Chapter 421 Ancestor Worship

The night passed quickly, it was the twenty-ninth day of the new year, New Year’s Eve was just around the corner, and the smell of the New Year was lingering in the big cities and alleys.

That day was also the last shift for office workers. Zhao Li sat up and down waiting for news from the lawyer for several days. He went to press again, but the answer he got was still that he was busy with bank work. , it has to be handled on a first-come, first-served basis, and it’s not his turn yet.

Zhao Li was so anxious that his liver was on fire. The bank had not assessed the value of the real estate, could not use it as a mortgage, and could not repair the leaks. His son and grandson could only spend the New Year in the detention center.

Zhao Yixiong in the detention center was even more panicked. Because the amount of public funds embezzled, embezzled and tax evaded was huge, he could not be released on bail, which meant that he would spend the New Year in prison. He was physically injured and suffered mental blows one after another. In just a short time I have lost a lot of weight in the past few days and I feel very weak.

Zhao Zongze was even more frightened. He had been to the detention center before. At that time, his father protected him, and he was released on bail after staying for a few days. Now even his father is in the detention center, and Yan Xing and the He family have expressed their intention to investigate. After all, if grandpa couldn't protect him, he might have to sit in jail for a few years.

With fear in his heart and no news coming from the outside world, the formerly graceful Young Master Zhao became unkempt and less energetic than a fan.

Compared to Zhao Li’s anxiety, Mrs. Wang’s family felt extremely lucky. Fortunately, they postponed the wedding of Wang Yuxuan and Zhao Zongze. If the engagement had not been cancelled, there was no guarantee that the Wang family would not be dragged into the trap by the Zhao family. Take the blame for the Zhao family.

Similarly, the person who had been hanging around for a long time in Le Fukang is relatively stable. The Chao family has not taken any actions against the Le family, which proves that Mr. Wu still has a lot of face. The Chao family also has to give Mr. Wu To save face, you can’t suppress Lejia at will.

With the He family raising a butcher knife against the Zhao family and his son, the Chao family men did not have to step on the Zhao family anymore, since there would be others who would add insult to injury.

The He family was not prepared to beat the Zhao family father and son to death with a stick. After taking control of the Feixia Group, they dragged it away so tepidly, allowing others to watch the show, and it also made people want to step on Zhao. The family members have enough time to find excuses for the Zhao family.

The elders were playing with the Zhao family and his son. He Xiaoliu and He Mingxin were on holiday just like a cat nesting in the winter. They were sitting at home writing, scratching, knocking and knocking every day. If you need anything, ask your brothers to help buy it.

The young and old of the He family knew that Xiaoliu was doing research according to the little doctor’s request and gave them full support. They would help him find whatever he needed. Even if they wanted to play with Xiaoliu, they would reject him.

Young people from other families did not see He Xiaoliu. Wang Ruichen, the Second Young Master Wang, had gone to He Xiaoshiwu for guidance a few times. He could not understand what He Xiaoliu was up to.

When Leyun returned home, she had already put all the people and things in the capital aside and enjoyed her vacation happily.After breakfast on the 29th of the year, I took my tools and a hoe and ran excitedly to dig konjac in the back garden.

Le dad Zhou Qiufeng also ran to join in the fun to enjoy the happy time of family happiness.

Seizing the opportunity to dig konjac, Leyun dug the soil at the place marked by her father. Konjac is suitable for cultivation in shallow soil. The larger it is, the closer it is to the mud surface, and the soft soil about two centimeters thick is removed. The soil is dug up to the surface of the konjac, and all the soil is removed first to expose the head and then pry.

There are sprouts growing on the sunken ground on the top of the konjac pried out, and there is some soil. The other parts are smooth. The skin is light yellowish brown and the top is dark brown.

Konjac is really as big as a washbasin and is more eye-catching than an old pumpkin.

Le’s dad helped brush off the dirt on the top and moved it aside.

The largest konjac was unearthed, leaving a big hole. Le Yun filled the soil back up, dug out three more konjacs weighing four to five kilograms, and moved them out of the garden for cleaning.

Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, wanted to help but was kicked away. The reason was: the new mother was pregnant with her younger brother, and konjac would cause allergies, so she couldn’t touch it; the father had to have surgery at night, so he shouldn’t touch anything that could paralyze people.

The couple couldn’t laugh or cry and walked away to go about their own business, leaving the child to mess around alone.

When her father and Aunt Feng were not around, Le Yun checked that there was no one around, and quickly moved a few konjacs out of the space, and compared them, she felt so sad that she wanted to cry, she planted the space The konjacs inside are grown with well water. The largest one is only a little smaller than the largest one dug in the garden, and the others are bigger than those dug in the garden.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bigger or smaller. If it’s a bit bigger, she can’t adjust it even if she wants to. After all, her father and Aunt Feng are not short-sighted, so they can’t not see it.

She had no choice but to swap the largest old konjac, and left the other three alone. She used a brush to scrub the konjac. The big one was dug out from the medicinal field early this morning, and she cleaned it. Very clean, mainly scrubbing the smaller ones.

Brush away the mud and sand, and then scrape the konjac skin to avoid residual skin residue in the folds.

Wash the big piece, throw it back into the space, and take out another big piece dug from the garden again, scrub and scrape the skin.

Clean up the big piece dug in the garden, cut it into pieces with a knife, leave half of it, and throw the other half back into the space, then twist out another big piece from the space, cut a few more pieces, and put the two pieces together. Cut the konjac into cubes and mix them together.

After completing the process of stealing the dragon and turning it into a phoenix, and confusing the public and the public, Le Xiaoxiao was happy. He scrubbed the little konjac, washed it, scraped the skin, put it in a bucket and took it home.

Lele’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, kneaded dough to make cakes and cakes. When he saw his child coming back so quickly, he was surprised. Lele didn’t use konjac as a toy?

When I saw the konjac cut into pieces, I almost thought the girl... had a fever! When she dug konjac in the past, Lele either held the konjac as a ball or tossed it around, and she was not allowed to grind it until she had enough. This time, she was so... eager. It made people wonder if she hadn't slept well and was a little out of her mind. wide awake.

The young couple were surprised and didn’t ask why. They left the girl to run around while classmate Le brought a large plastic basin and used it to grind the konjac stone and mix it with lime water. For the potion, mix the lime water and the potion, spoon some into the basin, then move a bench, put on gloves, sit down and start grinding the konjac.

The konjac flour in the shopping mall is processed in a scientific way to make powder, then mixed with water, and then frozen into konjac and beans. The original production of konjac is actually the kind of earthwork used in rural areas. Son: Grind.

The specific operation is to pick a stone with good texture and slightly convex and concave feeling as a grinding board, and rub it slowly. After grinding the raw konjac, it will turn into a gel-like paste, mix it evenly, and cool it. Let it freeze for a period of time and freeze into jelly, then boil water, cut into pieces and boil in the water, cook over high heat for several hours until it is no longer numb on the tongue and can be taken out of the pot. After that, mix with ice, stir-fry and stew, what do you want? Eat whatever you want.

Of course, when grinding konjac, be sure to use lime water or water with the same substance as lime water. Without lime fire, konjac cannot condense, and remember to wear gloves. Some people will get sick if they touch raw konjac. If you are allergic, your hands will be itchy, numb, and painful when grinding konjac. Except for people with special physiques, you should not taste raw konjac. You may be poisoned if you taste it. Drinking lime water can relieve it in mild cases. In severe cases, you may have a heart attack before even the hospital can rescue you. Physical death.

Little Le’s classmate cannot touch raw konjac before she is four years old. After the age of four, it is okay to roll around in the konjac, so she does not use gloves when washing the konjac, fearing that her father and new mother will worry, so she still wears them when grinding the konjac. Gloves protect hands.

Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, was making steamed buns in the main room. It was cold, so he put a clay stove aside. The two of them sat across from each other at the table, where they could reach the fire. When the children started working, they turned on the stove. If moved to a suitable place, all three of them can reach the fire.

The three of them each did their own work. Zhou Qiufeng made a batch of steamed buns and steamed them. Dad Le, who was unable to move, sat down to make steamed buns. The couple watched the children and the gelatinous paste in the basin. More and more, there are less and less raw konjac in the bucket. In less than an hour, the basin is filled, stir evenly, cover it tightly, cover it with a thin cloth and set it aside to cool, and then change to a medium-sized basin.

When the medium-sized pot was full and there was still raw konjac to grind, Le’s father Zhou Qiufeng looked at me and I looked at you, with a confused look on his face. There were only a few konjac, so one should be added to each big pot. A small pot should be enough, why are there so many? Can Lelepei’s potion increase production?

Le Yun ignored the strange look in her father's and Aunt Feng's eyes, and worked excitedly, filling another medium-sized pot, and finally polished the konjac, of course, leaving a fist-sized hole near the buds. a piece ofThose buds can still be planted again.

After mixing the konjac paste and letting it freeze, she picked up the konjac sprouts that had been set aside and went to the kitchen to roll a layer of ash on the ground. Then she walked to the back garden and dug a small hole in the place where they grew before. Plant in the hole, cover it with only a shallow layer of soil, then get some ground ash and sprinkle it on the surface, and then cover it with a layer of manure.

If the nutrition is sufficient, the konjac that has been ground once this year will grow almost as big as this year next year, but it is a normal size, and it will take two or three years to grow into an extra-large size.

After planting the konjac and seeing the leeks on the side, she divided the plant and took out a small handful and threw them back into the space. She then dug up a few green onions and threw them into the space as seedlings. Le Yun was satisfied and happy. After leaving the backyard, children in the city are as good as urban children, and rural children are as happy as rural children. She is a native rural child and cherishes her own happiness. Especially when she comes back from a trip to Kyoto, she feels the value of rural life.

You can drink the mountain streams in the countryside, but the water in the city cannot be drank directly even if it has been disinfected. There is no harm without comparison. After comparison, I still feel that it is simpler and happier to stay in the countryside.

After sending the hoe and the basket containing manure and grass back to the pig pen, Le Yun secretly threw some sweet potato vines to the pigs to eat, then washed her hands, patted her whole body with a rag to avoid dust, and went to the stairwell. I took off my waterproof shoes again and put on my fluffy slippers.

After lunch, Zhou Qiufeng packed up her belongings and her family went to the mountain to worship their ancestors.

During the Chinese New Year in the countryside, every household brings sacrifices to their ancestors’ graves to pay homage to their deceased elders in the first three or two days. Usually, they pay homage to the first three generations. The old people say that one generation takes care of the three generations, so when paying homage, Go back one or two generations from the oldest generation in the family, that is, worship your parents, grandparents. If the graves of the ancestors of the further generation are close to each other, worship them one by one. If they are far away, only worship the grandparents and parents. That's fine. Some people can just worship their parents.

The cemeteries of the two deceased generations of the Le family are not far from each other, and are not far from the Zhou family's graves, so there is a part of the same road when we go there. In the afternoon, the Zhou family and the Le family went together.

Grandma Zhou’s family and Village Chief Zhou are descendants of the same great-grandfather. Village Chief Zhou is the youngest in the Zhou family. The Zhou family calls him Uncle Man or Grandpa Man. “Man” is a dialect, that is, Yes, it means calling his wife Aunt Man or Grandma Man.

Because they are descendants of the same ancestor, the young and old members of Zhou Village Chief’s family traveled with Brother Zhou’s family to pay homage to their great-grandfather.

It became lively. Dad Le drove, carrying his wife and girl, as well as Grandma Zhou, Zhou Chunmei, Sister-in-law Zhou and Grandma Zhou Man. Brother Zhou drove Zhou Qiufeng’s open car to carry his son and Village Chief Zhou and his four grandchildren, as well as his eldest son Zhou Dahai and Zhou Xiaohai, each rode a motorcycle with his wife.

Zhou Chunmei sat next to her grandma and mother. Opposite her were Grandma Zhou Man, her aunt and Le Yun. She looked atLooking at Le Yun across from me, I felt very comfortable, especially when I looked at the clothes on Le Yun's body.

Village Chief Zhou’s father was good friends with Grandpa Le Tai. Grandpa Le Tai saved the life of Village Elder Zhou’s father. Village Chief Zhou almost had a dystocia when he was born. It was Grandpa Le Tai who saved mother and child. , the Zhou family is grateful to the Le family, Village Chief Zhou and Grandpa Le call themselves brothers. Back then, Le’s father had a disabled leg and was depressed. He hated iron and dared to slap Le’s father.

Grandma Zhou Man sometimes goes to her daughter’s house to help her great-grandson, and sometimes she goes to help her eldest son who is doing business in Ling County. She is not at home during the summer vacation for Le Xiao’s classmate.

Sitting in the car, the old lady held the Lejia girl’s hand, smiled and asked questions, including whether she was happy in college life and how medicine was going.

Le Yun is a good child who respects the elderly and loves the young. She always answers all questions, even if they involve some relatively private issues, she avoids the most important ones and ignores the easy ones.

As much as the old man and the young man opposite were chatting happily, Zhou Chunmei felt depressed. After staying up for a few minutes, she finally reached the foot of the mountain. Everyone got off the car, and the young men and women carried ancestor sacrifices.

Le Yun carried the bamboo basket for the sacrifices to make it easier for her father and new mother; the young people of the Zhou family carried the things and a group of people walked up the mountain.

When Grandma Zhouman, grandma, father, and Yueqing all came forward, Zhou Chunmei moved slowly to her aunt, and asked: "Aunt, where are the clothes you bought for Leyun?" Which store did you buy it from? It looks good, is it expensive?"

"I didn't buy the clothes on Lele," Zhou Qiufeng said with a smile on her face: "Lele's clothes are all hers. The wife of the head teacher at the university bought it for her, and it was fully matched inside and out. A friend also gave her some clothes. Lele had so many clothes that she couldn’t wear them all in a day or a month, so she didn’t need her dad and I. Worry about clothes."

"Teacher helped Le Yun buy clothes? How old is that teacher?" Zhou Chunmei wondered if she was hearing hallucinations? Teacher wives usually guard against their husbands hooking up with female students. How can anyone buy this or that for their students?

The niece’s words were obviously making people think in a wrong way. Zhou Qiufeng’s face suddenly darkened and her tone became cold: “Don’t think so bad of people, Professor Lele University’s tutor The grandson is one year older than Lele. The professor’s wife has no daughter or granddaughter. She wants a considerate little cotton-padded jacket and treats Lele as a granddaughter. She gives a jade bracelet worth eight or nine hundred thousand as a meeting gift and helps Lele buy clothes. What's wrong?"

Zhou Chunmei felt even worse after receiving the cold words from her aunt. When she heard that Leyun had a jade bracelet worth eight or nine hundred thousand yuan, she took a deep breath and gave it to her. A meeting gift is worth hundreds of thousands, how rich is that?

"Gu, I have no other intention, I just worry about LeyunI'm young and just afraid of being cheated. Gu, are Leyun’s teachers very rich? "She originally wanted to turn around and leave, but followed her aunt to inquire about gossip.

"I don't know, anyway, I only know that the professor's family supports her to help Lele buy and buy. "Zhou Qiufeng didn't want to go into too much detail. Lele said that what kind of family the professor and his wife's family are like, it's fine for her and Yueqing to know, there is no need to show off to others and help Lele to attract hatred.

Aunt Zhou Chunmei didn't want to say more, but couldn't find out anything even if she tried to ask. She walked with him for a short distance, but it was really boring, so she walked ahead by herself and walked with Zhou Dahai and Xiaohai's grandchildren.

A group of People walking together are not far apart, so they go separate ways.

The Zhou family went to pay homage to their great-grandfather. Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, took the girl to pay homage to his family’s ancestors. He didn’t climb far, and walked about half a mile. Here we are.

The graves of Grandpa Le and Grandma Le are on the side slope of the mountain. The front of the grave is relatively flat, and the graves of the two generations are only ten meters apart.

The family first paid homage to their great-grandfather. Le’s father, Zhou Qiufeng, helped his grandparents clean up the dead weeds on the grave. Le Yun took paper money and ingots and wine.

They tidied up and burned incense. , put out wine and food, and set off a string of long firecrackers before burning the paper.

When Zhou Qiufeng married into the Le family, it was the first time she came to pay homage to the ancestors of the Le family as a daughter-in-law of the Le family. Baby, kneel down respectfully in front of the grave and kowtow three times to your grandparents.

After that, go to pay homage to Grandpa Le and Grandma Le. You also clean the weeds on the grave first, then burn incense and put out wine and food to worship. .

Zhou Qiufeng also kowtowed three times in front of the graves of her parents-in-law, officially paying homage to her parents-in-law as her daughter-in-law.

Le Yun’s eyes were sore, she had grown up, She was able to protect herself, but her grandparents did not wait until this day, and they could not see the day when she would grow up and become famous. Fortunately, she helped her grandparents find a good daughter-in-law, and soon her grandparents would have grandchildren. My grandparents should be happy to know that they know better.

She didn’t cry. The culprit who killed her grandparents has not yet received retribution. She didn’t cry. She wanted to smile and see how those people can live a successful life. What if she wants to send those people to hell with her own hands and make them confess to their grandparents.

Some hatred, even if she wants to forget it.

Every time she is When my aunt was struggling, every year during the Qingming Festival and New Year when she went to the graves to worship her ancestors, the hatred hidden in her heart would sprout like mushrooms after a rain, reminding her all the time why her close relatives died and how she ended up in that situation.

Fortunately, her father didn’t know the reason for her grandfather’s death. According to grandma, her father was too strong-willed and couldn’t hide his thoughts. Once he knew some secrets, he would collapse even if he didn’t find someone to fight for.

A person with hatred hidden in her heart will not be happy. She does not live for revenge, but no one wants her to forget her enemies, and no one wants her to give up revenge. She will not take revenge unless the sun no longer comes from her. Head out east.

Le Yun burned paper money in handfuls, pursed her lips, and soon, soon, soon, when she became famous in the medical field, when she had enough connections and power, she would Ability to use the blood of enemies to honor the spirits of loved ones.

When all the ashes of the paper money were extinguished and no more sparks appeared, Le’s father Zhou Qiufeng put away the worship supplies, put them into a bamboo basket, and the family slowly went down the mountain.