Chapter 111: Glorious lintel
The Mid-Autumn Festival is as famous as the Spring Festival. This festival comes from the Book of Rites. The so-called emperor's spring sun and autumn moon means that in spring, one should worship the sun, and in autumn, one should worship the moon.
A large family like the Ye family values decency the most and rules.
As soon as it came early, Ye Chunqiu had to help Ye Jing get up. Ye Jing's illness was cured a little. Although he was a little weak, he had to follow the old lady to worship his ancestors today. He was the eldest son, which was different from Ye Chunqiu's "universal birth".
So Ye Chunqiu helped Ye Jing to the Ye family's ancestral hall early in the morning. The old lady had already led the second uncle, third uncle, Ye Juncai, Ye Chenliang and others to wait here. The old lady saw that Ye Jing came late and was a little dissatisfied. It delayed the auspicious time, so the ancestors would be unhappy. However, when he saw Ye Chunqiu coming together, the old lady was stunned for a moment, because he saw the lint scarf on Ye Chunqiu's head.
Lunguo, this is a symbol of scholars and a symbol of fame and fortune.
The ancestors of the Ye family did not take studying as their careers, and there were many people who had fame and fortune, but there were no outstanding people in these generations. Ye Chunqiu was a little Sanyuan or a chief of the case, but Ye Chunqiu was a concubine. The rule of the Ye family was that the legitimate man sacrificed the ancestral hall, and the concubine was not allowed to enter.
He just sighed in his heart that there was a little sadness, and he even didn't want Ye Chunqiu to be here, so he could not help but feel embarrassed if he could not enter the ancestral hall.
To Ye Chunqiu, the old man actually felt a little guilty.
But Ye Chunqiu, who was wearing Confucian clothes on his head, looked like he didn't care at all. He obediently stepped forward and saluted the old lady: "The grandson had met his eldest father."
The old lady forced a smile: "Okay, okay, okay, today is a holiday, a good day."
Next, I don't know what to say.
Ye Bai, who was standing beside him, urged: "Dad, the time is here."
The old lady's face became solemn, she dusted her robes tremblingly, leading the legitimate men into the house, and Ye Chunqiu was outside the ancestral hall, watching her father enter the ancestral hall.
Touching his nose, Ye Chunqiu smiled, because when he saw that he was about to enter the ancestral hall, his second uncle Ye Song turned around and looked at him. His eyes looked a little weird. Uncle Second... was very unfriendly.
Ye Chunqiu looked distracted and turned around and went to the main hall to wait.
Many of the Ye family members have arrived and are waiting in the hall. Many uncles who don’t usually show up also come with the support of their children. The Ye family has unwritten rules in the Hexi family. By the Mid-Autumn Festival, they will be reunited by the master’s house. Therefore, the entire Ye family’s main hall is in chaos. Everyone gathers together and chats with each other. Some noisy children are driven to the next door by the women. The Ye family’s long-term workers and short-term workers are here today. They have to help take care of the guests, and at the same time, they can also ask for a glass of water and wine. When the night comes, when they see the moon, the old lady will also give everyone some wedding money as usual. Although it is only a dozen yuan, the size of mosquitoes is meat, not to mention that this is not a small number in the eyes of the merchants.
To put it bluntly, most of the people in this hall are distant relatives, but some are old, especially some old uncles, who are very respected, so that the second aunt and third aunt dare not neglect the old lady's wife when she brought the legitimate men to worship. The second aunt Wang commanded people to come in, served tea and water, and said a lot of auspicious words. The uncles were old and coughed one after another, and they praised the second daughter-in-law's virtuous wife.
But when Ye Chunqiu appeared, many people in the hall became quiet.
Hexi is so big that many people can hear some rumors. The eldest and the second brother are competing for family business, or even... it is clan power. This is not groundless. Now the wife of the second wife, Wang, is here, and Ye Chunqiu, the eldest wife, is here. These people who are old-fashioned, don’t even cough, as if they all have eaten golden throat treasures.
Ye Chunqiu pursed his lips and showed the pure smile unique to the boy. This is his killer move. He is already tender and handsome, and with this harmless appearance of humans and animals, he is simply invincible. He stepped forward one by one and bowed to his uncles. Even when the uncles were at this time, they nodded happily and said yes with a smile and praised him. When Ye Chunqiu arrived in front of his second aunt Wang and his third aunt Zhao, the second aunt Wang nodded with a smile: "Oh, Chunqiu is really well-behaved and sensible. It turns out that he is different when he is a scholar." In his tone, there was a meaningful meaning, with a little jealousy.
Aunt Zhao's eyes dodged a little, and Qiqiai Ai said yes.
After seeing the ceremony, Ye Chunqiu sat obediently on the side. To be honest, although he became a scholar, in front of these "elders", he was only a twelve-year-old boy, and he was the part of a child. He could not be shocking and chatting with them.
Because it was Mid-Autumn Festival, what Ye Chunqiu heard the most was the harvest. The year was not bad, but it was not a good harvest. The head of the Ye family was not worried about the harvest because of the large land, so they rarely talked about the fields here in the inner house; but the other families were different. After all, some households only had dozens of acres of land, and collecting more than a few dozen kilograms of grain a year has become a big deal for the whole family. This is not a joke.
I just spent the time and stayed up until noon. Because the legitimate men had to eat in the ancestral hall, there was a sacrifice in the afternoon, so the second and third aunts arranged lunch. The lunch was very simple and not extravagant. Ye Chunqiu was with the old uncles, and barely ate a few bites, and then went back to the room to rest.
What is really lively today is watching the moon at night. Ye Chunqiu took a nap and after practicing calligraphy, it was already late to see that it was getting late. Then he went back.
At this time, there were already a lot of guests here.
The old lady sat in the upper head, with several old uncles, Ye Jing, Ye Song and Ye Bai three sons surrounded him with stars and their grandchildren. Their grandchildren were not far away. There was no place for the women to sit, so naturally they could only stand behind the men.
The old lady was wearing a silk double-breasted shirt and even her beard was very careful. He smiled and talked to the uncles around him. Ye Jing seemed a little listless. It was obvious that the sacrifice was a little too much for one day. At this time, the mooncake and fruit came up. Ye Juncai was still feasting on the mooncake that had been bitten into a crescent moon in his hand.
When Ye Chenliang saw Ye Chunqiu coming, he seemed to have a smile in his eyes and stood up and said, "Chunqiu is coming. Everyone is talking about you just now, saying that you are very successful, and you have won the scholar and shine on your family."
We were chatting together, but after Ye Chenliang said this, Ye Chunqiu suddenly became the target of public criticism, and everyone's eyes also fell on Ye Chunqiu.
Ye Chunqiu calmed down and first bowed to everyone before he sat down with Ye Jun.
The atmosphere today is a little different, and the second uncle Ye Song seems to be staring at him all the time.
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