I really don't want to be a teacher

The crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs sounded from every household from time to time, lingering in the ears along with the breeze.

Pausing, turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the village along the village road,

With the breeze, the mist is diffused in the front yard of each room, on the village road,

The dense fog seems to have dissipated a lot, leaving only a trace of fog lingering in the village, covering the houses at the far end of the village.

In the mist, the doors of each family were closed tightly, but the lights were on inside the house. The light reflected through the window, and was blurred by the mist, swaying in the yard in front of each family, and in front of the yard. on the village road,

On the village road, there are no people to be seen, only the mist drifting with the breeze, falling from time to time, and flying birds looking for food.

Looking at the village again, Lian Ge moved away and walked towards the village.

……

Along the village road, Lian Ge walked towards the village, looking at the families passing by along the way,

On the shoulders, the little white mouse also stood with its forelimbs, turned its head, and looked around.

Along the village road, behind the yards of each family, and in front of the houses with closed doors, there are some yellow talisman papers pasted on the doors.

On many door frames, there are still some traces of pasting and tearing off the talisman paper, and some fragments with pen and ink are still stuck to the door frames.

Passing by the side of the village road, families with their doors closed tightly,

As we go forward, the choking smell of the burning paper money incense candle becomes stronger and stronger.

"... Clang! Clang!"

At this time, it seemed that the sound of gongs came from the front of the village road and the village, and with the breeze, it rang in the ears.

"Crackling..."

Immediately afterwards, there was another burst of firecrackers.

Glancing there, Lian Ge turned his gaze again, and glanced behind the yard beside him, in front of a house,

On the top of the door, in the middle of the door, there is a piece of talisman paper,

It seems that the mist with water vapor has moistened the talisman paper, and the talisman paper hangs down and crumpled together,

At this moment, a gust of breeze blew by, and the wet and wrinkled talisman swayed twice with the breeze, followed by breaking into two pieces, which fell under the eaves and on the ground.

"...Wow, woof, woof..."

Behind the house the dogs barked,

It seems like a signal, along the village road, some people's homes with dogs, dogs barking sounded one after another,

Immediately afterwards, the chickens and ducks behind the houses followed by the courtyards of each family, making some noises,

On the village road, the flying birds looking for food seemed to be frightened by the barking of dogs, and then took off and flew towards the distant mountains and forests.

……

After taking a look, Lian Ge turned his gaze back, moved away again, and continued walking towards the village.

……

"...It's okay, it's okay...It's probably because the firecrackers frightened the dog."

The crowing of cocks and the barking of dogs resounded in the village.

Gradually moving forward, some mixed voices gradually became clearer in my ears, and some gathered figures gradually approached in front of my eyes.

Looking at that place, Lian Ge walked forward, not in a hurry.

……

Not far in front of him, it seems to be a small square in the middle of the village, an open place,

The already thinning mist was much thinner there, replaced by smoke wrapped in paper ash and with a pungent smell,

Surrounding the open flat land, many villagers gathered, old and young, all dressed in plain clothes.

It seems that every family in the village is gathered here.

Or each whispered something in a low voice, or stood and looked at the center surrounded by everyone.

In the middle surrounded by everyone, there is a wide and long wooden altar, and on the altar, there is a huge incense burner,

In the incense burner, there are three sticks of long incense standing upright. The long incense sticks are burning, and some smoke lingers upwards.

Beside the censer, there are two plates of melons and fruits.

Next to the melons and fruits, there is still a relatively large space on the altar table.

Beside the altar, several piles of paper money were burning, and several people were holding paper money and throwing them on top of the burning paper money. Either the previous fog had moistened the paper money, or the people who threw the paper money were under the smoky fire. Anxious, the thrown paper money drowned the fire.

On the several piles of paper money, there was no big flame visible, only the smoke of the dense fog, emerging from the covered pile of paper money, mixed together, and merged into the mist with water vapor.

"...More!"

"... Crackling..."

In front of the altar, stood an old man in a yellow Taoist robe, shouting towards him from time to time,

On the side, the person holding the firecrackers responded and lit the firecrackers again.

After the sound of firecrackers, some dogs in the village seemed to be frightened again, barking even more.

And the villagers around the altar, hearing the noise of chickens, ducks and dogs in the village, seemed a little frightened,

"...The evil door of the real Nima...the dog Nima barks so loudly, it must be..."

"...It's okay, it's okay...It's just that the dog was scared by the firecrackers..."

The surrounding villagers were talking to each other, and the mixed voices made the flat ground a little noisy.

"...Let's enjoy... Shang Sanshou..."

The old man in Taoist robe stood in front of the altar, raised his neck, and sang again,

Immediately afterwards, the old man's long cry suppressed the noise on the ground,

"...Clang, clang..."

The gong and the drum alternately sounded,

Gongs, drums, dogs barking in the village, chickens and ducks

Mixed with the barking of dogs, the sound of chickens and ducks, the sound of gongs and drums,

A few villagers were holding or carrying a shelf, on which there were ox heads, sheep heads, and pig heads,

Put the three animals in the empty space of the altar.

"...the descendants kneel down and worship, the ancestors eat..."

After setting up the three animals, several villagers retreated again. The old man in a Taoist robe turned around, joined hands, and faced the altar, shouting, and knelt down.

Immediately following, the surrounding villagers followed one after another and knelt down in that direction.

……

"...Wow, woof, woof..."

The barking of the dogs became more and more intense. The dogs seemed to be pulling the chains by the houses in the backyards of every family, and kept barking in this direction.

Several people who were throwing paper money on the pile of paper money also knelt down,

On the pile of paper money, there were still not many flames to be seen, but the smoke from the ashes of the burned paper money was rising into the mist and mixed in the mist.

Led by the old man in Taoist robes, a group of villagers knelt down for a long time, knocking their heads on the ground,

With the sound of dogs barking, the altar table was turned around, making it even more quiet.

At this moment, Lian Ge approached the place where people gathered in the village,

On the open flat ground, everyone knelt down, only Lian Ge stood alone.

The breeze blew past, gently shaking the smoke that rose from the pile of paper money,

"...the children and grandchildren get up..."

The old man in Taoist robe let out another long cry.

Chapter 470 Kowtow

"...The dog is barking more and more, shouldn't it be..."

"...It means that the people invited this time have real skills, otherwise how could there be any reaction..."

"...The descendants of Xu Village, call on the ancestors...started in the humble beginnings, grew up in troubled times, the merits of the ancestors..."

On the open flat ground, the old man in Taoist robe got up after a long cry,

A group of villagers who knelt on the ground got up one after another, either talking in low voices, or looking at the altar,

The voices were mixed with the sacrificial chanting of the old man in Taoist robes, and the barking of dogs in the village, and the open flat ground became noisy again.

"...Since you think it's useful, let's respect it..."

An old farmer in his seventies bent his body, looked at the altar, then turned around again, and said something to the people beside him who were talking,

Hearing the sound, the talking people quieted down, each nodded, and then turned around, looking at the altar, the panic expression on their faces before had faded a lot.

The old man with the appearance of an old farmer turned his head again, and looked at the lingering fog along the rising smoke of several piles of burning paper money.

Turning back slowly, he looked towards the altar.

……

After all the villagers stood up, several villagers beside Lian Ge couldn't help but look sideways at Lian Ge,

But he didn't say much. After looking at it, he turned his head again and respectfully moved towards the altar, with some expectation in his eyes.

Glancing at the group of villagers surrounding the altar, and the old man reciting sacrificial rites at the altar,

Lian Ge turned his gaze back, and then glanced at the old farmer who spoke before,

He moved away and walked towards the old farmer.

……

"Old man, is the village worshiping ancestors?"

Walking to the side of the old man, Lian Ge said aloud, then turned his gaze to look at the altar,

"...Young man, you are not from the village, are you?"

Hearing the sound, the old man turned his head, looked at Lian Ge, looked at his eyes, and said aloud,

Turning his head slowly again, he looked at the altar again.

"Passerby, I'm bothering you."

Turning his gaze, Lian Ge glanced at the old man, and said something again.

Hearing the sound, the old man just shook his head, looked at the altar, and remained silent without answering.

After another silence, the old man slowly turned his gaze to Lian Ge,

"...Young man, if you don't have any urgent matters, you can go quickly...don't stay in the village for too long, our village is not very... peaceful recently."

While talking, the old man slowly turned his head again, looked at the altar, fell silent,

Lian Ge heard the sound, glanced at the old man, turned his gaze back, and looked at the old man in front of the altar, who was reciting the sacrificial rites. He respectfully looked forward to the villager with anticipation in his eyes, and didn't say much.

"...Young man, our village is offering sacrifices to our ancestors right now."

The old man looked at the altar, fell silent for a while, and then continued to say,

"...But in the past, I have never worshiped the ancestors, and now the ancestor worship is not to worship the ancestors. It is to ask the ancestors... We have thought of all the ways we can think of, and finally we have no choice but to ask the ancestors ..."

The old man said aloud, and then slowly turned his eyes to look at the group of villagers gathered around the altar on the open ground in the middle of the village,

"...Young man, do you see how many people came to worship the ancestors... The whole village, those who are still there, have all come here. Those who can go, those who can go to other places, have already run away, gone, and now the rest , are old guys who don’t want to go and can’t go anywhere.”

"...Young man, there is nothing to do, let's go quickly. Recently, some evil things have happened in our village... You young man, don't stay here for too long, it will kill you too."

The old man was talking, then shook his head,

In front of the altar, the old man in Taoist robes was still reciting the sacrificial rites,