Standing at the door of the ancestral hall of the former grandfather and the old duchess and now the Zhenguo Mansion, Shen Haolin, Shen Cha and Shen Jiu put away the smiles on their faces, lowered their heads, rearranged the clothes on their bodies, and walked in with a serious expression.

As the housekeeper of the Guogong Mansion and the dearest brother of the old grandfather, Yan Bo is the only qualified and the only outsider who is allowed to enter the ancestral hall. He didn't just clean, he sat in front of the spiritual seat of the old grandfather, talked and chatted with the old grandfather, and confided in the old grandfather about the things in his heart that he couldn't tell anyone, just like when they were young.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year every year, it is the day of worship for the ancestors of the Zhenguo Mansion, Yan Bo will come very early, wipe each spiritual position with a rag, wipe the table where the spiritual position is placed, clean the ground of the ancestral hall, and then help Shen Haolin, Shen Cha, and Shen Jiu prepare the items for worshipping the ancestors, the brazier used to burn the millet stalks, a large pot of millet stalks, new ever-bright lamps and lamp oil, and three brand-new futons are prepared in front of the spiritual seats. After preparing these, Yan Bo quietly returned to his courtyard, lay down beside Qin Zheng, and slept again.

"Uncle Yan has already come."

"Yes, if you don't come to clean up, Uncle Yan won't be able to sleep well." Shen Haolin nodded approvingly, pushed open the door of the ancestral hall, and smelled a fresh smell with a faint pine fragrance. "This is a taste that my father likes."

"Uncle Yan is really very caring, and everything is done according to the preferences of his father and mother when they were alive."

Shen Haolin walked in front of the spiritual seat of the ancestors of the Shen family, knelt on the first futon, Shen Cha and Shen Jiu knelt behind him, and respectfully kowtowed three heads to the spiritual seat. After kowtowing, Shen Haolin stood up with Shen Cha and Shen Jiu, lit the ever-bright lamp in turn, and replaced the old one.

"This time the oil doesn't look like it's the same as it does every year." Shen Jiu looked at it curiously, "It feels a lot thicker." ”

"This lamp oil was sent by His Majesty yesterday at the request of Gonggong Pan, and it is made by the emperor, which is naturally different from the past." Shen Cha took the ever-bright lamp lit by Shen Jiu and gently placed it next to the spiritual seat of the old grandfather, "The shops that make lamp oil in our city don't have this skill." Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin and said, "Old rules, brother first, please!" ”

Shen Cha pulled Shen Jiu and stood at the door, watching Shen Haolin kneel on the futon, holding a handful of millet stalks and putting them into the burning brazier.

"The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the eighteenth generation of the eldest grandson, Shen Haolin, congratulates the ancestors and the ancestors on the new year!"

Shen Haolin kowtowed again, and slowly told in detail about the events of Jiaping Guancheng, Shen Jiajun and Zhenguo Mansion this year. After finishing speaking, he kowtowed again, Shen Haolin clasped his hands together and slowly closed his eyes.

"Father, mother, there is a very important matter, I want to confess to you two in front of all my ancestors." Shen Haolin silently thought in his heart, "My son likes tea, I want to marry Cha'er, love and take care of her for the rest of my life, and don't let her suffer any grievances, just like my father does to my mother, and always care for her." The child asks the spirit of his father and mother to bless the child to fulfill his wish, and also implores the father and mother to bless Cha'er with good health and smooth life, away from illness and pain. ”

Shen Haolin slowly opened his eyes, looked at the more than thirty spiritual positions in front of him, and kowtowed respectfully three times before slowly standing up, walked to Shen Cha's side, reached out and touched her head, and said, "Go ahead, if you have anything in your heart, tell your father and mother, they have spirits in the sky, and they will definitely hear it." ”

"Good!" Shen Cha nodded, slowly walked to the front of the spiritual position, and knelt on the futon that Shen Haolin had just now. She looked at those spiritual positions for a while, and then slowly picked up a handful of millet stalks and put them into the brazier, watching the millet stalks being slowly devoured by the flames in the basin, she kowtowed very solemnly, closed her eyes gently, and said silently in her heart, "The ancestors and the ancestors are above, and the unfilial grandson has something to request." Please bless my brother with peace and well, and no matter what happens, please bless him from getting sick or injured again. If the brother does something wrong, please let the unfilial grandson bear all the punishments that the brother should bear, please! Shen Cha opened his eyes, looked at the spiritual position of the old grandfather and the old lady, and said silently in his heart, "Father, mother, I haven't come to see you two for a while, I hope you don't blame you." Shen Cha took a deep breath and continued to say silently, "A lot of things have happened in the city recently, and my brother has already explained it, so I won't repeat it." After this series of events, the child realized his own feelings, so the son has a very important thing to tell his father and mother, and the son has feelings other than the brother and sister feelings, I hope that the father and mother can understand the son, and I also hope that the father and mother will not be disappointed because of this pair. If the son can be with his brother in the future, he will definitely not live up to his brother, nor will he live up to the expectations of his father and mother. ”

After saying everything he wanted to say in his heart, Shen Cha kowtowed to the spiritual position again, slowly stood up, and walked to Shen Haolin's side.

"It's your turn, speak well, don't talk nonsense." Shen Cha patted Shen Jiu's shoulder, "Go ahead!" ”

"Oh!" Shen Jiu responded, happily ran to the front of the spiritual seat, and knelt down on the futon, "The ancestors are on top, Xiaojiu, you kowtow, Happy New Year!" Shen Jiu kowtowed three times, looked at the spiritual position in front of him with a smile and said, "Big brother and sister must have said a lot of very emotional words, and it is estimated that they are very heavy, I am different from them, we can talk more relaxed." Well, my father, mother, and sister's master, it is Uncle Qin Zheng who returned to Jiaping Guancheng, he reconciled with Uncle Yan, he is greasy and crooked every day, and wherever Uncle Yan goes, he follows him. Also, Uncle Qin has taken in three little apprentices, all of whom are orphans from the battlefield, which is really good news for me, because I am no longer the youngest child in the house, and I am also an elder brother, which is a very good feeling! Shen Jiu turned to look at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha who were standing at the door, winked at Shen Haolin, turned around and said, "That, I have to admit a mistake, I drank behind my sister's back yesterday, and it was the wine given by His Majesty." But...... Well, this wine is not good at all, it has no taste of wine at all, it feels lighter than plain water, I don't like it very much. Shen Jiu took a handful of millet stalks and put them into the brazier, looked at the spiritual position of the old grandfather and the old duchess of the old country, and said in a small voice, "Father, mother, Jiu'er misses you, you have to be good in heaven, you want to bless the eldest brother and sister with happiness, they are the best, best and best people Jiu'er has ever seen." Jiu'er has grown up now and can already help her eldest brother and sister share some heavy burdens, so Jiu'er hopes that her eldest brother and sister will not be so tired, not injured again, and not sick again! ”

Hearing Shen Jiu's words, Shen Haolin and Shen Cha glanced at each other, their hands clasped together, and their faces showed expressions of relief.

Their younger brother has grown up unconsciously, although sometimes he is still very naughty, very naïve, and a headache for them, but today, he can say such a thing in front of the ancestors, and their hearts are very touched.

"Okay, I've finished what I want to say, ancestors, fathers, mothers, Jiu'er will often come to visit you in the future, I hope you don't dislike Jiu'er coming too often!" Shen Jiu kowtowed three more times, jumped up from the futon very happily, trotted in front of Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, pretended not to see the hands of the two people holding hands, blinked his eyes, and said, "Are we leaving?" ”

"Hmm!" Shen Haolin patted Shen Cha's head, "Let's go!" ”

The three of them bowed deeply to the spiritual position again, turned around and pushed open the door of the ancestral hall, and left the place.

Returning to the gate of the main courtyard the same way they came, Merlin and Meizhu, who had been guarding here, ran to them.

"Grandpa Guo, eldest lady, little young master!" Mei Lin and Mei Zhu saluted, "Lord Hou sent someone to pass a message, after he worships his ancestors, he will take Sister Hongye to visit the temple fair, and he will come to the Guogong Mansion for dinner at noon." There was also a message from the military advisor, he was going to sleep, and he would come over for dinner at noon. Also, Sister Miao Miao also took her three children to visit the temple fair, ate lunch outside, and came back in the evening. ”

"Temple fair?" Shen Jiu jumped up excitedly, "Ah, today is the first day of junior high school, there must be a temple fair!" Big brother, sister, let's go to the temple fair, right? He looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha pitifully, "We haven't visited a temple fair for many, many years." ”

"That's really the case!" Shen Cha nodded, "Jiu'er, you shouldn't be on duty today, and you don't have to patrol, do you?" ”

"Yes, yes!" Shen Jiu nodded, rushed over and hugged Shen Cha's arm with one hand and Shen Haolin's arm with the other, and swayed back and forth, "Go, go, go!" ”

"Okay, let's go, let's go!" Shen Haolin was about to blow up by Shen Jiu's head, so he hurriedly agreed to him.

"Great, you can go to the temple fair!" Shen Jiu shouted, let go of the hand holding Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, and ran forward in a hurry.

"Be careful, watch the road under your feet!"

As a result, before Shen Haolin's words fell, he heard a shout of "Eh, wow", and he and Shen Cha followed the prestige and couldn't help laughing.

Shen Jiu knew that the three of them could go to the temple fair, and he was so happy that he got a little carried away when he was happy, forgetting to pay attention to the trap under his feet, and as a result, one accidentally fell into a big pit.