43. The celebration feast in the village

Chinese When He Xiaojun and Da Niu returned to Chen Village, the whole village was busy.

Seeing the villagers in the village, who were busy killing chickens, ducks and pigs, He Xiaojun asked the big cow next to him strangely, what is the celebration in the village?

Da Niu looked ignorant and said that he didn't know either.

Because He Xiaojun bought a lot of things, he asked Da Niu to take the things awarded by the county to the patriarch first, and he himself went back to the carving building to put down his things first, and then went over.

returned to the carved building, but did not see Ah Mei who was resting or doing housework in the carved building at this time on weekdays, reminiscent of the scene of the general mobilization of the whole village just now, He Xiaojun estimated that they should be busy somewhere in the village.

When he came to the patriarch's uncle's house, Da Niu had already handed over the two guns, some ammunition and two hundred silver dollars awarded by the county, plus the personal prizes of the patriarch, Brother Han and others, and piled them on the miscellaneous wooden platform at the uncle's house, and was telling the uncle about the situation of receiving the award in the county.

After standing aside and waiting for Da Niu to finish speaking, He Xiaojun added and recounted the county's evaluation of Uncle Tai and their merits.

When he heard the county's evaluation, Uncle Tai was full of relish, and when he heard that the county actually gave them credit, Uncle Tai was moved.

After He Xiaojun finished replenishing, Uncle Tai, who had been muttering for a while, immediately asked Da Niu to summon the head of the village to come over and discuss their affairs.

After discussing with the head of the village, Uncle Tai asked Da Niu to call Brother Han and Ah Guang, and then came to the ancestral hall of the village together.

He Xiaojun, who had never seen such a ceremony, was also infected by such a solemn atmosphere for a while.

After doing these things, Uncle Tai told He Xiaojun that a banquet would be held in the village today to celebrate the elimination of bandits and a huge reward, and now that he had received the news that someone in the village had received a meritorious service from the county, he should celebrate even more.

He Xiaojun couldn't help but be stunned when he heard his uncle's words, isn't it worth such fanfare? From this point of view, the people of that era attached great importance to honor and regarded it as a matter of glory to their ancestors.

What stunned He Xiaojun was that it had been less than a month since the last celebration banquet, and he was going to celebrate again? Isn't it too often? It's not the patriarch's villagers who change their tricks to make food, right?

After listening to Uncle Tai's explanation, He Xiaojun suddenly realized.

It turned out that this time, the county awarded all the grain seized from the bandits' den to Chen Village. These 30,000 catties of grain are almost equivalent to the annual grain harvest of the whole village of Chen Village.

In the village rules of Chen Village, there is a rule that if you get a bumper harvest of grain, you must worship your ancestors, so there is this banquet, and the bandit problem is completely solved, and the village is also worth a banquet to celebrate.

The concept of harvest in rural areas should be a bumper harvest when there are more things harvested in the field. And this time, the harvest of Chen Village did not come from the fields, but from the nest - the bandits' nest.

After listening to the reason for this banquet, He Xiaojun couldn't help but feel ridiculous. However, this also proves the desire of people at that time for a good harvest.

Uncle Tai also said that every time a merit record is added to the family tree, the ancestors should also be worshiped according to the regulations. Since four records have been added today, of course, it is even more necessary to worship ancestors.

In ancient times, people, especially those in rural areas, were really superstitious about rituals such as ancestor worship and worship due to various reasons such as war, famine, and poverty.

However, it is no wonder that anyone who lives in such an environment will pray to Heaven not to bring so many disasters to them. He Xiaojun, who just came from another world, was originally a thorough materialist, but now he doesn't reject what is in front of him?

The banquet in the village was extremely grand, slaughtering three pigs, more than 30 chickens and more than 40 ducks, and getting a lot of fish from nowhere, using a few cauldrons that are rarely used in the village on weekdays, and the banquet table was also filled with the open space in front of the ancestral hall.

The banquet was held at the time of dinner and lasted until the evening.

Of course, He Xiaojun was also invited to the table of the head of the village and the chairman of the group with Uncle Tai like the last banquet.

He Xiaojun was still toasted by many people at the table like last time. However, he didn't get drunk this time, because his mentality had adjusted to the beginning of adapting to this era, so he didn't get into the wine of sorrow.

The dishes of the banquet were probably very sumptuous in the village at that time. There are meat, chicken, duck, fish and vegetables, as well as vermicelli and yuba, which are necessary for the sacrificial banquet here, and they add up to nine kinds of dishes.

He Xiaojun of course couldn't look down on the dishes in front of him that were far worse than yesterday in Tao Ran Curie.

Of course, these dishes that need to be seasoned or not seasoned, and those that are not cooked, are of course not attractive to He Xiaojun, who came over in later generations.

However, among these dishes, there is another point that He Xiaojun sighed at and could not taste in his later years, which is that these foods are all truly pollution-free and pure natural green foods.

In that era when there were no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, growth agents and other things, the taste of poultry, livestock and vegetables was much purer and more authentic than the things He Xiaojun ate in his previous life.

Thinking of his past life from food, He Xiaojun couldn't help but think of a typical story about food mutation that he personally experienced in his previous life.

That was a time, a friend came back from the United States, invited a group of friends to dinner, everyone found that the friend who came back from the United States was desperately eating meat and chicken, and felt strange, so they asked him: Hey, xx, don't you have chicken to eat in the United States? Don't have meat to eat?

The friend who came back from the United States replied: There are more chickens in the United States than in China, but I never eat the chickens there, because the chickens there are raised with special feed, not only does it not taste like chicken, but also has residual hormones in the human body. As for the pork over there, you can't eat it, the Chinese over there, if you want to eat pork, you have to soak it in water for half a day after selling it, and then pinch the water in the meat like twisting wet clothes, and then soak and pinch it again.

After listening to the friend's words, everyone was stunned.

Thinking of He Xiaojun here, he couldn't help but sigh that the progress of mankind is always based on the opposition to nature.

After coming to this other world, although it is much more backward than in the previous life, there are many things that are superior, such as the air is better, the environment is better, and the food and drink are also superior in nature......

Society is like this, everything is always in contradiction. He Xiaojun's thoughts are now also entangled in contradictions.

After the banquet, they returned to the carving building, and the sisters were overjoyed and moved when they saw that He Xiaojun had bought a lot of things for them in the county seat.

Alas, even men haven't been touched for many years, how can men be so considerate to them? Have such a mind? Therefore, He Xiaojun's small gifts, which are not very valuable, are enough to capture the hearts of several women.

This time, He Xiaojun also bought himself a piece of fabric, and prepared to let Ah Mei and them make two sets of clothes for themselves.

When He Xiaojun came to this other world, he only wore shorts and vest slippers, and fortunately, squad leader Liu gave him a set of military uniforms, otherwise, his clothing would be a problem.

You can't always wear a military uniform every day, and besides, only one set is not enough to change, and you can't always wash it tonight and wear it tomorrow. Moreover, since he has come to this different world, of course, he has to follow the customs, so He Xiaojun is ready to make two sets of clothes that are not unusual in contemporary times, this night, I don't know whether it is to thank He Xiaojun for his gifts, or not to see each other for a day, the alkali girl is particularly hardworking, so that He Xiaojun almost went crazy all night. Cat flutter Chinese