238. The Ancestral Tablet Has Been Moved (Please Order the Full Version)

The feast begins.

Four cold dishes and four hot dishes are served first.

There are both meat and vegetarian dishes, all of which are local specialties.

“Eat, eat, eat…”

“Don’t be polite, eat as soon as possible.”

The elders sitting at the upper seats gave the order, and more than a dozen tables lined up from the entrance of the ancestral hall to the entrance of the memorial archway. The old and the young, the strong young men, and the children who have just started school, started to eat.

When sitting at the table, the elders take the first bite, this is the rule!

After eating eight dishes, the service staff who served as deacons cleared the dishes and brought coarse porcelain bowls filled with vinegar and soy sauce.

(Deacons, service personnel who handle banquets in Guanzhong area, collectively referred to as deacons.)

"Zhou Li·Tianguan·Dazai": "Nine is idle people, no permanent job, transfer to deacons." Zheng Xuan's note says: "Idle people refer to those who have no career, transfer to others as deacons, just like today's hired servants."

"Leave home dumplings, go home noodles."

"Mr. Bai, you just came home, it's not that we are unkind and don't serve you a good banquet, but it's the first banquet, and the main thing to eat is noodles."

Bai Jiaxuan sat in the main seat, bowed to Bai Gui who sat in the second seat, and said.

The main seat Bai Jiaxuan gave up again, but Bai Gui refused to sit, and sat in the second seat instead.

"I know this, the rule is like this."

"Eating noodles is good, long-lasting, we Qin people, if we don't eat noodles at banquets, it's a little bit less delicious."

Bai Gui nodded and smiled.

As the saying goes: Leave home dumplings, go home noodles.

The reason for leaving home dumplings is that dumplings are shaped like ingots, which is homophonic to Jiaozi, a silver note in the Song Dynasty, and also means going out to make friends, implying "getting money and profit" outside, while returning home noodles are long strips, implying long-lasting.

Bai Jiaxuan's words mean that our Bailu Village has a buffet, and this first banquet, we eat noodles first, and then the second banquet, the third banquet, eat good noodles.

Sizzle.

The sound of oil-splashed spicy noodles came from the earthen stove outside the ancestral hall.

The aroma of oil-splashed spicy noodles also rushed in.

Bowls of oil-splashed noodles were brought in by the deacons on wooden tables.

...

After the meal, after the banquet.

Under the guidance of the clan leader Bai Jiaxuan, Bai Gui knelt in the ancestral hall and kowtowed three times respectfully to the Bai family's ancestral tablet.

After the welcoming ceremony, you can worship your ancestors.

Kneeling is over.

Bai Gui looked up and was stunned for a moment. He found that the ancestral tablet of his branch had been moved to a new position and was placed next to the main branch, that is, the branch of the patriarch of Bai Jiaxuan's ancestors. The tablets of the two families were very close.

"The patriarch is thoughtful..."

"I will donate 300 silver dollars as the family property to renovate the ancestral hall."

Bai Gui stood up and saw this scene and felt satisfied.

People fight for a breath, and Buddha accepts a stick of incense.

For a clan, the order of the ancestral tablets must not be sloppy. Now his family can be sacrificed next to the main branch, which can increase face after it is said.

Since the Zhou Dynasty established the eldest son inheritance system for the main and minor branches.

Generally speaking, the farther the blood relationship is from the main branch, the farther the ancestral tablet is from the main sacrifice seat. The blood relationship between Bai Gui's ancestors and the patriarch's lineage is not far or close, and because of the decline of the family, the ancestral tablet was originally in a corner.

Now it has been moved to the middle, near the main branch.

This means that his family's status in Bailu Village is now second only to that of the clan leader.

It sounds unreasonable!

Bai Gui's status is much higher than that of everyone in Bailu Village. Now many people in Bailu Village rely on Bai Gui's connections to make a living. Take the gourd chicken business for example. If Bai Gui had not been on good terms with Wu Huaixian and others, and without the deliberate support of the Wu Mansion, the gourd chicken business would not have developed to the current level. It may be profitable, but the process must have been tortuous.

But... this is the big rule outside!

There are still small rules in Bailu Village.

If Bai Gui is ruthless, he can completely crush and ignore the small rules of Bailu Village with the big rules outside! Gu

However... ignoring such small rules still has some consequences.

There is no need to do this!

In short, no matter how big a figure you are outside or how much money you make, you have to worship your ancestors when you go home.

Now Bailu Village and the Bai clan leader are quite sensible. Since the clan leader's main branch cannot be moved and cannot be understood, it is still feasible to make Bai Gui's branch branch the second largest branch after the clan leader's branch...

With status and position, there are some things that you don't have to worry about yourself. Smart people will take care of them.

"I will accept this money on behalf of the clan."

"Repairing the ancestral hall is a big deal, which is enough for future generations to remember. I thank Mr. Bai on behalf of the clan members..."

Bai Jiaxuan nodded, did not refuse, and directly accepted it generously.

Such money for repairing the clan ancestral hall cannot be refused, unless the donor has a problem with his reputation and is afraid of bringing shame to the ancestors.

"I am at ease with the work of the Bai clan leader."

Bai Gui replied.

The last patriarch of Bailu Village was Bai Jiaxuan's father Bai Bingde. The family declined somewhat when it came to Bai Jiaxuan's generation. The Bai family's wealth also shrank seriously because Bai Jiaxuan married seven women, and their reputation fell to the bottom because of selling ancestral property and growing opium...

Bai Jiaxuan, the patriarch, was questioned by many people.

But later, Bai Jiaxuan did two things. One was to repair the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall of his ancestors, and the other was to hire a teacher to open a school in Bailu Village. After these two things were done, Bai Jiaxuan was considered to have secured the position of patriarch.

Donating three hundred silver dollars to the village to pay for the repair of the ancestral hall was a great achievement, enough to establish prestige in the village.

Bai Gui is not short of three hundred silver dollars. If he can use this to gain another reputation for benevolence and righteousness, he doesn't mind doing it.

Besides, there are also memorial tablets for ancestors of his lineage in the ancestral hall.

It's not a waste of money.

Walk out of the door of the ancestral hall.

Bai Gui and Bai Youde return home.

When worshiping ancestor tablets, you should not worship them casually on ordinary days, so as not to disturb the peace of your ancestors. Bai Gui's return to his hometown was a special case, so the patriarch Bai Jiaxuan accompanied him to worship his ancestors, but Bai Youde had to wait at the door.

Of course, Bai Youde can also come in and worship together, but it's just not in line with the rules.

"Let's go, your Aunt Wang is still waiting for you in the house."

Bai Youde said.

He has a dull temperament and is not good at talking. In front of other people, he has the confidence of his son to talk freely, but in front of his son, he is often prone to stage fright. This is not because he is unfilial, but because of his personality, he can't lose face.

Go inside.

"Aunt Wang, this is the silk material Xiuzhu bought for you and Bao'er. What do you think?"

"And these are the best rouge and gouache from Jiangnan. This... this is a high-end perfume from France. Try it. It's all Xiuzhu's dedication."

Bai Gui opened the gifts from Bai Xiuzhu one by one.

Passed it to Aunt Wang and Liu Baoer.

"France's high-end perfume, this small bottle costs two silver dollars..."

Mrs. Bai Wang took the gift and looked at it. When she saw the price tag on the gift, her hands couldn't help but tremble.

Too expensive!

No rouge and gouache she had ever seen in her life was so expensive.

"This is just a small gift."

When Bai Gui saw this, he smiled and didn't mind very much.

If you remove the price tag when giving a gift, the gift is almost like a free gift. However, Bai Xiuzhu was not experienced in the world and obviously could not have imagined this. This was just something she bought casually. It wasn't cheap, but it wasn't to the point where she needed to pay attention to the price.

And he won't deliberately tear off the price tag.

Let nature take its course.

"I didn't expect Sister Xiuzhu to be so generous..."

Liu Baoer forced a smile. Although she believed that it was impossible for her to be with Bai Gui, as Bai Gui's "ex-fiancée", she would inevitably compare herself with the latecomer. This comparison made her feel cold.

"Forget it, brother just thinks of me as his sister, why do I think so much."

She thought to herself, regained her composure, and began to examine her future relationship with Bai Gui.