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Chapter 157. 155. Ancestral Worship (Small)

"Brother Li, how is your family doing?"

Sitting in the co-pilot of this newly bought Lincoln Navigator, Xu Xin yawned a little tiredly.

That crazy girl doesn't want to die this afternoon.

It almost broke our Xu Sanjin's hip bones.

It's crazy!
Really...

"Good."

Li Hao nodded:
"Several mines in the new lane are under construction. This year, the village's light No. 300 mine will be divided into a dividend of more than [-] million yuan. It's all very good~"

"Um……"

Dividend Xu Xin no longer cares about it, but some people in the village belong to the kind of dutiful people who don't want to bother, and they all rely on dividends.

So he followed Li Hao's words and asked another question:
"How is my father? How is his body? Does Aunt Xue take care of others?"

"It's not Aunt Xue anymore."

In front of Xu Xin, what did Li Hao say.

The corner of Xu Xin's mouth twitched when he heard it...

"Switched?"

"Well, she was going to study in Europe, so she left."

"...Then who is it now?"

"When I came back from seeing you last time, I met a flight attendant on the plane, whose surname is Zhao."

"..."

old man, you play...

But it was too expensive.

With some emotion, Xu Xin shook his head helplessly:

"How is this man?"

"It's not bad, but it's young, self-willed, and able to spend money. I just went to Lying Xiangjiang a few days ago, and even bought and played with it, it cost one or two hundred. But the sweet mouth will make people happy."

"... Tsk. There is no such thing as... serious, the kind that can be united with the old man, down-to-earth?"

"This...for the time being, I really don't have it. But I guess this one will be replaced soon."

"...why?"

"I went to Xiangjiang to play a few days ago. This girl made an appointment with a few girlfriends..."

"..."

Li Hao didn't finish, but Xu Xin "understood".

He doesn't know... and doesn't dare to think about the relationship between the old man and these "several" girlfriends.

That's his dad.

If you really think about it...it's unimaginable.

Just a little bit of embarrassment...

So he could only end the topic silently, opened the car window and lit a cigarette.

An hour later, after ten o'clock, Xu Xin returned home.

As usual, Xu Daqiang was the first to rush out with a mouth full of longing, followed by Xu Miao, Zhang Qianqian... and the youthful and beautiful "Aunt Zhao".

be honest.

Compared with my little girlfriend, she is a heaven and a hell.

However, he did not hinder him and greeted him kindly:
"Aunt Zhao."

Then, although the family had already eaten, as the saying goes, get on the dumplings and get off the noodles, Xu Daqiang still soothed his son's homesick soul with a bowl of authentic mutton noodles.

It is like the quiet and thick Shenmu County, a hot land.

Welcome to his wanderer...

Go home.

……

"How are things going?"

Hearing his father's words, Xu Xin naturally knew... What he cared about was not the movies, but the Olympics.It's just that there are still outsiders in this family, so it's hard to say clearly.

So nodded:
"Very good, the plan has been submitted, and the results should come out in the next year."

After hearing this, Xu Daqiang relaxed:
"Well, well, well, well, well... How long will it be? Will the year be over?"

"I can't finish it, I have to leave on the sixth day, and I'm still busy with the movie."

"Uh……"

Hearing this, Xu Daqiang was a little disappointed...

Although you can go to see your son if you want, after all, in everyone's habit, only when you are at home is it considered a separation.And meeting anywhere other than home is at best just a visit or a gathering.

But well...

The baby is promising.

Do not stop.

What's more, there is good news...

"This year, our family will sit at the first table! The red posters have already been published, and the banquets are all arranged by our family! Do you want to eat?"

"Oh?"

Xu Xin's eyes lit up.

After thinking about it, he said:

"It's not too much to use the whole disc..."

"It's too much, if you don't get the whole dish, how can you eat the whole dish?"

"Then the whole disc!"

"...Well, all discs!"

The so-called whole dish is actually a collective name for killing three animals to sacrifice to the sky, binding three animals to sacrifice to the earth, and twelve bowls of blessings.

Pigs, cattle and sheep are three animals, chickens, ducks and geese are three birds, and the twelve bowls are made of twelve kinds of solid fruits such as oranges, persimmons, apples, and grapefruits.Do not use hollow ones, it is disrespectful and taboo for descendants.Then there are twelve vegetarian dishes and twelve meat dishes.

In addition to offering the heads of three animals to the ancestors, the clansmen will start worshiping the ancestors on the morning of the New Year's Eve, eat at noon, and then pack the leftovers of the ancestor worship at night and add their own home meals for the New Year's Eve dinner, and at night The dumpling.

It is such a process.

The whole day of New Year's Eve can almost be said to be spent busy.

Whose family has contributed the most to the village this year, and whoever's family will make arrangements, treat guests, and sit at the table closest to the ancestors.

Of course, this has only changed in recent years.

In the past when Xujiawan was poor, everyone contributed money, and whoever contributed the most would sit at the first table.

At that time, Xujiawan was poor and there was nothing to do, so the whole village gathered its strength to worship the ancestors.And what about some families who can't afford meat?Just divide the meat from ancestor worship and take it home for the New Year.

But now that we have money, ancestor worship has changed from "joint efforts to let everyone have a good year with meat" to "whose family is the most beautiful this year, and whose family invites everyone to eat meat to have a good year".

There is nothing particularly particular about it, but in fact all of this is just to make the people of a village more closely united.

The people in a village are harmonious and beautiful, and the ancestors will be happy to see it.

That's why it's so unpretentious.

And when we first got rich, everyone still compared who made the most money.But one after another, the comparison is who has contributed the most to the village, built more roads, or helped more, or what they did...

There is no comparison this year.

No matter how many roads were built, no matter how many primary schools were built, or how much money they made from mobilizing everyone... none of Xu Xin's contribution was as great as that of Xu Xin alone.

Because Xu Xin is busy with the country!

The reason for being able to sit at the head table is as simple as that.

But there is also a saying about how many dishes are on the table, that is, it depends on the size of the credit.If it's just how much money you make or what you do for small troubles, then eight dishes are enough.And to go higher, such as how much contribution you have made to the village, what you have driven everyone to do, or what you have done in Shenmu County to make Xu Jiawan show his face, that is ten pans.

As for Xu Xin's... twelve-disc set, there is nothing wrong with it.

Even if the matter of his Olympic torch is still being kept secret, it's the same.

Because he has indeed contributed to the country.

Twelve plates, full!

After getting confirmation from his father, he nodded:

"Where's the list?"

"It's also our family's plan. Except for Mr. Zhang, you can see the others..."

"I don't want to, Dad, come here, the second grandpa, the fifth grandpa... these are the people. We don't move, we can't let the villagers think we are stingy. Those are old heroes of the country. If you want to say it, just stay the same. Lie."

The Mr. Zhang mentioned by the father and son is called Zhang Mingda, the son-in-law of Xu Jiawan...

And the reason why he was specifically excluded... or the reason why he was defaulted to sit at the first table when drafting the list is actually very simple.

Zhang Mingda, Teacher Zhang.

He was the only teacher in Xujiawan who came to support teaching at that time.

Before he came, the average cultural level of the villagers was illiterate.

It was after he came that the dolls in the village could go to school.

At that time, the primary school in the village consisted of two loess houses.The men in the village built it brick by brick.One was used as a classroom, and the other was used as a dormitory for Teacher Zhang and another teacher at that time.

Back then, Xujiawan was too poor, and the poor couldn't afford anything.

This is the only way to express your heart.

And Mr. Zhang stayed here for 20 years.From youth to today's Huafa.The other teacher only stayed for half a year before running away.

Only Teacher Zhang himself was left.

Xu Miao and the others are the earliest students of Mr. Zhang.

Then there is Xu Xin and the others... Or before the people of Xujiawan became rich, all their children completed the enlightenment education of knowledge in that earthen house.

And in order not to make Mr. Zhang feel that Xujiawan is too bitter, the village head at that time, that is, Xu Xin's second grandfather, a veteran, found out that Mr. Zhang's parents died early, and specially took his granddaughter...almost as Buying and selling by force is like marrying Mr. Zhang.The purpose is to prevent Teacher Zhang from running away too...

Teacher Zhang didn't run away either. He has been here for 20 years. The hard-working educator, the children in the remote courtyard area in northern Shaanxi study and practice calligraphy...

Later, after Xujiawan discovered coal and became rich overnight, Teacher Zhang also made a request to the village for the first time.

To build a school.

But it is not placed in Xujiawan, but in the middle of the villages including Xujiawan, Sunjianao, Gecun, and Honggekan.

Xujiawan is rich and rich, but some of the children in other villages have not yet read.

Therefore, Xujiawan Primary School was built next to Gecun's ancestral hall.

Brand new second floor.

Teacher Zhang became Principal Zhang, but it made the children in these isolated villages in the northwest of Shenmu County no longer have to worry about the house collapsing when it was windy, rainy, or snowy, or what dangers would happen to the children when they walked on mountain roads.

And just talking about Xujiawan, in order to show the gratitude of the villagers.

Even if Teacher Zhang has become Xu Jiawan's son-in-law, according to the rules, the son-in-law has to sit at the back even if he worships his ancestors...

But the second great master resisted all opinions and decided to die. Teacher Zhang will sit at the first table of worshiping ancestors in Xujiawan every year from now on.

It should be said that the most respected person in the village, Mr. Zhang is the second, and no one dares to recognize the first.

Even if Xujiawan is already rich to the limit, Mr. Zhang has already realized the freedom of wealth.Because of the planning of the county, Xujiawan Primary School has also integrated its resources into the primary schools directly under the county, but the status of the retired teacher Zhang is still unshakable in these villages.

The villagers still use this most unpretentious behavior to express their admiration and gratitude to this gentleman from the bottom of their hearts.

The family finished discussing the seat, and logically speaking, it was quite late.

It's time to go to bed early.

But who would have imagined, a few horns and knocks on the door suddenly came from outside.

Xu Daqiang glanced out, then shook his head helplessly:

"Go."

"Uh……"

Xu Xin turned to look at the group of people at the gate, smiled and nodded:
"Ok!"

He didn't even change his clothes. He grabbed his phone and walked out the door. He saw that it was a Hummer, a Camaro from Transformers, and a Land Rover convoy. Seeing him walking out of the house, there were people pressing the button in the middle of the night. The horn sounded.

Xu Xin rolled his eyes:
"Turn, hurry, hurry... What a rush! You just came back, can't we get together tomorrow?"

"Ah! I can't wait! Let's go, let's play!"

Hearing Faxiao's urging, Xu Xin opened the door and got into the lead Hummer.

It seems that tonight is another night of not getting drunk and not returning home.

……

Xu Xin's childhood is a child who grew up together.

From running all over the mountains with bare buttocks, to now driving a car without public morals to blow up the streets...

This is actually not unusual in Shenmu.

Shenmu has coal.

too rich.

And the Qilin Avenue at night is the best drag racing track for these people.

It's a pity that today Xu Xin won't let them blow up the street.

Just go to the nightclub to play honestly and it's over.

But in the car, he still took the initiative to report the itinerary to his girlfriend:
"Fa Xiao knows I'm back, and plans to sing."

"Got it, go. Don't drive after drinking, promise me!"

Yang Mi didn't even ask whether to go to KTV or nightclub, but sent out her only request.

"Well, I know. I'll ask someone to arrange a driver in a while, don't worry."

"Okay, have fun."

"Ah."

After sending the message and closing the phone, Xu Xin suddenly patted the car window a few times:

"Let's go! Play tonight! Play until dawn!"

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Including the two people in the back seat and the driver, several young people laughed out loud.

……

The "ingredients" of Xu Xin's haircut are really complicated.

There are cousins ​​who grew up together, and classmates from several nearby villages after primary school, both male and female.

They were all children who grew up together. Under the premise of being instilled in childhood that "you must unite after going out", this man and woman joined together closely after they entered junior high school in order not to be looked down upon by their classmates in the county at that time.

And a few children played well, which also let the adults who are not from the same village let go of many barriers.

Relationships got better.

Although when we grow up, everyone will go to Yanjing, I will go to Shanghai, and he will go to Guangzhou and Guangdong.But during the few days when we get together at the end of each year, we still like to get together to play, just like when we were young.

It's just that I don't know when it started, the place to play changed from running around in the streets of the village to an Internet cafe game hall.From an Internet cafe game hall to a nightclub...

At the same time, there are also male and female PRs around...

But the bonds that have been together since childhood have always kept the big guys together.

regardless of each other.

It's just...Xu Xin's small group is dissatisfied with keeping his mouth shut about what he is doing now and why he suddenly sat at the first table this year.

Filled him with yellow soup.

But Xu Xin didn't say anything about it.

I just made an appointment to go to his house tomorrow to pick up a gift.

During the few days of filming, he prepared a lot of Jay Chou's various things.

Up to the album, down to Jay Chou's scarves, hats, rings... just like bandits entering the village to search for a crop.

The purpose is to send small letters to this group.

Who made everyone like Jay Chou?

But there is only so much that can be done... At least on the day of ancestor worship, before a few great-grandfathers "read out" his achievements, he can't reveal his secret surprise of doing things for the Olympics.

Time passed so slowly.

Just when Xu Sanjin was worried that his body fat rate had risen severely due to his eating and drinking for a few days, until the outline of his abdominal muscles began to fade...

The last New Year's Eve of 2006... came quietly.

In the early morning of the 31st, the two sets of chef teams hired at high prices are already busy.

The men, women and children in Xujiawan rushed to the ancestral graves wearing red flowers on their chests and holding various grave-sweeping tools.

As I said before, the Xujiawan branch is not a famous family.

Ancestors were not historical figures either.

The most famous ancestors of the past dynasties were nothing more than scholars in the Qing Dynasty, and finally achieved the status of an official in the yamen, that's all.

But even so, ancestors are ancestors.

The people in the village took hoes, sickles, etc., and worked diligently to sweep the graves of their ancestors and cut the weeds before going to their immediate ancestors.

Xu Xin and Xu Miao followed behind their father and began to clean up the graves one by one.

Finally, finally cleared to a tombstone.

Xu Daqiang stopped.

On the other hand, Xu Xin and Xu Miao respectfully kowtowed their heads in front of the tombstone, and then began to clean up the withered weeds on the grave with extremely gentle movements.

Not for anything else, just because the mother of the two brothers is sleeping here.

And Xu Daqiang just stood on the side, his eyes focused and sad, and whispered in a voice that no one else could hear:

"Damn it, Sanjin is back...he's promising..."

……

For Xu Xin, every time he came to his mother's grave, it was a reluctant farewell.

Because he seems to have endless words every time.

Believe that mother can hear.

I'm afraid my mother won't hear me.

And every time, Xu Daqiang would leave enough time for the brothers.

After all the papers were burnt and the grave-sweeping was over, I came over and called the brothers to leave together.

After sweeping the tomb, it was time for the ancestor worship ceremony.

The prison sacrifices dedicated to the ancestors have been set up. As the longest elder in Xujiawan, Xu Xin's second grandpa led the whole village to start worshiping the ancestors.

First set off cannons at the entrance of the village to welcome the return of the ancestors, then burn incense, read blessings, and serve rice soup, wine, gills, etc.After all these procedures were completed, before the whole village stood respectfully in the square of the ancestral hall, the second grandpa unfolded the red paper.

Start reciting the speech.

From this moment on, Xu Xin basically couldn't hear what the second grandpa was saying...

I just felt the blood start to rush to my brain.

The tinnitus sounded again.

until……

He heard this passage:

"Xu's male, Li Xin, 20 years old, studying in the capital, was called by the country to join... No. [-] The Ninth Yanjing Olympic Opening and Closing Ceremony Working Group, inheriting the country's hope, the people's promise, to win glory for the ancestors, for The family strives for glory, the glory of the family, and the success of the future. It is a merit, a succession, abiding by the family rules, and carrying forward the ancestral merits. But it's a feast!"

"The big gift is complete, and Fu Wei will enjoy it!"

Instinctively, Xu Daqiang, Xu Miao, and Xu Xin followed the second grandpa and shouted under the surprised eyes of the whole village in Xujiawan.

Those in Xujiawan who didn't know were a little confused.

Surprised to see Xu Xin whose face was flushed...

Sanjin... What did you join just now?

The working group for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games?

? ? ? ? ?

All eyes were on Xu Xin, looking at the scene where the family of three sitting at the first table today went up to touch the gold paper and kowtow after the old man called out the word "worship the ancestors"...

Bewildered.

There is even a faint sense of unreality.

Do you know the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games?

Still need to ask?For sure.

Didn't you appoint Lao Mouzi to do it?

I only got the torch out in summer, and it looks pretty good...

Why did this suddenly have something to do with San Jin?
Sanjin... didn't he go to school in Yanjing?
A college student... It would be understandable if he was a volunteer or something.But...the working group for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games...shouldn't be a volunteer organization, right?

Could it be that Sanjin was really summoned by Lao Mouzi?

Here comes the question.

Call the past to be a shaman.

Three gold... Will he throw it away?
As a child who grew up under their noses, who of them didn't know what Xu Xin was like?

It really is from bare back to long hair, watching the child grow step by step.

Baby is a good baby, true.

But... why did it suddenly have something to do with the Olympics?
Seeing Xu Daqiang's smile almost reaching his ears after the prostration, a group of people still couldn't understand.

Ouch……

Didn't see it.

Although I know that Sanjin has become a baby who engages in art.

Can……

Can he and Lao Mouzi play tricks?Can a student... be a Sarah?
If you only do a job, serve a cup of tea and water...

Would this be too grand?
Countless people put this doubt in their hearts... because what's the matter, thinking about this job... Although it can prove Xu Xin's ability, it seems to be too grand to say it in front of the ancestors, right?
Some defy common sense.

However, today is a good day.

No matter what, it was the children in his own village who won the glory.

Although he had an unexpected attitude, since the clan elders had no objections, it meant that San Jin must also be an excellent child.

No one would make others feel uncomfortable in front of their ancestors on such a day.

So, after Xu Daqiang finished worshiping with his two sons, everyone began to worship their ancestors one after another.

And then... the bustling ancestor worship banquet just started.

As usual, the respected old people in the village served as the first table, and these people also knew exactly what Xu Xin had done.

So looking at Xu Xin's attitude was kind.

Keep praising the child's promise.

Xu Daqiang couldn't be happier when he heard it.

He hadn't had a drink yet, and his face was already flushed red.

And Xu Xin's face was also red.

A sense of honor and mission, on this occasion, made him feel... as if there were some kind and encouraging existences, observing him, admiring him, giving him a kind of silent care and encouragement, and Boundless and endless gratification.

And when his father led him to toast, Xu Xin seemed to have a feeling in his heart.

Subconsciously turned around and looked in one direction...

Empty.

But for some reason, he felt a warmth.

A kind of warmth engraved in the memory, in the bones, in the deepest part of the heart.

It made his nose a little sour all of a sudden.

He didn't know if it was his hallucination... But at the moment when he felt this warmth, a vague figure with a ponytail appeared in his vague memory.

She hummed a soft song and looked down at herself.

He obviously couldn't see his face clearly, but through that singing voice, he conveyed the best, softest and warmest tenderness in the world to himself little by little.

That is the purest and best wish and wish:

Be good, baby, you must be happy, happy, and grow up healthy and healthy.

Mom will watch over you.

my darling.

Forever.

……

For the parents, Xu Daqiang's family undoubtedly showed their faces this year.

The child is promising... Although I was wondering why Xu Xin was able to join the Olympic working group, I also wondered why the old lady agreed with the whole disc...

How the hell... did he get such a big credit.

But still the same sentence, as long as the ancestors are happy with this meal, the descendants will be happy too.

After all, children are promising.

But for Xu Xin, he didn't sit at the first table for much time.

After sitting for a while, he couldn't stand the boys shouting there. After he got his father's permission, he quickly sat at the table that belonged to the young people.

Drink and eat.

There are always many topics for young people.

And Xu Xin joined Zhang Yimou's working group. For them, there is no special empathy... On the contrary, gossip means more.

For example, what Zhang Yimou is like in private, for example, which celebrities Xu Xin has met.

Where was Xu Xin when "Golden Armor" was filmed? Did you see Gong Li and Zhou Renfa...

It was only later that Xu Xin realized that Xu Xin had brought so many things autographed by Jay Chou this time... Didn't he just want them from the "Golden Armor" crew?
Then the gossip at this table became uncontrollable.

Until Xu Yang, who was two months away from Xu Xin's birthday, said:
"I really like Jiang Chan..."

Attracted the approval of a group of young people:
"Yes, yes, she is so beautiful..."

Xu Xin's face turned green...

His girlfriend is regarded as missed.

When I told Yang Mi about this in the afternoon, she was overjoyed.

But no matter what, the entertainment industry seems so mysterious and longing for Xu Xin's childhood.

Xu Xin didn't play tricks with them, and made a promise in front of a group of people:

"I haven't been free for the past two years. When you all graduate, come to Yanjing to find me. Let's have dinner with Jay Chou and Yang Mi."

For anyone else, the promise would have been exciting enough.

But this group was clearly asking for more.

"Can you add Sun Yanzi?"

"It's Liu Yifei."

"Shu Chang! Shu Chang is so beautiful! My old man likes it, if he can marry her back home and be an aunt..."

"You guys, what kind of bullshit are you chasing after... Huang Xiaoming!"

"Will Zhang Ziyi go? Sanjin, can Zhang Ziyi make an appointment?"

"I like Wang Xinling, ah, you can tell just by looking at it, Tiandi is very wow~"

A group of people liked half of the entertainment industry.

Xu Xin's face turned greener.

I promised to take you to meet the stars...

Fortunately, you are already planning to marry someone and go home to be a wife?

What a dream.

Even dreaming and fantasizing...

(End of this chapter)