A little sweet through the fragrant

The custom here is to cook some meals on the first seven o'clock and prepare the incense table for offering.

Paper money is currently only available in big cities, and small mountain villages burn incense to provide some food.

Those with good conditions can have fish and meat, and those with poor conditions can also pick a few fruits.

When the offering is made at night, relatives need to avoid it.

After the offering is over, the juniors can still eat these foods on the table.

Yun Cheng nodded, "Then I'll help choose vegetables and light the fire."

I just bought it yesterday, and I have meat and eggs at home.

Ye Cunshan had already thought about what to prepare, and when he finished, it was still dark.

He packed them in layers in bamboo food boxes, and asked Yuncheng to see if there was anything else he needed to bring.

Yun Cheng shook his head first, then suddenly thought of Yuan's wooden box.

He was very concerned about the wooden box, but he hadn't opened it for many years, and the memory of this part was vague.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get something."

The box Yuncheng was placed under the bamboo box, it was not heavy and could not be shaken.

After opening it, there was a musty smell, so he moved away a bit, slapped it with his hands, and took out the contents.

A handkerchief wrapped several pieces of broken jade. Judging from the shape of the jade, it looked like a jade pendant and bracelet, and there was also a gold earring.

Charcoal was used on the handkerchief, and there was a dark red color, so I couldn't see what was written on it.

The handwriting was soaked in the black water after straw decayed, and only the traces overflowing from square spots could be recognized.

There is no way to take this thing as a memorial service.

He sighed, cleaned up briefly, put away the broken jade and handkerchief, and prepared to clean it carefully when he came back.

Ye Cunshan was still waiting for him outside, with the food box beside him, stirring the paper pulp soaked for a day with a clean short bamboo stick in his hand.

Yun Cheng was stunned for a moment before he remembered this thing, "Why did you soak for so long?"

In the afternoon, he was stimulated by the matter of the refill fee, but he forgot about it.

Ye Cunshan put the bamboo sticks away, got up and explained: "The new paper still has scraps of paper left, I want to soak it for a longer time."

He deduced this principle from what Yuncheng said that the bark of the tree should be soaked in water for about ten days. Anyway, there is no rush, so you can try it a few times.

Yuncheng didn't ask any more questions.

Ye Cunshan led him away, and told Yuncheng that he asked Ye Liang to buy incense cases and the like, "It should be delivered to your house this afternoon. I'll see later. If it's not there, I'll make another trip."

Ye Liang is the uncle of Ye Cunshan, and Yuncheng took his ox cart for the first time when he went to Yu County.

It was very inappropriate, Yuncheng thought of the meat buns he ate when he came back that day.

It is said that Ye Cunshan has been with him all the time, and he has never bought it.

Yuncheng didn't say a word, and looked down at the road seriously, but his eyes were hot and astringent.

When they went to the county last time, both of them were not rich.

Ye Cunshan didn't pick flowers and shelves, all the things were loose and cheap, and the incense burner was also made of rough pottery, which looked rough and simple.

Fortunately, the two got married and took a lot of money from the family. The food offered included meat and soup, and they also brought a jar of shochu. The offerings looked not shabby.

Yuncheng didn't know how to do these things, so he held up a kerosene lamp for lighting.

The main room of his house is very narrow, and Ye Cunshan is too tall, so he kept his back when he was busy working on the small table.

After everything was ready, Ye Cunshan asked Yuncheng, "Are you afraid? Do you want me to accompany you?"

This day is said to be the night of returning to the soul, and the deceased relatives will go home.

The living avoid it because they are afraid that the dead will miss it, and it's not that they can't stay for a moment.

You can talk and tell lovesickness.

Yuncheng had nothing to be afraid of, so Ye Cunshan went out to wait for him.

Keep the kerosene lamp on.

The low table was very low, and Yun Cheng knelt on the straw laid by Ye Cunshan, watching the thin candle flame rising slowly with a wisp of white smoke, speechless for a while.

There was still a layer of depression in his heart, he was sad for Xiao Yuncheng, and he also missed his own family.

Counting the days, today is also his first seven days.

Yuncheng closed his eyes and made a wish: If there is an afterlife, I hope your family of three will be reunited and happy.

If he finishes here, he can go home with Ye Cunshan.

When I got up, I heard someone talking outside.

It was Li Qiuju's voice, "What's wrong with me paying homage to elder brother? Can you still stop me?"

Across the door, Yuncheng felt unlucky.

You've consumed people to death, and you still want to sell your child, but you dare to come here during the worship? !

Outside, Ye Cunshan was blocking the way, and Li Qiuju squeezed inside, relying on the fact that he was a woman, Ye Cunshan couldn't pick her up, so he wanted to rush in with his chest up.

Ye Cunshan was really not easy to move, he frowned thinking about the feasibility of kicking people away, and the door opened behind him.

Yuncheng held a fire stick and waved it aggressively.

Not to mention Li Qiuju, an uncle who had a bad relationship with Yuncheng, Ye Cunshan was startled and turned to hide.

Yuncheng seldom got angry with others, and was disgusted by Li Qiuju's behavior when he came here tonight.

He didn't hit anyone at once, and took two steps forward. If Ye Cunshan didn't pull him, he could still give Li Qiuju a heads-up thanks to the length of the fire stick.

"You still dare to come? What face do you have to come? You are not afraid that my father will come back tonight and take you away!"

Li Qiuju didn't come alone, she also brought her youngest daughter Yunxiang with her.

She didn't pay attention to it either, and pushed her daughter forward in order to avoid Yun Cheng.

Yun Xiang was only a little over seven years old, and she was so frightened that she cried loudly.

Li Qiuju didn't care about her daughter at all. In order to hide her guilt, she argued loudly: "You are too unreasonable. You begged my family for money, so you didn't see that my family has four children to support? Is it normal that we can't get the money? We didn't give it to her." Do you have an idea? You promised to go to Master Wang's house early, and your father will not die! What a filial son you are now!"

After the words fell, a gust of wind blew by.

Li Qiuju shivered, she didn't continue to quarrel with Yun Cheng at all, she dragged Yun Xiang who was crying and ran to go home.

If she was really allowed to run away after scolding like this, Yun Cheng would be so angry that he would not be able to sleep for days and nights!

He immediately wanted to chase after him, but Ye Cunshan pulled him by the collar to prevent him from running away.

Ye Cunshan didn't keep him waiting, and shielded Yuncheng behind him, bent down to pick up a small stone, and threw it out with a flick of his arm.

Almost at the same time, Li Qiuju's knees were bent, and the momentum was too late to stop, and she fell and ate shit.

Yun Xiang's legs are short, this distance was only narrowly taken, and Li Qiuju stepped on her back, she fell on her mother, before she realized what happened, she was scolded by Li Qiuju: "Damn girl, you want to crush me to death! "

The crying of the child, which had just stopped for a while, became louder.

Yuncheng's brain ached from the screams of crying, but he calmed down.

He still looked ahead, because of night blindness, he could only see two groups of black shadows moving around in the night, which was very exhausting.

Only Li Qiuju's scolding voice was clear, saying that the food box was dropped, the plate was broken, and the food fell on the floor.

Ye Cunshan held him by the hand, "Let's go, she won't come back."

People nowadays are all feudal and superstitious, and Li Qiuju, a local, knows the customs of the first seven better than Yuncheng.

She was already worried, and then she was scared by Yuncheng and fell down. She was afraid that it was a ghost, so she panicked and continued to run.

Yun Cheng's heart beating rapidly after he realized it, and his heart ached slightly.

He slowed down his breathing rate, adjusted his inhalation and exhalation, and did not slow down until he walked to the river with Ye Cunshan.

Yun Cheng asked: "What do you think she is doing here today?"

Ye Cunshan could guess that he didn't want to tell Yuncheng the truth, this was the first time he saw Yuncheng lose his temper, and that posture was quite bluffing.

Afraid of irritating him, he said a gentler answer: "Be guilty, I'm afraid you... I'm afraid our father will find her to settle the score."

Temporarily changing the name and changing the name, the corners of Yun Cheng's lips twitched.

He didn't say whether he believed it or not, he just asked, "Did I scare you just now?"

"No."

Ye Cunshan answered decisively, completely ignoring Yun Cheng's instinctive dodge when he waved the fire stick.

The kerosene lamp had no cover, no more than a lantern, and the wind was strong by the river, so it was blown out after a while.

Yuncheng was forced to become half blind again, he held Ye Cunshan's hand tighter, lowered his head and tried to look at the road.

Ye Cunshan stopped, and suddenly said to him: "Shall I carry you?"

Without waiting for Yuncheng's consent, he let go of his hand, and squatted in front of Yuncheng, letting him lie on his back.

Yun Cheng is sorry, how old he is, and he still needs to be carried...

But for some reason, people's emotions can change like the wind.

From the top of the anger to a little calm, and then squeezed a layer of joy to wrap all the negative emotions, scratching his heart.

He took a half step back uncomfortably, "I'm heavy."

Ye Cunshan said with a smile in his voice, "I don't have a lot of meat on my body, and I'm so thin that it's all bones. How heavy can it be?"

Yuncheng put his hands behind his back, and his left and right hands measured each other's wrists, and he couldn't help but be silent.

He walked forward to the back of Ye Cunshan and gave him a notice: "I'm coming up?"

"Ah."

Seemingly on purpose, Yun Cheng just lay down on Ye Cunshan's back, and Ye Cunshan got up and turned upside down, with a relaxed posture and no effort.

Both hands landed on the bend of Yuncheng's legs very neatly, wrapping him around to prevent him from slipping.

"I'll take you to see where the bark is soaked."

Yun Cheng couldn't see clearly now, so he lay on his back and closed his eyes to rest, and rubbed against Ye Cunshan's neck.

There was a faint fragrance on his body, I couldn't tell what it was, it smelled really good.

When asked, Ye Cunshan still slapped his leg, it was not happy.

Yun Cheng murmured in his heart, could it be that he also uses sachets?

The bark was soaked twice, one was handled by Ye Cunshan himself, and the other was handled by Zhang Xiaohei and the others.

Ye Cunshan tied it with hemp rope and threw it into the river, and fixed it with short wooden sticks in the ground outside.

The wooden stick was marked, "The one whose bark was peeled off was thrown in for the second time."

This road is easy to remember, follow the bend of the river where the clothes are washed in the village and go downstream and walk about 200 meters to get there.

After taking him through this, Ye Cunshan returned the same way with Yuncheng on his back.

Yuncheng's house is far away from the village, and no one comes out to chat at night.

Even if Li Qiuju cursed so loudly, no one was recruited.

When the two returned to Yuncheng's house, there was only a mess at the door.

She didn't clean up the food and dish fragments poured out of Li Qiuju's food box, the fire sticks thrown by Yuncheng in front of the door were also randomly placed, and the food box brought by Ye Cunshan was quietly placed in the corner of the room.

Only the incense table inside was burned out, as if someone had already eaten the offerings.

When packing up, Yuncheng can help.

The little bit of anger he suppressed rose again, "Being disturbed by that woman, dad must not enjoy eating and drinking."

Ye Cunshan covered the lunch box and patted Yun Cheng on the shoulder: "She came here this time, and dad sees that you can stand up and scare her, so I can leave with peace of mind."

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