Bai Zhixuan asked curiously, "Where did you get the blue and white porcelain cup you said?" How can the sacrifices offered in front of these graves be so high-level? ”

Daniel Zhang smiled and said, "That's not a sacrifice, it's used to hold sacrifices, just like the bowls and chopsticks we carry." I didn't take the cup here, so I picked it up. ”

Zhang Jianxiong suddenly interjected: "Wait a minute, you take me to have a look, let's also burn some paper money for others and put on a stick of incense." You've taken such a big advantage, you have to show it. ”

Daniel Zhang pointed to a road to the west and said, "It's over there, just a few minutes' walk." Let's go over for a while, it's very remote over there, and it's a hundred-year-old cemetery. ”

Zhang Jianxiong nodded and said: "In the past, there was a road over there, which could lead directly to the village, and the distance was closer, so the tombs in the early years were all over there. Later, a landslide blocked the road, so a road was opened here. In ancient times, the Zhang family also produced capable people, so the tombs over there were better. ”

Han Aihua said with a smile: "When I first came here, your father also took me around, some of the tombs are quite large, and they have also built archways, as if they were officials in ancient times." It's not like that, and a tomb of that size will cost a lot of money now. ”

Bai Zhixuan said with a smile: "Auntie, it's not that it's out of fashion, but it's too expensive, and there are not many rich people." My grandfather's hometown, their economic conditions are better. Some people began to engage in luxurious cemeteries, and the carved patterns on the tombstones, with various complicated shapes, looked more like the emperor than the emperor. ”

"How much does that cost?" Daniel Zhang asked curiously.

Bai Zhixuan shook her head and said, "I don't know, I don't care about this, I haven't inquired." I heard that some of them also invited a feng shui master from outside, with all kinds of different specifications, and there are tens of thousands of pieces of a tomb. Some will use marble, white marble and other carvings, which is very labor-intensive and expensive. ”

Zhang Jianxiong sighed: "Today's rich people can really enjoy it, and even going to the ground for peace is so exaggerated." My dad said that in the past, this kind of official rank was all about official rank, and it was not okay if the official rank was not reached. Now that there is no restriction on official rank, as long as you have money, you can do it, and the social atmosphere is very different. ”

Soon the family completed the sacrifice according to the process, they first placed the sacrifice in front of the tomb, and then followed Daniel Zhang to find the ancient tomb where the blue and white porcelain cup was found. The tomb was not far away, a few minutes away, at the beginning of a zigzag out-of-the-way place.

The regulations of this tomb are much more exaggerated than those of Daniel Zhang's grandparents, and all kinds of complicated carvings and texts are very impressive at first glance. Although it has not been cleaned for many years, it is covered with all kinds of mud and fallen leaves, but it still can't hide its solemn and solemn momentum.

Zhang Jianxiong took Daniel Zhang to pay tribute to his ancestors, although he was not the direct ancestor of his family, but he was also the ancestor of the Zhang family, so it did not seem to be in harmony. Because Daniel Zhang took a big advantage, this time he came to the incense ceremony to show a sacrifice, which was also an expression of gratitude.

Zhang Jianxiong looked at the inscription carefully, and sighed: "This ancestor is still quite famous in our Zhang family, and it is said that when he became a big official of Zhengsanpin, it is no wonder that the utensils in front of the tomb are so expensive." In the past, there was a big archway over there, more than three zhang high, and it was demolished later. ”

"Zheng Sanpin? What kind of official is that? Han Aihua asked curiously.

Daniel Zhang explained with a smile: "This is big, generally speaking, the provincial and ministerial levels are up and down the three products. For example, the governor or Shangshu are all three-grade officials, and whether they are positive or subordinate depends on the canonization above. I didn't expect our Zhang family ancestor to have such a generous time. ”

"Provincial and ministerial level? Wow, that's amazing. The biggest ancestor of our Han family is also a county Cheng, and his descendants still often boast about it. Han Aihua exclaimed: "How many officials are there in the county?" What is the equivalent of the current position in the county?

Daniel Zhang pouted: "What is there to brag about in the small county, it's just scraps." Generally speaking, it is an eight-grade, a better one from the seventh-grade, a sesame big official, and it can't be on the table. ”

Zhang Jianxiong sighed: "Petty officials have the benefits of petty officials, at least they won't get into trouble." Our ancestor was too big, and as a result, he got into trouble and couldn't be at peace when he died. His descendants were also sent to serve in the army, and they never returned, leaving only a lonely grave. ”

Daniel Zhang was puzzled: "His descendants have all been sent to the army, so why are there such valuable utensils to make tribute?" Doesn't that make sense? ”

Zhang Jianxiong shook his head and said, "I don't know, I guess someone in the village secretly got it for him." When he was alive, he took good care of the village, and many families were favored, and a few of them were relatively wealthy. People may have come to repay their kindness, so they secretly came to worship. ”

Daniel Zhang sighed: "The ancients said that a companion is like a companion tiger, and now it seems that he is really right. It is really embarrassing that the three-product master actually ended up with a desperate heir. ”

Zhang Jianxiong patted Daniel Zhang's shoulder and said with a smile: "Let's make a salute and leave, don't disturb his old man." With his kindness to my family, don't forget him when our family goes to the grave in the future. ”

Back at Daniel Zhang's grandparents' grave, the family packed up their things and drove back to the village. At noon, they had lunch in the ancestral hall, and at this time of year, many people came back from other places to worship their ancestors, and the ancestral hall also provided canteen services part-time to make some simple home-cooked food.

In the afternoon, Daniel Zhang followed his parents to visit a few familiar relatives in the village, chatted and gossiped some short words from parents, and did not drive away until four or five o'clock. When they returned to the Zhang family's compound, it was almost six o'clock, and Zhang Xuewen's family gathered a table of dishes and waited for them to return.

To Daniel Zhang's surprise, Zhang Qisheng came again, but this time alone, and his son Zhang Guifa did not come. Looking at his sad face, he was a little restless, like an ant on a hot pot. As soon as he saw Daniel Zhang, he greeted him, looking restless.

"Uncle, it's not good, your friends and the people in the county are fighting." Zhang Qisheng secretly pulled Daniel Zhang aside and said anxiously.

Daniel Zhang was a little puzzled and asked, "Who did they fight with?" Who's in the county? When did they call me? ”

Zhang Qisheng explained: "It's the friend you brought to see the old man yesterday, they were treated there today, and they happened to meet County Magistrate Hu to inspect. At that time, the old man was halfway through, and the old Zhong Fei asked them to stop, and there was a quarrel when he said it, and then he started. ”

"The result? Who won? Did you hurt someone? How was it handled? Daniel Zhang asked anxiously, "County Magistrate Hu?" You're talking about Hu Yibo, who was new last year, right? ”