Chapter 699: Worship the gods and worship the ancestors

In fact, when the family came in with the child in, Fang Ming's attention fell on the child, but after hearing Fang Ming's words, the young woman did not hold the child to Fang Ming, on the contrary He looked at him suspiciously.
"Xiao Xue, who is this?"
The old man didn't know Fang Ming, and he was looking for Gao Yuanzhou. In the past six months, everyone in the village knew that Master Gao was a feng shui master. If someone in the village was old or built a new house, they would ask Master Gao for help. Choosing a location and choosing a day can be regarded as Mr. Feng Shui in the village.
Gao Yuanzhou is indeed some really talented learners. He chose some good luck for the villagers. There are still some basic skills in choosing the location of Kanyu, so he is respected by the older generation in the village.
After all, in the eyes of the older generation, Mr. Feng Shui is an expert with real skills, and no one has a happy event, not to mention that these elderly people are old and have not had a few years to live. Respect the master. When the time comes, let Master Gao choose a good tomb for them to bury.
"Grandpa Zhang, this is my brother's friend, Fang Ming's brother." Qin Xue replied.
"Uncle Zhang, just show him your grandson, he is very capable." Li Ke on the side also persuaded him that he had just seen Fang Ming's ability, and even the guts on the senior masters were people. Deported, that skill must be above the master.
Hearing Qin Xue and Li Ke, Uncle Zhang said to his daughter-in-law: "Xiaomei, give the baby to this little brother."
Although the young woman was somewhat reluctant, she eventually followed suit and passed the child towards Fang Ming. At the same time, she told her: "Cong Cong's body is still very brittle. Be careful not to touch your head."
Fang Ming smiled. He knew what the elder sister was worried about. Men are all hairy, especially young men like him who haven't got married yet, and they have several experiences of hugging children.
However, what is strange is that the child who was crying from time to time in his mother’s arms, when he was held in his hands by Fang Ming, stopped moving quietly and stopped crying. Small eyes stared at Fang Ming's face, grinning and smiling.
"This... the baby actually smiled."
Uncle Zhang's family is showing incredible colors. In these days, the children are crying every day. In addition to going to sleep, they will be quiet. At other times, they can't calm down at all, and they haven't had a smile on their faces. Doctor, but I don't see anything wrong.
"Have you ever screamed for your child?"
Fang Ming glanced at the child for a few moments, then immediately looked at Uncle Zhang, and Uncle Zhang nodded quickly when he heard Fang Ming's words, saying: "Well, Cong Cong kept crying all the time, I suspect that I might lose my soul, so Shouted the child's soul."
Shouting souls, this is not a mysterious thing in the country. This is passed down by the ancestors for thousands of years. In Jiangcheng County, as long as the elderly are old.
The urban and rural construction in the past was not as developed as it is now, and there are not so many roads and tall buildings. Mountains, forests and fields are the main theme. Sometimes when the children go out to play, they come back dumb and even have a high fever. That's why the soul is lost.
At this time, the elderly at home will take the pot plate cover in their hands, and then hold a kitchen knife, put the pot plate cover on the child's head, and then tap the pot knife on the pot plate three times, shouting in the mouth "The soul returns".
There are different ways to call the soul, and some even use eggs to call the soul. If the soul comes back, the eggs will be erected automatically. Of course, they also use brooms or the clothes of the children during their lifetime. In short, they all go the same way.
Uncle Zhang saw his grandson crying all the time, so he also used this method, and the reason why he used pot lids and kitchen knives was to seek the protection of the stove god. In traditional Chinese culture, only the stove stays among all the gods. In the world, nature is also the most effective.
"Actually, your grandson didn't lose his soul." Fang Ming smiled and explained: "The child who lost his soul doesn't cry, and behaves like a dementia, but the child cries and cries, this is not lost. The soul is entangled in something."
"Tangled by something?"
Uncle Zhang's face was scared, and Li Ke was a little dull, so what did Fang Ming's words mean after a second or two?
"You are the child's mother, right? What do you call it?"
Fang Ming did not continue this topic, but asked towards the young woman who was the mother of the child.
"My name is Sumy."
"Sister Su, you are not from the village."
"Well, I'm from the next town, and I married into the village this year."
"We haven't had a wedding yet."
"Not yet. I plan to hold it next year."
Fang Ming asked, and Su Mei answered the question, but when it comes to not having a wedding, his eyes are still on the husband in his eyes, and there is a look of grievance in his eyes. Which girl does not want to hold the wedding, is not herself. The husband is dragging.
"That... that's not to think about waiting for the new house to be built, and then it can be moved in again before the wedding." Samui's husband explained to the side.
In the countryside, girls’ unmarried pregnancies are not an individual phenomenon. There are also many people who do not hold weddings. The first reason is that many men and women are known to work outside the home. These men and women are working hard outside the fire, and they couldn’t help being pregnant. My belly is five or six months old.
What can be done at this time, can only be to obtain a marriage certificate first, and then consider the matter of marriage, and even some have not reached the legal age of marriage, even the marriage certificate can not be obtained.
Fang Ming did not continue this topic. This is the family affair of others. He continued to say: "So Sister Su, you feel a bit shameful. Although she has a baby, she rarely steps out of the house. She has not even visited the land temple. ,Right."
"What, haven't you worshipped at the Temple of the Earth? Didn't I tell you? Cong Cong went to worship the Lord of the Earth on the hundredth day?"
Uncle Zhang heard Fang Ming’s words, and then saw the expressions of his son and daughter-in-law. He was directly anxious. His grandson didn’t get back because he was working on the construction site outside, but he still called him specifically Own son.
Children are going to worship in the land temple for a hundred days. This is their custom here. Not only the land temple, but also to order some dishes to worship the ancestors at home, but also to cut off the child’s nails and mix them in the green beans into the pot Fried, and then invited some relatives to eat beans and tea at home.
"Isn't that the day when the children were more troublesome, so we didn't make it, but in the end the beans were fried." Samui's husband said with some embarrassment.
"You are a jerk, dare to quibble, I will kill you."
Uncle Zhang couldn't bear it anymore, he had to beat his son, but he was stopped by Li Ke.
"Uncle Zhang is not excited. Maozi wasn't intentional. Isn't it the child's trouble? The sister-in-law can't take the child alone. Maozi should be accompanied."
In Li Ke's mind, he didn't show how much these customs are. This is what time it is, and there is so much attention.
"Some customs, the existence is the best proof."
Fang Ming sighed, and after seeing everyone's eyes turned to himself, explained: "Cut off the child's nails and sauté them in beans. This is just a moral meaning, I hope the child can be quiet in the future. Yes, but worshipping the land lord and ancestors is not just as simple as custom."
"Many years ago people sneered at some customs and always felt that they were superstitious..." Fang Ming said that when Mei Mei and her husband were all red, they were obviously given by Fang Ming. That's it.
"Take the ancestor worship, this is not only out of respect for the family and the blood, but more important is to tell the ancestors that there will be one more person in the future generations, praying for the ancestors' blessing, as for worship at the land temple, that is Tell the local land master that there is one more person in a certain place in the area, and let the land master tell the Sifang Mountain God to put the children into the household and protect the children's safety."
"These aren't just a custom. Lord Earth protects one side of the people. You don't tell Lord Earth. How could Lord Earth know that there is a child in your family?"
"Finally, the child still has to walk around holding many doors, especially in the countryside. Every household offers incense from their ancestors. They take their children to walk around and walk around. When the ancestors see it, they know it is the same village. Child, there will be no mentality."
"There are many old people in the village. An old man may leave after a while to let these old people know the existence of the child. When the old man is old and the soul is wandering in the village, he will know the child and will not bully the child."
What Fang Ming said made everyone present stunned, because they never thought there would be such a set of statements. According to this statement, does it mean that there are ghosts everywhere in their village?
"Don’t think I’m alarmist. In addition to ghosts, there are some mountain spirits. Generally speaking, mountain spirits don’t take the initiative to harm people. After all, there is a landlord who sits, but you don’t even worship the landlord. What protects you? The gods also need to worship and incense this year."
"You have more time to go to Taoist temples and temples to worship Buddha than to worship ancestors and Lord Earth. There are so many worshipers who worship Buddha and God. People don't look down on your incense, but Lord Earth is different. Lord Lord depends on your local The incense of these people is enshrined."
Speaking of the current situation in various places, Fang Ming is also somewhat helpless. In many places, there are local land temples that do not go to worship. Every year, they don’t hesitate to drive to the temple Taoist temples for tens of miles or even farther to worship. The large amount of incense money, it is better to spend money to repair the ancestral hall and the land temple.
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