Chapter 23: Tell the ancestors that they are promising
The business of steamed cakes has gone bad, and the clan members are a little disappointed. Everyone infers that visiting relatives and friends during the Chinese New Year is too much, which gives an opportunity to someone who wants to steal the fermentation and deacidification powder, and then the chefs in the restaurant use it to make other things.
The old man showed up.
Where this opening was opened, none of the tribesmen can tell (perhaps some people know it, but dare not say it).
During the Chinese New Year, every household has relatives and friends visiting, and almost every household with a female family member has the baking powder and noodle base handed down by Lin Wanwan, so it is not easy to find the source.
Moreover, the matter has already happened. Even if we get to the bottom of it, the most we can do is to let the family who was stolen from be separated from their relatives. But in the process of finding out the person, the whole clan will be disturbed. Therefore, Patriarch Lin weighed it again and again and finally did not get to the bottom of it.
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Of course, the main reason why Patriarch Lin was able to let it go so quickly was that he felt deep down in his heart that buying and selling was not a serious matter, and if he lost it, he would lose it. Anyway, he had already made a lot of windfall, and people couldn't be too greedy. Only fishing and farming were the best.
It's a down-to-earth day.
Some people are not naturally interested in starting a business and taking risks, but prefer a steady diet.
The most important thing is that when the steamed cakes were sold, it was the time when the clan and Lin Wanwan had a big potato harvest. With high-yielding potatoes as a base, of course, clan leader Lin devoted all his attention to potatoes.
After all, food is the foundation. No matter how much money you have, you can't buy food in times of chaos.
Chief Lin cares about two things, one is whether the clan has food, and the other is whether the clan has strong laborers who can fight and kill. As long as they have these two things, it doesn't matter whether they have money or not. As the saying goes, neighbors hoard
I store food and guns, and my neighbors are my granaries. In the most chaotic times, being able to fight is more important than having food.
What's more, the steamed cake business is gone, but there is still the shrimp slipper business! Although the sales of shrimp slippers are not as stable as steamed cakes, it is still an income.
In fact, the chefs of wealthy households in every town are now studying the high-luxury product shrimp slippers produced by Linjiazhuang. Sooner or later, the secret will be revealed. Who asked Linjiazhuang to live on a remote beach? People want to buy shrimp slippers.
Very inconvenient.
There is a market now because of monopoly. If someone outside cracks the method, they will probably run out of orders soon.
After all the business was finished, Patriarch Lin was silent for a moment, took a sip of Lin Wanwan's newly brewed tea, and said, "Wanwan, have you received the saint's edict?"
It’s coming, it’s coming!
Lin Wanwan rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "Ah, this, I know, the angel went to Qiantang to announce the decree to me, and now I am also a fifth-grade rural gentleman."
Lin Wanwan's current rank is one level higher than Xiao Chong, the magistrate of Shangxian County, who is from the sixth rank. In other words, if she violates the law in Luan County, no one can control her.
"This is a good thing for our ancestors. We need to celebrate it properly and hold a flowing banquet. Wanwan, what do you think?"
Lin Wanwan said: "Everything is up to the arrangements of the clan leader, uncle. As you know, uncle, I grew up in the mountains and forests, and my master is a reclusive hermit. Therefore, I don't know anything about the red tape of the world. It's all up to my uncle."
"Okay, have you put away the edict? Are there any rewards for the crown and uniform?"
Lin Wanwan smiled and replied: "Guanfu has it."
The imperial robe of Congwupinxiangjun is a set of light crimson Hanfu, with several pieces layered on top of each other. The embroidery is beautiful, and the craftsmanship is better than that of Yunshang. It is extremely grand. It also comes with a gold flower hairpin.
The carvings on the hairpin heads are also very particular, starting from the fifth grade it is the five-pin hairpin.
As long as Lin Wanwan puts on this royal robe and a hairpin, a polite person will know her rank at a glance.
In the Tang Dynasty, there was a special system of public dress. There were strict regulations on the clothing of civil and military officials, royal family members and even common people. All of this reflected the strict hierarchy and they could not be worn casually.
But in fact, the further away from the capital, the more serious the phenomenon of arrogance, and the arrogance of women is more serious than that of men. As the saying goes, "Everyone has their own preferences in beauty and beauty, and there is no distinction between high and low."
It is even more common for wealthy families to live beyond the norm. The later the later period, the more extravagant the trend of society became. After the middle Tang Dynasty, even businessmen dared to live in rich clothes and live well, and they had hordes of slaves.
The poem "Salt Merchant's Wife" by Bai Juyi proves that "the green servant girl is rich and has many gold hairpins, but the bright and beautiful wrists are fat and the silver hairpins are narrow".
The people who obeyed the rules the most were those who served as officials at the feet of the emperor, but this was only in the early Tang Dynasty. In the later period, only court uniforms still abided by the rules, and officials had long since worn casual uniforms.
At this moment, Patriarch Lin muttered: "I have read the almanac, and the day after tomorrow is an auspicious day, which is suitable for opening an ancestral hall to worship the ancestors, and then enshrining the edicts in it. The ancestral hall here is the oldest ancestral hall of our Lin family, the direct branch of the family.
The tablets of our ancestors are all inside."
Lin Wanwan's heart skipped a beat. She really wanted to enshrine the edict in the ancestral hall. The information I checked didn't lie to me t_t.
Fortunately, this question had been thought of for a long time. Lin Wanwan pretended to be confused and said: "Uncle Patriarch, after the angel read out the edict, he took it back and archived it, and did not give it to me. What, can I keep the edict sealed by the edict?
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Patriarch Lin looked at Lin Wanwan who looked confused, touched his beard, coughed and said: "Didn't you give me an edict? That's what I thought wrong. Haha, I'm a bad old man from the country, I don't have much knowledge, I don't understand these things, but
What a joke."
Lin Wanwan smiled and said: "Uncle Patriarch, you are joking, you know the best."
Occasionally deceiving Lin Wanwan has no psychological burden at all. Who hasn't thought about it yet? She was asked to take out the national treasure filled with the signatures of the boss and put it in the ancestral hall as an offering. She couldn't bear to part with it.
On the day of the sacrifice, Lin Wanwan was called up in the middle of the night to worship the Earth Mother Goddess Queen Earth.
The place of worship to the Empress does not need to be placed in the ancestral hall, but in the main hall of Lin Wanwan's home.
After washing, Lin Wanwan sat on the stool in front of the makeup mirror, squinting her eyes and letting Huanong and Hongyan dress her and comb her hair. When she opened her eyes, her body was already properly dressed.
Lin Wanwan's complexion looked very good when she wore the Qianfei crown gown, and even the shoes under her feet were embroidered with exquisite gold embroidery. After putting on this outfit, it not only looked good, but was also very solemn, and instantly made people angry.
The field stretched to 2.8 meters.
He held Huanong's arm and went downstairs. Downstairs, Yun Shang, Sun Mu, Lin Qin, the clan leader Niu, clan leader Lin, Lin Mengbo and other clan members were all there.
The door of the main hall is wide open, an incense table is placed outside, and an altar is placed in the room, with three animals, fruits and wine on it. All preparations are in place.
When Patriarch Lin saw Lin Wanwan coming downstairs, he said with a smile: "Wanwan, come here, it's a good time for the tide to rise. Come burn incense to welcome the gods. May the Empress Dowager bless you with wealth and wealth throughout your life."
Lin Wanwan didn't understand any of these rules and etiquette. Patriarch Lin, Lin Qin and others were teaching her. She would burn incense when asked, and kneel down when asked. After being busy for most of an hour, the ceremony to invite the gods was finally over.