The leisurely life of farmers in mountain villages

Chapter 58 Zhongyuan Festival

After buying a computer, Wang Fumin found that his son spent the rest of his time in his hut except for running in the mountains and exercising his body.

Then the neighbor He Fei also came to Wang Shaodong's house to play with his son every day when he was free, and he also didn't come out for a long time after entering the hut.

At first, Wang Fumin thought that his son was addicted to playing games without doing business all day. One day he went in and found that his son seemed to be teaching He Fei something he didn't know.

It turned out that Wang Shaodong was racking his brains to teach He Fei the little bit of C language programming he had learned in college.

Why did Wang Shaodong do this?The reason is very simple, that is, I know that He Fei is a young man who is very talented in computers, and he wants him to learn some basics of computers first.Then the next step was to learn computer programming and ask him to write cheats for the games he played.

He Fei is three years younger than Wang Shaodong. He is only in the first year of high school this year, and his grades are good. In the future, he will be admitted to Qilu University Linhai Branch, where he will major in computer science.

Unexpectedly, He Fei is amazingly talented in computers. In just a few days, he has already figured out the principle of C language, and then learned the usage of functions. It is very easy to program a plug-in.

This made Wang Shaodong very happy, and he would not have to worry about being hacked by using other people's cheats in the future.

Because it was the summer vacation, and no one gave He Fei homework after the high school entrance examination, so He Fei's father, He Jiaxiang, didn't pay much attention to what his son was doing all day.

In 2002, all children in rural areas were free-range, and no parent would enroll their children in remedial classes during the summer vacation.

In two weeks, He Fei not only learned programming, but also became addicted to this "Legend of Blood" that can be played with many players.

I was just reminiscing about the past years, and saw that my neighbor He Fei was taken into a pit by me, which made Wang Shaodong unexpected.If He Fei got addicted to online games and delayed his studies, then he would feel guilty.

However, in the second week, Wang Shaodong discovered that He Fei started to learn how to make cheats according to the path he pointed out to him.

Using basic programming language knowledge can also write game plug-ins. Wang Shaodong remembers that when he was in college, he was also a freshman. He had a roommate in the dormitory of Haidao University, so he compiled a "Legend" game plug-in. Later, it was bought by a big boss for 20 yuan.

Of course, if He Fei really writes a useful cheat in the future, it doesn't mean that he can't do it by giving him a sum of money.After all, as a reborn person with memories ten years ahead, it was too easy to make some money.

Time flies, and soon came the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month.

The Ghost Festival, commonly known as Ghost Festival, is a day to worship ancestors.

In the central Shandong area, the Ghost Festival is very important, and the specifications of the sacrifices are the same as those during the New Year.

Early in the morning on July [-]th, Wang Shaodong followed Wang Fumin and came to a road leading to the Wang Family Mausoleum not far to the west of the farm. There are three fruit plates, on which are some offerings such as fruits, sugar sticky peanuts, etc., a stick of incense is lit, a handful of yellow paper is burned, and there is a word in his mouth, "Ancestor, come home and eat it."

Then, after Wang Shaodong and Wang Fumin kowtowed, the ceremony was considered complete.

Then, Wang Shaodong put the bag and the fruit dish in the dustpan and carried it, while Wang Fumin went home with the still burning incense in his hand.

The main room at home has been prepared for a long time, and the whole main room has been cleaned. There is an Eight Immortals table in front of the rear window.

There are twelve to eighteen plates on the table of the Eight Immortals, and inside the plates are offerings for the ancestors to come home to eat.

Chicken and fish are a must, and the chicken must be a big rooster, and finally it must be a big rooster that is more than ten months old, with long hind legs, long combs, big, old, and beautiful.The rooster is killed, and then the two wings are inserted through the opening of the chicken's neck, and then pulled out from the mouth, and then the tendon is broken at the bent position of the chicken leg, and then the chicken leg is turned over to let it grab itself the back.

The fish is usually carp, and it must be alive. The tail and head of the fish are tied together with a red rope, and the coriander is sprinkled on top for decoration. The overall look is very conspicuous.

The big rooster plus carp, the picture is the meaning of good luck.

In addition to these, seasonal fruits, seasonal vegetables, watermelon, grapes, apples, bananas, celery, tofu, beans, lettuce, etc., all have nice names and are good choices for offerings.

When Wang Shaodong and his son came back after inviting their ancestors, Wang Shaodong's mother, Zhao Shiling, had already prepared the altar table.

Then, Wang Shaodong pinned the ancestral tablets and placed them on the middle hall, and Wang Fumin put the stick of incense in the middle incense basket in front of the Eight Immortals Table.

Then, Wang Shaodong filled the tea bowl and wine cup on the table of the Eight Immortals with tea and white wine respectively, and the whole ceremony of the Hungry Ghost Festival was half completed.

Because every family has to enshrine the table in the family hall, the sales of roosters and carp are very large in these two days.The price of Chai rooster live chickens in Central Shandong also reached a historical peak on July 2002th in the lunar calendar in 7.

Next, after tomorrow, with the sudden drop in demand and the earth-shaking changes in the relationship between supply and demand, the price of live chickens in Luzhong City will collapse.

Of course, Wang Shaodong knew these things in advance.

What Wang Shaodong is more concerned about is when the price of chicken seedlings will drop.

On the day of the Hungry Ghost Festival, filial sons and virtuous grandchildren should stand by the table in the family hall where the ancestral tablets are enshrined. When the incense burns to the end, they will light another one. After a while, they will pour out the tea and white wine and replace them with new ones Yes, the right to enjoy it as an ancestor.

From around eight o'clock in the morning, the tables in the family hall are set until six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, when it will be dark, and then each household will start the last procedure of today's sacrificial ceremony and send it off to the family hall.

Sending home hall is held twice a year in Luzhong area, once in the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year, and once in the afternoon of the Ghost Festival.It can also be seen from this that the people in Central Shandong attach great importance to the Ghost Festival.

There are huge differences in customs in different regions, and many regions can't even pass the Hungry Ghost Festival.

The Wang Family Mausoleum in Taohualing Village is a common mausoleum shared by six or seven surrounding villages. In the early days, the Wang family from the six or seven villages around Songjiatang would gather in the open space in front of the mausoleum. Over the years, this custom has also been simplified. Most of them gather people with the same surname in their own villages and find a place to hold this procedure.

There is only Wang Fumin in the Wang family in Taohualing Village, so it is enough for Wang Fumin and his son to discuss where to send the family hall.

After sending off to the family hall, Wang Shaodong's next job is to inquire about the price of chicken seedlings.While inquiring about the price of chicklings, Wang Shaodong was thinking, how to persuade everyone to contract out a greenhouse for each family, and also hire everyone to help him raise chickens?
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