0515 Rites
Li Baye and the others had never seen this battle, and the sound of leather boots colliding alone scared them! When I saw him raise his hand, I thought I was going to hit someone, and everyone shrank their necks again! The action is very neat!
However, Li Baye still reacted quickly, although he didn't know what the other party's actions meant, he could guess that it was etiquette! But when he grew so big, he had only seen the messenger whip him, and how could any messenger salute him first? So he shook his hand again and again and said, "Official, you can't do it, you can't do it!"
But at this time, I heard the man put down his hand and said loudly, "Eighth Uncle Ancestor, take a good look at me, I am Yaozong!" Li Yaozong!"
Li Baye and other villagers always felt very familiar when they heard the name Li Yaozong, but they couldn't remember who it was! And Li Yaozong saw that everyone was confused, and in desperation, he could only say loudly, "I'm the dog who went to the second room!"
As soon as the crowd heard this, they made an uproar! Someone said, "It's a dog!"
"That's right, the name of the dog is Yaozong! It's just that there are too many dogs, and I can't remember it for a while!"
Everyone was no longer afraid at this time, but directly stepped forward to surround Li Yaozong, and looked at the military uniform on his body! At this time, Li Baye has already put his mind at ease, if the other party is Li Goudan, there is nothing to say! Immediately straightened his waist and said, "Dog, it's you! What kind of clothes are you wearing? What do you think is weird?"
Li Yaozong patted the armed belt around his waist, then raised his leg to pat the leather boots on his calf, and said proudly, "Eighth Uncle Ancestor, this is the military dress of our navy!" How? Looks good, right?"
Li Baye looked up and down for a while, then twisted his beard and said, "It's okay, it looks quite mighty!"
At this time, another officer who had been outside the crowd said loudly, "Li dog, don't just talk nonsense, hurry up and unload the car, I am also in a hurry to go back to the village!"
Li Baye remembered that there was still a person, so he whispered, "Who is this person?"
Li Yaozong said, "This is my colleague Ma Pingchuan! It's the youngest son of Second Uncle Ma's family in Yanhe Village!"
The two villages are so close that they know each other well. Hearing that it was Ma Laoer's son, everyone was not afraid, and simply wrapped him into the crowd and chattered and asked.
At this time, Li Yaozong said loudly, "Eighth Uncle Ancestor, uncles, listen to me first!"
When everyone quieted down, he said loudly, "Ma Pingchuan and I came back for vacation, and we are also in a hurry to go home to see our parents! Did you see the car, half of the things in the car were mine, let's unload them first, and then let Ma Pingchuan go home first! Then today I will invite the big guy to dinner, and I will set up a table in the middle of the village!"
When everyone heard this, there was a commotion, and then they rushed over excitedly, moving things from top to bottom. Sure enough, there was everything in the cart, bacon, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, and especially altars of wine and bundles of cloth. And when loading, it is dressed, and the two batches of the same thing are placed clearly, so as not to unload the wrong goods!
By the time everyone had finished unloading the car, there were already quite a few people in the village, almost fifty or sixty people, and there was a tendency to gather more and more. So Ma Pingchuan saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly pulled the coachman to drive the ox cart away!
At this time, Li Yaozong was dragged around in the crowd, and the villagers were also asking questions from east to west, so that he didn't know what to say. Just when everyone was in a mess, I heard someone outside the crowd shouting, "Uncle Dog, he's here, get out of the way!"
Hearing this shout, people immediately gave way to a gap on both sides, and then an old man hurriedly walked in, he first nodded to Li Baye, and then looked at Li Yaozong. He looked at it and slapped his thigh and said, "This is my dog's egg!"
Everyone laughed when they heard his words, and everyone was very happy to see the scene of their relatives reuniting after a long absence! Li Yaozong saw that his uncle also had tears in his eyes, and stepped forward to salute! His uncle was stunned!
But as soon as he put his hand down, Li Baye's face sank! He said loudly, "Dog, how come you haven't learned any etiquette in the past few years? You were in a hurry to answer
, it doesn't matter if you don't kowtow to me, now that your own uncle is here, how can you not kowtow?"
At this time, people are still very particular about etiquette. It is a common thing for children and nephews who have been away all the year round to return home and see their elders kowtowing one by one. Especially for large families with large populations, the head of the circle of low seniority is knocked down, and the knees of the new pants may be worn out!
Hearing Li Baye's reprimand, Li Yaozong explained in embarrassment: "Eighth Uncle Ancestor, Uncle, it's not that I don't kowtow, but according to the rules of our navy, wearing this military uniform, no one can kneel except for my direct parents! Didn't I salute my uncle just now, and then kowtow to the big guys one by one when I change into civilian clothes!"
Everyone looked at each other with suspicion, they had never heard of such a rule. Even Li Baye and his uncle glared at him with suspicion and anger!
Seeing this, Li Yaozong hurriedly explained, "Eighth Uncle Ancestor, Uncle, what I said is true! Our army is a newly established army, called the navy, which is different from the previous sailors, and the rules are different!"
Hearing such an explanation, Li Baye squinted his eyes, twisted his beard and said, "I seem to have heard that a navy has been established recently, saying that the generalissimo is still an earl! So if the dog says so, it makes sense! Don't huddle around for now, let the dog go home and change his clothes, and then go to the ancestral hall to kowtow! We can't let people say that our Li family is rude!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone outside the crowd shouting again: "Uncle Li and Aunt Li are here, hurry up and give way!"
The crowd flashed, faster than just now, probably just to see if Li Yaozong kowtowed! At this time, a pair of middle-aged men and women came in the crowd, and everyone squinted at what Li Yaozong was doing?
At this time, Li Yaozong didn't care about the opinions of others, and directly took two steps forward and knelt on the ground, took off his big-brimmed hat and put it on the ground, and said loudly, "Dad, mother, the child is back!"
After saying that, he knocked his head on the ground, and he was just about to kowtow to the second head, but he was already hugged by his mother! I heard his mother cry loudly, "You bastard, why haven't you heard from you for five or six years? I thought you were dead outside!"
As soon as he cried twice, Li Baye said, "What are you talking about? Yaozong is a soldier outside, aren't you cursing him when you say this! And you didn't see that he was still wearing a military uniform, so hurry up and let him go home and change into civilian clothes, and then put incense on the ancestors!"