Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Chapter 127 ancestor worship

Qiao Xingye took the cigarette, lit it with a lighter, took a puff, and then said: "He is Qiao Ruida, the top scorer in last year's college entrance examination. You are also a high school student, you should have heard of this name, right?"

"I've heard of it, of course I've heard of it. Our class teacher puts his name on our lips every day to encourage us to study hard. Qiao Ruida's grades in the first and second grade of high school were mediocre, but in the third grade of high school, he studied hard for half a year and passed the provincial examination. Number one. If we are willing to study hard, even if we cannot get number one, we can still pass the exam."

"Then why don't you study hard and try to get the top score in the exam? Did you see that if Qiao Ruida becomes the top scorer in the province, he can enter the ancestral hall in front of all the Qiao clan members, worship ancestors alone, and burn incense alone? What an honor this is. If you could do it, your parents would laugh to death."

"Come on, it's not that easy to get the top prize. The teacher is fooling fools. Qiao Ruida's grades in the first and second grade of high school are not good. That's because she is playful and doesn't put her mind into studying at all. I didn't do well in the first and second grade of high school. Well, that’s because my brain is not smart enough and my foundation is too poor. The two are not the same nature at all. If I work a hundred times harder, I will be very successful if I can get a second degree. The top scorer in the college entrance examination is not at all Something that mere mortals like me dare to covet.”

"If you don't have ambition, if you don't go crazy while you are young now, it will be too late when you enter society later."

Qiao Ruida also heard some of the discussion behind her, but he just smiled and didn't take it seriously.

Qiao Ruida entered the ancestral hall, came to her second uncle, saluted respectfully, and then said: "Second uncle, what are your orders?"

The second uncle raised his head, looked at Qiao Ruida up and down, and asked: "Xiao Ruida, do you know the etiquette of worshiping ancestors?"

"Of course I know. Bow, bow four times, stand up, and bow again. This is the etiquette for worshiping ancestors on the first day of every new year. I have been doing it for more than ten years, how could I forget it."

"Just remember. When I ask you to salute later, just follow this set of etiquette. Okay, there's nothing else to do. Just wait here for a while. The sacrificial ceremony will begin soon."

After telling Qiao Ruida, the second uncle turned back and continued his work.As the chief priest of the ancestor worship ceremony, he still has many things to do before the ceremony begins.

Everyone was busy there, and Qiao Ruida couldn't stand still. He took the initiative to walk to Qiao Xingye's side and helped the young tribesmen to set up the sacrificial scene.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, tables, chairs, benches, offerings, and incense tables were all properly arranged. A group of well-dressed drummers, holding musical instruments, entered the ancestral hall and stood at the designated position.

The second uncle raised his wrist, checked the time, then took a hand-held loudspeaker from the altar table and walked out of the ancestral hall with it.The second uncle stood at the door, turned on the loudspeaker switch, and then shouted, "The auspicious time has come, open the middle door!"

Hearing the shout, Qiao Xingye, who had been waiting behind the door for a long time, quickly took action, pulled the door latch, and opened the door.Perhaps it was because it had not been opened for too long. When he opened the door, the door shaft made a harsh creaking sound, which really startled Qiao Xingye and thought the door was broken.Fortunately, the sound was only caused by the lack of lubrication of the door shaft, and the door did not suffer any damage.

"When the drumming starts, the elders of the clan who are over 70 years old are invited to enter the middle gate."

Following the second uncle's order, the drummers began to play music, the suonas, gongs and drums sounded, and the cheerful tunes resounded throughout the entire ancestral hall and the entire square.Some gray-haired old people began to gather at the entrance of the ancestral hall, then walked through the middle gate and entered the courtyard.The small courtyard has a limited area and needs to place many altar tables, incense burners, and sacrifices, so it can accommodate very few people.Only those over 70 years old can enter the small courtyard of the ancestral hall. The remaining more than 2000 tribesmen can only stand in the square outside and follow the instructions to kowtow and salute.After everyone had arrived, the second uncle spoke again and said in a loud voice: "The drum music has stopped. All descendants of the Qiao family, please stand. The ancestor worship ceremony has officially begun."

As soon as the order was given, the music stopped immediately, and the originally noisy square immediately fell silent.All the Qiao clan members stood up straight and held their breath, waiting for the ancestor worship ceremony to begin.

"Come on, little Ruida, come to the front and prepare to salute."

Qiao Ruida walked to the front of the incense table and stood in silence with her hands down.Seeing Qiao Ruida in place, Mr. Qiao also took a step forward, cupped his hands towards the densely packed tablets in the ancestral hall, and said:

"My ancestors, I have the 178th generation great-great-grandson Qiao Ruida, who is smart, studious, and knowledgeable. In the college entrance examination organized by the country, he won the first place in science in Beihe Province. His reputation has spread far and wide, and he has brought glory to my Qiao family. I am here to inform you. Ruida, come, kneel down and salute in front of the ancestral tablet."

"Okay, second uncle." Qiao Ruida agreed, then bowed her hands respectfully, then knelt down on the futon and bowed four times.

After the ceremony, when Qiao Ruida stood up, her second uncle handed him three lit incense sticks and said, "Come, Ruida, offer the first stick of incense to our ancestors."

Qiao Ruida took the incense, bowed before putting the incense in the incense burner.It was a sunny day today, and the sun was just right. The smoke from the three incense sticks floated vertically upwards, until it surpassed the roof, and then gradually dissipated under the disturbance of the air flow.

Last summer, TV stations, radio stations, newspapers and magazines reported on the fact that Qiao Ruida passed the provincial science examination and became a sensation in Decheng City.Many people in the Qiao clan have heard of Qiao Ruida’s deeds.But there are still some people who don't know. They were quite surprised when they heard the sound coming from the ancestral hall, and they were talking buzzingly.

"What's going on this year? The middle gate has been open for a long time. Why hasn't the ancestor worship ceremony started yet?"

"Didn't you hear that the Number One Scholar wants to worship his ancestors alone and offer incense alone?"

"The number one scholar, what kind of number one scholar? This is not the Ming and Qing Dynasty, where did the number one scholar come from!"

"You don't know this. In June last year, Qiao Ruida, a member of the Qiao clan, took the college entrance examination, scored more than 700 points, and became the provincial science champion. This is not the top scholar. Don't use bean bags as dry food. "

"It turned out that he was the number one scholar in the college entrance examination. This is a few grades behind the national number one scholar in the ancient imperial examinations."

"It would be great to have a top scorer in the college entrance examination. Our Qiao family has never had a top scorer since records began, not even a top scorer in the college entrance examination. Now Qiao Ruida has opened the record and won the top scorer in the college entrance examination. It is naturally worth it. If you boast so much, you will even have to write it down in your family tree.”

(End of this chapter)