Li Duoyu stayed in the office for a while.

I went straight home.

The village director does not have a clear requirement to sit on duty, and when he mainly deals with things, he can come to the village committee.

In addition, now that the system has just been restructured, many systems are not perfect, and in a short period of time, he, the village director, really has not worked.

So, Li Duoyu returned home first.

Zhou Xiaoying and Zhu Xiuhua followed Chen Huiying to prepare all kinds of things for worship.

Because on the first and second days of the next seventh month, for two consecutive days, the "good brothers" will be invited to dinner.

Every mid-year festival is also the time when the customs of Dandan Island are the most confusing.

Chenjia Village celebrates the Pudu Festival.

Pudu Festival is a traditional folk festival formed by combining the Taoist midyear festival and the Buddhist Bon Festival.

On the side of Xiasha Village, because people come from all directions, every Midyear Festival, there will be neighbors who tear each other apart.

Some of them are halfway through.

Some are called Shi Gu.

Some have to cross Pudu.

And Li Duoyu's family is more complicated, because their ancestors came from Rongcheng, so they also have to "do half a section".

The meaning of doing half a paragraph means that half of the year has been passed, and on the day of the Midyear Festival, it is necessary to celebrate the harvest and worship the ancestors.

To put it simply, it's a treat.

And A-Niang Chen Huiying is a native of Chenjia Village, and she also wants to do Pudu, so when their family is in the Midyear Festival, they not only have to "do half a section" but also have to "do Pudu", which is also quite chaotic.

However, it doesn't matter how the festival is celebrated.

In general, this month is all about non-stop worship and inviting "guests" to dinner.

It's not me who comes to your house to eat.

It's you who come to my house to eat.

The more you worship, the more you eat, and if you can't finish eating, you invite relatives and friends to come and eat together.

On the last night of the sixth lunar month, Chen Huiying will especially tell the children that they are not allowed to go to the beach to play for a whole month.

And once twelve o'clock is over.

Ah Niang will light a square lantern at the door, Chen Huiying said that this is called a street lamp, which is used to light the way for "good brothers".

Li Duoyu also understood.

Why do they pay so much attention to the Midyear Festival, the older generation said that in the past, when there were Japanese pirates, fishermen along the coast were often killed, and even their bodies were confiscated.

In order to sacrifice these villagers who were killed, the surviving fishermen made the venue of the Midyear Festival particularly grand.

And another way to put it is.

At that time, the Qing army and Zheng Chenggong's army waged a long-term tug-of-war in their area, and the Qing army organized many large-scale massacres in order to deter the anti-Qing soldiers and civilians, thus promoting the custom of re-pudu.

In later generations, due to the increasing number of fishermen.

There were quite a few shipwrecks.

It slowly evolved into a sacrifice to those "good brothers" who were shipwrecked at sea.

And every year during the Midyear Festival, Zhou Xiaoying will be extra serious, but because her father and mother died in a shipwreck.

Since childhood, he has been influenced by Chen Huiying.

She attaches great importance to this festival.

Usually pick and search, even a piece of meat is reluctant to buy, but in the seventh month of the lunar calendar, there will be no ambiguity at all when it comes to spending money.

What gold paper, silver paper.

Three sacrifices and five rituals.

There will be all that should be.

Unlike ordinary fishermen, fishermen who have not had an accident at home only need a simple sacrifice on the first day of July when the ghost door opens.

Just put some simple fruit biscuits in front of your house to say goodbye, and burn some paper money.

And there have been accidents in the family.

Generally, a large festival is required, a sumptuous table of dishes is made, and a large amount of paper money is burned.

After Zhou Xiaoying finished burning the paper money, she took the incense and bowed in the direction of the sea.

There are still words in his mouth.

"Daddy and Auntie, I'm fine now, Duoyu is very good, and my son is also very well-behaved, I hope you can rest assured, don't worry too much about me, as soon as possible."

After Zhou Xiaoying's worship.

His eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Seeing her like this, Li Duoyu realized how much of a bastard he was in his previous life.

In the previous life, in this month, Li Duoyu and Agui ate and drank everywhere every day, treating Pudu as a flowing water seat, completely forgetting the original meaning of Pudu.

And yet while they were praying.

Unexpectedly, but a little unexpectedly, an unexpected person came, and the old lady came to their house again on crutches.

This time, I didn't come to find his father.

Instead, he found the "fifth uncle".

Although everyone knows that she has Alzheimer's disease, she still makes her mother Chen Huiying angry.

The reason is that in previous years, the old lady would not be able to help but get sick every July.

For a whole month, the people in Chenjia Village were scolded, but Chen Huiying was scolded the most, once Chen Huiying was found to be "doing Pudu".

He would even run over and flip her table and say something very nasty.

In previous years, when Chung Du was doing Purdue on the Midyear Festival, Chen Huiying hated the old lady who bound her feet the most.

And this time, although she stopped scolding and didn't flip the table, she came to them and kept reciting the name of "Fifth Uncle".

It's not much different from flipping a table.

When Chen Huiying saw the old lady, she went back to the room angrily, out of sight.

And after the old lady couldn't find the fifth uncle, she didn't go to his son Li Zhengtian, but walked to Li Duoyu and looked at it.

"I remember Ling, you often play with our family Yujun, I haven't seen Yujun for a long time, do you know where he went?"

Meet the old lady.

Li Duoyu also had mixed tastes, so he had to lie to her and said, "Yujun went to college and didn't come back so soon." ”

"It's so promising, and I'm still in college."

The old lady looked very happy, then looked at Zhou Xiaoying, who was holding the child, and looked at the child: "Your child is so good-looking." ”

"Hmm."

Li Duoyu nodded.

The old lady sat on the stone bars of their yard because she was probably tired of walking, and then stared blankly at the sea in front of her.

The whole person was like a lost soul, motionless and not saying a word.

And not long after.

The third uncle and third aunt rushed over.

took the old lady back as soon as possible, and the third uncle said apologetically: "Duoyu, your grandma didn't lift your table this time." ”

Li Duoyu shook his head: "No." ”

"That's good." The third uncle sighed: "It's all Alzheimer's, why do you come to your house at this time of year." ”

Li Duoyu smiled helplessly: "Maybe get used to it." ”

"Then let's go first."

However, Li Duoyu found that the old lady has lost a lot of weight recently, and she was originally a person who paid great attention to personal image and hygiene, even if she was at home every day, her hair was quite good-looking.

But when he came out this time, he was dismantled by a shawl, and the buttons of the clothes on his body were buttoned in the wrong position many times.

And Li Duoyu can smell it clearly.

The old lady already smelled of it.

This month, I have been worshipping and eating, and on the fifteenth day of July, there are also rituals such as "releasing Krathong".

Until after July 15.

Bye-bye is reduced.

However, because there are too many things to worship, and Zhou Xiaoying doesn't like to eat, so in the past half a month, Li Duoyu has gained more than ten pounds.

The little belly is exposed.

And the day after finishing Pudu, his brother-in-law Chen Dongqing came to the door with a happy face and said to Li Duoyu:

"The time of the delegation has been determined, and next month, Rongcheng University will hold a special language class for us, and the members of the delegation will have to go to the university for training for half a month."

"Half a month?"

Chen Dongqing nodded.

"But now it's Halloween in July."

Chen Dongqing said disgustedly: "Don't be so superstitious. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Huiying walked out of the house and glared at him.

Chen Dongqing was stunned for a second, but still said: "Sister, there are priorities, this opportunity is really rare." ”

Li Duoyu, who already knows Chinese, really doesn't want to learn the fifty tones again, and he doesn't want to learn the etiquette of the island country again.

"Then I'll just go through the motions, can I go for two days?"

Chen Dongqing is so angry that he wants to beat someone, others are fighting for a place, and you are still fucking reluctant.

"No, the leader above specially explained, asking me to supervise you to learn Chinese, if you don't learn well, you will deduct my salary."

"Then deduct it."

"Li Duoyu, you are excessive, believe it or not, I bite you."

"Come on."

Seeing that the two of them were fighting, Zhou Xiaoying said: "Go, there is me at home, don't worry, A-Niang will also help take care of it." ”

There is someone in the family who can go to the island country for investigation, and they also have a light on their faces, so they are naturally supportive.

Lao Li, who was smoking a cigarette, smiled with a smile on his face: "I'll show you the oyster field, you are now the village director, go out with your brother-in-law to learn something and come back." ”

Li Haoran smiled and said, "Uncle, you're over there, there is something delicious, remember to bring me some back." ”

Li Yaoguo couldn't help but want to beat his son fatly: "You kid, how come you know how to eat all day long." ”

(End of chapter)