Several times in dreams

Chapter 4 ancestor worship
The days are like running water, and it is the end of the year in a blink of an eye.

It has been a few months since Meng Xianlun adopted Li Mengxian's side. He goes to and from school on weekdays, and before and after going out, he must go to Li Mengxian's room to say hello.

Because of the youngest son in He Jinlian's room, it has been very stable for several months. The mansion was very quiet for a while. Sister Wanying also stayed by her mother's side on weekdays, working as a female celebrity and learning to read.

Speaking of female celebrity skills, among the four sisters, Meng Wanying's skills are the best.

Whether it is tailoring or sewing, or embroidery, they are all first-class experts, with fine stitches, balanced and soft colors, and the flowers, plants, fish and insects on the embroidery are even more lifelike. Mom is also full of praise.

There are many rules in the gate of the mansion. When the young masters and ladies were young, the family always invited the husband to come to class at home.

Needless to say, it is necessary to write and draw red, but reading and composition are also necessary.

In the evening, the girls have to learn female celebrity and etiquette with Chen's mother, so as to prepare for marriage in the future.

Especially the ladies of rich families, if they don't know the rules of etiquette, even if they are female celebrities, they will make their in-laws laugh when they pass the door.

Now that the society is changing, there is no need for young masters to take scientific examinations. Young masters from rich families have all gone to foreign schools in the county.

The eldest son of the Meng family, Meng Xianjun, even went to the provincial capital to study at a normal school. After graduation, he returned to the county and became a teacher. He was actually more respected by the world than his father, Mr. Meng.

The second young master is also extremely smart, but he is lazy and doesn't work as hard as his elder brother. More importantly, he doesn't want to leave his parents' side for half a step.

So, relying on my uncle's relationship, I went directly to the newly established police academy in the county to study.

Every day, apart from going to school and greeting Li Mengxian in the morning and evening, sometimes he also goes to see his mother He Jinlian. Although she has changed her name to "auntie", when there are no outsiders, the relationship between the two mothers is still so close, which makes He Jinlian feel very comfortable.

Speaking of the third master Meng Zhaokun, besides walking the birds every day, he just goes to the teahouse to listen to books, idles around, doesn't care about business matters, and goes to Meng Zhaoxuan to blackmail him when he lacks money.

Meng Zhaoxuan also had no other choice, as long as the amount was not too much, he would just give it away and let it go, so as not to be upset.

Liu Liping's biggest daily pleasure is to go to He Jinlian to tell tales, or to flatter and flatter her, making people feel disgusted by flattery. The purpose is to make He Jinlian happy, and the daily expenses will be a lot more point.

It's strange to say that this inconsequential couple has a son who is motivated and motivated.

The third young master, Meng Xianchen, was a man of few words since he was a child. In addition to studying Chinese characters every day, he also begged his father to invite a master who practiced martial arts, so that he could practice boxing and kicking in the morning and evening.

Although he is only a few months younger than his second brother Meng Xianlun, he is steady and strong, just like an older brother.

The day of ancestor worship in the middle of the twelfth lunar month came, and early in the morning, the servants in the mansion began to busy themselves, and the cleaning was done a few days ago.

It was not bright this day, and the mothers in the kitchen began to steam flower cakes, rice cakes, and steamed buns. The whole chicken and fish were deep-fried. The golden yellow ones were very attractive. .

He Jinlian's little feet were flying up and down in the huge courtyard, and every step was windy. This was her highlight every year, and she was also smart and capable.

The sacrifices are all carried out before dinner, and the female relatives are not allowed to participate.

Mrs. Meng took two sons, three grandsons, and several uncles and nephews of the same family. After bathing and changing clothes, they lit candles and burned incense on the enshrined ancestors and ancestors in order of seniority and inferiority.

After prostrating, the old man recited the sacrificial text in a deep voice, and then the whole group prostrated again.

Seeing that the worship was coming to an end, the third master Meng Zhaokun suddenly found out in horror that among the neatly arranged offerings on the table, the eyes of whole chickens and fishes were actually crying!

It was a bolt from the blue!Such an unlucky thing happened during the ancestor worship, and the Meng family was full of ominous atmosphere.

Everyone was chattering and guessing anxiously.

It should be said that Mr. Meng Guangfu is a person who has seen the world. After carefully observing the eyes of the chicken and fish, Mr. Meng found that it was the water flowing out of the eyes of the chicken and fish after many small holes were pricked with needles. .

"Bring up Mrs. Liu who is in charge of the kitchen immediately!" Old Mr. Meng shouted angrily in a low voice.

In the blink of an eye, the butler, Meng Ergui, carried Mrs. Liu out of the gate of the ancestral hall, and saw that Mrs. Liu was trembling all over, her legs softened like noodles, half paralyzed and half kneeling in front of the gate of the ancestral hall, and her words were incoherent.

"Mother Liu, please answer your grandfather's words carefully, and don't hide anything!" Meng Zhaoxuan shouted sharply.

"You are also an old man in the mansion, and it's not the first time you have done ancestor worship. What's going on?"

Mrs. Liu was like sifting chaff, shaking her voice: "Go back to the old man, the old man, the old slave really doesn't know. After making the offerings, the old slave checked carefully before setting up the offering table. There is nothing wrong with it."

"Then I covered the offerings with red satin according to the old rules, and it took only half a stick of incense. When Meng Er said that the auspicious time had come, the old slave, the old slave took a few capable women and placed the offerings in the The ancestral hall..."

"Then take off the red satin, don't you see anything wrong?" Meng Guangfu shouted in a low voice.

Mrs. Liu was shaken all over, and immediately cried out: "Grandpa, please forgive me! This old slave really deserves to die. I thought that I had checked it, and there would be no mistakes. Nothing... just nothing..." After finishing speaking, she was completely paralyzed. on the ground.

"You bastard slave!" Meng Zhaoxuan was so angry that his hands trembled, pointing at Mrs. Liu, he wanted to find someone to drag her down and beat her with dozens of boards.

"Wait!" The old man Meng, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly said, "Mrs. Liu, has anyone been to the back kitchen during the half stick of incense? Has anyone been close to the offering?"

Granny Liu, who was so frightened that she was almost in a daze, froze for a moment, and said in a low voice for a while: "Second Miss, Second Miss has been to..."

"Second Miss?" Meng Guangfu and Meng Zhaoxuan were startled, and asked back at the same time, "What did Second Miss do?"

"The second lady said that the second lady has caught a cold recently and coughed badly. A few days ago, the second lady came to the back kitchen to ask the old slave to cook some pear soup. Isn't this going to prepare for the ancestor worship years ago? I can't be too busy, the old slave I never..."

"Then did she say anything?" The old man was thoughtful.

Mrs. Liu quickly got up from the ground and knelt down, "Go back to the old man, the second lady is very angry, she said it has been several days, how long will it take to cook pear soup, the old slave also said something to the second lady in a good mood."

"As for their second room's body is precious, the eldest lady also caught the wind and cold, and she has been busy all the time while sick. The second lady was so angry that she wanted to stab the old slave with a needle. The old slave was afraid of her, so he hid in the cubicle to watch the steaming. The steamed bun in the drawer, the second lady has already left..."

"Bring the second young lady to the ancestral hall, this girl will die if she doesn't discipline her well!" Old Master Meng roared furiously before he finished listening.

(End of this chapter)