Situ Yan was a little tired, so she went back to the house to rest first. Li Dalang was too excited and lay down in the west room to chat.

"Big brother, those dumplings are so fragrant! And the fish. ”

"I still love to eat that elbow, and it's the first time I've eaten meat so much."

"As long as it's made by Xiao Wu, I love to eat it." A few people chirped, and the more they talked, the more lively it became.

"Be light, Xiao Wu is light, don't make a noise with her, for this reunion dinner, Xiao Wu has been busy for a while, and he must be tired at this time." Li Dalang looked at the door of the west room, a little distressed.

"I said I was going to help, but Xiao Wu didn't say anything. In the future, if Xiao Wu cooks again, even if I don't do anything, I will help light the fire and fill the firewood. Li Sanlang hurriedly lowered his voice and muttered to himself.

"That's it, what Xiao Wu said today, the younger brothers must remember, we are a family, no matter what happens in the future, we can't have a share."

"Big brother, don't worry, I will be good to Xiao Wu for the rest of my life, and good to Big Brother and Xiao San and Xiao Si."

"Me too." Saburo and Shiro may be twins, often saying the same thing and doing the same thing.

A few more people chatted for a while, and then went to sleep. Waiting until the sky was exposed to the white belly of the fish, Situ Yan entered the west room lightly, put the new cotton clothes next to the pillows of several people, and then went to the clean room to wash. As soon as people came out of the clean room, they heard excited cries from the west room, in fact, if you think about it, the four brothers of the Li family are still very satisfied, there is something to eat, there are new clothes to wear, and a few people can be happy for a long time, which is like modern people chasing fame and fortune, and they don't know how to be satisfied.

Smiled into the hall, saw the four brothers wearing new cotton clothes, standing in the room and smiling happily, when they saw Situ Yan coming in, they all stepped forward to pull her, "Xiao Wu, when did you make the new cotton clothes for us, these are all made of a whole piece of cloth, and there is no patch." ”

"It was a New Year's gift from my brothers. The first few times I went to the market, I didn't draw some tricks to exchange some rags and silver coins with the embroidery village, and at that time I thought about cutting a new dress for my brothers to wear for the New Year. It's just that this new dress is only made of some cloth, and it's not good. ”

"Little Wu, thank you, I have grown so big, and this is the first time I have worn new clothes." Li Dalang touched the new clothes on his body, with tears in his eyes, he didn't think there was anything bad about the clothes made of cloth, and secretly swore in his heart, "He wants to be better and better to his little sister, even if he is willing to exchange his life for him." Li Dalang didn't know, Erlang also had such thoughts, many years later, when the brothers sat together and talked about the past, they realized that on that day, they made the same vow, and they couldn't help laughing.

"The eldest brother went to the ancestral hall today to worship the ancestors and perform the crown ceremony, and the brothers should wear this dress not only to celebrate, but also to be spiritual."

"I still have to prepare things to worship my ancestors, my brothers are still the same as on weekdays, go to boxing first, Uncle Wangfu let us go to the ancestral hall at the end of the morning."

Li Dalang went back to the west and took off his new clothes, and they were reluctant to wear new clothes when they were boxing, for fear of getting dirty and damaged. After eating breakfast and resting for a while, Situ Yan put the braised carp on the plate into the basket, and then went to the ancestral hall with Li Dalang and the others.

Along the way, the villagers went to the ancestral hall one after another, and they had to pay respects to the New Year, Situ Yan was a few young, and saluted all the way, and people were a little dizzy, and finally got to the ancestral hall, and saw that the door of the ancestral hall was pasted with couplets, door gods, and there were pieces of paper left by the artillery battle on the ground, although there was no green around, and it was very deserted, but the villagers were wearing the best clothes, gathered together, and it was also very lively. Situ Yan is considered to be a person with a surname outside the village, and she can't enter the ancestral hall, so she told Li Dalang to listen to the words of the village after entering, don't lose the courtesy, and the sacrifices should be handed over to the patriarch with your own hands, don't fake your hands to others, and then watched a few people walk in. She herself found a place with few people and waited with some village women.

Li Dalang carried his things and led his younger brothers into the ancestral hall, first saluted the village and the patriarch, and asked the younger brothers to wait in the back, and then handed over the sacrifice to the patriarch.

The patriarch took the basket and didn't look at it, so he put his hand on the side, smoked a dry cigarette and preached to Li Dalang, "Da Lang, today is connected to you, there are a total of three babies in the village to perform the crown ceremony, this ancestor sacrifice to the ancestors, is a major event in the village, never be sloppy, although your family is not having a good time, but this sacrifice can not be light!" "The patriarch has benefited since the last time, and his attitude is much better than before, and he saw that Li Dalang was wearing new clothes today and was very decent, so he instructed two more words, thinking that he was afraid that he was young and there was no elder in the family, so he was not at ease, and he was afraid that Li Dalang would not take this day seriously, and casually took some cakes as sacrifices. At that time, the sacrifices of the crown ceremony will be placed in the head, and if the things are not good, it is disrespectful to the ancestors. If the villagers see it, as soon as the big hat of the unfilial ancestors is buttoned down, it will be untenable in the village in the future.

"Thank you, patriarch, although my family doesn't have any money, but I also know that this ancestor worship is a major event in the clan, and I specially prepared braised carp, although the fish is not big, but it is a precious thing." Hearing what Li Dalang said, the patriarch got up busily, opened the cloth covered with the basket, his eyes lit up with excitement, and he shook his hands to personally offer the fish to the top of the table, this dish is afraid that it is the best dish in the village, and it is also the dignity of his patriarch.

The more he looked at Li Dalang at this time, the more pleasing he became, and patted him on the shoulder, "This matter of genealogy, don't worry, wait a while to worship the ancestors and salute, I will write a few words for you and Erlang." After telling him repeatedly, he asked Li Dalang to wait in the back.

Li Dalang got the quasi-Xin'er, and he was down-to-earth, and happily walked out of the ancestral hall, found Situ Yan, and told her about the matter in detail. Situ Yan was not surprised, it was expected.

The sacrifices sent by each family were laid out one by one, and Situ Yan found Aunt Fu and Aunt A Niu'er, and worshiped the New Year first, and then stood and chatted while waiting for the ancestor worship ceremony to begin. The men surnamed Li in the village are standing in the ancestral hall, when the time comes, the patriarch officiates, first burns three incense sticks to the heavens, the earth, the gods, and the Buddha, bows and prays for a good harvest, and then gives incense to the ancestors of the Li family, and the village is reading the blessings, offering sacrifices, and then the patriarch offers wine, burns the paper money to the ancestors to "send money and grain", and prays for the ancestors to protect future generations. The villagers then offered incense to their ancestors in batches according to their seniority. This ancestor worship ceremony is complicated and lengthy, and it is almost the end of the time before it is completed.

The patriarch called the three people who wanted to perform the crown salute forward, except for Li Dalang, Situ Yan only knew Shan Wazi, and only found out after asking Aunt Fu, and the other was Li Mu, the son of Li Wu. At this time, I heard the patriarch cough, "Today is the first day of the first month of the twenty-first year of Dading, and there are three babies in our Lijia Village who are coming of age to perform the crown ceremony,......。 "The patriarch said that there was a pillar of incense, and then the official salute began.

By the village leader, the patriarch, and an old man full of children and grandchildren, he is the guest, the praiser, and the secretary. The praiser sings the greeting, and the content is roughly as follows: On this beautiful and auspicious day, you will be given an adult headdress; From then on, he gave up the aspirations of his youth and cultivated the sentiments of adults; Maintain prestige and cultivate virtue; Filial piety to parents, blessing younger brothers and sisters, sitting at the table, returning late at night. Marry your own children as soon as possible and be good at supporting your family. I wish you longevity, health and good luck. Zhengbin tied the hair of the three people with a headscarf (the crown ceremony in rural areas is relatively simple, and the headscarf serves as a crown hat. ）

The crown knelt down, toasted to the three people in the village, and then bowed to the villagers, meaning that the villagers could treat the three as adults in the future, and the ceremony would be completed.

The village is placing the dishes on the table in the courtyard and beckoning the people of the clan to sit together. The patriarch left Li Dalang alone and called aside, "Dalang, I'll write your name on the family tree." ”

"Wait!" Situ Yan has been paying attention to Li Dalang, and when she saw the patriarch taking Li Dalang aside, she hurriedly shouted, "Patriarch, I have something to say, but I can't enter the ancestral hall." ”

The patriarch frowned, thought for a while, and moved a few steps to Situ Yan's side, "Girl, what's the matter with you?" ”

"Patriarch, my eldest brother has broken off his relationship with Li Daniu's family, and this genealogy can no longer be recorded in their family's name, so please record the names of my brothers in the name of Li Erniu's grandfather, and even Li Dazhu's uncle and aunt Yang must be recorded in the name of Li Erniu's grandfather."

"How can this work?" The patriarch didn't like it when he heard it, and directly objected, but after thinking about it, he still asked Li Dalang, "Dalang, you have passed the crown, and now you are also the head of the family, and you have to have the final say in this matter." "The patriarch still looks down on Situ Yan, a girl with a foreign surname, Li Dalang is surnamed Li, when will he get a foreign surname to point fingers.

Li Dalang was also confused when he first heard it, Situ Yan didn't discuss this matter with Li Dalang, not that she didn't want to discuss, but Situ Yan herself had just thought of it, and there was no time to discuss.

Li Dalang looked at Situ Yan, saw her seriousness, and thought about it again and felt that it was okay for this matter to be like this, his father Li Dazhu told him when he was alive that his grandfather Li Erniu was very good to his father at the beginning, if this can really be done, Li Erniu's branch can be regarded as someone inheriting the incense, and it can be regarded as fulfilling filial piety for his father, "I listen to Xiao Wu." Patriarch, when my grandfather Li Erniu was alive, he was very good to my father, and if he could do this, he could be regarded as doing his filial piety for my father. ”

"You kid." The patriarch still wanted to persuade again, but he gave up after thinking about it, after all, Li Dalang had already broken off his relationship with Li Daniu's family, and then recorded it on Li Daniu's branch, but it was inconvenient, "Forget it, you think it's good, don't regret it." ”

"Thank you patriarch for your kindness, my brothers have new names, so let's record the family tree according to this!" Situ Yan said as she took out a piece of paper with the names of the four people written on it from her bosom and handed it to the patriarch.

"Oh, it's a new name, I'll take a look." The patriarch was still a little unconvinced, so he took the paper and looked at it, "Li Zhi, Li Xin, Li Ren, Li Yan." Good names, who took these? ”

"Uncle Muramasa helped me get it, and my brothers like it too." Situ Yan didn't want the patriarch to know that these things were related to her, so she pushed the matter to Muramasa, which seemed logical. Li Dalang didn't explain, he believed that what Xiaomei did was for their good.

"Okay, I'll write it down according to this, this is on the family tree, and Dalang will have to take on the burden of supporting his family in the future." The patriarch wrote and chattered as he spoke.

Li Dalang responded one by one, Situ Yan stood aside and finally breathed a sigh of relief, no matter how Li Dalang behaved in the future, he had nothing to do with Li Daniu Cao's family. Even if someone wants to make a fuss about this in the future, there is no precedent.

When Li Dalang and Situ Yan came out of the ancestral hall, they saw Erlang waiting aside, "Congratulations, big brother!" The three of them stepped forward to salute Li Dalang together, and the four brothers smiled and talked around Situ Yan, but no one went to grab the sacrificial dishes.

Li Erzhu and Li Sanzhu are busy eating at this time, and their family almost can't open the pot this year, and they only eat some black noodle cakes and stews for Chinese New Year's Eve. Looking at the delicious food on this table, he had already snatched it up like a hungry wolf, and he didn't notice that Li Dalang had changed his family tree and had nothing to do with his family. As soon as noon passed, the villagers returned home one after another and began to visit the New Year door to door.

Li Dalang first took his younger brothers to the old house, to Li Daniu and Cao's New Year's greetings, Cao looked at the four brothers wearing new cotton clothes, their eyes were about to pop out, a tiger face, if it wasn't for Li Sanzhu to stop, he would have rushed up and ripped off the cotton clothes on several people, in her mind, these four boys have no adults to take care of, it should be getting worse and worse, but now that they have left their house, the four of them are getting better and better, how can she balance in her heart, "How can these four stinky boys get better and better, pity her eldest grandson for fortune, and cover himself with loess early." She scolded in her heart and cursed secretly, but Li Dalang didn't care about these anymore. No matter what his grandmother said to them, he remembered the little sister's advice before going out, "No matter what others do, as long as we are worthy of our hearts." ”

Coming out of the old house, the brothers walked all over the village again, and it can be regarded as Li Dalang saying hello to each family after he became an adult. Situ Yan only went to a few familiar houses, she was not a lively person in her previous life, although she has changed a lot in this life, but the coldness in her bones still makes her unable to get used to such days.

When a few people went to dinner at night, Li Dalang found a basket and packed up the candy and other snacks given by them during the afternoon New Year's greetings. There are no elders in their family, so naturally no one comes to pay New Year's greetings, but only accepts gifts and does not give gifts.

After dinner, a few people still lit the lamp to read and write, and only went to bed two hours later.