Chapter 158: 'Heart-to-Heart'
Summoning spirits and setting up sacrifices to welcome ancestors.
In Obon, it is something that every family and clan must do.
After doing this, the children can go out to play, fishing for goldfish, playing **, dropping water balloons, throwing darts, setting off fireworks, and playing all kinds of games that they can't usually play; Takoyaki, candy apples, marshmallows, croquettes, all kinds of snacks can also be eaten to your heart's content, even those who look like dogs on weekdays, I mean the dignified and steady 'standard' crowd, maybe at this time will make an appointment with their favorite person, hand in hand stroll in this night of thousands of souls.
In other words, showing happiness in front of those dead ancestors so nakedly, is it really cute and big tits? People finally come out for a day of wind every year, and as a result, they have to watch your unscrupulous descendants do what they want to do but can't do cough cough, although some people, no, are ghosts, they usually have incense sacrifices to talk about comfort, but after all, the grass grows on the grave is the majority
"I don't know if they will be so angry that they will crawl out of the coffin when they see this scene."
Looking at the girls who were gradually moving away, Shi Chen sneered sneeringly.
"Haha, it's not good to be jealous of others. If you want, you can go out and play with them! The old man, dressed in dark featherweave, let out a hearty laugh.
"In the name of sacrificing the dead, to make excuses for one's selfish desires, this is really a hum!"
"It's not an excuse for your own selfish desires." The old man shook his head at what Shi Chen said, "It is the proper meaning of Obon to pay tribute to the deceased, but it is also the obligation of our descendants to let them see the happy side of their lives, so that they can return to Huangquan without regrets." β
"How merciful can a thing with a severed head be eaten!" Shi Chen sneered, "If you really have a heart, there is this day every year, and the door of the ancestral hall is not closed." β
"If you want to go to the ancestral hall, you can go any day. But on this day, there is only one day a year. β
"Yes, there is only one day a year today, people come back to see you, you happily go out to play, it's so embarrassing!"
"It seems that there is a deep misunderstanding between us!" The old man sighed, "Do you want to go and meet your father?" Perhaps there will be more common language between you. β
"A common language?" Shi Chen seemed to chew on these words, and looked into the distance and withdrew his gaze. looked at the old man with a smile, and the faint mockery in his eyes was obviously incomparable, "A new marriage contract to replace the old one?" β
The old man was silent for a moment, as if he had nothing to say.
"What's wrong, grandpa? Don't you have anything to say? The old man's speechlessness made Shi Chen smile happily, and his eyes became aggressive, "Excuse me, what language will my esteemed father, have in common with me?" β
"Not so long ago, our partners, the Stuart family in Italy, for some reason, started a feud within." The old man did not answer his question head-on, but said something elseβin a tone of slight regret.
"Oh, and then?"
"Their new head of the family is at a disadvantage in the fight, and he has sent someone to ask us for help - you know, the Stuart family has a lot of connections in Europe, and if they split or weaken too much in the infighting, it will have a great impact on the family's business in Europe."
"Then you just support the other faction - anyway, for you and the family, as long as the person you support wins, does it matter who the head of the family is?" Shi Chen sneered and shrugged, "Or do you want to be like the one from the Itsukushima family, and give our family a European aristocratic identity?" β
"Am I as bad as you say?" The old man smiled bitterly, "But the point is that the other side ignores us at all - and besides, after all, this side is the rightful head of the family, and it can be regarded as a famous teacher to help him; If you help the other side, other people who want to pick up the bargain may become famous. β
"So you made that condition?" Shi Chen continued to sneer.
"Until then, pedestrians." The old man looked at him with a serious gaze, "I want to ask you a question. β
"Just ask."
"Don't you like women?"
The old man's expression and tone were serious, and it was obvious that he was not joking, but was genuinely worried about whether his grandson had any special sexual orientation.
The old man's words made Shi Chen stunned - he doesn't like women, doesn't that mean he's a?!
He really couldn't imagine that he had the possibility of becoming a in the eyes of others.
"I don't like men either!" With a cold snort, Shi Chen replied angrily.
"And what do you like?" The old man wondered.
"I love dogs." He suddenly remembered a very interesting sentence.
"Dogs?" The old man's eyes condensed slightly--does this kid like beast X? But it's impossible to think about it - if he likes dogs, how can he not find a single dog hair where he lives?
"Yes, I like dogs, because dogs have always been dogs, but people are sometimes not human."
The old man's pale eyebrows furrowed, a little displeased. The night breeze blew, and some of the gray silver strands on the head were blown up.
"Then do you like the daughter of the second son of the Gui family?"
"If I say I like it, will you go to the Gui family to make a marriage contract?" Shi Chen sneered.
"That depends on the Gui family's wishes." The old man didn't think it was wrong, and his majestic eyes looked at Shi Chen's pupils, "If the Gui family doesn't agree, it's not okay." β
"Huh?" Shi Chen made a voice of unknown significance.
"That's the daughter of the Gui family, and it is naturally up to the Gui family to decide how her marriage will be."
Shi Chen let out a chuckle, "Grandpa, do you know that I ran away from home at the beginning?" β
"Although the reason I want to say is the daughter of the Gui family or the marriage contract, I think what you said is definitely not this." After thinking for a moment, the old man replied.
"It's worthy of grandpa!" Shi Chen smiled and praised, "Then what do you think of the life of those girls today?" β
"Since you were born into the family and were nurtured and taught by the family, you have the obligation to take responsibility for the family."
This sentence, the old man said very naturally, just like he said the most basic and correct truth of 1+1=2.
"Are you telling me this?"
"I'm just telling a fact."
"The fact that we have to give everything we have to the family?"
"Pedestrian, you have too much misunderstanding of the family." The old man sighed again and said.
"Misunderstanding?" Shi Chen asked rhetorically: "Then do you want me to tell you about my 'misunderstanding'?" β
"Say it."
"Bully the soft and fear the hard."
"βcontinue." The old man had a straight face, and his brown-black pupils were like a layer of ice.
"Isn't it? For those who are weak, you will force them to do all kinds of things whether they want to or not, and even if they show a disgruntled will, you will 'persuade' them to obey, but when this person is replaced by a strong person with strength, you will shrink back, be weak, and go to negotiate with the other person in harmony. β
"The law of the jungle is the most fundamental rule of this shijie, whether you admit it or not, it has always existed."
"It was a glorious responsibility and obligation just now, but now it has become the survival of the fittest in the theory of evolution, grandpa, you are really knowledgeable!"
"No matter what, the family is for your good." The old man slowly closed his eyes, "Pedestrian, you have to understand that even if sometimes what the family does not meet your wishes, it is for your own good. The family loves each and every one of his children. β
"I love every cow because they give me milk."