Agriculture Idol

Chapter 9
Li Chengxin took the paper money offerings and walked towards the north slope where the ancestral hall was located.

The original ancestral hall in the village is at the entrance of the village, where Li Chengxin and Brother Xiaoyong went to the ruins to find usable bricks and tiles a few chapters ago.Probably when Li Chengxin was in elementary school, the village invited a famous Taoist priest from the county to visit, and finally decided to move the ancestral hall to the north slope on the edge of the village.At that time, the old ancestral hall had not yet collapsed, but after the new ancestral hall was repaired, the memorial tablets and other ancestral hall objects were sent into the new ancestral hall with gongs and drums, and the old ancestral hall was abandoned like this. Collapsed.In fact, in most cases now, the cost of demolishing a house is always higher than building a house, which is why most of the empty houses in the village are left to be dumped by themselves.

Strange to say, with just one or two ancestral hall changes, a group of children in the village were admitted to schools in the county and province.It is rumored that the Taoist priests are effective, and the cleaning and repairing of the new ancestral hall is more attentive than the old one, especially for families with children.

Li Chengxin laughed secretly in his heart. Apart from the superstitious reason for the feng shui of the ancestral hall, it is more likely that the poor children by the sea are smart in themselves, and they can bear hardships and stand hard work. change destiny.Undeniably, he was one of those people who thought that way.He doesn't think that there are gods to help him in his life. From then until now, isn't it all the result of his own hard work!
But no matter what he thinks, everyone still has to take the ancestral hall, the resting place of the village’s ancestors, seriously, no matter how atheistic it is.

Li Chengxin remembered that the old ancestral hall that had collapsed was a blue brick structure in the style of the Republic of China, with an ordinary roof like that of a seaside fisherman's house. The large blue bricks were painted white with lime, and there were many colorful murals painted on the walls, which were roughly painted by fishermen. Earthy murals such as fishing and farmers farming.

And the new ancestral hall, where the whole village donates together, and the rich and powerful contribute, has restored an even older style.The slate foundation and the structure of all wooden mortise and tenon brackets look like a small temple.There are wooden carvings of working scenes on the window couplets and eaves corners, as well as plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum.It looks more antique and more traditional.

Li Chengxin climbed up the stairs, and the new ancestral hall on the north slope could only see the corners of the eaves hidden by the green leaves at first, but soon the whole picture was revealed.At the entrance of the new ancestral hall, the Spring Festival couplets posted during the Spring Festival are still there. Just over two months have passed, and the red paper on which the Spring Festival couplets are written is still bright. The ink characters on the Spring Festival couplets are strong and strong. They were written by an old man in the village:

"Grandpa's virtues flow far and wide,

The son is filial, the grandson is virtuous, and the world is long. "

Horizontal comment: "Mianbadaichang."

Explain in vernacular that the virtues handed down by the ancestors in the village can bless the descendants, and it will last for a hundred generations, so that the village will always be prosperous.

In fact, in Li Chengxin's view, the village is actually declining.With the exodus of young people, the old people in the village have passed away one by one, and the number of people living in the village has gradually decreased.When the country takes back the land under the household registration of people who left the village little by little, the meaning of the village's existence will gradually disappear...

Li Chengxin stood at the door staring at the couplet and sighed for a long time, finally stopped these thoughts, and pushed open the falsely concealed main entrance of the new ancestral hall.What you see when you enter the door is a wall full of shelves with memorial tablets arranged according to branch and seniority. In front of the wall are altars and altars for offerings. On both sides of the wall are large candlesticks. On the wall are embroidered inscriptions on donation and construction of a new ancestral hall. Banner with people's names.When the new ancestral hall was built, Li Chengxin was just a child, so his name was naturally not on it, but his parents' names were.

This is the first time for him to carefully read the words on the pennant on the wall. The names of the familiar ancestors and fathers remind Li Chengxin of the beautiful life in the village when he was a child. At that time, he didn't understand anything and didn't need anything. to understand.His parents, brother Xiaoyong's parents, third uncle, Cong Bo, etc. all participated in the construction of the ancestral hall. This ancestral hall can be said to be a rare commemoration of the previous generations.

After reading it over and over again, Li Chengxin found that the names of Uncle Zhengwen and Uncle Zhengwu who helped him demolish the house before were not on the pennant of the builder, but their names were at the top of the pennant of the donor.After calculating the time for a while, Li Chengxin realized that when the new ancestral hall was built, Uncle Zhengwen and Uncle Zhengwu were still working in the city outside the village, so they did not participate in the construction of the new ancestral hall.He vaguely remembered that at that time, the village had invited a teacher who specialized in building Taoist temples from the county to guide the construction.

The new ancestral hall is sunken in a small depression on the north slope because of its style that is incompatible with most buildings in the village.At this time, the vicinity of the ancestral hall was deserted. After all, this was the time when the Spring Festival was over and the Qingming Festival had not yet arrived.Usually, few people come here to worship during this season.

Therefore, Li Chengxin found a broom in the corner of the ancestral hall, first swept the ashes and fallen leaves at the door, and then found a rag, and washed the rag with a bucket of water from the well behind the ancestral hall.After finding the tablet of the old village chief and his parents and wiping it carefully, he put four red candles in a large candlestick that can hold many candles, placed the tribute, and lit a lot of incense.

He was about to start worshiping, but heard a burst of singing, it was a sacrificial oration sung in the local dialect, which roughly meant to pray for the protection of the ancestors, the weather would be good, and the family would be safe.The elders in the village will sing this song together during the great sacrifice.

Li Chengxin remembered that no one in his generation could sing this song. He went to study outside when he was very young, and he couldn't even speak the local dialect very fluently, so he could barely understand the lyrics.

The singing made Li Chengxin dazed for a while, and when the singing was over, Li Chengxin waved his hand to shut down the system that suddenly popped up to play the song, feeling helpless and sentimental for a while.

The green smoke was faint, floating vertically upwards.

Li Chengxin clasped his hands together, bent down respectfully, and silently thought about what he wanted to say to his parents and the old village chief...

"...I'm back...I miss you all...thank you..."

"... am I doing the right thing... I'm desperate... please help me..."

"...Yingying...the company...against..."

"...Brother Xiaoyong...our old house...live broadcast..."

"...What the hell is this system...Can it be uninstalled..." (System: alert)
"Salvation... redemption..."

I prayed again and again in the ancestral hall, and put the incense in my hand into the incense altar.Li Chengxin chatted in the ancestral hall for more than two hours, talking about what he had buried in his heart for the past few years, before standing up, and burning all the paper money in the small fire pit made of stones at the foot of the yard.A gust of mountain wind blows, and the paper dust flies to the distant sea.

After finishing this set of kung fu, Li Chengxin immediately felt relieved.

Seeing that it was still early, although it was past lunch time, Li Chengxin sat on the stone bench outside the ancestral hall and took out his mobile phone, and finally planned to read the so-called "System User Manual".

[The most important energy on the earth is called green energy, and it is this green energy that makes the earth give birth to human beings.Today, the green energy is missing, the earth is going to be destroyed, and human beings are still not awakened to the imminent destruction of the earth. 】

After reading the first sentence, Li Chengxin felt something was wrong. This topic sounded very lofty and positive, but this shouldn't be something he, who lost his parents, girlfriend, and job, should face!
【Human beings use their half-knowledge to crack the mysteries of the universe and misuse the green energy on the earth, leading to sad results. 】

[This book aims to provide guidance for readers who are using the green energy salvation system for the first time, to ensure that you produce and disseminate green energy safely and correctly.In addition, after installing this system, please cherish it until the purpose is achieved. 】

"Tch, alarmist!" Li Chengxin turned to another page, which was the table of contents.

【Table of contents:
Prepare, p5
System overview and basic operation, p11
System initialization, p14
adjustment, p22]

"Oh, I always feel that the existence of this system is very embarrassing!" Li Chengxin couldn't help throwing the phone aside.

The reason why it is so annoying is because Li Chengxin hates this kind of manual the most.When buying electronic keyboards, electric guitars and other musical products, there is always a manual attached, but Li Chengxin has never read it carefully.

Yingying once complained that Li Chengxin had his own way of dealing with musical instruments, which was to fiddle with a switch and master the basic operations.So she often said that Li Chengxin, although he bought a bunch of instruments with advanced performance, he didn't even use one-tenth of the performance.

Thinking of Yingying, Li Chengxin's irritability from reading the manual slowly calmed down, so he picked up his phone and continued reading. He turned to the chapter "Preparation".

[The system will select people who meet the criteria to activate it. First, a piece of 30000 square meters of freely operable land is required.The land doesn't need to be yours, but you don't suffer strong hindrances when you work on it or change the terrain. 】

[Second, you need to have the spirit of bearing hardships and standing hard work.The stimulation of every bit of green energy is accompanied by sweat, which requires sufficient physical strength, strong brain power and unyielding heart power. 】

[Third, there is a need to be able to spread the potential of green energy.In the process of producing green energy, your actions can infect others, causing others to repeat your actions to produce green energy. 】

[Fourth, you must have a partner with the same heart.Many trees make a forest, your partners are actively and happily producing green energy with you even though they don’t know it. 】

What the hell is this? Li Chengxin dropped the phone, unable to cover his face. This description is a bit embarrassing.

This is also one of the reasons why he hates reading manuals. According to him, several preparation requirements in this manual don't seem to meet his requirements.

Can this system be uninstalled?

(End of this chapter)