As the charcoal fire crackled, Huang Tinghui and Uncle Erzhu ate some more dishes.
It wasn't until it got a little later that Uncle Erzhu and Uncle Bold plucked up the courage to go home and take a look.
I don’t know if the Hedong lion at home has extinguished his anger.
The three of them disappeared not long before Huang Tinghui heard a commotion coming from outside the door.
"Brother Hui, come out quickly, come out quickly!"
"Drums are being played at the village ancestral hall, and the clan leader asked us young people to play the drums!"
Hearing the sound coming from outside the door, Huang Tinghui finally understood.
In previous years, firecrackers would be set off in the ancestral hall to celebrate the new year.
However, Huang Tinghui is not in the village all year round, so it is his father who goes to the ancestral hall to set off firecrackers.
This time Huang Tinghui was in charge, so naturally someone came to ask him to beat the drums and set off firecrackers.
After all, Huang Tinghui is also a well-known figure in Huangjiacun, isn't he?
"I'm coming!"
"Come right now, I'll come right now!" Huang Tinghui rubbed his hands, found a robe and put it on.
Looking at the little girl clearing away the dishes, Huang Tinghui grabbed the little girl's hand and said, "Come with me and go to the ancestral hall to take a look!"
"It's better than staying at home alone!"
Huang Tinghui said to the little girl.
"ah?"
"Husband, I know that women are women. Where is the ancestral hall where I can go?"
The little girl's little hands tightly grasped the corners of her clothes, and she said to Huang Tinghui uneasily.
"You are my wife, where can you go?"
"Staying at home alone is quite boring!"
"I don't worry about you being alone at home. Then you will watch your husband playing the drum!"
"Applause and cheer me up?" Huang Tinghui said, holding the little girl's hand.
Then, without the little girl saying anything, he grabbed the clothes Miss Shen gave the little girl and put them on.
He took the little girl's hand and walked outside.
"Brother Hui, you're finally out!" The man who shouted was about to say something to Huang Tinghui, but when he saw the little girl Huang Tinghui was holding.
He was stunned for a moment. Is this guy going to take his wife to the ancestral hall?
But can women enter this ancestral hall?
"Brother Hui, are you taking your wife with you?" After the man was stunned for a long time, he asked.
In this era, women's status is generally not very high.
In some places, women are not even allowed to eat at the dining table.
So when Huang Tinghui took the little girl to the direction of the ancestral hall, the man was inevitably a little strange.
Seeing someone asking like this, the little girl lowered her head and said softly: "Husband, otherwise I'd better not go!"
"I will wait for you at home!"
The little girl also knows some rules. She cannot lose her sense of propriety just because her husband pampers her.
If people in the village talk about her husband behind her back, it's her fault.
"What are you afraid of?"
"Just come with me. If anything happens, my husband and the clan leader can tell the villagers!"
After saying that, Huang Tinghui looked at the man and said: "My wife is at home alone. I am worried about her, so I will take her with me!"
"If someone says it's against the rules, Tinghui will bear the responsibility!"
After saying that, Huang Tinghui didn't care whether the person agreed or not, he took the little girl's hand and walked out.
At this time, bursts of drum beating came from the ancestral hall.
Many young and strong young men rounded up the drumsticks and then hit the big drum.
“Dong dong dong!!”
"Dong dong dong!!" The voice was extremely loud and spread throughout the country.
The young guys were also very excited. They took a big gulp of rice wine, rounded up the drumsticks and smashed them again.
The beating of drums continued, attracting cheers from many people.
"Hey, our scholars from Huangjiacun are here, our scholars are here!"
"Brother Hui, come on, come on, it's your turn, hit the big drum, you will be lucky this year and you will succeed in your studies!"
"Brother Hui, it's your turn. This rice wine has been prepared for you!"
On New Year's Eve, every place has its own customs.
Some places like to dance with dragons and phoenixes, some places will put up some Kongming lanterns to pray for blessings, and some places will worship ancestors with great fanfare.
As for Huangjiacun, they like to beat drums, using the thunderous sound of the drums to smash the bad luck of the year to wish for all the best in the coming year.
Huang Tinghui took the drumstick, and then someone spotted Wu Feilian following him.
"Brother Hui, why did you bring your wife here?"
"This is the ancestral hall of our Huang family. Isn't it inappropriate for a woman to enter the ancestral hall?" Someone looked at the little girl with a somewhat reserved expression and asked Huang Tinghui.
"Hey, have you forgotten the physique of my wife's koi?"
"To tell you the truth, Tinghui was able to meet the county master by chance in the county seat and take the lantern from the county master."
“Among them is the blessing of my wife’s koi physique!”
"Today is New Year's Eve, and it is also a night to gather blessings for the coming year!"
"Bringing my daughter-in-law to this ancestral hall will bring some blessings to everyone, right?"
"What's more, the ancestors must be happy from the bottom of their hearts when they see my blessed daughter-in-law!"
He is worthy of being an eloquent scholar. He kept saying this one after another and deceived everyone without even saying a word.
It sounds like it makes sense!
After everyone heard what Huang Tinghui said, they quickly agreed with Huang Tinghui's statement.
After all, the saying that little girls can bring "good luck" is also spread in Huangjia Village.
How else to explain that Huang Tinghui, a "bastard", suddenly changed his temper?
Not only has he gotten better, I heard that he has also cooperated with the "Shenji Clothing Village" in the county town.
The money is also rolling in.
Even the county magistrate rewarded Huang Tinghui with a lantern.
These are like overnight changes.
The villagers naturally attributed all of Huang Tinghui's changes to the arrival of the little girl.
"Brother Hui, you are still thoughtful, you are still thoughtful!"
"Yes, yes, everyone must be blessed on New Year's Eve. Doesn't your wife coming to the ancestral hall bring blessings to all of us?"
"Brother Hui's wife, come in quickly. The ancestral hall will be noisier and warmer!"
"I can't get this blessing by myself. I'm going to tell my wife and we can get this blessing together!"
"Yeah……"
Everyone booed and ran home one by one, bringing their own wives into the ancestral hall.
Some conservative old guys were so angry that they blew their beards and stared, but there was nothing they could do about it.
And more and more women gathered in the ancestral hall, making it very lively.
Huang Tinghui actually changed some of the usual "customs" invisibly.
The little girl was still a little timid and uncomfortable, but now she looked at her husband as he rounded his arms and smashed the drumstick against the drum head.
The little girl's eyes were filled with adoring stars.
My husband is so awesome that everyone in the village believes in him!
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Chapter completed!