manynovel Chapter 726 Before dying, I want to have a full meal
Chapter 726 Before dying, I want to have a full meal
"Hurry! The sacrifices are ready." The patriarch urged again.
There were three kinds of sacrificial animals and some fruits and snacks on the altar in the courtyard, which was very complete.
"The ancestor's tomb has been cleaned and the weeds have been cleared. You and your father will go to pay a visit tomorrow. It's too late today." The clan leader was already ready.
The magistrate has been invited to sit in the Jiang family's new house. After all, ancestor worship takes time, and it is not appropriate for him to stay there alone as an outsider.
The clan leader stepped forward, opened the ready-made sacrificial text, and recited:
"In the twenty-sixth year of the Great Yun Chengming era, on the ninth day of the seventh month
The grandson Jiang Youzhen, with the ritual of offering three animals and wine, addressed the shrines of his great-great-grandfathers and ancestors in the Jiang Family Hall, saying:
The triumphant songs are playing loudly, and the good news is coming in frequently. Today, Jiang Fugui's son has passed the imperial examination and has won the first place in the imperial examination. This is the great grace of the ancestral virtue and the blessing of the clan. For this reason, I respectfully inform my ancestors and clan, and I hope they will bless Jiang Youzhen to have a bright future and bring honor to his ancestors and clan..."
Jiang Youzhen kowtowed, then lit three incense sticks and went into the ancestral hall to kowtow one by one. After that, the descendants of the Jiang family successively lit incense and kowtowed, and finally burned paper money, and the ancestor worship was completed.
The Jiang family was originally a farming family, so naturally they kept everything simple. It took more than half an hour, after all, the Jiang family had no other relatives, but they had many people.
After the worship, the offerings were packed up, but the fruits and cakes would not be removed. In fact, according to the original, the Jiang family was so poor that these would be taken away and distributed to the descendants of the clan.
They called it the food that their ancestors had tasted, and passed it on to their descendants. In fact, they were too poor to give up this little food. Now that the Jiang family is rich, they no longer deal with it this way.
"Chief, the food is ready, we can start eating." A tribesman hurried in and said.
The patriarch led everyone to the yard, and when he saw everyone staring at him eagerly, he still wanted to say a few words.
"Thank you all for coming to attend the No. 1 Scholar Banquet for Jiang Youzhen today. Our Jiang family is fortunate to have a No. 1 Scholar. This brings honor to our family and changes the family's status. Jiang Youzhen is a great contributor."
"Patriarch Jiang is right. Congratulations to the Jiang family and Jiang's son." Some villagers thought that if they were eating at someone else's table, they would just take a handful of noodles as a gift, which was a free gift, so they echoed.
Aunt Ya was smiling so hard that her teeth were showing. She looked at Jiang Youzhen who was standing proudly, her heart filled with joy.
Shaking Shen's hand, she sighed, "You finally got your reward after all the hardships!"
Shen shook hands back, tears in her eyes. This girl is so hardworking, and the good life of the family now depends on her.
"A safe and smooth life is what I expect of her!" Shen suppressed her worries. Looking at Jiang Youzhen who was standing in the crowd and bowing frequently, she felt both proud and nervous.
"Thank you all for taking the time to come to the banquet. Enjoy your meal." Jiang Youzhen saw that everyone was staring at him eagerly and the child was almost drooling, so he waved his little hand.
"Let's start the feast!"
Everyone cheered, chopsticks flew in their hands, and they started eating.
Magistrate Wu was arranged to sit in an adjacent ear room. When Jiang Youzhen went in, he saw that all the people sitting at the table were respected members of the clan, and they were there to accompany the guests.
Jiang Youzhen sat down and started to toast each other. The place was very lively inside and outside, full of laughter and joy.
Farmers just want to eat meat as long as they are practical and exquisite dishes are not suitable for them.
Pork elbow, four-happiness meatballs, braised silver carp, braised chicken nuggets, etc. are all staple dishes. Today is a day to eat as much as you can, except that you don't take it away.
How much oil and water do farmers have in a year? So many delicious dishes make my mouth full of oil.
People from the Jiang family’s old house were also mixed in, especially Jiang Hailin and his wife, who demonstrated the concept of being as thick-skinned as a city wall to the fullest.
They ate so much that the soup was all over the place, which made the people sitting at the same table look down on them. But who in this old house doesn't know that this is their character? There is no point in saying more, so no one will say anything.
The old lady had just been tied up by Wu Ya at home, and Jiang Hailin and his wife disappeared. She spat in anger, this shameless couple must have gone to Jiang Youzhen's house to eat and drink.
When she walked into the main room, she found Jiang He sitting on the kang. She sneered, still having some shame.
Then he looked at the plank bed nearby, and found Jiang Hailin sleeping there. Jiang Hailin was lucky, and he survived the beating. He must have been a scourge for thousands of years.
But he is now in a worse condition than before. Previously, his upper body could still move, but now only the part above the neck can move.
As soon as he saw Wu Ya coming in, Jiang Haiqing's face, which was as thin as a skeleton, showed a pleading look.
"Wu Ya, Daddy begs you to give me something to eat. I'm so hungry!"
"Dad, don't worry. Grandma has already gone to Jiang Youzhen's house to bring you food. By the way, Jiang Youzhen passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. Did you know that?"
When the old lady was waiting here, she didn't let her tell Jiang Haiqing, so Jiang Hailin didn't know until now that Jiang Youzhen had passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer.
Jiang Haiqing's face turned pale when he heard this. He stared at the roof with his eyes wide open, looking somewhat lifeless.
Wu Ya was a little surprised at his behavior at the moment. Shouldn't he be angry and roaring, or hysterical? Why was he acting so calm?
Jiang Haiqing had been lying in bed for more than two years, living a life worse than death. But he was afraid of death, so he just kept living on.
Now, if you ask him if he regrets it, he actually does regret it. If he hadn't plotted against Jiang Youzhen, perhaps he wouldn't have fallen to this point.
"Wu Ya! Dad was wrong. Dad, please forgive me. I shouldn't have coveted the Tang family's money and ignored your life or death."
Jiang Haiqing suddenly looked at Wu Ya, his eyes filled with tears.
When Wu Ya heard Jiang Haiqing admit his mistake, she couldn't believe it at first, and then burst into tears.
"Dad knows you hate me, but I'm about to die." Jiang Haiqing suddenly said.
Even Jiang He, who was lying on the kang next to him, was very surprised. How could this eldest son actually repent?
In fact, he ignored his eldest son and only took care of the crops in the past two years because he was extremely disappointed with him. He asked the whole family to support his eldest son and youngest son to study so that they could become superior people, but his eldest son was so disappointing.
The fourth son was even more useless! He was a sinner! He actually gave birth to these two sons.
"Go call your grandma back. I want to have a full meal before I die." Jiang Haiqing has been tortured beyond recognition by Wu Ya in the past two years. If he is not given food, he can only survive with a little food. He feels that living is torture.
He clearly felt that his health was getting worse and worse, and perhaps his time was up.
Wu Ya suddenly felt that it was boring. Punishing the people in the old house in the past two years did not make her truly happy.
"I'll go call grandma!" She ran out, feeling very upset.
Everyone was enjoying the banquet, and Wu Ya did not disturb them. She just found the old lady and whispered a few words in her ear.
"What?" The old lady panicked.
She stood up and was about to leave, but before leaving she remembered the vegetable and meat steamed buns on the table, so she poured the food into the large bowl she had brought with her without hesitation.
The person at the same table still didn't dare to do it and was about to scold her, but he saw the old lady put the bowl into the basket and left in a hurry.