allonlinenovel Chapter 261 Entering the Genealogy
Chapter 261 Entering the Genealogy
On the first day of every year, Zhoujiawan would open the ancestral hall to worship ancestors, and this year is no exception.
Usually only men in the village can participate in the ancestor worship ceremony. Women are not allowed to get close, and they are not even allowed to watch at the door of the ancestral hall.
This year, because Zhou Rong was to be included in the family tree, a precedent was set to allow women to watch the ceremony at the entrance of the ancestral hall.
After a burst of firecrackers, Zhou Chuanjing led all the men in Zhoujiawan to burn incense to their ancestors.
Zhou Rong stood behind Zhou Chuanjing, Zhou Chuanyi and others, and also lit a stick of incense for their ancestors.
Today's host is Zhou Chuanyu. After the incense-burning ceremony, he talked about the contributions of Zhou Chuanyi, Zhou Chuanjing and Zhou Rong.
Zhou Chuanyu: “Fairness, justice, and clear rewards and punishments have always been the tradition of our Zhoujiawan.
Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing are selfless and provide good leadership. Only because of their solidarity and friendship, can Zhoujiawan prosper and thrive. The demonstration base has also achieved remarkable results under their leadership.
Darong even used her abilities to help everyone get places to move into the city, assisted us in setting up a demonstration base, and opened stores in the city, so that every household in our city could get a share of the money.
The names of these three people should appear on the wall of honor so that our descendants can learn from their advanced deeds, take them as examples, make more contributions to the village, and make Zhoujiawan better and better!
Darong is a girl who cares about the village wholeheartedly. Such an outstanding descendant should have her name recorded in our family tree!"
"Clap... clap..." After a round of applause, an elder in the village added the names and achievements of Zhou Chuanyi, Zhou Chuanjing and Zhou Rong to the wall of honor.
The names of Zhou Rong, the eldest son (Zhou Qingping) and the second son (Zhou Qingan) were also written into the family tree.
Zhou Chuanyu said: "Everyone should learn from these three people and strive to have their names appear on the wall of honor to bring honor to their family! Now, please let them say a few words for us."
Zhou Chuanyi and Zhou Chuanjing have waited for several years and finally their names appeared on the honor wall. They were very excited and said many words of encouragement...
Since traveling to this world, Zhou Rong has never felt safe. She is always worried that the complicated social situation and the sinister human heart will lead to her eternal damnation and premature death.
She lived cautiously every day. Even when she was asleep, she would keep an ear open to pay attention to the movements around her to avoid being tricked by others.
But when she saw her name written into the family tree and the sincere expressions of her fellow villagers, her soul seemed to have found a home, and she felt that everything she had done was worth it.
When Zhou Rong was speaking, she stood in front and said with a determined look in her eyes: "I am very happy to be able to do something within my ability for everyone. The success of the base depends on everyone's concerted efforts and cooperation. Otherwise, no matter how good our ideas are, we will not be able to accomplish anything.
I think we should give ourselves a round of applause and thank ourselves for our hard work in the past year, which has brought us such a wonderful life today!"
"Clap... clap..." After Zhou Rong took the lead in clapping, everyone clapped their hands loudly.
The women watching outside the ancestral hall also applauded.
Zhou's mother squeezed in the crowd to watch the ceremony. Seeing Zhou Rong standing on the stage with high spirits, tears suddenly flowed out.
Her child has had a very hard time along the way.
Everyone went from rejecting, complaining and slandering him in the beginning to accepting, being grateful and praising him now. They even engraved the child's name on the wall of honor and wrote it into the family tree. No one can empathize with the sadness in it.
Now that she has this honor, no one dares to say anything bad about her child!
Zhou Cai saw her mother crying and asked softly, "Mom, what's wrong with you?"
Mother Zhou wiped her tears and said, "It's okay. I'm happy for your elder sister. She has paid so much and it's not in vain."
Zhou Cai said proudly: "I am also happy for my elder sister and proud of her. If she hadn't brought us to the city, encouraged us to study, and helped us find jobs, we would still be digging for food in the fields now!
My second sister and I might have been married off to some village, tortured by our in-laws every day, and had no way of expressing our suffering. How could we have lived a life like we do now, with no worries about food and drink, and a life of freedom and envy?!"
Mother Zhou: "Yes! Thanks to her, you must remember the kindness of your elder sister and repay her with actions."
Zhou Cai: "Don't worry, Mom. I will always remember my elder sister's kindness and will never forget it!"
Mother Zhou: “Yes.”
When the scene was quiet again, Zhou Rong said loudly: "As a Zhoujiawan native, I feel sincere pride and deep respect. I hope our Zhoujiawan will prosper, produce talents, progress with the times, and prosper with the country!
Let us remember our ancestors, our clan, and our predecessors, share the same bloodline, heart, and spirit, and work together to carry on the past and forge ahead into the future, so as to comfort our ancestors and set an example for our descendants, and let our Zhou family continue for thousands of years!"
After these inspiring words were spoken, thunderous applause broke out again.
Zhou Chuanyu was very optimistic about Zhou Rong. After all the ceremonies were over, he stopped him and asked with a smile, "Are you interested in working as a clerk for me at the township government?"
Documents?
The position is even worse than her current position as public manager!
The director of the subdistrict office said that when she was given the work permit to be a clerk of the subdistrict office, she was promoted from a probationary cadre to a regular cadre.
It’s just that there are no vacant positions for her in the subdistrict office, and the same applies to being a public affairs manager.
What's more, the township government is not a safe place during special periods. It is better to stay in a clothing store, where you can be free and comfortable and get a high salary.
Zhou Rong chuckled and said, "Thank you, Uncle Chuanyu, for thinking highly of me. Our demonstration base has just started, and there are still many things to be done. If I stay in the city, I can also contribute my part if there is any need for it.
It is better for Zhoujiawan's talents to be scattered all over the place rather than concentrated in one place, what do you think?"
Zhou Chuanyu laughed and said, "Okay then, you can work in the provincial capital first. If you want to come back someday, just let me know. But it has to be while I'm still working. Once I retire, you won't have a say."
Zhou Rong: "Okay, thank you Uncle Chuan Yu!"
After offering sacrifices to their ancestors, everyone began to visit each other to wish each other a happy new year.
Brothers from the same clan would go out together. Zhou Chuanguo and Zhou's father were old and no longer went out to pay New Year's greetings. Instead, they waited at home and gave cigarettes to everyone if someone came to pay New Year's greetings.
Led by Zhou Jiafeng, all the male members of the five branches of Zhou Chuanguo's lineage, as long as they could walk, went out to pay New Year's greetings. More than 30 people gathered together, making those families with fewer male members envious.
The eldest and second child also joined them to pay New Year's greetings.
Zhou's father said that once he was included in the Zhoujiawan family tree, he would be a true Zhoujiawan person, and as a male of the Zhou family, he naturally had to go out to pay New Year's greetings.
The eldest and second oldest followed in the team, saying auspicious and nice words to everyone they met, one after another.
Everyone couldn't help but sigh that Zhou Rong was still good at teaching children. The Zhou family was expected to have a few more college students...
Whenever there are children coming to pay New Year's greetings, people usually stuff their pockets with homemade fried dough twists, sugar cakes, peanuts, etc.
Da Wa and his friends were sweet-talkers, and after visiting just a few houses, their pockets were full.
After the eldest child entered junior high school, he began to pay attention to his personal hygiene and image. He didn't want to get his clothes dirty, so he gave all the food that everyone gave him to the second child.
Erwa happily put the food in his clothes pocket. He was not very interested in these rural foods, but Nini liked them, especially sweets like Tangba, which were her favorite.
If I bring these things back, I will definitely be able to exchange all the firecrackers in Nini's hands...