It is said that the son's father is the patriarch of a wealthy family

All the children did not go home to eat until noon when they were hungry. Because the ethnology class has not yet started, this place is only a place to play for the time being, and there is no food for the children.

The snacks brought by Yuanbao had already been shared with the children. After the game of killing pigs, all the children could play together. Everyone laughed and shared their food together. The hostility before was gone. When we parted, each one reluctantly agreed to play together again tomorrow.

The friendship of children is so simple, as long as they can blend in, they can be like a family.

After making an appointment to play games tomorrow, the children took two battery cars around the island to go home. As the battery cars passed more and more sections, the number of children on the car became less and less, until the last one was left. Ingots.

Who told him that his family lived by the sea, so he was the last one to arrive by car.

Not to mention how surprised the parents were when the children who played like cats came home, but the three children who were beaten into panda eyes looked like they were turned upside down at home. How can the children go out to play games and come back? It became like this.

There have been children fighting before, but it has never been like this.

The clothes are wrinkled, and there are bruises and small scratches all over the face, hands, and body. These are all normal fighting ranges, but the most important point is that the child's two eye circles have been beaten into panda eyes !

Panda eyes, how hard is it to do it?

Immediately, the grandmothers and mothers of each family hugged their grandsons and sons and cried out, especially when they saw the two big blue eyes of the child, they were so distressed that they wanted to beat the culprit hard. give up.

As for the men, they didn't participate in these things. Children should be raised with the skin.

But the strange thing is that no matter how the adults questioned these injured children, none of the children complained. If they asked too many questions, they would say that they accidentally fell while playing, and even Zhang Hongquan answered in the same way.

He was really intimidated by Yuanbao today, such a big copper vat, such a shiny kitchen knife, and the burning fire. Thinking of this, he felt his soles getting hot, so he quickly took off his shoes and looked at it. Look, there was nothing, and the soles of his little feet were still white and tender. Seeing this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Parents saw that they couldn't ask anything from their children, so they gave up asking. Anyway, there are special personnel in the ethnology to take care of them, so there is nothing that can really hurt the children. However, they are still very curious about why the children are like this today. Be good, so I secretly called the familiar parents to inquire about the situation while the child was taking a nap, but they didn't believe it. If one of them didn't tell, how could all the children keep silent?

None of the kids really said anything.

After returning home, all the children honestly ate their meals and went to take a nap quietly. Even the children who had to be coaxed by their parents before going to bed every time went to bed by themselves, covered them with a small quilt, and snorted. fell asleep.

After playing the game all morning, I was already so tired that I had no energy at all, so I'd better sleep well first.

The parents were very curious about the things that the children kept secret, but no matter how they threatened their own children or asked other people, even the guardians, there was still no useful information.

So the parents knew that this was the intervention of someone with the power to reach the sky.

Seeing that the children were not harmed in any real way, all the parents stopped and turned their attention to the matter of worshiping the ancestors on the Ghost Festival. This is a major event for the Zhang family, and it is also a major event for each of them. Showing your face is not only the patriarch's emphasis on his own ability, but also a proof of getting more family resources.

So ancestor worship is very important, and it is more important to be valued by the patriarch.

It is normal for the parents not to find out what happened to the children in the ethnology. As early as when Yuan Bao and the others finished the game of killing pigs and started another game, the elders of the big clan issued strict orders. Everything that happened in the ethnology today It must not be leaked in any form or method, otherwise, all those present will be punished by sitting together.

Continuous sitting punishment is a very heavy punishment in the Zhang family. If it is severe, it will be expelled from the Zhang family, and if it is light, the bonus for this year will be affected.

Therefore, it is a matter of self-interest, and no one dares to say anything.

This is not the case here for Li Mu. He is now the wife of the acting patriarch of the Zhang family. Know everything.

Hearing Yuan Bao's heroic deeds, Li Mu didn't know what to say.

The child is very smart, and at the same time knows how to measure, and did not do any inappropriate consequences, so he didn't say anything in front of Yuan Bao, but just took him to take a nap after eating with the child.

In today's scuffle between the children, even though Yuan Bao didn't look like he had any scars on the outside, there was still a little bruise on the area covered by the clothes.

Especially the child's left shoulder, the original injury was not fully healed, Li Mu was a little worried, he wanted to take some medicine while the child was asleep, but seeing the child's shoulder was a little red and swollen, so he canceled the idea of ​​doing it himself.

Originally, Yuan Bao's left shoulder has almost recovered after this period of cultivation, and as long as it takes another month or two to take care of it, even the scars should be invisible. The scar looks a bit swollen, and I don't know if there is any muscle or bone injury. It's better to let the doctor take a look.

Li Mu couldn't help but point the sleepy brat with his fingers, and then went to the side to make a phone call. After a while, the family doctor hurried to the room with a medicine box. The doctor was the one who went to sea with the boat last time. He, Li Mu and Yuan Bao are old acquaintances.

When the doctor arrived, he quickly checked Yuan Bao's shoulder. After careful inspection, the child's left shoulder was fine, but the muscles were a bit overstretched. Just apply some ointment and rub it. After getting bruises on his body, Li Mucai accompanied the doctor out of the room.

"Mr. Zhou, I'll trouble you to make a trip at noon. It's hard work." Li Mu said with a smile.

"Where, where, this is what I should do. You are too polite." Mr. Zhou said cheerfully. He is a family doctor specially hired by Zhang Yi. Yi came to the island to live in the elderly. There is a special hospital on the island. Although it is not big, it is larger than the general clinic. Besides, a five-story building was built next to the hospital for the medical staff to facilitate their work. Daily life.

Mr. Zhou is very satisfied with this kind of treatment. However, he did not come alone. He also brought a few apprentices, and the apprentices brought their own nurses. When there are more people, the hospital on the island will start to operate naturally. It can reduce the burden of Mr. Zhou and facilitate the medical needs of other people on the island, killing two birds with one stone.

Thinking of his apprentices, Mr. Zhou suddenly said cheerfully: "I don't know what's wrong with these children on the island today. They all wear them on their bodies. There was a long line in the hospital just now, just to check whether they are injured or not. It's not a serious injury, but it looks like there was a group fight, but these children are quite loyal, and they didn't blame each other."

He had just shown Yuan Bao the injuries, so of course he knew that the child had also participated in the group fight, but for the three-year-old child, he didn't think it was the mastermind, he thought it was just affected by other children.

Li Mu looked at Mr. Zhou, and didn't know what kind of expression to put on, because the culprit who caused the black eyes of a few children, the culprit of the fight was sleeping soundly in the bedroom behind him, so he smiled and sent him off. Mr. Zhou went downstairs.

Elder Zhou didn't talk to Li Muduo either, because there were too many people coming to the hospital today, and he still had to go to the hospital to take charge, so he explained the matters needing attention on Yuan Bao's shoulder and left in a hurry.

Back in the bedroom, Li Mu looked at Yuan Bao with an innocent sleeping face, and immediately laughed, haha, his son didn't suffer, nor did he suffer any serious injuries. Thinking about his son's great achievements today, it seems that he will be able to Don't worry about letting your son mix with the children of the Zhang family.

After Zhang Yi came back at night, Li Mu couldn't help but show off the great achievements of a handful of ingots to the other party.

Looking at Li Mu's proud face, Zhang Yi walked over and kissed the chattering lips, and after he was still thinking about it, he said with satisfaction: "Well, Yuan Bao is very powerful, he really deserves to be my son Zhang Yi."

The more open and aboveboard, the more no one thinks about it.

Li Mu, who was attacked by surprise, enjoyed the billionaire's service happily, then bit his tongue and lips and said, "Yes, yes, yes, your son is really good, just like you." After finishing speaking, he raised his eyebrows deliberately at Zhang Yi's There was a breath of hot air in his ear.

Warm and tropical brings passion that makes people's blood agitated, and the meaning inside is self-evident...

Originally, I wanted to say that Yuan Bao is my son, but before Zhang Yi could say it, he was tortured by the goblin in front of him until he had all the necessary reactions, so he picked up the teaser and went straight to him. Just go to the bathroom.

Alas, when will he have his own separate room, he really wants to play some other tricks, son, big fat son, you'd better move to the side as soon as possible, only at this time, Zhang Yi will have resentment towards Yuan Bao.

Because his son disturbed Lao Tzu's life!

After the group fight, Li Mu was worried that some parents would come to the house to complain, but unexpectedly, the time passed so smoothly, and the children also went to the ethnology school to play on time every morning, and returned to their respective homes at noon. They don't get together all day, they only get together to play in the morning, and the afternoon is a time of their own arrangement.

In addition to going to play in the ethnology school every morning, Yuan Bao went to play at the seaside under Dong Hanwu's care in the afternoon.

Sometimes it's swimming, sometimes it's playing in the sand.

If you want to swim, go to the beach in front of the villa. This beach is very pure. The sand is the kind of small snow-white sand with powder, which is very clean and beautiful. They will shine in colorful light under the sunlight, which is very beautiful. The beautiful beach is very suitable for beach bathing. Li Mu often brings Yuan Bao and Wu Yue Zhou Ping and the others to gather here.

Because there is no shellfish on the beach in front of the villa, if Yuan Bao wants to dig some shellfish with a small bucket like in Lijia Village, he has to go around to the other side of the island, where the beach is golden yellow , There are small shellfish in the golden sand.

Every day Yuan Bao is busy with various games, and Li Mu is also busy with the ancestor worship in the Zhang family's Lantern Festival, so the time is getting closer and closer to the Zhongyuan Festival.

When the island became more and more lively and more and more people came to visit Zhang Yi and his clan, the Ghost Festival came.

The Ghost Festival is the ghost festival, which is the festival that Chinese people attach the most importance to the dead.

The Zhang family especially attaches great importance to this day of offering sacrifices to ancestors. Every ritual procedure follows the ancient precepts. Everyone who participates in the sacrifice must wear specially-made clothes, which are antique white sacrificial clothes of the Han Dynasty.

Here Li Mu entered Zhang's ancestral hall on the island for the first time.

The ancestral hall is magnificently built and occupies a large area, at least about ten acres. It is divided into inner and outer courtyards. In addition to the Yingling Pavilion dedicated to the ancestors, the inner courtyard also has a hall for discussing family affairs; At the same time, there is also the commandment hall for punishing the clansmen.

The ancestral hall is majestic and solemn, and no offense is allowed.

Not everyone can enter the inner and outer courtyards. In the inner courtyard, no one can enter except the male members of the direct branch of the Zhang family. Even the daily cleaning is done by the male members of the direct branch.The outer courtyard is a place where branch and direct branch women worship their ancestors.

Since the ancestral hall is divided into inner and outer courts, the people who manage it are also different. The host of the outer court is the wives of the Zhang family heads of the past generations, and the host of the inner court is the patriarchs of the past generations. Besides them, there are clan elders who can pass at will.

There are eight clan elders in the Zhang family. Da clan elder is the elder with the highest seniority in the clan, so he also manages the Discipline Hall in the family. Many people in the clan are afraid of him because he is the most just and serious elder.

Early in the morning of the Hungry Ghost Festival, Li Mu had no time to take care of Yuanbao at all. He went to the ancestral hall accompanied by Uncle Zhong before dawn, and Zhang Yi, a male, had to go to the ancestral hall at seven o'clock in the morning. Later, he led the tribe to worship.

As the host of the ancestral hall, Li Mu is in charge of many matters during the sacrificial ceremony, such as sacrificial clothing, sacrificial offerings, sanitation cleaning, and venue layout. Well, especially, many sacrifices need to be made by hand, and these should be prepared in advance.

Of course, Li Mu doesn't have to make the sacrifice himself, but he has to arrange manpower.

Moreover, not everyone is qualified to make these sacrifices. People have to be selected, and the candidates are the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family. Therefore, this is really Li Mu's business. As the patriarch's wife, these matters are all under his control.

It is the greatest honor for the daughter-in-law of the Zhang family to dedicate the food she cooks to her ancestors.

Therefore, according to the information provided by Uncle Zhong, Li Mu selected a group of daughters-in-law of the Zhang family to make offerings to the ancestors. Some of these people lived on the island, and some of them lived in the city, regardless of their status outside. Anyway, when you return to the Zhang family, you have to follow the rules of the Zhang family, because they are the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family.

The candidates for offerings this time were chosen by Li Mu who was not very familiar with the Zhang family after discussing with Uncle Zhong. After this sacrificial ceremony, after he became familiar with the Zhang family, he had to examine and select the candidates for the next time. , and this is also his right as the patriarch's wife.

On the day of the official ancestor worship on the Hungry Ghost Festival, both men and women of the Zhang family's direct branch need to come to the ancestral hall on time to worship the ancestors, but the daughter-in-law who is a married woman does not need to. This is not discrimination against women, but a thousands of years of sacrificial tradition.

In addition to the direct branch, capable branches also need to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. This is the family's recognition of them and the distribution of rights in the future.

Originally, the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family did not have the right to offer sacrifices, except for women who were selected as offerings to their ancestors. They could participate, even if they were qualified to enter the outer courtyard. The position in the mind of the patriarch.

Status represents the distribution of Zhang's resources for the next year, which is the family.

All the Zhang family attaches great importance to ancestor worship, especially this ancestor worship. This is the first ancestor worship of the Zhang family's direct branch after returning from overseas. It can be seen from the faces of every Zhang family who appeared in the ancestral hall. How serious they are.

After Li Mu led people into the outer courtyard of the ancestral hall through the side door, all the sacrifices followed him and were placed on the altar. The first ones were flowers, incense candles and various fruits, which were placed on the altar. Then there are all kinds of cakes, three animals, rice and vegetarian dishes, and finally tea and white wine. A large number of futons are placed in the yard, which is needed for worshipers to kneel down for a while.

The altar of the main hall enshrines the ancestral instructions of the Zhang family. On the long altar below, there are a variety of offerings. One is up and the other is down. This is how a big family with a ancestral hall can distinguish. They can only be worshiped together.

All matters in the outer courtyard are proceeding in an orderly manner.

After finishing all the matters in the outer court, you will go to the inner court, and the inner court will wait for the men of the Zhang family to arrive before starting to place the offerings. This time is seamless, and there is no sloppy at all. Fortunately, Uncle Zhong These are prepared every year. With his suggestion, Li Mu also successfully completed the preparations before the sacrifice in the outer courtyard.

At seven o'clock in the morning, the main gate of Zhang's ancestral hall opened on time. With the creaking sound of the door shaft, the first sacrifice of Zhang's direct branch after returning to China officially began. It is a great integration of the family, and all the Zhang family attaches great importance to it.

At this time, Li Mu also changed into a set of white sacrificial attire and stood at the front of the main hall of the outer courtyard with the daughters-in-law of the Zhang family who were eligible to stay here, while Uncle Zhong was standing behind him.

With the opening of the gate of the ancestral hall, under the leadership of Zhang Yi, the male members of the Zhang family entered in two rows. The men in the family are holding the ancestral tablets solemnly and walking steadily. This is the relocation of the first branch of the Zhang family and the relocation of the ancestral tablets.

Among the people holding the rankings, Li Mu actually saw Yuanbao!

Yuan Bao, that is Li Mu's son.

At this time, Yuan Bao was also wearing a small white sacrificial attire, holding a yellow spiritual tablet with a serious face and following behind Zhang Yi. Others took one step, but he estimated that it took two to three steps.

However, it's not bad, Zhang Yi's walking speed is not fast so that Yuan Bao can keep up with the pace.

However, why did Yuan Bao follow her!

And he is so close to Zhang Yi?What does this mean?Li Mu didn't understand yet, but he was relieved when he saw that there were many children, big and small, in the team. Perhaps Yuan Bao called Zhang Yi's father to follow behind him.

Li Mu looked at the serious-looking people and knew that now was not the time to talk, so he could only bury all his doubts in his heart.

Zhang Yi led the members of the direct branch of the Zhang family through the main hall of the outer courtyard and into the inner courtyard of the ancestral hall. After seeing them begin to place the spirit tablets of their ancestors, Li Mucai waved his hand. After the sacrifices entered the inner courtyard, after the ancestral tablets were put on the altar, the sacrifices in the inner courtyard should also be placed on the altar.

After all the matters in the inner courtyard are settled, it will be time for the most important part, worship.

At this time, there were no other people in the inner court except the men from the direct branch of the Zhang family, and in the outer court under the leadership of Li Mu, the women from the direct branch and people from the branch entered the ancestral hall from the main entrance. They also entered the ancestral hall according to their seniority and blood Men from far and near stood on the left and women on the right. There were a lot of people, and the outer courtyard was full of people after a while, and they even lined up in a long line to the square outside the ancestral hall.

It can be seen that this is a huge family, and the family members are thriving and prosperous.

All the doors of the ancestral hall are open from the main entrance to the inside, and the sacrificial process in progress inside can also be clearly seen from the outside.

This was the first time Li Mu participated in such a grand family sacrifice with such a large number of people.

At the beginning of the sacrifice, Li Mu stood at the first position in the main hall of the outer courtyard. This position represented his identity. As early as when the sacrifice was handed over to him during the Ghost Festival, the Zhang family knew that his position would be unstoppable. Changed, this is Zhang Yi's life choice, and also his life partner, even if it is not legal, but he can stand here, it means he is legal in the Zhang family.

Everyone acquiesced to Li Mu's identity.

Because the patriarch's rights are supreme in the family, as long as he is recognized by the patriarch, he will also be recognized by the Zhang family.

After all the direct branches of the Zhang family are in order, the sacrifice begins.

As the long incense in the main hall of the inner courtyard was lit, the red candles also lit up brilliantly. In this solemn and solemn atmosphere, the elder of the great clan took the lead to step forward and bowed respectfully to the ancestral tablet. Bow, and then turn around to face all the Zhang family members. He is the rite student and the lead singer of the sacrificial ceremony.

Classical Chinese fluttered in the entire Zhang Family Ancestral Hall amidst the old man's words and pauses.

This sacrificial rite containing ancient sounds becomes especially charming invisibly on such a solemn occasion. As the curling notes hover over the ancestral hall, everyone seems to feel the strength of the family. For this reason, they also added more Much sense of belonging.

Li Mu knelt on the futon and suddenly felt at ease.

When he was young, he envied other people to have a family, but he was an orphan. He didn't know where his parents were, what they did, and why they abandoned him. He could only hug Zhou Ping and work hard to keep himself alive. , Live better than others.

At this moment, kneeling in the Zhang family's ancestral hall, he feels at ease.

He had a child, a family, and a clan he could rely on. Nothing could be more reassuring than this, so he slowly closed his eyes and felt the illusory family feelings with his heart.

After the elders of the rich family finished reading the sacrificial text, it was time to offer sacrifices. When offering sacrifices, not only the names of the offerings should be read to the ancestors one by one, but also tea and wine should be offered to the ancestors.

Wine needs to be offered by the officiant.

The job of officiant belongs to Zhang Yi. As the patriarch of the Zhang family, he is also the person of the officiant this time. He pours and presents the first glass of wine. The student sent the offered wine to the place where the silk was burned, poured the wine on it, and dripped the wine into a word "heart" when pouring, to show the devotion of the sacrificer who offered the money and silk.

Because it is a family worship, they removed the string accompaniment of gongs and drums, leaving only the steady voice of men echoing in the ancestral hall.

The place for offering sacrifices in the ancestral hall is specially designed so that the sound can circulate in the inner and outer courtyards. Even if the microphone is not used to amplify the sound, everyone in the inner and outer courtyards can clearly hear what is being said inside.

Of course, this technique is only common in places where sacrifices are made.

After Zhang Yi offered the wine, it came to the stage of burning Zhuwen and bowing. As these sacrificial stages were carried out one by one, time was slowly passing by. The longer time passed, the more worried Li Mu was about Yuanbao.

Yuan Bao is still so young, has he been able to kneel for such a long time?During the interval of the sacrifice, he couldn't help but look up at the inner courtyard.

There were also a lot of people in the inner courtyard. Among the piles of white sacrificial clothes, Li Mu couldn't find the small figure of Yuan Bao at all. Thinking that Yuan Bao was not the only child today, he felt a little better, but Yuan Bao was the youngest child inside. up.

I hope Yuanbao can hold on, but don't make any problems with the sacrifice.

At eleven o'clock in the morning, the sacrifice finally came to an end. As the frequency of kneeling increased, people's expressions became more serious. During the whole sacrifice, no one spoke or coughed. in a solemn atmosphere.

Li Mu finally heaved a sigh of relief as the note of the end of the sacrifice was heard by the old priest of the great clan. Yuan Bao should be fine.