"What's missing? I'm going to buy it. Wu Daxue reported that he was brave.

Aunt Xue: "I can't buy it." I had to do it myself. ”

It turned out that fresh fruits could not be bought for winter sacrifices in the countryside, so flour was used to imitate the appearance of the desired fruits, and after being made, they were steamed in a pot, and then brushed with color instead of the real one. It's not very realistic, but it's just pictograms.

Qi Xiaoting thought to herself: How long does it take for this to be steamed? What's more, I have it in my own space, so why not take it out and solve it. But I don't know what to use, and I'm afraid of exposing myself when I ask too bluntly. Pretending to be careless, he asked, "Aunt Xue, what fruits are you going to make?" ”

Aunt Xue: "If you have apples, make three more things." Citrus is a must-do, this is one of the indispensable sacrifices of the sacrifice, 'orange' and 'gan' words have the same sound, 'orange' and 'auspicious' words have the same sound, all of which take the meaning of 'auspicious'. Bananas and grapes just make up the numbers, because this one is okay to do. ”

"Can't peaches?" Qi Xiaoting still asked. Because she planted peach trees has been rumored to be boiling. When she took out the peach again, it was not very strange.

Aunt Xue: "Peach is a necessary birthday gift on the birthday, and it is best not to sacrifice it." ”

Qi Xiaoting was embarrassed for a while: I still leaked my mouth when I was talking, it seems that I can't pretend to understand if I don't understand!

"I'll buy these three things, don't steam them, it's troublesome." In order to cover up her embarrassment and make up for her "ignorance", Qi Xiaoting took the initiative to "ask for help".

Aunt Xue: "It's okay." If you can buy the real thing, so much the better. ”

Qi Xiaoting planted peaches and said that Lanzhu had already told Aunt Xue about it, and she was shocked by the morning incident: A person who can see ghosts, how powerful is that! Seeing that Qi Xiaoting was going to "buy", she didn't stop her.

Qi Xiaoting came outside, avoided people's eyes, and then dodged into the space.

Ryuichi was already standing up and walking around the entrance with his shackles. Seeing Qi Xiaoting come in, she said with a smile: "You don't learn to pretend outside, what are you doing here?" ”

Qi Xiaoting: "I take a few fruits as offerings, and I can't buy them outside." As he spoke, he filled a plate of bananas, a few grapes, a dozen citrus, and a few honey ~ peaches in a cloth bag. Although this can't be offered, everyone knows that they have planted peach trees, so that people can try it.

"Peaches can't be offered." Long Yi reminded one by one.

"You know that, too?" Qi Xiaoting asked in surprise.

"Shou Tao Shou Tao, make Shou Cai use peaches, sacrifices can't be used."

"If you didn't tell me earlier, I just said that I leaked my mouth. Do you regret it now? ”

Long Yi smiled: "You will remember this time." ”

"If you encounter this situation in the future, you can tell me in advance. Save me embarrassment. Hey, why is everything four bowls and four plates? ”

"There are three gods and four ghosts in the folk, and people become ghosts after death, so the offerings must be 'four', four or four bowls (dishes), and burning incense can only light four sticks."

"Then, Ah Mei is also a ghost, why did you ask me to light a stick of incense for it, and it doesn't matter how many offerings there are, how many count."

Long Yi smiled "hehe": "Ah Mei is a little ghost, not to mention daily life, what kind of number?" Sacrifice is different, it is a kind of expression of longing for ancestors and deceased relatives, and it is also a traditional folk custom. There is a number, and everyone can follow suit. ”

"You'll have to tell me about this in the future, I don't understand it at all."

"Only in this way can you learn to get into the heart!"

"I wasn't forced by you!" After speaking, the dragon glanced at each other and flashed out of the space.

The water supply is good: use a general tea bowl, blanch the shredded cabbage at the bottom, and put the dried powder and four pieces of tofu on the top of the shredded cabbage. Blanched pork slices with sauce are "red meat", while "white meat" is nothing at all.

The "gold cake" is made of an egg yolk, and the "silver cake" is made of egg white, and an egg is served in two bowls.

"Sigan" is four kinds of dim sum: chicken cake, peach cake, honey fruit, and Jiang rice noodles.

The "four fresh" include apples, citrus, bananas, and grapes.

Aunt Xue, Mrs. Yun, and Wu Daxue looked at the four fruits that were difficult to see in autumn, and couldn't help but praise: "With these four fruits, I have a town in Xuejiazhuang!" ”

At three o'clock in the afternoon, everything was ready, and the recognition of ancestors began.

There were more than 30 people in total. In addition to the parties Wu Daxue, Aunt Xue, and Qi Xiaoting, the original residents of Xuejiazhuang who can walk around and resist the cold are all here, both men and women, but they are all elderly. The immigrants are all men, young and old.

People came to the courtyard of the rich man Xue one after another, and they all stood facing north, leaving the north room frame for the ghost of the Xue family.

It is said to be a courtyard, but in fact, it is the location of the courtyard in the past, and now it is a ruin. The surrounding courtyard walls and houses have been blown down, and after nearly 30 years of rain, there is only a high ~ gang left. Some of them are even tall ~ Gang'er is gone, and they are overgrown with miscellaneous trees and weeds. Now it is covered with heavy snow again, and it is almost impossible to see the original Lungu.

People were standing on the snow, sparsely and uncompactly.

On the left side of the door of the north frame, where the Lord of Heaven and Earth is worshiped during the New Year's festival (approximate location), there is a table of eight immortals. There are four bowls of water, four plates of snacks, and four plates of fruits. In the middle of the north side of the offering table, there is an incense burner, and behind the incense burner is a row with the words "The Divine Seat of the Xue Clan".

Qi Xiaoting gave Wu Daxue a piece of willow leaves soaked in the "Yin Wine Weak Water Willow Leaf Method", and then distributed them to everyone one by one, asking them to wipe the eyebrows on their foreheads first, and then wipe their eyes.

Qi Xiaoting asked Wu Daxue to stand in front of the offering table, lit four incense sticks by herself, made a gesture to the Xue family's ranking, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner, and said loudly to the tablet: "Old man Xue, I have found your grandson for you (talking about Wu Daxue), and I have also invited you to the fathers and villagers (pointing to the people in the courtyard).

"It's icy and snowy, it's been barren for many years, and it can't be cleaned up for a while. For such an important ceremony, you can't let your parents and fellow villagers stand in the snow to celebrate you, right?! You have appeared to create a comfortable and harmonious environment for everyone. ”

As soon as Qi Xiaoting's voice fell, houses, courtyard walls, and blue brick paved floors appeared. More than thirty people were in the courtyard, which seemed to be full.

People were shocked and looked at each other, wondering if they were in a dream.

Qi Xiaoting continued: "Fathers and fellow villagers are here to cheer you on, show your appearance, and meet everyone!" ”

Immediately, the old rich man Xue and his three sons appeared at the door of the north house together, dressed the same as in the morning, and their figures had a sense of substance. The difference is that at this time, the eyes are glazed, and there is no cunning in the morning.

"What's going on?"

Qi Xiaoting wondered in her heart, and was even more afraid that the "ancestor recognition" ceremony would not go on, so she hurriedly transmitted the sound of Long Yi.

"People are afraid of seeing ghosts, and ghosts are afraid of seeing people. Many people have suppressed them. They don't know that people can see them, so they restrain themselves and try not to make a fuss. Forget that, move on. "Long Yi transmitted.

In the transmission room, that is, in the blink of an eye, behind and on both sides of the father and son of the old rich man Xue, there were many ghosts with alkaline white faces. There were men and women, old and young, and they all looked at the people in the courtyard with dull eyes.

The crowd burst into a roar, and some of the elderly people in the original household pointed their fingers and said, "Who is this, who is who, and who is who, exactly the same as when it was alive, and it has not changed at all." ”

After shouting for a while, Qi Xiaoting saw that everyone almost recognized it, and pointed to Wu Daxue and said to the old rich man Xue: "This is your grandson Daxue (because she wants to recognize her ancestors, this time she didn't say her surname.) ）。 Pointing to the old rich man Xue and the young master Xue, he said to Wu Daxue: "This is your grandfather, this is your father." Do you all look like it? ”

Then he turned to the crowd and asked, "Have you all seen it too?" ”

The crowd shouted in unison, "See! ”

Qi Xiaoting: "Since you see it, let's also check it and see if it looks like it?" ”

When Wu Daxue saw his grandfather and father for the first time in his life, he had long forgotten the separation of yin and yang, and stood there excitedly wiping his tears.

Old Rich Xue didn't nod or shake his head, but nodded to his eldest son. Young Master Xue walked to the offering table, first stood side by side with Daxue, stood facing north for a while, and then turned around and stood facing south.

Qi Xiaoting understood its intentions, and also made Daxue turn around, face south, and stand side by side with Young Master Xue.

Immediately, the people discussed:

"Hey, that's like it!"

"It's like a pair of twins."

"Don't talk nonsense, they are father and son!"

"When the eldest young master died, he was also at this age, right? When you die, you can't change your appearance, and what you look like when you die will always be what you will be. ”

"It looks like it's father and son!"

"Can't be wrong, how can you look so similar if you are not related by blood!"

“…………”

"It doesn't count." A middle-aged man in the crowd suddenly said loudly: "There are people who have long charms, and they can't be recognized just by their looks." There must be evidence to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, so that everyone can be convinced! ”

"Yes, this recognition, your Xue family's thousands of acres of fertile land, and a large homestead, are all people's."

"I can't keep it, I'm here for this!"

“…………”

There were also people in the crowd who said anything, and they were all skeptical.

Wu Daxue was anxious when she heard this, and said to everyone: "I'm not here for property. I want my newborn son to live. Let's be honest with everyone, after I got married, my first and second children were sons, but they didn't live past their first birthday. My mother felt sorry for her grandson, so she asked her mother and mother everywhere to look at it, find Mr. Word Measurement to approve the eight characters, and look at the Yin and Yang House.

"Later, a fortune teller calculated that I was not a descendant of the Wu family, and said that in order to keep my son, I must recognize my ancestors and return to my ancestors. That's when my mother told me about it. But because there was no evidence, I didn't dare to do this, and I have been silently enduring it for six or seven years......"