Chapter 150: Mid-Autumn Festival (Subscription Request)

Li Duoyu stayed in the office for a while.

Then he went home directly.

The village director did not have a clear requirement to be on duty. When dealing with things, he just had to come to the village committee.

In addition, the system has just been reformed, and many systems are not perfect. In the short term, he, the village director, really has nothing to do.

So, Li Duoyu returned home first.

Zhou Xiaoying and Zhu Xiuhua followed Chen Huiying to prepare various things for worship.

Because on the first and second days of the seventh month, they have to invite "good brothers" to dinner for two consecutive days.

Every Zhongyuan Festival is also the time when the customs of Dandan Island are the most chaotic.

Chenjia Village celebrates the Pudu Festival.

The Pudu Festival is a traditional folk festival formed by blending the Taoist Zhongyuan Festival and the Buddhist Yulanpen Festival.

In Xiasha Village, since people come from all directions, every Zhongyuan Festival, there will definitely be neighbors fighting with each other.

Some celebrate half-duan.

Some are called Shigu.

Some have to celebrate Pudu.

Li Duoyu's family is more complicated, because their ancestors came from Rongcheng, so they also have to "do half a section".

Doing half a section means that half of the year has passed. On the day of Zhongyuan Festival, they have to celebrate the harvest and worship their ancestors.

Simply put, it is to invite guests to dinner.

And my mother Chen Huiying is from Chenjia Village, and she also has to do Pudu, so during Zhongyuan Festival, their family not only has to "do half a section" but also "do Pudu", which is quite chaotic.

However, no matter how this festival is celebrated.

In general, this month is about constantly worshiping and inviting "guests" to dinner.

It's not that I go to your house to eat.

It's that you go to my house to eat.

The more you worship, the more everyone eats. If you can't finish it, invite relatives and friends to come and eat together.

And on the last night of the sixth lunar month, Chen Huiying will specifically tell the children that they are not allowed to go to the beach to play for the whole month.

And once it's past twelve o'clock.

A-niang would light a square lantern at the door. Chen Huiying said that this is called a street lamp, which is used to light the way for the "good brothers".

Li Duoyu also learned about it.

Why do they attach so much importance to the Zhongyuan Festival in their area? The older generation said that when the Japanese pirates were rampant in the past, fishermen were often killed along the coast, and even their bodies were not collected.

In order to sacrifice these killed villagers, the surviving fishermen held the Zhongyuan Festival in a particularly grand manner.

Another theory is.

In those days, the Qing army and Zheng Chenggong's army launched a long tug-of-war in their area. In order to deter the anti-Qing army and civilians, the Qing army organized many large-scale massacres, which led to the custom of emphasizing Pudu.

In later generations, due to the increasing number of fishermen.

Many shipwrecks occurred.

It gradually evolved into a sacrifice to the "good brothers" who died at sea.

Every year during the Zhongyuan Festival, Zhou Xiaoying would be particularly serious, but because her parents died in a shipwreck.

She was influenced by Chen Huiying since childhood.

She attaches great importance to this festival.

Usually, they are stingy and can't even afford to buy a piece of meat, but when it comes to the seventh month of the lunar calendar, they will spend money without hesitation.

Gold and silver paper.

Three animals and five gifts.

They will have everything they need.

Unlike ordinary fishermen, fishermen who have not had any accidents at home only need to make a simple sacrifice on the first day of the seventh month when the ghost gate opens.

Just place some simple fruit biscuits at the door of the house for worship, and then burn some paper money.

And those who have had accidents at home.

Generally, they need a big sacrifice, cook a table of sumptuous dishes, and burn a lot of paper money.

After Zhou Xiaoying burned the paper money, she held the incense and bowed in the direction of the sea.

She was still muttering.

"Dad and Mom, I am fine now, Duoyu is fine, and my son is also very good. I hope you can rest assured and don't miss me too much. Soon."

After Zhou Xiaoying finished the worship.

Her eyes couldn't help but turn red.

Seeing her like this, Li Duoyu realized how bad he was in his previous life.

In this month of the previous life, Li Duoyu and Agui ate and drank everywhere every day, treating Pudu as a buffet, and completely forgot the original meaning of Pudu.

However, just when they were praying.

Unexpectedly, but not unexpectedly, an unexpected person came. The old lady actually came to their house again with a cane.

This time, she didn't come to find his father.

But to find "Uncle Wu".

Although everyone knew that she had Alzheimer's disease, it still made his mother Chen Huiying very angry.

The reason was that in previous years, the old lady couldn't help but get sick every July.

For a whole month, she cursed the people in Chenjia Village, and the one she cursed the most was Chen Huiying. Once she found out that Chen Huiying was "doing Pudu".

She would even come over and flip her table and say some very unpleasant words.

In previous years, when doing Pudu on the Ghost Festival, Chen Huiying hated the old lady with bound feet the most.

And this time, although she no longer cursed people or flipped the table, she came to them and kept chanting "Uncle Wu"'s name.

This is not much different from flipping a table.

After seeing the old lady, Chen Huiying was so angry that she went back to her room directly, thinking that out of sight, out of mind.

After the old lady couldn't find her fifth uncle, she didn't go to his son Li Zhengtian, but went to Li Duoyu and looked at him.

"I remember you often played with our Yujun. I haven't seen Yujun for a long time. Do you know where he went?"

After seeing the old lady.

Li Duoyu also had mixed feelings, so he had to lie to her and said, "Yujun went to college and won't be back so soon."

"You're so promising, and you're still in college."

The old lady looked very happy, and then looked at Zhou Xiaoying who was holding the child, and looked at the child: "Your child is really good-looking."

"Um."

Li Duoyu nodded.

Perhaps because she was tired from walking, the old lady sat on the stone strips in their courtyard, and then stared blankly at the sea in front of her.

The whole person seemed to have lost his soul, motionless and not saying a word.

And not long after.

The third uncle and the third aunt rushed over.

He took the old lady back immediately, and the third uncle said with an apologetic look: "Duoyu, your grandma didn't lift your table this time."

Li Duoyu shook his head: "No."

"That's good." The third uncle sighed: "I have Alzheimer's disease. Why do I come to your house every year at this time?"

Li Duoyu smiled helplessly: "Maybe you're used to it."

"Then let's go first."

However, Li Duoyu discovered that the old lady had lost a lot of weight recently. She used to pay great attention to personal appearance and hygiene, but even if she was at home every day, her hair would be very nice.

But this time when he came out, his hair was disheveled, and the buttons of his clothes were buttoned in many wrong places.

And Li Duoyu can smell it clearly.

The old lady already smelled of it.

This month we keep praying and eating. On July 15th, there are also rituals such as "letting water lanterns".

Until after July 15th.

Bye bye it was reduced.

However, because she worshiped too many things and Zhou Xiaoying didn't like to eat, Li Duoyu gained more than ten kilograms of weight in more than half a month.

Her belly was exposed.

And the day after finishing Pudu, my uncle Chen Dongqing came to the door with a happy face and said to Li Duoyu:

"The time for the inspection team has been decided. Next month, Rongcheng University will open a special Japanese class for us. All the members of the inspection team will have to go to the university for half a month for training."

"Half a month?"

Chen Dongqing nodded.

"But it's the Ghost Festival in July."

Chen Dongqing said disgustedly: "Can you please stop being so superstitious?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Huiying came out of the house and glared at him.

Chen Dongqing was frightened for a second, but still said: "Sister, things have to be prioritized. This opportunity is really rare."

Li Duoyu, who already speaks Japanese, really doesn't want to learn the fifty tones again, nor does he want to learn the etiquette of the island country again.

"Then I'll just go through the motions and go there for two days, okay?"

Chen Dongqing is so angry that she wants to hit someone. Others are fighting for a spot, but you still look so damn reluctant.

"No, the superiors have specifically told me to supervise your learning of Japanese. If you fail to learn Japanese well, my wages will be deducted."

"Then just deduct it."

"Li Duoyu, you have gone too far. Believe it or not, I will bite you."

"come."

Seeing the two people quarreling, Zhou Xiaoying said: "Go, I'm at home, don't worry, my mother-in-law will help take care of her."

If someone in the family can go to the island country for inspection, they will be proud of it, so they will naturally support it.

Lao Li, who was smoking a cigarette, said with a smile on his face: "I'll show you the oyster field. You are now the village director. Go out and learn something with your uncle."

Li Haoran smiled and said: "Uncle, you are over there. There is delicious food. Remember to bring some back to me."

Li Yaoguo couldn't help but want to beat his son: "You kid, how come you know how to eat and eat all day long?"