Chapter 19: Sacrifice to the Silkworm God

"It's time to get some."

Somehow, Li Qing felt that Jiang's expression was a little dazed. Could it be that something happened to Jiang when he was young?

After all, it has been decades, and Li Qing will definitely not ask like a fool.

In order not to disturb the Wang family, they did not inform the Wang family about this incident. It took a lot of effort for the two of them to get the thorns back and stick them in the fence.

This is just a way to treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and now that the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light, I have to think of a way to lead people to the light. Perhaps tomorrow's sacrifice to the silkworm god is an opportunity.

In fact, Li Qing was a little excited in her heart, Ye Shiza said that she had seen a lot, and the ancient people still loved to play those routines. She had already taken precautions, and it was estimated that Jiang was too, she was a person who had a past, and her vigilance was much better than that of Li Qinglai.

Guan Hanqing's "Dou E's Injustice" Li Qing watched it several times, but she didn't expect it to be staged on her one day.

After all, "Dou E's Injustice" has some idealized colors here, Jiang has no habit of usury, and she is also married to Ming Media, and the gangsters can't find any place to start, so I'm afraid that I'm afraid of being crooked.

Early the next morning, the three members of the Jiang family packed up their dignity, carried a basket of incense and candles, and headed towards the silkworm temple.

There is a silkworm temple in Shilitang, which has the statue of the silkworm god Niangniang, and the village chief sets up an altar to worship on March 23 every spring. This is the rule of the Tianqi Dynasty, and the emperor is no exception. Therefore, at this time, as long as there is ability, all parts of Tianqi will open altars to worship.

The silkworm temple is located at the intersection of five sources and three rivers, which can be described as the culmination of feng shui.

Li Qing secretly admired that the folk customs here are very rich, and the ancients were very particular about heaven and man, which was very comfortable. Li Qing took Yun Ji's little hand and went to incense with Jiang. All kinds of fruits have been placed, and three animals have been placed in the place where the altar is opened.

Everyone in the village is a leader in the entertainment industry, secretly saying bad things about the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the whole family, but they greet each other with a smile on their faces and are very polite.

"The lady of the Jiang family also came out to worship the silkworm god?" She was greeted by Li, who met on the boat that day, her smile piled up on her face, and the laugh lines at the corners of her eyes were no different from the ravines on the loess. His face drooped, as if he were wearing a low-quality personal leather mask.

Weird! The look on the boat that day is like a different person today. This Lee is truly amazing.

Jiang Shi was slightly stunned, and casually agreed: "Yes, you also come to worship?" ”

Digging a groove, what Li asked was simply inexplicable, sacrificing to the silkworm god is an annual event, and even the baby in swaddling clothes has to be taken out by adults to participate. What Li said is really not an ordinary idiot.

Li didn't expect Jiang to throw the question back to her, and he really couldn't find the words to answer for a while, so he could only smile awkwardly and said, "Me too." ”

Suddenly, the topic ended.

People come and go, everyone knows each other in a village. There is a lot to say when we get together, but on the important occasion of the sacrifice, if you have something to say, you have to keep it for later. At most, it's just to say hello or something like that, and then go to the incense.

Two plates of sandalwood are hung on the eaves of the silkworm god Niangniang Temple, and the smoke and dust linger in the air, so the fragrance of sandalwood is scattered everywhere.

There is not only a statue of the silkworm god in the temple, but also the statue of the mulberry god, but it is slightly smaller. The silkworm god is a relatively rich woman, the overall appearance is sitting on a stone, the corners of the eyes are thin and long, the eyebrows are a little cinnabar mole, the lips are red as blood, and the cheeks are slightly bulging. In the direction of Li Qing, there is a sense of contempt.

Compared with the silkworm god, the mulberry god is much simpler, although the facial features are carved clearly, but not as plump as the silkworm god, the whole body is thin, holding mulberry leaves and mulberries in his hands, standing next to the silkworm god.

Jiang Kui stood on a half-human-high stone platform, on which in addition to him, there was also an offering table, on which were placed incense burners and three animals. Two large incense sticks were inserted into the incense burners on either side of the offering table, and a light smoke was wafting from them. Jiang Kui saw that the people were almost here, so he waved his hand to everyone, signaling quiet, and everyone looked like they were well-trained, and they automatically stood in rows and columns.

Although Shilitang Village is only a village, there are 64 households, and there are two large clans alone, one surnamed Sun, and the population accounts for almost half of Shilitang Village. There is also a clan surnamed Jiang, but the elder of the Jiang clan moved to Dayebai Village next door more than ten years ago and opened up another home, leaving Jiang Kui and Jiang Tomchen in Shilitang, and their prestige is still there, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a big family.

Even so, there are many other clans in this village, including the Li family, the Wang family, and the Liu family...... And so on for more than two dozen households. These were all migrated after the establishment of the dynasty.

The virtuous men of every family stood under the altar, and some of them were too old to stand for long, so they were supported by men.

"Shilitang inheritance to the present, I am the thirty-second generation of the village head, this March 23, the silkworm god Niangniang will go down with the Sang God to Pudu sentient beings, so the altar will be offered here, and the silkworm God Niangniang and the Mulberry God Niangniang will be favored, and now I announce that the sacrifice begins."

Since the Jiang clan moved away, the Sun clan has become the big head of Shilitang, and Jiang Kui is the presiding officer of the sacrifice, but the real sacrificial steps still need the patriarch of the Sun clan to lead everyone to do it.

The patriarch of the Sun clan was an old man in his eighties, with a kind face, his hair was meticulously tied with a black crown, and a wooden hairpin was inserted, and he was dressed neatly in a gray wide-sleeved robe. You can see that the dress is very formal.

Step by step, he stepped onto the altar. At this moment, a white cloud like a marshmallow floated in the sky, obscuring the daylight.

"Taishang respects my village to be able to make a living, and the sericulture and weaving industry are not forgotten. Chunhua is born, all things have spirits, now the silkworm god cooperates with the mulberry god Niangniang to go down to earth, set up a special altar to greet each other, sacrifice three animals, hope that Niangniang is compassionate, and send down the well-being in my village, Shilitang is not very nostalgic, sincere to the heart. ”

Jiang Kui bent down and presented him with three sticks of incense with both hands, he also bent down and took it with both hands, then lit it on the oil lamp, respectfully inserted it in the incense burner, took two steps back, swept his wide sleeves, and slowly knelt on the futon in front of him with his knees.

"Bye!" Jiang Kui shouted loudly.

When everyone heard this, they immediately knelt on the ground, and they naturally had no futon treatment.

Everyone is very religious, folding their hands in front of their foreheads, kneeling down, their foreheads touching the ground, and their hands and feet also touching the ground, which is to throw themselves on the ground for the five bodies.

"Bye-bye!"

This cycle was repeated three times, and only after the old man of the Sun clan on the altar got up, did everyone get up.

Patriarch Sun looked at the sky and saw the sunlight precipitating from behind the clouds and shining on the land.

He laughed and shouted: "The blessing of the silkworm god has come, take the silkworm flower." ”

Some people immediately offered silkworm flowers, but the men did not participate in this matter, and the silkworm flowers were women's head flowers.

As soon as the silkworm flowers are sprinkled, the little girls in the village, or the married women, all go to grab them, so as to give Bo a good fortune.