Zhang Yaohua's mother agreed with Aunt Dongmei to go to the Tin Hau Temple to worship God tomorrow.

The temples of three or four villages near the Tianhou Temple are mainly dedicated to Mazu, and there are also some Taoist immortals, which were smashed once in the sixties and seventies, and now they are later rebuilt.

At that time, the villagers secretly carried the idol and hid it, and the idol was preserved.

Whether it is the recent fortune of the two families, or the danger they have encountered, they all feel that they should go and worship.

Of course, in addition to worshipping gods, worshipping ancestors is also inevitable.

To be precise, Chinese believe in their ancestors more than gods.

After worshipping the gods, if it is not spiritual, everyone will bury it: this immortal is not spiritual, and he will not worship next time.

But after worshipping their ancestors, they will not complain that their ancestors do not bless them, but they will reflect on their own lack of hard work, and then worship their ancestors every year.

This double standard, there is no one.

Early the next morning, Zhang Yaowei was shouted to kill chickens.

Today, Zhang Yaohua's brothers also have to go to worship God, so that they are more sincere, and the gods will bless them.

"There are no guns in the house." Zhang Yaowei reminded.

Ban firecrackers? There is no such thing as a place for them, and every time they worship God, they have to set off firecrackers, which is a custom and an important part.

Zhang Yaohua rubbed his eyes, wiped off some eye feces, and said, "You go to the commissary and ask, I'll pluck the hair." ”

The chicken has been killed, and it is being scalded in boiling water, followed by plucking and so on.

My mother looked at the chicken and said angrily: "This is a raw chicken, who told you to kill a raw chicken?" ”

Zhang Yaowei dropped the work in his hand and hurriedly walked outside, not wanting to listen to his mother's reprimand for a second.

A raw chicken is a rooster that has not been castrated.

Zhang Yaohua was puzzled: "This is raw chicken?" Why not castrate together? ”

He saw that the cockscombs of this rooster were not too big, and the roosters were not all big cockscombs?

"Emasculated, but not emasculated." After explaining, my mother walked to the chicken coop again, caught a steer, and took it out to kill Zhang Yaohua.

The meat of the rooster is on the hard side, chewy, and it is said to be rich in protein. Rooster meat is not for everyone, though. They are particular about it here, and it is better for pregnant women not to eat it.

And they happen to have pregnant women in their family.

No wonder my mother would scold people when she caught them.

Zhang Yaohua cleaned the raw chicken before killing the other one.

My mother brought a small half bowl of salt water to catch the chicken blood. Salt is good for chicken blood coagulation. In the countryside, chicken blood is not littered, and many people like to eat blood. It doesn't matter if it's chicken blood, duck blood, or pig blood, etc.

Zhang Yaohua heard that some places eat raw chicken blood, admire, don't you feel that the fishy smell is heavy?

There are different food customs in various places, and Zhang Yaohua naturally won't comment too much.

After the blood was bed, Zhang Yaohua put the steer aside, and then brought the half bowl of chicken blood back to the house. When he came out, he was dumbfounded.

What about chickens?

"Mom! You took the chicken I just killed? ”

Hearing this, my mother poked her head out of the kitchen window.

"I was in the kitchen with Ah Zhen just now."

Zhang Yaohua thought to himself: It can't be a passing dog that took it away, right?

At this moment, Zhang Yaowei came back with firecrackers.

"When you came back, did you see a dog with a chicken?" Zhang Yaohua asked him.

"What's wrong?"

"The chicken I just killed, when I go in and out of the house, it's gone."

"! That's our chicken? ”

Zhang Yaowei suddenly thought that he had just seen a chicken limping away, so he hurriedly put down the firecracker and ran in the direction where he saw the chicken.

It is clear that the big brother did not cut the throat of the chicken.

It's not like he hasn't tried it before, especially ducks, which can fly away after bleeding.

Soon, he caught the chicken back and made another cut in the neck.

This time, I didn't struggle at all.

Mom was quite speechless about these two brothers, and none of them were reliable.

Zhang's father was processing chicken intestines and other internal organs.

Chickens that worship God cannot directly break open their stomachs, but must cut a knife at the position of the chicken's buttocks, and then use their hands to pull out all the contents inside.

Be careful not to break the chicken gallbladder.

In addition, the chicken lungs must be cleaned, otherwise they will be cooked unevenly.

When it is put in the pot to cook, the chicken should be shaped, the head of the chicken should be placed along the back of the chicken, and the chicken feet should be bent and stuffed into the opening of the chicken buttocks.

By the way, put a slice of pork down and cook it together.

Offerings such as apples, oranges, sweets, and biscuits are also prepared.

There was also a pot of hot tea, a bottle of wine.

A handful of incense that hasn't been opened yet.

After getting everything done and making an appointment, the two families set off towards the Tianhou Temple with the east and west.

The Tin Hau Temple is not in their village, but in the village next door, and the temple has no rest days, and it opens and closes the door on time every day.

Ah Hui's chicken was a little stumbling, and the chicken skin was broken several times.

"What did you do?" Zhang Yaowei asked Shui Wang.

Looking at Aunt Dongmei's eyes, he guessed that Shui Wang made it like this.

"You can't blame me all......"

They came to the Tianhou Temple, and there were really many statues of gods enshrined in the temple, such as He Xiangu, Di Gong, etc. In the middle of the main hall, it is naturally Mazu.

The women of the two families placed the offerings on the altar one by one and lit incense.

There is also a special point in lighting incense, and it can't be messed around. Each incense burner is inserted with three sticks of incense, and before it is inserted, the incense is bowed horizontally three times.

The two women began to pray to the gods about the bad things that had happened in their homes recently, and then asked them to bless them.

Zhang Yaohua on the side was speechless.

It's not easy for people to eat you! There are so many requests that there is almost world peace.

I said my wish for three minutes.

While praying, he also served wine and tea, two cups of tea and one cup of wine.

"Wash your hands and come and pray." The old mother shouted at Zhang Yaohua and the others.

There is water in the temple that is specially used to wash hands, called Tianshui. Actually, it is the rain, when it rains, the temple is collected.

Zhang Yaohua and others sincerely bowed three times.

In the end, Zhang Yaowei and Shui Wang went to set off firecrackers, while Zhang Yaohua and Ah Hui went to the corner to ring the bell and play drums.

Whether it is setting off firecrackers, or beating bells and drums, it all means the same thing, that is, to notify the gods. Actually, it's like ringing a phone call is a feature.

Ah Hui and Uncle Miao Zhu are going to come to the Holy Grail, preparing to drop the Holy Grail, and test their good luck next time they go to sea.

Cup, also known as "pipe", the ancients used to ask the gods to beg for good luck, a tool to communicate with the gods, is made of two tree roots or bamboo roots made of a half-moon shape, there are two sides, the outside is protruding and the inside is flat, the inside is the front is called yin, and the outside is the back is called yang.

Both are positive, indicating a mixed blessing and a sneer that cannot be understood its meaning, commonly known as a "laughing cup".

If both are opposites, it is a cup of anger, indicating the anger of the gods.

The best result is one positive and one negative, representing the meaning of the gods' agreement and approval.

"I'll come first." Shui Wang took the Holy Grail over.

He took the chalice in his hands, bowed to Mazu solemnly, and then let go of his hand.

Two chalices fell to the ground, two opposites.

"Impossible, come again, just now."