Chapter 142: The coronation was performed
After dinner, the drying field in front of the altar became lively. The men, women, and children in the village all came with torches to watch the ceremony of sealing the gods.
Around the drying ground, pillars of fire have already been lit that cannot be extinguished even in heavy rain.
On the altar, the lights are bright. In the wings on both sides, the lights are colorful, and they look festive. In the main hall directly behind the sacrificial platform, there are portraits of the village gods of the past dynasties.
But! At this time, the door of the main hall was still locked, and no one was allowed to enter. The main hall dedicated to the god of the village, ordinary people can not enter casually, so as not to alarm the god of the village. Furthermore! A certain walled god may be their ancestor. They are the descendants of a certain walled god, and they have the blood of the walled god in their bodies.
Zhuang Zhou didn't know the situation inside the hall at all, and he didn't know that the painter was painting his portrait, and he would offer his portrait inside after the god ceremony. At dinner, under the persuasion of the village chief and the elders, he also drank a few glasses of fruit wine brewed in the village.
It was completely dark, and almost all the people in the village had come, and the ceremony of sealing the gods was ready to begin.
Accompanied by the drum band, the village chief walked in front, the elders followed, and some respected people such as grandmothers followed behind the elders as witnesses.
At the back of the line, there is a group of mischievous children.
Seeing the village chief and elders coming, the drying field began to quiet down, and everyone looked this way. Under the firelight, their faces were red and their eyes widened. Each household has a designated location, and it is not allowed to run around and occupy a place. Torches were planted on the ground, and the family gathered around them. Only naughty children, who do not follow the rules, run around like crazy.
After some preparations, the ceremony of sealing the gods began.
In the sound of drums, the god of the village was invited out.
Zhuang Zhou put on the costume of the god of the village, a wide red robe, a crown hat of the god of the village on the top of his head, and a soft-soled cloth shoes specially customized for the god of the village, inside and out. Under the service of the two village girls, they came to sit down in front of the shrine. And then! The head of the village will be enshrined in accordance with the prescribed ceremony.
First of all, he preached why Zhuang Zhou was named the god of the village, and listed Zhuang Zhou's character and achievements. And then! Talk about the situation inside the stockade. Because some time ago, the raw food tribe blocked the mountain pass and killed many men in the village, and now there are many more widows in the village, and in order to increase the fresh blood, they have to be gods.
After reading the reason for the canonization, he began to pray to God and ask for the canonization. After praying to the heavens, start worshipping the god of the village!
Zhuang Zhou sat on the throne of the god of the village and said "rise" to those who knelt down.
After the worship ceremony, the village chief began to preach the list of village girls who served the village god. After reading whose name was read, the village girl walked out of the side room. The village girl came to Zhuang Zhou, the throne of the village god, and kowtowed to it. And then! Walk away and go back to the wing.
These village girls are not very old, only about fifteen or sixteen years old. Some are beautiful, some are average.
At this time, Zhuang Zhou still didn't know what to do with so many village girls? All come to serve him, the god of the village? Where does he need others to serve, he still needs to serve Master!
Because Zhuang Zhou has not yet performed the coronation ceremony, although he has been named the god of the village, he is still a child in the sense of customs. So! This night, no village maid was arranged to serve him and go to bed.
The next morning, Zhuang Zhou took off the clothes of the god of the village and put on his own clothes, and together with the five boys of about the same age in the village, he performed the coronation ceremony under the auspices of the chief of the village.
Originally! According to the regulations of the village and the regulations of the Great Zhou Kingdom, these five boys have not yet reached the age of coronation. But! This is an extraordinary period, and special events can only be crowned in advance. According to the rules of the village, only men who have undergone the coronation ceremony can marry. What is missing in the village at the moment is the population, so! I have to let these half-earth children get married as soon as possible.
After the coronation ceremony, Zhuang Zhou was particularly excited. It's as if I've grown up all of a sudden, and I've finally been recognized by adults, and I feel like an adult all of a sudden.
In fact, it's true that after you are crowned, others will recognize you as an adult. Otherwise! People just think you're a child. Especially those who watched you grow up, even more so. When you have done the coronation ceremony, they treat you as an equal, respect you, and treat you as a human being.
After lunch, at the request of the village chief and the elders, Zhuang Zhou put on the clothes of the village god again. Afternoon! So he arranged for the village girl to come and serve.
According to the traditional customs in the village, the village girl serves the village god as a village girl rather than as a wife. So! At this time, Zhuang Zhou still didn't know what the village god was.
At night, the village girl will follow the regulations and let the village god serve a special bowl of soup before going to bed. And then! That's it.
Another purpose of sealing the god of the village is that since the god of the village, those widows have a chance to choose a mate and ask for children. They can openly pursue a married man and cut ties with each other after they conceive a child. This is a long-standing custom in the village, and the women are not only not jealous, but also proud of it. They believe that being able to look at their own men means that their men are excellent.
According to the custom, the village elders and elders will give names to the children born to these widows, arrange their future marriage partners, and prevent the birth of deformed offspring in the future.
The population in this remote cottage is so limited that there is no other way to prevent close relatives from marrying.
Soon after Zhuang Zhou drank the soup, he felt hot and dry, and his head was a little dizzy and wanted to sleep. Soon after he fell asleep, he fell asleep. He dreamed of Rong'er, who looked many times more beautiful than when he was a child.
Yes! That figure, that thin waist, that face......
What he didn't expect was that Rong'er was very open and threw herself into his arms. He didn't dare to do anything to her, but Rong'er turned out to be him. At the beginning, he was reluctant, and he still complained in his heart, saying how Rong'er had grown up but didn't know how to be ashamed. But! Youth is coming, and no one can stop it.
Youth is coming, and he is shameless.
When he woke up the next day, he realized that he had wrongly blamed Rong'er. Originally! It's a dream! Originally! It's shameless!
But! Shamelessness feels good!
The village girl served him for three days in a row, and he dreamed the same thing for three nights. From the next night, he no longer had any shame, and even took the initiative.
From the fourth day, there was a village girl, and she was also a very beautiful girl. In the evening, the village girl also asked him to take a bowl of the same soup. Soon after drinking the soup he was dizzy and wanted to sleep, and soon after he fell asleep, he began to dream the same again.
Is! To be a village god during the day, and to be a groom in a dream at night, that day was really cool and crooked.
Unconsciously more than ten days have passed, and there is no village girl to serve him on this day, but he wants to go back to the top of the mountain to see the master.