Rebirth: Don't Be the Best

On August [-]th, every family is looking forward to the reunion.Among them, if there are people who live in separate families, they will usually return to their parents' homes to reunite.

Zhang Shu and the elders of the Zhang family tacitly did not mention this matter, because it is impossible for the second elder Zhang to come back.At that time, it was quite ugly, and it was impossible for both sides to lower their faces and walk around.

Anping County did not have the habit of eating moon balls in mid-autumn. Later, when the business was established, this habit was passed from other places, and people would buy some moon balls to eat, but it was impossible to make them.

Zhang's family didn't go to buy moon balls. Their family used to eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake and drink sweet-scented osmanthus wine to spend the day.

There is a sweet-scented osmanthus tree in his house. The small golden flowers are densely hidden in the gaps between the leaves, and it emits a strong sweet fragrance from time to time, which makes people feel happy when they smell it.

When Zhang Shu came back, there were not many sweet-scented osmanthus flowers on the tree, and most of the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers were shaken off by Grandma Zhang, and then made into sweet-scented osmanthus cake and sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

After eating a not-so-rich lunch, someone came to call Grandpa Zhang.

They spend Mid-Autumn Festival here, and there is a custom to burn the pagoda.The burned tower is made of straw, and some food is placed on each floor when it is burned, which means that it is used to worship the god of autumn harvest.

As an old man in the village, Grandpa Zhang naturally wanted to weave towers.

Zhang Shu has seen it before, but he has never made it himself. Even if he is old, no one in the village has asked him to weave it.

"Grandpa, shall I go with you?"

"Okay, let's go then."

Zhang Shu and Grandpa Zhang came to the grain drying field in the village together.Now it's autumn, and the morning sun is warm on the body. Some old men and women in the village move a bench and sit here chatting and doing work.When it gets hotter later, we move to the entrance of the village together, where there are shade trees.

So now on the grain drying field, only the tower weavers are left.

The grain drying ground is full of straw, and every household has taken out the straw left over from last year, and two or three old men have already sat there and started weaving.

The weaving method is actually simple, that is, tie the upper ends of two bundles of straw together, and then twist it into strips with the palm of your hand to weave it into a straw rope.

This living chapter tree is not very good at doing it, because after he twisted out a straw rope, the bottom could not be connected. Others kept adding straw to the bottom and twisted it into a long one.As for him, the second one came loose.

Grandpa Zhang was twisting the straw rope, while looking at Zhang Shu with a smile, his eyes were very kind. "Ah Shu, you young people have weak hands, and your strength is not in the right place, so you can pass the straw for the grandfather."

Zhang Shu blushed a little, because he found that the people squatting there on the grain drying field to pass straw to grandpa were all dolls wearing crotch pants, so he had the nerve to do the same thing as them.

"Master, there's not much firewood at home, I'll go get some firewood." After Zhang Shu said this in a concealed manner, he hurried away, causing the group of people behind to laugh out of good intentions.

On the way home from the grain drying field, Zhang Shu met Wang Changfa, Zhu Dabao and Da Gouzi.They were sitting in a stack of firewood on the side of the road, with two broken bowls in front of them containing three dice.Wang Changfa looked like a banker, swinging two broken bowls up and down vigorously, with such strength that the bowls could be broken into pieces.

The other two people stared at his movements seriously, with their ears pricked up, as if they could hear the movement inside.

There were a few copper coins scattered in front of them, it seemed that they were gambling.

"Big big!!" Zhu Dabao flapped his nostrils and panted heavily, his eyes were red, and he kept screaming.

"One, three, four, hehe, this copper coin is mine!" Wang Changfa smiled happily and grabbed the copper coin in front of Zhu Dabao and Da Gouzi.

Zhu Dabao sighed in annoyance, while Big Gouzi was frowning, his small rat-like eyes were circling around, he looked around, and suddenly saw Zhang Shu.

"Ah, ah, look what that idiot is doing?" The big dog bumped Zhu Dabao with his arm, motioning them to look up.

When Zhu Dabao and Wang Changfa saw Zhang Shu, their faces froze, and they instantly remembered Zhang Shu's desperate look when he beat someone last time.

Seeing that they found him, Zhang Shu smiled at them and prepared to leave.

Da Gouzi felt a little strange seeing that Zhu Dabao and Wang Changfa, who usually liked to bully Zhang Shu, didn't stop him.

"Boss Wang, how about we ask that fool for two dollars?"

Wang Changfa tossed the two copper coins he won just now, without looking at him, and said with little interest, "Go by yourself, I have money on hand now."

"Fatty, shall we go?" Big Gouzi saw that Wang Changfa couldn't be called, so he went to call Zhu Dabao.

"Me? I won't go, that Zhang Shu beats up..."

Zhu Dabao flinched, thinking of the last time he was afraid.

"Aren't you going? He's going to go far away." Wang Changfa interrupted Zhu Dabao, pointing to Zhang Shu who had walked a few feet away.

When Da Gouzi saw him, he stood up suddenly, then climbed up the high road with his hands and feet, and ran towards Zhang Shu.

"Uh, boss, why don't you let me tell him that Zhang Shu has become powerful?"

Zhu Dabao looked puzzled.

Wang Changfa cast him a glance, and told him, can there be a good show?And he also wanted to see if Zhang Shu really became stronger that day, or if it was just one time.

Zhang Shu frowned and looked at the big dog blocking him, not knowing what he wanted to do with a playful smile on his face.

"Brother Zhang Shu, did Lai Wang take you to the county seat a few days ago? How much did you earn? How about borrowing some to spend?" Da Gouzi smiled, but he didn't know how much he was annoyed by Zhang Shu.

He always thought that Laiwang didn't take him this time because Zhang Shu topped his quota, but he didn't know that he was lazy and ate a lot when he was working last time, and the master had already complained.Laiwang can't let such a person bring down the reputation of the village, right?

borrow money?It's clearly an aboveboard money grab!Zhang Shu looked at him with unfriendly eyes. He thought that after beating Wang Changfa and Zhu Dabao that time, these people would calm down a bit, but there are still people who are so blind?

He looked around, and found that Da Gouzi was really the only one here, and after a little calculation in his mind, he knew that Wang Changfa and Zhu Dabao had learned to be good.I just don't know that this big dog is a person who doesn't cry when he sees the coffin.

"No money, no loan." Zhang Shu explained briefly, and then wanted to leave.

With the money he earned, he bought dozens of things, and then he added five cents to Nai and Li Mujin.I didn't keep a penny on myself.

Da Gouzi's face froze with a smirk, and he felt even more uncomfortable after being rejected so bluntly. "I said you were coaxing me, how is it possible that you don't have a penny?"

"I won't lend you any!" Zhang Shu stopped on the spot, then turned around and approached Da Gouzi. "What, do you have an opinion?"

Da Gouzi saw that his complexion was not good, and there was a faint domineering aura on his body, and he was a little frightened for some reason. He had never heard that Zhang Shu defeated Wang Changfa and Zhu Dabao alone, but he thought it was just someone else messing up. passed on.Now Zhang Shu is not only not afraid, but looks like he wants to beat him, and Da Gouzi panics.

"No objection, no objection, I just think about our neighbors and neighbors. Since you are not well-off, then I will go to someone else to ask, go to someone...ask." When the last two words came, Dagou The child is already a few feet away.

Zhang Shu thought that there would be a fight today, but he didn't expect the big dog to run away like this, which made him confused.

When he got home, his grandma didn't know where she was, and the courtyard door was ajar, but he opened it with a push.

Zhang Shu went straight to the firewood room, picked up the woodcutter and the shoulder pole, picked up the rope, and went up the mountain.

They usually go out of the village to chop firewood and cut grass, and they can also clean up both sides of the road out of the village along the way.

It's autumn now, the grass and trees are withered and yellow, Zhang Shu cut down two bundles of firewood in a short time, wrapped them around with a rope, and then put the poles on both ends, and he was ready to go.

When Zhang Shu came home, Grandma Zhang had already returned. He unloaded the firewood in the corner of the yard, and was going to dry it tomorrow before putting it in the woodshed.

"Ah Shu, why are you chopping firewood? It's a big holiday today, so you don't have to be so diligent." Grandma Zhang brought him a bowl of water, her eyes full of distress.

"Never mind, grandma, why did you go?" Zhang Shu took the water and drank it, then asked his grandma.

"I went to find the matchmaker. I thought that after the [-]th day of August, I would go to the Li family to propose a marriage. I would make an agreement with him first, and then ask if there are any missing items in the things I prepared."

Zhang Shu's ears burned when he heard this topic, especially Grandma Zhang looked at him with a smile on her face.

"Grandma, are those things... all ready? Do you want me to buy them tomorrow?" Zhang Shu faltered and asked despite being embarrassed.

"Don't worry, your grandma and I have welcomed two daughter-in-laws in, and everything has already been prepared." She also inquired about the extra things that the little brother needed to buy.

"...That's good, Grandma, I'll go see if Master is alright?" Zhang Shu ran away again.

At the grain drying ground, there were seven or eight old men sitting there at this time. These people were talking and laughing, and it seemed that Grandpa Zhang was unusually silent, but everyone had gotten used to it and knew that he didn't like to talk.

The straw rope was almost finished, and Yu Sanbo, the oldest in their village, started to weave the tower.He first erected a pointed log on the ground, and then coiled a long straw rope around it for several times, and the coil became wider and wider. After the long grass rope was coiled, the pointed tower top Just made it.

Zhang Shu looked very carefully, and the people next to him laughed, "Uncle Zhang, does your younger generation also want to learn how to weave towers?"

"Just take a look, what's the matter, don't you let me watch?" Grandpa Zhang also said with a smile, their family's Ashu is so good, and the younger generations of other people's families don't want to do this job.

"Look at this Fourth Uncle Zhang, he usually doesn't say anything, but when he mentions his family Zhang Shu, he immediately becomes impatient." Others laughed, Zhang Shu also smirked, his master was good to him, of course he was knew.

……

After the tower is made, it looks tall and magnificent.The village chief came here with two young people, each carrying a burden on his shoulders.

Yu Sanbo opened the lid and took out the red cloth inside.The red cloth has been cut into strips by the village head's wife.

Yu Sanbo and the other old men each held one and tied them all to the sharp corners of the tower, which made them look even more beautiful.

In addition to the red cloth, there is some food in the burden, and all the things are bought by the villagers. This is a sacrificial activity related to the whole village. If a family does not pay, then it will be crowded out by others.

After all the food was put in, everyone worked together to move the pagoda onto the small cart in the village, and at dusk, transport it to the riverside and burn it.

As the saying goes, women do not sacrifice to the stove, and men do not worship the moon.When the tower was burning, all the men in the village gathered by the river, including Hanzi and brother.

The grass pagoda was placed by the river, and a table was placed in front of it with incense cases and fruits.The village head led everyone to bow down together, and then recited a long prayer.

This is a very serious matter, no one dares to say a word on such an occasion, not even the famous Pihou in the village.

After the prayer was read, everyone kowtowed a few more times under the leadership of the village chief.After standing up, the village chief took a torch and lit the grass tower, watching it burn and turn into ashes in the flames.

The faces of the village chief and the elders became a little more relaxed. If there is no mistake in burning the tower, it means that this year's autumn harvest will definitely be good.The autumn harvest is no more than the summer harvest, it has far-reaching significance to the common people.