"Nine" is the number of yang, on September 9, the two nines are heavy, so it is called "Chongyang"; Because the sun and the moon are all nine, it is also called "heavy nine".

In ancient times, when the crops were harvested in September, the emperor and ancestors were sacrificed to thank the emperor and ancestors for their kindness.

The ancients believed that the Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day.

In ancient times, people had the customs of climbing high to pray for blessings, enjoying chrysanthemums in autumn, wearing dogwoods, worshipping gods and ancestors, and drinking feasts for longevity during the Double Ninth Festival.

Fang Yue watched Xing'er put a plate of rice noodles, dried fruits, pig's head meat and other offerings on the table.

He wasn't exactly the shopkeeper, well, he helped move the table anyway.

Fang Yue was not familiar with the process of worshipping the heavens and ancestors of the Chongyang Festival, and when the Chongyang Festival reached his time in the previous life, it was more about climbing the heights to appreciate the autumn and being grateful and respecting the elderly.

Out of the principle that those who can work harder, Fang Yue gave full authority to Xing'er.

As for himself, wearing a royal blue robe, he stood at the door of his house, looking at the sky in the distance in a daze.

It wasn't until Xing'er stuffed the lit three sticks of incense into his hand that he came back to his senses.

Fang Yue took the incense, walked to the table in front of the door to worship the sky, recited a few words of prayer in his mouth, bowed slightly, and inserted the incense into the small incense burner on the table.

Then Xing'er handed him three sticks of incense, Fang Yue took it, walked to the table in the house to worship the ancestors, put the incense on the candle flame and lit it, bowed three times in front of the ancestral tablet, and put on the incense.

Apricot squatted in front of a broken tripod and burned yellowed paper money in the tripod.

The flame ignited by the paper money illuminated her delicate little face.

When the paper money was almost burned, Xing'er took out a string of firecrackers.

This world already had gunpowder before Fang Yue, and the power was not good, but it was no problem to use it to make firecrackers.

"Young master, I don't dare to set off firecrackers." Xing'er held the string of firecrackers, looking a little nervous.

"I'll come."

Fang Yue took the firecracker, pulled out a stick of incense from the incense burner that sacrificed to the sky, and walked outside the house.

Apricot was in the house, covering her ears with her hands and looking out.

After a while, the sound of "crackling" firecrackers sounded outside.

There are now two people in the family, Fang Yue and Xing'er, and the ceremony of worshiping the heavens and ancestors is not grand, so it is almost like this.

Fang Yue walked back from the house, inserted the incense back into the incense burner, and said with a smile: "Today is the Double Ninth Festival, give you a day off, if you have good little sisters, you can go to them to play, climb to appreciate the chrysanthemum and drink, and put paper kites, you can also buy anything you want." If you don't have enough money, come to me and get it. ”

Xing'er said: "The young master gave me a lot of money yesterday, and Xing'er has nothing to buy."

Although she is diligent, she is still very happy to take a day off, she does have two or three good little sisters in the Ren family, just go over to have a look.

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After Xing'er left, Fang Yue looked at the two tables, and the offerings on them were to be put away in the afternoon.

He was idle, carrying the big knife weighing more than 80 pounds, waving it in the yard and moving his hands and feet.

"What can this kind of move, that is, the crop man's style, be able to withstand it."

Fang Yue was swinging to the point when a discordant voice suddenly sounded outside the courtyard.

Fang Yue stopped, frowning, anyone who was indiscriminately pointed at by others would not be in a good mood.

Looking at the gate of the courtyard, there were three people, Ren Junlin with a slightly embarrassed expression, a servant carrying a food box and wine jug behind, and a strange young man.

It was this strange young man who spoke, I saw that he was wearing a light white brocade robe, with a sword hanging from his waist, and his expression was proud, and Fang Yue had just made a few swords with a look of disdain.

"Who is Your Excellency?" Fang Yue said lightly.

"Yuan Zhixing, the eighth disciple of the Yannan Heavenly Thunder Sword Sect." The young man proudly announced his name.

Yannan Mansion is in the north of Yunzhou, where it is close to the inland, the people are fierce, the practice of martial arts is prevalent, and there are many large and small martial arts sects.

And "Heavenly Thunder Sword" is the title of a swordsman in Yannan Province, which is quite well-known in the north of Yunzhou.

This young man Yuan Zhixing is a disciple of the Heavenly Thunder Sword, and he has been learning swordsmanship with that swordsman since he was a child, and he is considered a leader among the young generation in the northern part of Yunzhou.

Fang Yue shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of it, I don't know it."

Half of what he said was really unheard, and half of it was deliberate.

This Yuan Zhixing, as soon as he came up, pointed fingers at his knife skills, and his language was not good. When he introduced himself, he also looked proud of himself, which was inexplicable.

"You ......" others said they didn't know, but Yuan Zhixing seemed to be insulted, and he wanted to get angry.

Ren Junlin hurriedly pulled Yuan Zhixing and said, "I said Brother Yuan, you have to come over to get acquainted with the young heroes who killed the dog demon and drove away the evil spirits." After I came, it was like a fight, which was not the original intention of coming. ”

The so-called "driving away evil spirits" refers to the incident of Yan Qiu Hong, the concubine of Master Ren, but the specific process has damaged her reputation, and she has hidden the matter of Lao Li Tou from the outside world, only saying that she was harassed by evil spirits.

Of course, in the end, the evil was dispelled by Fang Xiucai, who was both civil and military in Fangqiao Village.

This Yuan Zhixing was met by Master Ren in Baiquan Mansion a few months ago.

At that time, it was in a famous Qinglou Fengyue Building in Baiquan Mansion, Yuan Zhixing was shy in his pocket, and he had to forcibly pose in front of the seventh sister of the Oiran Feng in the building, and almost lost face.

Master Ren, who was present at the time, saw that he was extraordinary, and he was a disciple of the Heavenly Thunder Sword, and Master Ren traveled north and south, heard the name of "Heavenly Thunder Sword", and knew that this was a famous swordsman, so he immediately donated generously to help Yuan Zhixing earn back face.

Later, Master Ren invited Yuan Zhixing to Renjia Panhuan in Ping'an County for a few days to teach Renjia Ding martial arts.

This can actually be regarded as a tactful solicitation of Yuan Zhixing.

Yuan Zhixing said that he would go back to celebrate Master's birthday, and after the birthday celebration, he would go to Ping'an County to have a look.

Yesterday, he just arrived in Ping'an County and heard that the Ren family had moved back to Yutou Town, so he came to Yutou Town again.

Master Ren was overjoyed when he saw Yuan Zhixing coming. Facing the threat of the pirates, a master at this time can be described as a send-off.

Master Ren naturally entertained Yuan Zhixing with good wine and food, and he was even more praised during the banquet.

What kind of person is Master Ren, who has been running around in the mall for decades, and a few good words have made a young man like Yuan Zhixing flutter and can't find the north.

During the banquet conversation, it was inevitable to talk about Fang Xiucai, a popular figure in Yutou Town.

In the mouth of Master Ren, there are many words of praise for this Fang Xiucai.

Yuan Zhixing was disdainful in his heart, thinking that such a remote town could produce any powerful characters, but the countrymen didn't know it.

However, in the face of Master Ren, he did not directly show the disdain in his heart, and only said that he had the opportunity to meet the "Fang Xiucai" in everyone's mouth.

Today, Ren Junlin was going to come to Fang Yue for a drink, and when Yuan Zhixing saw it, he suddenly became interested, so he had to come over and have a look.

At this point, it really didn't live up to its name, and the one-handed knife technique was unsystematic, rough and unrestrained, which was very different from the exquisite and ingenious swordsmanship pursued by Yuan Zhixing.

So I couldn't help it, and I just opened my mouth to mock.

After Ren Junlin grabbed Yuan Zhixing, seeing that the atmosphere was still a little tense, he smiled and said to enliven the atmosphere: "Today's weather is good, the autumn is high and cool, and it is suitable for climbing high and looking far."

Let's go to the top of the hill in the back. Isn't it fun for everyone to drink and enjoy the scenery while climbing high and looking into the distance? ”