Chapter 699: Worship less gods and Buddhas and more ancestors
In fact, when the family came in with the child, Fang Ming's attention fell on the child. However, after hearing Fang Ming's words, the young woman did not hold the child to Fang Ming. On the contrary,
She looked at him suspiciously.
"Xiaoxue, who is this?"
The old man didn’t know Fang Ming, and what he was looking for was Master Gao Yuanzhou. For more than half a year, everyone in the village knew that Master Gao was a Feng Shui master. If anyone in the village was old or built a new house, they would ask Master Gao for help.
Choosing the site and choosing the date can be regarded as the Feng Shui master in the village.
Gao Yuanzhou did have some real talents, and he still had the most basic skills of choosing auspicious days for the villagers and choosing locations, so he was very respected by the older generation in the village.
After all, in the eyes of the older generation, Feng Shui masters are all masters with real abilities. No one can have weddings and weddings. What's more, these old people are old and don't have many years to live. Please respect Master Gao.
Let Master Gao choose a good cemetery for them to bury when the time comes.
"Grandpa Zhang, this is my brother's friend, brother Fang Ming." Qin Xue replied from the side.
"Uncle Zhang, show your grandson to him. He is very capable." Li Ke on the side also persuaded him. He had seen Fang Ming's ability before. Even the poisonous insects on Master Gao were from others.
The ability to expel someone must be above that of Master Gao.
After hearing what Qin Xue and Li Ke said, Uncle Zhang said to his daughter-in-law: "Xiaomei, give the baby to this little brother to hug."
Although the young woman was a little reluctant, she finally complied and handed the child to Fang Ming. At the same time, she warned: "Cong Cong's body is still very fragile. Be careful and don't touch your head."
Fang Ming smiled. He knew what this eldest sister was worried about. Men are all careless, especially young men like him who are not yet married and some of whom have experience in carrying children.
However, the strange thing is that the child who was still moving around in his mother's arms and crying from time to time, when Fang Ming held him in his arms, became quiet and motionless and stopped crying.
He stared at Fang Ming's face with his small eyes and grinned.
"This... the baby actually smiled."
Uncle Zhang's family looked in disbelief. The child has been crying every day for the past few days. Except for being quiet when sleeping, he can't be quiet at all other times. There is no smile on his face. He went to the clinic or even the hospital.
Doctor, but he can't see anything wrong.
"Have you ever called your children's souls?"
Fang Ming glanced at the child for a few times, then looked at Uncle Zhang and the other three. Uncle Zhang nodded quickly when he heard Fang Ming's words and said, "Well, Congcong keeps crying. I suspect he may have lost his soul, so
He called out the child’s spirit.”
Calling the soul is not a mysterious thing in the countryside. It has been passed down from ancestors for thousands of years. In Jiangcheng County, only the elderly can do it.
In the past, urban and rural construction was not as developed as it is now, and there were not so many roads and high-rise buildings. Mountains, forests, and fields were the main theme. Sometimes, after children went out to play, they would look dull when they came back, and even had a high fever. This
That's why the soul is lost.
At this time, the elderly at home will hold the pot lid in their hands, then hold a kitchen knife, put the pot lid on the child's head, and then knock the pot lid three times with the kitchen knife, shouting
"The soul returns".
There are different ways to summon the soul in various places. Some even use eggs to summon the soul. If the soul comes back, the egg will stand up automatically. Of course, there are also methods that use brooms or the children's clothes before death. In short, they all reach the same goal by different methods.
Uncle Zhang saw his grandson crying non-stop, so he also used this method. The reason why he used pot lids and kitchen knives was to seek protection from the Kitchen God. In traditional Chinese culture, among all the gods, only the Kitchen God has always remained.
In the human world, nature is also the most effective.
"Actually, your grandson has not lost his soul." Fang Ming smiled and explained: "A child who has lost his soul does not cry or make trouble, and behaves like a demented child. But this child keeps crying and crying. This is not lost.
The soul is entangled with something."
"Tangled up in something?"
There was a look of fear on Uncle Zhang's face, but Li Ke and others were stunned for a second or two before they realized what Fang Ming's words were referring to.
"You are the child's mother, right? What do you call her?"
Fang Ming did not continue this topic, but asked the young woman who was the mother of the child.
"My name is Su Mei."
"Sister Su, you are not from this village, right?"
"Well, I'm from the next town over, and I got married into the village this year."
"The wedding hasn't been held yet."
"Not yet, we plan to hold it again next year."
Fang Ming asked, and Su Mei replied, but when she mentioned that there was no wedding, she still glanced at her husband next to her, with a look of resentment in her eyes. Which girl didn't want to hold a wedding, and it wasn't her?
The husband has to drag it.
"Um...that's not to wait until the new house is built and you can move in then hold the wedding." Su Mei's husband explained from the side.
In the countryside, it is not an uncommon phenomenon for girls to get pregnant before they are married. There are also many girls who do not hold weddings. Firstly, this is because many men and women know each other while working outside. These men and women are working hard outside and cannot help but get pregnant. When they return to their hometown during the Chinese New Year,
, the belly is five or six months old.
What can be done at this time is to obtain a marriage certificate first and then consider marriage. Some people even have not reached the legal age for marriage and cannot even obtain a marriage certificate.
Fang Ming did not continue this topic, it was a family matter, and continued: "So Sister Su, you feel a little embarrassed. Although you have given birth to a child, you rarely step out of the house, and you have never even gone to the Earth Temple to worship.
, right."
"What, you haven't gone to the Earth Temple to worship? Didn't I tell you before? On Congcong's 100th Day, are you going to worship the Earth God?"
When Uncle Zhang heard Fang Ming's words and saw the expressions of his son and daughter-in-law, he was immediately anxious. On the day of his grandson's 100th day, he was working outside on the construction site, so he couldn't make it back, but he still called specifically to give instructions.
His own son.
It is their custom here that children go to the Earth Temple to worship for a hundred days. Not only in the Earth Temple, but also at home, they have to prepare some dishes to worship their ancestors. They also cut off the children's fingernails and mix them with mung beans and put them into the pot.
Fry it, and then invite some relatives to your house to eat beans and drink tea.
"The kids were quite noisy that day, so we didn't do it, but the fried beans were fried in the end." Su Mei's husband defended with some embarrassment.
"You bastard, if you still dare to quibble, I will beat you to death."
Uncle Zhang couldn't help it anymore and was about to beat his son, but was stopped by Li Ke.
"Uncle Zhang, don't get excited. Mao Zi didn't do it on purpose. The child is making trouble, isn't it? My sister-in-law can't take care of the child by herself, so Mao Zi should accompany her."
In Li Ke's mind, he didn't take these customs seriously. How could there still be so many things to pay attention to in this age?
"The existence of some customs is the best proof."
Fang Ming sighed lightly, and after seeing everyone's eyes turned to him, he explained: "Cut off the child's nails and fry them in beans. This is just a metaphor, hoping that the child can be quiet in the future.
Yes, but worshiping the land god and ancestors are not just simple customs."
"Many years ago, people sneered at some customs. They always thought that the older generation was superstitious..." When Fang Ming said this, both Su Mei and her husband's faces turned red. They were obviously impressed by Fang Ming.
That's right.
"Take worshiping ancestors as an example. This is not only out of respect for the family and bloodline, but more importantly, it tells the ancestors that there is one more descendant and prays for the blessings of the ancestors. As for worshiping at the Earth Temple, that is
Tell the local land man that there is an extra child in a certain family in the area, and ask the land man to inform the mountain gods of the four directions to add the child to the family to protect the child's safety."
"These are not just customs. The Tu Tu Lord protects the people. If you don't tell the Tu Tu Lord, how will the Tu Tu Lord know that you have an extra child in your family?"
"Finally, one more thing is that children still have to be carried around from door to door, especially in the countryside. Every household carries incense sticks from their ancestors. If you take your children to other people's homes and walk around, their ancestors will know that they are from the same village when they see them.
If you are a child, you won’t have any thoughts.”
"There are many old people in the village. Maybe one old man will leave after a while to let these old people know the existence of the children. When the old people get old and their souls wander around the village, they will be able to get to know the children and not bully them."
What Fang Ming said stunned everyone present, because they never expected that there would be such a statement. According to this statement, wouldn't it mean that their village is full of ghosts?
"Don't think I'm being alarmist. In addition to ghosts, there are also some mountain spirits. Generally speaking, mountain spirits don't actively harm people. After all, there is the Lord of the Earth who is watching over you. But if you don't even worship the Lord of the Earth, how can they?
What protects you? Even gods need offerings and incense these days."
"If you have time to go to Taoist temples and temples to worship Buddha and God, why not worship your ancestors and the Lord of the Earth more often? People will look down on your little incense if you worship the Lord of the Earth. But the God of the Earth is different. The God of the Earth relies on your local people.
These people offer incense."
Speaking of the current situation in various places, Fang Ming was also a little helpless. In many places, local temples were left unattended to worship. During festivals, people would not hesitate to drive dozens of miles or even further to temples and Taoist temples to worship and send a gift.
With the big incense money, if you have this time, you might as well spend money to repair the ancestral hall and Tutu Temple.
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