Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Chapter 128 ancestor worship

After Qiao Ruida finished offering the incense, the mission was over. He voluntarily exited the ancestral hall and came to the courtyard to watch his second uncle continue to preside over the sacrificial ceremony.

The first step of the sacrifice is to burn incense. The second uncle took the lead and picked up a stick of incense, lit it with a lighter, then walked to the incense table, bowed respectfully, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.The clan elders and the elders in the courtyard also followed suit, each picked up a stick of incense and lit it, and then stepped forward one by one to salute and place the incense.Qiao Ruida stood in the courtyard, not wanting to be independent, so he followed suit.As for the many tribesmen standing outside the ancestral hall and standing in the square, this step was omitted due to limited space and for safety reasons.

After the incense burning was completed, the second uncle picked up the electric horn again and began to read the memorial text, "My Qiao family has migrated from Shanxi to Beihe Province for more than 600 years..."

The memorial text contains thousands of words, and the literary talent cannot be said to be very good, but it talks about the difficulties of the ancestors of the Qiao family and the hardships of establishing a foundation, which makes the Qiao family members feel particularly moved when listening to it.

After the sacrificial text was read aloud, the steps of serving wine, serving tea, offering sacrifices, etc. were carried out in sequence. Most of these steps were carried out inside the ancestral hall. The tribesmen in the square could only watch the excitement and did not have a strong sense of participation.It was also the first time for Qiao Ruida to see these sacrificial scenes up close and personally participate in them, which was quite novel.

It was not until half an hour later that the ancestor worship ceremony reached the penultimate step, kneeling down and worshiping.This time, the Qiao clan members standing in the square finally joined in. Thousands of people knelt down and worshiped at the same time. The scene was quite shocking.

After the four worships were completed, everyone stood up, and the ancestor worship ceremony came to the last step, which was to pray for blessings.The second uncle read out a prayer in a loud voice, "My ancestors, please bless my Qiao family to be free from disasters, prosperous, safe and auspicious."

"The music is playing and the firecrackers are lit."

The trumpeters who had rested for more than half an hour started working again, and cheerful and festive music resounded throughout the square again.The sound of crackling firecrackers spread far and wide.

At the end of the ancestor worship ceremony, people of the Qiao clan took back the sacrifices and gradually dispersed.Qiao Ruida found her father, her eldest uncle and her second uncle, and the family took three cars back to Decheng City.Before leaving the square, Qiao Ruida turned back and took another look at the antique ancestral hall. At this time, there was a curl of green smoke covering the ancestral hall, showing a hazy artistic conception. More than 2000 Qiao clan members brought so much paper money that they have burned it since the sacrificial ceremony until now.

In the next few days, Qiao Ruida began to drive around and visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings. She visited her grandma, grandpa, uncle, second uncle, aunt, the head teacher in her senior year of high school, and all the teachers.On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Qiao Ruida also went to Du Qingqing's house to pay her New Year's greetings to Du Qingqing's parents.This was Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing's agreement years ago, and it was also their first official visit after confirming their relationship. This also meant that the relationship between the two had taken a further step and reached the stage of meeting their parents.

On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, after breakfast, Qiao Ruida put on a brand new suit, and when her family wasn't paying attention, she copied a large number of expensive tobacco, wine, bags, and cosmetics and stuffed them into the trunk of the car.Then he opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. He used the vanity mirror in the car to comb his messy hair, then started the car and drove towards the Shengshijiayuan community where Du Qingqing's family was located.

Halfway through the car, the mobile phone in her pocket rang. Qiao Ruida was driving at this time and it was difficult to answer the phone, so she had to turn on the Bluetooth switch on the car and connect it to the mobile phone, and then the call was connected.Girlfriend Du Qingqing's voice rang through the stereo, "Hey, Qiao Ruida, are you leaving yet?"

"We've already set off. We're on Taihang Road now. I'll be at your home in about 10 minutes." "Okay, I'll go out and pick you up at the gate of the villa area. That's it. Hang up first. I'm driving. Be careful and pay attention to driving safety.”

The Shengshijiayuan community where Du Qingqing's family is located has just had a theft case. The current security is much stricter and outside vehicles are basically not allowed to enter the community.During the Chinese New Year, in order to facilitate the owner's relatives to come to pay New Year's greetings, outside vehicles are allowed, but the owner also needs to come forward in person to pick up people and cars.

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Ruida continued to concentrate on driving.Decheng City is a small third-tier city with a small permanent population. Now it is the Chinese New Year period, and many migrant workers have returned to their hometowns to celebrate the New Year.There were not many vehicles and pedestrians on the road, and the journey was smooth. We even arrived at the gate of Shengshijiayuan Community a few minutes early.

From a distance, Du Qingqing, wearing a white down jacket, was standing outside the gate of the community, looking over.Qiao Ruida slowed down the car, honked the horn twice, and said hello to her girlfriend.

With Du Qingqing's intervention, the Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle entered the community smoothly and arrived in front of Villa No. 17 of Shengshijiayuan.Qiao Ruida was about to park the car in the parking space outside the gate, but Du Qingqing stopped him, "Drive the car into the villa. The parking space in the yard has been cleared, which is enough to park your Mercedes-Benz."

Du Qingqing's villa covers an area of ​​at least [-] square meters. In addition to the main building, there are a lot of open spaces in the front yard and backyard. However, most of these places are planted with turf or trees. There are only two parking spaces on the ground. Parking spaces are planned in advance.Usually these two parking spaces are occupied by the two cars of Du Qingqing's parents.In the past, Qiao Ruida learned about this situation when she was chatting with Du Qingqing, and then she thought of parking the car outside the villa gate.

Du Qingqing took out a remote control from his pocket and pressed the button. With the slight hum of the drive motor, the villa door slowly opened to both sides.Qiao Ruida drove the car and entered the villa gate. Following Du Qingqing's instructions, she parked the car in a parking space close to the building.

After parking the car, Qiao Ruida opened the door and got out of the car, then walked around to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and started to take out the gifts inside.

"Come Qingqing, help me move it. There are a lot of things and I can't carry them by myself."

"Let me go, Ruida, did you rob the supermarket? Why did you bring so many things here? Yuxi, Zhonghua, and Moutai are all in strips and boxes, and the ones in these bags are cosmetics, right? , I saw the trademark above, Prada, a famous Italian luxury brand. You are exaggerating, you are just here to pay New Year greetings, why are you preparing so many gifts?"

"Isn't this my first official visit? When my prospective son-in-law comes, I should prepare more gifts."

(End of this chapter)