The carriage left the ancient mansion and headed towards the ancestral house of the ancient family on Qinghu Island.

The contemporary family of the Gu family is Gu Yong's uncle Gu Yuan, who is nearly 100 years old and serves as the protector of Qinghu Island.

The ancestral mansion of the Gu family is only slightly larger than Gu Yong's mansion, and the overall architectural style is not luxurious, slightly revealing a trace of shabby.

Speaking of which, the Gu family has been based in Qingdao Lake for four or five hundred years, but since there has never been a congenital master, it can only be regarded as a periphery in Qinghu Island, and it is naturally impossible to build the family on the island.

This situation continued until nearly a hundred years ago, when Gu Yong's grandfather suddenly rose to the innate and became the elder of Qinghu Island, and the entire Gu family could be regarded as entering the core of Qinghu Island, so that he was qualified to move the family to the island.

But in less than twenty years, Gu Yong's grandfather died in a battle, and there was no new innate powerhouse in the Gu family at that time, and there were only a few martial artists left in the whole family, barely retaining the qualifications to live on the island, so they had no intention of building a large number of buildings.

As Gu Yong broke through the innate and became the elder of Qinghu Island, the entire Gu family was greatly inspired, and the originally scattered hearts of the people were once again united together.

There were a large number of clansmen gathered in the square in front of the ancestral hall of the ancient family, and there were thousands of people in the black and black area, and almost all the people in the entire family who were eligible to participate in the annual festival arrived.

According to the distance and proximity of their respective bloodlines, they stand in their respective positions.

In the ancestral hall, only the descendants of the Gu family can enter, as the sons of the future patriarch of the Gu family, Luo Lan and Gu Shiyou are naturally qualified to enter, and the position is still very high.

As for Gu Shiyou's mother, Tie Shi, as a woman, she is naturally not qualified to stand in the ancestral hall.

Luo Lan secretly watched with some curiosity, this was the first time he had seen this kind of classical New Year's sacrifice.

At the top, there are three animal sacrifices of cattle, sheep and pigs, which are also called Taijiao, and the specifications are already extremely high.

Down is a huge three-legged copper tripod.

With the master of ceremonies shouting "burn incense".

An old man with gray hair stepped forward with a solemn expression and inserted the first incense stick, followed by Gu Yong, who was in second place, followed by the other clansmen. Underage clansmen like Luo Lan and clansmen outside the square are not qualified to come forward to burn incense.

There were less than 100 people who could enter the ancestral hall, and only 50 or 60 of them were qualified to offer incense, and the incense burning ceremony ended soon.

"Play music, welcome the gods!" Accompanied by a shout from the master of ceremonies.

"Bang!" The sound of the gong rang out violently, followed by the beating of the drum, which was struck nine times in a row.

"Kneel!" The master of ceremonies said loudly.

Suddenly, thousands of people inside the ancestral hall and outside the ancestral hall knelt down at the same time.

After all the clansmen knelt down, the patriarch Gu Yuan began to recite the sacrificial text in honor of Dayu.

"The people of Jiuding Continent really respect Emperor Yu, and the whole sacrificial text is singing praises for Emperor Yu." Luo Lan was very close to the patriarch Gu Yuan, so he naturally heard it very clearly.

"It's a pity that Dayu has broken the void and has left the Jiuding world, and now I don't know where it is?" Luo Lan thought to herself.

……

It took a long time for the memorial to be read.

Then the patriarch Gu Yuan led the clansmen to bow three times and bow nine times.

As the master of ceremonies shouted: "Licheng!" ”

At this time, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and many children involuntarily rubbed their knees, and their legs were sore after kneeling for so long just now.

Under the leadership of Gu Yuan, everyone walked out of the ancestral hall and looked down condescendingly at the clansmen of the side branches outside.

There is a difference of five steps from the position where Gu Yuan stood to the square, and the number of steps is customized, not built at random.

For example, a commoner can only build a maximum of one step in front of the ancestral hall, an acquired martial artist can build up to three, and an innate martial artist can build five...... Emperor Yu set the world and formulated the world's etiquette laws, which have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

If anyone does not follow and builds indiscriminately, they will only be ridiculed.

Gu Yuan nodded with satisfaction, and Lang smiled and said, "Today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and I am very happy to see so many clansmen, which shows that our Gu family is prosperous." Next, as was customary, all six-year-olds were tested separately. ”

Soon a large open space was given way in the center of the square, and many copper tripods of various sizes were placed in the open space.

Below, all the six-year-olds stepped forward one by one and grabbed the bronze tripod. Remember, the results of this test will stay with you for the rest of your life, you must do your best, and the top three will be rewarded later. Gu Yuan laughed and announced the start, and at the same time sold a lawsuit to everyone.

"Special reward, patriarch, what's it?"

In previous years, there was no such reward, and those parents with school-age children couldn't wait to ask.

"You'll know later, don't distract the kids now, take the test first." Gu Yuan coped with it with a smile, but he never talked about what the special reward was, which made some clansmen scratch their hearts like a hundred claws, and their hearts itched.

The test started with the clansmen below, thousands of clansmen, and only a few dozen of them reached the age of six, and they stepped forward one by one, and the test was quickly completed. The strongest of them lifted a ninety pound of copper tripods, which made his parents next to him ecstatic.

Other children can generally only lift forty or fifty pounds of copper tripods, and can lift sixty pounds no more than five.

Six-year-old children generally do not practice internal strength, lifting the copper tripod all rely on their own strength, the heavier the copper tripod lifted at this time, indicating the stronger the physique, the side proves that the talent of martial arts is better.

"Gu Yuesheng lifted ninety pounds of copper tripods, yes, such a result is enough to rank in the top three in previous years." Gu Yuan touched his beard and looked at the sturdy little boy below with a smile.

Only the continuous emergence of geniuses who practice martial arts can ensure the longevity of the family, and the child in front of him was born in the side branch, with poor resources, and he can also lift ninety pounds of copper tripods, such talent can be called outstanding.

After the test is completed, it is the turn of the children of the next line.

I saw the master of ceremonies continuing to roll call.

"Gu Shichang, come forward and test!"

Behind the patriarch Gu Yuan, a middle-aged man who looked five or six points similar to Gu Yuan smiled and patted the little boy beside him.

Luo Lan couldn't help but glance at the little boy, this little boy seemed to be the grandson of the patriarch Gu Yuan, who was next to him when he worshipped just now.

With the encouragement of his father, Gu Shichang stepped forward without timidity.

……

"Gu Shichang, one hundred catties!" Soon the master of ceremonies reported Gu Shichang's results.

"Okay—"

There was a round of applause.

In previous years, such results could have won the first place, but this year, the eyes of many clansmen have turned to Gu Shiyou on the steps.

As the so-called father is a hero, when Gu Yong first lifted the tripod, he lifted a hundred and thirty catties of copper tripods, which shocked the whole family.

Now that Gu Yong has broken through to the innate and become the first strong man of the Gu family, all the clansmen are looking forward to Gu Yong's son.

"Next, Gu Shiyou, please come forward and test ......"

As the emcee's words landed, Gu Shiyou couldn't wait to go down and stood in front of a 120-pound bronze tripod.

"Young Master Shiyou wants to lift a copper tripod in one hundred and twenty catties!"

There were several exclamations from the crowd.

I saw Gu Shiyou grabbing the tripod without hesitation, and with a loud roar, his whole body was violently exerted, and he immediately lifted the copper tripod above his head.

"Okay—"

This time, the applause was scattered, as the son of Gu Yong, he could lift a hundred and twenty catties of copper tripods, and the clansmen did not think it was strange at all.

Gu Shiyou didn't seem to be satisfied, threw down the copper tripod in his hand, shook his arm, and stood still in front of the one hundred and thirty catties of copper tripod again.

This time, the eyes of all the clansmen lit up.

One hundred and thirty pounds, if he can really lift it, then his son's results will be equal to Lao Tzu. But whether Gu Shiyou can really lift it, even Luo Lan is a little curious this time.

I decided to watch three shifts tomorrow, everyone will supervise together, and if you can't complete the task, everyone will vote for others!