Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Chapter 476 Throwing a Cup of Wild Rice

The man at the front of the crowd pointed at Chen Zhixin's nose and scolded: "Why don't you work? Because I have the backbone! I don't want to associate with the imperial hawks!"

Chen Zhixin smiled instead of being angry: "You have backbone and blood! You don't have any sweets!"

Those respectable old men quickly came out to smooth things over, first accusing the man: "What's the point of speaking so rudely?"

Several people turned to look at Chen Zhixin: "Axin, what on earth caused this situation?"

Chen Zhixin took out five Little White Rabbit toffee candies from his pocket: "I went to work in the government office, and I got the money to buy candies for everyone in my house. I divided some into small pieces."

Several old people took the toffee from Chen Zhixin's hand. They were still confused when they heard children chirping beside them.

"Grandma said it was made from toffee. It's so sweet and delicious."

"Third uncle doesn't want to eat, so how about giving Ah Zhun food? Ah Zhun doesn't have enough food..."

Seeing the hesitation of a few people, Chen Zhixin thought he was afraid that there was something wrong with the milk candy, so he took out another one, peeled off the candy wrapper and put it in his mouth, letting the sweet milk flavor and sugar mixed with saliva slide down his throat.

Several old men followed Chen Zhixin's example and ate milk candies. Fortunately, they were soft candies. If they were hard candies, these old guys wouldn't be able to bite them.

It was difficult for each family to urge the old man to eat sweets, so Chen Zhixin simply asked his two sons to bring some chairs over for the old man to sit down.

"Axin, you said I work, what kind of work do you do?"

When Chen Zhixin heard the topic, he cheered up: "It's difficult to build chicken sheds, pave roads, and cook because there are not enough manpower."

Before Chen Zhixin could speak further, the "third uncle" asked: "How much will it cost?"

Chen Zhixin took out the treasure banknotes from his pocket and handed them to several people: "It's just money. They don't use silver much anymore. So if they don't work, they can't sell their stuff to me."

Several ancestors held the banknotes and looked at the sun. Li Shimin's watermarked portrait was looming, which was exactly the same as the one printed in the center of the banknotes.

"Is there anyone from another village who wants to work?"

Chen Zhixin was stunned: "No..."

"Third Uncle" thought for a while: "This is an opportunity. Are you sure of it, Ashin?"

Chen Zhixin didn't understand what the third uncle meant by being sure, and looked at him with confusion.

"There is nothing to worry about about the safety of people going to work and the safety of the village."

The crowd began to commotion when they heard the third uncle's words.

"Do you really want to work for the imperial court?"

"I don't want to go. I heard my grandfather speak and the people in the court are so good and bad!"

"Don't you want to go? Both my boy and girl want to eat that toffee, how about that? Huh? As my father, I can't be satisfied with even a little bit of food, so I'll forget about it with a piece of tofu!"

Chen Zhixin stretched his head and looked at the crowd: "Of course we can guarantee safety. We don't require all men to go to work. We just want to go if they want to. Isn't it good to get money?"

Other uncles also did not want the villagers to work for the court: "I am afraid that if the men go to work, the village will be bullied by other villages, and then there will be orphans and widowed mothers at home, and there will not even be any men."

Chen Zhixin spread his hands indifferently: "If you're afraid of being shocked, just don't go."

Several old men gathered together and stood up tremblingly: "Open the ancestral hall! Throw the cup!"

As soon as the villagers heard that the ancestral hall was about to be opened for cup throwing, the villagers immediately became excited. They went home to prepare various necessary tributes, including all the good rice that they were reluctant to eat.

Although it was not a meal, every household opened a stove to cook, steaming rice cakes, making rice porridge, and some people took down the preserved vole meat hanging on the beams. Cut into pieces and steam in a pot.

After the intense work, nearly 15,000 people from all ages in the village surrounded the ancestral hall. Everyone was carrying baskets or bamboo baskets, which contained tributes for worship.

Chen Zhixin and several clan elders stood in the ancestral hall, and about twenty more eloquent men in the village watched the cup throwing.

The third uncle held a huge dragon cup in both hands, which was different from the small straw cups that ordinary people use at home. He knelt on the ground with his eyes closed and silently asked questions to the ancestors and "masters" he was enshrining.

After the third uncle asked the question, he stood up and threw the cup upwards. The cup naturally fell to the ground.

"Holy Grail!"

Several men who came to watch the cup throwing immediately turned their heads and announced: "One throw, Holy Grail!"

The third uncle picked up the wild rice cup again, knelt on the ground devoutly and pondered the same question in his mind, then stood up and threw the cup again.

As the rice cup fell and hit the ground, everyone's eyes were fixed on the rice cup that was still moving on the ground.

"Two Yangs."

Just as the people behind were about to report, they saw one of the wild rice cups swinging from the sunny side to the negative side, sending chills down the spines of everyone present.

"Two throws, Holy Grail!"

But everyone knows that it is very difficult to change from a laughing cup of two yangs to a holy grail of yin and yang. Do the ancestors want their descendants to work for the imperial court?

The third uncle did not stop. He picked up the wild rice cup and started his own thing again, kneeling down, asking questions, and throwing cups.

This time it was like the ancestors showed up. It was thrown out and hit the ground without moving. It was in the shape of a yin and yang Holy Grail.

At one moment, a pin drop could be heard in the ancestral hall, and at the next moment, huge shouts erupted.

"Three times it's the Holy Grail! All three times are the Holy Grail!"

Some villagers who didn't want to believe that going to work was a good thing burst out in annoyance: "How could this happen! Why are we being asked to work for the imperial court's hawks and dogs?"

When Chen Zhixin saw that the fire was coming, he stood at the gate of the ancestral hall and spoke loudly: "If you don't go to work, there is no problem. Where are the others? Where are the other villages? There are always people going to work, one step at a time, one step at a time! Not enough to eat, not warm enough to wear, There is no way out from a thin road!”

All the villagers' eyes changed when they looked at Chen Zhixin. No matter how unwilling they were, they knew that what Chen Zhixin said was right.

Chen Zhixin looked around for a week, and finally raised his fist high: "Look for money!"

First one or two of the villagers shouted after Chen Zhixin, and finally almost all the villagers shouted after Chen Zhixin.

"Find money!"

"Find money!"

"Find money!"

Chen Zhixin lowered his hands and said, "Listen to me. If you want to work, you must first settle in the Yamen and let the court know what you can do. If Aqiang can do some carpentry or masonry, you can get better jobs." "

"Tomorrow, I, Chen Zhixin, will take everyone to settle in!"

"Settle down!"

"Settle down!"

"Settle down!"

For a time, Chen Zhixin's reputation was unparalleled in the village.

Chen Zhixin returned home surrounded by people, and soon several family members who were friends with Chen Zhixin came over, carrying the tribute after the tribute cup was thrown, which was used for the second time.

"Come here and you won't even have to carry anything with you. You're really a heretic."

Several families also walked into Chen Zhixin's new house while greeting each other. When they surrounded Chen Zhixin's house before, they only saw what was in the yard, but this time they could go inside and have a look.

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