my daughter my hometown

Chapter 18
Regardless of ancient or modern times, the gate guarded by stone lions has always been difficult to enter.

This is the case with the ancestral hall in front of you.

Just the threshold in front of him is already eye-catching, it is half a meter high.

There are generally high thresholds in front of noble households, which make ordinary people stop.

This is the original meaning of the high threshold.

This kind of threshold is rarely removed under normal circumstances, and even the gate with this kind of threshold is rarely fully opened.

Most of the daily entry and exit of family visitors are through the small door next to the main door.

Therefore, in some costume dramas, when a servant of a wealthy family knocks on the door, he opens the front door to see who the visitor is, which is pure nonsense.

Of course, the high threshold is for outsiders.

For family members or distinguished visitors, the high threshold will naturally be removed.

However, this family also has requirements. Not every family member has the opportunity to enjoy the courtesy of lowering the threshold when they return home.

In ancient times, it was usually a happy day to marry a daughter-in-law or a daughter-in-law, which would allow the host's family to lower the high threshold and open the main gate.

Or in the event of a funeral, only the direct line of the funeral will open the door.

Marriages and funerals of other concubine children will not have the opportunity to enjoy this kind of substitute treatment.

However, in modern society, there is no distinction between the noble and the humble.Although Yangxin Valley lives alone in the remote mountains, it has kept up with the times in this respect.

Therefore, in front of Su Wu and his party, the gate of the ancestral hall had already been opened early, and the high thresholds were all removed.

He stepped into the gate of the ancestral hall, and then passed a courtyard that could hold a gathering of thousands of people before arriving at the real ancestral hall.

There were already two people standing in front of the ancestral hall, an old man and a young man, they turned and looked over when they heard the movement.

Su Wu hurried forward a few steps.

"Grandmother, sister Qing, good morning."

Su Wu's great-grandfather belonged to the kind of people who were extremely fertile. He had six sons and four daughters in his lifetime.It's perfect.

However, they may not be able to support themselves when they are born. In the end, only four sons and three daughters can be included in the genealogy, and the others all died before their first birthday.

Children who died before their first birthday could not be included in the genealogy, nor could they enter the ancestral grave, but they would still be ranked according to the date of birth to prove that there had been such a child in the family.

Su Wu's grandfather was the youngest among his brothers, ranking sixth.The "grandmother" he is calling in front of him is the wife of his grandfather's eldest brother, and also the clan wife of the entire village of Yangxin Valley.

Su Wu didn't know the exact age of this great grandmother, but it was estimated that she was at least seventy or eighty.

Although she had been completely blind more than ten years ago, the clothes on her body were still clean and tidy. Although she looked gray-haired, she looked hale and hearty, and she didn't have the old age and depression that are typical of some old people.

Seeing this, Su Wu couldn't help being heartbroken.

Worthy of being the clan's wife.Even if the clan is no longer confident, the clan members will continue to decline.The grandma's demeanor is still the same, which is not to be underestimated.

The great grandmother lost her eyesight and her ears were not very good.She listened carefully.

"It's Xiao Wu, come over to Grandma, is the child here?"

"Here we come. Grandmother, she is here. Her name is Su Wan, Wan Xia's Wan."

Su Wu quickly hugged the little girl who was twisting her waist and wanted to come down to play with the rice ball.

The great grandmother stretched out a hand like a dead branch, touched Su Wan's small body from head to toe, and then nodded in satisfaction.

"Sure enough, she is a lively and good daughter. Remember to take good care of her. And..." The eldest grandmother feigned anger: "You told me her name last night, Xiao Wu, so there is no need to repeat it today."

"Grandmother is old, but not old enough to forget yesterday."

"Yes Yes Yes."

Su Wu hurriedly responded repeatedly.

Aunt Ma went to Su Xue's house last night, and made Su Wu realize that no matter how tired he was from the journey, he should visit the elders of the village first.

This is the minimum courtesy.

And the great grandmother in front of him was the first one he visited.

Su Qing, who stood aside and supported the old lady, winked at Su Wu.

"Xiao Wu, you don't know. My grandmother ordered me to dress her up early in the morning. It's okay if you don't dress up. She said that she must dress up and come to your family to testify to her return at night."

Su Qing is the granddaughter of the old lady, and she has been taking care of her since she came back from the outside, so her attitude of speaking is naturally much more casual than that of Su Wu.

Su Wu wiped his sweat.

"Grandmother doesn't need to do this. At your age, you should take a good rest. In the future, there will be many newborn boys and daughters in the village. At that time, you will have to trouble your old man to give them a family tree one by one."

Su Qing giggled until her eyes and eyebrows curved.

"That's what I said too. But grandma didn't listen at all, she insisted on coming early and waiting, for fear of missing the hour."

When it came to the time, Aunt Ma hurried over to remind them that a group of people entered the ancestral hall.

Naturally, the most conspicuous thing in the ancestral hall is the god's amulet in front of it, which is the spiritual seat.

The spiritual positions in front of me are densely stacked layer by layer according to their seniority, with a total of 30 layers, like a hill.

If counting the 20 years between the two generations, Yangxin Valley with more than 30 generations has a history of at least 600 years.

Thinking of this, Su Wu couldn't help but raised his head and looked at the top tablet.

Although the ancestral hall was brightly lit, the distance was too high. With his 2.0 eyesight, Su Wu couldn't see the name written on the top tablet at all.

His eyes fell layer by layer, and soon he came to the lowest row of names, and Su Wu's eyes dimmed.He saw several familiar names, they were his family members.

After bypassing all kinds of perennial incense candles, Su Wu's eyes fell on the left wall.

There stands a tall and thin pillar as thick as a thigh.

More than ten years ago, he had seen this pillar reaching straight to the beam of the roof, which was the legendary pillar.

"Xiao Wu, what are you looking at?"

The great grandmother suddenly spoke.

"Grandmother, I was looking at this pillar, but I didn't expect it to still be here more than ten years later."

As soon as this remark came out, the ancestral hall, which was originally quiet and dull, became even more audible.

The great grandmother couldn't help but "looked" to the left, muttering to herself.

"Yes. It's unimaginable. It's been almost 20 years, and the pillar is still standing here."

The people in the hall looked at each other, and soon someone shook his head and drooped deeply.

If the pillar (person) of the family or clan falls down suddenly, a wooden pillar will be temporarily used to support the beam of the ancestral hall during the funeral. This is the pillar.

If no one has been able to support this family or this family, that wooden pillar has to be supported on the beam all the time.

Aunt Ma looked at the time and was sweating profusely. After a moment of hesitation, she couldn't help but whispered.

"Auntie, I have been here for more than ten years, and the matter of being the pillar cannot be resolved in a short while. Or, why not give the little girl a genealogy first?"

The great grandmother nodded.

"The old lady is just expressing her feelings. The business is important right now. Let Xiao Wu go, everything will be discussed after Xiao Wan'er has entered the genealogy."

"Okay. Grandmother." Su Wu heaved a sigh of relief. He nodded in gratitude to Aunt Ma, put Su Wan down, and boarded the altar by himself.

　It will not be written as a supernatural text.Just to explain the pillars.

　　The protagonist is the man who wants to be the pillar.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)