Chapter 32: Worshiping Ancestors (please collect and recommend)
In the end, Li Hongbin didn’t use the bait he brought, and divided some of the earthworms brought by Zhang An.
The fish started to catch later. The earthworms soaked in space spring water carried the breath of space. Can the fish in the river not take the bait because of the smell? They all lined up to take the bait.
Actually, the bait Li Hongbin brought was pretty good, but he couldn’t quite control how much water to put in, so it didn’t produce any effect.
After trying it, I found that earthworms are so enjoyable to use. How can I use my own mixed bait?
The two stayed at the river all afternoon, and the small buckets they brought were filled.
Maybe I chose the wrong place. There were not many big fish caught, basically only one pound or two pounds in size.
Li Hongbin also caught a water snake in the middle of the trip. Zhang An smiled and said that fishermen will never fly, hahahaha.
Except for a few larger fish, all the other fish were put into the river.
Zhang An no longer likes fish of this size and doesn’t want to take it back. There are still densely packed piles in the space.
And Li Hongbin was completely caught in Zhang Anyang's mouth. Such fish was not as delicious as the ones at Zhang An's house, so naturally he would not take it back.
When I got home, it was already past five o'clock. Today, Zhang An called his second uncle and his third uncle's house.
At this moment, my mother and two aunts are busy in the kitchen preparing dinner.
Originally Zhou Lan wanted to help, but with Zhang An's mother holding her down, how could she let the guests work at home? This is not the way to treat guests.
Knowing that Li Hongbin and his family like to eat the fine-scaled fish that Zhang Any kept in the pond, they also caught one and steamed it at night.
While having dinner, the second grandfather brought the treasure he had made.
None of the Zhang Jianguo brothers feel any difference in this kind of wine, let alone Li Hongbin, who is only in his early thirties.
Only a few old men smashed their mouths after drinking.
Zhang An knew that the jar was filled with the Polygonatum japonica that had been steamed and sun-dried by Second Grandpa.
After the meal, the host and the guest, regardless of adults or children, had a great time.
It gets dark early in spring, so Li Hongbin and his family went back before it got dark.
Although the town is far away, now that the road has been repaired, it only takes more than 20 minutes by car, so I didn’t try to persuade him to stay too politely.
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In the evening, Wang Fang shared some of the things Zhou Lan brought with several families, including canned fruits and the like.
Zhang Jianguo took advantage of the time when everyone was there and proposed to go up the mountain the next day to pay homage to Zhang An’s late grandparents.
No one has any opinions. This matter is an unwritten rule in rural areas.
Every year during the New Year, Tomb Sweeping Day, and Hungry Ghost Festival, we have to pay homage to our ancestors.
This is a manifestation of the mountain people's emphasis on filial piety.
If there is no one to organize it, I will go to my own home. Anyway, I will go there. I just say that if someone organizes it at home, it will be lively when more people go, and it will look good to others.
Having more people is not only a matter of excitement, but also reflects to the outside world that the family is prosperous.
If you go alone, others will say that there are no people in the family anymore, so normally the family will be very united on this kind of thing.
Wang Fang got up and got busy the next day. Because it was organized by Zhang An's father, Zhang Jianguo, the whole family must have food at Zhang An's house today.
The second aunt and the third aunt also came early to help.
In the main room, Zhang Jianguo used tools to punch out the white paper he bought, and turned it into paper flags for hanging on the mountain later.
The second uncle and the third uncle also went out to the mountains to cut some slender branches and came back.
After everyone finished lunch, the whole family, old and young, set off, carrying baskets filled with sacrifices, incense candles, and paper cannons. First, they came to the graves of Zhang An's grandparents. The adults picked up sickles and cut down all the weeds and trees around them.
Clean up the surroundings, otherwise you will be surrounded by these weeds in a few years.
Because Zhang An’s grandparents have passed away for many years, they have to add earth every time they come to worship.
To add soil means to repair the surroundings of the tomb, because many graves are too old. If you don’t add soil, there will be only a bag of earth left over time.
Adding soil is equivalent to repairing the residences of the deceased elderly people. These are very particular.
The customs in Changqing Village are not that troublesome, and they do not say that children cannot go with pregnant women.
None of these exist, because the elderly in the family must hope that their children and grandchildren will be full and their children will be filial and virtuous.
Just make sure that when adding soil, the soil should be clean and free of messy dirt.
When the tombs of the two old people were cleaned up, they looked almost the same as last year.
It’s time to start taking out the printed paper flags and hanging them.
A branch with leaves, tied with a paper flag, and then inserted on the grave.
This is to tell others that there are still people in this family. The more paper flags hung, the more prosperous the family is.
Of course no one would hang a lot of these on purpose, just one for each family.
For example, today, Zhang An hangs one, and Zhang An’s second uncle and third uncle’s families also hang one each.
That’s why many people’s tombs are covered with paper flags. This is because there are many people in the family and many people are separated.
Then they began to light candles and offer incense, and place the various sacrifices they brought.
The family members kowtowed to the elderly one by one and burned paper money.
Generally, adults also pray to the old people in heaven to bless their families with safety and health. Anyway, they are all beautiful prayers.
Of course, only if the living people live a good life, will people come to worship in the coming year.
If there is no one left in the family, or some families are extinct, the tomb will fade away and disappear after being there for more than ten years at most. By then, no one will remember who the family is.
After worshiping Zhang An’s grandparents, everyone went to other places to worship the older generation.
Anyway, it takes almost half a day to walk around. For some families with big names, one day may not be enough.
After everyone had dinner in the evening, everyone went back to their homes when it got dark.
The bustle of the day has returned to peace.
The weather has been pretty good these days, and the temperature has been rising. As long as spring doesn't return, it probably won't be cold again.
Zhang An has cultivated a batch of saplings through cuttings in the space.
He plans to clear out the half-acre of land next to the garden in the next two days, and then plant cherry trees.
Now the transportation from Changqing Village to the town is very convenient. If you have a car, it only takes more than an hour to go to the county seat.
When the time comes to grow some fruits and vegetables at home, even if no one comes to harvest them, at worst, I can find a way to get them to the city and sell them myself.
The little deer in the space has now grown into a big deer. Zhang An is going to find an opportunity to let it go. He originally wanted to save its life, but after letting it in, Zhang An forgot about it. .
It will definitely miss its family in this space, and a deer will definitely be lonely.
If Shanlu knew what Zhang An was thinking now, he would definitely shout, I am not alone, I don’t want home, I just want to stay here, this is my home, don’t drive me away.
(End of this chapter)