While the two of them were making up the peach charm couplet, the Liang family was preparing the ancestor worship and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner. She boiled the three knives of pig, beef, and mutton in white water, put red chopsticks on the plate, and put them on the offering table, and steamed a pot of black noodle buns was also placed on the offering table, and the buns for the Chinese New Year's Eve rice were not added with white skin. Put the rice cakes on the table as well. When he was finished, he put a red candle on the table, folded three pieces of paper money in a stack and placed them in front of the offering table, and placed three small wine glasses. A wooden basin of water was placed on the stool next to the offering table, and three straw futons were placed in front of the offering table.

After getting ready, the family went back to the room to change into a clean robe and came out, Zuo Gui still held an ancestor blessing in his hand, led his wife and children, and stood in front of the futon at the offering table, Zuo Gui was in front, Liang and Zuo Shaoyang were in the back.

Zuo Gui put the blessing in his hand in front of the futon, returned to his position and stood up, coughed lightly, and said, "Ancestor worship begins!" He walked to the offering table, put his hand into the wooden basin, cleaned it carefully, finished, shook off the water droplets in his hand, walked to the offering table, picked up the three sticks of incense, put them on the red candle and lit them, extinguished them, held them in both hands, took two steps back, stood in front of the offering table, respectfully bowed them, and then stepped up and inserted the incense in the incense burner, the green smoke curled, and the room was wafting with a good fragrance.

Zuo Gui picked up the wine jug on the table again, filled all three cups, picked up one, held it in both hands, and said loudly: "Please drink from your ancestors!" ”

With that, the glass is slightly slanted, and a line of wine in the cup is sprinkled in front of the table. Then he put the cup back in place, took two steps back, arched his hand, turned around and returned to the futon, dusted off his robe, and said loudly: "Kneel!" The leader knelt on the futon, and Liang also knelt down.

Zuo Shaoyang was thinking about whether he should kneel down and kowtow just now, in modern society, he hasn't knelt down yet, in ancient times, even if he didn't see the emperor, he would encounter it many times in ordinary people's lives, didn't he encounter it? Although I don't have the habit of kneeling, I think I have crossed over and borrowed the body of the son of the Zuo family to resurrect, that is, the people of the Zuo family, to pay tribute to the ancestors of the Zuo family, of course, I have to bow down. Therefore, Zuo Shaoyang also knelt down with his mother.

Zuo Gui picked up the blessing in front of the futon, cleared his throat, and read aloud: "Shi Wei, Zhenguan first year Chinese New Year's Eve, the good day of the sacrifice, to the filial piety of the man Zuo Gui, with filial piety Liang, filial piety Sun Zuo Zhong, knock: with incense candles and torches, three animals and wine when the food is drunk, all the rituals of non-ceremony, to the cultivation sacrifice in front of the old man and the spirits of the ancestors and ancestors." Weeping Yiwen said: Woohoo! ……”

Next, Zuo Gui shook his head and chanted Zhu Wenlai, this Zhu Wen is four and six, the battle is neat, and the voice is sonorous, but Zuo Shaoyang didn't understand a few words. I don't know if my dad copied it or wrote it myself.

After chanting easily, Zuo Gui said in a long voice: "Alas, Shang Fang, three kowtows!" ”

Only then did the family follow Zuo Gui and kowtow respectfully three times.

After worshipping the ancestors, Liang brought out a low round dining table from the kitchen, set up three benches, put the black flour buns and rice cakes on the offering table on the square table and put them on the dining table, and took down the two glasses of wine on the offering table and put them on the table. Only then did the three knives of meat on the table be put into the kitchen, two knives were put away, the remaining pork was cut into shreds, fried in the pot, and a large radish was also shredded, fried in the pot, sprinkled with green onions, and broke off in the plate, and said with a smile: "You two have worked hard these days, have a good New Year, and fry a snack for you!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang has never smelled the aroma of meat since he crossed over, and when he saw it at this moment, he couldn't help but swallow his saliva, although more than half of the plate was radish and the shredded meat could not be found, he still picked up the chopsticks to clip it, and Liang gently slapped his hand lovingly: "Wait!" You little glutton! Your father can only eat when he moves chopsticks, there are no rules! ”

Which one in modern society still abides by this rule, Zuo Shaoyang has never had this concept, so he can't remember it, he hurriedly put down his chopsticks, swallowed his saliva again, looked at Zuo Gui and said, "Dad!" Let's eat! ”

"Panic what!" Zuo Gui glanced at him, "Your mother hasn't sat down yet, - you're so old, when will you understand some rules?" ”

"Oh." Zuo Shaoyang said to Liang: "Mother, you hurry up and sit down and eat." ”

"You eat first, don't wait for it to be cold and it won't taste good!" Liang wiped his hand on his apron, "I'll make you another vegetable soup!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang said: "We are waiting for you, this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner will be eaten together!" ”

Zuo Gui stroked his beard and nodded: "Well, it's pretty much the same." Go, give incense to your fathers and fathers! ”

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly got up, came to the offering table, followed the example of Daddy Zuogui, went to a stick of incense, lit it on the incense candle, respectfully and respectfully, and said loudly: "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, I hope you can continue to bless your father and mother with good life and health in the coming year, and bless our Guizhitang to open the door and accept wealth, and it is said that the son is prosperous." "Opening a pharmacy and medical hall can't be said to bless business, just say to make a fortune, Zuo Shaoyang knows this rule. After bowing, place the incense candle.

He didn't want to go back to the table right away, lest he see the saliva he was eating, and looked at the tablets on the table with his hands behind his back. And he fed the little squirrel with nut juice and teased him. It wasn't until he heard his mother Liang call him to eat that he turned around and walked to the low dining table and sat on the bench.

Zuo Gui raised a glass of wine and said, "Come, everything goes well for our family in the coming year, have a drink!" ”

"Drink!" Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly took the wine glass, and saw that there was no wine in front of his mother Liang, so he hurriedly said, "Dad, can you give your mother a drink too?" My mother has been busy for a year, and she has also worked hard. ”

Listening to his son's words, Liang felt that his nose was a little sour, so he hurriedly sniffed and said, "My mother doesn't know how to eat wine!" ”

The ancients called drinking wine and eating wine, and Zuo Shaoyang sounded a little novel, but he was not used to saying so. Said: "Mother, for the New Year, if you don't drink it, drink a little!" ”

Zuo Gui glanced at her: "It's rare for Zhong'er to have this filial piety, so you can have a cup." ”

"That's it!" Zuo Shaoyang ran in front of the table, took the empty wine glass from the ancestors, poured a glass of wine, and put it in front of Liang, "Mother, it's cold, drink a cup to warm up your body and relieve fatigue!" ”

"Hey!" Liang agreed, and raised his glass. The three of them followed Zuo Shaoyang to greet Zuo Gui, Zuo Gui and Zuo Shaoyang both drank dry in one gulp, and Liang only took a small sip.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Mother, why don't you drink it dry?" This first glass of wine is our family reunion wine, which is to be drunk dry, and this is the fullness. ”

Liang was happy: "That's good! Mother ate this glass of wine! She picked up the glass and drank it slowly, she rarely drank alcohol, and this glass went down, her throat was hot, and she choked on tears that were about to come out.

Zuo Shaoyang hurriedly picked up the chopsticks on his mother's bowl and took a clip of vegetables to his mother's mouth: "Mother, hurry!" Eat food and press wine! ”

Liang opened his mouth to eat the food, kept chewing, picked up the corner of his apron and wiped his tears.

Zuo Gui was happy, glared at Zuo Shaoyang, and said, "You kid, look at your mother." He turned his head to Liang and said, "Okay, pour a cup and drink it slowly!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang was busy filling the wine glass for his mother. After eating a few dishes and drinking a few glasses of wine, I felt a little smoky, and boldly asked my father Zuo Guidao: "Dad, I looked at the tablet just now, and I listened to your New Year's greetings, it seems that grandpa is called Zuo Shou, right?" ”

"Hmm!" Zuo Gui was also a little smoked, and raised his eyes to look at the tablet with a wine glass, "Speaking of your grandfather, it is respectable and lamentable, our family is also a scholarly family, an official family, in the early years, your grandfather was a Chenzhou Gongcao!" ”

Speaking of the glory of the ancestors, Zuo Gui's face was radiant, he took a sip of wine, turned his head to Zuo Shaoyang and said, "Do you know what kind of official Gong Cao is?" ”

Zuo Shaoyang shook his head.

"Gong Cao is the main adjutant of the state assassin history, and he is the eighth grade! It was directly appointed by the Imperial Court! Tsk, it's a well-known figure in my hometown! I remember that when I was a father, it was also very glorious in my hometown! ”

Zuo Shaoyang thought to himself, the eighth grade is said to be the seventh grade county order, then the eighth grade should be equivalent to the deputy county-level cadre, and the size is also an official. No wonder Daddy bounced up and his eyebrows fluttered. "And then?" he asked. ”

"Alas! At the end of the Sui Dynasty, there was a great chaos, and the heroes rose everywhere, and your grandfather and grandfather became the official, and after returning to his hometown, he died depressed. Your grandfather is also a person who studies hard in the cold window, and he wanted to make a name for himself, but there are wars and chaos, where is there a way out for scholars. Because of the family's downfall, your grandfather had to change to medicine. ”

It turned out that the grandfather of the Zuo family was a monk halfway, but in ancient times, many of this situation, he couldn't study, so he studied medicine instead, and couldn't help asking: "It turns out that our family is also a scholarly family, no wonder I looked at the tablet of our ancestors of the Zuo family just now, and found that they all have names and words, by the way, Dad, why don't I have words?" ”