The heavens from Bailuyuan

Chapter 241 The Ancestral Tablet Has Been Moved (Full Order)

Open the table.

First serve four cold dishes and four hot dishes.

There are meat and vegetables, all of which are hard dishes in the countryside according to local conditions.

"Eat, eat, eat..."

"Don't be polite, eat as soon as possible."

The elders sitting at the upper table spoke, and they lined up from the entrance of the ancestral hall to the dozens of tables at the entrance of the archway. There were old and young, young and strong boys, and children who had just graduated from school. Only then did they move their chopsticks.

When sitting at the table, the elders take the first bite first, this is the rule!

After eating the eight dishes, the serving staff who acted as deacon removed the dishes and brought out the thick porcelain bowls containing vinegar and soy sauce.

(Deacons, the service personnel who manage the banquet in the Guanzhong area, are collectively referred to as deacons.)
"Zhou Li·Tianguan·Dazai": "Jiu means idlers, who have no permanent job, and transfer deacons." Zheng Xuan noted: "Idlers, those who have no career, are transferred to be deacons, just like today's servants."

"Dumplings from home, noodles from home."

"Bai Xianggong, you just came home. It's not that we are not authentic and don't serve you good noodles. It's the first time to eat noodles. The main food is noodles."

Bai Jiaxuan was sitting in the main seat, facing Bai Gui who was in the second seat, cupped his hands and said.

The main seat, Bai Jiaxuan, gave way again, but Bai Gui refused to sit, and took the second seat instead.

"I know that, the rules are like this."

"Noodles are good for a long time. We Qin people, if we don't eat noodles, the taste will be a little bit worse."

Bai Gui nodded and smiled.

As the saying goes: Dumplings away from home, noodles home.

The reason why the dumplings are away from home is that the dumplings are shaped like ingots, and the homonym is Jiaozi. Jiaozi is a silver ticket in the Song Dynasty. It is long and long, and it means long and long.

Bai Jiaxuan's words mean that we have a flowing water banquet in Bailu Village. For the first noodles meeting, eat the noodles first, then the second noodles, and the third noodles, and eat good noodles.

zizi.

From the clay stove outside the ancestral hall, there was the sound of oily and spicy noodles.

The oily and spicy fragrance also rushed in.

Bowls of oil-splashed noodles were brought in by the deacons using wooden cases.

……

After the meal, after the banquet.

Under the guidance of the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan, Bai Gui knelt in the ancestral hall and respectfully kowtowed three times to the ancestral tablet of the Bai family.

Only after receiving the wind and washing the dust can we worship the ancestors.

Kneeling is over.

Bai Gui raised his head and was stunned for a moment. He found that the ancestral tablet of his own line had been moved to the side of Dazong, that is, the line of Bai Jiaxuan's ancestral patriarch. The two tablets were very close to each other.

"The patriarch has a heart..."

"I donated three hundred silver dollars as family property to renovate the ancestral hall."

Bai Gui got up and felt satisfied when he saw this scene.

People fight for a breath, and Buddha receives a stick of incense.

For a clan, the order of the tablets of the ancestors is absolutely not sloppy, and now that his family can accompany Dazong next to him, it will add to the face after it is said.

Since the Zhou Dynasty established the eldest son inheritance system of the Dazong and Xiaozong.

Generally speaking, the farther the blood relationship is from the Dazong, the farther the ancestral tablet is from the chief sacrificial tablet. The blood relationship between Bai Gui's ancestors and the patriarch's lineage is not far or close, and because of the decline of the family, the ancestral tablet was originally in a corner. corner place.

Now moved to the middle, near Dazong.

It means that his family's status in Bailu Village is now second only to the patriarch.

It doesn't make sense!

Bai Gui's status is much higher than that of everyone in Bailu Village. Many people in Bailu Village now rely on Bai Gui's connections to survive.As far as the gourd chicken business is concerned, if it weren't for Bai Gui's friendship with Wu Huaixian and others, and without the deliberate support of the Wu family, the gourd chicken business would not be able to develop to the current level. It may be able to make money, but the process must have a lot of twists and turns.

But... this is the big rule outside!
In Bailu Village, there are still small rules.

If Bai Gui doesn't show affection, the big rules outside can completely overwhelm and ignore the small rules of Bailu Village!

But... ignoring such small rules, there are still some troubles.

There is no need to do this!

To put it simply, no matter how big a person you are outside or how much money you earn, you have to worship and worship your ancestors when you go home.

Now Bailu Village and Patriarch Bai are very knowledgeable. Since the main branch of the patriarch can't be moved, it can't be moved, but it is still feasible to make the small branch of Baigui the second only to the big branch of the patriarch...

Once you have your status and status, you don't have to worry about some things at all. Smart people will take care of them.

"I will accept the money for the clan."

"Repairing the ancestral hall is a major event, and it is enough to be remembered by future generations. I thank Bai Xianggong on behalf of the people..."

Bai Jiaxuan nodded, without refusing, he just accepted it generously.

This kind of money for the repair of the clan ancestral hall cannot be refused, unless the donator has a bad reputation and is afraid of embarrassing the ancestors, so he will not accept it.

"I am assured that Patriarch Bai will handle things."

Bai Gui replied.

The previous patriarch of Bailu Village was Bai Jiaxuan's father, Bai Bingde, who had been passed down to Bai Jiaxuan's generation, and the property of the Bai family had shrunk significantly because Bai Jiaxuan married a seven-bedroom woman, and the reputation of selling ancestral property and growing tobacco fell to the bottom...

Bai Jiaxuan, the patriarch, has been questioned.

But then Bai Jiaxuan did two things. One was to build the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall of the ancestors, and the other was to hire a teacher to open a school in Bailu Village.After these two things were done, Bai Jiaxuan had secured his position as the patriarch.

Three hundred silver dollars was donated to the village for the cost of building the ancestral hall. This is a great achievement and enough to establish prestige in the village.

Bai Gui is not short of three hundred silver dollars, if he can use this to add a reputation of benevolence and righteousness, he doesn't mind doing so.

Besides, there are also ancestral tablets enshrining his lineage in the ancestral hall.

It's not a waste of money.

Walk out of the gate of the ancestral hall.

Bai Gui and Bai Youde return home.

Worshiping the tablets of the ancestors should not be casually worshiped in normal days, so as not to disturb the peace of the ancestors.It was a special case for Bai Gui to return home, so he was accompanied by the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan to worship the ancestors, but Bai Youde had to wait at the door.

Of course, Bai Youde can also come in to worship together, but it's not according to the rules.

"Let's go, your aunt Wang is still waiting for you in the house."

Bai Youde said.

He has a dull temperament and is not good at dealing with and talking. In front of other people, he has his son as his confidence, so he can talk freely, but in front of his son, he is often prone to stage fright.

Enter the house.

"Aunt Wang, this is the silk that Xiuzhu bought for you and Bao'er, what do you guys think?"

"And these are the best rouge powders in the south of the Yangtze River. This... This is a high-end French perfume. Try it, it's all Xiuzhu's heart."

Bai Gui opened the gifts from Bai Xiuzhu one by one.

Handed it to Aunt Wang and Liu Baoer.

"France's high-end perfume, this small bottle is worth two silver dollars..."

Bai Wang took a look at the gift, saw the price tag of the gift, and couldn't help trembling.

too expensive!
The rouge and gouache she had seen in her life were not so expensive.

"It's just a small gift."

Seeing this, Bai Gui smiled and didn't mind much.

If the price tag is removed from the gift, the gift is almost as free as a gift.However, Bai Xiuzhu hadn't been in the world deeply, so she obviously couldn't think of this.It's just something she bought casually, it's not cheap, but it hasn't reached the point where she needs to pay attention to the price.

And he will not deliberately tear off the price tag.

Go with the flow.

"I didn't expect sister Xiuzhu to be so generous..."

Liu Bao'er forced a smile, although she thought that it was impossible for her to be with Bai Gui, but as Bai Gui's "ex-fiancée", it was inevitable that she would compare herself with her latecomer, and this comparison made her feel a little cold.

"Forget it, brother just treats me as a younger sister, why do I think so much?"

She thought, she calmed down, and began to re-examine her way of getting along with Bai Gui in the future.

(End of this chapter)