On the fifteenth day of the first month of the second year of Chongzhen, the ancestor worship ceremony of the Wu family in Mizhi County will be held on this day. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, according to folk customs, after the Lantern Festival, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival will gradually fade away, although the Spring Festival in the eyes of many local people almost lasts until the end of the first month, but after the fifteenth day of the first month, what should be done gradually began, for example, the spring ploughing season is calculated from the end of the first month.

The ancestor worship ceremony of the Wu family is held in the ancestral hall, there are not many people who participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, all the elders in the family have to participate, followed by the people who have status or merit in the family to participate, and finally the representative of the family, the number of people who participate in the ancestor worship ceremony every year is about 30 people.

This number lasted for several years and little changed.

This actually reflects the decline of the Wu family.

For example, the He family, the number of people who participate in the ancestor worship ceremony every year is close to 100 people, and the largest number of them are people who have status or fame, and all those who have passed the county examination and the government examination and obtained the qualification of child life are all participating in the ancestor worship ceremony.

The Wu family has not had a child for several years, let alone a Xiucai who has passed the college examination.

People who participate in the ritual of worshiping ancestors, on this day need to bathe and fast, worship ancestors can be said to be the biggest thing in the family, reflecting the cohesion of the family, the elders of the family will report the situation of the family to the ancestors during the ancestor worship ceremony, in order to comfort the ancestors' spirits in the sky.

The ancestor worship ceremony begins at the time of the hour, but those who participate in the ancestor worship ceremony need to wait outside the ancestral hall at the end of the day.

Wu Fanhui and Wu Qingchao rushed to wait outside the ancestral hall.

Generally speaking, women are not allowed to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, but this is not immutable, the Wu family's wife, because of her special identity and status, has to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony every year, which has been recognized by the elders and everyone in the clan.

When I arrived outside the ancestral hall, it was not yet dawn, it was dark all around, and the door of the ancestral hall was closed.

Wu Fanhui couldn't help but shake his head, because he found that there were not many people from the Wu family who stood outside the ancestral hall to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, no more than ten people, and many people did not arrive, including his grandmother.

The third grandfather, Wu Mianqing, was waiting outside the ancestral hall.

The decline of the Wu family, from this point can be fully reflected, the ancestor worship ceremony is the most important thing for a family, if the family is prosperous, then within the specified time, everyone should be together, such an important ceremony is procrastinated, the family can do other big things.

Wu Fanhui has no feelings for the Wu family, and he doesn't plan to contribute anything to the family, he is a person who has crossed over, and his sense of cognition of this big family is not very strong, what he thinks of is his own small family and family, and not only does he not get any help from the family, but he has been suppressed, and his inner emotions are even more indifferent.

This time to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, I was also forced to be helpless.

As soon as he found a place to stand, the housekeeper beside Wu Mianqing came over.

"The master said, please avoid it for the time being, and come over at the time of the hour."

The old man is naturally Wu Mianqing, the former patriarch of the Wu family, and he is the only one who can get such respect in the Wu family.

Wu Qingchao's face changed a little instantly, they were originally invited to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, but they were told to avoid it and wait until the ancestor worship ceremony really started, doesn't this mean that they are not qualified to participate in the real ancestor worship ceremony.

Wu Fanhui gently pulled Wu Qingchao's sleeve and spoke calmly.

"Please tell the third grandfather, we came early, we should find a place to avoid, we will come again at the hour, wait outside the ancestral hall, if the third grandfather has any instructions, please tell the housekeeper earlier."

After saying these words, without waiting for the housekeeper to speak, Wu Fanhui pulled Wu Qingchao and walked towards the street, he didn't have any special feelings, just took advantage of this time to go to eat something with his father and take a little rest, because he wanted to participate in this ancestor worship ceremony, he didn't sleep well last night.

Besides, Wu Mianqing's thoughts are also understandable, the ancestor worship ceremony has not officially begun, if you meet the grandmother and the patriarch outside the ancestral hall, wouldn't there be a conflict, so it will really be a blasphemy against the ancestors.

Wu Fanhui wouldn't know that when he and Wu Qingchao turned to leave, Wu Mianqing's eyes had been watching them, and the housekeeper had already reported his return to Wu Mianqing, Wu Mianqing was surprised for sure, a young man who had just turned fourteen years old could be so calm and calm, and say words that were neither arrogant nor humble, it was not simple.

The temple fair on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month was also very lively, Wu Fanhui came to the temple fair, he felt that the chaotic taste of the temple fair was still good, and there were some similarities with hundreds of years later, so he and Wu Qingchao came to the temple fair, and each of them ate a bowl of chaos.

Wu Qingchao's mood was obviously not very good, and there was no smile on his face.

There are not many people in the temple fair, the time is still early, and the temple fair is really lively, it should be after the hour.

"Dad, what do you want to do so much, eat a bowl of chaos."

Looking at Wu Fanhui's breezy appearance, Wu Qingchao felt even more depressed.

"Fan Hui, it's unreasonable for the third uncle to do this, after all, we are members of the Wu family, why should we avoid it."

"Then what should I do, do you reason with the third grandfather, say that we should wait outside the ancestral hall, if the grandmother and the patriarch come, and there is a dispute outside the ancestral hall, then how to clean up, disturb the ancestors of the family, who will bear this sin."

Wu Qingchao lowered his head and did not speak, although what Wu Fanhui said was correct, he was extremely uncomfortable in his heart.

"Dad, the body is its own, the person who is angry and suffers is himself, and people will not care, just say this matter of ancestor worship, I said a big rebellious word, except for the third grandfather and really look at it, keep in mind this matter, even if it is the grandmother and the patriarch, it is an indifferent attitude, originally all the people who participated in the ancestor worship ceremony had to go outside the ancestral hall, but after we went, what we saw were a few elders, and they didn't even pay attention to the ancestor worship ceremony, and the family declined to what extent, What cohesion does the Wu family have? ”

In these few words, Wu Qingchao nodded again and again.

"Fan Hui, what you said is very right, I also feel strange, it is said that the third uncle is back to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, and the rest of the family should participate in the ancestor worship ceremony on time, how can this happen."

"Dad, the third grandfather is an official outside, and he only comes back once in many years, and many people in the family are afraid that they don't have any family concept in their hearts, they will only respect the third grandfather on the surface, and they don't care in their hearts."

"Why is this happening, when I was young, I felt that the family ancestor worship ceremony was very grand."

"Dad, let's eat chaos first, as for why the ancestor worship ceremony became like this, the results will soon be known, I'm sure that after we enter the ancestral hall, many reasons will be revealed."

Chaos has been served, the climate of the first month is still cold, if the two of them still talk more, chaos will not taste good if it is cold, Wu Qingchao looked at the steaming chaos in front of him, did not speak, lowered his head and ate chaos.

The last time Wu Mianqing returned to Mizhi County, it was three years ago, at that time he had already found that the situation of the family was wrong, in fact, it was the sister-in-law who managed all the affairs of the family, the sister-in-law did things extremely, there was no room for the slightest sand in her eyes, she didn't know how to turn around, she didn't know how to fight for the interests of the family externally, and she didn't know how to treat the clansmen well internally.

Wu Mianqing has always respected his sister-in-law, but that time he was really angry, and when he reprimanded the patriarch Wu Qingtan, he even said words with long hair and short knowledge, which was obviously a reprimand for his sister-in-law.

Wu Mianqing is the identity of the person, in a county in Jiangxi Province as a county Cheng, such a status is the first in the family, and has been respected by everyone in the family, but it is impossible to be the top in Mizhi County, the patriarch of the He family, He Fangzhen, is the identity of the person, and he is also from the position of the county Cheng, and the He family also has a person who is an official in the capital, the official position is not large, and the identity of the Beijing official is much higher than that of the local official.

Under such circumstances, Wu Mianqing wanted to fight for the external interests of the family in a short period of time, which was impossible, not to mention that he was an official outside, and the vacation time was also limited.

When he went home that time, what Wu Mianqing could do was to restrict his sister-in-law from interfering too much in the family's internal affairs.

This time I went home, because Yan'an suffered a series of famines, Wu Mianqing was not worried about the family's situation, so he came back to take a look, but unfortunately this time he came back, his mood was extremely bad, and the Wu family had obviously decayed and collapsed.

After reading the letter, he was secretly surprised in his heart, a teenager can write such a weighty letter, it is not simple, there is such a handsome man in the family, it should be protected and valued, he originally wanted to talk directly to his sister-in-law about Wu Fanhui's participation in the county examination, but through inquiry, he learned that Wu Fanhui entered the Wu Academy for less than half a year, and instantly had a bad feeling.

How could a teenager who has been enrolled in school for less than half a year show such amazing talent, could it be that Wu Fanhui's letter was written by someone else, which is to deceive his trust and achieve the purpose of confronting his sister-in-law.

After thinking about it, Wu Mianqing decided to invite Wu Fanhui and Wu Qingchao to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony, he wanted to see what kind of talent Wu Fanhui had through the ancestor worship ceremony, and then make a decision, so as to avoid separate contact with Wu Fanhui, so as not to be deceived, and to be able to really test the school talents.

Although the family has declined, Wu Mianqing still puts the interests of the family first, no matter how unbearable the cleaning and patriarch are, he still needs to maintain face.