Chapter 351

Nine days to catch the moon, five oceans to catch turtles.

The reason why the sea is lonely is that people can't see the prosperous world under the sea.

Although the trick was simple, it made the little guy see a different sea and calmed her restless heart.

Finally, the little guy's face was filled with a bright smile again.

Facing the sun, her little face is red, like a ripe apple, which looks particularly sweet and attractive.

When the breeze blows thousands of waves, the clattering sound of the waves is like the most pleasant accompaniment in the world, accompanied by the yacht gradually sailing to the distance.

While Chen Xi's family were busy teasing dolphins

The distant Daiyu island is also very lively.

Today is the festival of sacrifice for the Jiang family. The Jiang family on each island will come to the main island and be arranged under Qixia peak according to their generations. Under the auspices of the Xuannv of the commander, they will sacrifice their ancestors together with the clan leader.

After years of reproduction and recuperation, the Jiang family flourished regardless of the main collateral vessels.

If the main island is compared to the county seat, the remaining 16 small islands are the towns and villages under the jurisdiction of the county seat.

Today, the Jiang people gathered on the main island of Daiyu, just like the people of a county came to the county.

Looking around, from the wharf to the top of Qixia peak, there were a lot of people standing.

Qixia peak is not high. A bluestone road winds from the top of the mountain to the nearest wharf.

Those who can stand on this flagstone road are those with higher generations in Jiang's lineage or collateral lineage.

It was precisely because there were too many people, so even the beach that would be flooded from time to time was full of young people.

On the whole island, young people, old and young, wear large belts on their heads, wear blue and black sacrificial clothes, and hold their hands round their chest.

As soon as the bell on the top of the mountain rings, everyone will bow to the top of Qixia peak.

'吰 ~'

'吰 ~'

The dull and distant bell kept ringing, which startled the birds in the forest to fly to the sky, and began to circle around the island.

A person may not feel anything when saluting, but when thousands of people salute at the same time, it will give people a solemn feeling.

Only when you are in it can you realize your smallness.

This is Jiang's tradition.

There were thirty-six bells. When the last bell rang, a woman's voice suddenly rang through the whole island.

"After the ceremony, please move to the North Island. Today's family banquet will be held there..."

After hearing this sentence, the solemn scene on the island immediately disappeared.

As if they had removed some shackles, they immediately gathered in twos and threes and prepared to go to North Island for dinner.

But then the woman's voice rang again.

This time, her tone was no longer as calm and elegant as before, but became a little hasty and nervous.

"Wait! Those of the Yuan generation and above in each clan please stay. The patriarch has something important to discuss with you! "

Hearing the speech, everyone on the island couldn't help whispering.

Yuan generation or above?

At least it's grandpa's generation

What happened in the clan?

Because the notice came so suddenly, the people didn't react at the first time. After the woman urged again, all the yuan clan talents above Yuan generation turned their ways and climbed Qixia peak.

……

Qixia peak.

Outside Jiang's ancestral temple.

When offering sacrifices just now, people still have to keep a certain distance from each other. Now the sacrifice is over, but the patriarch calls the people, and the ancestral temple square is naturally crowded in an instant.

Among the people present, the lowest generation is the generation of clan leader Jiang yuankui.

It can be imagined that what the patriarch wants to say today is so important.

But

When everyone above the Yuan generation came to the square, we learned an important message from the nearby population.

It was not the patriarch who called the people, but the one who had been closed for many years. Many people even thought he had died, but there was no funeral——

Second uncle, Jiang Zhengqing!

Jiang Zhengqing has a very high seniority. He is called the second uncle not because he is the second, but because he is not a direct blood.

The so-called lineal blood is the offspring of the first patriarch of the Jiang family.

If a father has two sons, the eldest can only be called the lineal, and the second can only be called the collateral.

Then the eldest son of the eldest brother inherited the title of lineal, and the second son became a collateral.

And so on, so as to maintain the purity of the lineal blood.

This custom may be difficult to understand in modern people's thinking.

But for a big family like Jiang family, preserving the lineal blood is the top priority in the family.

This is the clan rule and the ancestral precept. Of course, from Chen Xi's point of view, these people are actually a group of straight steel men who don't understand genetics... There are more and more people in the square. Everyone is whispering, you say a word to me, so that the square is about to become a vegetable market. At this time, a woman who seemed to be in her forties but still had a charming charm quickly walked out of the main hall of the ancestral temple. The woman looked at the noisy crowd and frowned immediately“ Silence! " The woman just opened her mouth gently, but her voice was like thunder, which immediately made everyone's ears buzzing“ What is this place? And Jung and others are making noise here? " The woman looked around with a cold face. Wherever the eyes reach, everyone looks like hanging their heads and ears. For a moment, the whole audience was silent and the dropping of needles could be heard. After seeing that everyone stopped talking, the woman stood on the steps outside the gate of the ancestral temple. It seemed that she was going to announce something. But as soon as she opened her mouth, before she could make a sound, a white figure suddenly fell from the sky and fell directly to the huge bronze tripod on the square. The woman instinctively wanted to scold the man, but when she saw the appearance of the visitor, she immediately squeezed out a smile, quickly bowed and said, "greetings to the second uncle." Hearing the speech, everyone looked at him one after another. Immediately after, they turned around and saluted the man respectfully like women, and shouted in unison, "greetings to the second uncle!" This scene is very similar to the ancient emperor. After everyone's voice fell, the second uncle and grandson, who had been noticed by everyone, smiled and said, "get up, I'm not the patriarch. Why are you so respectful?"“ Xie Er Shuzu. " After hearing the second uncle's response, all the talents straightened up and looked at the main hall of the ancestral temple. At this time, Jiang yuankui, who had been staying in the ancestral temple, slowly came out of the main hall as if he had just heard something. Although he was the patriarch, he was many generations shorter than the second uncle, so he had to salute the second uncle like everyone else“ Please greet the second uncle. " However. After Jiang yuankui said hello to his second uncle, his second uncle didn't give him any response. The atmosphere on the field solidified in an instant. Everyone lowered their heads as if they had seen nothing and heard nothing. Like strangers who met for the first time, the second uncle looked up and down at Jiang yuankui, and then asked coldly, "how long have I been closed? How come even the head of the clan has changed? " In the face of the sudden attack of his second uncle, Jiang yuankui didn't feel disobedient at all. Instead, he laughed and was ready to explain to him in person. After all, second uncle Zu has been closed for too long, and it is normal for him not to be informed. Naturally, Jiang yuankui can't be angry about it. However... The development of reality was somewhat beyond Jiang yuankui's expectation. Before he even had time to speak, the second uncle said a shocking word to himself“ Well, is your father dead? " Note: please come from the Zhou Dynasty more than 3000 years ago. It comes from the book of rites. It is not a etiquette only in the Qing Dynasty. The Qing Dynasty must be called kneeling an. This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation.