Traveling through the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, a story of survival in troubled tim

Wen Shu had never seen such a grand scene. The older clan elder in front of her was repeating her uncle's actions from behind the fire.

He used a hook to dig out something covered in mud and shaped like a pot from the fire.

"Everyone, after you finish offering this bowl of wine and burning this stick of incense to your ancestors, you will be recognized as the patriarch."

After my uncle finished speaking, he picked up three incense sticks from the fire, lit them, and presented them to Wenshu with both hands.

Wenshu clenched her fists again and again, suppressing her inner excitement, and took the lit incense with both hands.

The burning incense sticks the size of a finger, with smoke emanating from the end, looked like a layer of gauze spread out in front of the fire, faintly glowing, seeming real and illusory, making everything in front of the eyes seem unreal.

...

Ancestor worship

The voice of her uncle exploded in her ears, and she immediately calmed down. Wenshu held three incense sticks. In front of her was a pile of fire, and behind her was the tablet of the deceased ancestors of the Du family.

"The grace of heaven is great, recognize the ancestors and start"

"Burning incense..."

"One bow, heaven and earth bear grace"

"Second bow, the moonlight shines upon you"

"Three bows, for the protection of our ancestors..."

While her uncle was chanting the ceremony, Wenshu kowtowed three times to the Du family's ancestral tablet after each bow.

The singing ceremony had just ended, and Du Suan did not shout. Wen Shu straightened her back and faced the head, holding the incense in her hands and remained kneeling.

——Sizzle——

There was a roar coming from the fire, and the only sound that could be heard was the rapid and powerful beating of my own heart.

The Du clan members standing behind him all looked at Wen Shu cautiously and nervously, watching every move of the future clan leader, for fear of missing any details in the process.

Seeing that she was steady, calm and organized, Du Suan nodded with satisfaction.

She nodded to the dozen or so people behind her.

After receiving the order, the clay pot that had just been taken out of the fire was used to smoothly peel off the dried soil and the oil paper stretched on the outside. The square was filled with the gradually spreading aroma of wine.

"Girl, give it to me"

My uncle's voice sounded above my head, and I raised the incense in my hand and held it above my head.

Until his hands were empty, he followed his uncle's back and saw him insert three incense sticks into the center of the incense burner in front of the tablet.

After letting go, the three incense sticks remain motionless.

My uncle heaved a long sigh of relief as if he had accomplished something great, turned to look at Wenshu, his eyes moist.

He let out a long sigh of relief, and his shoulders relaxed, as if he had accomplished something big.

Seeing this situation, the tribesmen behind him could no longer remain calm.

"Clan leader..."

"The ancestors approved..."

"Our young patriarch is back!"

"Yep……"

"Our generation can stand up straight again"

.........

"Wenshu, from now on you are a member of the Du family.

I have even asked the Du family ancestors for help, and I am the young patriarch recognized by the Du family ancestors."

Du Suan's voice trembled. He held Wen Shu's arms with both hands and helped her up from the ground.

"Uncle..."

Wen Shu was a little at a loss. She had never received any training in ancient rituals. Even when she was in Luoyang, things like ancestor worship were the responsibility of her father and brothers.

As a girl, I am even more comparable to her.

When she left Wenjiashan, her grandmother didn't say much to her. She just lazily said, "You can go on your own. If you are destined, you can stay there for a while.

If there is no destiny, just treat it as a long outing."

"Grandma, is there anything Wenshu needs to prepare...?"

"Prepare, what is there to prepare? The place across the mountains and rivers has abundant grass and fertile land. You can enjoy the beautiful scenery. As for the rest, others will take care of it.

There is no need for you, a young man, to worry about it."

It can be seen that the grandmother is quite generous and confident about this place, and she is very good at letting people do things without any hesitation.

……

At the same time, Du Suan's face changed instantly when he heard Wen Shu call him "uncle".

Immediately, his face changed to a serious one, and he said with a slightly angry tone, "What Wenshu, Wenshu..."

After saying this, he pointed to the tablet of the Du family's ancestors above, and then pointed to the Du family members below and said, "You have worshipped your ancestors.

Once you have offered incense to the clan and met the clan members, you are a member of my Du clan.

I am the Du family, so I will get used to your surname."

If others or other people in the world saw it, it would be considered treasonous and the worst form of unfilial behavior.

For someone like Wenshu who has modern thinking, changing her surname in modern times may not be easy to accept.

But when I think about it, since I have already changed my body, changing my surname is not that difficult to accept.

What's more, the Du family can be considered a branch of our ancestors if we trace them back further.

……

"Young Clan Leader, your original name was Wenshu. How about adding my Du family's surname to yours and calling yourself Du Wenshu?"

Before Wenshu could react, the newly-created name Du Wenshu gave it an owner.

'Du Wenshu'

'Wen Shu'

Wen Shu did not refuse and nodded, as she did not want to change her original name or the gift from her parents.

I'm not opposed to the new name.

"Du Wenshu, okay, okay"

Du Suan accepted the Du family surname and had no resistance at all.

He took Wenshu to face the tribesmen and shouted loudly to them, "Today, our tribesmen are returning to their roots.

The direct descendants of the Du family returned and were protected by their ancestors.

Tested by ancestors.

Restore the prestige of my Du family, take the surname of my Du family, and follow my Du clan.

Now there is a girl named Wenshu, who came out of Sushui and returned home to recognize her clan...

I am a member of the Du family, a descendant of the Du clan, and I am convinced..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the echoes from below became louder and louder.

"Clothes"

"Clan leader..."

"Clan leader..."

"Clothes"

The voices of the clan members gradually grew louder, and it was obvious that after decades of vacancy, the Du family finally welcomed the long-awaited patriarch.

"The chief is back, and we can finally lead our people out!"

"That's right, you don't know, the people from Bieshan in Zhoujiazhai bullied us a few years ago because we couldn't leave the mountain."

"Yeah, that's it."

"We have a clan leader now. He will lead us to fight our way out. We must not be bullied by that bastard."

Another voice was rough and angry as it spoke to the tribesmen.

"We'll have plenty of opportunities from now on. We can ask the tribe leader to let us out and wipe out that village."

I listened to the tribesmen below cheering for the new chief, and then discussing how frustrated they were being stuck in this valley without a chief all these years.

Then he went to the tribesmen below, mustered up his courage and decided to go out of the mountains to suppress the bandits.

……

Wen Shu was dumbfounded.

This is what her grandmother told her, and it gave her the confidence.

Seeing this scene and this momentum, she had an idea in her mind. It seemed that she would have to stay in this valley for some time.

Su An looked at the reactions of the tribesmen below with satisfaction, which was within his expectations.

What was even more unexpected was that fortunately, Wenshu appeared in time. In a few years, all the older generation of them would have died, and there would be no one to control them. These tribesmen might have broken free like wild horses and run around freely.