Otherworld pastoral daily life

Chapter 71 Worshiping the Ancestors

The first day of the first lunar month is the first day of the new year, and it is also a day for group New Year greetings and family reunions.And the second day of the first month is the day when the married brother returns home.

Originally, Mi Le was supposed to go to Mu's house on this day, but his situation is special, he is living in a separate family, recruiting relatives, and belonging to the existence of Ding Li's family, so there is no Mu's house to go back to.As for Tang Mu, who was married, he was an orphan and had no home to return to.

Therefore, on this day, when others were anxiously dropping by, these two people were so sweet and tired all day long that they couldn't bear to look directly at them!

And after the two of them got bored for a day, on the third day of the first month, no matter how much they didn't want to go out, they finally went out.

On the third day of the first lunar month, worship ancestors.

This day is the day to worship the ancestors, and everyone in Mijia Village must attend. How dare he escape as a junior?Even Tang Mu, the son-in-law who comes to visit, who has such a hot status and status, can't ask for leave as long as he wants to live in Mijia Village!

Early this morning, the two got up early, didn't even eat breakfast, after washing and tidying up, they hurried to the ancestral hall.They thought it was early enough when they arrived at three o'clock in the morning. Unexpectedly, when they arrived at the square, they found that many people had already been waiting here.

"What should we do now?" Mi Le grabbed Tang Mu's arm and whispered to him.

"Look for a place where there are many people of the same generation?" Tang Mu rubbed his head and answered in a low voice.

"It's okay... go, talk as you say, why touch my head? You owe me, do you need me to relax your muscles?"

"Are you sure you want to loosen your muscles and bones for me?" A wolf with a big tail said meaningfully, with an intriguing expression.

"I..." Of course, when he thought of someone's great achievements, he immediately swallowed it back into his stomach.Afterwards, without giving him any chance to fight back, he gave him a heavy "hum" to vent his anger, turned around and walked ahead!

"Hehe." Tang Mu smiled inexplicably, followed him into the crowd.

Tang Mu's proposal to find a place with many peers is not a blind suggestion.Because, at the beginning of the sacrifice, everyone was not ranked according to the family, but according to the overall generation of the village.

After all, in activities such as offering sacrifices, the elders with the highest seniority will take the lead first, and then it will gradually be the turn of the younger generations.And if they just stand up step by step while waiting, it will be much more convenient for them when the sacrificial ceremony starts later, and they don't need to find a team that can stand now.

Ancestor worship is a big event, especially in Mijia Village, where the entire Mijia Village has the same ancestor, and it is the most important event in the whole year.

As we all know, in the Mijia ancestral hall, in addition to the earliest ancestors, there are also tablets of all the ancestors of Mijia Village in the past.

Therefore, when starting the sacrificial ceremony, everyone needs to participate together, salute and pray for all ancestors.Until all the sacrificial activities are over, it will be the individual's turn to chat with the elders of his own family alone.

Mi Le's elders, parents, grandpa, and great-grandfather are all still alive, so there is no need for the following procedures. After all, counting up, they are too far away from him. It is estimated that the elder has nothing to say to Mi Le. In other words, he didn't make fun of himself.

So, when he participated in the sacrificial ceremony this time, he just followed everyone through the motions?Mi Le rubbed his head, feeling a little embarrassed.Fortunately, he is now standing according to seniority, otherwise, if he stood with that Eunuch, he really didn't think he could stand up...

The square is huge, and there are many people, and it is difficult to find someone who looks familiar to him among the crowd.

Hence, it was not easy for Mi Le to find the most convenient place to participate in the sacrificial ceremony.Moreover, when it comes to seniority, there are old and young people in the same generation, who knows where they stand?

There was no other way, Mi Le, who couldn't find the location after walking around for several times, couldn't help thinking of an unsolvable solution: don't specifically look for people of the same generation, let's look for people according to age distribution.

In terms of age, even if it is bad, it is not much difference.Although it may be either the sun or the back injury, how can I care about that now?No more or less a catty of meat.It's better to finish the sacrificial ceremony quickly and go home to catch up on sleep.

After making up his mind, Mi Le turned around for a while, only to realize that there were quite a few people who had the same idea as him.The older ones are basically surrounded by old and young ones, especially young ones like Mi Le, who seem to be particularly inexperienced and relatively weak in knowledge, and they are all in the same corner - at the end of the road to the main entrance of the ancestral hall , Zadun'er is staying.

sweating...

It turns out that everyone is so seeking "convenience"...

In any case, Mi Le finally found the "organization", so he no longer had to worry about being watched and ridiculed for not being able to participate in the sacrificial ceremony smoothly.

At this time, the number of people in the square in front of this large ancestral hall has increased from the original 300 to 600.

"The sacrifice is about to start?" Tang Mu, who followed Mi Le calmly and ran round and round like a headless fly, but kept watching the show, and kept silent, finally opened his mouth.

"Probably." Mi Le breathed a sigh of relief, touched the unnecessary sweat stains on his forehead, and looked around.

Although he felt that it didn't take long, after all, he had been anxiously looking for a place.However, compared to when they came, it has been more than half an hour, right?This time, compared to a village of thousands of people, is still a spontaneous gathering, which is actually not too long.

However, within this short period of time, the population of several hundred to one thousand people in the whole village, including infants in their infancy, has all assembled, which shows the importance of this sacrificial ceremony in the hearts of everyone, especially the elders.

The people are gathered, but the time has not yet come.Mi Le thought, the "event" should start when the person in charge of hosting also arrives.

However, this time both guessed wrong.Although it was less than four o'clock, even the infants in the whole village were held in place by their parents and elders, and Mrs. Mi, who was in charge of the sacrificial ceremony, had already appeared beside the central incense table in the ancestral hall where the gate was opened. , there is still no sign of the sacrificial ceremony starting...

"It's already four o'clock, why doesn't it start?" Tang Mu asked Mi Le teasingly rather than asking, "Didn't you say it started at four o'clock?"

"How would I know?" Mi Le, who knew this person's bad taste, rolled his eyes contemptuously, "Although I have participated many times before, which time did I not participate when I stayed up all night and was sleepy? I can Remember that it is enough to arrive before four o’clock.”

Tang Mu thought, yes.If it weren't for his high level of physical fitness and not afraid of staying up late at all, it is estimated that his current mental state...

Tang Mu couldn't help but secretly glanced at the people around him.

In this area, there are almost all young people under the age of 50 (the younger ones are basically with their parents).However, although everyone tried their best to make themselves more energetic, no matter whether it was a brother or a man, almost all of them were sluggish, without the vitality of young people at all.

Compared with them, Mi Le, who was still weak beside him, looked particularly energetic. * There is almost no sign of staying up late at all.

Wait...that's not true.Although Mi Le did have a vigil yesterday, he seemed to catch up on sleep before someone kept vigil.As for the reason for sleep recovery... Tang Mu scratched his face in embarrassment, ahem, there is nothing to delve into this question, so skip it quickly!Skip it!

"Boom-"

Without any warning, the ancient clock that has been passed down for thousands of years finally rang its simple and heavy body again after sleeping for a year.And the deafening sound, accompanied by the first ray of sunlight in the morning, woke up the drowsy people.

——The sacrificial ceremony has begun.

Prompted by the ringing of the bell, everyone stood at attention in the spacious square in an orderly manner according to their seniority and age, solemnly and solemnly.

At this time, Mrs. Mi had already lit three incense sticks, and after saluting, he respectfully inserted them into the incense burner of the incense table.After burning the incense, the old man waited for a while, and after everyone in the square had stood upright, he slowly took out a thick scroll from the cupboard above the incense table, and loudly pointed at the person in the ancestral hall. A large tablet reads the sacrificial words.

Although this activity is solemn and solemn, it is actually very boring.It's very similar to when Mi Le was on earth, the principals of the school read "lullaby" at the beginning of school.Although times have changed, but the same approach but the same result, the effect is leveraged.

No, Mi Le, who was already a little sluggish, but not very sleepy, could still hear what he was saying at first, but later, amidst the snores of the people beside him, he completely found his "state" and fainted. dizzy up...

"Sleepy?" Tang Mu sensed that he was not in the right state, secretly stretched out his big hand, wrapped it around his waist, let the person lean on his body, and whispered to him.

"Hmm..." Mi Le's consciousness was completely sluggish at this time, and he almost forgot where he was.After feeling a familiar aura beside him, he closed his eyes with peace of mind and let himself fall into a sweet dream, "Aha~...so sleepy..."

"Go to sleep." Tang Mu gently rubbed his head with his empty hand, his tone soft.Those smiling eyes were filled with deep tenderness, wishing he could trap the person in front of him firmly and never let go...