Chapter 81
Chapter 82
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Wen’s father and Wen’s mother rushed back from their residence, of course not just to see Jinyu.
“Jinyu, the old patriarch of our clan wants to invite you home to worship the ancestors.” Father Wen quickly explained his purpose.
“Ask me to worship the ancestors?” Wen Jinyu felt a little unbelievable, “Dad, didn’t the ancestral house always ask only males to worship the ancestors?”
“The rules are like this, but I don’t know why the old patriarch suddenly changed his mind, and persuaded other elders in the clan to jointly announce to the clan that he must invite you back to the ancestral house.” Father Wen didn’t quite understand this matter either. Clearly, but the elders in the clan have said so, and he can only follow it.
“Dad, we have no problem letting me go to the ancestral house, but I want Jing Ke to go back with me, is that okay?” Wen Jinyu said after hesitating for a while.
She knew that her request was a bit strange, but she was unwilling to leave Su Jingke alone in Beijing. On the first day of the new year, she would never do such a thing.
“This…” A look of embarrassment flashed across Father Wen’s face.
“Let Xiaosu go together.” Wen’s mother said when Wen’s father was hesitating, “Didn’t the patriarch say that it’s okay to bring a few more people?”
In Wen’s mother’s eyes, Su Jingke is a really good child, who will do her best during the Chinese New Year. It would be too cold to leave her alone.
Father Wen seemed to have thought of something when he heard it, the expression on his face changed, and he finally nodded in agreement.
Su Jingke was dumbfounded when he heard this, why are he going back to the ancestral house with Jinyu all of a sudden?
While the adults were talking, Wen Jinting stared at Su Jingke without blinking, and then took advantage of Wen Jinyu’s inattention and moved closer to the little fairy.
“Sister Su~” Wen Jinting looked at Su Jingke with a gleam in his eyes, “Do you have a boyfriend?”
“Huh?” Su Jingke frowned upon hearing this question, “No.”
“What does little sister Su think of me?” Wen Jinting is a bold person, although he is only eleven or twelve years old now, but he is more courageous than his sister.
“Huh?” The little **** lowered his head, looked at the little boy who was not even above his shoulders, and hesitated for a while before saying, “It looks a bit like Jinyu.”
“But not as good-looking as Jin Yu.” Su Jingke thought for a while and added, “I like your sister very much.”
“Really?” Wen Jinting looked at his sister, and then at his small body. His sister was indeed prettier than him.
“But it’s okay, when you grow up, you will become very good-looking.” Although no matter how you change, you can’t be as good-looking as Jin Yu.
“Okay!” Wen Jinting clenched his fists, it seemed that he still had a chance. When he grows up, if little sister Su is not married, he will pursue her!
Su Jingke didn’t know what Wen Jinting was planning in his heart, he was still thinking about going to her ancestral house with Wen Jinyu.
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In the end, the five of them had lunch together, and then set off to the ancestral home together.
The Wen family’s ancestral house was not in Beijing, but in a small county to the south. By the time the five of them arrived, the sky had already darkened.
When Wen Jinyu got out of the car, she saw the old patriarch. After saying hello, she found that the old patriarch had been staring at Su Jingke.
“Jinyu, is this your friend?” Although the old patriarch didn’t have much contact with the younger generation in his family, he remembered everyone’s name clearly. Even if I haven’t seen Wen Jinyu for a long time, I can still call her by her name.
“Yes.” Wen Jinyu replied.
“I don’t know the name of the little friend?” The old patriarch’s attitude towards Su Jingke can be said to be very friendly, which is not at all the same as his usual attitude towards the younger generation.
“Ah, the patriarch, I’m Su Jingke. If you don’t mind, just call me by my name.” Su Jingke patted his head and said, a little uncomfortable with the enthusiasm of Wen’s patriarch.
“It turned out to be Xiaoyou Su. I have a small request. I wonder if Xiaoyou can help the clan during the ancestor worship?” The old patriarch stroked his beard and said with a smile.
Su Jingke glanced at Wen Jinyu somewhat at a loss, and was even more puzzled after seeing her puzzled expression.
“Patriarch, I’m not from your Wen family, is it appropriate for me to participate in your ancestor worship?” Su Jingke asked directly.
“So it’s not our Wen family anymore, you are Jinyu’s friend, that is our friend. It is very common to invite one or two friends together when worshiping ancestors.” The old patriarch said as he looked at Wen Jinyu. , “You also participate in this sacrifice to ancestor Jinyu.”
“Okay.” Although Wen Jinyu was puzzled, she still complied.
The old patriarch didn’t give them time to ask questions, and left quickly. When he left, he specifically ordered Wen Jinyu and Su Jing’s Ke clan to be given the highest treatment in the clan.
After the old patriarch left, Wen Jinyu asked his father with puzzlement, but Wen’s father was also puzzled about this matter, even more puzzled than Wen Jinyu.
In the end, I could only comfort Wen Jinyu to relax, knowing that the old patriarch would never do them any harm.
Wen Jinyu and Su Jingke’s treatment in the clan is very good, food and lodging are the highest treatment, even Wen’s father can’t compare to them.
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Early the next morning, after Wen Jinyu and Su Jingke were fully dressed, someone took them to the ancestral hall.
The Wen family’s ancestor worship was very formal, and everyone present except Wen Jinyu and Su Jingke were very neatly dressed.
The whole process of worshiping ancestors is very long, and the procedures are relatively complicated. Wen Jinyu and Su Jingke were very relaxed. Wen Jinyu was in charge of carrying water when someone passed by, while Su Jingke was in charge of dipping some water on a special branch and just sprinkle it on people.
In fact, this procedure was performed by the old patriarch and a respected elder in the clan when worshiping ancestors in the past. This time it was suddenly replaced by two unfamiliar juniors, except for a few insiders, most members of the clan were also puzzled.
It’s just that because this decision was made by the old patriarch and the elders together, with great trust in them, I didn’t go into the reason.
The ancestor worship started in the morning. Those who worship in the morning are older people, and in the afternoon are young and strong men in the clan.
In the afternoon, the work of Su Jingke and Wen Jinyu changed again, and they became lighting incense for those young people.
The procedure of lighting incense is a little bit more complicated than in the morning. How many sticks to light each time, what to use, and how to put out the fire are all more particular.
Although the process was a bit complicated, both of them went relatively smoothly.
As more and more sandalwood was lit in his hands, Su Jingke felt that the hazy feeling in his mind became clearer and clearer. The images that flashed through my mind before gradually evolved into some small fragments, but no matter how hard Su Jingke tried, those small fragments could not be combined.
Finding that after his own efforts, it still didn’t work, Su Jingke didn’t care about it, so he put these clips behind him and concentrated on lighting up incense for those young people.
At the final stage of ancestor worship, the old patriarch asked Su Jingke to light incense for him and Wen Jinyu, and then brought Wen Jinyu to worship the ancestors together.
“Patriarch, don’t I need it?” Su Jingke asked tentatively as he saw that the last person had also completed the ancestor worship.
Unexpectedly, this question frightened her very much, the old patriarch actually knelt down straight in front of her, and then bowed three times and kowtowed nine times.
This action frightened Su Jingke, and quickly helped the old patriarch up.
“Patriarch, what are you doing? I can’t bear such a big gift.” Su Jingke said while supporting the old patriarch.
“Little friend, this is the instruction of our ancestors, please let me go, I must perform this ceremony!” The old patriarch was very persistent, as if he would not stop until I finished the ceremony.
“This…” Su Jingke was very embarrassed.
Wen Jinyu didn’t know what to do when faced with this scene, and finally several elders of the Wen family came forward and unanimously begged Su Jingke to let the patriarch finish the salute.
“No, you have to tell me a reason. I can’t bear such a big gift without a reason.” Su Jingke’s attitude was also very tough, but he refused to let the old patriarch salute her.
You know, from Su Jingke’s point of view, the old patriarch was her elder, and as a junior, she couldn’t bear such a courtesy.
Even if she put aside her relationship with Wen Jinyu, she couldn’t casually accept three prostrations and nine prostrations from someone.
You must know that three worships and nine knocks are generally used by people to worship ancestors or to meet princes and nobles in the past. It is a very solemn etiquette and expresses the highest level of respect.
She didn’t do anything for the old patriarch, and she couldn’t bear this great gift.
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