Chapter 368 Ancestor worship, robbers

February 18th of the lunar calendar, Saturday.

This day is of special significance to the members of the Naye Deng clan who are under the age of 30.

When the Naye Deng family worships their ancestors, they need to prepare the five kinds of offerings (pig, sheep, chicken, goose, and duck), rice balls, tea, and wine. These are indispensable. As for other things such as candies, biscuits, fruits, etc., you can have them or not.

If the five kinds of meat, rice balls, tea and wine were main meals for our ancestors, then candies, biscuits and fruits were just snacks. That's the difference.

As for the gold, silver, incense and candles, there is no need to say much. There is also a large and long straw snake made of straw. Before setting off, you must light this straw snake and let it smoke. It cannot be extinguished. You must take it out to clear the mountain or worship your ancestors, and you must bring it back.

At eight o'clock in the morning, everyone gathered at the entrance of the new ancestral hall and ate a few bowls of porridge to fill their stomachs.

Everything was ready. At the command of the clan leader Deng Shirong, thousands of people marched towards the tomb of the ancestor of the Ye Deng family.

The people in charge of leading the way were the tribesmen carrying straw snakes and a large flag with the surname Deng, followed by the tribesmen playing suona and beating gongs and drums, then the tribesmen carrying offerings such as pigs, sheep, chickens, geese, and ducks, and then the tribesmen holding tools and fireworks.

Thousands of people lined up in a long procession, beating gongs, drums and playing suona along the way. The sound was truly extraordinary.

The tomb of the founding ancestor of the Naye Deng family is not far from Naye Village, only about two kilometers away. After walking for about half an hour, the group arrived at the foot of the ancestral mountain.

This mountain is called Gaolongtang.

As for the burial places of their ancestors, the Naye Deng family was afraid that their descendants would forget, so they specially made up a jingle. The jingle goes like this: The first generation ancestor is in Gaolongtang, the second generation ancestor is in Miaoshanpo, and the third generation ancestor is in Shebutou...

There are names all the way back to the tenth generation ancestor, and they are catchy and easy to remember.

Although this ancestral mountain is called Gaolongtang, it is actually not very high.

There are so many mountains in Bobai that you can say there are mountains everywhere, but these mountains are not high. The highest mountain in the county is Liutangjing, which has an altitude of only 929 meters. There are very few mountains over 100 meters in Shuangwang. Most of them are short mountains only tens of meters high.

Just like Gaolongtang, its altitude is only a few dozen meters.

After arriving at the place, because there were so many people, everyone had to disperse around and there was no way for them all to squeeze in front of the ancestor's tomb. Only a part of the tribesmen were left with tools to start clearing the weeds next to the tomb.

As for Deng Shirong and several prominent members of the clan, they stood together with the clan leaders and prominent people from various branch clans.

Deng Changfa, the head of the Xintian Deng clan, said with emotion: "When I came here with the elders of the clan to worship the ancestor, I was still a young man who had not even married. Now I even have grandchildren. Time flies!"

The head of the Deng clan in Yamaguchi continued, "I came here with the elders in the past, but I was younger at that time, only about fourteen or fifteen years old, and I never came again after that."

The head of the Deng clan in Shahe said, "When we came here to worship our ancestor, there were only a few of us. The scene was nothing like what it is now."

The head of the Deng clan in Gongguan laughed and said, "That's different. It's so far away. Back then, we had to walk here, which took a whole day and night. It was already very good to have a few people come to participate. It's not like now that we can drive here in just one or two hours. It's totally incomparable."

The head of the Beiliu Deng clan echoed, "Yes, it's too far away, especially since we are more than a hundred kilometers away. Since the road is not easy to travel, it takes several hours to drive here. If we walk, it will take at least two or three days to get there. It's really not easy to come here!"

Deng Yungui smiled and said, "At least the road is open now. Unlike before when we could only walk, we can strengthen the connection among our people and develop together."

Deng Shirong said: "The current road is indeed difficult to travel. When the country develops in the future, the road will definitely be rebuilt and paved with asphalt or cement. There may even be a highway built. It will be much more convenient to drive here then."

"We are building a highway in this area?"

Deng Yungui was shocked when he heard this and said, "Uncle Jiu, I saw that the highways mentioned on TV were all built in big cities. It's probably impossible to build a highway in a place like ours, right?"

In the 1980s, my country's expressway construction was just beginning, and even those major cities were not yet fully connected by expressways, let alone remote places like Shuangwang.

Normally, there is no hope of building a highway in a remote place like Shuangwang.

However, things are unpredictable. No one except Deng Shirong, who had experienced it, could have imagined that the country would develop so rapidly in the future. Before his rebirth, the Shuangwang Expressway was already under construction. Unfortunately, he passed away before it was completed and opened to traffic.

"The geographical location of Shuangwang is indeed not good. It is inherently inferior to other towns, but our country is developing at a rapid pace. Perhaps one day, the country will be able to provide expressways to every town. Who can say for sure about such things?"

Deng Shirong said meaningfully: "Just like ten years ago, it was difficult for us to have a meal of meat. Who would have dared to think that we would be able to come up with millions to build a new ancestral hall ten years later?"

Deng Yunqiang shook his head repeatedly and said, "I never dreamed that this day would come."

Deng Changfa said with emotion: "Since the reform and opening up of our country, it has really changed every year. Perhaps in a few decades, as Jiugong said, every town will have access to highways. By that time, our country will probably be as developed as the United States."

A few people stood there chatting about all sorts of things, while the tribesmen had already neatly cleared the weeds around the grave.

The reason why it is so quick is that the tribesmen are used to doing this work, and clearing weeds is a piece of cake for them, and practice makes perfect.

On the other hand, the ancestor of the Naye Deng family did not have an ordinary earthen tomb, but a white tomb.

The so-called white grave is a grave hardened with lime.

A white tomb cannot be built casually (here building a white tomb is called "building a white tomb"). The first condition for building a white tomb in Bobai is that the tomb must be a Feng Shui treasure land that has been identified by famous masters. If a small earthen tomb with no particular layout is used to build a white tomb, it will cause laughter.

Secondly, they are generally old graves of some age. It is rare to see white graves in new graves.

In Bobai area, there is a huge difference between white tombs and earthen tombs.

A white grave has everything a grave should have, including a tombstone, epitaph and the like.

As mentioned in the previous article, the earthen grave is just a nameless small mound of earth. This is also the main reason why some people recognized the wrong ancestors when they were clearing the mountains in later generations.

This small earthen grave is really difficult to identify. Even if you go to shovel the hill every year, it is still difficult to remember, not to mention that some people in later generations may only have time to shovel the hill once every few years due to busy work. It all depends on the brain to remember. Once a person's memory is wrong, it is normal to shovel the ancestors of other people's families next door as their own ancestors.

After the tribesmen cleared the weeds next to the grave, they began to place the offerings. During this period, the sounds of gongs, drums and suona never stopped. The sound of gongs and drums on the top of the mountain, coupled with the suona, known as the king of musical instruments, could really be heard from far away.

When everything is ready, the ancestor worship ceremony officially begins.

Deng Shirong and Deng Yungui, the two people in charge of drinking the wine, stepped forward and began to drink the wine, directing the clan members to start bowing three times and kowtow nine times to the ancestor, as shown in the following picture: [This is the scene of the Naye Deng family's ancestor worship. Because they are not worshipping the ancestor, they have not notified the clan members in various places. In addition, the ancestor worship in this era is not as grand as in the 1990s. Many clan members who work and do business outside have not returned, so the number of participants is not large. There is a video in the Easter Egg Chapter later, please go and watch it.]

It took more than two hours to complete the entire process.

The reason why it takes so long is mainly because the list of sacrificial texts is quite long. It takes more than an hour just to read the sacrificial texts. Add to that the various ancestor worship procedures, so it is normal to spend more than two hours.

After going through the various ancestor worship procedures, the tribesmen began to set off fireworks and firecrackers, then beat gongs and drums, and suonas also started playing...

During these two hours, many clan members and relatives finally gained some knowledge and understood what ancestor worship is all about. The older clan members were also moved by the scene and recalled the times when they accompanied their elders in ancestor worship.

However, things have changed now, and many of the elders who accompanied them in ancestor worship are no longer alive.

After offering sacrifices to the first ancestor, the clan members and relatives went back and drank a few bowls of porridge, and then replaced the offerings with other offerings (whether it is shoveling the mountain or offering sacrifices to ancestors, the offerings cannot be shared. The same offering has been used to offer sacrifices to this ancestor, and when it is time to offer sacrifices to another ancestor, new offerings must be replaced. This can be understood as being disrespectful to feed the ancestors with leftovers ^_^), and then they started getting on the car, ready to go to offer sacrifices to the second-generation ancestor.

Because the second generation ancestor lives quite far away, you have to take a car to get there.

However, if they take a car, some clan members will definitely not be able to go. Although there are many cars now, including cars driven by clan members and twenty large buses transferred back from the passenger transport company for ancestor worship, the number of people is really too large, and some clan members are destined to stay behind.

The tribesmen were not disappointed by this.

After all, they had just experienced the ancestor worship process and knew what it was all about.

Then, dozens of large trucks and twenty large buses were dispatched, all of them flying large flags with the surname Deng, beating gongs and drums along the way to create enough momentum. When passing other villages, the villagers all ran out to watch the fun.

Such a scene is rare to see.

The following process is basically the same, so there is no need to say more.

The five-day ancestor worship activities directly alarmed the surrounding major surnames, making the Naye Deng family once again the focus of discussion among the major surnames.

The clan leaders of these surnames have all started to think about it and plan to follow the example of the Naye Deng family and restart the ancestor worship activities next year.

The relatives from all over the country have had a very comfortable time in the past five days. The brothers in their ancestral land have treated them very warmly, the dishes for the five days have been extremely rich, and there is plenty of cigarettes, tea and wine, which makes these relatives reluctant to leave.

Five days passed in the blink of an eye.

"Jiu Gong, we will go back first. You can come to our mansion to play when you have time."

"Jiugong, we have a lot of seafood in Shankou, and they are all the freshest. Why don't you come and stay for a few days when you are free?"

"Jiu Gong, we in Shahe welcome you to visit us anytime."

"Nine Lords..."

Before leaving, clan leaders from all over the country came to greet Deng Shirong and invited him to visit them with anticipation.

In response, Deng Shirong smiled and responded in unison: "Okay, I'll go over to your place and play when I have time."

After greeting each other, the clan members got into the car and left with a look of reluctance on their faces.

…

The next day, Deng Shirong took a bus to Nanning.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Deng Shirong saw the renderings of the villa complex in Dean Huang's office.

Deng Shirong couldn't take his eyes off the renderings when he first saw them. Dean Huang was indeed an ancient building designer who had worked with him on several projects. He really knew what kind of design he wanted. This villa complex was built entirely according to his ideas.

The architectural style is as shown below: [Just take a look at this Chinese-style building. Dean Huang’s design is definitely more beautiful than this one, but the author couldn’t find a better picture.]

This single building may not look stunning enough, but after being connected into a larger scale and embellished with greenery on both sides of the river, the overall integration looks very stunning.

If it is accompanied by lighting, the visual effect will be even more charming.

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In short, the rendering created by Dean Huang looks really beautiful.

If he is satisfied with the design effect, then he can ask Dean Huang to produce the construction drawings. Deng Shirong plans to let his real estate company, Ye Deng, be responsible for the construction of the villa complex in the village, so as not to bother the architectural design institute.

After all, the construction of such a building is not difficult. If you ask an architectural design institute to build it, the various costs will be too high and it will not be cost-effective.

If the family company takes charge, a lot of money can be saved.

Although the Naye Deng family is not short of money now, they cannot waste money like this.

Dean Huang didn't care about this. After all, Boss Deng didn't reduce his design fee. Their architectural design institute was overwhelmed with construction projects and the construction workers were already stretched thin. Losing one project wouldn't have much of an impact.

After talking about the villa complex, Deng Shirong then chatted with Dean Huang about the renovation progress of the Naye Deng Community. Knowing that it would be completed in three or four months, he said goodbye with satisfaction.

…

noon.

A truck was driving from Bobai towards Hepu. The person driving the truck was none other than Bu Dajun from Baoshan Village.

At this time, Bu Dajun was skillfully operating the steering wheel while chatting and chatting with his two friends sitting in the passenger seat.

As Bu Zhongshi's childhood playmate, he took him to Bobai to learn how to drive before Bu Zhongshi bought a truck.

After getting his driver's license, Bu Zhongshi bought the truck with a loan, and Bu Dajun has been serving as his brother's driver.

Later, with the support of his uncle, Bu Zhongshi became more and more prosperous in the freight industry. The number of trucks continued to increase, and he had long become the individual business owner with the most trucks in the whole Bobai. His business was booming, and it was no exaggeration to say that he made a fortune every day.

After becoming a real big boss, Bu Zhongshi naturally did not forget Bu Dajun, his brother who he had played with since childhood.

Therefore, with the support of Bu Zhongshi, Bu Dajun, who was originally just a driver, also owned his own truck and could take jobs with Bu Zhongshi. Naturally, his income was not comparable to that of a mere driver with a fixed salary.

In the past two years, Bu Dajun has made a lot of money. Not only did he build a new house, he also married a virtuous wife. He lives a very happy life.

All of this was brought to him by his brother Bu Zhongshi, and Bu Dajun naturally knew it.

I was bragging to my friends when, after the car turned a big corner, the road was blocked by a big horizontal tree.

Seeing this scene, Bu Dajun, who had been driving for several years and had sufficient experience, felt nervous and immediately shouted in a low voice: "Be careful, it's dangerous."

While speaking, he had already stopped the car and immediately took out a shotgun from the side.

It was not the first time for the two friends to follow the car. Upon hearing this, they quickly took out two shotguns from the side.

With the gun in his hand, Bu Dajun felt a little relieved.

At this time, he could also see clearly that next to the horizontal tree, there were seven or eight people standing there scattered, holding tools such as hoes and iron hooks in their hands, as if they had just come back from working in the fields and stopped here to rest.

When they saw Bu Dajun brake, they didn't go over, but stayed there and smoked silently.

When Bu Dajun saw this, he knew what was going on. This group of people were not the kind of criminals who wanted to rob everything and might even kill people. They probably just wanted a "toll".

Thinking of this, Bu Dajun took out five big unity notes from his pocket, opened the car window, and waved the big unity notes in his hand while saying to the people, "Brothers, can you please help move this tree? This is your hard-earned money."

Seeing that Bu Dajun was so "tactful", someone in the crowd immediately said, "Brother, this tree is a bit heavy. I'm afraid we can't move it!"

Upon hearing this, Bu Dajun took out a big unity note and a five-yuan bill and said, "Brothers, please help me. I'm just a driver. This is already more than a month's salary for me."

As they were talking, at Bu Dajun's suggestion, the two friends showed the weapons in their hands.

Seeing this, the man reluctantly said, "Well, since you've come to this point, it would be bad if we didn't help. Wait a moment, we'll help move the tree."

As he was speaking, a young man walked over from the crowd.

Bu Dajun handed the money to the other party. After taking the money, the other party went back and worked with others to move the big tree that blocked the road.

Bu Dajun thanked them, then restarted the car and left with several people watching.

The two friends didn't say a word during the whole process. Only after they left did one of them couldn't help but ask, "Brother Dajun, why should we give them money? They only have a few hoes and iron hoes, and we have three guns. Are we afraid of them?"

Bu Dajun shook his head and said, "That's not the case. When we are away from home, we should still value peace. If we can get through the difficulties by giving up a little money, then there is no need for us to fight them.

Of course, if they had a big appetite just now, we would have had no choice but to fight them."

In fact, there is another important reason he didn't say, that is, he has concerns now. His wife is waiting for him to return home, and it is not worth it to fight with others for such a small amount of money. If it was before he got married and encountered such a situation, it would be impossible to make him pay the money obediently with a gun in his hand.

Another friend cursed: "Diao Reme Zhibai, they got it easy."

Bu Dajun said as he drove: "We are very lucky to have just encountered this situation. I have heard from many colleagues that in some places now, drivers are not only robbed of their money, but also of their goods. If the driver dares to resist, he may not even be able to save his life."

Friend A said, "Damn, working in freight transport is really dangerous."

Friend B said, "No wonder Zhongshi often reminds us to be vigilant when we go out in a sports car. In broad daylight, someone openly came out to intercept us and ask for money. If it was at night, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?"

Bu Dajun said: "That's why we never drive at night. It's too dangerous to drive a sports car at night."

Friend A said: "When we get back, we must remind Brother Zhongshi and tell the other brothers to be careful about the Gongguan route."

Bu Dajun said, "No need to wait until we get back. I'll call him once we get the goods to the destination."

…

at the same time.

On a bus heading to Nanxiong County, Deng Shirong was thinking about how to transplant ginkgo trees on the village road. A more reliable way was to hire a car to transport the trees back to the village one by one. He could hire a car from the neighboring county or a place not far from Shuangwang.

This is reliable, but it is too troublesome.

The easiest way is for him to directly use the power of the system space to plant all the trees.

But there was another problem: how to hide it from the clan members? Deng Shirong thought about it and finally came up with a solution, which was to find a way to transfer the clan members to the Naye Deng community in the county town. The clan members only needed to stay there for a few days, and then he could do this.

Of course, it is definitely unrealistic to plant hundreds of ginkgo trees at one time, but planting a hundred or so trees at a time should be no problem.

So, what excuse can be used to transfer all the clan members to the Naye Deng community in the county seat?

The first idea that popped into Deng Shirong's mind was the mooncake factory that was already under construction. By the time it was completed and put into production, it would be almost Mid-Autumn Festival. At that time, he could hold a Mid-Autumn Festival party and invite the clansmen to the county town to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival together.

Just as Deng Shirong was thinking of one plan after another, a rough voice suddenly shouted in the car: "Robbery, don't move, hand over all the money you have. If anyone dares to play tricks, I will shoot him in the head."

(End of this chapter)