On the winter solstice, Chen Jiu dressed up to participate in the clan sacrifice, this festival is the most important sacrificial activity of the Chen family throughout the year, and he cannot be sloppy and slack, otherwise the cheap father who is the patriarch will not be able to protect him.

The family sacrifice was presided over by the third uncle Chen Lingyun, and the patriarch Chen Ba led the whole clan of men to participate, and the winter solstice sacrifice was mainly carried out in accordance with: "sprinkling, burning, welcoming the gods, recommending Ding, recommending beans, first offering, sub-offering, final offering, burning blessings, drinking blessings, sending gods, and dividing the gs. ”

In the voice of the chief priest Chen Lingyun, "the soul returns", the whole sacrificial scene is grand, solemn and shocking.

First, the chief priest Chen Lingyun commanded the clansmen to sprinkle and sweep, and then proceeded step by step according to the established steps, and each link must be perfect.

Sprinkle sweeping is to sprinkle water on the ground to wet dust, and clean the ancestral hall and altar before and after. Burning wood is to burn wood and sacrifice to the sky. To welcome the gods is to welcome the arrival of the ancestors and ancestors who are sacrificed by the gods and the people. It is to raise special food to pay tribute to the ancestors. Recommended beans are special beans to pay tribute to ancestors.

The first offering, the second offering, and the final offering were all under the auspices of the chief priest Chen Lingyun, and the patriarch led many clansmen to toast, and no one dared to show disrespect in the whole process, otherwise they would be severely punished by the family.

Among them, the first sacrifice means that during the sacrifice, the patriarch Chen Ba led the tribesmen to drink wine for the first time, the second time to offer wine during the second sacrifice, and the third time to offer wine during the final sacrifice.

Reading mantras and burning mantras are the main priest Chen Lingyun chanting the sacrificial texts of the ancestors, and after reading them, they are burned, and it is said that the things that are burned will be sent to the hands of the deceased ancestors.

Drinking blessings means that at this time, the ancestors of the sacrifice have arrived, and the sacrificial people need to wait for the ancestors to drink the wine and tribute contributed by the sacrificers.

After the ancestors of the clan have eaten and drunk well, they need to send the gods back, and at the same time pray for good luck from the gods and ancestors to bless their families and the prosperity of the country.

After the sacrifice is completed, the tribesmen share the sacrificial meat, and it is also used for the banquet afterwards.

The whole sacrificial activity is solemn and solemn, and it is a tradition and a ritual to worship the ancestors, hoping that through the gods and ancestors, they will pray for the health of the clan and the continuous inheritance of the family lineage.

Chen Jiu paid attention to the whole process of this sacrificial activity, not as drowsy and absent-minded as in the past, cheap dad Chen Ba was very satisfied with Chen Jiu's performance this time, and said in his heart: "Xiao Jiu has been baptized by blood, and he is much more mature and stable. ”

After the sacrificial event, it is the annual feast of the Chen family, and the female relatives of the clan are not allowed to attend, but after the sacrificial event, everyone in the clan is allowed to participate in the feast, which is also an excellent opportunity for the younger generation of the family to communicate and interact.

At this moment, Chen Jiu was sitting on the side of the dining table, next to his eldest brother Chen Fei, and the two of them, as the sister-in-law of Chen Ba, the patriarch of the Chen family, naturally attracted the attention of many clansmen.

Chen Ba raised the wine bottle, and the people gathered together suddenly quieted down, and he said: "The Chen clan should remember the grace of the country, carry on the saints, open the holy school, report to the country, go down to the people, and spill the blood on the battlefield, although there is no complaint in death, in this festival of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, please drink this cup and do it!" Chen Ba drank it all with pride.

"Wow!" everyone raised their glasses and drank together.

"Second cup, I wish you elders and uncles, the same year in the clan, auspicious and healthy, thank you to many elders for their outstanding contributions to the stability and prosperity of the Chen clan in the same year, do it!" Chen Ba raised the bottle to the elders and peers in the clan, and drank it all again.

"Patriarch, this is my duty!" everyone raised their glasses and replied in unison.

"The third cup, I hope that the younger generations of the clan can inherit the fine traditions of their ancestors and carry forward the Shuzhou Chen family, and do it!" Chen Ba raised his glass to many young juniors with expectant eyes, and also drank it all.

"Wow!" Many juniors, including Chen Jiu, Chen Fei, second sister Chen Wenlin, and third uncle's eldest son Chen Wen, replied respectfully and raised their glasses in return.

"Next, the third brother Lingyun organized the family civil and military competition. After Chen Ba's third tour, he announced the highlight of the family sacrifice event.

Chen Lingyun happily accepted the order, and got up and began to preside over this year's family competition, which is mainly divided into: Wenbi grouping, judging questions, answers, on-site evaluation;

The Dabi group is divided according to the age of the participants of the Dabi ethnic group, of which 18-20 years old is Group A, 15-17 years old is Group B, 12-14 years old is Group C, and under 12 years old is Group D.

Wenbi: "The judging team will ask questions, answer the winners in groups, and conduct on-site voting and selection, and the winner with the most votes wins." ”

Wu Bi: "Ten people are a group, the first scuffle with each other and the one who holds the longest wins, and then enters the next round of double-to-double duel, and the winner wins the championship." ”

Chen Jiu is the Ding group, and there are about 200 people in the same group as him, including Chen Jiu's two half-brothers, Chen Ye and the seventh brother Chen Zai.

The eldest brother Chen Fei is twenty years old this year and is in Group A, he is the eldest son of the patriarch Chen Ba, and he must participate, without any privileges.

Chen Ba and Hu Yushu tied the knot that year, and their son-in-law Chen Fei was also born that year.

In the next five years, the Hu family did not come out again, and the elders in the clan had a lot of complaints, thinking that the Chen family's blood was thin, and it was not conducive to leading the entire Shuzhou Chen family in the future.

Chen Ba resisted the pressure and insisted on not marrying again, and finally Hu Yushu took the lead in "compromising", acquiescing in a set of rhetoric from the patriarch and elders, allowing the cheap father to take a concubine.

So within a year, the cheap dad was arranged by the elders of the clan to be the groom eight times, and the aunts who married into the door were all ladies in the famous family.

Chen Ba also added many younger siblings to Chen Fei within that year, and the Chen clan in Shuzhou began to prosper again.

Five years later, Chen Jiu was born, completely cut off the gossip circulating in the clan, Chen Ba also put more energy on the alien race after the war, and there was nothing in the last ten years, Chen Jiu was his ninth son.

The youngest child!

In the same group as him are Chen Ye and Chen Zai, who are one year older than him, and the two have a cold relationship with him, they are different from Chen Jian, and they can't talk about liking or hating him.

I don't usually socialize!

In charge of the D group competition is his fourteenth uncle Chen Lingfeng, who is now serving as a waiter in the Ministry of Rites, and he deliberately rushed back to the clan to participate in the sacrificial activities during the Winter Solstice Festival.

The jury composed of Chen Lingfeng and the elders of the clan has been prepared at this moment, with the title: "Write a poem with the theme of the winter solstice, and the style is not limited." ”

This is a question for the teenagers in Group D, obviously to take care of the youngest juniors in Group D, which is already a "rotten street" topic in the past literary comparisons.

It's not easy to be brilliant!

The teenagers began to write hard, in a time-limited pillar of incense, more than 200 ethnic teenagers have completed the answer sheet, after handing over to the review team, each one will have a special person to start reading.

"When the winter solstice arrives, families pray together.

If you ask anyone about their family situation, the old and young will show the way. ”

Chen Lingfeng commented: "Chen Ye's poem is good, although it is in the middle of the rules, it has a clear meaning and a prominent theme, and it is superior!"

"The winter solstice is good, it's fun and delicious.

After eating the east and west, he ate the north and south. ”

Chen Lingfeng suddenly said happily: "Chen Chi, didn't your father Chen Lingzhi give you food?" haha...... Medium" The fat boy who was named smiled shyly: "Uncle Fourteen, no... It's not..."

"Haha", "Little Fat Man Chen Foodie...... Haha" The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became lively.

"One, two, three, four, five, take a walk on the field.

After the winter solstice festival, the body is dripping. ”

"Chen Zai still needs to work hard, inferior!" Chen Lingfeng organized the jury to comment one by one, and slowly approached the end.

"In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu.

Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. ”

Chen Lingfeng commented in surprise: "Chen Jiu's poem is quite appropriate for the topic and the occasion, meaningful and superior!"

At the end of the group, there are three psalms of high quality, twenty psalms of medium psalms, and fifty psalms of inferior psalms, and the rest are not in the stream or in order to be completed.

For the first place in the selection of high-class poems, all the contestants and judges on the spot need to vote by secret ballot, that is, the one with the most votes in the ballot box will win by writing the name of the poem.

"Chen Ye's twenty votes!"

"Chen Xuanli's forty votes!"

"Chen nine hundred and fifty votes!"

"Now I announce that Wenbi first place: Chen Jiu, second place: Chen Xuanli, third place: Chen Ye, Wenbi will start the martial arts competition after the end, everyone will start the lottery, a group of ten people. Chen Lingfeng announced loudly.