At the gate of Guandi Temple, Feng Chen, led by an usher named Zhang Chaoshan, walked to the door and stood still. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After a while, the introduction teacher Zhang Chaoshan stepped forward and knocked lightly on the door three times, and someone in the Guandi Temple asked loudly: "Who is coming?"

The introduction teacher Zhang Chaoshan replied unhurriedly: "I am Zhang Chaoshan, and I am here to catch the incense hall." ”

The words answered by the introducer Zhang Chaoshan were all the customary incisions of the Green Gang.

According to the rules of the Green Gang, in the opening ceremony of the incense hall, no one can answer a wrong word.

Next, it is still a question and answer of this incision.

I only heard the people inside continue to ask: "Holding incense here, do you have three gangs and nine generations?" ”

Zhang Chaoshan replied: "Yes! ”

Inside, he asked, "Did you bring any money?" ”

Zhang Chaoshan replied again: "129 Wen, there is a small penny in it." ”

Everything is answered fluently, and every word is good.

The temple door squeaked open, and the introduction master Zhang Chaoshan led Feng Chen to the front of the god case.

There are tablets of 17 patriarchs on the case, and one of them is: "The edict is dedicated to the Zen position of the ancestor of the lower Mo." ”

In front of the case, Cao Youshan was wearing a robe and sitting on a chair with a backrest, and other seniors who had come to the incense hall sat side by side on either side of him.

Zhang Xiaolin and Du Yuesheng stood below in turn.

Then, someone brought a basin of water, starting with Cao Youshan, and cleaning their hands one by one according to the seniority.

After cleaning his hands, someone brought up a large bowl of seawater, starting from Cao Youshan, and passed it down in turn, one person took a sip, and his mouth was not allowed to touch the edge of the bowl when drinking.

This is fasting.

After fasting, the incense bearer stepped out of the ranks and said aloud:

The ancestors of the past generations came down from the mountain,

red felt paved ground lotus platform;

Pudu's disciples help Zhongjin,

Ten thousand lotus flowers bloom everywhere.

This is a poem of the ancestors.

In the process of reciting poems by the incense master, Feng Chen began to kowtow and burn incense in front of the ancestral tablets, at this time, the door of the Guandi Temple was tightly closed, and the incense master announced: "The natal master is the ancestor!" ”

The so-called "natal master" is the master that the newcomer wants to worship, that is, Cao Youshan.

As soon as these words fell, Cao Youshan left her seat, faced the case, and first silently recited a poem that Feng Chen didn't understand a word, and then reported to her home: "I, Cao Youshan, a person from Penglai, Shandong, signed up for incense." ”

After Cao Youshan finished reporting, she kowtowed three times in a row.

Behind Cao Youshan, all the people present kowtowed to the god case one after another.

Next, Feng Chen followed the introduction master Zhang Chaoshan to pay homage to the natal master, and then visited the uncle of the family who was present.

After the visit, Feng Chen handed over the pre-prepared apprenticeship post and the tribute.

The apprenticeship post is a piece of red paper, and a line in the middle of the front reads: "Old Master Cao." ”

On the right is written Cao Youshan's three generations of resumes, his name, age, and place of origin, and on the left is signed by Zhang Chaoshan, the introduction teacher, with the year, month, and day attached.

On the reverse side of the apprenticeship post is written an oath: "An ancestor is passed down, for thousands of years, the water flows eastward, and it will never be reviewed!" ”

After Feng Chen handed over the apprenticeship post, the salute master distributed three incense sticks to each person, and Feng Chen knelt down with the incense stick, listening to the preacher introduce the history of the gang.

After the introduction, Cao Youshan looked at Feng Chen, who was kneeling there, and asked, "Did you join the gang out of reluctance, or was it persuaded by others?" ”

Feng Chen replied loudly: "Out of willingness! ”

In fact, Feng Chen was secretly amused in his heart, he joined the apprenticeship by himself, and it was not Gu Jiarong who persuaded him?

Cao Youshan's questioning is a bit of self-deception, but these are all procedural questions during apprenticeship.

When Feng Chen's mind was deserting, Cao Youshan then shouted loudly: "Since it is voluntary, you must understand it, this Qing Gang does not invite or bring, it is not strange if you don't come, those who come are ordained, it is easy to enter the gang and difficult to help, you can't buy it with a thousand gold, you can't buy it with ten thousand gold!" ”

Feng Chen replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes!" ”

Next, it was the last step of the apprenticeship ceremony, only to hear Cao Youshan shout majestically: "Little master is saluted!" ”

After the ceremony, the apprenticeship ceremony is completed.

Finally, Cao Youshan told Feng Chen about the rules of the Green Gang and various cuts, codes, movements, and gestures in the gang.

After talking about the incision rules in the gang, Cao Youshan solemnly instructed: "Feng Chen, you have mastered these, no matter what dock you go to, as long as the Qinggang is there and shows the brand, you can get help, but if you use it wrongly, it will be regarded as impersonation, and it will also attract death. ”

Since then, Feng Chen has nominally been a member of the Green Gang, the same generation as Zhang Xiaolin in terms of generation, and Du Yuesheng's uncle.

After the apprenticeship ceremony, a feast was held in the Guandi Temple.

All the members who participated in the apprenticeship ceremony let go of their bellies to eat and drink, which is actually the rules and habits handed down from the Qinggang entrance ceremony, which have been used.

Everyone came forward to congratulate Feng Chen with wine bowls, and after a while, Feng Chen was drunk.

Feng Chen was so drunk that he didn't know when the banquet would end, and when he woke up, it was already noon the next day.

The stomach was still churning, and his head was still dizzy, Feng Chen reluctantly got up, poured a cup of boiling water and drank it, and then continued to pour it into the bed and continue to sleep.

slept until the evening when his sister Feng Wan and his fiancée Jing Shujie came home, and Feng Chen hadn't gotten up yet.

Jing Shujie made egg batter for Feng Chen in the kitchen, and Feng Wan went upstairs to the bedroom to call Feng Chen to get up.

"Brother, get up quickly, my sister-in-law is cooking for you, who were you with last night and so drunk?"

"How did I get back?"

"The guy surnamed Gu who has been looking for you recently sent you back."

"Oh, what day of the week is today?" Feng Chen suddenly remembered that he had to go to Japan on Monday.

"Sunday, tomorrow you are leaving, your clothes or something, my sister-in-law and I have already sorted it out for you, you get up quickly and eat something, and see if there is anything else to prepare." Feng Wan replied.

"Sunday?"

Feng Chen sat up from the bed suddenly, he had planned to meet Ma Chunshui again today, but it seemed that it would not work.

What a mistake to drink!

Feng Chen went to two, quickly put on his clothes, and went to the bathroom to wash.

After washing, Jing Shujie made a bowl of egg batter and brought a bowl to Feng Chen.

"Eat it while it's hot, it will make your stomach feel better."

"Well, okay." Feng Chen raised his eyes and looked at Jing Shujie.

Jing Shujie seemed cautious in front of Feng Chen every time, which made Feng Chen very depressed.

Feng Chen's fiancée is a family affair decided by her mother, and her personality is basically with her mother Su Yixian, she doesn't talk much, she is gentle and connotative, and she is stubborn and strong in her bones.

In fact, Feng Chen likes Jing Shujie's character very much, probably influenced by his mother since he was a child.

With a bowl of egg batter in his stomach, Feng Chen really felt much better in his stomach.

Seeing that Feng Chen quickly finished eating a bowl, Jing Shujie stepped forward, took the empty bowl and asked, "Another bowl?" ”

"It's okay, you and Feng Wan can eat." Feng Chen waved his hand.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Feng Wan walked over and opened the door, and Gu Jiarong, who was standing outside the door, asked, "How is your brother?" ”

"Just got up, in the living room." Feng Wan dodged and let Gu Jiarong into the house.

"Uncle Rong, please take a seat." Feng Chen got up and greeted Gu Jiarong.

"Hehe, Mr. Feng, you can't call me that in the future." Gu Jiarong smiled and sat down in front of Feng Chen.

"Why?" Feng Chen asked.

"I'm the same generation as Mr. Du, according to the rules, I should call you uncle." Gu Jiarong said solemnly.

"Haha, Uncle Rong, my name is Shunkou, and I'm not in the gang, how can there be so many rules? In the future, I will call you Uncle Rong, and you can continue to call me Mr. Feng. ”

Feng Chen laughed twice, secretly thinking in his heart, it was worth getting drunk for a while, and he was inexplicably a generation taller than Du Yuesheng, ridiculous!

"Mr. Feng, Mr. Du heard that you are leaving tomorrow, let me send you something."

As he spoke, Gu Jiarong took out a stack of brand-new dollars from his body and put them on the coffee table.

"Uncle Rong, ...... are you?" Feng Chen looked at Gu Jiarong and asked.

"Mr. Feng, since the end of the ceremony yesterday, we are a family, Mr. Du said, there is nothing to give you, you can bring this 10,000 US dollars."

"This ......? Uncle Rong ......, this is not good. Feng Chen pushed the stack of dollars on the coffee table in front of Gu Jiarong.

"Mr. Feng, you don't have to be polite, Mr. Du said, if you have money in Japan, just send a telegram back and tell him." Gu Jiarong pushed the stack of dollars in front of Feng Chen again.

"Okay, Uncle Rong greets Mr. Du on my behalf." Feng Chen didn't shirk anymore.

"Tomorrow morning, I'll drive over and take Mr. Feng to the dock."

Gu Jiarong saw that his goal had been achieved, so he got up and said goodbye.