Chapter 63 The Rice Ceremony of Grab a Rice Cake

11days ago Rural fiction 10
I remember that autumn was clear and the air was clear. There were white clouds floating in the sky. The sunlight was warm and not dazzling at all. It happened to be Sunday that day. I got up late. It was almost ten o'clock. After I got up, I brushed my teeth with the Astragalus toothpaste. When I was brushing my teeth, I heard Aunt Xia Jianfen and Zhang Zhuqing's wife walk through the alley in front of my house. As I walked, I heard them say let's go and take a look together. Today, Xiaoyue's house is by the stream, grabbing rice cakes. It will start in a while. Let's join in the fun!

When I heard this, it turned out that Aunt Xiaoyue’s house was grabbing rice cakes. I went there. I must go to this fun. The scene of a group of people snatching each other was quite lively. I can’t miss such an opportunity!

So, I quickly spit out the foam in my mouth, and then threw the toothbrush and cup, and before I could wash my face, I ran out. Fortunately, when I ran to the dam, I heard two big firecrackers coming from the direction of the ancestral hall. It turned out that Aunt Xiaoyue's house had already started a ceremony. First, I worshiped my ancestors in the ancestral hall, and then went to the temple to worship. Finally, I put on the head with the one-meter sieve animal-shaped rice cake, and went to the stream to ask the villagers to grab it.When I rushed to the ancestral hall in a hurry, Aunt Xiaoyue and her mother-in-law were kneeling on the ground of the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors. I saw a meter of rice cake on the table, especially one of the cows made of rice cakes. They looked very large and several times larger than other animals. I saw my saliva flowing down. I suppressed my inner excitement when I arrived by the stream later, I must choose a place close to this cow. As long as the firecrackers sounded, I would grab the cow!

After Aunt Xiaoyue and her mother-in-law worshipped their ancestors, they went to the temple. When they left, Aunt Xiaoyue put the one-meter sieve animal rice cake on her head, followed by a large group of children, and there were many yellow-flowered daughters and young women who were joining in the fun. Generally, married men would not participate in such activities, and at most they stood aside to watch the fun. However, some superstitious women in the countryside, including some aunt-level aunts like Shi Yuxiang, would participate in this activity, because everyone said that it would be auspicious to grab the rice cake, and it would not matter if they didn’t. Joining in this fun will wash away the evil spirit and dirt on their bodies!

I also followed Aunt Xiaoyue, and the crowd was getting longer and longer. When I finally finished worshiping the Bodhisattva in the temple and walked to the stream, the number of people in the team had grown to hundreds. In this team, I saw Aunt Xia Jianfen, Zhang Zhuqing's wife, Zhang Tiejun's fourth aunt, Chen Guiyue, Shi Yuxiang, Wang Widow... There were also a few old girls in our village who had not yet been married, one was Zhang Lianfa's third daughter, Zhang Yanan, and the other was Zhang Tiejun's cousin who had drunk pesticides. In addition to these young women and girls, of course, there were dozens of little kids and me.There are fifty or sixty children in junior high school. In addition, I also saw Uncle Tatto and Li Lao San bachelor. Aunt Xiaoyue saw so many people coming to grab her rice cake, and she also showed a rare smile on her face. The weather was so good that day, and the sun was lazily spreading on her face, and Aunt Xiaoyue's smile looked so beautiful in the sunshine for a long time. Aunt Xiaoyue's smile, on this sunny morning, I felt that the air was filled with infinite lively atmosphere. Aunt Xiaoyue, it turns out that I have always loved you in my heart!

My miserable aunt Xiaoyue!

If you want to know what the scene of grabbing rice cakes is, please listen to the next breakdown!