According to the customs of the Taiping Huanyu Chronicle, the year first originated in the Song Dynasty and prevailed during the Ming Dynasty.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, a festive team set off from Changlin Village.

Walking in the front are two Wenwu lions, followed by the gods who come to the nearby temple early in the morning to invite them back, followed by gongs, drums, suona and other musical instruments, and then behind are children holding dozens of colorful flags.

Along the way, knocking and beating, the momentum was huge, and it headed towards Aoba Town.

When the people along the way saw such a big movement, they all stopped and watched, and their eyes showed envy.

"Changlin Village is really developed!"

"Not really! When will there be a Wenkui in our village! ”

"I heard that Jiangcun has ruined their feng shui, otherwise they would have become big officials a long time ago!"

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The villagers looked at this festive procession, and they were all talking about it, and at the same time talking about all kinds of gossip.

When the team arrived at Aoba Town, they went straight to the small square, lined up the sedan chairs, and placed various offerings. After the worship of the Wenwu lion, the lion dance, song and dance and martial arts and other festivals were performed, which made the onlookers applaud.

In fact, this is mainly a platform to show to the outside world, highlighting the prosperity of the Changlin clan.

The tiger girl was wearing a unicorn costume with a red belt tied around her waist, and the whole person looked energetic. Without the slightest timidity, he met thousands of pairs of eyes and walked to the clearing.

Drink! Drink!

She first made a gesture towards the deity, then performed a fist, and then picked up the stick on the ground and played a decent trick to bring the atmosphere to a climax.

After showing the prosperity of the Changlin clan to the people of the entire Aoba Town, they returned from Aoba Town in a mighty way, but the time was already in the afternoon.

The New Year is not an empty word.

On this day, families invite friends and family to come and treat them to sumptuous food and, of course, to watch the annual performance.

In the same way, when the procession returned to Changlin Village, there were already thousands of people here, and the area around this barn was immediately crowded.

Although there were a lot of them in previous years, this year it has more than doubled, and the reasons for this need not be discussed in detail.

Before the popular team returned to the village, they set up a posture again in the barn field, let the gods sit in the north and face south, and carried out a more solemn worship ceremony, and the sect platform was full of various offerings, and in addition, each family offered a golden gelding chicken, commonly known as the "Hundred Chicken Feast".

After the lion dance and worship, it was the Taoist boss played by Wu Daoxing to beat the Jiao. Because after the New Year, it is the beginning of spring, so pray for good weather and abundant crops this year.

The next performance festival is more colorful, lion fighting, plum blossom pile, mountain knife, fire and other programs, and even Xiaojin performed a set of knife techniques.

The thousands of onlookers also cheered and applauded, which made the performers even harder.

After the festival, there is the sound of firecrackers and bunches of fireworks soaring into the air.

At the end of the ceremony, a team will return to the temple, and it will be a large-scale dinner party. The offerings are made into delicacies, and the prepared dishes are served, and everyone eats meat and drinks in large bowls, and the scene is very harmonious and festive.

Because of Lin Haoran, there were many distinguished guests who came to watch the ceremony this time. In addition to Shen Liuye, Zhao Fugui, Gu Mancang and other merchants, the subordinate officials of Gou Zhi County and Shicheng County Ya all came, as well as the officials of Hepu County Ya, and Lin Hongquan of Bobaizhi County.

Bobai County is located in the north of Changlin Village, not far from here, even closer than Shicheng. It's just that there is no official road and salt road directly connected between the two places, so they have to take a big bend.

Lin Hongquan is over fifty years old, thin, Fujianese, and from a good background. After years of suffering, this is the location of Bobai County, a chicken county.

It's just that it's the same county, but it's actually like a cloud.

Like some wealthy counties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the tax revenue of a county may be higher than that of Guangxi Province, not to mention oil and water. On the other hand, the magistrate of Guangxi, who serves as a remote place, depends on the complexion of the local toast, and he can't even get a little oil and water.

In the same way, many officials from Jinshi were assigned to Guangxi, thinking that they were exiled by the imperial court. Even after getting rid of a few rich counties, other counties are resolutely not going to work.

Although Lin Hongquan also survived to Bobaizhi County, he felt that life was a failure. Especially after seeing the actual situation of Bobai County, I only hope to "get out of the sea of suffering" as soon as possible and be transferred to a rather wealthy place.

Now, he was already in a state of self-abandonment, but he was suddenly invited by Lin Haoran, the prefect of Leizhou, Lin Hongquan seemed to see a ray of light, and he was ecstatic.

Not to mention that Lin Haoran is the future son-in-law of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, his own energy alone is enough for him to hug this thick thigh.

In the same way, after receiving the invitation yesterday, I inquired about the route overnight, and hurried to the appointment early this morning to watch the annual performance of the Changlin clan.

Lin Haoran was upright at the first table, greeting these officials, relatives and friends who came to watch the ceremony, and after three rounds of wine and five flavors of wine, he looked at Lin Hongquan and said: "Lin Zhixian, where are you from Fujian?" ”

"Although Xia Guan moved to Fuzhou, his ancestral home is in Putian, Fujian!" Lin Hongquan hurriedly put down his chopsticks and replied respectfully.

"Huh...... In this way, maybe our Changlin clan is the same clan as you? Lin Haoran laughed loudly, and then added: "Our Changlin Village is also moved from Fujian, as for where it is, we have to send someone to investigate it carefully this year!" ”

This is a truth, after indeed rebuilding the genealogy, the old patriarch also decided to send people to Fujian to verify the origin of the ancestors.

"If you can be in the same clan as the adults, it will be the luck of the lower officials!" Lin Hongquan's eyes were bright, and he took the initiative to ask: "My lord, if you need it, you can notify the clansmen to help." ”

Lin Haoran shook his head slowly, pointed to Hu Ba who was not in the seat, and said: "There is no need to trouble Lin Zhixian in this matter, but Hu Ba, the patriarch of Hujiazhai, is a Bo Bai person, please take care of it in the future!" ”

"Xia Guan understands!" Lin Hongquan also glanced at Huba with some understanding, and immediately agreed seriously.

"The grass people have seen the county lord, please take care of it later!" Huba was very upright and immediately bowed.

Yesterday, he didn't understand why Lin Haoran was fighting against the Qin family, but now, he understood that the Qin family really couldn't be compared with this person. It's just a greeting, the magistrate of Bobai County is running around, which is impossible for the Qin family to do.

In addition, if this person really has someone in the Ministry of Rites, once the Qin family's edict is detained and not issued, the Qin family will be just a paper tiger.