Chapter 1645: Ceremony in Progress

Wang Lao walked to the front of the wooden door, and for some reason, a very simple key suddenly appeared in his hand, and then he inserted it into an old-fashioned lock in the middle of the wooden door.

With a click.

The lock was opened, but Wang Lao did not rush to push the door open, but bent down and knelt on the ground.

Zhao Lao and others who followed him also knelt down. There was nothing on the ground, but it was unusually clean.

Zhao Tiezhu hurriedly followed his parents and knelt down.

"The xxxth generation descendants of the Zhao family, Zhao Wu, Zhao Meiqin, Zhao Meifeng, Zhao Dong, Zhao Chun, Zhao Ergou, Zhao Tiezhu. Bow to the ancestors!" After Wang Lao finished speaking, he did not bow, while Zhao Lao and others bowed down one after another, with their hands stretched forward, almost sticking to the ground.

Zhao Tiezhu naturally followed suit. The rules of this big family are different from those of ordinary people. Before entering the door, you must bow at the door first. Who knows how complicated it will be when you go in later.

After bowing three times, Old Wang stood up, and Zhao Laifu hurried to Old Zhao's side and helped him up. Naturally, other old people also came forward to help them up, and those who helped them were all Zhao family members of the next generation.

"Enter the door! Meet the ancestors!" Old Wang said as he opened the door and walked in first.

Old Zhao and others followed him in, while Zhao Tiezhu and others walked in last. As for the others, they could only stand at the door and could not enter the house.

As soon as Zhao Tiezhu entered the ancestral hall, he felt a faint fragrance of incense. In front of him was a very large table in the shape of a rectangular block, and it was divided into three levels. The first level had the most tablets, while the second level had significantly fewer tablets. On the third level, there were only two tablets with some ancient characters written on them. Zhao Tiezhu could not recognize them all, but he could vaguely see the word Zhao.

These were the tablets of the ancestors of the Zhao family.

The moment Zhao Tiezhu saw these tablets, he became solemn. It was these people who created the unprecedented foundation of the Zhao family. And their blood was flowing in his body.

"Descendants of the Zhao family..." Old Wang closed his eyes slightly, standing in front of the table, shaking the bell and muttering something. Zhao Tiezhu stood at the back and could not hear clearly, and many words sounded very bitter and difficult to understand. Zhao Tiezhu wondered if he was speaking classical Chinese?

After waiting for about five minutes for Old Wang to read, Zhao Tiezhu saw the person in front of him kneel down again, and then Zhao Tiezhu quickly knelt down.

Next, he kowtowed three times.

Then he stood up again and continued to listen to Old Wang reading. After another five minutes, Old Zhao walked to the side, took out a handful of incense from a bag, then lit it and inserted it on the incense burner in the middle.

The rising green smoke exuded a pleasant smell.

Old Wang walked to the side and lit the candles in front of each plaque. According to Zhao Tiezhu's understanding, this should be the soul summoning. Simply put, it is to summon the souls of the ancestors and then look at the descendants of the Zhao family. Of course, these are all idealistic things, just a tradition. As for whether the souls can really be summoned, no one knows.

After all the candles were lit, the light in the whole room seemed a little strange. It was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. The sun began to set. The sunlight slowly turned yellow and penetrated into the ancestral hall through the hollow carvings around the room. The candlelight was also yellow, but it was different from the yellow of the sunlight. The image produced by this interweaving made people feel a little dazzled.

After offering incense, Old Zhao retreated, and then the leaders of the branches such as Zhao Meiqin went up to offer incense. Soon, the whole incense burner was filled with incense, and the fragrance in the room suddenly became very strong.

Zhao Ergou also went up to burn incense at the end, and then Ye Qingxia did not go up, but Zhao Tiezhu went directly to the turn. Zhao Tiezhu estimated that only people with Zhao family blood flowing in their bodies could burn incense, otherwise his mother and Cao Ziyi would not be able to burn incense.

After burning incense, another long and obscure scripture-like thing was read out from Wang Lao's mouth. The sound was very mysterious, making people feel drowsy, but it was a very comfortable drowsy feeling. But if you really want to sleep, you can't sleep, because this scripture-like thing often pops up one or two words that are more stimulating to your nerves, and as a result, you can wake up all of a sudden, and then fall asleep all of a sudden, anyway, it makes your mind confused and clear. When Zhao Tiezhu didn't pay attention at first, he was also confused, but later he paid attention and it was fine. After all, Zhao Tiezhu's willpower is also very strong. As for Zhao Lao and others, perhaps because they have heard it many times, they didn't have any other reactions.

This passage of scripture was read for a full ten minutes. After finishing, Elder Wang asked everyone to kneel down again, and then bow three times. Then they knelt on the ground and Elder Wang continued to read the scripture.

It had been read for about twenty minutes, and Elder Wang had no intention of asking everyone to stand up. If a person kneeled for ten or twenty minutes, it would be very uncomfortable. Fortunately, Zhao Tiezhu was in good health, and the other elderly people did not have any other expressions. They were all calm.

At the twenty-fifth minute, Elder Wang asked everyone to stand up, and then read, "Descendants of the Zhao family, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law, pay homage to the ancestors!"

At this time, Ye Qingxia followed Cao Ziyi. The two of them sat on a cushion in front of the table. Then, Old Wang stood in front of them, shaking the bell and muttering something. However, this time, the time was very fast. It took only about three minutes to finish the scripture. Then, Old Wang asked the two to burn incense, but the position of the two people inserting incense was different from that of Zhao Tiezhu and others. They directly rubbed the incense on the pillar beside them.

Then, under the instruction of Old Wang, Old Zhao walked to the front of the table and knelt down, and then said, "Zhao family, Zhao Wu, the second-generation descendant of Shenzhou, now brings the third-generation descendant Zhao Ergou and the fourth-generation descendant Zhao Tiezhu to kowtow to the ancestors. Due to various hardships in the past, Zhao Ergou and Zhao Tiezhu left the Zhao family. Now, with the blessing of the ancestors, the two have returned to the Zhao family safely. Therefore, please ask the ancestors whether to let the two return."

As he said, Old Zhao threw two wooden blocks on the ground.

One was facing up, and the other was facing up.

A smile appeared on Mr. Zhao's face. He bowed and said, "Thank you, ancestors!"