Daddy Academy

Chapter 3141 Offering Sacrifices to the Kitchen God

Chapter 3141 Offering Sacrifices to the Kitchen God

The next morning, Xiao Bai was the last one to get up in the house again, but she was used to it. Without her aunt, she was a little bored and could sleep until noon.

She stretched and sat up, hearing noises outside, knowing that the adults in the house were busy.

The first thing she did after waking up was to find her smartwatch and see if her aunt had called last night.

Unfortunately, there were no missed calls from my aunt, but there were many messages from her. Except for the first one, which was a voice message, the rest were all photos, various landscape photos.

Little White opened the voice chat and heard her aunt say that she had arrived in Denmark and seen the Northern Lights there.

Little Bai didn't know where Denmark was, she didn't even know what Denmark was, and she didn't know anything about the aurora borealis, so she couldn't understand why her aunt was so excited in the voice message.

She opened the photos and flipped through them one by one, seeing many beautiful landscapes, and in some of the photos, she could find her aunt.

She looked at the photos and chuckled to herself, as if she had been there herself.

Just as the footsteps drew near, the door was pushed open, and Yang's mother appeared.

"You're awake but still not out of bed? What are you grinning about?"

As soon as Yang Yi entered the door, she heard Xiao Xiaobai's laughter.

"Look, Mom, this is a photo that my aunt sent me."

Yang Yi took her phone watch and quickly scanned it, exclaiming, "The aurora is indeed very beautiful. When you're a little older, we'll go see it too. For now, let's not worry about the aurora. Get up quickly, the village chief will be here soon."

Little White was puzzled and asked, "What's the village chief doing here?"

This silly boy has completely forgotten what happened last night.

Yang Yi had to explain again before Xiao Xiaobai remembered, "Oh right, she's going to worship the Kitchen God today."

"Get up, get up, get up~~~ Little one, sleeping soundly... Where are my clothes?"

"Wear this today, it's a new outfit I bought for you."

The embroidered jacket that Little White wore yesterday is gone, replaced by a bright red mid-length down jacket.

Today we're going to worship the Kitchen God, so of course we have to wear new clothes; the village chief told us that last night.

Little White Bird has finally been upgraded from a gun to a cannon and no longer has to wear her grandmother's favorite embroidered jacket, which looks rustic on her, and several people have already said so.

The little girl happily changed into her new clothes, quickly ate breakfast, and then Bai Feng and the others came to call her.

Meanwhile, Xi'er was also wearing a new outfit today, looking cheerful and blessed. With a photo taken, she could be pasted directly on the door as a doorman.

"Sister, did the village chief call?"

Xi'er had made preparations long ago, waiting for the village chief to call her to worship the Kitchen God, but the village chief's call never came, making the little Xi'er anxious.

Tan Jin'er said, "Don't rush, it's still early. Wait a while, sit for a bit, and Dunzi will come to find you to go together."

"Is the village chief still not up?" Xi'er asked.

"The village chief must be up, but everyone in Baijia Village needs to be up first. Only after they've finished breakfast can you go into their homes to worship the Kitchen God."

"Sister, what are you and Grandma doing?"

"Fried crispy pork, fried dough sticks, and sesame balls."

Why make this?

"These are for snacks. When you children come to our house to worship the Kitchen God later, we will use these to entertain you and also to offer to the Kitchen God."

"Oh, sister, I'll go find Dunzi. You don't need to worry about me. You go and do your work, go help Grandma with her chores."

"You don't need to make those arrangements!"

Xi'er rode her bicycle to Dunzi's house and happened to meet Dunzi, who had come out to find her, on the way. After they met, they headed to Baijia Village. They first arrived at Xiao Xiaobai's house, but were told that Xiao Xiaobai had already been called away by the village chief.

The two women were anxious, thinking that the village chief had forgotten about them or had deliberately abandoned them. Why hadn't the village chief called them?

They hurried to the ancestral hall and found that many people had already arrived, including several small figures, namely Xiao Xiaobai, Bai Guagua, and others.

Xi'er and Dunzi weaved through the crowd and came up behind Xiao Xiaobai. Xi'er patted her on the shoulder and said, "You guys..."

Before she could finish speaking, Little Whitey jumped up with a start, and when she turned around, she saw that it was Sister Xi'er!

The little one touched his chest and said, "I was so scared! I was so scared!"

Xi'er asked, "What are you afraid of? It's broad daylight."

Little White first looked around warily, and seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she whispered to Xi'er, "Sister Xi'er, you didn't know this before, but the village chief said that there are many of our ancestors in the ancestral hall, watching over us!"

"Huh? What ancestor? Where did this ancestor come from?" Xi'er didn't understand.

The little white thief whispered, "It's the 'Night Owl's Whiskers'!"

"So, you thought Night Owl Beards patted you just now?"

"Mmm! I was so scared!"

Dunzi, who had been listening in the whole time, suddenly interjected, "It was your ancestor who took the picture."

Little White: "..."

Dunzi, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, are you insulting me?

The village chief, along with several respected elders, was preparing for the Kitchen God Festival. According to the ritual, they would first offer sacrifices in the ancestral hall before visiting each household.

The children crowded to the front row, curiously watching this ceremony.

Some of the adults watching the ceremony were whispering among themselves, while a young person asked an older person, "Uncle, isn't the Kitchen God worship ceremony held in the kitchen? Why is it being held in the ancestral hall too? There's no kitchen here, is there?"

"You don't understand. See those big pots? Although there's no kitchen in the ancestral hall, we in Baijia Village like to hold banquets there for funerals and celebrations, and we set up the pots and stoves here to light the fire. Where there are pots and stoves, there is the Kitchen God, so of course we have to worship the Kitchen God."

"I understand, I understand."

At this time, the village chief and several elders had already begun the ritual of worshipping the Kitchen God.

An old man walked to several large pots in the ancestral hall, and put two handfuls of candy in each pot.

Meanwhile, the village chief placed an incense burner in front of the image of the Kitchen God, with red candles on both sides. He lit the red candles and then placed two wine cups filled with rice wine.

The elders brought out offerings and arranged them neatly, including apples, Want Want rice crackers, sesame candy, rock sugar, oranges, persimmons, red dates, longans, and more, filling the entire offering table and making it a very abundant display.

Little White whispered to Xi'er, "Does Grandpa Kitchen God also like to eat snacks? There are so many."

Xi'er didn't know either. It was her first time meeting him, and she had the same question. She asked Dunzi, "Does the Kitchen God also like to eat candy? There's sesame candy and rock candy, they're all sweet."

Dunzi said, "I heard from the adults that the Kitchen God likes to eat sweets."

Xi'er's eyes lit up. She instantly felt that the Kitchen God was very kind to her. In the myths, the Kitchen God must be a good friend of the God of Happiness.

The village chief held three incense sticks in his hand. He first offered prayers to the image of the Kitchen God, then lit the incense and placed it in the incense burner. The other elders did the same.

Afterwards, the village chief looked around and his gaze fell on a few children. He called out, "Robin! Xi'er! Come here and worship the Kitchen God."