Record of Yin and Yang

In the morning, before Gu Jiu and Shao Yi got up, the little brother who had nursed the baby all night was already scratching the door outside.

Gu Jiu moved in the quilt, and immediately "hissed", the rest of the body was fine, but a certain unspeakable part felt a little bad.

Although Shao Yi didn't get up, he woke up a long time ago. Hearing Gu Jiu's voice, he suddenly became nervous and touched Gu Jiu carefully, "Does it hurt?"

Gu Jiu's body trembled when he touched him, remembering that the two of them were still naked under the quilt, Gu Jiu buried his face in the pillow, his ears were flushed, and he said softly, "It's okay."

Last night, Gu Jiu was teased twice by Shao Yi. Although Shao Yi pretended to be calm, he seemed very experienced in foreplay, but afterward, Gu Jiu saw that Shao Yi didn't understand at all, so he quickly disarmed the first time. , the second time he tossed him unbearably.Afterwards, the two tidied up carelessly. Gu Jiu was drugged by Shao Yi, so it didn't hurt that much when he got up this morning, it only happened when he moved suddenly.

Shao Yi lifted the quilt to give Gu Jiu another dose of medicine, with guilt in his eyes, it was his fault, obviously he had read the book many times, but at the end of the day, he was still in a hurry.

Gu Jiu snatched the medicine and said that he could come by himself, and sent Shao Yi to open the door for his younger brother. If he didn't open the door, he would be scratched to death.

The younger brother came in cursing, followed by the four ignorant little ones.The little brother moved his nose and smelled the familiar smell of medicine on Gu Jiu. It knew that every time it smelled this smell, it meant that the two cubs in the family were injured. It meowed and anxiously cared for Gu Jiu.

Gu Jiu felt like he was caught cheating on him. He quickly applied the medicine, and hurriedly pushed his younger brother's face away, "I'm fine."

The younger brother turned his head to look at Shao Yi, wondering if he took so long to open the door today and bullied the son behind his back.

Gu Jiushun shunned its fur, "He didn't bully me, he's hungry, go eat."

After Shao Yi opened the door, he began to prepare food for the little ones. The four little ones ate the special incense, and the little ones ate the dried meat they prepared for the little ones.

What they planned was to rest today and tomorrow, and now it is still cold, so the two stayed in the inn and drew symbols to read.Gu Jiu felt a little unwell, so Shao Yi moved the table to the side of the bed, leaned against the head of the bed and sat next to Gu Jiu, so that he could not only draw amulets, but also keep Gu Jiu warmer.

Although Gu Jiu told the younger brother that Shao Yi didn't bully him, but the younger brother just didn't like Shao Yi today, so no matter where Shao Yi and Gu Jiu were, a cat was going to be inserted between them anyway.Even at night, the little brother still didn't want to go back to his room, and stayed by Gu Jiu's side. Shao Yi pinched the back of his neck, and he scratched and screamed.

In the end Shao Yi compromised, since Gu Jiu was not in good health anyway, the two of them couldn't do anything, so he let the younger brother stay.

Originally, they were only going to rest for two days, but when a spring rain fell, the two of them stayed in the inn for another four days. After the road surface dried, Gu Jiu's body would have recovered long ago. After all, he was used to running around outside. Young, physical fitness is not generally good.

Shao Yi felt a little bit resentful, the younger brother refused to leave that night, and has been interposing between him and Gu Jiu for the past few days, playing the role of the old father who beats Yuanyuan very conscientiously.

Afterwards, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi turned over the map, and the marked points around the county town were about to be cleared, and then they were going to advance towards the surrounding towns and villages in the direction of leaving the city.

After that, it took half a month to clean up the markers around the county town, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi drove the donkey cart to the nearest small town according to the previous plan, and there was a marker on the back of the town point.

It happened to be noon when they arrived in the town, and they found a small noodle stand for lunch. While eating, they saw a group of people pushing a cart with whole pigs, whole chickens and ducks on it, There are also many vegetables. When this group of people passed by, the pedestrians around them consciously gave way to them from a distance.

There were other customers at the small noodle stall, and they asked curiously, "Who is this going to do?"

The owner of the noodle stall wiped his hands with his apron, and said with a smile, "Did the guest pass by here?"

The guest nodded.

"No wonder you don't know something." The noodle stall owner said, "This is the local Lai family, the largest clan in our town. Tomorrow is the death day of the deceased father of the current head of the Lai family. Worshiping father, everything must be done."

The guest suddenly nodded: "So that's the case, this Patriarch Lai is a filial son."

The owner of the noodle stall agreed, "That's right, the old owner has passed away for almost ten years, and he has been like this every year without any slack. And a few days before and after this time of year, the Lai family will set up a porridge shed. Remember this day, as soon as this day comes, you can come over to make porridge with a bowl, and you can save a few days' rations for your family."

After hearing this, the guests repeatedly praised Patriarch Lai for his compassionate heart.

Because they were right next to each other, Gu Jiu and Shao Yi could hear the discussion clearly, because Patriarch Lai still left an impression in their hearts about the porridge donation.So when they cleaned up the marker and returned to the town for repairs, when they heard that something had happened to the Lai family, their first reaction was the Lai family where the owner of the Lai family lived.

Gu Jiu took advantage of the opportunity to inquire carefully, and found out that it was indeed the Lai family they had heard about before.

Speaking of what happened to the Lai family this time, I have to talk about the custom of the Lai family's ancestor worship.

When Gu Jiu and Shao Yi paid homage to their patriarchs, they directly burned incense and paper, and held a ceremony of their own.But there are many people who will choose to "sit dead".

Sitting on a corpse, the person who replaces the dead to be sacrificed during the sacrifice is called a "corpse".

The Lai family chose this way to worship their ancestors, so they naturally needed someone who could act as a "corpse".He worshiped his father this time, and the person who acted could only be his father's grandson, that is, his son.

There is a passage in "Book of Rites·Qu Li" that says, "Li said: 'A gentleman embraces a grandson but not a son.' In this statement, the grandson can be the corpse of the king's father, but the son cannot be the corpse of the father."

When Gu Jiu saw "a gentleman embraces grandchildren but not sons" before, he only understood it literally as an educational model, which emphasizes that fathers do not embrace sons, but only grandchildren. This is also understood from an emotional point of view.But in connection with the original text, it can be seen that this sentence is actually viewed from a cultural point of view. This sentence itself is talking about a kind of etiquette when offering sacrifices to ancestors, and this kind of etiquette is sitting on the corpse.

The so-called "a gentleman holds a grandson but not a son" means that during the sacrifice, the grandson acts as the "corpse". If the grandchildren who act as the grandson are too young, they need to be held by someone to continue to serve as the sacrificed corpse. If there is no grandson, blood relationship is chosen. The closest grandchildren of the same clan are also acceptable, even if your own son can sit, it is definitely not acceptable.The reason why it doesn't work is because of the patriarchal system here - the Zhaomu system.

People are ranked according to their seniority when they are alive, and the same is true after death.The Zhaomu system is the rule and order of arranging the cemetery by determining the seniority of the deceased.For example, the first ancestor of the Lai family is in the middle, the second generation ancestor is Zhao, and the ranking is on the left; the third generation ancestor is Mu, who is the son of the second generation, and the ranking is on the right; the fourth generation is Zhao , ranked on the left... So Zuo Zhao and Right Mu are sorted in turn, and the grandson and grandfather belong to the same row.

Choose "sitting on the corpse" to worship the ancestors, facing the son who is the dead father, even if you are a father, you have to kowtow honestly.

This is how the ancestors of the Lai family came here to worship their ancestors. Whenever their grandfather died, the head of the Lai family, who was already forty years old, also needed to act as a "corpse" when worshiping.

Patriarch Lai's ten-year-old eldest son was supposed to be the "corpse" of the old Patriarch this time, but in the first few days of the ceremony, the eldest son suddenly fell ill and became dizzy, so Lai Patriarch The family decided temporarily that Patriarch Lai's five-year-old son would be the "corpse".

Originally, they were all Patriarch Lai's sons and grandsons of Patriarch Lai in exchange, so there would be no problem with the logic.But not long after the ceremony started on the day of worship, the youngest son, who was quietly sitting on a chair to accept everyone's worship, suddenly started making noise like being possessed by an evil spirit, crying and cursing at Patriarch Lai, but he still couldn't hear what he was cursing. After all the fuss, the youngest son also fell ill, even worse than the eldest son.Although the elder son is not energetic, he can talk, go to the ground and eat at least. The younger son fainted in the ancestral hall and couldn't wake up after that. He couldn't even feed the medicine.

The matter of the Lai family has been raging in the past few days. Everyone in the town knows that it was the eldest son who served as the "corpse" in previous years. The sudden replacement made the old man unhappy. The old man lost his temper and left him to punish him. The youngest son was unconscious. Everyone guessed that when the old man's anger subsided, the youngest son would wake up.

But who knows when the old man will calm down?He was already dead, and he refused to explain the reason in a dream. Maybe the youngest son died before he got angry?

Patriarch Lai didn't dare to gamble, and neither did Liniang, the youngest son's mother, either watching over his son and crying, or arguing for Patriarch Lai to find a way.Patriarch Lai also felt sorry for his five-year-old son, so he called nearby witches and magicians, hoping to communicate with the old man, but these witches and magicians usually seemed to be quite capable, and when it happened to his family, no one could do anything about it.

Worrying about this, the corners of Patriarch Lai's lips swelled several times, and he didn't dare to blame his father. He was so anxious that he had to keep ordering his servants to go out and find some real Taoists and warlocks to come back as soon as possible.

The servants naturally worked very hard, but this Taoist warlock, even if he was a liar, not everyone was worthy of it.I searched and searched all over the town, but I couldn't find anyone who could solve this problem.

Gu Jiu and Shao Yi came to the door at this time. They heard the ins and outs of Lai's family affairs, so they came directly.

Although the two of them were too young and were suspected of being liars by all the Lai family members, but seeing the young master in the family became so thin that his cheeks were sunken in just a few days, everyone could only hold the mentality of a dead horse as a living horse doctor, The two were welcomed in.