Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 106 A Different Kind of Ancestor

Chapter [-] An Alternative Ancestor

At the end of the year, Sun Ji also brought in a batch of firecrackers to sell. The shopkeeper Zhang suggested that the supplier be the Liu family in Fenglin Town.

There are a lot of people in Fenglin Town who sell firecrackers in fashion, and they are all well-known in the area of ​​Wanghai County.The Liu family is even more prominent among them. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have made a living by making firecrackers.

Before Jinxi purchased the firecrackers, she and shopkeeper Zhang went to Fenglin Town for field inspection. There are many firecracker workshops in Fenglin Town, big and small, but none of them are as good as Liu's. Naturally, the prices are much cheaper.Jinxi went to Liu's house in person, saw the whole process of making the firecrackers, and was very satisfied with the details of the Liu family's settings in the process of making the firecrackers. The suppliers are all identified as the Liu family.

Although the wholesale price of Liu's firecrackers is a bit higher than that of other houses, Jin Xi still accepts it.

"Father, the firecrackers that Uncle brought home, did it say which company made them?" Jin Xi pulled Liang Yuzhong back and asked in a low voice. She had heard Liang Yuju and Lao Liangtou ask for credit, and said that she would find a channel this time. They bought a batch of good firecrackers, they sold well, and they should have made a lot of money, of course Jin Xi wanted to inquire.

Liang Yuzhong scratched his head: "I was too busy moving it, and I didn't have time to take a closer look. How about I go take a look again?"

"Uh, Dad, don't rush to go, let me think about it..."

"Xi'er, why are you frowning? What's wrong? Tell Fourth Uncle to see if Fourth Uncle can help you!" Liang Yuzhou walked towards Jinxi Jinrou, wiping his hands after moving his things. , with a simple and friendly smile on Heishi's face.

"Fourth Uncle, did you see where the firecrackers came from?" Jin Xi, who is close to Liang Yuzhou, asked after greeting him affectionately.

"Oh, you're asking about the firecrackers that your uncle brought back from the shop, right? I'm afraid you have to ask your uncle. I saw nothing written on the paper shells outside of those firecrackers!" Liang Yuzhou said.

"Then, there's no writing on the outside of the big cardboard box that holds the firecrackers?" Jin Xi thought for a while and asked.

Liang Yuzhou and Liang Yuzhong recalled together and shook their heads at the same time: "I didn't write it!"

"Didn't write anything?" Jin Xi muttered to herself, frowning slightly, lost in thought.A bad feeling rose in my heart.

In the past few months of doing business, she has a clear understanding of the purchase, not to mention the big items like firecrackers, which are filled with gunpowder. There are markings on the goods, but there is nothing on the outer packaging and inner packaging. This is a bit weird, maybe it is black goods!
Thinking of this, Jin Xi couldn't help but cast a glance at Liang Yuju who was accompanies Lao Liangtou to organize the incense sticks, good Liang Yuju, you won't get a batch of black firecrackers to fool you just to make more money people?
"Rou'er, I haven't seen you in a few months, you've grown in size, um, your hair isn't yellow anymore, why, what good food did Ga Po get for you at Ga Po's house? Feeding our Rou'er so heavy?" Liang Yu Zhou picked up Jin Rou and teased her happily, while Liang Yuzhong and Sun Shi watched from the side.

"Fourth Uncle, don't say that Rou'er is fat, Rou'er is not fat!" Jin Rou happily hugged Liang Yuzhou's neck, and said softly.

Liang Yuzhou laughed loudly, turned his head and said to Liang Yuzhong who was beside him: "Third brother, you heard me, such a little guy really loves beauty, so don't let me, an uncle, talk about it!"

Liang Yuzhong shook his head straight, and Mrs. Sun pursed her lips and smiled and said, "Fourth brother, don't say anything about being fat, or this little girl will be too emotional to eat!"

"Oh? That's right, well, if you don't want fourth uncle to say anything, then tell fourth uncle, do you miss fourth uncle these few months?" Liang Yuzhou hugged Jin Rou who was like a jade carving, and was reluctant to let go.

Jinrou blinked her big eyes, and under Liang Yuzhou's expectant gaze, she hugged his head and kissed his dark face directly.

This move of hers was far beyond Liang Yuzhou's expectations, and it was also the best proof that she had this truth in her heart, and that kiss made Liang Yuzhou laugh so hard that she couldn't close her mouth.

If it weren't for the old Liangtou who had to tell him to do something, Liang Yuzhou would have to play with Jinrou for a while.

Liang Yuzhou put down Jin Rou, and went to the old Liangtou's side, Jin Xi grabbed Liang Yuzhong's sleeve, Liang Yuzhong leaned over, and heard Jin Xi whisper a few words in his ear.

"Huh? This is not the case, is it? If it is as you said, it will be a serious matter. I have to tell your father and the others to go! Otherwise, the firecrackers will explode a little bit, and it will be dangerous." It's gone!" Liang Yuzhong's shocked eyes almost popped out.

"Father, I guessed this matter. You can say it without evidence. Don't say that uncles and others will be the first to refute you. Even grandma and grandma won't be convinced. Besides, it's a big Chinese New Year thing. It's auspicious. If you say this rashly, when our old Liang family bumps into each other in the coming year, don't you have to blame dad on you?"

The daughter's analysis is also reasonable. How can you talk about things during the Chinese New Year casually?Now Liang Yuzhong was also in trouble, he supported Jin Xi's shoulder and said: "But I can't just sit and watch your master put himself in danger!"

"Father, I'm just guessing and thinking about the worst, um, even if it's a black firecracker, it's not like everything goes wrong." Jin Xi said: "Father, I'm telling you this to When you set off the firecrackers later, don't move forward, remember to remind Fourth Uncle!" Jin Xi added, she also didn't want Liang Yuzhou to have anything to do.

Even if Liang Yuju wanted to make money again, he couldn't just get back the defective products to harm his father, right?Jin Xi thought to herself, you have to know that every year when firecrackers are set off for such important events, it is the oldest person in the family who sets off the firecrackers.

Amid Liang Yuzhong's entanglements and worries, the annual ceremony of inheriting the ancestors finally began.

In Jinxi's memory, the ancestors were picked up on the afternoon of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. When it was getting dark, every household set off a string of firecrackers at the gate, which was regarded as taking the ancestors back home.

From this moment on, the adults in the family should not be as frizzy as usual when talking or doing things, even if they are pouring water and taking dishes and chopsticks, they should be handled with care.Adults will also tell children not to make loud noises at home.

As for the old Liang family, the ceremony of accepting ancestors was a little different.

First of all, it is not to set off firecrackers, but to give blessings to the ancestors' shrines, burn incense and yellow paper.

A whole family of young and old gathered in the main room, men and women stood on the left and right first, and then moved to the back according to the age of the elders and younger generations. The Eight Immortals Table was moved to the middle of the main room. , Two red candles were burning in the middle of the table, and two teams of men and women stood facing each other with the Eight Immortals table as the pivot point.

Liang Yuju and Jin Shi are the leaders of these two teams respectively, and the one at the end of the team is Liang Libai on the men's side, Jinrou on the female side's side, and Jinxi standing in front of Jinrou, second to last, in front of her It's Liang Jinlan, and further on, it's Liang Yumei and Sun's.

Old Liangtou and Mrs. Tan stood on both sides of the Eight Immortals table, one on the left and one on the right. After hearing Mrs. Tan's order, Mrs. Yang, a Quanfu man from the side door, meandered over with a wooden tray in both hands.

Yang walked up to the table of the Eight Immortals, bent one leg and lowered her body, then Tan raised her hands high, took the blessings on the wooden tray one by one, put them in the hands of Lao Liangtou, and then the old Liangtou, one by one, Lightly put it on the Eight Immortals table.

The male and female teams in the inner hall were all silent, the eyes of the big guys all fell on the hands of the silent but tacit three people in front of the Eight Immortals table, even Liang Libai, who usually loves to make trouble, In such a solemn atmosphere, they dare not make trouble.

Quanfu people made a total of six blessings, taking the meaning of Liuliu Dashun.What was brought to the table of the Eight Immortals in turn: a large piece of fat rolled in the pot, fried small yellow croaker, black sesame glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, preserved apricots and sugar dumplings, and the last dish was sweet potato rice.

Just listen to the old Liangtou posing blessings, still muttering words.

Jin Xi guessed that Old Liangtou was reciting prayers, although his voice was extremely low, basically muttering to himself, but Jin Xi's hearing was excellent.

While the others were in a daze, Jin Xi pricked up her ears to listen, and after a lot of effort, she finally understood.Translated into my own language, the general meaning is: the ancestors of the old Liang family are here, this year is different from previous years, and the family encountered some unsatisfactory things, everything must be streamlined and economical, so honoring your blessings is also Not as rich as in previous years.

However, I would like to ask all the ancestors and ancestors to continue to protect the descendants of the old Liang family and share the joys and sorrows. When the current difficulties are over, the old Liang family will prosper and prosper in the coming year. ...

In these prayers, the old Liangtou also mentioned Liang Lihui's name emphatically, to the effect that the ancestors of the old Liang family should, in addition, focus on this eldest grandson who studied and tested for fame.

Jin Xi chuckled secretly, if there really were spirits under the spring, the fear of these ancestors would probably not be that the blessings were not rich, but the cooking skills of the Quanfu people.

The hob meat, the thick black hairs on the skin have not been scraped off, and the deep-fried small yellow croaker has a burnt smell when it comes out. Yang's cooking has always been half-baked, and the black sesame glutinous rice balls look good. I just don't know if the part inside is a ball of paste?The descendants and daughters-in-law made such blessings. I wonder if the ancestors of the old Liang family would vomit and have diarrhea?Looking back, maybe I was worrying too much. It has been several years since Yang gave birth to Liang Libai and became a Quanfu member of the old Liang family. She must have tempered the stomachs of the ancestors, right?

Jin Xi also noticed that among the six blessings, rice cakes, preserved apricots, and candy dice were all bought by Jin Xi and the others to pay tribute to Mrs. Tan and Lao Liangtou, and now they also took them out to show off.

After the blessings were delivered and the prayers were finished, the Quanfu people also retreated to the female family members. Next, it was the turn of the eldest grandson of the old Liang family, Liang Lihui, the only well-known scholar of the old Liang family.

Jin Xi blinked, and saw this talented scholar coming out of the team with a solemn expression. Today, he is wearing a brand-new dark coat, and on his head is a flat-topped square scarf that is loved by scholars in this era. With a few wide cloth straps.

Liang Lihui coughed cautiously, raised his hands, and shook his wide sleeves. Then, with his long, slender and whitened fingers, he took out a scroll from his cuff, opened it, and stood respectfully on the table Before him, he shook his head and began to recite the words on the scroll.

What Liang Lihui read was an article written by himself. Jin Xi guessed that he should have chosen an article that he thought he was most satisfied with and could handle, and read it to the ancestors of the old Liang family.

It's just that Jinxi's ears are suffering, Jinxi can't understand the pure ancient Chinese, and only knows the meaning, such as woohoo, was repeated many times by Liang Lihui, it is really an old lady's foot wrap, it is so long and smelly, It is even more torturous than reading a speech by a high school principal in a meeting!

In the men's line opposite, except for the four brothers of the Liang family, the rest of the grandchildren couldn't stand it any longer. Liang Libai stood there and began to sway dishonestly.

And the female relatives on my side all lowered their heads and eyes, and their eyes all fell on their toes.Jin Xi heard Liang Jinlan beside her muttering in a low voice: "This is the article every year, it makes my ears tingle!"

"Isn't it? The old elders are old. Can't Li Hui write a shorter and fresher one to read to the ancestors? I'm tired of hearing it!" Liang Yumei also complained in a low voice.

"Aunt Mei'er, does your foot hurt? My foot is so painful!" Liang Jinlan asked in a low voice.

"My feet are about to be lifted by me. They must be swollen. You can't stand up straight without seeing me!"

"Hey..." Both of them sighed at the same time.

These two are members of the female family of the old Liang family, and their feet are bound. It is difficult for them to stand for such a long time, especially for these two people who have been out shopping in the market for most of the day, and now they are even more likely to collapse up.

Jin Xi could hear the above complaints clearly, because the three of them stood in a row, while the others might not be able to hear them, because Liang Lihui had already read the passage that made him unable to help being emotional. The shaking was very dynamic, and the voice became more and more cadenced, full of energy, and there was no sign of dry mouth.

His voice completely covered the complaints of the people below, he was immersed in his own paradise, and Jin Xi saw the intoxication in the corners of his eyes and brows.

"Sister, don't doze off!" A small hand suddenly touched Jin Xi's hand lightly, Jin Xi turned her eyes and saw Jin Rou pursing her lips and snickering at her.

"No." Jin Xi lowered her voice, she couldn't stand it any longer, so she had to lower her head and close her eyes to rest her mind. Jin Rou was definitely worried that she would fall asleep and be caught and reprimanded by Mrs. Tan, but Liang Lihui This is still endless.

Just when Jinxi's calves were trembling a little, Mrs. Tan suddenly yelled like a thunderbolt, which stunned the Liang family members in the main room, and even Liang Lihui, who was reciting his masterpiece aloud, suddenly stopped He turned to look at the burning Tan Shi in a daze.

"Bastard, I've been staring at you for a long time, you're twisting there with your legs between your legs, what are you doing?" Tan's gaze was like a sharp sword, and he shot straight at Liang Libo, who was at the end of the men's team.

(End of this chapter)