Chapter 176 Annual Festival(1/2)
While the Zhu family is thriving and flourishing, it is already the end of the year before we know it.
Zhu Yushou looked at the snowflakes flying outside the window and said to himself: "I'm seventeen years old after today. It's been seventeen years since I came to this world."
For some reason, every year, when everyone celebrates the Spring Festival, Zhu Yushou always feels a little inexplicably depressed.
I don’t know how my relatives and friends who are far away on Earth are doing now.
"My parents must be very sad when I suddenly disappeared."
"Honor!"
Just as Zhu Yushou was in his mood, a crisp sound of Long'er suddenly came from outside the door.
Eight beautiful maids came in with him, four of whom were carrying a wooden clothes hanger together.
Above the clothes hanger is a royal blue ornate dress with gold and silver edges and black cloud patterns.
The other four women each held a silver tray, which included a pair of black-edged flying cloud boots, a white jade crown, a tiger bone python jade belt, and a flying dragon sturgeon jade pendant.
"Honor, let's dress up for you."
Long'er made a blessed moment and stood beside the dressing table in the bedroom with eight maids, smiling and sweet.
Zhu Yushou smiled slightly and sat down in front of the dressing table.
Today is the first New Year's Eve since he took over as the head of the family.
According to the rules, he has to do a lot today.
In the morning, we will preside over the New Year Festival, lead the clan members to worship the ancestral hall, and worship our ancestors.
A big banquet will be held at noon to share the joy of family life with the elderly and young people.
In the afternoon, as the master, you should accept the guests and guests' visits and give them appropriate rewards.
It was not until evening that he had time to accompany his parents and have a reunion dinner.
All of this must be carried out strictly in accordance with etiquette, especially as the head of the family, the focus of everyone, no matter whether it is clothing, expression or movements, it cannot make any mistakes.
With the help of several maids, Long'er combed Zhu Yushou's hair neatly, tied it into a bun on the top of his head, then put on a white jade crown and inserted it with a white jade hairpin.
Then he changed into a wide robe and big sleeves of Xuanyun dress, tied a tiger bone python jade belt, hung a flying dragon jade pendant, and stomped a flying cloud boot.
The so-called Buddha relies on gold clothes, and people rely on clothes.
Zhu Yushou, who was originally handsome, had only been considered pretty, but after wearing such a outfit, he exuded a wise and magical and domineering aura.
Not only were the eight maids dazzled, but even Long'er's eyes were full of glory.
In fact, this is mainly due to the fact that Zhu Yushou has added a large group of villains who dominate the side in the past six months, and these people have bowed to him.
As time goes by, Zhu Yushou gradually got used to the dictatorship of the word "Nine-Dao" and naturally developed a domineering aura.
"The head of the family, the year festival is about to begin."
Zhu Yushou had just dressed and was just now. Outside the door, the two supreme elders Zhu Baishui and Zhu Baiyu had already come to invite him.
"knew."
Zhu Yushou agreed faintly, and surrounded by the maids, walked out of the bedroom.
The two Supreme Elders felt the momentum of Zhu Yushou, and their eyes lit up.
Under the leadership of the two elders, Zhu Yushou came to the Zhu Family Ancestral Hall.
Unlike the luxury of carved beams and painted buildings in other parts of the Zhu family, the ancestral hall is made of black granite, with no carvings or any decorations on it, making it look extremely simple and atmospheric.
From a distance, I feel a solemn and solemn atmosphere coming to my face.
The two Supreme Elders opened the vermilion gate of the ancestral hall for him, and invited him to enter respectfully.
In the spacious front yard of the ancestral hall, all the children and children of the Zhu family have arrived.
There were more than a hundred people, all of whom were male.
On today's day, women are not qualified to participate in the sacrifice.
These people watched Zhu Yushou enter the ancestral hall accompanied by two Supreme Elders, and their eyes were full of reverence and fear.
Zhu Yushou was only seventeen years old after the New Year. He was the youngest head of the Zhu family in history, and it has been less than half a year since he took over the position of head of the family.
However, in just half a year, the Zhu family's strength has more than doubled in Zhu Yushou's hands.
Nowadays, the entire Jiangning City is almost under the rule of the Zhu family.
He has proved with his strength that he is not only the youngest head of the Zhu family in history, but also the most outstanding head of the family.
According to the etiquette, Zhu Yushou led everyone into the ancestral hall, personally offered sacrifices to the three animals, read the sacrifices, and prayed that the Zhu family would become more prosperous and prosperous in the coming year.
After Zhu Yushou completed all the things required by the sacrificial rituals, he inserted the long incense in his hand into the incense burner before the ancestor tablet.
In the ancestral hall, the sacrifice flags were automatically without wind, and the sacrifice bells hanging under the banners automatically made a series of jingling sounds, constantly echoing in the silent and solemn ancestral hall.
It seems that the ancestors of the Zhu family recognized and praised Zhu Yushou, the new head of the family.
It also symbolizes the success of the sacrifice and the legitimacy of the Zhu Yushou's status as the head of the family.
Zhu Yushou is not clear about the principle of this. It is said that if the strong man in this world has strong enough cultivation during his lifetime, he will be able to receive incense sacrifices from future generations after his death.
Then his soul will not completely dissipate, and his consciousness will turn into ancestral spirits and continue to protect his descendants.
Of course, these are just legends, and no one can confirm whether they are true or not.
After completing the sacrifice, more than a dozen tables of luxurious banquets were placed in the backyard of the ancestral hall, with delicacies and sea flavors, and everything was available.
Zhu Yushou shared a feast with his tribe members and then shared the meat sacrificed after the sacrifice.
The banquet lasted until afternoon. After the tribe dispersed, Zhu Yushou accepted the visits from the Zhu family's guests and guests in the Zhu family's main hall.
Due to the expansion of the Zhu family over the past six months, their strength has increased significantly, and they also valued talents from other families such as their guests and guests.
I came here to see the name and there were many more visitors to join the Zhu family.
The guests who came to pay homage to the head of the family lined up outside the main hall.
After being so busy all day, Zhu Yushou had time to take a breath until the sun sets and the stars fill the night sky.
He was ashamed of the head of the family all day long and meticulous. Even Zhu Yushou's cultivation level felt a little tired.
A pair of soft and soft hands pressed on his shoulders dexterously, slowly exerting force, while stimulating his acupoints with true energy, making him relax all over.
"Long'er, when is it now?"
Zhu Yushou closed his eyes and asked while enjoying Long'er's skillful service.
Long'er said softly: "The head of the family, it's already three o'clock in the hour of You."
Zhu Yushou suddenly opened his eyes, and a smile appeared on his face:
"Then let's go quickly. My father and mother should be waiting urgently."
Climbing a small boat, Zhu Yushou returned to the secluded waterside pavilion where he lived when he was living with his parents.
After Zhu Yushou took over as the head of the family, Zhu Qingyang and Jiang Yunong naturally moved back to the Zhu Mansion.
Originally, the clan wanted to arrange a best place for them, but the two elders lived in the Shuixie Palace for most of their lives and had already gotten used to it, so they lived here directly.
When Zhu Yushou's boat shored, Zhu Qingyang and Jiang Yunong had been waiting on the shore for a long time.
Looking at his parents' expectant eyes, Zhu Yushou couldn't help but feel warm. No matter what his previous life was, it was already past.
In this life, these two people in front of you are the most unscathed blood relatives.
Zhu Yushou owed her body and said, "Dad, mom, I've made you wait for a long time."
Zhu Qingyang helped his son up and said with a smile:
"You are the head of the Zhu family now, so you naturally have to put your family first. Your mother and I are just two idle people. The most important thing is time. Waiting for a while, what's the point?"
Jiang Yunong held her husband with one hand and her son with the other, and said with a smile:
"In the middle of winter, let's not blow the air outside. Come in and have the New Year's Eve dinner. I will cook myself today and give you two packs of dumplings for you father and son. If you don't eat them, it will be cold."
Zhu Yushou and Zhu Qingyang looked at each other and let Jiang Yunong pull him into the room.
There is no life-and-death struggle, no bloody and fierce fighting, no treacherous plots.
A family of three, a table of wine and food, and a happy New Year’s Eve dinner.
What ordinary people call happiness may be nothing more than that.
The meal was eaten until the hour of Hai, and the family left the table.
Jiang Yunong smiled and joked: "Shou'er, after you finished your New Year's Eve dinner in previous years, you couldn't wait to go and mess with your friends. Why? This year, I became the head of my family and became more stable and I won't go."
"What do you know about a woman?" Zhu Qingyang glared and said:
"Our Shouer is now the head of the Zhu family. How can we mess with those little kids?"
Jiang Yunong grabbed Zhu Qingyang's ear, twisted it hard, and said like a tigress: "Hey, I said old guy, you have grown your skills, right?"
"Oh, it fell off!"
Zhu Qingyuan tilted his head and shouted in pain:
To be continued...