Chapter 10: Ancestor Worship Luck Reappears
After the sun rose again, Lao Zhu’s house became lively.
“Both the old man’s family and the second child’s family, go and prepare everything in the kitchen. Put away the rabbits and pheasants that the second child dressed up yesterday.”
“ The third child’s family will clean the yard again.”
“The fourth child’s family, go wake up the fourth child and ask him to go to the Cuntou grocery store to buy some snacks, melon seeds and fruits, and get some wine.”
Early in the morning, my grandmother summoned several daughters-in-law to come, finish their busy work, and tidy up the house.
The ingredients picked yesterday were also processed overnight. Fungus and other fungi were baked on the stove last night and soaked by my aunt and mother in the morning. The bamboo shoots have also been uncoated, and other ingredients have also undergone preliminary processing.
My grandfather rarely wore an eighty-percent-new blue cloth turban, and kept it clean and tidy. He sat in the middle of the yard smoking a cigarette, looking at the door from time to time and listening to the noise.
The zhizhi worn by my grandfather was the main style of men's clothing in the Ming Dynasty. It was a robe cut in one piece from top to bottom, with slits on both sides, but with a hidden hem covering the middle slit. This style was worn by men in the Ming Dynasty. One of the more formal outfits.
The eldest uncle was no longer in the room studying. He was dressed as a student, much more presentable than his grandfather, and was pacing in the yard with his hands behind his back.
After a while, the fourth aunt woke up the fourth uncle. The fourth uncle was wearing baggy clothes and walked out of the room muttering.
"Fourth, please pack your clothes and see what you look like." When Mr. Zhu saw his fourth uncle looking careless, he immediately blew his beard and glared, grabbed his fourth uncle and sprayed him.
After all, he is my grandmother’s favorite son. When my grandmother saw the old man getting angry, she immediately came to the rescue.
"Okay, isn't it because I asked the fourth family to call him out in a hurry? You bastard, why don't you pack up quickly? Go to the entrance of the village to buy some snacks, fruits and melon seeds, and give your father a few kilograms. Here comes the soju. "
Grandma gave the fourth uncle a handful of money. The fourth uncle took it with a smile and stuffed it into his sleeve, promising again and again that he would do everything his mother asked him to do.
The eldest brother followed his father and third uncle to borrow tables and chairs from a neighbor's house. Although there were two sets of tables and chairs in the house, if the uncle and his family came over today, there would be a lot of people and two sets of tables and chairs would not be enough.
Halfway through the day, the sound of horses neighing came from outside. Mr. Zhu put down the pipe in his hand and walked out like a gust of wind.
“Here we come.”
The old man’s voice came from outside, and then everyone swarmed out, and Zhu Pingan also squeezed out.
There were three large carriages parked outside, two of them were of the same standard, and there was a larger carriage.
It turned out that not only the grandfather's family was here, but also my aunt's family. It was so lively that it took three large carriages to squeeze in to bring the two families. The two carriages of the same standard belonged to my grandfather's family, and the other, larger one, belonged to my aunt's family.
My aunt heard that the great grandfather’s family was moving to the south to join their eldest son, so she also brought her family over to practice for the great grandfather’s family.
The eldest grandpa and his aunt's family are obviously much richer than his own family, and their clothes are all on a higher level. Both families wear the latest styles of silk and satin. Although the eldest grandpa's family is engaged in business, he is smart and savvy. After the eldest grandpa made money in business, he went to buy land. He bought a lot of land and spent some more money when registering at the Yamen. , and then naturally became a farmer on the government's yellow list. If anyone objects, the uncle will say that I am a landlord. Look at how much land I have. What am I if I am not a landlord?
The eldest son of the grandpa’s family, Uncle Zhu Ping’an, is doing business in the south. Aunt Datang is taking care of the elderly at home with his two children. The youngest son of the grandpa’s family is Uncle Santang who has just gotten married and is not there yet. child.
My aunt is a very warm and generous old lady, while my uncle is like a saw-mouthed gourd and talks very little. They have a son and a daughter. They have two children in the second uncle's family, a 12-year-old cousin. My brother has a 10-year-old second cousin; my aunt has only one little cousin who is eight years old this year.
Look at what some of his cousins are wearing. The styles and materials are much newer, and the people wearing them are also much prettier. Looking at himself, he is so uncouth. The only thing Zhu Pingan can be thankful for is that he doesn’t have to wear crotchless pants anymore. Otherwise, we can only hang it from the southeast branch.
The Zhu family ancestral hall was built with money from the Zhu family after they moved here. Although it does not occupy a large area, it pays great attention to decoration. The entire ancestral hall is much more expensive than the Zhu family's old house. The grandpa took the lead in worshiping the ancestors. He first read a difficult-to-understand memorial text, then offered incense and burned paper money, then offered a glass of wine in front of the god, and then led the grandfather and the eldest son of the second aunt's grandfather to bring the pork sacrificed to the ancestors. The mutton is placed on the altar table, and the rituals are muttered and the three obeisances and nine kowtows are very solemn.
Zhu Pingan followed his brother and cousin and were led by several cousins to kneel in the yard. Zhu Pingan was very envious of his cousins at this time. They didn’t have to follow them to worship their ancestors, otherwise several This cute little girl must have something wrong with her knees.
Instead of tedious worshiping ancestors, it is better to work hard to honor our ancestors. Of course, Zhu Pingan did not dare to say these words.
While kneeling on the ground to worship his ancestors, the strange phenomenon appeared again. Zhu Pingan saw luck again. This time, not only people, but also luck pillars appeared above the ancestral hall.
It is really an ability that is beyond control. I have no idea when I will see luck. I have no clue and it suddenly appears without any precaution. The road to free control is long and arduous.
My grandfather’s family and my aunt’s family have white luck on their heads, but the strange thing is that there is a wisp of rich blue luck on the white luck pillar in the Zhu family ancestral hall. This wisp of luck is about Occupying one-tenth of the white luck column, the green one represents the official Qi, perhaps the ancestor of the old Zhu family. First of all, for the sake of filial piety, I want to protect a noble person. I just don’t know whether it is my uncle or myself who is being blessed. After all, we are the only two who can study, but it should be me. If my uncle had been admitted to the scholar high school, he would have been admitted. Even though it has been passed for many years, it is not as if all the talented people have failed the examination. (End of this chapter)