I brought a Jurassic

Chapter 126: Paying Homage

"Have you been doing any evil out there? Tell me!"

Wei Shouli, who had been smiling on the phone just now, turned around and changed his expression, glaring at Wei Qiang.

"no!"

Wei Qiang was so scared that he quickly shook his head. Even if it was a bad thing, he didn't dare to say anything. Didn't he see how dark his father's face was?

"It's better not to. If I find out that you are doing evil things outside, I will definitely beat you up. Clean up, and wait at the gate of the staff compound tomorrow. Uncle Chu will call Wang Luo over and say that he wants to train you. If you don't make any progress, you can just wait. Humph, eat!"

After scolding for a while, he sat down at the dining table.

Wei Qiang was overjoyed. Wang Luo came to train them? What did he mean? Was he going to teach them martial arts? Haha, if Wang Luo was here, they would just be overthinking. Martial arts would not be taught. He just wanted them to suffer and feel what hell on earth was.

The Wang Luo family was very calm. After eating and drinking, they sent Zhou Changli and Wang Yadong away. They had different moods when they left.

"You two can come over and chat with the old man if you have nothing to do. I just like interacting with young people, haha!"

Li Jun stroked his beard and spoke to the two of them with a smile on his face.

"I must come, I must come!"

The two of them quickly agreed. Although the old man liked to nag, he was indeed very capable, especially when it came to things in the underworld. What he said was as if it had happened right before their eyes. Wang Yadong, who aspired to be a law enforcement officer, learned how to deal with underworld people and some methods of framing them, and benefited a lot from it.

Zhou Changli learned what the real world of martial arts is and how to behave, and no longer did things based on passion.

Alas, I don’t know what this old man is thinking. Is he teaching his apprentice or his opponent? It feels so weird. After all, they are a soldier and a bandit. Let him be.

"You're going to the military camp to train those brats? Hehe, interesting, take me with you!"

Early in the morning, Liu Yue asked cheerfully when calling Wang Luo to eat.

"You don't work anymore?"

Wang Luo asked in surprise.

"Are you stupid? It's summer vacation now, and I'm not busy with work. I just went to school to give some guidance a few days ago because I was worried about some students who didn't go home. Now I have nothing to do, do you think I will be content to stay at home and do nothing all day?"

Liu Yue rolled his eyes at him and said speechlessly.

"Then go ahead, so I don't have to manage dozens of idiots by myself. As long as my brother-in-law doesn't object!"

Wang Luo said speechlessly, yes, Liu Yue is not the kind of woman who is content to stay at home. She has nothing to do during the holidays and would feel uncomfortable staying in the yard. She is not like those aunties who gossip about family matters all day long.

"Zhu Zi, do you agree with me going?"

Liu Yue glanced at Sha Zhu who was busy in the kitchen and asked.

"I agree, I agree. You can go anywhere. Didn't I tell you before we got married that you take care of the outside affairs and I take care of the inside affairs? Leave everything at home to me!"

Sha Zhu nodded quickly.

The meal was served on the table and a few people were just about to eat when Yan Bugui came in front of them, leading a couple and a little girl with a bunch of gifts.

"My benefactor, I finally found you. Thank you so much for saving my life yesterday!"

Without saying a word, the two adults and a girl knelt down in front of Wang Luo when they saw him.

"Hurry up and get up, hurry up and get up, it's not a big deal, if you get hit, are you going to watch your sister drown?"

Wang Luo, Sha Zhu and others quickly stepped forward to help the person up. This was the family of the little girl who was rescued by Wang Luo from drowning yesterday. "We only have this one child. If something happens, we don't know what to do. So we went to Houhai yesterday to find out your address and came all the way here. We hope to thank you in person. Wen Yan, quickly thank your brother Wang Luo!"

The little girl's father held Wang Luo's hand and shook it vigorously.

"Thank you, Brother Wang Luo!"

"You're welcome, you're welcome. Are you okay?"

Wang Luo asked the little girl with concern. He didn't notice her when he was saving someone yesterday, but when he took a quick look today, hey, this little girl is so pretty.

"It's okay. It's hot and I didn't catch a cold!"

The little girl also answered gracefully.

"It's okay. Be careful next time. If you can't swim, don't go near the water. If I hadn't gone down yesterday, you would have been so aggressive that you might have dragged the person who first saved your life into the water!"

"My mind was blank at the time, so I didn't think too much about it. I will go to his house later to apologize and thank him!"

The little girl stuck out her tongue and said a little embarrassedly.

After chatting for a while and sitting down, I learned the specific situation of this family and the cause of the incident. Both of them worked in the supply and marketing cooperative. The man's surname was Yang, and his name was Yang Dachun. The woman's surname was Xu, and her name was Xu Rou. The girl's name was Yang Wenyan. Yesterday, Xu Rou took Yang Wenyan to Houhai to play. Yang Wenyan was also a naughty girl. When Xu Rou was not paying attention, she ran onto the boat and went to the deep water area. As a result, she fell into the water. If she hadn't been rescued in time, she would have died.

"Wang Luo, no matter how many gifts our family brings, we can't repay your life-saving grace. How about this? Our Wen Yan is about the same age as you, and we are so predestined to be together. Let's find a suitable time and marry into your family. How about we become godparents?"

Yang Dachun looked at Wang Luo and said.

"Xiao Luo, this is great, this is great. We have this custom in our hometown in Shandong Province. You can be considered to have saved this girl. It would be great if you could find a godfather or godmother to bless her to live a peaceful life without illness or disaster. You also have a younger sister, which is great. Send a telegram to your parents and ask them. I believe they would also like to have a girl!"

When Li Jun heard this, he immediately clapped his hands happily.

Adopting a godparent is a common custom in the whole country, not unique to Shandong Province, but Shandong Province has many unique sayings, which may even seem funny to outsiders.

In Shandong Province, there are usually two reasons for adopting a godparent. One is that the child is delicate and difficult to raise, or the child born previously died, so adopting a godparent is the way to keep the child. The other is that according to the fortune teller's speculation, the baby has a bad fate and will bring bad luck to the parents when he grows up, and it is believed that adopting a godparent can solve this problem. Since the main purpose of adopting a godparent is to make it easier to raise the child, a good surname must be chosen for the godparent. It is generally believed that the surnames Liu and Chang are good, as they sound like "long" and "stay", and it is better to choose a family with many children.

There is usually a specific ritual for adopting godparents in different places. When adopting godparents in Jiao County, the parents of the child have to buy a pair of pants and a pair of leg bands for the godmother. Nowadays, leg bands are no longer popular, and two belts are given instead. The godparents have to give the child a set of clothes, put a needle in it to show their sincerity, and put green onions in it to wish the child to be smart.

After being adopted as a godparent, the child cannot eat New Year dumplings at home for three years. He or she must eat at the godparent's home, or the godparent must bring the dumplings to the child. When sending dumplings, a new bowl and a new pair of chopsticks must be used. If the child lives nearby, a bowl of cooked dumplings is served, and if the child lives far away, a few raw dumplings are sent to show the child's love. However, in some places, the custom is that children must celebrate their birthdays at the godparent's home from the age of 3 to the age of 1.

In Linqu, if one wanted to recognize a godmother, one had to make a pair of loose trousers for her, write a document on red cloth, burn incense in the yard, hand in the document, and then let the child fall out of the godmother's crotch to show that the child was one's own. The child would then be ranked according to the godmother's children.

The above are all normal behaviors. Next, let’s talk about abnormal behaviors.

That is the custom of recognizing objects, and the most common one is recognizing a stone as a godparent. In Tai'an, some people would recognize a stone roller in the wheat field as a godparent, and they would stand the roller upright and tie a red string around it as a gift. In southern Shandong, it is common to worship the stone grandmother on February 2 (in some places March 3 or Qingming Festival), worship the stone grandmother as a godmother, and take stone locks from the stone godmother.

Take Junan as an example. In the 20s and s, the process of removing the stone lock was as follows: the child's mother prepared a red thread tassel, a small copper coin, boiled a few eggs, bought a few pieces of candy, and took another little boy to go directly to the stone grandmother. She did not look back when she left, and was not allowed to talk to anyone she met. The woman who took the lock kowtowed to the stone grandmother, and wrapped the red thread tassel around the stone grandmother's neck several times, and then tied a small copper coin at the bottom of the thread, which was the pendant of the stone lock. She took it off and put it on the neck of the little boy who went with her, and then walked straight home. When she got home, she took it off the little boy's neck and put it on her own child's neck.

In Zaozhuang, people still worship the "Taishan Stone Guardian" as a godparent. There is a folk song saying: "The stone is the godfather, the stone is the godmother, and the child will live to be over eighty." This reflects the worship and belief in stone in folk customs, and also shows that the original intention of the people to take stone as a godparent is to ensure the longevity and health of the child.

Of course, in addition to stones, there are also various godparents, such as big trees, and even dogs at home.

So if you are driving along the roadside during some traditional festivals in Shandong Province, and see a burly man carrying cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, tea, offerings of fruits and fried food, etc., suddenly kneeling down and kowtowing beside a big tree or a rock, muttering something, don't be surprised, because he is honoring his godmother. Haha, it's very funny.

In addition to these traditional customs of adopting a godparent, there is the life-saving grace. If a child adopts a dog as a godparent, it is because the dog in the family saved the child's life. This is not common, but it is a very common phenomenon in Shandong Province to adopt a godparent for the life-saving grace. No matter how much wealth one has, one cannot repay the life-saving grace. The only way to narrow the distance is through relatives. At that time, the child will be like one's own child, and one can visit the godparents' home during the New Year and other festivals.

The so-called godparents of the Yang family were the last type. Wang Luo had saved their daughter, and a little gift could not show his sincerity, so he simply adopted the godparents according to custom.

(End of this chapter)