Chapter 4: The Night Banquet
After arriving here, Chuanzi and I were attracted by this scene, and we didn't even dare to breathe in the atmosphere, and the night was very lonely, as if its tranquility was disturbed by us. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 As if he knew what we were thinking, Uncle Pan of Chuanzi smiled and said, "What's the point of this, you guys have a good time here for a few days, I'm sure you'll be even more surprised!" Okay, okay, come with me to Xiaochuan, your old uncle, they are all waiting for you at home!"
I had been mentally prepared for a long time, but when I heard that they had specially received us, I couldn't help but be surprised, and Chuanzi looked at me and seemed to be surprised too. I smiled, tapped him on the shoulder, and followed his uncle along.
Probably because of the topography here, we walked for a long time before we arrived at Uncle Chuanzi's house. The old tradition is still maintained here, and two papier-mâché lanterns are hung in front of the house, and two white stone lions can be seen at the door under the illumination of the light.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw a large round table in the courtyard, and there were men, women and children standing next to it. As soon as he and I entered the door, Uncle Pan began to introduce Chuan and me, and the enthusiasm of his distant relatives made me a little uncomfortable. is also because there are too many uncles, and the population of the family is naturally very large, and Chuanzi has to get to know these strange relatives one by one.
The next thing is to introduce these uncles of Chuanzi......
"Xiaochuan, this is your second uncle." Looking at the old man in front of me with an old face and gray hair, but a relatively tough body, I really sighed.
Chuanzi stepped forward, smiled, and called out, "Hello second uncle"
"Well, Xiaochuan is so handsome, as well-behaved and sensible as your father."
Next, he introduced the third uncle, his third uncle is relatively fat, it can be said that he is a fat old man with a short head, and his beard is a little messy and a little unkempt.
"Hello third uncle"
"Oh, okay, come and let my uncle see if you're married, do you want your uncle to tell you about your family!" This guy doesn't need to ask, it's the same mold as his uncle who is straight to the point, and I want to laugh when I ask.
Sure enough, his Uncle Pan stood up, "Dad, Xiaochuan just came, can you say something else when we meet for the first time." I turned around and smiled secretly, sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs. Next, after several of his other uncles greeted him one by one, I found a problem that Chuanzi's eldest uncle and sixth uncle did not appear.
Could it be that they have ......
Before I could speak, Chuanzi had already spoken, "What about my eldest uncle and sixth uncle?" ”
When he asked, the second uncle immediately replied, "Oh, your eldest uncle and your sixth uncle have gone to the ancestral hall and will be back in a while." "I see, I don't know much about these things themselves, so I'm naturally very interested.
Saying that, Uncle Pan walked up to us and said to Chuanzi: "Xiaochuan, I know that you are here today, your uncles are specially for you, you have never been here before, and you don't understand some customs here, so you don't have to be restrained. ”
"Oh, I see, uncle," Kawako replied.
After that, I saw several people walk in through the door, an old man with a long clock, his skin chapped like a tree trunk, and a goatee with a long beard and eyebrows. Walking is very steady, without the help of others, it can be seen that he must be very strong when he is young.
Beside the old man, there was a middle-aged and elderly man, who was tall, thin, short-haired, slightly handsome, with deep eyes and imposing momentum, and there was an invisibly domineering aura emanating from his body. I even unconsciously set up an invisible pressure on this person in my heart.
Behind him was a slightly younger man, carrying a gray wooden box that I had seen before. In my hometown, this kind of wooden box is generally used to hold tributes when going to worship or sweeping the tomb, and sometimes it is used as a funeral gift with the burial person.
Seeing this, I knew that this must be the eldest uncle and sixth uncle of Chuanzi that they said, but I can't guess the man in the back.
At this time, Chuanzi's uncle stood up and said, "Xiaochuan, this is your uncle" said pointing to the old man who was old and long.
Chuanzi immediately stepped forward and shouted enthusiastically: "Hello uncle"
The old man seemed to be a little deaf, and he didn't pay attention to Chuanzi's greetings, but when he saw that the people who came were very enthusiastic, he looked at Chuanzi directly, and blinked vaguely like sand in his eyes.
Another middle-aged and elderly man next to him shouted loudly in his ear: "Big brother, this is Xiao Chuan, the seventh sister has talked about it before." ”
The old man looked at Chuanzi for a long time, as if he was thinking about something, and looked at it for a while. Only then did he suddenly realize: "This is Xiaochuan, the children are so old, good, good, how handsome this child is." ”
"Yes, it's really inherited the fine traditional genes of our old Chen family," Chuanzi's third uncle said.
"Phew"
I'm laughing to death, I can't bear to look at it, what is this! Chuanzi was red-faced and at a loss, not knowing if it was pertinent.
"Xiaochuan, I am your sixth uncle, you shouldn't remember, I saw you when you were a child, and you were still wearing open crotch pants at that time."
When Chuanzi heard this, he immediately shouted: "Sixth uncle."
"I didn't expect that more than 20 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and you are so old, this time you will stay for a few more days, and let your uncles take you to have a good time."
"Well, I'll have a good time by the way this time, the scenery here is really good."
Then Uncle Pan pointed to the younger man behind him and said, "Xiaochuan, this is your uncle's third son, it is your uncle, he can't speak, it's a pity!" At the end, there seemed to be a little aftertaste, but he didn't say it, maybe it was in the way of so many people, and it was difficult to say it.
Chuan Zi walked up to this Uncle Li with understanding, held his hand, and nodded. Uncle Li seemed to understand and nodded, and in this way, with the arrival of the main clansmen, the dinner party began. At the banquet, Chuanzi's uncle told some interesting things about their time, but he said that he was only a little bit that I could understand.
Then there are some things about the renovation of the ancestral hall, the main person in charge of this matter is his eldest uncle, and because of his advanced age, he is mainly responsible for repairs, and the personnel matters are all handed over to his sixth uncle.
Because this is the ancestral shrine of their old Chen family, the people who come to repair it are the descendants of their big family. They are all clansmen surnamed Chen, and let their six brothers be in charge of this matter, which is also elected by the entire Chen family, and everyone has no objection.
Just when I was eating, I found that Uncle Li of Chuanzi was gone, and I didn't know when I left. I wondered what he was doing, as I was looking forward to everything here.
So I excused myself to go to the toilet and went to the front door, outside it was pitch black, except for the dotted lanterns. I don't know where to go, but curiosity outweighs timidity. The path is fairly flat, and you can hear the occasional croaking of frogs, and the sound of a stream running not far away.
I walked forward and wandered aimlessly, listening, I hadn't been so close to the mountains and rivers for a long time. As I was walking, I saw a dark shadow, flickering towards me in the faint light.
My heart trembled, the black shadow was getting closer and closer, but there was no sound of speech, this suffocating feeling made me confused for a while, closer and closer, 10 meters, 8 meters, 5 meters, 3 meters......
Still didn't speak 2 meters, and finally saw it, this is none other than the mute Uncle Li of Chuanzi. I had a false alarm, a kind of hearty relief from hell, I looked at him, he looked at me and nodded to each other and passed by.
And I noticed something in his hand......