Chapter 3 Worship Ancestors

【Outside the ancestral hall】

Chinese New Year's Eve is the last of the three ancestral festivals of the year, and merchants begin to prepare for the most solemn annual festival of the year three months before.

"The Emperor and the Queen of Heaven are on the top, and the merchants of the Zi clan are here to pay tribute to their ancestors, thank Huang Tian for the kindness of the earth so that the heirs of the merchants and other merchants can have the honor to enter this foreign land, and pray and sacrifice to the lords and sects here." The sacrificial deacon prayed to the Emperor and the Empress of Earth.

The sacrificial deacon then solemnly lit the sacrificial text of Xie Huangtian the day after tomorrow, and bowed and knelt to heaven and earth on the altar outside the ancestral hall, and the head of the family next to him and the male heir of the merchant behind him also followed suit.

After the ceremony, the sacrificial deacon got up and began to offer sacrifices to Huang Tian, the day after tomorrow:

"Offering a sacrificial drink."

The heads of pigs, sheep's heads, and oxen's heads, as well as wine, and wine vessels, were soon carried to the altar one by one, and the sacrificial deacon poured out the wine and served it in the wine vessels.

His fingers dipped the wine in the wine vessel and flicked it three times against the heavens and the earth, and then he sprinkled half a cup on the sky and half a glass on the ground. When the cup had been sprinkled, he poured a full cup and placed it in the middle of the altar.

The sacrificial deacon began to use various words of praise to praise the care and kindness of the Emperor Tianhou Tu to the merchants.

After the earth ceremony of worshipping the emperor and queen of heaven was completed, a group of people entered the ancestral hall and began to prepare to sacrifice their ancestors.

【Ancestral Hall】

After the ceremony and sacrifice in the ancestral hall, the head of the family began to report to the lord of the family what happened in the family that year.

"This year, the business inside and outside is peaceful, there is no animal tide, man-made disasters, etc., although the harvest of grains and animal husbandry is not as big as last year, but it is also enough for family expenses and three warehouses."

"This year, the old people are all old and have taken care of them, no one has died of illness, and the young and strong babies have also been smooth and prosperous, and there are no major illnesses and disasters, all of which are blessed by the ancestors and ancestors."

"There is a major event that needs to be informed of the lord of the sect, the merchant is prosperous today, the merchant population is nearly 1,000 people, the baby is more than 100, the young man is nearly 350, the merchant has 32 pregnant people this year, and I hope that the ancestors and the ancestors will give the merchant more men on behalf of some men, so that the merchant men will be more prosperous." The head of the family said festively to the ancestors and ancestors.

"There is another major event to report to the ancestors and ancestors, now the business is spreading and the population is increasing, and the village is no longer able to accommodate so many people, and in the long run, the family support cannot ensure that the whole family can meet their food, clothing, housing and transportation one by one."

"After the discussion of the business principals, the merchants will divide a branch to go outside, and the tail vein master took the initiative to move out of the village to go outside to open the branches, and the business directors discussed the task of this method is feasible, and it has been determined that it will leave on February 2. Such a major event in the family does not dare to support the family, and will make proper arrangements to protect the tail vein. ”

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After the head of the family prayed, the next thing was to press the New Year for the ancestors, burning all kinds of paper clothing, pavilions, paper money ingots and other offerings. In the end, according to the ranking of generations, Shang Wu took the merchants and a group of people to kowtow to the ancestors and ancestors one by one, and then the firecrackers rang out, except for the people on duty, they all dispersed and went back to their respective homes.

【Hosotake-in】

Today is the most lively time for the tail vein, and it is also the best time for the tail vein to eat, the use of the tail vein will be more or less deducted, and the tail vein will not eat much better than usual for the New Year.

However, Shang Wu has the highest rank in the merchants, and no one dares to snub the use of Shang Wu, especially the head of the family, in order to reflect the ruling policy of respecting the elders of the family and everything, he will ask the responsible deacon to give Shang Wu more share.

Shang Wu would call the young man and his newly married daughter-in-law to eat together at the dinner party of the Chinese New Year's Eve on this day, and of course, the dinner party was also organized and cooked by these young people.

Of course, the elderly, children and daughters-in-law at home will bring a piece of food when they go back, and they will also make them happy.

A large group of people were eating and drinking, and most of them were drinking and blushing between eating meat. Of course, except for Shang Wu, who is sitting alone on the table, everyone else is sitting together, a circle of people around a hanging pot, and there are several hanging pots in the fine bamboo courtyard.

"Let's go, let's go to the Lord together." The stone invites the people around it.

"Let's go, let's go together." The others heard the sound of the stone and followed.

"Lord Mai, this year has been hard, let's pay homage to Lord Mai together." Everyone said in unison.

"Everyone has worked hard for a year, come and have a drink with us" Shang Wu happily drank the wine in one gulp.

Everyone also happily drank the wine in the glass together.

"I'm so happy today, I have something important to announce, the goalpost." Shang Wu said happily.

Everyone looked at the goalpost expectantly.

The doorpost smiled:

"The pulse master has decided a few things, let me tell you, haha" The doorpost was happy like a horse lang who had just married his bride and returned home.

"The first thing is the ordination of deacons:

After moving out, the general deacon will be served by me, and I will be responsible for the housekeeping and conflict arbitration

The head of the house will be served by Stone, responsible for finding the way and guarding the safety of the journey.

The deacon of the cooking is served by Xiaoyu, who is responsible for eating, gathering, hunting and arranging meals along the way.

……

The newly appointed directors each select their own messengers, and if there are more than one person in charge of the job, or if someone is not assigned to the errand, I will arbitrate and assign them. ”

After listening to this, everyone hurried to find their acquaintances and sign up, for fear of being squeezed out of the errand quota by others.

"Don't worry, everyone, I still have something to say." The doorpost hurried to stop everyone and let him finish his sentence.

Everyone immediately fell silent, waiting for the doorpost to say the following.

"The master of the pulse has prepared osmanthus cake this year, and everyone in the pulse has a share to find a small fish to receive when they go back, and the elderly, daughters-in-law and children in the family have it." The doorpost said happily.

Immediately there was a cheer, you must know that the merchant is only solving the problem of food for each person now, but it is extremely difficult for the tail vein to eat meat and snacks, so there is a dinner party for the fifth Chinese New Year's Eve of the merchant. In a few months, everyone will leave, and Shang Wu will let people make some osmanthus cakes for everyone to eat, so that everyone can go on the road happily before going on the road, after all, the road ahead is unknown, and Shang Wu is also very worried.

After the dinner, Shang Wu lay in the quilt, tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, although he was happy and relaxed during the banquet, but he was very worried about the unknown problems along the way but there was no solution. If you have something in your heart, you can't sleep steadily.

Because it is during the Chinese New Year, there is no need to go to the cabinet to discuss matters, but because it is the first day of the Lunar New Year, the younger generations of the family will come to pay New Year's greetings, especially the head of the family will also come.