Daniel Zhang took a big bite of his elbow and said with a smile: "I think they are quite painful, unlike drinking in the city." Although the wine is not too good, it is indeed a real grain wine, which is not easy. Last time, someone in the county held a banquet, and they bought fake wine cheaply, and several died. ”

Zhang Xuewen sighed and said: "The world is going down, there is no way." Only we are in the poor countryside, and the villagers still have some simplicity. In fact, there are many people in the town who have returned from part-time jobs, and they have also become slippery. ”

The three of them were chatting, Wu Chunlei came over with a few brothers again, and everyone toasted all kinds of things, and there was another wave of excitement. Daniel Zhang was afraid that Zhang Xuewen would not be able to bear it, and was ready to help him block the wine, but Wu Qiuyue took it. Wu Qiuyue has been engaged in sales for a long time, and the amount of wine is good, so it is easy to drink this little wine.

The banquet was lively for more than two hours before it ended, and the relatives and friends said goodbye to the host's house crookedly, and left the Wu family one after another. Daniel Zhang and the three were the last to go, and before leaving, they chatted with Wu Qiuyue's parents for a while and pulled the feelings between relatives.

Wu Qiuyue's parents heard that Daniel Zhang had arranged a job for Wu Qiuyue with a monthly salary of 800, and they expressed their gratitude to him, and Daniel Zhang was very embarrassed. When the relatives of the Wu family heard that Wu Qiuyue earned so much in a month, they all showed envious looks, and praised her for her promising.

This situation made Wu Qiuyue's vanity unprecedentedly satisfied, and the smile on her face became more and more coquettish. She has been pampered by her parents since she was a child, and some relatives have also complained about it. Now she looks so decent in front of her relatives that those who like to chew on the root of their tongue behind their backs are speechless.

After returning home, Daniel Zhang first dissipated the strength of the wine on his body, and then began to prepare to return to Zhangwan Village to worship his ancestors. He was going to leave the next day, and he had to bring a lot of sacrificial supplies with him, and he had to pack and prepare them in advance. The next day, the two of them rode their bicycles down and stayed in the village for two days.

Zhangwan Village is the ancestral land of the Zhang family, and the entire village is surnamed Zhang, who have lived here for hundreds of years. This village is one of the oldest among the surrounding villages, and many of the places still retain their ancient customs. In particular, the ancestral hall of the Zhang family is a symbol of family inheritance.

Nowadays, many people in the Zhang family have left their ancestral land to go out to spread their branches, and some people may not be able to come back once a year, so ancestor worship has become a representative of each family. Daniel Zhang's parents were out running cars, and he participated on behalf of his parents, but the sacrificial supplies had to be prepared for three people.

The sacrificial supplies of the two families had to be transported to the village, which was still very troublesome. Especially Zhang Xuewen's health is not good, so it is dangerous for him to ride a bicycle with a lot of things. Aunt Zhang picked up a tricycle at a neighbor's house, and the four of them put the sacrificial supplies in the car, and then went to Zhangwan Village together.

Zhangwan Village is not close to the town, and the road is not easy to walk, and it takes at least an hour or two to walk. Daniel Zhang was strong and strong and pedaled three wheels in front, carrying Aunt Zhang and sacrifices. Zhang Xuewen and his wife followed behind on bicycles, and the group went to Zhangwan Village without hurrying.

Daniel Zhang comes back three times a year, and in addition to the Midyear Festival, he also comes to visit the tomb during the New Year and Qingming Festival. His grandfather was buried in the family cemetery in the village, as is the case with most of the Zhang family in Yunshan. Therefore, the annual sacrifice and tomb sweeping time is very lively, and it is like a gathering of relatives.

Not long after leaving the town, Daniel Zhang's mobile phone had no signal, and he shook his head with a bitter smile. Mobile phones are good, but they are easy to form dependence. I sometimes feel very uncomfortable without my phone, and I feel like something is missing. He knew that he was a little obsessed, and most people still lived without a mobile phone.

The process along the way was fairly smooth and there were no difficulties. When approaching Zhangwan Village, the road became lively, and people from the Zhang family gathered here from all over the world, all carrying various offerings. Aunt Zhang is the most familiar with her, and when she met a lot of greetings, she responded enthusiastically while sitting on a tricycle.

When I arrived at the Zhang family ancestral hall, the person who presided over the ancestral hall was already arranged. The offerings of each family are first collected and placed in the storehouse, and the last sacrifice is taken out and burned according to the name written on it. Then there is the arrangement of the residence of each family, which is the most troublesome thing.

There are guest rooms in the ancestral hall of the Zhang family, which can be used for the children of the family who have returned to their hometowns. However, there are too many people to come during the Midyear Festival, and it is not enough to rely only on the guest rooms of the ancestral hall, so most people have to be diverted to various families in the village. Generally, everyone is looking for acquaintances, so that accommodation and food and drink are easy to solve.

Aunt Zhang was the most familiar with the village, and quickly arranged accommodation, food and drink for the four of them. The house is an old widow with a son, which is similar to the situation of Zhang Xuewen's family in the past. The old widow's surname is Wang, and Daniel Zhang is called Wang Po. Aunt Wang's son is called Zhang Guiquan, a generation higher than Daniel Zhang, and he has to be called uncle.

Zhang Guiquan's house is not big, just a small courtyard, a total of three tiled houses, all built when his father was alive. Aunt Zhang and Wang Po squeezed into one room, Zhang Xuewen slept in one room, and Daniel Zhang had a small room alone. They have been eating and staying here for the past two days, and they can just give some money.

Daniel Zhang knew that the family was living in poverty, and Zhang Guiquan couldn't make much money from farming, so he specially brought some sausage and bacon and other foods. These are all meat processing factories in the county, and although they are not as delicious as those made by the farmers themselves, meat is considered a hard dish in the countryside.

Looking at the sausage and bacon on the tricycle, coupled with the rice and vegetable oil brought by Zhang Xuewen, Wang Po was very happy. She said no, but her heart was already happy, and she told her son to take things in. Her family lived a frugal life, and she couldn't eat meat for a month, which could be eaten for months.

"Uncle Guiquan, I see that there are a lot of ancestors worshipping this time, and it is more lively than during the Qingming Festival." Daniel Zhang helped move things inside, and inquired by the way.

Zhang Guiquan said with a smile: "That is, the Midyear Festival is a big sacrifice, which is much grander than the Qingming Festival." In fact, in the past, Qingming was also a big sacrifice, but now in order to facilitate working outside, the ceremony has also been simplified. After all, the New Year is already a big sacrifice, and Qingming just came back to the grave. ”

Daniel Zhang was amazed: "I think there are more people today than last year, and there were not so many people last year." I looked at the warehouse where the sacrifices were kept, and they were running out. There are also more patterns than last year, all gold and silver ingots, and even underworld banknotes, which are printed with the head of the Jade Emperor. ”

Zhang Xuewen shook his head and smiled bitterly: "These people are just nonsense, how serious the sacrifice is, it's all a joke." I took a look, and there were still 10 billion, 20 billion. ”

Zhang Guiquan sighed: "It's because of this that Uncle Ke got angry last night. How much he attaches importance to ancestor worship, he gets angry when he sees these messes. ”

The uncle Ke in Zhang Guiquan's mouth is called Zhang Ke, who is the patriarch of the Zhang family, and all kinds of activities related to the ancestral hall are presided over by him. He was an old-fashioned man, very stubborn, and he was most unaccustomed to such impolite things. With his temper, he would definitely get angry when he encountered this kind of thing.