It is said that the son's father is the patriarch of a wealthy family

Yuan Bao fell asleep in Li Mu's arms before finishing lunch. Looking at the child's tired and fat face, Li Mu couldn't laugh or cry. Today's sacrifice is a bit too long for a young child, but All the children of the Zhang family came here like this. Since Yuan Bao entered the Zhang family's door, he should fulfill his obligations.

Up to now, Li Mu still doesn't know that Yuan Bao has officially entered the family tree of the Zhang family.

After lunch, people from each branch of the Zhang family began to leave the island in batches. At three o'clock in the afternoon, all the Zhang family members had to go to the Zhang family cemetery in the urban area to visit their ancestors' graves. With so many people, we must arrange in advance, and vehicles follow one after another. He drove to the pier on the island, and at this time Li Mu returned home with Yuan Bao. He wanted to take this opportunity to let the child sleep well. After all, the task of sweeping the grave in the afternoon was not easy.

And the other children on the island also took advantage of this time at noon to take a rest.

Yuan Bao was able to sleep peacefully, but Zhang Yi and Li Mu were not so lucky. One was the patriarch of the Zhang family, and the other was the wife of the patriarch. There were many things that needed to be managed by them in today's situation.

So while Yuan Bao was sleeping, Zhang Yi and Li Mu were busy with each other.

Time flew by, and it was two o'clock in the afternoon. Li Mu had no choice but to go upstairs to dig up the ingots.

Yuan Bao who had just woken up twisted his body lazily and didn't want to move, but under Li Mu's offensive, he only lay on the bed for a while before opening his eyes.

Seeing that the child woke up, Li Mu said while dressing him, "Yuan Bao, don't run around and make trouble with the fathers after a while, you know?" Leaving the island and entering the city, where there are more people and more complicated , For someone who lost a child once, he was still a little worried, so he explained in advance.

"Okay, Dad." Yuan Bao replied obediently while reaching into his clothes.

Li Mu looked at him suspiciously, today's time was too tight, he hadn't had time to ask Yuan Bao if he had caused any trouble in the ancestral hall today, but he felt relieved because he didn't hear what Zhang Yi had to say.

After the family of three packed up, they were ready to go to the Zhang family's cemetery, and as the top members of the Zhang family, they had more privileges than others.

Zhang Yi and the others boarded Zhang's private helicopter at 02:30, and the plane roared towards the cemetery outside the city. The cemetery existed hundreds of years ago. It has been arranged for people to take care of it for many years.

The scenery of the cemetery is very good, surrounded by mountains and rivers, it is a good place to sleep.

At this time, almost all the people from the Zhang family had arrived, because it was a private cemetery, and all the facilities were well-equipped. People who arrived early did not wait outside the cemetery, but entered the cemetery. Specially assigned to take care of it, however, on this day, as descendants of the Zhang family, they still have to clean the tombstones of their ancestors.

Therefore, when Zhang Yi and the others arrived, the cemetery was already in full swing.

The preliminary preparations for the tomb sweeping were done in advance. As soon as Zhang Yi and Li Mu arrived, they took the offerings and led the people to start the formal worship. Each tomb in the cemetery had to worship in turn, and the offerings were only flowers. , fruit and wine.

Civilized sacrifices are now advocated, so Zhang Yi and the others are also very civilized.

There are many members of the Zhang family. Everyone followed the patriarch and his wife and formed a long line. The first thing they came to was the grave of the old man of the Zhang family. The legendary figure who developed.

The grave of the old man is a newly built joint burial tomb, in which the ashes of the legendary figure and his wife are buried. The old man and his wife have passed away for decades, and their ashes have just been relocated from abroad. This is the old man's last wish.

Fallen leaves return to their roots.

Originally, it was not necessary to come to the cemetery to worship the ancestors during the Hungry Ghost Festival, but because a large number of ashes of the ancestors had recently been relocated from abroad, so this time the patriarch Zhang led the people to the cemetery to worship.

Zhang Yi held Yuan Bao's hand and stood in front of the old man's grave and said, "Yuan Bao, go say hello to your great grandfather and present a flower. This is the first time your great grandfather and grandma have seen you." let go.

The joint burial tomb is low-key and luxurious, and it looks simple and refreshing. There is a group photo on the tombstone. In the group photo, the two old people are looking at their descendants kindly.

Hearing that Zhang Yi asked him to present flowers to his great-grandfather and great-grandmother, Yuan Bao said obediently, then took the flowers from Li Mu and walked over.

He was not afraid of the photos on the tombstone. He squatted down and put the flowers on the ground, then stood up and patted the door of the tomb, muttering in a loud voice that everyone standing around could hear. Be clear.

Li Mu was quite surprised when Yuan Bao first patted the door of the tomb. What is this kid doing? There are so many tricks to knowing when a child visits a grave.

However, after he heard clearly what Yuan Bao was chanting, he really wanted to gag the child's mouth, it's too embarrassing, isn't it?

And the surrounding area also sounded suppressed laughter one after another.

In the face of such a serious occasion of grave sweeping, such a funny accident can happen, it is beyond everyone's imagination. It is said that the bear child is really worthy of the name, because you never know what the child will do next things come.

Everyone looked at Yuan Bao first, and then at the other honest children around them, and they were relieved. Fortunately, there is only one person who can make troubles. If all the children are like this, adults will probably have a headache to death.

Then let's listen to what Yuan Bao said. He patted the tombstone and said, "Grandfather, open the door quickly. Yuan Bao is here to see you. Open the door quickly." After reading, there was no movement at the tomb door, so He whispered again: "Why don't you open the door? Don't you like the gift I brought?" After speaking, he also looked at the flowers on the ground.

Innocent flowers lie dead!

Facing Yuan Bao's childish speech, Zhang Yi couldn't help laughing out loud. He turned his head to look at Li Mu and gestured with his eyes, because he couldn't figure out what the child was thinking now, so he could only turn to the mother who gave birth to the child. people.

It is said that "mother and child" are connected, and the other party should understand the child's thoughts.

Li Mu coughed in embarrassment, and explained softly: "Yuan Bao has never been to the cemetery, he doesn't know the specific meaning of life and death, you asked him to say hello to the old man, he thought it was..." The following words did not After speaking, however, the meaning is self-evident.

Li Mu's explanation was not only understood by Zhang Yi, but also by the surrounding Zhang family.

The laughter gradually died down.

Maybe Yuan Bao's actions are the performance of a child in the eyes of adults, but when you think about it seriously, you can understand in an instant that this is the most innocent speech of an ignorant child. Why is he lying on the ground, but he has no less respect for his ancestors than adults.

After figuring out what the child was thinking, Zhang Yi took a step forward and said, "Yuanbao, Grandpa and the others have been in a long sleep, so they can't open the door for you. We just stand here and bow to them." Because he didn't know how to explain the death to the child, so he could only speak in terms that the child could understand.

"Sleeping?" Yuan Bao put down his hand resting on the tomb door, turned his head and looked at Zhang Yi with big, ignorant eyes and asked.

"Yes, grandpa and the others are asleep, let's not disturb them, okay?" Li Mu also explained bravely.

"Oh, okay, then I'll come and see you, great-grandfather next time." Yuan Bao said solemnly before walking back to Li Mu and Zhang Yi.

Facing Yuan Bao with a pure heart, Zhang Yi didn't speak, but just touched the child's round head, and then bowed respectfully to the old man, and then led his clansmen to pay respects to other tombs one by one.

Today's tomb sweeping is very grand. At least more than 1000 people came to participate in the Zhang family. Everyone wore white sacrificial clothes and wandered in the cemetery, making the whole cemetery instantly full of solemnity and solemnity. The most pious activity of human beings, this is the spontaneous behavior of human beings to remember their ancestors.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, after sweeping the tomb, the Zhang family began to return to the city.

The ancestor worship is not officially over yet, and the envelopes will be burned at night. However, the envelopes are burned by the people of the direct branch, and the people of the branch can go home first, and before going home, everyone has to go home again. Gathering once symbolizes the prosperity of the family and the prosperity of the population.

Dinner is arranged at Haijue Hotel.

One is because this is a hotel run by the Zhang family themselves, and the other is that it is more convenient for so many people to eat in the hotel. Therefore, after sweeping the tomb, the Zhang family began to gather at the Haijue Hotel.

On the way back, Yuan Bao also asked Zhang Yi and the others about life and death topics, such as why the ancestors slept in the cemetery instead of going home, and whether the ancestors who slept here would never sleep again. Can't go home.

Although he was still a child, after visiting the grave this time, he gradually understood that the cemetery is different from home.

When the child was still vaguely exploring the world, Zhang Yi and Li Mu paid great attention to his questions, and answered them carefully, because it was related to the child's future worldview, and they could not be sloppy at all.

Zhang Yi thought for a while before telling Yuan Bao that the ancestors were too old to wake up after falling asleep, so the ancestors could not live with those who could still wake up However, the ancestors who come here have to sleep underground to be peaceful, and every year, the family members will visit these ancestors who have been sleeping underground for a long time, and send some offerings to the ancestors, so that the ancestors can live well underground .

Usually, the ancestors will stay in the ancestral hall in another form to take care of and bless the descendants.

Yuan Bao half understood Zhang Yi's answer.

However, he understood that the ancestors who slept underground could not go home to sleep again, and if they could not go back, they would be separated from everyone, and they could not get up to eat delicious food. Thinking of this, he felt that the ancestors were extremely pitiful , but he was relieved to hear that the ancestors usually stayed in the ancestral hall. He decided to send some food to the ancestors in the future, so that the ancestors would not starve.

Faced with the child's vague understanding, Zhang Yi and Li Mu couldn't explain it in detail, because they didn't know how to explain the natural laws of birth, aging, illness and death to their children, but they didn't want to be perfunctory, so they could only Try to answer in a way your child understands.

Fortunately, Yuan Bao seemed to understand it in his own way. Seeing that he no longer asked questions, both Zhang Yi and Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief.

The Zhang family's convoy headed all the way to the Haijue Hotel. They were very low-key, and they didn't drive a bunch of luxury cars, but buses. However, dozens of buses driving in the urban area is also a beautiful scenery.

However, fortunately, it did not cause any sensation. Most people thought it was some kind of event held by the company or enterprise. After all, there are several world-renowned group companies here in Qingdao, and they never thought that the people sitting in the car would be It is a member of the huge family of the Zhang family.

The Zhang family is divided into direct branches and branches, and each person who participated in the sacrificial ceremony has different achievements. There are bosses with a net worth of hundreds of millions, and there are ordinary small employees, but they all act together under the call of the patriarch, because they all have a common ancestor.

They are also members of the Zhang family.

Around six o'clock, vehicles drove into Haijue's parking lot one after another. Faced with so many buses, people sighed one after another. They didn't know where they picked up the tour group. It seemed that they were not bad to be able to eat here. Lord of money.

Just sighing, the people who got off the car were even more shocking, all wearing uniform clothes, is this an antique cospy?

The sleeves of the clothes are fluttering, as if out of the dust. For modern people, few people can recognize the sacrificial clothes at a glance. However, this large piece of antique attire instantly brings people into the civilization of the past.

Especially handsome men and beautiful women, this is a beautiful landscape.

Some people even took out their mobile phones to take pictures, but before they raised the cameras in their hands, the hotel manager came over with security guards to stop them. He politely told everyone that this was a private event and it was not convenient to take pictures.

The people who can come here to eat are not nonsense. They heard that it was a private event, so they put down their phones. It's a pity. The scenery is so beautiful, and some curious people asked the manager who is doing it. Activities, what kind of activities are being held, it is not convenient for everyone to visit.

The hotel manager shook his head politely at everyone.

This is a family sacrificial event. How could such an event be convenient for outsiders to visit? Besides, these people are all their own bosses. The important point is that there is still a big boss at the top. Who dares to make decisions without authorization? stable.

Facing the polite and courteous hotel manager, the curious guests knew that this matter was not up to the other party to decide, so they stopped one after another. However, it was still very eye-catching to see such a spectacular scene.

The episode in the parking lot did not affect the Zhang family. They went to the third floor of the hotel as soon as they got out of the car, where the party was held.

The guests in the hotel lobby saw these people in white robes enter the largest hall of the hotel before returning to their seats one after another. However, even if the scenery left, the topic did not leave.

It’s rare to see so many cospy players, and everyone started talking about it, especially in terms of appearance, which is a topic for everyone.

"Let me tell you, I saw a very handsome guy just now. Although he doesn't have long hair, he is simply fascinated by wearing that flowing robe." A girl in her early twenties excitedly shared with her friends Look at the beauty you see.

"That young lady is also very beautiful, and her indifferent temperament really suits this dress." Another little girl with starry eyes.

"Haha, that uncle is not bad."

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A few stylishly dressed little sisters in their early twenties are sitting around chattering about the scenery they just saw. They all say that everyone has a love for beauty, not to mention that there are so many people who like to gossip, except for them , There were also discussions in the surrounding area one after another.

And the scenery who passed by did not know that they had become the center of people's topics.

Zhang Yi and Li Mu didn't take a bus when they came, because they took their children and they sat alone in a small car, so they didn't know what kind of waves the white ocean caused before.

As soon as he got out of the car, Zhang Yi picked up the chubby Yuan Bao. The child's knee was still affected a little today. If he could walk less, he walked less. Li Mu was also very tired today. Didn't get a little rest.

So things like holding a baby should be done by him.

Zhang Yi walked in front, and Li Mu walked behind with Yuanbao's small kettle. The two walked into the lobby of the hotel one after the other. Because there were many Zhang family members having dinner today, they arranged the entire third floor as a banquet venue. , so after entering the door, go directly to the elevator.

The Haijue Hotel is a seven-star hotel. It is considered a local landmark restaurant. There are many people who come here to eat every day. The hotel has a lobby and private rooms, and as soon as you enter the door, you will find the lobby with the most guests.

The hall is almost full of people, and it can be seen that the business here is booming.

"Li Mu!"

Li Mu had just walked a few steps into the hall when he heard a surprised voice. Looking sideways, it turned out to be the vice-principal of the orphanage. No, it should be Jia Wenping, the principal.

Jia Wenping is the director of the orphanage where Li Mu once stayed. She took over the orphanage after the old director passed away. When the old director was still there, Li Mu and Zhou Ping often went back to help, even as part-time jobs. Some of the money earned during the period would be sent back. Later, after the old dean was gone, they went back less for their own reasons. However, some money would still be sent on time every month. Mu did not stop playing the money.

Although the money is not much, but he did his best.

The orphanage gave him a home since he was a child. Although apart from the old director and Zhou Ping, he was not particularly close to the people there, Li Mu was still grateful for the place where he was raised.

However, he didn't like Jia Wenping, and he never liked him since he was a child.

I don't know why, but he has been resistant to the vice president since he was a child, and he would cry loudly whenever the vice president got closer to him.

Facing Jia Wenping's greeting, Li Mu nodded politely and said, "Dean Jia."

Jia Wenping is in her 40s. She is a bit fat woman. She is not tall, has an average face, and is not beautiful. However, she has a kind temperament when she smiles, so the children in the orphanage still like her. She was also able to successfully take over the orphanage after the old director passed away.

After realizing that she had not misunderstood the person, Jia Wenping looked Li Mu up and down, with surprise in her eyes, and after a while, a gentle smile appeared on her face, and she said, "Xiao Mu, I just thought I saw it. Wrong, I didn't expect it was really you, are you here for dinner?" After speaking, he glanced at Zhang Yi, his eyes were even more complicated and obscure.

Faced with such a dean, Li Mu didn't think too much, anyway, he was used to the other party's uncertainties.

At this time, Li Mu has been cultivated by the Zhang family for a long time, and his temperament and momentum have long been different from before. Although he still has the same face, he has a bit of majesty that can only be found in a wealthy family.

These all need money and background to cultivate, and he happens to have a man who loves him and a rock-solid family backer.

During this period of time, Li Mu has come into contact with all kinds of Zhang family members, and his eyes are different. Therefore, he can understand the content of Dean Jia's eyes with just one glance, so he politely returned to the road. : "Yes, I came to have a meal. I didn't expect to meet you, the dean. By the way, how are the children in the yard?" Compassionate children are still very sympathetic.

Li Mu has been sending money to the orphanage, and Jia Wenping knew about it, so she replied with a smile: "The children are all very well, but they have been talking about you and Zhou Ping recently. Let's see when you have time to go." Look at them."

"Okay, I'll go and see the children when I'm free." Li Mu nodded. He was born as an orphan himself, and he was born with sympathy for orphans. Although he didn't like Jia Wenping, but seeing so many children For the sake of face, he will not say anything that should not be said, he still understands this bit of worldly wisdom.

The two chatted a few more words about the children in the orphanage, and when Li Mu was about to leave, Yuan Bao started calling.

"dad."

Hearing the voice, not only Li Mu and Jia Wenping looked over, but also many people around.

The main reason is that the appearance of Li Mu and Zhang Yi is really outstanding, one is tall and majestic, the other is tall and handsome, this combination of man and man is logically attractive enough, not to mention that there is also a white and tender Tender fat doll.

The fat baby is now dancing in Zhang Yi's arms to show his existence.

Hearing Yuan Bao's call, Li Mu and Dean Jia said goodbye after a few polite words. Behind him, Jia Wenping looked at him with complicated eyes.

After meeting Li Mu and Zhang Yi, they walked towards the elevator of the hotel. They had dinner on the third floor, so before he knew it, the eyes of everyone behind him almost turned into substantive envy.

After people got into the elevator, there was a lot of discussion in the hall.

That kind of white robe actually shows different effects on different people, one is handsome, one is cold, and there is a fat doll who looks like a New Year painting, which is even more beautiful than the previous scenery.

After Li Mu left, Jia Wenping also sat back in her original seat, but when she sat down again, she was in a trance, and her mind was not on eating at all. The friend opposite her asked her curiously about Li Mu's situation, and she almost answered irrelevant questions.

Seeing this, her friend also dispelled her curiosity.

As soon as Zhang Yi and Li Mu reached the third floor, they were rushed to the front main table, and the meals were already served.

Today's ancestor worship activity can be said to be a complete success.

At this point, it was necessary to make a summary before the meal. Not only Zhang Yi, the patriarch, needed to talk to the clansmen, but Li Mu also had to say a few words, because after the meal was over, the branch of the Zhang family was about to leave.

Before the meeting, Zhang Yi briefly summarized today's ancestor worship activities. He not only recalled the achievements of the ancestors of the past generations, but also commented on the efforts of everyone. Finally, he encouraged everyone to unite and work together to create the prosperity of the family.

After Zhang Yi finished speaking, Li Mu also said a few words, and the meeting started.

This meal is not only a summary of the sacrificial ceremony, but also a gathering of the clan members. After eating, the branch of the Zhang family left, but the sacrificial clothes had to be left on before leaving. All the sacrificial clothes were uniformly arranged by the direct branch, so It also needs a unified recycling process. The Zhang family worships the ancestors four times a year, and the clothes for ancestor worship are newly made each time, which shows respect for the ancestors and is also a wealth background.

After the branch people left, the number of the remaining direct branches is not small. Counting them, there are almost 300 people. Some of these people live on the island, some live in the urban area, no matter where they live, At night, we need to perform the last step of ancestor worship with the patriarch, burning the envelope, and where is the envelope burned?

Wherever the ancestral hall is, the package will be burned.

Therefore, a group of people returned to the beautiful island in a mighty way. At this time, the island was brightly lit, and it looked like a fairyland on earth from a distance.