Thinking about it, he calmed down for a while, and secretly thought in his heart, "What do you want to protect me and San Lang's health, so that San Lang can grow up happily." After reading it, he put the cup in the palm of his hand and threw it on the ground, and there was a clear sound of "snort", and Le Lang looked at it fixedly, it was a laughing cup.
Le Lang didn't get depressed when he saw it, anyway, there are three chances, if the big turtle can't ask for it, he will ask for the turtle, and none of them have three chances, that is, you can throw the cup nine times, if you can't get the turtle nine times, then, you can go home and wash and sleep.
He picked up the cup, prayed to the god again, put the cup in his palm and threw it to the ground, it was a holy grail, Le Lang suddenly showed a smile on his face, respectfully put the cup on the table, and bowed to the god again.
When he put it away, a head family came over to light a stick of incense on the turtle that Le Lang begged, which meant that the turtle had been begged to leave.
Bo cup is actually a kind of divination, the so-called "cup", is a very traditional thing used for divination like the crescent moon, generally made of wood and bamboo, a total of two pieces, each with a flat side and a protrusion. When divination, first ask the question of divination, and then throw them to the ground, if one plane is facing up, and one convex side is facing up, it is a "winning cup" that is, "holy grail", which means good, if both are flat and upward, it is a "laughing cup", then it is a "yang cup"; Both pieces are convex and face up, which is a "stable cup", and it is a "yin cup", which represents the meaning of bad, and is thrown three times.
Seeing that the turtle had been begged, Le Lang wanted to take the turtle home immediately. So, he discussed with Shenmin and asked him to drive him home first, and then Lelang drove him back to beg for turtles. Shen Min agreed after hearing this, and immediately drove San Lang and Le Lang back on a motorcycle.
(Sorry, I went out yesterday and came back too late, I forgot it was Saturday, but fortunately I have more time to make up for it next week.) Today's second watch, the first watch will be presented first, and the cheeky face will ask for a recommendation ticket or something, thank you.
I forgot to send the picture.,Make up for it.,But this turtle is a little bit different from what I imagined.,The eyes I imagined were black.,There is a white line in the mouth.,There are two small pink furballs on the head.,It's a pity that our side of the society has passed.,Otherwise, I'll definitely take a few photos and send them up.,But it's about the same.,That's it)
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