Chapter 321 A Family in Manchuria

In any case, nian's footsteps were getting closer.

On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, all the old and young people in the village almost got up before daybreak. The originally clean courtyard was swept and swept.

After dinner, the men gathered at the lin family to invite lin dashan to write the spring festival couplets. In fact, they were just having tea and gossiping. If they were happy, they would simply bring two pairs of them home to settle their business. Of course, there are cattle and horses in the home, to ask for a more" six animals prosperous," there is a board car at home, also posted a" safe in and out."

In comparison, the women were busier. If there were fewer women in the family, they would have grown three heads and six arms.

The lin family had nine more maids this year. Although only xia cicadas and luo yu were good at cooking, the rest of them were enough to help.

In addition to zhou xinxiu and the liu family who had rushed back, and Wang Yan, who didn' t dare to be lazy and play tricks, a dozen of them were busy and were soon ready.

When the sky turned dark, the lin family's elders and young men all changed into new clothes and shoes, and the old man took them to the ancestral hall.

In the ancestral hall, the middle door was rarely opened during the year. The room was lit up with candles as thick as arms, and all the old and young men gathered at the door to laugh.

Seeing that old master lin had arrived, li zheng invited old master lin to come forward. Then, he took the lead and walked into the main door side by side. After that, there were a few elders, followed by the men in charge of the family and their children and grandchildren.

The altar table in the main hall was dedicated to the spiritual position of the ancestors. Under the table was a huge three-legged brass censer. The furnace was thick with incense ash. At this moment, a fragrant fire was swirling in the air.

The incense burner was a long table in front of it. There were various dishes and bowls on the table. They were all sacrificed to their ancestors. There were fruits and snacks, meat and vegetables, and the most prominent places were certainly pig's head, goat's head and a rooster.

In the past, everyone's days were really difficult and some snacks were not bad, but this year's days were much better. Everyone wanted their ancestors to be happy and bless their family's safety, so they were very willing to eat all kinds of food.

The pig-headed sheep head and rooster were personally prepared by the dong family yesterday with their daughter-in-law. In the end, they even let Jiao Jiao help them symbolically, hoping that their ancestors would bless Jiao Jiao.

This year, Jiao Jiao was in a lot of trouble. Everyone in the family did not care about anything else as long as she was safe next year.

The entire village was almost 200 years old and young. They all bowed their heads and kowtowed. The dark pressure was also very solemn and magnificent. Finally, a person lit three incense, the incense burner filled, simple and pious sacrifice is completed.

Then, it was the whole village who had been discussing the important matter for a few days. Li zheng personally took down a red cloth bag from the table and carefully opened it. He took seventeen chopsticks from the inside and handed them to lin dajiang.

Lin dajiang took it and knelt down on the futon in front of the table.

This was originally a serious moment. Unfortunately, last year, it was agreed that the person who could receive the chopsticks must be a boy who was over ten years old and had been studying in the school for more than a year.

However, many of these boys didn' t have a name, but they were still calling them' dog eggs' and' big fat' ...

Lin dajiang was in a difficult position, so he raised his head and asked li zheng and the elders. Needless to say, all the elders and young men in the village laughed.

"All I care about is happiness, and I forget that the boys don't have a name yet. "

"That's right. After ten years, they' re already half a child. It's not good for them to continue calling each other names. It's better to ask uncle for a name." "

"If uncle can' t do it, then fourth, this gentleman, can do it too. Take a loud one and call it mighty." "

Everyone started to ask. Elder lin didn' t give his child a good name, so he gave the task to lin dashan.

Lin dashan had read a lot of books, so he didn' t have to worry about such a small matter. Therefore, the boys who had previously called out" dog egg" or" big fat boy" all got a formal name.

Lin wei, lin zhi, lin de ...

After the names were engraved, the 17 boys lined up in three rows. Each of them held their small chests and looked proud and excited.

Among the boys, there were four who met the requirements. They were twelve years old, lin an was eleven years old, lin li and lin gui were ten years old. As for lin jia and Lin Yuan, they were only nine years old after the new year, so they could only wait until next year. The two boys felt that they had been left behind by their brothers and were very unhappy. After being slapped on the head by their grandfather, they quickly regained their spirits.

Seventeen chopsticks with their names engraved on them were tied up by a red rope and circled around the top of the censer three times, which meant that the lin family would form a group and then take them back to open them and distribute them to the children.

The children fell back to their knees and kowtowed three times with chopsticks in their hands.

Each of the chopsticks drilled a hole, after going back, put on a red line, a rope can be hung on the belt, or hidden in the sleeve, very convenient.

After the sacrifice, the door of the ancestral hall was closed again. On the third day of the lunar new year, they would burn some incense sticks and paper money to pay for their ancestors' journey expenses. After that, they would take out the sacrifice and give it to the families to eat. They would be able to start their work in peace for a year.

In the lin family village, not only did the lin family live in the lin family, but there were also seven or eight families with foreign names. After the lin family's daughter got married, for some reason, the couple moved back to live with their father-in-law and mother-in-law. Although the child was not surnamed lin, they lived in the same village and met each other. Usually, they had a big event and a small love. They had never fallen behind.

In this case, it would be a little unreasonable for her to leave her child behind during the chopsticks sharing ceremony.

So, a few days ago, elder lin, Tongli, was discussing with the elders that the village's surnamed boy had a chopstick as well, but his name would be drawn below, indicating that they were the first generation of the lin family's surnames and that half of the lin family's blood was still in their bodies. However, when they had a son, which was the second generation, they would no longer have chopsticks.

When the news reached several houses, they were overjoyed. Although they did everything they could to help them, the lin family didn' t treat them too well. However, they felt a little guilty because of their different names.

Now that the old man had pointed out the difference and set the rules, they would no longer be in an awkward position.

Although only the first generation of children had family heirlooms, this was nothing.

Most importantly, with the lin family's loyalty and temperament, as long as they were focused on the lin family village, the children would not have any tokens, and the lin family would not allow them to be bullied or starved to death.

In this way, of the fourteen children, twelve were surnamed lin and two were surnames. In the end, everyone was overjoyed. They stepped on the night sky and went home to eat their new year's eve dinner with a smile on their faces.

After a busy year, regardless of whether it was joy or sadness, this step had already passed. It was a brand new year to welcome everyone. It was the expectation of good weather and good weather. It was the hope of getting well through life!