Soon on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, in the early morning, Old Man Lu took his three sons, a group of grandsons and other clansmen to the ancestral hall to worship.

The ladies of the family are preparing for today's food for the New Year, and the little maids are also preparing their own ingredients for the New Year, and everyone is busy with their own food.

A few days ago, a few pigs were killed, and the clansmen who fled with them all the way and the people who were rescued in the Liukou den before gave some, as well as the people who usually performed well in the workshop and the fields, and they also sent a lot, so there was not much left, but early in the morning, the Lu brothers still carried the pig's head and some tribute fruits to honor the ancestors.

When we arrived, we started sprinkling and sweeping, and then we started the worship ceremony, and when we started sprinkling and sweeping, the women came.

The worship ceremony is not very grand, but everyone is sincere and sincere, after the end, the old man Lu said: "We have settled in Jingzhou now, so we can't leave our ancestors in Changzhou, so I decided to take the people to Changzhou after the New Year, and move the tombs of the ancestors here, I don't know what you think?" ”

This is a very large family, and the relocation of graves is also a big project, and the remaining people alone are far from enough, and they have to hire some other people to help.

Of course, this is just Old Man Lu's thoughts, and whether to move or not still depends on everyone's opinions.

"Uncle, this is all as it should be, you just make a decision, we all listen to you!"

Xiaozhuzi's father Lu Daping opened his mouth to agree, and the others also thought the same, although they didn't say it on the surface, but everyone already regarded Old Man Li as the new patriarch in their hearts, so naturally what he said was what he said.

Besides, they are living a good life now, there is no reason to let their ancestors suffer in Changzhou, and there are those clansmen who are out of their homes, and they can't be left unworshipped, as long as they are alive, they can't be left behind.

Old man Lu looked at everyone's reaction, nodded with satisfaction, fortunately, they came along the way, they are all good people, and there are not a few excellent ones in Changzhou before, but they are all gone on the way to escape from the wilderness, although it is a pity, but now they are still living a good life with the rest of these people, everyone helps each other, and there is no contradiction.

"Then the matter is settled, you go back and discuss, the family can send a representative, and we will hire someone to help, and our family will pay the money."

They are all good people who are easy to get along with, the Lu family has a good life, and they don't care about so much money, it's no problem to suffer appropriately, after all, not all clansmen can come up with so much money.

Everyone was so moved that they thanked them again and again, but they didn't want to take advantage of this in vain, so they discussed it briefly and decided that each family would come up with five taels of silver, and there was really no way to do the rest, so they could only trouble the Lu family.

They are all helping the Lu family to do things, they have saved some money in the past two years, these five taels of silver used to be the expenses of their family for a whole year, and now they earn more, but the pursuit is more, many families are ready to build new houses, and those who have babies also want to send their babies to school, so tossed down, it is really rare to be able to take out five taels of silver.

Old man Lu nodded and did not refuse.

When the worship was over, everyone went home with their offerings.

At lunch, the old man Lu said: "My family will go back with the eldest and me, the second child has to take care of his daughter-in-law, and the third child has an official position and can't leave, so he can only let the eldest take a few days off." ”

Boss Lu has no opinion, he should be the eldest son.

He nodded and said, "Dad, I'll just go back, it's such a long way, you're old, don't toss back and forth." ”

"No, I have to go back, here is the oldest of me and your mother, I have to go back as a representative to see, if nothing else, this is the last time I go back in my life."

Speaking of this, Old Man Lu sighed.

Although Jingzhou is very good, but Changzhou is also the place where they have survived and multiplied for generations, this time I went back to move the grave, and secondly, it can be regarded as a memory of my hometown, he is old, and he no longer likes to run around like when he was young, he wants to enjoy Qingfu by his children's side, and follow his wife to raise flowers and birds.

As for the hometown, even the graves of the ancestors have to be moved here, so naturally there is nothing to be nostalgic for, and this place will become their hometown.

When everyone heard these words, they immediately stopped talking, and an inexplicable sadness lingered in their hearts, and the difficulties and despair when fleeing the famine seemed to be still vivid.

Seeing everyone like this, Lu Baichuan took the initiative to change the topic and said: "The road is far away, maybe you will encounter danger, and I will send a few people to follow you and escort you safely." ”

In fact, he wanted to go back in person, he was the one who had been away from his hometown for the longest time, and he should do his part at this time, but the national capital was still waiting for him to take office, and he couldn't shirk it.

"Okay, after the New Year's arrangement, it will take about a month to go to a trip at the earliest, and it is indeed a lot more reassuring to find a few more people."

Old man Lu nodded, took a sip of wine, and no longer thought about the sad things in the past.

He Jiuniang opened her mouth and said: "Since we are going to move the grave, we must send a few more carriages over, and when we go, the carriages are empty, we can bring some things here to sell, not to make money, we can sell them at cost price, and it is good to do something for the people of Changzhou." ”

Changzhou must be much behind other places when it suffers from this catastrophe, and although the imperial court has tried to change it, it will not be possible to do so quickly for a while.

She's not a virgin, she can't send everything out, but she doesn't make money, but it's okay to bring some supplies to those people at cost price, anyway, the carriage is empty, so you don't have to use it in vain.

"It's a good idea, and it's right to do something good within your means."

Sun recognized it very much, and the others had no opinion.

Yu said: "Didn't we store some flawed coarse cloth clothes in our workshop, and put them away, so let's give them to those who are not in good condition." ”

Don't look at their lives now, but when they were in Changzhou before, they were reluctant to buy a piece of fabric to make clothes all year round, and now there are many such people, especially in Changzhou, which has just experienced a catastrophe.

Not all refugees have settled in the same place as they go, some have fled for a while, and found that it is even more difficult to mix outside, and then they return to their hometowns when the first rain falls, especially some families with families, who flee with their families before the real catastrophe comes, and then return after the disaster.

Those people fled and were protected by their subordinates, and ordinary people did not dare to rob, and because they left early, the chance of encountering rogues was much smaller, so they could go back safely and soundly.

But the poor are different, they can only carry their lives, and if they can carry it, they will live, and if they can't carry it, they will die.

Natural and man-made disasters are always the suffering of the poor.