Chapter 15 Ancestor Worship Before the Year
Seeing that the whole family was arguing because of their own affairs, He Kun suddenly felt guilty in his heart, and felt that he was too selfish, looking at his grandfather's angry hair, he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Grandpa, don't be angry, parents, don't be angry, listen to me, okay?" He Kun knew that his affairs had to be solved by himself, otherwise he would not be able to solve this matter well.
"That's right, it was me who told my grandfather that I wanted to stay in the village and farm, it was my own idea, Mom and Dad, don't worry, listen to what I say first, okay?" Seeing that his parents were anxious to open their mouths to say something, He Kun hurriedly stopped.
"I've thought about it carefully, although it's to stay here to farm, but it's not ordinary farming, it's a high-tech land, parents, I met a friend at GX, he is a researcher specializing in seed improvement and cultivation institutions, and last time he gave me some vegetable cultivation potion, I experimented with it here with my grandfather, and the effect was very good. You can ask your grandparents about this. ”
Grandma nodded to her son and daughter-in-law, and said, "Yes, the vegetable was planted late, and it was wilted, but after using the potion brought by Xiao Kun, it was gratifying, and the taste was good, it looked like it was watery, your father's appetite has been bad, and he ate hard in those days." Grandma was afraid that the two would not believe it, so she pulled the old man.
"Hmph, I don't believe it's useless to talk too much, why are you pulling me" Grandpa looked at the roof beam with an unhappy face, and felt very dissatisfied with grandma pulling his sleeve. Obviously, the qi just now has not subsided.
He Kun ignored his parents' questioning eyes and continued, "I talked to my friend about it, and I can work with their organization to help them update the real-time situation, and I'll plant their improved excellent seeds." Mom and Dad, you may not have tasted or seen it, but I dare say that the vegetable is definitely better than you think. What do you say the people in the city are paying attention to now? Isn't it healthy, natural, and green? You see, grandpa, machinery can't get in, the pure natural environment has not been damaged at all, absolutely pollution-free, plus the excellent seeds I planted, do you think there is a market for the vegetables planted? ”
He Kun kept conveying his own concepts to He Shan Chengrong. Put the prospect of growing special vegetables in front of them in advance. "Moreover, I also promised my grandfather that I only need a year, a year, if there is no effect, or the market does not accept my vegetables, then I will honestly follow your arrangements to go back to work, I just want to give myself a year. I want to let myself break in, otherwise I will regret it when I get old, now I just hope that my parents can support me and give me a year, okay? He Kun's emotional heart was full of emotion, and he was looking forward to getting the consent and support of his parents.
At this moment, waiting for his parents' response, time is as long as standing still, He Kun silently lowered his head, clenched his palms, time passed second by second, after not getting a response from his parents for a long time, He Kun began to gradually become disappointed, is his thoughts really so incomprehensible? He Kun was unwilling.
"What you say is true? ……? Dad He Shan suddenly spoke.
"Really, of course it's true, otherwise Grandpa wouldn't have supported me in doing this." He Kun suddenly found a ray of light in the darkness for a long time, and hurriedly responded.
"I don't know if what you said can be realized, but what you said is good, take advantage of your youth to see that you won't regret it when you're old...... As for me, I'm not an old stubborn, since you have thought about it yourself, and you are so old, it is impossible for your parents to take care of you for a lifetime, you can only walk your own way, you have to go on well, you are still young, you can break through, I support you" He Shan said to He Kun with an indifferent face,
Seeing that his father suddenly became so supportive of himself, He Kun was a little uncomfortable, and his appearance of losing his temper and trying to beat himself just now suddenly changed, this is too fast, it shouldn't be a lie to me. He Kun's eyes were full of suspicion when he looked at his father.
"What about me, at first I was afraid that you were still young, and I didn't have a plan, I knew every day, and I thought that one was one out, and now I see that you have your own plans and ideas, so Dad, I'm still very happy, but then again, I can only give you a year, and if there is no improvement after a year, you have to honestly come back to work for me, do you hear?" Dad immediately changed his face and scolded, but the care in it could not be concealed.
He Kun, who was completely relieved at this time, hurriedly promised his father to complete the task, otherwise he would come to see him, and the grandmother who listened to it was next to him, "Bah, bah, bah, what did he say for the New Year, quickly spit it out, and then folded his hands together, like the ancestors in the void blessing, fairy words and the like.
"Hmph, you're fine, I'm the only one to be the bad guy, right, little rabbit, and your dad have a virtue." Seeing that the father and son who were as reconciled as ever were talking and laughing there, no one cared about them here, what is this, but he is still angry, why no one gave him a step down, is there any heavenly reason. The old man saw that it was not good, so he hurriedly found a topic.
Uh, ......, my father saw that the old man was still angry alone and hurriedly went up to admit his mistake to the old man, saying that he shouldn't make you angry, blaming himself for not listening to the words and shouting and so on, and the old man walked down the paved steps step by step. The family soon returned to the way it was at the beginning.
In the afternoon, He Kun didn't go anywhere, so he chatted with his parents at home, talked about interesting things during this time, and carefully explained the prospects and plans of planting to his father. During the period, there was constant laughter and joy.
Because the ancestor worship activities will start the next morning, after dinner, everyone will rest early, so as not to affect the ancestor worship matters due to lack of sleep the next day.
The sky was slightly bright, and the grandfather made a noise with his father and He Kun, and after cleaning up, he went to the village, and some sacrificial ceremonies and pomp should start in advance, so early in the morning, the grandfather led the two to arrange things, as soon as they arrived at the ancestral hall at the entrance of the village, ho, good guys, a large group of people from the uncle's elders have arrived, busy or idle, greeting each other, "Let one let, the second master is coming" Needless to say, it must be the uncle who was cleaned up by his grandfather when he was a child is patting this sycophant. After greeting Grandpa, he told Dad and He Kun, and walked through the crowd into the ancestral hall.
The ancestral hall of the He family has always been only accessible to men, and it cannot be opened except for cleaning and worshipping ancestors. After seeing his grandfather enter the ancestral hall, the originally quiet scene began to come alive again, and his father He Shan chatted with some of his peers.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, the ancestor worship ceremony began, presided over by the patriarch He Jiawang, the sacrificial rites include incense, reading blessings, offering rice soup, serving tea, offering silk, offering wine, offering food boxes, offering meat, offering words (blessings), burning blessings, bowing to the gods and a series of regular rituals, when burning the silk and burning paper, the main priest first offered a glass of wine in front of the ancestors, and then sent to the burning place by the descendants determined in advance, and the wine was drunk on it, and the wine was dripped, in order to show the piety of the sacrificer to offer money and silk.
There can not be a trace of mistakes in this process, He Kun saw the nervous trembling of his peers in the crowd, and was secretly frightened, fortunately it was not himself, who was not stunned when he met this time. In the important part of the sacrificial process, there are also several gongs and drums or string accompaniment to add a warm atmosphere to the ceremony. After the mighty ancestor worship ceremony, the patriarch distributed pork, mutton and other sacrifices to each family to show the grace of the ancestors.
After the ancestor worship ceremony, every household lit up wisps of cooking smoke, which means that the village began to really celebrate the New Year, He Kun hurried back to the house after the ceremony to help grandma and mother prepare for the New Year, there is a folk song "Twenty-nine, paste down the unitary (that is, paste the Spring Festival couplet)" said, the Spring Festival couplets or something are all the twenty-eighth and twenty-ninth stickers of the lunar month, but most of them still choose the time to paste according to their personal schedule.
"A little down, yes, yes, yes, the left is a little lower, belch, okay, okay." He Kun stood on the bench at the door and held the lower couplet, which was controlled by his mother to correct the Spring Festival couplet, the gate of the farmhouse has always been relatively tall, and Rao is He Kun's 185 still needs a bench to be able to hold it. The mother clapped her hands with satisfaction, and told He Kun to go into the house to warm up if there was nothing to do, don't run around, and when grandpa and dad come back, they will start eating Chinese New Year's Eve. After saying that, he went back into the kitchen and picked it up.
He Kun's family generally eats Chinese New Year's Eve dinner relatively early, basically eating something casually after worshipping the ancestors and starting to prepare the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, usually around three o'clock in the afternoon. Eat and drink until the evening.
He Kun tightened his clothes, and felt that the weather was getting colder and colder, so he went to the courtyard, led Da Hei to the hall and baked a brazier, left and right, picked up peanuts with tongs to roast, and didn't care whether Da Hei liked it or not, just like that, you and I were swinging one by one.