19. The Jade Emperor's birthday
Liuji Village officially entered the Spring Festival stocking period, and the villagers suddenly found that the New Year's money in their hands this year was more sufficient than in previous years. Many people have calculated an account, in previous years, it was the peak period of gifts, and this year there were basically not a few, and a lot of money was saved at once.
In previous years, when the farm was slack, more or less had to play mahjong, in fact, playing mahjong did not matter whether it was won or lost, and only the activity room was the final winner, because the fixed table fee for each mahjong table was to be charged. If I lose today, it is equivalent to the table fee I gave, and if you lose tomorrow, the table fee is equivalent to what you gave.
This year, there is no need to play mahjong with gifts, and most people save the money they save in case they need it. When chatting after the meal, the villagers admired Dai Yue very much. In the words of Fu Lichun, the leader of the fourth group: "There are two ways to save money, open source and reduce expenditure, although Director Dai did not introduce any money-making projects to us, but successfully passed the ban on hemp and wine banquets to reduce our expenditure, this year every household is better than in previous years, and after not playing mahjong, the security in the village is much better." ”
And since the twentieth day of the lunar month, the villagers have not seen Dai Yue in the brigade headquarters. Some people are secretly speculating, will Dai Yue do a good job and be transferred?
This person is not good at this, when he gets along, he always feels too tossed, everything is interfered with, and I wish he would get out of here; But realizing that he tossed well, but the person was leaving, he was a little reluctant to think about it, and a little nostalgic.
Dai Yue didn't know that the villagers were missing him, but took advantage of his classmates and friends who worked outside to go home for the New Year, and gathered with them under the banner of 'connecting feelings' to see if there were any good projects suitable for Liuji Village.
Dai Yue has always wanted to break down the barriers between the surnames in Liuji Village, so that the villagers can unite to create greater value, the so-called value is money to put it bluntly, as long as the villagers can make more money in unity and cooperation, the barriers will be broken.
The students can understand Dai Yue's mood and put forward a lot of opinions, but unfortunately although most of them grew up in the countryside, they don't know much about the current situation in the countryside, and the industries they are involved in are relatively high-end.
Some classmates suggested that if Dai Yue really wanted to generate income for the villagers, he could get some manual work and distribute it to the villagers. Dai Yue inquired, and he could get some money for small dishes in a day for manual work, and it was estimated that the villagers would not be too interested. The main thing is that manual work is done individually and does not require teamwork.
To change the status quo of Liuji Village, it seems that the efforts of Liu Jiren themselves are still needed. Years later, Dai Yue came into contact with some young people who had returned from working abroad, and their clan concept was much thinner. Although life is not rich, when it comes to New Year's prospects, everyone is in the head, and they are not exaggerating.
Dai Yue arranged a symposium before these young people went out to work, so that everyone could talk about the current situation in the village and make suggestions for the development of the village.
Originally, Dai Yue wanted to arrange the symposium as soon as possible, so as not to prevent them from arranging the time to go out to work, so the meeting time was scheduled on the ninth day of the first month, but most people said that there was no time for the ninth day of the first month, so Dai Yue had to push the day back to the tenth day of the first month, but most of the people on the tenth day of the first month also had no time, so they could only set it again.
Dai Yue was a little puzzled, even if it was not strange that there were two people who had something to deal with on the ninth day of the first month, but all of them must be strange on this day, so he asked Fu Lichun, who was on duty at the brigade headquarters: "Brother Lichun, what day is this ninth and tenth days of the first month?" Why is everyone running out of time? ”
Fu Lichun replied casually: "The ninth day of the first month is the Jade Emperor's birthday, and the village will hold activities; The tenth day of the new year is to implement all the activities of the ninth day of the first year, so everyone has no time. ”
"There is an event going to be held in the village?" Dai Yue was puzzled: "Why don't I know?" ”
Fu Lichun said: "This is a spontaneous activity of the villagers, I will take you to see it when the time comes." ”
Early in the morning of the ninth day of the first lunar month, Fu Lichun took Dai Yue to Fu Daoren's house in the village.
Fu Daoren's matter Dai Yue has heard before, it is said that he can invite the Hongjun ancestor in the sky to come up, and solve some inexplicable things for the villagers every day, there are many believers under the seat, and some believers who have believed in the immortal qi for a long time can invite the disciples of Hongjun Ancestor Taiyi Tianzun, Lingbao Master and other immortals.
At that time, Dai Yue scoffed at this, what Hongjun Ancestor, no matter which immortal system did not have such a person, it was simply made up on the "Fengshen List".
Dai Yue asked Fu Lichun with a smile: "Brother Lichun, do you believe Fu Daoren's matter?" ”
Fu Lichun replied seriously: "I didn't believe it at first, how can there be gods in this world, but after that, I witnessed a lot of things, so I can't help but believe it." ”
"Oh?" Dai Yue became interested: "What are the things?" ”
Fu Lichun said: "Fu Daoren is my uncle, I heard that when he was eight years old, one day he was herding cattle with his partners, and suddenly a purple gas enveloped him and flew to the treetops. Just when the friends were surprised, Ziqi slowly fell to the ground with him, and then he sang the year's itinerary in a local tune, and at the end of the year, the villagers summed it up, and Uncle Daoren sang exactly the same. ”
Dai Yue is a very logical person: "We have four distinct seasons here, we can go out to herd cattle, at least it was around the spring equinox, basically what the year is, experienced farmers can deduce it, maybe he secretly heard a few old farmers chatting." ”
Fu Lichun thought for a while: "I haven't experienced this, so it's hard to say." Since then, the villagers have asked him if they have any puzzled things, and he can answer them without bad scores, fortune-telling, fortune-telling, medical treatment, and fortune measurement, knowing everything and everything. Especially my brother Fu Liqiu, who was diagnosed with leukemia in the big hospital in the provincial capital, and could only sit at home and wait for the people to die, went to Uncle Daoren with the mentality of trying, he asked Hongjun Lao Zu to make some paper talismans and gave some herbs, and it didn't take long for my brother's leukemia to be cured after eating the herbs and drinking the rune water. ”
Dai Yue's eyes widened: "Is it really so amazing?" ”
"But it's not all," Fu Lichun gave another example: "He family, you have seen, He Yuanhai, who was diagnosed with lymphoma a few years ago, also had no money to go home to see a doctor and wait for death, and his wife was unwilling to go to Uncle Daoren." Uncle Daoren asked God to walk around He Yuanhai's house, saying that there was the bones of a wrongfully dead ghost buried in the backyard of his house, and as long as the bones were dug up and buried properly, it would be fine. The He family dug down more than two meters in the place designated by Uncle Daoren, and sure enough, they dug up a rice jar with a pair of corpses in the jar. He Yuanhai buried the bones with a ceremony and then went to the hospital for examination, and the lymphoma turned into a benign tumor, and he was fine after a minor operation. ”
Dai Yue said: "Why do you need a hospital if you are so powerful? ”
Fu Lichun shook his head and said: "Uncle Daoren is not what you think, not everyone who asks for the door will ask God to come up to solve the problem for others, he will calculate it first, confirm that it is a disease, and he will persuade people to go to the hospital for treatment; If he is sure that it is because of the low fortune of the evil spirit, he will ask the god to come up and ward off the evil spirit. ”
On the way, many villagers carried firecrackers and flowers to the four groups, and Dai Yue asked: "These are Fu Daoren's believers?" ”
"Believers are not counted," Fu Lichun explained, "Today, on the Jade Emperor's birthday, Uncle Daoren will lead his apprentices to ask God to come up and answer all the villagers' questions. In the countryside, there is no unclear thing to say, and most of the villagers will carry firecrackers and flowers to make a lively inquiry. ”
At this moment, regardless of whether the surname Liu is surnamed He, or the surname Fu, all gather around Fu Daoren's family, and this situation is even more lively than Dai Yue's holding a villager meeting.
When the villagers saw Dai Yue, they joked: "Director Dai, Fu Daxian is about to get on his body, go and ask Niancheng, you are the director who asks Niancheng, it should be better than our people." ”
Dai Yue squeezed into Fu Daoren's house, and the first thing that caught his eye was the pennants hanging in the sky, what 'Welling Spirit, saving the people's water and fire', 'Boundless mana, healing and disaster relief' and the like, at a cursory glance, no less than thirty.
Around the center of the crowd were two tables of eight immortals, covered with red cloth, and topped with a king-size incense burner, which was filled with lighted incense, making the whole house smoky.
Fu Daoren wore a red scarf on his forehead and red silk around his waist, and sat on the top and looked at the villagers who came to offer incense. On both sides of the table sat middle-aged and elderly people with red scarves on their heads, these people were Fu Daoren's apprentices, and they would also invite God to come up in turn later.
At three o'clock, the moment of the birth of the legendary Jade Emperor, the ceremony of the Jade Emperor's birthday officially began, Fu Daoren took his apprentices to begin to chant something they didn't understand, and some people put the table full of fruits to eat, and some people put an empty wooden box behind the incense burner, and the villagers who made incense were more enthusiastic at this time. After chanting, Fu Daoren gave up his place, and his first disciple sat down on the table.
Dai Yue asked in a low voice, "What is this for?" ”
Fu Lichun explained: "It should be called meditation, this is to invite God to come up." ”
Dai Yue's eyes widened, only to see the first disciple suddenly raise his head, his mouth was babbling like a singing, and then he sat up straight with a hammer on the table, and sang in the tone of opera: "Today is the birthday of my Jade Emperor Da Tianzun, the three realms and ten parties celebrate, I Taiyi save the suffering Tianzun to tour here today, see the villagers pious, my heart is happy for my Tianzun, and I am specially given this year's wind and rain in this place." ”
The villagers hurriedly thanked them, and some people kept going to offer incense. Fu Daoren said loudly: "It is not easy for Tianzun to descend to earth, and now my villagers live in fire and water, begging Tianzun to rescue him." ”
The first disciple sang, "What are your afflictions, and I will hear them." ”
Fu Daoren turned to look at the onlookers, and immediately He Yuanhai, who was in the third group, respectfully stepped forward and knelt down to pay homage to the incense and said, "Tianzun, I want to ask how the fortune is this year." ”
The first disciple glared at He Yuanhai, and continued to sing in an opera tone: "Is He Yuanhai sitting down? Without waiting for He Yuanhai to agree, he continued to sing to himself: "You were born a hard-working person, your parents are helpless, your six relatives are helpless, this year's financial luck is stronger than last year's, but you have to remember, you need to be cautious when making friends, you take others seriously, and others stab them in the back..."
Hearing that this year's fortune is stronger than last year's, He Yuanhai kept kowtowing and thanking him, and after the first disciple finished singing, he got up and put five hundred yuan in the empty wooden box behind the incense burner.
Just now, he was wondering why a wooden box was placed on the table, but now Dai Yue suddenly realized that it was for money. The song just now about parents without support, six relatives without support, and need to be cautious when making friends, isn't this set common to any ordinary person?