Chapter 328 Bowing to the Wild Boar Slope
In the blink of an eye, it is New Year's Eve. Everyone is busy preparing for the New Year's Eve dinner.
Sun Bomin and Su took Sun Shan to various places to worship, especially to the Wild Boar Hill.
Su murmured, "May God bless me, may my father-in-law bless me, may my son be healthy and have good luck, may he pass the imperial examinations, become a high-ranking official, may his wife and son be given titles, and may he ascend to heaven."
He kept praying, taking the place where Grandpa Sun Shan died and the place where Su gave birth to her son as the place for making wishes, and he kept making wishes.
Sun Shan knelt on the ground, bowed, lit incense, and poured tea and wine.
When everything was over, Sun Bomin shouted, "Shanzi, cover your ears, Dad is setting off firecrackers."
After a series of crackling sounds, everyone prepared to go home carrying their offerings.
At this time, a family came down the slope. Sun Bomin greeted the villagers, and Sun Shan also followed behind to greet them.
Sun Shan must know the visitor. They are from the same village and they meet each other often.
Sun Shan climbed up the slope and looked down. He was stunned for a moment. He saw that the eldest uncle of the Sun family asked a boy to kneel on the ground and kowtow like Sun Shan.
Sun Shan asked in confusion: "Father, why are they also coming to Wild Boar Hill to burn incense?"
What happened? How come Sun Shan didn't know about it?
Just now, I was surprised that there were already incense, candles, firecrackers and shredded paper at Wild Boar Hill. Sun Shan wanted to ask what was going on.
Now, without asking, when Sun Shan saw the eldest uncle of the Sun family coming to pay homage, he knew that it was left by the villagers.
Sun Bomin shook his head and answered in confusion: "Well, I don't know when the villagers started to go to the Wild Boar Hill to worship."
Su curled her lips and whispered, "Huh, when did it start? It started after our Shanzi passed the imperial examination and became a scholar. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, I saw people coming here to worship. Especially those families with children studying, they would come here to worship. They thought that our father would bless their sons to pass the imperial examination like Shanzi did."
After a pause, Su looked around and found no one, then continued, "The village chief also brought his great-grandson to pay his respects. I saw his family coming over just now."
Sun Bomin didn't think it was a big deal and said nonchalantly, "Just pay your respects, we can't say anything."
Sun Shan was embarrassed. He never expected that the villagers would come to Wild Boar Hill to pay homage.
I was brought here by the Su family to worship since I was a child. I have been worshipping here for more than ten years, but no one else has come.
Unexpectedly, when he passed the imperial examination, all the villagers came to pay their respects to him. For a moment, he didn't know what to say.
Sun Shan wondered if a temple would be built here in the future to enshrine Doctor Sun.
The villagers come to worship not to pray for health, but for academic success.
If you do that, it would be nonsensical.
Sun Shan shook his head and stopped thinking about it.
When the three of them returned home, Huang and Hanlu were washing vegetables, Uncle Sun's grandchildren were peeling peanuts in the yard, and Dege'er was chopping firewood.
When he saw Sun Shan, he immediately put down his axe and said happily, "Shanzi, you are finally back. You have been gone for a long time."
De Geer just had his holiday yesterday.
Although there were no students in the county school, people were still needed to be on duty. De Ge'er was lucky because some people in the county school did not go home for the New Year, so he had a holiday, otherwise he would have been on duty during the New Year.
Sun Shan looked at De Ge'er carefully and found that the boy had grown taller and stronger. It seemed that the food in the county school was good.
He smiled and said, “Don’t you need to worship God?”
De Ge'er said nonchalantly: "It's enough for my father and mother to go. I don't want to go."
After a pause, he said with his eyes rolling around: "Shanzi, is Zhangzhou Prefecture big? Is it beautiful? Is it fun?"
Sun Shan straightened his clothes and said something serious: "Brother De, I went to the capital to study, not to play."
These words choked De Ge'er.
Sun Shan chuckled and said cheerfully, "Okay, come on, I bought you a lot of fun things in Zhangzhou Prefecture, do you want some?"
De Geer said excitedly: "Yes, of course I want it. You'd be a fool not to do so."
Mingge's son Douzai, who was peeling peanut shells, suddenly said, "Uncle Shan, you bought me a lot of toys, too."
Mingge'er's daughter Meizhu, who was peeling peanut shells, followed behind and echoed: "Uncle Shan, you also bought me a lot of flower ribbons."
Sun Shan laughed and touched the big red flower on Meizhu's pigtail. The flower was almost half the size of her head, but Meizhu loved it so much that she wore it every day.
Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun said that Shanzi was better than Mingger because he knew how to buy beautiful hair ornaments for the little girl. As Mingger's father, he didn't buy anything. Meizhu felt that Uncle Shan was better than her father.
De Ge'er was a careless boy. When he came back from the county town, he never thought of buying anything for his nephews and nieces at home.
But he was very conscientious, and said with a smile: "Douzi, Meizhu. Uncle De didn't buy anything for you because he didn't know what you like. Come, come, come, Uncle De will give you 5 copper coins each, okay?"
Douzai and Meizhu opened their eyes wide and looked at Dege'er expectantly.
Don’t say that children don’t understand money. They know that money can buy delicious and beautiful things.
De Ge'er took out 10 cents from his pocket and gave five cents to each person.
Douzi held the copper coin and said happily, "Uncle De, thank you."
Meizhu put five copper coins into her pocket, her eyes twinkling, "Uncle De, that's a lot of money."
De Geer said, "You must keep it well. If you lose it, it will be gone. You won't be able to sell the candy anymore."
Douzai and Meizhu nodded their heads vigorously, vowing that they would keep the coins safe and would not lose them or let their grandparents take them.
Sun Shan was happy to see that the money of the two children was taken by Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun, otherwise they would not have been highlighted.
De Ge'er and Sun Shan walked to the study and saw the gifts Sun Shan bought for him. Among them, the slingshot was his favorite.
A boy of fifteen or sixteen fell in love with a slingshot at first sight and it ruined his life.
Sun Shan asked with concern, "Brother De, how are you doing at the county school?"
De Geer patted his chest and said proudly, "Needless to say, it must be very good. The teacher and the students all like me very much."
Sun Shan believed that De Geer was a good person and could get along with others easily. At least when they were together, they would not feel awkward or have nothing to say.
De Ge'er leaned forward and whispered, "Shanzi, Teacher Wu likes the information you sent back about the prefectural school. He asked me to ask you to pay more attention to it and send it back if there is any useful information."
Sun Shan had been in the provincial school for a year and had a deep understanding of the school's situation. He also knew how the school taught its students for the imperial examinations.
Sun Shan thought some of the learning materials were good, so he summarized them into a booklet and sent it to Hong Xiucai.
Thinking that Hong Xiucai had given it to him, he also sent a copy to Teacher Wu. Firstly, he had promised to help find the information, and secondly, De Ge'er worked there.
So he specially sent the information to De Ge'er and asked De Ge'er to pass it to Teacher Wu.
Sun Shan didn't want to be so petty, but if he didn't do that, he would feel that his work was in vain.
At least let De Ge'er have more contact with Teacher Wu, and let Teacher Wu take better care of De Ge'er.