Back to the small fishing village in 1982

Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing also led their two clay figurines back, and untied the string of light cakes hanging around their necks by the way.

"How did you do it, the whole person is dirty, only the cake is not dirty?"

"Because when he fell, he raised his head high and put his hands on the ground." Ye Chenghu answered for him.

Ye Chengyang smiled shyly, "If it's dirty, you can't eat it."

"Stupid boy, it's quite heartwarming, but luckily he didn't get lost." Ye Yaodong smiled and patted his forehead, "Hurry up and take a bath with your mother."

He gathered the light cakes of his two sons and counted them. They were quite a lot. The two of them added up to 25. After running all over the mountains and plains for a whole day, it was hard for the two little ones. It was really hard work, and I will reward them when I have time. them.

The old lady rummaged through the bamboo baskets at the door, and finally found two that looked a little cleaner, and she dragged them to the back door.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll use the back door to brush and wash it, and when it's dry, I'll use it to store light cakes."

Ye Yaodong took the two baskets in her hands, "I'll go wash them, you continue to stack yours."

The old lady smiled and watched without arguing.

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, their whole family got up, ready to finish breakfast early, and set off at the o'clock.

The old lady also dragged two big sacks out of her house.

"What are you?"

"Tianjin Yuanbao, I bought a lot of bundles yesterday and stacked them for a long time. I will take them to the mountain to burn some more for your grandpa. I have suffered for half my life and have not enjoyed the blessings. Burn some more money for him, and let him He's enjoying himself down there."

"Okay...my dad bought a bunch of them too."

"You take it out first, there are still in the house."

The old lady went in and out again, with several stacks of yellow paper in her hand.

"Is there anything else? Is there anything else to bring? If not, let's go."

"No more, no more, you can go."

The others were waiting in the yard, those who took hoes took hoes, those who took brooms took brooms, and those who took sickles took sickles.

Father Ye has already tied the two ends of the pole, one end is a bamboo basket full of light cakes, the other end is the two sacks of Tianjin ingots that the old lady just dragged out of the house, and a basket of offerings.

Seeing that everyone had come out of the house, he said: "It's all good, can we go now? I got up early in the morning and dawdled until now, and everyone else is waiting by the side of the road."

As he spoke, he picked up the pole and walked ahead.

The mighty family all set off for the entrance of the village, but Ye Dabo and Ye Erbo's family had already waited at the entrance of the village early, and their two families were not as many as Ye's father's family.

The children and grandchildren are all grown up. Those who should work have gone to work, and those who should be in prison are still in prison.

When they set off, there was also a large group of children following behind them, and as they went up the mountain, more and more children were added along the way. After arriving on the mountain, the team became stronger and stronger, coming from all directions. There are more people.

Along the way, I also met a lot of people who went to the mountain to sweep graves, but why did they seem to like to follow behind them?What's the point?
Ye Chenghu walked all the way, twisting his neck and looking back, trying to see how long the line was, until he saw a line on a small road next to him, and all the people following behind also ran towards them.

Depressedly, he ran to the back and shouted: "You go, why are you following us? You can also go to other people's houses next door, you go quickly, don't follow us."

He had worked so hard all day to save so many cakes, but he wanted to send them out again, which made him so mad. If he had known earlier, he would not have gone there yesterday, damn it!What a waste of a day!
"Hey, I heard that your family is rich? Of course I followed you."

"How can there be money? Our family has no money. We are so poor. My mother says every day that she wants to sell me and my younger brother for money."

"Me too."

"My family is different. My mother only said that she wanted to beat me to death..."

While talking, Ye Chenghu also mixed into the group of children, talking freely.

The tomb of Mrs. Ye's coffin was not far away, it was on a hillside, and it took ten minutes to climb from the foot of the hill.

When they arrived, a family not far away had just finished sweeping the tomb, but when a group of children behind them found out and rushed over, they said they had finished sweeping the tomb and distributed the tomb cakes.

But there were no firecrackers at all. If firecrackers had been set off, the children would have found out that there was a family here, and would have gone to beg for tomb cakes.

But after the division is over, the children have nothing to do. We also encountered this situation several times yesterday.

In the past two years, there have been many thieves begging for tomb cakes, because there are many children in every household. Every time a tomb is sacrificed, there are children everywhere on the hills, and most people always prepare one or two baskets of light cakes.

At this time, the children have no snacks to eat, and many of the tomb owners are too poor to cook, but the poor will return to the poor, and grave sacrifices are always inevitable.

Therefore, those who really can't afford to buy a lot of light cakes can only go to the tomb secretly, such as pressing paper money, packing up their things, and then setting off firecrackers.

Even if you are caught up, the owner of the tomb will say that the tomb cake has already been distributed, and after the distribution is over, there is nothing you can do.

To be on the safe side, some people simply didn't set off firecrackers, and put the grave on the grave silently.

There is no good reputation for stealing graves, but it is also helpless.

They even met them early this morning, but they didn't know each other. They seemed to be from the next village. Looking around the clean graves not far away, these people should have come at dawn.

"Another wasted trip!"

"Obviously there were no firecrackers..."

"I didn't see any red firecrackers on the ground..."

The children of the Ye family ran along excitedly just now, but they had long forgotten that everything they begged for was confiscated.

"Hurry up and weed the grass, don't talk nonsense."

"There are more people coming from our house than grass. Why call them? Let them play casually. We will set off firecrackers later, just call them back."

When his wife spoke, Ye Yaodong ignored them, bent over to weed, and the children excitedly looked around to see if there was a grave sweeper nearby?
I haven't gone up the mountain for a year, and the grass around the grave is taller than the grave. It's dense and disorderly, but at least they have a lot of people and they bring a lot of tools.

With the division of labor and cooperation, in only a dozen or 10 minutes, the grass with a diameter of [-] meters in the coffin tomb was completely removed by them, and the yellow paper was also pressed around the cemetery with stones, and sacrifices could also be placed at the same time. , Burn paper money.

Father Ye and Uncle Ye and Uncle Ye took turns going up to worship and pray for blessings.

Ye Yaopeng, Ye Yaohua and other cousins ​​also went up to light incense in turn according to senior and younger. Ye Yaodong stood in the corner with his hands in his pockets, and he would only go up after they finished praying.

So many people gathered together to worship and beg his father to bless him, who should his father listen to?Of course, it has to be the last finale, so that his grandpa can remember it.

Holding an incense in his hand, he knelt in front of the tomb and said sincerely: "Tomb-sweeping day, I pray to Grandpa, Grandpa bless me that everything will be smooth, safe going in and out, and hundreds of boatmen will help. Big boats are replaced by ships, ships are replaced by yachts, yachts are replaced by planes, every day is counting money until hand cramps, ten bungalows are by the sea, ten buildings are in Guangdong, ten companies are in Shanghai, ten courtyard houses are in BJ, this year, every year, All the way, all the way..."

The uncles, brothers, and cousins ​​around were dumbfounded when they heard his murmuring wish, how could they still make such a wish?

Lin Xiuqing blushed, couldn't he just promise it in his heart?
He's not embarrassed, she's embarrassed...

The corner of Ah Guang's mouth twitched, "You really know how to make wishes."

"A few more, only my grandfather has a choice."

"Your grandfather is going to run away in fright, and dare not eat your sacrifice."

Father Ye glared at Mother Ye, "What nonsense."

The others also laughed and hurriedly called the group of children to come and pay their respects, and handed each of them a stick of incense.

"Come and pay your respects, and ask your ancestors to bless you and take the university entrance exam safely."

"I just want to ask my ancestors to bless me. If I don't do my homework and don't get beaten, I can pass the exam every day." Ye Chenghai said honestly.

Mrs. Ye said bluntly: "Do you want to fart?"

"Third Uncle can grant so many wishes!"

"What are you comparing to me? Hurry up and earnestly worship, and you can make any wish you want. What if it comes true? If the ancestors didn't hear it, it's okay if the passing god heard it. If the passing god didn't hear it, there is no mountain god Are the land lords and land wives around?"

Everyone's mind was full of black lines.

Too good at planning.

Hearing what he said, the children hurriedly made wishes actively.

"My ancestors bless me to pick up a lot of money..."

"Bless me to win the marbles..."

"Bless me to go to Shaolin Temple..."

"Bless me to be successful and defeat XXX..."

The children muttered and had all kinds of wishes, and everyone who heard it couldn't help laughing...

When they said their goodbyes, Ah Guang also set off firecrackers in the corner.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, the children begging for tomb cakes immediately became energetic, and those who ran out in all directions also ran back and surrounded the cemetery.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua stood at the intersection carrying a basket of tomb cakes, ready to share one with each other, just in time for people to go down the mountain along the intersection, lest someone fish in troubled waters to beg twice.

This basket full of tomb cakes is not enough at first glance.

A bunch of children also all rushed forward, and all crowded to the front, for fear of being in the back, and they would disappear if they were not divided.

This kind of back will be scolded.

The Ye family brothers don't want to be scolded for this.

The two of them separated one by one, and the others stood aside and watched. The children who got the tomb cake didn't dare to fish in troubled waters, and they all ran down the hill honestly and quickly, preparing to find the next family.

Little did they know that these children who were crowded in the front regretted it not long after.

When Ye Yaodong saw that there were only a few light cakes left in the bamboo basket, he took out a canvas bag and carried it on his back, and took over as soon as the light cakes were distributed.

It is better to be praised than to be scolded.

Afterwards, there were thirty or so other children who were extremely disappointed when they heard that the distribution of light cakes was over.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yaodong grabbed the boy who was at the front and was about to run away, "Running for what?"

"There is no more tomb cake, let go, I want..."

"There is no tomb cake, but there is still money!"

He took out a handful of five-cent coins from his canvas bag, and held one in front of the little boy's eyes, "The tomb cakes are not enough, send money, and listen to an auspicious word?"

"Wow! Send money?" The boy was stunned for a moment, his eyes widened in excitement, he couldn't believe it, and didn't dare to take it.

"Really? There is no tomb cake to send money?"

"There is no money for tomb cakes?"

"Do you really send money? How much?"

"Five cents! It's five cents!"

"Really or not? If you don't have enough tomb cakes, you will be paid?"

"Really send money?"

The group of children behind asked excitedly.

The children who had just received the tomb cake and hadn't walked far, thought something was wrong when they heard the commotion here, so they stopped quickly, listened carefully, and were instantly in an uproar.

"Huh? Pay if there is no cake?"

"Isn't it? Really?"

"Is the money really paid?"

Those who heard it ran back one after another, but they had already received the tomb cake and could not receive the money.

When the children heard this, they felt bad all of a sudden, their guts were green with regret, and they wished they could throw away the cake in their hands.

If the tomb cakes are not enough, give out money!
This has never happened before, who would have thought that someone would send money?
Give money directly...

No one has ever given money directly.

The little boy who was grabbed by the back collar by Ye Yaodong was so happy that he was almost incoherent, good words came out as if he didn't want money.

"Boss Gong Xi Fa Cai, Ah Hai's third uncle Gong Xi Fa Cai, making a fortune, going well, lucky stars shining brightly, giving birth to many sons, all of them are sons..."

Ye Yaodong was quite happy to hear it at first, but he didn't want to hear the last two sentences, "Stop, stop, enough, there is no need to have a son later, I have enough."

"Thank you, Third Uncle Ah Hai..."

The boy took the money, and immediately jumped three feet high in excitement, and then he was reluctant to leave, and continued to stand and watch.

When the others saw that someone had actually received the money, they were all overwhelmed with excitement, and all those who said good things without money came out.

Regardless of whether it was his turn or not, the person standing at the back kept talking, and kept saying auspicious words there, working very hard!
The whole mountain suddenly seemed particularly lively...

Surrounded by the excited blessings of the children, the adults were amazed. Is this all right?

Father Ye was already a little familiar with his coquettish operations, so he laughed straight away: "Your grandpa and ancestor must be very happy to hear it, and will definitely bless you."