Chapter 144 Different customs and habits

Generally speaking, after visiting the house, the man will ask a fortune teller to choose an auspicious date, and then ask the matchmaker to send the date list to the woman's family.

This can basically be done within three days.

Therefore, on the third day after Ou Guohua came to visit the house, Deng Shirong brought the date chosen by the fortune teller from Deng Changyuan's family to Poxin Village.

When he arrived at Poxin Village, Deng Shirong went to his in-laws' house to sit for a while as usual.

Since I had just brought a pork butt a few days ago and the time interval was relatively short this time, I did not bring any meat. Instead, I brought three packages of candy biscuits, one for my in-laws, one for Ou Guohua's family, and one for Ou Guofang's family.

After sitting at his in-laws' house for a few minutes, Deng Shirong came to Ou Guohua's house.

After greeting each other and waiting for Ou's mother to accept the date list and exchange some pleasantries, Deng Shirong said to Ou Guohua who was listening: "Ahua, take me to your sister Fang's house. I have found a date for her. Let's see if her parents are satisfied."

Ou Guohua was delighted when she heard this, and quickly asked, "Uncle Jiu, is the person you are looking for for Sister Fang also from Naye Village?"

Deng Shirong smiled and said, "It's not our Naye Village, it's in the neighboring Yangdipo Village. But it's very close to our home, just a few minutes away."

Ou Guohua said excitedly: "That's great, Uncle Jiu, please come with me. My sister Fang's home is not far from ours."

Father and Mother Ou were also happy to hear this. Since their daughter had already decided to marry into Naye Village, it would naturally be a good thing to have another relative marrying there.

"Relative, I'll go over first then."

"Okay, Uncle Jiu, go ahead and get busy!"

After saying hello, Deng Shirong came to Ou Guofang's house under the guidance of Ou Guohua.

"Sister Fang, Uncle Nine is here!"

At this time, Ou Guofang was sitting at the door of her house mending clothes. When she heard her cousin's call, she immediately looked over.

When she saw Deng Shirong, she immediately threw the clothes in her hand onto the stool next to her, stood up with a look of surprise and greeted him, "Uncle Jiu!"

Deng Shirong smiled and nodded, then asked, "Afang, are you mending clothes?"

"Well, there's a hole in my brother's clothes. I need to mend it for him."

As he spoke, Ou Guofang picked up the hookah next to him and handed it over, saying, "Uncle Jiu, light the hookah first."

In later generations, when guests arrived, the first thing to do was to boil water and make tea, but in this era, handing over a water pipe is the best way to entertain guests.

Deng Shirong took the hookah and said, "I just came back from Ah Hua's house to light a few pipes."

While they were talking, Ou Guofang's father and mother heard the noise and came out.

After introducing each other and exchanging pleasantries, Deng Shirong got down to business and said, "Dear, I came here mainly to introduce a partner to your Afang."

Hearing this, even though Ou Guofang was mentally prepared, she couldn't help but be surprised, because she had been waiting for this news for a long time. Seeing her best sisters getting married or staying at home, she was really anxious during this period.

The desire to get married is growing day by day.

Now it is finally her turn, and the matchmaker is Uncle Jiu, so the person introduced to her is most likely someone from there, which makes her very much looking forward to it.

Ou Guofang's parents knew about the matchmaker Deng Shirong. After all, Deng Shirong had a great reputation in Poxin Village. In addition, they had often heard their daughter talk about Deng Shirong's family. Therefore, they were not surprised at all when they heard Deng Shirong say that he was here to introduce a date to their daughter.

Guofang's father asked, "Uncle Jiu, is the man from your side?"

"He's from the village next to mine, just a few minutes away from my home."

Next, Deng Shirong briefly introduced Deng Changdong and his family, and finally said: "This young man has an easy-going personality, basically has no temper, and is loyal and righteous. He is a man worthy of entrusting your life to.

Although the current family conditions are not very good, I believe that with the current development of his family, it will improve soon.

If Ah Fang follows him, she should be able to live a good life."

Ou Guofang's parents nodded repeatedly when they heard this. They had no doubts about what Deng Shirong said.

After all, their daughter and Deng Shirong's daughter-in-law are good sisters who grew up together. No one could cheat their daughter.

Therefore, Guofang's father and Guofang's mother looked at each other and said, "Uncle Jiu, we all believe in your vision."

"Since you have no objection, I will arrange a meeting between the two of them?"

"Sure, we have no objection."

Soon, after consulting Ou Guofang's parents, Deng Shirong decided on the time and place for the meeting.

Then, after smoking a few cigarettes, Deng Shirong said goodbye and left.

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Qingming Festival is the most solemn and grand festival for ancestor worship for our Chinese nation.

Due to our country's long history and vast territory, customs vary from place to place.

In Bobai County, tomb sweeping is generally called "shoveling the mountain" or "hanging paper."

The term "shoveling the mountain" comes from the fact that in Bobai County, most of the graves are earthen graves on the mountains. Every year when people go to worship their ancestors, they have to bring tools to clean the weeds on the graves. And during the worship process, cleaning the weeds on the graves takes the longest time. Over time, people call this act of worshiping ancestors on Qingming Festival "shoveling the mountain."

Moreover, since the graves are all on the hills, also known as the grave hills, or hills for short, it is only natural to call the act of weeding the graves “shoveling the hills”. This term vividly depicts the local people’s activities of worshipping their ancestors during the Qingming Festival, which is easy to understand and very local.

The story behind hanging paper is that when the Hakka people in Bobai are repairing and shoveling graves, they must shovel a straw hat of earth and place it on the top of the grave, and then press it down with a piece of yellow paper.

There are also many requirements for pressing yellow paper. If the owner of the tomb is a male, the yellow paper should be pressed vertically. If the owner of the tomb is a female, the yellow paper should be pressed horizontally.

At the same time, strips of yellow paper about 30 cm long and 8 cm wide are placed around the grave every 60-80 cm, with 6 strips hanging on each side.

Therefore, in Bobai County, tomb sweeping is often called "hanging paper".

Of course, there is also the term "baishan", which is also a very vivid name.

Tomb sweeping on Qingming Festival usually takes place during the fifteen days from the Spring Equinox to Qingming Festival, but if it is a new grave, it must be swept before the Spring Equinox.

Then the grave hill is divided into family hill and public hill.

Home mountain refers to all the graves that are within the five generations of mourning.

Dazhong Mountain refers to the ancestors of all generations beyond the five generations of mourning.

Generally speaking, the stronger the clan concept, the more grand the ancestor worship will be. The clan concept in Bobai County is very strong, so every year when it comes to Qingming Festival to worship ancestors, people in Bobai County will basically rush back as long as they can, no matter where they are.

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