Rebirth of the Boy Jinshi

On the Ching Ming Festival in April, the school has two days off.This is the longest vacation I have given this semester, and I have hardly had a vacation for more than a month.One of the two days off was going to visit the grave. Xu Muyang thought of Shen Gu paying homage to his parents alone, so he felt sad and wanted to hold Shen Gu in his arms, but he wanted to go home and couldn't stay with him all the time. around.

On the day of Qingming, Xu Muyang's family got up early.The temperature has risen in the past few days, and at noon the scorching sun is so hot that I want to go back early to avoid the hot/spicy sun.

The grave-sweeping site is in the countryside, and it takes about half an hour by car to get there.The Xu family is a big family. Xu Muyang has three uncles, five older brothers and two older sisters. The older sisters are all married, and three of the five older brothers are married, and four nieces and one nephew who are younger than him.When I went to worship at the tomb of my grandparents, the whole family was mighty, and the number of people was really huge.But every Qingming Festival and Spring Festival come here like this, and the crowds seem lively.

Tomb-sweeping ancestor worship is firstly tomb-sweeping and secondly is to worship the ancestors, and at the same time pray to the ancestors to bless the family and make a fortune in peace and prosperity.Xu Muyang was about to take the college entrance examination, and Yang Yuexin held three sticks of incense and chanted in front of his grandparents' graves, and he could vaguely hear some blessings such as "bless my son's college entrance examination success and good health".

Xu Muyang didn't feel much about tomb-sweeping during the Qingming Festival. From what he saw, it was just a traditional ceremony, and it was used to remember the ancestors.He is not superstitious, and he will not believe in this way of praying in front of the ancestor's grave.It's just that today, when he was standing in front of his grandparents' tomb holding incense, he had the idea of ​​trying it for the first time.

Praying in front of ancestors' tombs or praying in front of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas is not just summed up in the word "superstition".This kind of behavior itself is based on faith. Life is short and has experienced many hardships. Having faith also has the motivation to persevere in life.Yang Yuexin's wish to her ancestors is to hope that Xu Muyang can be well. This is an expression of love, just like making a birthday wish, it is a beautiful yearning.

Now Xu Muyang probably understood why Yang Yuexin would make such a wish every year when he came to worship his ancestors.He looked at the tombstone where his grandparents were buried together, closed his eyes and made his first wish: Grandpa and grandma bless him in the sky, bless the deceased Shen with a smooth life and less suffering, and bless him to survive all the hardships this time , get good grades in the college entrance examination.

He bowed respectfully three times, knelt down and kowtowed three times, got up and bowed three times, and when he put the incense in front of the tomb, he saw his name written on the stele: Xiaosun Xu Muyang.Line up with his cousins.He suddenly thought that Shen Gu had nothing to do with his family, fearing that his prayer would not work, he silently added a sentence in his heart: "Grandpa and grandma, Shen Gu is your granddaughter-in-law and will belong to the family in the future. You must bless him and wait for him." After the college entrance examination, I will bring him to worship you."

After sweeping the tomb on the first day, I didn't go back immediately. Tomb-sweeping Day can be regarded as a small reunion festival. Usually, everyone is busy with their own affairs. Only the tomb-sweeping event will get together.After working together, we will have a meal in the country house, talk, and get together with relatives and friends, and we will go back almost at night.

There was still a day off, and Yang Yuexin was worried that her son would not eat well at school, so she went to the vegetable market to buy a lot of vegetables the next morning, and made a super rich table of dishes at noon, wishing Xu Muyang could make up for it all in one meal.

Xu Muyang's stomach was full after eating, and there was more than half of the dishes on the table.He thought that there would be nothing delicious for Shen Gu alone on Ching Ming Festival. Taking advantage of Yang Yuexin's inattention, he packed several meat and vegetables in a thermos, put them in his schoolbag, and prepared to bring them to Shen Gu when he went to school in the afternoon. dinner.

When Xu Muyang arrived at the school dormitory, Shen Gu had already arrived and was reading a book. "You are so early today."

Shen Gu smiled, put down the book and rummaged in his schoolbag, "Well, I came earlier because I thought there were still two papers left."

"Have you eaten tonight?" It's almost five o'clock now, and it's almost time for dinner. "I brought you something to eat, which can be used as dinner."

Shen Gu turned his head in surprise, then smiled, "What a coincidence!"

He also took out a thermos bucket from his schoolbag, "I brought you dinner too, the two of us really understand each other."

What Shen Gu brought was a steamed dumpling and a few pieces of pumpkin pie.Xu Muyang smelled the sweet smell of pumpkin pie and asked, "You made it yourself?"

"No." Shen Gu poked a dumpling with chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth, "My grandma made it, stuffed with fresh bamboo shoots and pork, is it delicious?"

"Delicious!" Xu Muyang replied vaguely, the diced bamboo shoots and shiitake mushrooms were perfectly blended together, wrapped in pork, not greasy at all.After eating one, he was still unsatisfied. He was a little embarrassed when he thought of the meals he brought, "I brought the meals I cooked for lunch at home. Don't mind. But don't worry, I left those meals in advance and haven't eaten them yet."

"No." Shen Gu stuffed the chopsticks into his hand, "You don't need to explain too much to me, I know what you mean. The dumplings are delicious, eat more, there are many more."

Xu Muyang opened his thermos and pushed it in front of him, "Then you eat this?"

Shen Gu narrowed his eyes and smiled, "Okay."

He was not hungry. When he came, his grandmother cooked a big pot of dumplings for him. He came after eating, and he took half of it to school.After two mouthfuls of food, the taste was similar to the braised pork ribs I ate two days ago.Looking up, he saw Xu Muyang who was opposite him eating a dumpling, his cheeks bulging like a little hamster, eating very happily.He stopped his chopsticks and smiled, stretched out his hand and wiped the sauce from the corner of his mouth with his thumb, "Baa Bao."

"Huh?" Xu Muyang looked up at him with his mouth puffed up.

Shen Gu looked at him dotingly, and said in a low voice: "I'm not alone, I have you, and grandpa and grandma, they will visit me once a week now. So, don't worry too much about me, I'm fine Yes, you have to be good too."

Xu Muyang was stunned, swallowed the dumpling in his mouth and nodded heavily, "Yes, I see!"

It was rare to not have to study at night on the day of the vacation. People in dormitory 410 came a little late, and arrived one after another before eight o'clock.It's just that after He Liu and Liang Jingjing came, the former turned a blind eye and began to tidy up his own bed, while the latter smiled at Shen Gu and also started to tidy up his own bed.

Xu Muyang was stunned for a moment, and asked, "What are you two doing?"

He Liu didn't speak, and upon seeing this, Liang Jingjing had no choice but to say, "It's like this, our head teacher wants us to move back to our dormitory in his class, saying that it will be easy to manage. This is what he said before the holiday, and let us move after the holiday. , the homeroom teacher will come back to check the bedroom at night."