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231 Consecration Ceremony

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    In the countryside, the most indispensable thing is idlers.  Such a huge momentum has attracted a large crowd of onlookers in a short while.  These are firecrackers and red flowers, which are intended to attract the attention of others. Therefore, the crowd watching will only make the parties feel more energetic.  However, the sheep who were forced to come here suffered a lot. The deafening noise was enough to scare the sheep, but now surrounded by so many strangers, the sheep with the big red flower on its head felt even more frightened.

    The sound of firecrackers and fireworks is actually to send a signal to the natal family, telling the natal family that the whole pig and sheep have arrived.  Therefore, when we hear the sound of firecrackers and fireworks, we need to prepare.  Firecrackers and fireworks are placed in advance and incense is lit, and the fire will be ignited as soon as the whole pig and sheep arrive.

    Finally we got together, so the firecrackers and fireworks on my brother-in-law and sister's side and ours exploded together.  The prestige, which was twice as big as before, suddenly made the frightened sheep with red flowers run away, and it finally broke free.  Surprised and surprised, the sheep rushed out suddenly.  The innocent sheep was simply trying to escape, to escape the circumstances that frightened it.

    How could the second uncle expect that the weak sheep in front of him would suddenly explode?  When the second uncle felt something was wrong, the sheep rushed out quickly.  Before the second uncle had time to shout, he saw that quite a few of the onlookers stretched out their hands and rushed towards the sheep with agility at the first moment.  Just kidding, on human territory, can the sheep who are lucky enough to be the protagonist have a chance to escape?

    Before he had time to rejoice, the sheep felt that he could not move again.  I don't know how many hands were rudely pressed on the sheep.  Apart from shivering and accepting its fate, what else could it do?  In the end, this poor sheep was dragged by my second uncle to my house again.  All the onlookers smiled knowingly.  Because, precisely because of their enthusiastic help, the sheep that tried to escape failed in the end, and my family¡¯s ceremony of offering whole pigs and whole sheep to my father could continue.  In fact, this kind of enthusiasm in the countryside is precisely what is most lacking in urban life today.  In today's world, "indifference" is becoming more and more mainstream, which cannot but be said to be a tragedy of human society.

    Conversely, if we look at human society from the perspective of a sheep, then this poor sheep must feel that these upright animals are so cruel.  These people are really relentlessly forcing themselves to do things they don't like or even fear.  But this sheep should actually feel lucky.  Because, anyway, compared to the lying pig who also wore the red flower, at least it was kept alive.

    Surrounded by everyone, the whole pig and whole sheep finally came under the canopy at the door of my house.  The innocent sheep were tied to the legs of the altar in front of the father's ice coffin.  Whole pigs that have been disemboweled and washed clean do not struggle like sheep.  It was quietly transferred from the three-wheeled battery car to the "foot basin".  The "foot basin" here does not refer to the basin used to wash feet, but our name for a special container here.  In rural areas, due to relatively poor conditions, people have used this special container for bathing for a long time.  This particular container is made of wood.  Viewed from the plane, it is oval and about one meter long.  On the oval surface, there is a wooden wall about forty or fifty centimeters high.  The wooden wall is made up of planks of moderate thickness.  Around these planks, there are two coils of steel wire that bind them tightly together.  Of course, when hooping, the oval chassis is fixed together into a whole.  The entire "foot basin", except for the steel wires used for the outer hoop, is all wooden structure.  It can be described as a daily necessities for energy saving and environmental protection.  The so-called foot basin in general places is called "face plate" here.  Because, compared with the "foot basin", its chassis is much smaller, and it is a regular circle. It is precisely because of its round chassis like a human face that it is called a "face plate"  .  A "foot basin" is usually as big as five or six "panels".  Otherwise, people can't sit on it and take a bath.

    The "foot basin" and "face plate" here are all made by "coopers".  What the cooper does is fairly delicate work.  It is indeed not an easy task to split the wood into moderately thick planks and form round or oval bottom plates and surrounding wall panels.  The most important thing is that there must be no slight discrepancy between the wall board and the bottom board, and the wall board and the bottom board must be tightly hooped into a whole.  I just think about it, and it's already difficult.  Of course, these "foot basins" and "face pans" are all used to hold water. Therefore, what the cooper needs to do is not just simple molding, but also must ensure that there is no water leakage.  This is more difficult.  If you want to prevent water leakage, you must ensure that the chassis and the wall panels on all sides are completely jointed, and it must be the kind that does not leak a single gap.

    "Foot basin" and "face plate" and the like, butNecessities in daily life, therefore, in the past, cooper was still a very popular profession.  However, after the reform and opening up, with the development of the economy and the improvement of people's living standards, the living space of the cooper has become more and more narrow.  Because, now almost every household has a special toilet, who else would use the "foot basin" to take a bath?  Point, there will inevitably be some looseness between the originally jointed wooden boards, so water leakage will inevitably occur. Generally, the aging wooden "foot basin" and "face plate" must be soaked in water before use.  In this way, after the wooden boards are raised and floated by someone, they will not leak when they are filled with water.), how can anyone bother to ask a cooper to make a "dish"?

    Right now, in our village, there is only one cooper that I know of, and now he has changed his career to work in other places to make a living.  Under the impact of reform and opening up, a profession that conforms to the concept of environmental protection is facing the danger of extinction. I don't know if this is the progress or regression of society?

    The "foot basin" in our home for the whole pig was built a long time ago, but fortunately it is only used to hold the whole pig temporarily, so there is no need to soak it in water in advance.

    The whole pig, whole sheep and live fish were enshrined in front of the father's ice coffin, and then amidst the roar of firecrackers and fireworks again, we respectfully kowtowed one by one.  Of course, during the whole process, the third uncle has been incinerating the yellow paper.  So far, the whole ceremony of sending "whole pig" and "whole sheep" is finally completed.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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