Chapter 15 Ancestor Worship
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The old man was also a little stunned, "Yes, of course we can, although we are neighbors, but we are like a family, when our family first came here, we were not familiar with the place, thanks to the old man of your family who passed away to take care of us, our family can take root here, and send the children here when we turn around, take a look, look at the consciousness of others, three girls, you have found a good mother-in-law." When Sanya heard her grandfather say this, she instantly blushed, and everyone laughed.
"Those four girls, when do you think you will teach your brothers and sisters?" The old man asked Zhaodi.
"Grandpa, I have to go to Yan's house every morning, and the Yan family asks me to eat three meals a day at his house, and come back before dark in the evening, but after lunch, let me go home and rest, and only go in the afternoon, you let them come to our house at noon." Brother Zhao thought for a moment and replied.
"Hear it all, look at yourself, okay, the first thing is that. Now I want to say the second thing, since our family came to Lijia Village, we have not sacrificed to our ancestors, this time taking advantage of such a big happy event, our family will worship our ancestors, although there is no ancestral hall, but we can not forget our ancestors, we have to tell our ancestors about this great happy event."
Brother Zhao had heard their grandparents tell their stories a long time ago, her grandfather was from Shanxi, and later her grandfather had no food because of the famine in his hometown, so he took the family to the capital, and her grandfather's brothers and sisters were all lost on the way to escape, either starving to death, or dying of illness. There was only a grandfather who was only five or six years old. Later, my grandfather entered Baylor's Mansion as a servant, and then my grandfather also became a servant when he was older, and he was regarded as a domestic servant, so he was quite useful. Grandpa no longer knows where their family is in Shanxi, only knows that he is from Shanxi, and then Lord Belle dismissed them, and he didn't know where to go, so he thought of going back to his hometown in Shanxi, but he didn't know where it was, so he thought about where to go, and when he walked to Lijia Village, the money was almost gone, so he settled here. Because of Lijia Village, most of the people in the village are surnamed Li, and there is only one ancestral hall in the village, the Li ancestral hall. Therefore, since I have been here for more than ten years, I have not sacrificed to my ancestors, and in addition, my grandfather feels that he is sorry for his ancestors, and he has not made this family prosperous.
"The three of you, one family out of five copper plates, I out of two oceans, hurry up and go to the town to buy some offerings such as mutton, and some things for worshipping ancestors, let's put them in the yard, eldest daughter-in-law, this matter will be handed over to you, to do it beautifully, we must be ready today, and we will worship our ancestors early tomorrow morning." The old man rarely aroused He Saifeng, since his sons had become a family, he basically didn't care about anything.
He Saifeng happily replied, "Okay, Dad, just look at it." But when collecting the money, the second daughter-in-law was reluctant to come out, and the old man glared at the second son fiercely, and the second son also made a rare return. Then He Saifeng took the big girl and Wu Dazhu to the town in a hurry. The second aunt and the third aunt of the younger brother made jujube cakes and nests for worshipping ancestors, and even Aunt Li stayed to help.
When He Saifeng and his entourage came back, it was almost dark, and the things to be prepared at home were almost ready, so everyone gathered around to see what He Saifeng and the others bought. There is a large strip of mutton, an incense burner, a string of firecrackers, a stack of burning paper, and a paper bag with snacks, everyone can't wait to open the paper bag, there are actually five small snacks inside, small, or different colors, the children may not have seen the snacks when they grow so big, let alone eat, at this time they can hear the sound of the children swallowing saliva one by one. The adults were all busy again, washing and marinating the mutton, and wherever the adults were busy, the children followed, all staring at the piece of mutton, like an eagle catching their favorite food, and they were reluctant to let go for a moment.
Soon it was dark, and the second and third uncles of Wu Zhaodi did not leave her house, and everyone was resettled like the New Year, but the children couldn't sleep, chattering. They were all too excited, especially the boys of the martial family, they had never worshiped their ancestors, but they had seen the men of the Li family worship in the ancestral hall of the Li family, which was very grand, and they could only watch from a distance outside, at that time, how envious they were, and felt that it was because they could not worship their ancestors that they would be inferior in the village. The children were talking and talking, and they all fell asleep, and Brother Zhao also fell asleep, I was so tired today, and I had a good night's sleep.
The next day, when the genius was bright, the children were all called up by adults, washing their faces and combing their hair. In the countryside, there is a lack of water and firewood, and everyone rarely scrubs, especially in winter, when scrubbed, the skin will crack, but this morning, everyone scrubbed clean. When everything was ready and the filling was bright, everyone gathered in the courtyard.
Brother Wu Zhaodi stood at the door, looking out of the door, the distant mountains were continuous, not in the morning haze, and it was so faint that he wanted to do nothing. Only a line of light blue peaks stretches across the sky. The smoke of the people's cooking in the col is like clouds rising in the valley. The morning sun shines brightly on the boundless snow-white fields.
Brother Wu Zhaodi was immersed in the unique beauty of this countryside, when he suddenly heard a voice coming, "Dad, no, why don't you let these girls get up, how can there be girls mixed up in it?" This is the voice of her second aunt.
The old man frowned, these two daughters-in-law have never known scruples when they speak. "It stands to reason that women can't participate in ancestor worship, but our family is just such a few people, and it's not in the ancestral hall, so let's not pay attention to those, let the ancestors see that our family is prosperous." What the old man didn't expect was that in the future, the family would really develop and the ancestral hall would be built, but the whole family would worship together, and this kind of behavior would also be talked about by later generations. This is a later story, so I won't show it for the time being.
Because of the old man's words, everyone stood one by one, one generation after another, facing the door, the only table in the house served as an incense table, and the brand-new incense burner was placed in the middle, and carefully prepared offerings were placed. The old man lit three sticks of incense and knelt down in front of the incense case, but everyone waited for a long time, and the old man didn't move at all, just kneeling straight and motionless. Gradually, everyone seemed to hear the crying, and the old man actually cried. Everyone didn't know how to react for a while, but after a while, the old man spoke.