Lin Fangxu raised his eyebrows, thinking that you didn't see much more, and didn't say anything more.The eldest brother and brother-in-law came back for a while, and Ai Xiaoya came back alone, and the second brother didn't know where he had gotten mixed up, and of course no one cared about him.The group had lunch in the county restaurant, waited for the merchant to deliver the New Year's goods they bought to the house, and then drove back to Linjia Village together.Lin Fangxu only cared about telling Lin Fangqi, thinking that the three nephews didn't know, but he forgot that the Lin family's sons and daughters could be sent to their uncles to study like children as long as they wanted.Mu Mu has been studying for two years, and he has already finished recognizing "Thousand Character Text", of course he knows that the poem was written by his second aunt.In Mu Mu's impression, the second aunt spoke very loudly, liked needlework women, and loved to quarrel with the second uncle, but today the second aunt actually made a poem that everyone said was good.It's so strange, poor us obediently Mumu struggled all the way in his heart.Until he rested at night, after watching his father put his younger brother to sleep, he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: Father, do you know that the second aunt can write poems?
Zhao Shiyue was very surprised, and said strangely: Why do you ask this?
Your second aunt's father admired Cheng Zhu Lixue and felt that a woman was virtuous if she was not talented, so your second aunt only knew some words and should not be able to write poetry.Mu Mu frowned and said entangledly: However, today in the teahouse, the second aunt wrote a poem, everyone said okay, I still remember the first two sentences, if life is only as first seen, what is the autumn wind sad fan.Zhao Shiyue was shocked, but his face was calm, and said: Oh, maybe where did you see it, does anyone else know?
Mu Mu replied: The little uncle and the second cousin also know that we went to the teahouse together.Zhao Shiyue told Mu Mu Dao: Since your little uncle didn't say anything, I think it should be in which book I saw, and Mu Mu shouldn't mention it again, okay?
Now it's time to go to bed.After saying that, he kissed his son's little face, Mu Mu hid in the quilt with a red face, and fell asleep with a gentle patter by his father.Zhao Shiyue returned to the room with a heavy heart, thinking of the strangeness of the second brother and sister after giving birth, and was very uneasy.When Lin Fangqin entered the house, he saw his husband sitting on the edge of the bed, frowning, holding his face, and pretending to be angry: What's the matter, but Ermu is naughty again, I'll clean him up, this kid can still turn the sky upside down.Zhao Shiyue opened his hand angrily, and said angrily: How can Ermu have what you said, it is the matter of the second brother and sister Zhao Shiyue felt that it was not good to criticize the person behind him, and after hesitating for a while, he still felt that it was better to tell Xianggong, and then said: I feel that the second brother and sister have changed like a different person since they gave birth to Simu, if they say that their tastes have changed, it is reasonable to say that they have just given birth to a child, but her behavior is also very different, and she will say some strange words from time to time.Mu Mu just told me that Lin Fangqin actually had a hint of awareness, after all, he was a man, and he only thought that it was the impact of childbirth, but he always believed in his husband's judgment, frowned and said: The second brother and sister are a little strange, Yueyue should not worry too much, I will ask the younger brother about the teahouse tomorrow, and then make plans.Hum!
I, Lin Fangqin, am not afraid of any evil spirits.Maybe she told her husband and relied on her heart, and Zhao Shiyue quickly fell asleep.Chapter 12 The twenty-eighth day of the lunar month is obscure.Mother took a few brothers-in-law to do laundry and wash the floor.Lin Fangxu and his eldest brother climbed on the roof of the house to crush the tiles and remove the tiles.Lin Fangqin looked at the children playing in the yard and asked, "Brother Xu, did you take Mumu and them to the teahouse yesterday?"
Lin Fangxu didn't know that Mu Mu had already told the secret, so he replied: Yes, I was tired of walking, so I went to Honghu Tower to sit down, and the second brother was also inside.Hearing that Lin Fangming was also there, Lin Fangqin frowned and said: Oh, I heard that there are still people who write poems, I don't know if there are any good ones.Although Lin Fangxu rarely saw his eldest brother interested in these things, he didn't think much about it, and only replied: There is a poem, which is very brilliantly written, I still remember, I read it to my eldest brother.Then the full poem was read.After Lin Fangxu finished reading, he saw that his eldest brother's face was solemn, and asked directly in a deep voice: Mu Mu saw that this poem was written by your second sister-in-law, did Brother Xu see it?
Lin Fangxu didn't expect Mu Mu to see it, and he didn't plan to hide it from his eldest brother: Indeed, the second cousin and I both saw it, and it was indeed the second sister-in-law who wrote it, but it wasn't necessarily that she came up with it, and it wasn't necessarily where she saw it.Lin Fangqin listened to him, and he didn't plan to tell the younger brother what the husband noticed.Undeniable: Maybe, I heard that the first ten county exams will be registered, and it seems that this year's county exams will probably start around the tenth day of February, which is a little earlier than last year.Brother Xu don't care about those idle things, just concentrate on preparing for the end, and don't care too much about the result, you are still young, you should experience it.Lin Fangxu naturally nodded yes, just like Lin Fangqin didn't want his younger brother to be distracted and affect his career, Lin Fangxu didn't plan to tell his eldest brother about his rebirth for the time being.Again, there is no fame, even if you know it, what you can do is limited, but there is just one more person to worry about.But now it seems that the eldest brother and they must have noticed Ai Xiaoya's abnormality.Maybe the eldest brother in the previous life had already found out, so he would restrict her more.Lin Fangxu sat on the roof, with a panoramic view of the blue bricks and black tiles, and the village that still stands today after the famine and war of the previous dynasty looks quiet and beautiful in the winter sun.The sparkling river was full of women and husbands who were washing clothes.Under the big banyan tree at the entrance of the ancestral hall, the grandfather and the sixth grandfather were playing chess, and the two people were fighting, and a group of military advisors were pointing on the side.A group of children were running and jumping on the barn field, and they saw from afar that the fastest runner was Ermu Napi Boy.Maybe the sun on the roof was too bright, or the pictures of the countryside were too beautiful, Lin Fangxu sat on the roof in a slight trance, until he heard Lin Fangqi's voice on the roof next door.Brother Xu!
You see several cars coming from the entrance of the village, it seems that Uncle Cheng Gui and his family have returned!
Lin Fangqi stood on his roof and shouted loudly.Lin Fangxu also looked up, and the convoy had already entered the village.The most prestigious elder in Linjia Village, in addition to the patriarch's grandfather, the other is Uncle Chenggui's father, the sixth grandfather.Uncle Cheng Gui, the ancestor and Lin Yushi are the same maternal brothers, born in the same Jinshi, the official to the county of Kaihua, and later implicated by Lin Yushi, was embarrassed by the boss, and resigned helplessly.After returning to his hometown, he saw that his clan could not even enter the scientific field, and the family gradually declined, and finally died of depression.During the period of the declining emperor, the Lin clan struggled to make ends meet, and the children in the clan did not know what to read, and they were about to break the inheritance.Uncle Cheng Gui's grandfather, with the support of the patriarch and the whole clan at that time, took the money collected by various families in the clan, entered the business register, and started the north-south business.Later, he lost money, and it was not until Uncle Cheng Gui's father, the sixth grandfather, who was in charge of the house, that he gradually improved.The renovation and expansion of the ancestral hall in the clan and the repair of the road from the village to the official road were all paid by the sixth grandfather's family, and thirty acres of sacrificial land were added to the clan.After the new emperor ascended the throne, he re-registered the registered population, and the sixth grandfather, with the help of the eldest grandfather, returned the household registration of the whole family to Linjia Village, and no longer did north-south trading, only operating shops and granges with peace of mind.It may be that his sons have no talent for reading, and the sixth grandfather is a strong supporter of the children in the clan to study the imperial examination, thinking that when Lin Fangxu went to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival, the sixth grandfather also gave him two hundred taels of silver.Brother Xu, don't look at it, hurry down.Lin Fangqin saw that the house was □□ and beckoned Lin Fangxu to go down.Lin Fangxu stood up, patted the ash on his buttocks, said hello to Lin Fangqi and followed his brother down the roof.The next day, in addition to washing and scrubbing, he was also busy making rice cakes, grinding tofu, writing Spring Festival couplets, etc., and when he was busy until the evening, Lin Fangming returned home leisurely.When Lin Fangming arrived home, no one else reacted, but Ai Xiaoya was very nervous, and she hadn't faced this husband alone when she crossed over, so she didn't know what to say.But soon, Ai Xiaoya found that she was nervous, because Lin Fangming ran to the study to sleep at night, Ai Xiaoya breathed a sigh of relief and felt indignant at the same time.On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, Chinese New Year's Eve, the kitchen stove never rested when I got up in the morning, and my mother and brother-in-law were even more busy in the morning.Lin Fangxu followed his eldest brother to first prepare the sacrificial things at home, and then helped paste the Spring Festival couplets, and after everything was done, he saw Lin Fangming get up, brush his teeth with a cup and look at his son by the Simu cradle.It's also amazing to say, Simu cries every time he sees Ai Xiaoya, except for washing the third, this is the second time he sees the second brother, but he can show a smile.Seeing his son smiling at himself, Lin Fangming was also very happy, put down the cup and toothbrush, reached out to pick up the child, and teased.Zhao Niangzi didn't come back for the New Year, and Simu couldn't leave anyone, so she stayed in the Lin family for the New Year, and was startled when she saw Lin Fangming holding the child, but fortunately, he still hugged it decently.Lin Fangqin watched him holding the child around, his face was gratified, and he said: If you have a son, you should also take care of it, don't run around in the first month, it's going to end in February, take a good look at the book at home.Lin Fangming was most annoyed by the eldest brother's preaching, and said perfunctorily: I know, I'll go to read a book if it's okay.After speaking, he casually threw Simu to Mrs.
Zhao, and Lin Fangming ran back to the study.Lin Fangqin looked at his perfunctory appearance, but he was disappointed but didn't say more, and asked Lin Fangxu to carry out the incense case together, put it in the middle of the courtyard, and put the pig's head, pig's tail, and whole chicken that had been boiled in the morning to sacrifice to heaven and earth, praying for a good harvest in the coming year.Ai Xiaoya was at the door of the kitchen, helping to look at the stove where the soup was cooking, and not far away, she saw the movement of several brothers.Speaking of making a fortune, Lin Fangqin and his wife are simply the biggest obstacles.One is a typical feudal patriarch, who has to be in charge, and he can't wait for everyone to live according to his ideas, and it is estimated that in his eyes, it is what he should do to teach his husband and children.One is very shrewd, and when she is a housekeeper, she is also a master who mixes big and small things.There is no opportunity, I am a daughter-in-law, and I don't dare to rashly mention the separation of the family in this feudal society, if I really want to do this, it is estimated that it is light to kneel in the ancestral hall.Ah, all evil feudalism!
Originally, Ai Xiaoya was still struggling to find a way, but when she heard the conversation between the two brothers today, she suddenly became enlightened, maybe Lin Fangming was more unhappy than herself to be managed, and wanted to split up even more.Ai Xiaoya's mood became cheerful, and she was concentrating on the fire, but she was thinking about what method to use to bring Lin Fangming over.But don't worry, she stayed in the agency for more than ten years in her previous life, and she is not short of patience, not to mention that Lin Fangming's brothers have to take the county exam.Ai Xiaoya actually doesn't have much interest in gaining fame, after all, she was a civil servant in her previous life, and she was also a member of the yamen, but she served for people, her salary was not high, and she had no power, and there were more people in modern society than her, not to mention those big bosses, big stars or something.The original father was almost forty years old before he took the exam, and he was exempt from taxes and servitude.That little tax is not much, and the conscription can also be offset with silver, so Ai Xiaoya feels that the original father should earn more money than to waste decades to take the exam.However, the Lin family seems to attach great importance to the imperial examination, and although Ai Xiaoya has different ideas, she does not want to provoke other people's beliefs.Seeing that the chicken stewed in the pot was crispy, Ai Xiaoya got up, walked into the kitchen, and said with a smile: Brother, the soup is almost stewed, I'll help you cut the meat.Although Zhao Shiyue had doubts about her, she would not refuse the kindness of others, smiled and gave up her position, and worked together for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.The Lin family's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is generally ten bowls, asking for ten blessings, after the meal is placed on the table, firecrackers are set off, first serving the ancestors, and then sitting down in order from the oldest to the youngest.After the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, each family will burn incense and paper separately to worship the ancestors.The Lin family is still a little busier, because the ancestral hall will be opened on the first day of the new year, family sacrifices will be held, and sacrifices must be prepared.Chapter 13 On the first day of the first month, the sky has not yet dawned, the men over the age of two of the Lin family have arrived at the main courtyard of the ancestral hall one after another.As the morning sun rises, the door of Chongben Hall slowly opens, and the morning glow crosses the incense table, and the ancestors on the table are facing the rising sun, with their backs to the shadows.The eight hundred and forty-six ranks are like eight hundred and forty-six ancestors at the junction of yin and yang, watching the rise and fall of the Lin family in Wuyi County.Everyone in the courtyard remained solemn and quiet, and Lin Fangxu stood among the cousins and thought that he had died so disgracefully in his previous life, and he didn't know if the tablet could enter the ancestral hall.The children of the cultivators stood at the end in a regular manner, thinking that they had been warned by their elders, and no one dared to frolic or chase, even the two-and-a-half-year-old Miki stood quietly next to Ermu.The eldest grandfather acted as a shaman and sang: The ancestor worship ceremony of the Lin family in Chongbentang in Wuyi County begins, and invites Lin Chengwen, the ninth grandson of the second room, Lin Chenggui, the ninth grandson of the second room, and Lin Chenghong, the ninth grandson of the third uncle, to step forward.The Lin family sacrifice is generally served by the branch as the main and accompanying sacrifice, inherited to this day, the branch has three rooms, and the three rooms are the eldest son of the adult generation to serve as the grandson, and the three of them stand in turn.And the shaman sang, "Pure water, clean towel."
Lin Fangxu's two cousins of the same generation, one sent clean water, the other sent three hand towels, and waited for Lin Chengwen to clean their hands and faces in turn, and wipe them clean.The shaman sang: Light the candles and incense, and welcome the ancestors and ancestors.The main priest of the long house lit incense, the second room, the third room accompanied the sacrifice to light the candles, after the lighting, the main priest Sun Lin Chengwen incense danced half a circle outward, and said: Today, when the zodiac is auspicious, we Wuyi County Chongbentang Lin carried out the ancestor hair score ceremony, and respectfully invited the ancestors and ancestors to come together to enjoy the food, fruits and vegetables, and come to the hair score.The main priest and the priest walked to the incense table in the center of the hall.The shaman sings: Candles.Lin Chenggui and Lin Chenghong arched towards the ancestors, held candles over the top with both hands, and inserted them in the incense burner.The shaman sings: First incense.Lin Chengwen distributed the two sticks of incense to the accompanying sacrifice, arched towards the ancestors, raised the incense with both hands over the top, and inserted it in the incense burner.The shaman sang, "Ashang incense."
Lin Chengwen took a stick of incense from Lin Chenggui in the second room, arched towards the ancestors, raised the incense over the top with both hands, and inserted it in the incense burner.The shaman sings: Mikami incense.Lin Chengwen took a stick of incense from Lin Chenghong in the third room, arched towards the ancestors, raised the incense over the top with both hands, and inserted it in the incense burner.After the three incense, the ancestors and ancestors made a big salute, the main and the three people who accompanied the sacrifice led the Chengzi generation, and the children of the clan after the Chengzi generation bowed to the ancestors and the ancestors and bowed three times, and the Bingzi generation and the elders before the Bingzi generation bowed to the ancestors and the ancestors and the ancestors.The shaman sang: After the ceremony, compose, offer flowers and fruits.After the boys and men of the clan offer pigs' heads, whole chickens, whole fish, flowers, vegetables and fruits, the lord and the accompanying grandsons kneel and bow in turn, and offer wine.After the wine ceremony, the chief priest Sun Lin Chengwen reads the sacrificial text, and after reading the sacrificial text, the whole clan makes a big gift to the ancestors and ancestors again.After the ceremony, please genealogy, send the genealogy, and each branch will come forward to receive the genealogy.After receiving the genealogy, the paper money was burned, and the clansmen went forward to kowtow in turn.Finally, the ancestors and ancestors were sent to the ancestors, the cannon was fired, and the music was played, and the main and accompanying priests sent the sacrificial texts and incense candles to the paper money for incineration, and then faced the north and south respectively after the three series.It was almost noon, and the ancestor worship ceremony was over, and each branch took the family tree to the side room of the ancestral hall and added the name of the new son to the family tree.Children in the clan need to be three years old before their names can be recorded in the genealogy.The names of Mu Mu and Ermu have long been chosen, they are called Xiu'an and Xiu Hao respectively, why it has been delayed until this year, we have to start with the lobby brother's house.The sister-in-law in the lobby has been wishful thinking and competing with the eldest brother-in-law.After the brother-in-law gave birth to Ermu, the sister-in-law disliked that she only gave birth to two daughters, so she did not give Zhaodi and Pandi a family tree.Because it is the same room, the eldest brother is not good to leave the two sisters to Mu Mu and Ermu, so it has been delayed until Brother Bao is born and he turns three years old this year, so the relationship between the eldest brother and the sister-in-law has not been very harmonious.After the eldest brother finished the family tree, he put the family tree back in the ancestral hall, the patriarch closed the door of the Chongben Hall, and Lin Fangxu returned home with his brothers and nephews.Lin Fangxu had lunch, read a few pages of books, and when he came out again, a stage had been set up in the open space near the river in the village's grain drying field, and at this time there was a white-bearded old student on the stage, with four flags on his back, holding a big knife and fighting with a group of people.