After eating, Mrs. Wu said to her son Gu Xiaofeng: "Xiaofeng, today is the day for our ancestors in Gujia Village. Let's take the offerings and go to the ancestral hall together, shall we?"

Gu Xiaofeng said: "Okay, mother, pack up your things in a while, let's go." After that, Gu Xiaofeng looked back at Yi Dan and the three of them and said, "Sister Yi, Mr. Xu, Brother Youming, how about you go with me in a while?"

Yi Dan said in embarrassment: "How is this good? We are all outsiders, I'm afraid it's inconvenient to go to your ancestral hall, right?"

Xiao Feng smiled and said, "It's okay, you saved me today, how can you be an outsider? ”

Old Madam Wu also said, "Yes, Miss Yi, let's go and have a look." This is our annual sacrificial ceremony in Gujia Village, as well as the temple fair, which is lively. You can go shopping. ”

Youming said: "And the temple fair? really? Great. Senior sister, Mr. Xu, anyway, we are well fed now. Let's not enter the ancestral hall, but we can go to the temple fair for a walk and see the beautiful scenery of this Qiongya Island, which is also a good thing?"

Xiaofeng said: "Yes, you should take a walk after dinner." How about going along?"

Yi Dan looked at Xu Gui in embarrassment and said, "However, Mr. Xu still has a lot of things to do... I'm afraid it's not convenient for us, right?"

Earlier on the boat, Xu Gui heard Gu Xiaofeng talk about the origin of his stick technique. So now he is very interested in Gu Xiaofeng's experience. He knew that his father Xu Chongwei's matter might have something to do with this Gu Xiaofeng. In order to learn more about Gu Xiaofeng, Xu Gui echoed: "Okay, it's okay. Now that you're here, let's take a good look at it, and maybe there's something new to discover. ”

Yi Dan said: "Well, okay, since Mr. Xu agrees, then let's go and have a look together." ”

Yi Dan and his mother, Mrs. Wu, together with coconut rice, boiled chicken, mutton, fish and shrimp and other offerings, came to an ancestral hall next to the town.

Looking up, the plaque of the ancestral hall is inscribed with the three big characters of 'Gu Family Ancestral Hall'. The ancestral hall has been surrounded by men, women and children who come to worship their ancestors, some wear official uniforms to thank their ancestors for blessing and promotion, some hold babies to report the continuation of ancestral incense, some come with a large basket of rice to thank their ancestors for blessing a good harvest, and some come to beg for good weather and rain in wearing hats and hats to beg for good weather and disease. The various demands make the ancestral hall bustling and lively. There are also a lot of people selling incense wax paper money and various goods in the surrounding crowd.

Looking at the people, he walked out of the ancestral hall with firm eyes. Yi Dan and the others walked behind, and Yi Dan whispered to Xu Gui and Youming: "Master once said that although we Tang people are not the most enthusiastic about the sect, our respect and love for our ancestors are incomparable to other species, and this is really the case today." ”

Xu Guidao: "That's right, I heard my father say that when we worship our ancestors in our hometown in southern Fujian, it is also such a lively scene. People have taken this opportunity to tell their ancestors about their achievements. If someone wins fame and is promoted to a fortune, he must celebrate in the ancestral hall and temple fair, and he will come to the door to congratulate and be happy. ”

Hearing this, Yi Dan lowered his head and thought for a while and said, "Respect the ancestors." Not forgetting the root is originally a good thing. But I don't think that being promoted and making a fortune can glorify the ancestors. ”

Xu Guidao: "Then tell me, how can you be regarded as a glorious ancestor?"

Yi Dan said: "Mr. Xu, think about it, if all the scholars in the world blindly pursue promotion and wealth, they will glorify their ancestors. But he ignores a problem, that is, the wealth made after being promoted is often corrupted and exploited by the people. The corrupt officials have lived a prosperous and prosperous life since then, but the people have been squeezed dry. When the corrupt officials enjoyed the food and clothing without restraint, did they ever think that they had stepped on the bodies of countless starving corpses? Many of these starving corpses were even their own fathers and villagers. Therefore, the vision of promotion and wealth is too anachronistic and should be discarded. ”

You Ming said: "That's right, if a person wants to sit upright, stand up to the sky and the earth, and the evil will not invade, even if he is glorifying his ancestors." ”

Xu Guidao: "You all said it very well, and I agree with your ideas very much. But having said that, this idea of getting promoted and making a fortune has been passed down for thousands of years and has long been ingrained, and it is impossible to change it easily. Scholars all feel that it is natural for them to be promoted to become wealthy. If that's not the case, then why are they still studying so hard?"

Yi Dan said: "For the country and the people, not for yourself, is a person's noblest cultivation." If you don't have this kind of cultivation and just want to get rich, then don't become an official, you can do business, you can get rich? Why do you have to pretend to be noble and bend the law for bribes?"

"But businessmen value profit over parting, and they are looked down upon by scholars. Xu Gui said.

"What's so shameful about the money that Zhengda Guangming earned?" Yi Dan asked rhetorically.

Xu Guidao: "That's right, Miss Yi, you said it very well, I am deeply impressed by your talent and wisdom, admire and admire!"

Yi Dan said: "How dare you, I also learned from many seniors along the way." It's a shame to show off in front of Mr. Xu. ”

"Learning and using, learning for one's own use, is the purpose of learning. You can learn with an open mind, and you have such a deep understanding. I see that in the future, it will be a great thing. Xu Gui couldn't help but praise.

Yi Dan smiled slightly: "Mr. Xu is falsely praised, and he doesn't dare to be in the future." ”

Xu Gui didn't speak, just nodded with satisfaction.

As they spoke, several people came to the door of the ancestral hall. Old Madam Wu and Gu Xiaofeng carried the offerings and took the lead to the entrance of the ancestral hall.

Xiaofeng's mother, Old Lady Wu, greeted an old man who was guarding the ancestral hall, and the old man asked, "Sixth Sister-in-law Wu, why did your mother and son come to worship their ancestors so late this year?"

Old Madam Wu: "My son came back late today, so he came late, and the patriarch is inside, right?"

The old man said: "Well, the patriarch is here, you guys go in quickly." ”

Old Madam Wu and Xiao Feng stepped over the high threshold and walked in. Yi Dan, Youming, and Xu Gui stood at the door and looked inside.

The old man guarding the door of the ancestral hall asked, "May I ask the three, which one is it?"

Old Madam Wu hurriedly turned her head and explained, "Oh, they are my son's friends and they came with us. ”

The old man said: "I'm sorry Sixth Sister-in-law Wu, since you are not a member of our Gu family, you can't enter the ancestral hall." ”

Yi Dan hurriedly said, "It's okay, we didn't plan to go in." I just accompanied Mrs. Wu and Brother Xiaofeng to come over and have a look. Old lady, Brother Xiaofeng, go in first, we'll wait for you outside." ”

Xiaofeng said: "Well, then Sister Yi, I just wronged you to stay outside for a while." We're out soon. ”

"Okay, let's go in. After that, Gu Xiaofeng and his mother carried the offerings and entered the ancestral hall together. (To be continued.) )