Chapter 232 Apologize, a good show begins(2/2)
Sang Ye shook his head and a smile appeared on his face: "No, I haven't been kneeling for a long time, so don't worry."
Zheng Lin's face calmed down and he held her arm down the steps: "I'll help you out, my mother is waiting for you outside. After worshiping the ancestors later, you and my mother will go back and rest first, and I'll stay and pack up my things."
"Okay." Sang Ye nodded, not rejecting the man's wishes.
Although she didn't kneel for too long, she could bear it, but she would still kneel down later on for the official worship of her ancestors. She was afraid she would be so tired, especially when she knelt on the cold and hard ground, her knees could not bear it.
The young wives who came out behind Sang Ye looked at the couple's backs enviously. They did not find their own man in the crowd, and felt a little disappointed, but this loss did not last long and was covered up by other things.
After the brides finished the genealogy, they then gave the genealogy to children born two years ago.
Given that these children still don’t know anything, the ceremony of entering the genealogy has been simplified. The adults directly kowtowed in front of their ancestors with their children in their arms, and then reported the names of the children, and wrote them to the names of their parents on the genealogy. The ceremony was completed.
Then, the ancestor worship ceremony really began.
The whole process is much more complicated than the bride's genealogy. First, several clan elders offered blessing words to their ancestors, and then the clan leader talked about the major events in the village over the past year, reporting on the new population, fields and other aspects of the village until the end, it was the turn of tribesmen to pay their respects to their ancestors.
Everyone knelt for about half an hour. Except for a few people like Mangye who were inconvenient, thick knee pads and other objects were tied to their knees. In order to show their respect for their ancestors, the others knelt on the cold and hard ground.
Even a strong young wife can't stand it if she kneels down for a long time, and it's hard.
After the ceremony was completed, Meng was still supported by the mulberry leaves kneeling beside him. An old woman with a poor body fainted and was carried home in panic by her daughter-in-law.
Just as the villagers were helping each other and planning to go home, suddenly, a loud gong sound came from the entrance of the ancestral hall. Everyone turned around in surprise, thinking that the clan leader had something to announce, but it was the clan's wife Hu who was ringing the gong with the wooden hammer.
"Mr. Hu, what are you doing?" The patriarch who heard the sound of gongs walked out hurriedly. When he saw that Mr. Hu frowned, he stared at Mr. Hu unhappily and was about to knock again: "What day is this?"
Hu looked at Heng. No one was afraid of the leader of the Zheng clan. But at this moment she didn't care about the fear, she handed the wooden hammer and gong in her hand to Zheng Daniu, and honestly said to the leader:
"I was encouraged by someone to do something wrong, almost killing people's lives. Today, I want to tell this while everyone is here, and the person I framed is innocent."
The patriarch was stunned. After a sudden change of thought, he subconsciously looked at Zheng Lin who was standing not far away and was looking at this side. He vaguely guessed that it had something to do with the Zheng couple.
He knew about the rumor when it first spread, but it was all spread privately. The Zheng family did not refute it, so he ignored it. He didn't expect that he would be waiting here!
Not only did the patriarch think so, but most of the people present also thought so, and their eyes unconsciously fell on the Zheng family, wanting to see if it was them.
Chapter completed!