My village can't be like this

Chapter 353 ancestor worship
Today, Wang Fang knew that Zhu Yuliang and the others were coming in the morning, so she made lunch early.

As soon as eleven o'clock arrived, lunch was already packed in the kitchen.

"Let's go back to the house to eat."

Zhang An heard his mother calling him in the room, so he called everyone back to eat.

Zhu Yuliang would not be polite. He came here just to eat and drink. If he was polite, what would happen?

And Bai Xue was also following Zhu Yuliang closely. He was not active in eating and had mental problems, especially when eating at Zhang An's house.

The remaining two people didn't understand. They were just having lunch at a country house.

Why are these two people more active than the other, as if they are afraid that they will not be able to sit at the table if it is too late.

Is it possible that the director and Bai Xue didn't have breakfast when they went out in the morning?As a result, I am extremely hungry now.

The two of them thought to themselves, and it made more and more sense to them.

After the dishes were served, Bai Xue, who had been very active just now, calmed down and looked like a lady while eating.

"Hey, red rice?"

Bai Xue was a little surprised when she saw the rice soaked in blood in the bowl. This was the first time she saw rice other than white rice.

The others, including Zhu Yuliang, were also similar. It was probably their first time to eat rice like this.

"Hey, this is our own local rice seed, called blood rice. The rice grains are as red as if soaked in blood, and the cooked rice is the same."

After Zhang An explained it, a few people understood that the rice from Qingren Family was cooked just like that, without artificial dyeing.

"You probably haven't eaten it before. You can try it. This rice tastes good, especially girls. You can eat more."

In later generations, many people, especially girls, bought black rice and chicken blood glutinous rice to make porridge.

"Hmm, it is indeed more fragrant than the white rice we eat. You can smell the glutinous aroma before you even eat it. It tastes even more fragrant, smooth, sweet and soft."

When eating this meal, some people feel like they are not eating at all, because white rice has no taste at all.

In fact, Bai Xue and the others didn't know that although the blood rice was more nutritious and fragrant than ordinary rice, it was not that outrageous.

The current effect is entirely due to Zhang An's use of space spring water to induce germination, spraying, and watering.

This rice was only started to be eaten in the past few days after Zhang An's family finished eating the previous white rice.

So Zhu Yuliang and the others were very lucky to be the first group of people besides Zhang An's family to eat blood rice.

When eating vegetables, Bai Xue, who was very active just now, behaved very ladylike now.

Wang Fang no longer showed attentiveness to this young and beautiful girl as before.

She used to be very enthusiastic about these little girls, and it was all with a purpose.

After all, she now has a daughter-in-law, and she is pregnant with her grandson. If she treats other little girls like this, she is worried that her daughter-in-law will think too much.

But the remaining two young men were completely different from before.

As soon as they took a bite of the dish and put it into their mouths, their eyes suddenly widened. They had only one thought at the moment, why is this dish so delicious?

"How about Li Ming and Yan Fang? I said I would bring you over to have some good food. Now you know I didn't lie to you."

Seeing them both eating their tongues, Zhu Yuliang chuckled.

"That won't happen. Director, when did you ever tell us a lie? It doesn't exist."

This is more than just a feast. Even in those big restaurants, you can't get such delicious food.

When Zhu Yuliang called his name in the morning, both of them looked sad.

Because in this era, anyone who has been to the countryside knows that the conditions in the countryside are not very good. Even if they are paid as field workers, everyone wants to stay in the office.

Until they came to Changqing Village, they found that the village was quite good, but the distance was quite far, and it took a long time to sit in the car, which made their buttocks sore.

Only then did they remember why Bai Xue was so happy when her name was called in the morning.

It turns out that people have been here before and know that this is a good place.

"Speaking of which, I'm envious of the little boy's life. I'm just thinking about retiring early and coming to your place for retirement."

For a moment, Zhu Yuliang looked at the current village and Zhang An's family, sighing.

When he came here two years ago, this village was still an ordinary small village.

It had only been two years, but this village actually gave him a completely different, vibrant, clean and refreshing feeling. Staying here made people feel very energetic.

"That won't work. You are still in your forties and you have to continue to shine. How can you just think about retirement."

"Hey, you are so young and living a life of retirement every day. You are not allowed to think about it."

Most people work hard all their lives, just thinking about living a better life in their later years.

As a result, some people, at the age of 20, live the life that you dream of after the age of 60. Are you angry or not?

Anger is of no use. Although all roads lead to Rome, some people were born in Rome.

"It's better to eat at your house. Ever since I finished eating the two baskets of vegetables you sent me, I haven't had a good meal in the past few days."

On New Year's Eve, Zhang An not only sent a few chickens and ducks to Zhu Yuliang, but also sent two baskets of fresh vegetables.

This allowed their family to have a good year this year, and it took several days for the family of three to finish it.

But just because he was used to eating, after his wife bought vegetables again, the family felt that everything they ate was tasteless.

The food no longer tastes as delicious as it did before. Instead, I only eat some to avoid starvation.

This is probably what the old saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality.

"If you like to eat, bring some with you when you go back. Anyway, you guys drove here too."

There may not be anything else, but the vegetables in the fields are enough for Zhang An to take care of here.

The one-acre vegetable garden in the backyard has been planted by Wang Fang.

"Forget it, I finally managed to live a normal life. When I get hungry later, I will come to your place to enjoy the autumn breeze."

Zhu Yuliang shook his head resolutely. It was not because he felt ashamed to take food and drinks from Zhang An's house. In front of Zhang An, he had already thrown away all these.

It's just that I can come here once or twice, but I can't come every day.

After the meal, Zhu Yuliang drank tea before taking the others to go back.

Zhang An asked him to get him something, but he refused.

As a result, I brought out a can of tea, but the old man was dissatisfied that Zhang An gave too little.

"Xiaoying, are you saying that Xiaoan will work in the Forestry Bureau from now on?"

After Zhu Yuliang and his party left, Wang Fang and Su Ying took the work permit they sent to Zhang An and looked over it.

"Yes, Mom, look at what's written in the appointment letter. It's a formal establishment, not a temporary job."

Su Ying also had this kind of appointment letter. When she went to work in the county middle school, the school also issued one to them.

"What kind of job, the Forestry Bureau?"

Zhang Jianguo came back with his sheep just before lunch and didn't know what was going on.

After watching the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talking for a long time, their faces looked like they had picked up money, he thought something big had happened at home.

"Now, old man, look, this is your son's work permit."

Wang Fang picked up her son's little notebook and gave it to Zhang Jianguo and chattered for a long time.

Only then did Zhang Jianguo realize that Lao Zhu came here not for the two big birds, but specifically to deliver work to his son. "Okay, okay, let's see who dares to gossip behind my back."

Zhang Jianguo held the small notebook and became more and more happy as he read it.

In the past few years, the family's life has been getting better and better because of Zhang An.

Breeding and planting are all done very well.

But some people were jealous and said that Zhang An was just like a gangster who stayed at home all day long.

If you are really capable, why don't you have a formal job?

Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang heard this and were furious.

If anyone dares to say this now, Wang Fang will definitely throw this book in her face and tear her mouth apart.

"Then will Xiao An go to work in the county from now on?"

Zhang Jianguo felt that he had already gone to work at the Forestry Bureau, so how could he stay at home?

"Dad, I still stay at home. I don't usually have to go to the county. I will only go there unless there is something that requires me to go there."

Seeing that his parents were very happy, Zhang An felt very grateful to Lao Zhu.

It is true that although he can change the living conditions at home while staying at home, those are only material changes.

In the eyes of the older generation, especially those who have been farming all their lives, no matter how good their family conditions are, they will still be farmers for their entire lives.

But now, both Zhang Jianguo and Wang Fang feel that with this book, their sons will be the ones who have an iron rice bowl.

Unlike before, now he is a serious person with a job, and it is a very respectable job.

This is not just a material pursuit, but a change in spiritual confidence.

There is no way, in this era, peasants have always represented the bottom of society, especially the ones who get lower as time goes by, and who can be stepped on by anyone.

After all, he was a farmer uncle before, now he is a farmer brother, and in the future, he will become a migrant worker.

So now many people are trying their best to sell money so that their children can go to school.

Try to get them to study hard so that they can change their family's destiny and identity in the future.

I have to say that in this era, reading is indeed useful and is a simple and clear shortcut.

Many people have changed their destiny through reading in this era.

"Xiao An, go and invite your grandparents and your second uncle and third uncle's family over."

In the afternoon, Wang Fang told Zhang An that Zhang Jianguo did not go out to herd sheep because Zhang An's family was going to worship his ancestors tonight.

It was not because Wang Fang and the others were happy that Zhang An went to work in the Forestry Bureau, but because Su Ying was pregnant with the eldest grandson of the Zhang family.

In rural areas, after a house has grown and spread, it must be reported to the ancestors in the hall.

Different from worshiping ancestors when giving birth to a child, this is to pray for the support of the ancestors in the family so that the child can be born smoothly.

Of course, this is a custom in rural areas. Anyway, believe it or not.

I originally planned to start cleaning up in the morning, but because Zhu Yuliang and the others came over, I was delayed for a long time.

But it doesn't matter. Even if you start preparing in the morning, you still have to wait until the evening to worship your ancestors.

Zhang An was confident and walked towards Mr. Zhang's home when he left home.

No one else can be invited, but Zhang An’s second grandfather and fourth grandfather cannot be absent.

Because according to custom, the formal ancestor worship ceremony needs to be performed by the elderly in the family.

Zhang An's grandfather passed away early, so these matters had to be handled by the remaining second grandfather and fourth grandfather.

When we arrived at Mr. Zhang’s house, the old man was lying comfortably on the recliner, with a program playing on the radio next to him.

Grandma Zhang, on the other hand, was wearing reading glasses and was sewing an old dustpan at home with cloth.

"Hey, can you see clearly with these reading glasses?"

Zhang An bought these reading glasses for the old lady. She is getting older and her eyesight has begun to decline.

Although Zhang An often persuaded her to stop doing these needlework, the old lady just couldn't let it go.

She had been doing needlework all her life, and it had already become a habit. It was impossible for her to stop doing it.

Sometimes Zhang An said that the old lady agreed wholeheartedly, but after Zhang An left, she would pack up and take action again.

So Zhang An couldn't persuade her, so he could only buy her a pair of reading glasses so that she could see more clearly.

But fortunately, as the old lady got older, her eyesight only deteriorated a bit.

In other aspects, he is still in good condition, with good health and strong teeth, so Zhang An will often send various kinds of ribs and meat to the two elders.

"Okay, these reading glasses are so clear, you can even see the pins after wearing them."

The old lady was so happy that she couldn't remember the last time she could see the stitches clearly, how many years ago it was.

So she was very satisfied with the reading glasses her grandson bought, and she took good care of them for fear of getting damaged.

"Nai, I'm here to invite you to dinner tonight."

After chatting with the old man and the old lady for a few words, and stringing a thread on the old lady's embroidery needle, Zhang An spoke.

"That won't work. I just cooked a lot of food at noon, so it would just be wasted."

Normally, if Zhang An comes over and calls, neither the old lady nor the old man will refuse.

But if they have just prepared a lot of meals, then just say no, just don’t go.

People of their generation, from childhood to adulthood, have been experiencing hunger and not having enough to eat.

Now that the family has enough food to eat, they don’t want to waste it at all. Even if the rice falls on the ground, they still have to pick it up, wash it and continue eating.

"It's not like the hot weather can't be bad now. Anyway, you and my grandpa will definitely go. You and your grandpa will be grandpa and grandma."

Although the second elder listened to his grandson, he was usually very stubborn, so Zhang An had no choice but to use more aggressive tactics.

"What? What did you say?"

The old lady thought she had heard wrongly, so she stopped sewing and looked at Zhang An and asked.

The old man next to him did the same. He sat up directly from the recliner.

"Yes, you two have great-grandchildren, so you have to pay homage to your ancestors tonight, so you have to go."

For the two elders, their great-grandson is something they have always thought about.

Although Zhang An is not their biological grandson, in the eyes of the two elders, he is closer than their biological grandson.

"Okay, okay, this is a great thing. It doesn't matter if you eat or not, but you must go."

After confirming again, the old man looked up to the sky and laughed. It was obvious that he was very happy. This generation of the old Zhang family was finally blossoming.

"Old lady, put away your rotten dustpan and go over to help with something."

This time Zhang An didn't need to ask, the old man spoke himself, and the old lady on the other side also started to pack up her needlework.

A big move is a big move, simple and easy to use, with direct effects.

Then Zhang An went to invite his fourth grandfather and his uncle and aunt, and they all had the same reaction as Mr. Zhang and his two elders.

　I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holiday

　　
　
(End of this chapter)