Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

Turning tiles is a heavy job.

It turned out that the ancient houses were blue tile houses.The pottery craftsmanship of the Ming Dynasty was not very good. After the tiles were subjected to physical changes such as wind, sun, rain, or thermal expansion and contraction, many tiles would crack after a whole year.

Therefore, before the rainy season in summer, most people will go to the roof to put all the tiles back up and place them again.Broken tiles have to be replaced in due course.

A piece of blue tile is only two or two weights, but you have to climb to a high place first, bend down and repeat this mechanical action.Based on the roof area of ​​the ancestral hall, there are at least tens of thousands of pieces, so the amount of labor will be huge.

Besides, there is the risk of falling off the roof.

Generally speaking, this kind of heavy work will be done by the lowest-level servants in the mansion.

Tangtang, a young master of a big house climbed onto the roof and got covered in dirt, which is indeed a bit outrageous.

Seeing Su Mu's uneasy expression, the man's voice became louder: "Why, you don't want to, this is what Master Ruitang told you. It will be midsummer soon, and this house is a bit leaky. Do you want to let the ancestors get caught in the rain?"

No one can bear the pressure of a big hat.

Being scolded by a servant like this, although Su Mu was extremely angry, his expression was still calm, even with a hint of shyness: "Yes, you are right, let's talk about it after I put down the things at hand!" , he looked as if helplessly raised the incense candle in his hand.

The servant was originally a third-bedroom person, and he had already been hinted that he should make a fuss about this idiot young master Su Mu.

Seeing that Su Mu's clothes were soft, he was even more proud, and laughed: "Then hurry up, wait for the tiles to be turned, and paint the walls again."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to the surrounding walls. There were still a bucket of lime, a bucket of water and a big brush in the corner.

Then he sat down lazily against a flower bed in the yard, and the other servants moved their hands and put their heads in front of a pool to see the pair of turtles swimming around inside.

Looking at the appearance of the crowd, he wanted to hand over all the work to Su Mu, and exhausted the young master Dafang to death.

All of this was within Su Mu's expectations, and he walked slowly into the ancestral hall without making any changes.

Looking closely, there are more than a dozen spirit tablets placed neatly in four rows on the divine table in front of it, and there is an incense burner on the long table, which is full of soot.

In front of the long table are more than a dozen rush futons.

The room was a bit dark, and Su Mu looked for a long time before he found his father's spiritual seat, which was located in the middle of the bottom row.

When Su Mu traveled here, his father had already passed away, and only a trace of it remained in his memory.

In fact, Su Mu didn't have much affection for this man except for giving him this body.After all, today's Sumu is no longer the former Sumu.

But after all, I have occupied the body of someone else's son, so I should shoulder the responsibilities that Su Mu should have borne.Besides, the Four Books and Five Classics that his father ordered him to memorize by heart were also the basis for Su Mu to settle down in this world.

In a sense, father's kindness is hard to repay.

Su Mu didn't dare to do anything wrong, so he respectfully lit three sticks of incense and inserted them into the incense burner.Then he knelt down on the futon and kowtowed three times, clasped his palms together, and muttered silently: Father, yes, from now on, you are my father.From today on, son, work hard to make your spirit in heaven proud of me.

This silent prayer lasted for more than ten minutes, and the people outside gradually felt a little impatient. The man who handed the ladder to Su Mu couldn't help casting his eyes into the room. Seeing that Su Mu was still worshiping his ancestors, he could only bear it. Hold your breath and wait.

But this time, it was time for another pot of tea, and gradually he became a little impatient.

Not only this man, even Su Ruitang, who was sitting on a chair with his eyes closed and dozed off, slowly opened his eyes, and then shook his head at the man, asking him to be patient.

Fortunately, Su Mu finally stood up.

But just when others thought that Su Mu would come out to fix the roof tiles, Su Mu took out another stick of incense, lit it at a speed as slow as a snail crawling, inserted it into the incense burner, and went back to the futon to kowtow three times. Keep on praying silently.

Again and again, half an hour passed.

Not only was the man handing the ladder extremely angry, but even the few people who were watching the turtle stood up at the same time.

Su Mu saw the movement outside from the corner of his eye, and sneered in his heart: play with me, you are still young, let's grind it slowly!

"The Master said: Learning and learning from time to time, isn't it easy to talk about it? Isn't it a pleasure to have friends come from afar? Isn't it a gentleman when people don't know but are not stunned?"

"The Master said: As a human being, he is also filial and fraternal, but those who like to offend his superiors are rare; those who are not easy to offend his superiors, but like to cause chaos, have never existed. A gentleman is fundamental, and Dao is born from his foundation. He who is filial to his younger brother is the foundation of benevolence!"

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In a short while, the entire "Analects of Confucius" was memorized.

Don't worry, then recite "University", "Doctrine of the Mean" and "Mencius".Stealing Fusheng's half-day leisure, I happened to reorganize the things I have learned before in my heart.

Anyway, there are about [-] sticks of incense sticks in hand, so it's no problem to spend most of the day, who can't work abroad!

……

Su Ruitang really couldn't bear it anymore, seeing the sun was already high, this morning was going to pass, once Su Mu entered the ancestral hall, he was unwilling to come out, hum, since you want to be a turtle, don't blame me for being rude!

He coughed and said: "Su Qian, go ask the young master to come out."

It turned out that the man who handed the ladder to Su Mu earlier was called Su Qian.

Su Qian responded, ran into the ancestral hall, stretched out his hand to pull Su Mu who was praying with his eyes closed: "Eldest young master, it's time to get up and work, building the ancestral hall is a major event for our family, so we can't delay... Ah, How did you hit someone!"

Before he finished speaking, Su Mu stood up suddenly, "Slap!", and slapped Su Qian on the face.

Su Qiandao was stunned by Su Mu.

Su Mu looked at Su Qian with a serious face: "Presumptuous, repairing the ancestral hall, especially turning over the tiles, is breaking ground on the heads of the ancestors and alarming the ancestors. This is a serious crime. You must first burn incense, bathe and pray , to do it. I am begging my ancestors to forgive me, but you, a servant, came here to make noise for no reason, what should you do?"

Su Mu's expression was stern, his eyes were as sharp as knives, and his body naturally carried an aura, but Su Qian was actually frightened by him, and subconsciously took a step back.

It took me a long time to wake up, and I couldn't help roaring: "If you want to pay homage to your ancestors, you just need to light a stick of incense. It takes a long time to worship, which is obviously lazy."

"Yizhuxiang, thank you for being able to speak out, you unfilial descendant." Su Mu also pressed down his big hat, pointed at the spirit tablet and shouted: "Say one more thing in front of the ancestors, breaking ground for the ancestral hall is such a big event As descendants, we have to pray one ancestor at a time, so that we can get their understanding. You think about it with just a stick of incense, which is obviously perfunctory. Is it possible to do things casually when worshiping ancestors? Your unfilial piety is still light, you have to be punished by family law, and you will be beaten to death directly."

Su Mu suppressed one big hat of unfilial piety, which was a big crime in ancient times.

Su Qian was so frightened that his face turned ashen, and he couldn't help backing away.

When he retreated to the threshold, he stumbled on the back of his foot and fell to the ground with a thud, all over the sky.