Chapter 261: The Servant Returns
When the village chief heard the words of the village chief, his eyes also lit up, if this matter can really be said to be beneficial to the people in the village, it was always because of the water problem before, everyone was either angry or quarreled, and even did it, the people in the village would be injured, if the water problem could be solved this time, it would be a good thing.
Village Chief Huang knew that what he was talking about had reached Village Chief Lin's heart, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Those were all misunderstandings before, if the people in our village are not for those grains, not for their own stomachs, they will definitely not be willing to fight for water, and they will conflict with your anger, and everyone's life is sad, so I hope you can also understand." ”
The village chief glanced at him and said, "You also know that everyone's life is not easy, but have you ever thought that if you get all the water, what will happen to the people in our village?" ”
Village Chief Huang smiled awkwardly, he really didn't want to come, because of the water problem for so many years, they were always high in front of Xinglin Village, but now the life of Xinglin Village is getting better and better, much better than them, and he can't help but bow his head.
The people in their village have never done this temple fair, just because they are too poor, and now they have it in the village next door, of course they want to do it together, so he hurried over.
The village chief thought for a while and said, "Okay, you will let the people from the village come over tomorrow, we are going to worship the holy decree first at this temple fair, so you have to tell everyone, pay attention to the appearance, do you know?" ”
Village Chief Huang didn't expect this kind of thing, so he hurriedly said, "I know." ”
They have only heard of this holy decree in their lives and have never seen it, and now this Xinglin Village temple will worship the holy decree, which is also a good thing for them.
The other village chief also quickly nodded in agreement, and they left after discussing the matter.
Everyone in the village knew that the people from the next village wanted to have a temple fair with them, but many people disagreed at first, because they had been at odds with the next village for a long time, so they had always been very angry, and the relationship with the people in the next village had always been bad.
Now when they heard that these people were going to come to the temple fair in their village, the people in the village must not agree, but fortunately, they knew that if they came to the temple fair, they would not block the water, and the people in the village slowly agreed.
There was no way, they lived on the crops in the field, and it was very important to them, knowing that the water would not be blocked, they naturally agreed.
The next day at the temple fair, Lin Qiuer and Ye Lan stopped doing business, today is a very important day, after getting up in the morning, everyone changes into clean clothes, washes their faces, the men also tidy up their beards, and the women also take out the jewelry that they are usually reluctant to wear.
When the time was almost up, the families hurriedly took action, the men went to the entrance of the ancestral hall early, and the women prepared incense at home.
Lin Qiu'er had already made breakfast, and after eating, Tang Zhi'an went to the ancestral hall, Lin Qiu'er found a tray at home, put yellow paper, incense, candles, and a tael of silver and went to the ancestral hall.
When passing by Dr. Zhang's house, she waited for Ye Lan, and then the two of them went to the ancestral hall together.
When they arrived, there were already a lot of people in the ancestral hall, and the men were preparing at the entrance of the ancestral hall, and the village specially prepared a gong and drum team for this temple fair.
At this time, the men formed a large circle at the entrance of the ancestral hall, which was a gong and drum team, and in front of it were men carrying sacrifices.
On the table was a whole roast suckling pig, as well as a few apples, a plate of candy, a plate of pastries, and incense, which was an offering to go to the temple.
Seeing that everyone was coming, the village chief organized the women with incense to stand in front of the ancestral hall, and the remaining two villages next door, one village stood aside.
Soon when everyone arrived, first the firecrackers were set off, and then the men began to beat the gongs and drums, and the women watched from the side, and the villagers were very happy.
When the time was almost up, the village chief smiled and said: "This year, our days are getting better and better, I believe I don't say that everyone has a number in their hearts, and I hope that our days will be better and better next year." ”
The people in the village laughed and said, "Good! ”
The village chief smiled and opened the door of the ancestral hall, and then everyone in the village knelt down, including people from other villages, although this ancestral hall was not their ancestors, but there was a holy decree in it, and they should also kneel.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
After everyone finished shouting and kowtowing three times, it was finally time to get up, and the village chief went in again to light all the incense inside.
Now it is over, the door of the ancestral hall is closed again, and then the offering table goes first, the village chief and the village elders follow behind the offering table, followed by the village gong and drum team, and the women follow at the back.
I walked slowly to the gate of the temple, and then waited here again, and continued to play the drums, and only after the men had played for a while, did the village chief lead the people in and put the offerings on the table.
Only the men have nothing to do in the temple, and only the women are left, so they first go to light the incense they brought in the main hall of the temple, and then go to the temple to worship the Buddha.
What the women needed in the temple was to see the Buddha and worship Qiqi, so it must have taken a lot of time, and by the time they came out, it was already lunch time, and the morning drama was finished.
Fortunately, there is no need to cook today, because today is a temple fair, everyone goes to the temple to eat, and the women who come to work in the village are preparing early, that is, noodles, and the only dishes prepared are cabbage, radish and tofu.
This was prepared for the temple fair in the village, and Tang Zhian and they specially gave a plate of tofu, because there was no food in winter, so they prepared this plate of tofu to add vegetables to the temple.
People in the village can come to the temple for lunch, but everyone only has one bowl, although it is very simple, but the people in the village come to eat, because this is something in the temple, people feel in their hearts that this is related to the gods and Buddhas, and it must be better than their own home.
Of course, this is a psychological factor, but what is related to gods and Buddhas, whether you believe in it or not, you must have a state of awe.
After this meal, they had to clean up, and when the women were done, and the afternoon play had begun, they went to see the play again.
When I was watching the play, I saw a group of people coming from afar, and at first no one cared, thinking that they were coming to the village to watch the play.
"Master, you're back!"
It wasn't until a shout of surprise came that the villagers realized that it was the same people who had gone to serve in the conscription had returned.
The women who heard the sound hurriedly came to see, and when they found that the men of their family had returned, their hearts were relieved one by one, and some of them shed tears.
The village chief got the news and hurried over, and saw that everyone in the village had returned, and no one was injured, so his heart was completely put down, although everyone had lost a lot of weight, and some people had wounds on their bodies, but they were all back alive.
The village chief felt that his heart was put down all of a sudden, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" ”
The men's eyes were also red, and they smiled and said, "Yes, village chief, we are back." ”
"Okay, hurry up and go back to wash and eat something, and then come to the ancestral hall to give the ancestors an incense, thank them for their blessings." The village chief looked at the men and said.
Because of the return of these people, the atmosphere in the village was suddenly even better than before, and those who had been worried about the fact that the family members did not come back also laughed.
After the women went back, they hurriedly boiled hot water for the men of their family to prepare for the bath, and then looked for clothes, and when the men went to take a bath, they hurriedly cooked, and some even took out the eggs at home to make for the men to eat.
When the men went to the ancestral hall after eating, they took the changed clothes and the dirty clothes brought back by the men to wash.
The village chief saw that everyone in the village had returned, and he firmly believed that singing this year was absolutely correct.
In fact, it's not just the village chief who thinks so, many people think so, they all think that the men can come back well is blessed by the Buddha, so that their hearts are very happy, fortunately, this year is singing.
After the men were all packed, they went to the ancestral hall, which was what the village chief had said before, asking them to go there to worship their ancestors, of course they were going to pass.
When everyone arrived, the village chief opened the door again, and the men went in and kowtowed to their ancestors to thank their ancestors for their blessings, and then they went back.
On the third day of the village, it was much more lively than the previous two days, and the women who came back from the men of the family came to Tang Zhi'an's stall early in the morning to buy tofu, and they were all very happy.
Lin Qiu'er looked at the women who came to buy tofu, and said with a smile: "Sisters-in-law, after you buy this tofu, chop the cabbage into crumbles, cut this tofu into pieces the size of rice grains, and mix the two to make dumplings very delicious." ”
The women looked at her in surprise and said, "You can still make dumplings?" ”
Lin Qiu'er nodded and said, "Of course you can, this bag is delicious." ”
In the previous life, if this tofu was to make dumplings, it was a better choice with leeks, but at this time, where to find leeks, so I could only take a step back and choose cabbage.
Hearing Lin Qiu'er say this, the women all smiled and said, "Okay, let's go back and try." ”
Lin Qiu'er nodded with a smile and sent them away, she can understand the mood of these people, if Tang Zhi'an also goes, if she comes back at this time, she will definitely cook him a lot of delicious food.
These men in the village didn't even come back for the New Year, and now that they are back, they don't have to make up for them, although the people in the village don't have anything to eat, but these women still want to do their best to make something delicious for their men.