New Year's is an important festival for the people of Konoha Village, second only to the Hokage's inauguration ceremony.

Morning.

Uchiha Fugaku put on a complicated black kimono, returned to the bedroom after offering incense at the shrine in the house, and noticed the heavy Karashi clothes on Mikoto: "Huh? Didn't I say yesterday that you have to stay at home and have a good rest, it's too hard to get started. ”

"It's been less than three months... And as the wife of Fu Yuejun, it would be rude not to participate in the New Year's ceremony in the clan! Mai Trin, who was pregnant, simply put on light makeup and asked aloud, "Did you see the ferret just now?" ”

Last year, Itachi sensibly put on his clothes and waited for his parents in the hall. Children are less resistant to the New Year's festival and tend to be more active than their elders in wanting to participate in the rituals, and participating in adult activities means that their parents approve of their growing up.

This year doesn't seem to be the same...

Kitahara curled up in the quilt, refusing to get up.

The Uchiha Itachi next to him was wearing a children's kimono and knelt next to the small quilt: "Kitahara, get up!" The first day of the new year is the first day of the clan, so let's go and participate! ”

"Gah!"

The crow's cry came out of the quilt in a dull way, and it was such a thing as getting up in winter...

Itachi made a bitter little face, frowned a little brow, and pushed Kitahara through the quilt: "On the first day of the new year, you can't lie in bed!" ”

The Uchiha clan is known as the first day of the new year, when all the clansmen, women, and children, go to Nanga Shrine to pay homage to the gods. As a ninja clan famous for their fire escape and writing wheel eyes, the gods they worship are a bit peculiar, and the Nanhe River Hebo... It should be that it was not easy to cultivate during the Warring States Period, and I wanted Hebo to bless the abundant rain or something.

……

Five minutes later.

After the Uchiha Fugaku family went out, the Uchiha people who were rushing to the shrine on the street retreated one after another, making a way for them, and it seemed that the patriarch was full of style, and some people even shouted: "Patriarch, many people are waiting at the shrine!" Please hurry! ”

The corners of Fuyue's mouth twitched slightly...

"Dad is very respectable," Uchiha Itachi said, holding the sleepy Kitahara on his shoulder, and the crow still got up with him pestering him.

“……”

Uchiha Fugaku didn't answer, but Uchiha Mikoto had a smile in the corner of her eyes: "It's the same as last year... It looks like it's going to be a tough year too! ”

Even if he is as dull as Kitahara, he feels that something is strange.

As the flow of people progressed, Kitahara noticed that the event was not actually particularly solemn, and many young people or children were wearing simple lounge clothes... But the patriarch's family is obviously dressed a little gorgeously.

There are still people wearing ninja suits!

It was a big-eyed teenager, and people would more or less back down when facing him, and they knew at a glance that he was not easy to mess with... This guy...

"Do you like ninja crows too?" The boy stood next to Itachi, and it didn't seem to be abrupt at all, he looked at Itachi and Kitahara, and the refreshing young man's voice came into his ears: "I'm Shisui, Uchiha Shisui." ”

The little boy's face tensed: "Uchiha, Itachi." ”

"Well, take it easy." Uchiha Shisui bent down and put his arm around the young man's shoulders: "Is the New Year's Eve dressed so ceremoniously?" That's right, after all, you are the son of the patriarch's family..."

"Itachi, you and Zhishui are together, slow down!" Uchiha Fugaku turned his head and saw Shizumi standing next to Itachi, and continued helplessly: "I'm sorry for you, Shisui, Mikoto and I need to go over as soon as possible to preside over the beginning of the first ceremony..."

Zhishui nodded to the couple: "Don't worry, I will take care of him." ”

As an emerging genius of the Uchiha clan, after graduating from the first year, Uchiha Shisui was allowed to take the middle ninja exam with a super high task completion rate and was promoted to middle ninja... Of course, the most important thing is that the Uchiha Shisui already has the three hooks of the jade writing wheel!

On top of that, he's only eight years old now... The Uchiha thought he would open the kaleidoscope writing wheel...

Recognized as the number one Uchiha master of the future...

The two future Uchiha were like a fateful encounter, and the young boy was obviously not in high spirits, and lowered his head in frustration: "It's all my fault, I forgot that my father was going to be the first to worship the gods..."

"Gah..."

It's obviously a crow on the shoulder.

When the boy heard Itachi's words, he couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha... The patriarch won't blame you! If someone can't resist being the first to pay homage to the gods, he will be happier than ever! ”

The little boy and the red-eyed crow looked at the Uchiha with intellectual curiosity.

"The patriarch must not have told you about it!" The Uchiha Shisui didn't sell Sekiko, he looked at the Nanga Shrine located on the mountain, and whispered about the traditions of the Uchiha clan.

"According to legend, in a very distant era, it must have been a time farther away than the Warring States! Nanga Shrine used to have witches and shrine maidens, and their status was very high. The former is responsible for presiding over the worship; The latter is responsible for the distribution of clean water. But then, with the rise of ninjas and the advent of war..."

"The powerless witch and the shrine maiden have died... Later, the person who presided over the first ceremony of Nanga Shrine became the family of the patriarch, and the patriarch replaced the witch, and the patriarch's wife replaced the shrine maiden... It's a lot of hard work. ”

"At the end of the Warring States period, the Uchiha clan became stronger and stronger, and the number of clansmen increased, so the process of Hatsumi was greatly simplified... However, new problems arise ... The patriarch who was in office at the time, Madara Uchiha, was the one who worked with the first Hokage to end the war and found Konoha. ”

"He doesn't have a wife, and he's a very headstrong man."

"The New Year's Ritual is a grand event that unites all the clansmen, and each clan opposes his decision to cancel the collective Shrine and worship individually, but the role of the shrine maiden is very important."

"Madara Uchiha decides that on the first day of the new year, which clan member will be the first to arrive at Nanga Shrine to pay homage, he and his wife will be the ones to preside over the New Year's prayer."

"Because the patriarch of the time had no heirs."

"During that time, many powerful people in the Uchiha clan wanted to preside over the first priesthood in order to gain great prestige and thus run for the next patriarch... So the clan is thriving more and more... There are more and more people..."

Speaking of this, Uchiha paused for a moment, and said helplessly: "Later... The patriarch has never broken the dynasty, and it has become a chore to preside over many clansmen to participate in the New Year's ceremony... Everyone went back to the past, and the default was the patriarch who presided over the first ceremony... There are a few exceptions, and it is all because the patriarch has important matters in his family that cannot be presided..."

“……”

Whether it is Kitahara or Uchiha Itachi, they all feel that their three views have been impacted, this style and attitude of throwing dirty work to the patriarch... Should I say that it really deserves to be Uchiha? No wonder Fuyue's expression after going out is not very good...

The reason why Madara defected to Konoha was not only because the clan longed for peace, but also because he liked to escape a bunch of messy dirty work, and as a result, the Uchiha clan did not approve of this patriarch...

"Don't look like that!" Uchiha Shisui smiled and took Itachi's hand, led him across the steps, and continued, "After all, this is also the responsibility of the patriarch!" Future Itachi, don't run away from it! ”