Farmhouse Pastoral Notes

Chapter 129 ancestor worship
"Eldest daughter-in-law, second daughter-in-law, have you cleaned up yet? You're sluggish, come out quickly."

Mrs. Yang and Li are wearing a newly made blue cloth floral padded jacket today, and her hair is neatly combed in a bun. Although her hair is a little sparse and affects her appearance, she looks neat and capable.At this time, she was standing in the yard calling the two daughters-in-law who were dawdling, today is the day of worshiping the ancestors, if you go late, where will you put your face.

"Hey, mother, it will be ready soon." Yuan Shi is putting on a cotton jacket for Chunqiu in the room, because the newly made cotton jacket is a little small, and Chunqiu is a bit difficult to put on. When Yuan Shi saw it, she couldn't care less about the fact that she didn't dress well. , bent down numbly to make Chunqiu mess up.

"Okay, let's go out quickly, don't keep grandma waiting, mother will be there soon." After Yuan finished Chunqiu's body, she lowered her head and fastened her unbuttoned padded jacket.

Chunqiu stood still, "Mom, I'll wait for you" She wants to go out with her mother, otherwise, her grandma will definitely scold her mother.

"Hehe, okay." Yuan turned her head and smiled, then fastened the buttons on her clothes with three clicks, and reached out to hold Chunqiu's little hand, "Let's go out."

"You..." Mrs. Yang and Li saw movement at the door of the main house, and just as she was about to start spraying, she found that her good granddaughter was also inside. When the words came to her lips, Mrs. Yang abruptly choked back, "...Okay, come here quickly, we'll be there right away." Mrs. Yang and Li glanced at Mrs. Yuan with an unnatural expression, then withdrew her gaze, staring at the door of the west house, which had been silent for a long time, and Mrs. Gu who was cursing secretly in her heart, That damned Mrs. Gu hasn’t come out yet. Where is he going? Now Mrs. Yang and Li feel aggrieved because of Mrs. Yuan, and the anger in her stomach is ready to be sent to Mrs. Gu. Chunqiu looked at her grandma. With that ashen-faced face, she mourned silently for her aunt in her heart, alas, what a tragedy!

When her uncle Gu and sisters Chunhua came out, they were scolded by Yang Li, who was waiting anxiously. Chunqiu looked at the uncle who lowered her head and said nothing, and felt a little sympathetic in her heart. Originally, her uncle would not be like this Unfortunately, her mother was not scolded, so the firepower of her uncle's mother was too fierce.

Gu's side is also uncomfortable, who would have thought that she would come out so late, it's not all caused by Chunhua, a dead girl, Gu's heart feels aggrieved, but because she is late, facing Yang Li's She could only hold back the scolding.

"Okay, you old woman, you still have time to scold. Everyone will pass by in a while, so don't hurry up." Old man Yang is wearing a green jacket today, which was specially made for him by Mrs. Yang and Li a few days ago. The reason for the incompleteness is that old man Yang was sitting in the yard smoking the dry tobacco. After the dry tobacco was finished, he found that the old lady Yang Li was still swearing, and the anxious old man Yang was not happy. Beside Brother Yang's house, don't you hurry up, do you have to wait for everyone else to come to them before going?

By the way, because Grandpa Yang and Old Man Yang are cousins, the ancestors of the Yang family are all placed in the same sacrificial hall. At that time, the ancestors will be worshiped in accordance with the orderly rules of elder and younger.

When Yang Li heard someone complaining about her, she turned her head and glared at old man Yang angrily. ..."

Old man Yang stretched out his hand with the pipe he had finished smoking, and then walked forward with a sway. Yang Li followed closely behind, followed by the three brothers Yang Weimin, and when they came down, Yang Chunming and Yang Chunjun were both They were dressed as students, wearing green shirts and long gowns, followed step by step, and at the end were the Gu family and the Yuan family. From the order of the front and back, it can be seen that the status of women in ancient times was not very high.

The Yang family's sacrificial hall is not big, there is only one main house, and the ancestors of the Yang family are placed in the room. Although it is said that the three members of the Yang family escaped from disaster, they brought all the family genealogies with them. When I was able, I directly built a sacrificial hall, and the memorial tablets were all enshrined in the main hall of the main house. No matter it was the first or fifteenth day of the new year, the Yang family would come to offer incense and worship.

When Chunqiu and the others arrived, the yard was already full of people, whether it was Grandpa Yang’s first room or their second room, all men, women and children in the family came, except for the third great-grandfather and the first room.

The sacrificial ceremony was presided over by Grandpa Yang, the eldest son of the eldest son of the house. Uncle Yang was born as a scholar. He was dressed as a Confucian scholar. He first stood in the main house and read a tedious sacrificial oration. When they moved to the altar, several people were muttering words, prostrating three times and prostrating nine times.

Outside the door is Grandpa Yang's eldest son leading Yang Weimin and the boys in the family to kneel in the yard together, with serious expressions on their faces, all the females in the family don't need to worship, Chunqiu stands on the Yuan's Behind him, he looked at the picture in front of him furtively, feeling in his heart that it's fortunate that they came out wearing a lot of clothes today, otherwise, if they were kneeling in such a cold environment, wouldn't there really be something wrong with kneeling?Of course, Chunqiu could only think about it in his heart, if he said it, it would be disrespectful to his ancestors, even if Mrs. Yang and Li doted on her, he would not spare her lightly.

"Niuniu, what are you looking at?" Yuan Shi turned her head and saw Chunqiu's big eyes looking around restlessly, Yuan Shi was worried that if someone caught her, she would not be able to talk about it.

Chunqiu never thought that Yuan would call her at this time, and she was a little confused, "Mother, I am looking at the ancestors." Chunqiu said heartily, this is the first time I come here, I have to look at it carefully, you must know that the ancient building The sacrificial hall is quite demanding, Feng Shui, and the five elements will involve some, although Chunqiu doesn't understand, but she is curious, so Chunqiu is eager to look everywhere.

"Quiet sound..." Yuan's expression turned cold, and he stretched out his hand to pat Chunqiu's exposed small forehead, because today Chunqiu combed two buns, and hugged the broken hair on his forehead, revealing a plump and smooth little forehead .

Chunqiu was slapped by her mother, with a bit of aggrieved expression on his face, but he didn't say anything, he just lowered his head and looked at the soles of his feet quietly.

"Don't talk nonsense, stay well." Although Yuan Shi also felt distressed, she didn't comfort Chunqiu. After seeing Chunqiu being honest, she turned around and continued watching.

The procedure of worshiping the ancestors is not ordinary and cumbersome, but extremely cumbersome. After everyone has finished worshiping, Grandpa Yang will still be reciting a long sacrificial speech to end the worship.

Anyway, they were all talking about ancient classical Chinese, and there were quite a few of them. Chunqiu couldn't understand it. When everyone got up, Chunqiu's eyes had turned into mosquito-repellent eyes. She really didn't say that this ancient sacrificial priest really It's not easy, fortunately she is a girl, not a boy, otherwise... Chunqiu caught sight of the limping movement of the precious Shuanzi brother at Grandma Seven's house after getting up, and his heart was chilled, this is really horrible.

(End of this chapter)