The major affairs of the country are in worship. The same is true for the Maison.

I don't know when it began, the troika in the city routinely participated in the ancestor worship ceremony of the Cheng family, and when the Cheng family was at its peak, the state capital would even come to participate.

Of course, the current Cheng family no longer has the glory of a wealthy family, but the prestige in Shaonan City is still the same, the prefect Cheng Yunan (the father of Cheng Jinzhou), the long history Cheng Yunquan, and the main church master Huafu are all from the Cheng family, and with their participation, the days of ancestor worship have almost become a public holiday for the yamen churches.

Like most people in the city, Cheng Jinzhou climbed out of his warm bed when it was still dark.

The four maids who got up earlier helped him dress up as quickly as possible, in addition to the normal dressing and boots, they also had to put each head in the right place, if it wasn't for Cheng Jinzhou's dislike, his face would be sprinkled with a layer of white powder and animal oil zuò cream.

Red lanterns are carried outside the doors of each room, and soybean-sized wicks emit a dim light that hides the peeling skin of the walls.

When the family is prosperous, it is almost customary for the self-confident head of the family to build a large number of buildings, and they always think that this prosperity can be sustained - or rather, they hope that this prosperity can be sustained, but in reality, one day, his descendants will not even be able to pay for its maintenance.

The situation of the Cheng family is not bad, and the family members with positions are subsidized, and they can probably break even, but the mansion that stretches over 1,000 acres of land is still impossible to maintain frequently, even if it is to worship the ancestors, and it can't take out too much money to whitewash, especially the back house that will not be noticed by the guests.

Fortunately, this does not affect the daily life of the entire family.

Cheng's mother got up earlier than Cheng Jinzhou, and the 16-part costume takes 3o minutes to wear, in order to ensure that as many as 7 pieces of headdress will not make annoying and impolite jingle sounds, the maids need to insert more supports into their heads covertly, and even the girl who is waiting for her to participate in the ceremony is also wrapped in new clothes, plus umbrellas and replacement things, the whole person is equipped like the US army in World War II.

Cheng Jinzhou secretly laughed twice, obediently followed behind his mother, and raised his eyes to peek at Cheng's father, who should be the sick seedling.

Judging from the appearance, the prefect of Cheng Yun'an is a rather majestic man, just over 3o years old, he looks like he is in the prime of life, and his cheeks are more mature after growing a beard, fortunately, otherwise Cheng Jinzhou's thinking is really difficult to change.

After more than a month, Cheng Jinzhou has not had many opportunities to meet with the so-called father, Cheng Yun'an is obviously a person who is more ambitious than a qiē, which may be the norm in the aristocratic world, but in Cheng Jinzhou's opinion, it is quite a boring life. As a government leader who is also the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor, Cheng Yunan is too low-key, and he does not have much gray income in his pocket, which may show that he still has a strong enterprising spirit, but there is only one concubine, and he can't do it among the nobles.

Moreover, Mr. Cheng Yunan's only concubine is still Cheng's mother's dowry girl, at this point, in addition to Cheng's mother's clever means, I am afraid that it is more because of Cheng Yunan's strong self-control.

Of course, what makes Cheng Jinzhou most dissatisfied is that Cheng Yunan doesn't care enough about his son - as one of the civil officials in the city, Cheng Yunan's cultural level is undoubted, but he can't even guarantee the continuation of the most basic inspection coursework, let alone teach seriously. What's more, as the son of the prefect, there are not many opportunities for the fox to fake the tiger, which is unbearable.

Today's Cheng Yunan became more and more calm, and when he saw Cheng Jinzhou, he nodded slightly, and only said: "Be concise when answering, don't look left and right, you know?" ”

It was completely a lesson, and Cheng Jinzhou was dissatisfied with the "en", and he was not interested in fighting with him.

Seeing that Cheng's father had nothing else to say, Cheng's mother took Cheng Jinzhou's hand with a smile and said, "It's not too early, let's go." ”

Saying that, Cheng Yunan took the lead, and the three of them sat in a four-wheeled carriage together, and their concubine followed and sat in the two-wheeled carriage behind.

According to the rules of the Great Xia Dynasty, a two-horse cart, or a sedan chair with two or more people, requires the title of meritorious lord to ride, with very few exceptions.

Cheng Yun'an is not a light carriage, to be precise, this is simply a ceremonial carriage, made of hardwood, plus a carriage of more than 1o square meters, strong and spacious interior space, bringing a heavy and slow degree. Although people at this time did not understand the importance of shock absorbers, the smooth roads paved by the Cheng family themselves were able to ensure that the wooden tires with excellent craftsmanship would not bump.

In fact, with the slow degree and the sophistication of the wooden wheels, the comfort of the carriage is far better than that of the motley cars of the 21st century.

Perhaps, it is precisely the pursuit of technological excellence that the upgrading of ancient Chinese science and technology will become slower and slower. The craftsmen, who represent the top level of society, make up for the technical deficiencies with their craftsmanship.

The two sturdy white horses walked up triumphantly, the coachman only shouted, and then stopped talking, Cheng's mother tidied up her clothes a little, and began to explain to Cheng Jinzhou the matters to pay attention to, from the steps to the position of kowtow. These are all taught in etiquette class, and Cheng Jinzhou also listened to two sentences attentively, and Cheng's memory is not so perfect.

The road is not far, the carriage is more about a kind of pomp, and when there is a lot of noise outside, Cheng's father said softly: "You are 12 years old, and you have to make a decision about many things." ”

After finishing a sentence without a beginning or an end, I heard the butler's panting voice from outside the carriage: "Young master, young lady, third brother, it's time to get there." ”

Cheng's mother was also stunned for a moment, and followed Cheng Yun'an inexplicably.

Cheng Jinzhou stepped out of the carriage in confusion, and the light in front of him immediately made him cover his eyes.

It was still dark, and the candles lit up the entire main house like a football field in the dark night.

"At least a few hundred taels of silver for candle money." Cheng Jinzhou thought to himself.

Back then, Shi Wang of the Western Jin Dynasty was rich, and one of the proud things that Shi Chong did was to "replace his salary with wax", but the Cheng family's pomp at the moment was more than that.

"Please go this way." The servant standing in front of the tent began to greet the guests from the door.

Along the stone-paved road, there are two-horse four-wheeled carriages drawn by two horses, as well as a rare eight-lift sedan chair. Farther away, there are two sedan chairs and two-wheeled carriages, and there are few guests on horseback, but the stables set up in the school grounds are empty.

The ancestral hall of the Cheng family was moved to the city very early, which proves that the Cheng family has a long history, and on the other hand, it also represents the shift of the Cheng family's center of gravity.

In the early days, the ancestors in the ancestral hall wanted to work hard in the capital, and as a tradition of relocation, the ancestral hall naturally had to stay in the village outside the city.

It's a pity that today's Cheng family has long since lost the idea of becoming a wealthy family in the capital, coupled with some sudden incidents in terms of security, the ancestral hall has finally moved into the city, but it is not in the capital, but in Shaonan City, which is thousands of miles away.

Cheng Jinzhou learned from his father to pace, and now the people present are all members of the Cheng family, and their words are quite casual, and Cheng's mother is also full of smiles.

Dr. Cheng, on the other hand, focused on observing the boys of his own age, no matter what, he would stay in Cheng's house, and whether he stayed happily or not depended on the competition of his peers.

At this point, the sick seedling Zicheng left nothing but the identity of his grandson.

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