Liao Zhai alchemist

Chapter 33 The Mid-Yuan Festival Begins

The Chinese New Year is coming, which is a very important festival.The Mid-Autumn Festival is the day when the gates of the ghosts are open, and every household must prepare tributes, so that the ancestors who came out of the underworld can eat the tributes prepared at home.

If no one in the world prepares incense and tribute for ghosts, then this kind of ghost is a lonely ghost who can't eat at home, and it is a very miserable ghost.

The most important thing in being a human being is to provide for a family and to pass on the lineage.Death becomes a ghost, and the most important thing is that the soul returns to its hometown, and the incense is endless.

The Chinese New Year Festival here lasts for three days.The first day is the collective worship of the big family. The whole family gathers in the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors and pray for blessing.

The next day is family worship, which is to bring back the ancestors of one's own family and enjoy the incense of filial piety of one's own children and grandchildren.

The third day is the collective sacrifice of the official family, so that those lonely ghosts who have broken the incense can also eat a sip of incense tribute and feel the warmth of the world, so as not to change from lonely ghosts to fierce ghosts.

Once a person has no sustenance, he will go into a desperate situation.The same goes for ghosts.If the ghost has no sustenance, it will become a fierce ghost and a ghost.

On the first day of Zhongyuan Festival, Zhang's father also rushed back from the county seat, and he will preside over the ancestor worship ceremony in Zhangjia Village.

As the most famous person in Zhangjia Village, Zhang's father deserves this trip.And Zhang Wei, as the only scholar in Zhangjia Village, the most outstanding junior, is also one of the hosts.

The host here is not the one who came to the stage to say 'Welcome to all the leaders and guests', but the one who presides over all the work.

Zhangjia Village, with a population of [-] people, began to slaughter pigs and sheep in an orderly manner, made steamed buns as tribute, and lit candles and incense under the leadership of the village chief, Zhang Fu and Zhang Wei.

Because none of Zhangjia Village's ancestors had a reputation, and naturally there was no reward after death.Therefore, the ancestors here could not erect stele portraits, and could only use a small wooden plaque to write their names on the stage.

The Zhang family, who has been here for hundreds of years, has grown from a few dozen people at the beginning to more than a thousand people. Although it is not Zhongming Dingshi, it can be considered a branch.Moreover, this generation has the rich man Zhang Fu, and the next generation has the scholar Zhang Wei.In the future visible to the naked eye, the Zhang family will surely become more prosperous.

Especially this year, Zhang Wei has recovered his health, and the only scholar in the Zhang family has been saved. This time the ancestor worship is even more important, because this is the blessing of the ancestors!

Zhang Wei stood in the first row, only half a position behind his father, and even a little bit ahead of the old village chief.Because he was a man of fame and fame, if it wasn't for Father Zhang being his biological father, and filial piety ranked first, he should be the leader, standing in front of all the clansmen.

Zhang Wei wrote a sacrificial essay, which is something that a scholar is qualified to do. Didn't Zhang Wei clamor to sue the city god?Because he really has the qualifications.When you reach the class of scholars, you can go to the underworld, and this is the right of scholars.

Therefore, for a family, Xiucai has a very high status, because whether it is a matter in the underworld or in the world, a scholar can take care of everything!
Of course, life-donating talents do not have this qualification.This thing is not only discrimination in the world, but also discrimination in the underworld.As the saying goes, you look down on me as a human, and you look down on me as a ghost?

After the ancestor worship was over, everyone divided up the tribute offerings, leaving only the incense in the ancestral hall.These offerings can be used again for family sacrifices or eaten to fill the stomach.

Zhang Wei saw Zhang Zhong, but he left after worshipping his ancestors and went back to the county to look after the store.The family ancestor worship was handed over to his biological father.

In the evening, Zhang Wei and his son were sitting together drinking tea. Zhang Wei asked, "Father, I heard from Xiaoqian that you also know a wandering Taoist priest?"

Father Zhang glanced at him in surprise and said, "That's Daoist Qingtong, you know it too, why don't you remember it?"

Zhang Wei smiled awkwardly, this memory is indeed beautiful without this person and name.He said: "It may be that the brain is ill, and some can't remember."

Father Zhang nodded. After Zhang Wei's recovery these days, it is indeed very different from before.He continued: "When you were sick, he happened to come to my house, and he left behind the Fushui to treat the disease. When you ate the Fushui, it was indeed much better. When he saw that you had improved, he continued to wander. , Unexpectedly, your condition recovered later, but it got worse."

Zhang Wei nodded, but he thought in his heart that this was probably a liar Taoist priest.

Unexpectedly, Father Zhang continued: "When I went out with the caravan for the first time, if it wasn't for coincidence that I met him, I would have died outside. Daoist Qingtong was a real Taoist, and he apprenticed to Mei Shanjin. Top view, good at talisman. When you kill the attacking goblin with a sword and soldier talisman, or I will die."

and many more?The old father just said Meishan!
Zhang Wei immediately asked, "Which Meishan is this Meishan?"

Zhang's father thought for a while, and said, "This Meishan is in the miasma in the south, about 3000 miles away from here. It has already reached the border of Dagan."

Zhang Wei heard this and said, "But the plum of plum blossoms?"

Father Zhang nodded.Then Zhang Wei was overjoyed, this Meishan came out!
He said: "My son heard that there are green cattle in Meishan, which is a special product."

As soon as Father Zhang heard it, he smiled and said, "Do you remember? Dao Qingtong brought some here. You tasted it again and again and said yes, and wrote a poem to make Dao Qingtong grow up happy."

Zhang Wei: I still have this ability?No, the original body still has this ability?
Father Zhang recalled it with a smile, and said, "I still remember this poem. 'Red blood is reflected in the snow, white sash is in the red jade. The entrance is three-point tough, and it is made by the people of Meishan Mountain.'"

Recalling this poem, Father Zhang couldn't help but slap his mouth. The taste of the beef is still unforgettable now.

Zhang Wei also swallowed and asked, "Can we get this beef?"

Father Zhang shook his head and said: "This beef is not difficult to get, but it is difficult to transport it. Even in winter, the temperature in Meishan is high, and the beef that is slaughtered will go bad in a day, let alone transport it to us. Jin Gui, if you transport it out of Meishan, you will die because of the soil and water, and the meat will be blinded. Only a master like Qingtong Daochang can save some beef to taste by means of magic."

Hearing this, Zhang Wei was discouraged again. Is it so difficult to get some materials for alchemy?

But he immediately remembered something, and immediately said: "Fresh beef is not available, can you get beef jerky?"

He suddenly thought that the materials for the alchemy furnace were not fresh, and many medicinal materials were dried in the sun.Maybe green beef jerky too?
Father Zhang heard this and said a little strangely: "This green beef jerky is no different from ordinary beef jerky. To be delicious, green beef must be eaten fresh."

Am I for that bite of beef jerky?Zhang Wei said in his heart.

But he still smiled and said, "I just want to try it out, can my father get it?"

Father Zhang nodded and said, "I have business dealings with there. It's not difficult to ask for this."

(End of this chapter)