Chapter 80: Ancestor Worship
On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the ancestral temple of Sumei Village, many people who returned to the village came here, carrying baskets, which contained wine glasses, rice balls, coins, incense and other items, and everyone came to worship their ancestors. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On the other side, the Confucian Temple gathered a group of people, all wearing robes and bachelor's hats, these are all people with academic qualifications in the village, the older generation is above middle school, and the younger generation is above university.
The person at the head was dressed in a green robe and wore a champion hat, this was Su Hang, he stood straight, his eyes staring directly at the Temple of Literature in front of him.
There is also an open space between the crowd and the Temple of Literature, where a long table is set up with various offerings, and three large incense sticks are smoking.
In front of the long table were two old men dressed in Taoist robes, busy fiddling with the offerings, surrounded by villagers watching the excitement, and some people from other villages waiting for the lottery.
The Confucian Temple in Sumei Village is famous far and wide, Sumei Village has produced a lot of scholars since ancient times, and the people who go to university are also the most people in the county, and the lottery for the Confucian Temple here is very accurate, so every year on the first day of the new year, many people will come here to ask for a lot, including people from other counties.
The lottery is not carried out until after the ancestor worship, so many people who come early to watch the excitement in the surrounding area, and some come here to watch after the ancestral temple worship, and the crowd has to be hundreds.
"The leader has changed for a few years, and he's still a young man, what's going on?" Some people in the crowd come here every year to ask for a signature, so they are naturally very puzzled when they see a fresh face like Su Hang when they know about the ancestor worship team leader in Sumei Village.
"What do you know, this is the pride of our Sumei Village, Su Hang, a person who has not forgotten the township after making money, alone took out hundreds of thousands of dollars to help the students in difficulty in the village, and now as long as there is strength, none of the students in the village will go to school." Soon, some villagers came out to cheer for Su Hang.
"Oh, that's amazing, he deserves to lead the team, and he can also be a good example for the younger generation." As soon as Su Hang's deeds came out, they immediately aroused praise.
"Yes, I have to tell my boy when I go back, people are in their early twenties like him, and they do such deeds, so that he can study hard and not indulge in those games." This is obviously a game fan's mother talking, but if she knew that Su Hang's company specializes in developing games, I don't know if she would say such a thing.
Don't look at Su Hang very calm now, he is just on the surface, and his heart has already entered the F1 high-speed state, especially when he heard the discussion around him, cold sweat broke out, the clothes in the green robe were soaked, and such a major event as worshipping ancestors was really nervous.
The sun is gradually rising, even if there are a few big trees, but there is no wind today, the sunlight through the leaves to drop a beam of light, shining on everyone's body, soon it will be hot, but in order to worship the ancestors, no one dares to dodge, all stand in place, sweating, while chattering faster.
But the more you chatter, the more uncomfortable the heat becomes, everyone occasionally takes out mineral water, take a sip, they don't dare to drink more, if it is in the middle of the urgency, the joke will be big, once there was a person who suffocated the bladder injury, lived for a few months.
Soon the work of the two Taoist priests was completed, and with the greeting of the two, Su Hang and the others all took a few steps forward and came to the long table, where each person was given a small cup and poured wine one by one.
Then there was the terminology of the two Taoist priests for a while, and laymen could only listen to the excitement, so Su Hang's group of people were stunned and didn't understand at all.
"The first bow to God, may God bless Su Mei talents!" With the loud roar of the Taoist priest, everyone raised their wine glasses, bowed down, and sprinkled the wine on the ground, and then someone quickly stepped forward to add wine.
"The second goodbye to the land, may the land keep Sumei smooth weather!" The second sound of the Taoist priest came, and everyone made the same action again, and the wine glass was filled with wine again.
"The third goodbye to Wen Zu, may the ancestor bless Su Mei's talents!" The third sound sounded, and everyone also knelt down and spilled the last glass of wine.
After three bows, the long table was removed, and Su Hang led the group into the Confucian Temple together, knelt down three times, and then it was Su Hang's turn to give a speech.
"All the ancestors are above, the thirty-first generation of descendants Su Hang, and ??????" Su Hang took a piece of paper and began to read, such a ancestor worship, he was just a team leader as a representative, and all the actions and speaking content were fixed, so he read it down like a machine, according to the process.
After everything was done, the dark coins were burned to the ancestors, and then there was a long sound of firecrackers, and the matter of worshipping the ancestors was finally over, and Su Hang was also relieved.
Su Hang and his group walked out, and the crowd outside rushed in, and then it was time for them to ask for a signature, but when they went in, everyone couldn't help but take another look at Su Hang, and remember this young leader, this is the representative of Sumei Village in the future, and they usually meet more greetings, and they must not be offended, otherwise, this is the same as offending Sumei Village.
Historically, Chinese people have a local complex, so many people will mark their hometown after they go out, and in this town, people's mark is their own village.
After the ancestor worship is over, everyone comes to the village school, the playground has already set up a wine table, and the next thing is to exchange feelings with each other, after all, these people are students and migrant workers, or teachers and civil servants in the county seat, rarely meet.
In the past, they used to drink tea and chat together, after all, the cost of the wine table was too large, and the village was poor, so naturally it would not be extravagant and wasteful, but this year, when I met Su Hang's family, I directly paid out of my own pocket to set up this flowing water banquet.
This decision was made by Su Laosan, anyway, in addition to the tuition and living expenses of the second son, there is still a lot of surplus from the money earned by the fish pond, so it is natural to take it out so that everyone can have a good meal.
Not only that, Su Laosan also donated the remaining money to the fund established by Su Hang, which conquered all the villagers at once, and there were still some red-eyed people, each of whom secretly slapped his face, scolded his personality, and at the same time worshiped Su Hang's family.
Now in Sumei Village, as long as Su Hang's family is mentioned, it will attract a burst of thumbs, and if there is even a broken word, it will cause a conquest, and even a beating.
For his father's decision, Su Hang naturally resolutely supported it, his father couldn't be idle, it was not bad to raise fish, and the money he earned could still do good things, so why not do it.
Originally, Su Laosan was a good-looking person, and he was also very enthusiastic, but he thought about the donation for a long time, and finally conquered that little reluctance before making a decision.