Chapter 280: Ancestor worship (I)

Kalingbird flew out and saw Naruto and the old Taoist drinking tea leisurely there, and couldn't help but fly over their heads and shouted: "Why are you two still here? Why don't you go and help Lelang clean the room?"

"Why don't you go?" The old Taoist heard this and said to Jialing with interest.

"I am a bird, so how can the bird help me? I have no hands and feet."

"Okay, okay, don't call here, we'll go and clean the room later." Naruto said, and if he didn't say it, the bird would keep nagging until your ears were calloused.

After hearing this, Jia Ling let them go and flew in to cheer for Lelang and Saburo.

The old Taoist and Naruto couldn't help but shake their heads when they looked at the jumping little guy, but Lelang's house became much more lively because of this little guy.

After spending a whole day, Lelang, Lao Dao and Naruto finally cleaned the two houses in front and back. Of course, Saburo and Kareno's efforts were also the efforts of them. Although the two were just doing useless work there, they were also doing things.

I was busy until evening. After dinner, Lelang closed the door. Anyway, no one came to play because the weather was cold.

When I returned to the room, I lay on the bed and reported to Shaoqing about the great work of today, and then fell asleep.

The weather is getting colder and the end of the year is approaching, so there are basically no people coming to visit.

The construction site on the other side of the resort has been shut down early, and the entire mountain village looks peaceful and harmonious.

When he was free, Lelang caught a big grass carp in the back, cooked a pot of fish soup with tofu to make hot pot soup base, then picked a lot of dishes behind him and boiled it around the induction cooker. He also fried a large plate of red sausages. The red sausages can usually be eaten after about ten days of drying. When eating, it was soaked on slow fire. It tasted very good. You can still stir-fry it with celery and fried holland beans.

The two were eating with fish and Naruto in big mouthfuls. Old Dao and Naruto walked in. Old Dao had a lot of things in his hand, and Naruto was holding a leg of mutton. Now these two people came to Lelang for dinner every day, and the two were alone in the mountain. They were so lonely that they didn't want to cook. They always came to Lelang for free.

"Alang, go and cut the mutton and burn the mutton later." Naruto said to Lelang with the mutton. This was what he specially sold to the market this morning. As a man, he is quite pitiful. Of course, he should be kind to himself during the Chinese New Year and the holidays.

"I've got a big grass carp."

"It doesn't matter, eat it together." As he said that, he put the mutton into the kitchen, took the dishes and started eating. Lelang rolled his eyes when he saw it.

"And this one, I'll stew it, stew it for a long time, and make midnight snacks at night."

The old Taoist also took out a bag from the things he brought and said to Lelang.

"What?" Lelang asked curiously.

"You won't see it yourself." The old Taoist said angrily.

Le Lang took the things in the old Taoist's hand and looked at them, "Bird's nest?" There was a box inside the bag, and there were six bird's nests neatly placed on the box, which looked good.

"Is it fake?" Naruto next to him glanced at him and said.

Bird's nest is a nest made of swiftlets. When swiftlets start making nests in spring, they secrete a kind of gum saliva in their mouth. After being spit out, they become translucent and slightly light yellow substances. This is the main component of bird's nest. Swallows use this saliva and slender seaweed, down feathers on their bodies and soft plant fibers to make nests. This is what we call "bird's nest". Bird's nest is a precious delicacy and a precious medicinal material. It has the effects of nourishing the lungs and nourishing yin, and is mainly used to treat coughing and coughing of blood. It is produced in India, the Malay Islands, Hainan Island and the South my country Sea Island.

When Lelang was a child, he felt strange when he heard about bird’s nest. How can he eat the bird’s nest?

So he often stared at the bird's nest under the eaves to see if he had made some cooked it. Later, he felt that it was wrong. The bird's nest looked very beautiful. I heard that it was made of swallows' saliva, but his bird's nest was made of soil, messy and not big. This problem has been bothering him until he grew up and then he gradually became clear. Sometimes, Lelang thought about it himself, and he was really stupid when he was a child.

The old Taoist’s things were given by others. Recently, people came to him to pay New Year’s greetings batch after batch. Everyone brought a lot of things to come. According to Naruto’s rumor, the old Taoist’s house was almost filled with gifts sent by others. There were several large baskets of fruits alone. I don’t know if he was bragging.

Lelang picked up a bird's nest and looked at it. The bird's nest was translucent in the sun, with a slight yellow color. When you smell it, it seemed to have a bird's smell. There was some fluff in the bird's nest, which felt a little bit like it. It should be true. He bought it back then, but it tasted like winter powder, like chewing wax. It was meaningless. It was said that it was nutritious, but he couldn't feel it, and the price was very expensive.

"It's true." Lelang nodded.

"How could it be fake if someone gave it?" The old dou said with a smile on his face, a bit stinky.

"This is not necessarily the case. Maybe that person didn't know the goods and was deceived." Naruto next to him heard it and said lightly.

"You boy, are you itchy?" The old Taoist shouted angrily at Naruto. Although he was old, he was still very angry.

When Naruto saw that the old Taoist was about to get angry, he stopped talking, picked up the dishes and ate them hot, and shouted that Lelang would hurry up and cut the mutton. Lelang had no choice but to take the things into the kitchen and cut the mutton out.

A few of them were scalding mutton, drinking fish soup, and eating freshly picked tender vegetables, which was very enjoyable.

After eating, the old Taoist and Naruto slipped away again, and didn't know what to do. They have been doing this every day. There are rumors that they are drawing talismans and are preparing to sell their hands during the Spring Festival temple fair.

After packing up the dishes, Lelang was about to go to the backyard to take a look, but he heard a car sound from behind. Then he saw Shaoqing walking in, holding a lot of things in his hand, followed by his elder brother Shaoyi, and he was holding a large bag of bags in his hand. Those who didn't know would think he was moving?

"Shaoqing, why are you here? Are you not at home for the New Year?"

The Gezai Theatre Troupe where Shaoqing is located has already rested, but when she returned home, Lelang thought he would not come until the New Year, but he didn't expect that today would come. You must know that it would be the New Year tomorrow.

"Why, don't you want me to come here, right?" Shaoqing asked angrily with his eyes blank.

"I'm willing, I'm willing, why don't I? I just thought you would come after the New Year at home." Lelang quickly said with a smile.

"I'm afraid you and Sanlang are lonely during the New Year, so I came to accompany you. I specially asked my brother to send me over." Shaoqing walked into the hall, threw a lot of things in his hand on the table, then took the things from her elder brother's hand and placed them on the table.

"Shaoyi, sit down."

Lelang said to Shaoqing's brother Shaoyi with a smile.

Logically speaking, Lelang wanted to call him Shaoyi's brother-in-law, but he couldn't call him, and he was about the same age, so he just called him the name.

"No, I'll have something to do later. I'll take Shaoqing back after the New Year, otherwise my mother will talk again." Shaoyi did not sit down, but just said to Lelang.

"I will."

"Then I'll leave."

After saying that, Shaoyi turned around and left without stopping for a long time. Lelang and Shaoqing sent him to the door before turning back.

"Why is your brother so anxious? He doesn't even take a sip of tea." Lelang asked curiously as he watched Shaoyi drive the car gradually moving away.

"It's the Chinese New Year, I have to give gifts to others, otherwise I won't be able to find someone if I go too late." Shaoqing sighed and said.

Her elder brother is responsible for the project for others, and he has to take care of everything during the holidays and is very busy. If Shaoqing hadn't asked him to send it to him this time, he might not have found anyone else.

"Look at what I bought for you?"

Shaoqing came to the hall, picked up a bag from the table and asked Lelang.

"have no idea."

"Look..."

"Didn't you just bought pants last time?"

"That was the last time. Is it good to celebrate the Chinese New Year now? I bought a few sets of clothes for Saburo. Where is Saburo?"

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New Year’s Eve is the New Year, which is the last day of the lunar year. However, the New Year among southern Fujian people is not called "New Year’s Eve", but is called "Twenty-Nine Clerks".

On the day of "Twenty-Nine Prayers" the custom of southern Fujian people is to worship their ancestors and some underground gods first, and then the whole family will "surround the fire" together at night.

Today, Lelang got up early and dug up Sanlang and Shaoqing who was still in bed.

According to the rules, today all men in the village have to go to the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, and only men can go there. Women cannot do it. In the past, even people with foreign surnames could not enter the ancestral hall. Later, the rules were a little looser and a place was opened in a corner of the ancestral hall to place some spiritual cards for people with foreign surnames, so that the whole village could be more united.

Lelang's parents' spirit cards are also placed in the ancestral hall, and his grandfather is there. There are fixed hours for worship, usually around 8 o'clock, and it cannot be visited too late, so Lelang gets up early.
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