On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Zhang Yun got up at half past six.

After washing his face and rinsing his mouth, he put a letter of 10,000 firecrackers at the gate of the courtyard, and then ran to the kitchen, steamed the leftover dishes from last night's Chinese New Year's Eve, and the family gathered in the hall to eat the first meal of the new year.

This is exquisite, called the first day of the new year does not move the stove.

Chinese New Year's Eve eat leftover dishes, back to the oven steamed, Zhang Yunqi remembered that the north should be called "Zheluo", Fengyang area has no name, only feel that this kind of food seems thrifty, and fragrant.

After breakfast, Zhang Yunqi and Zhang Yunfeng brothers carried incense paper candles to the Jiangjunling at the back of the village to sweep the tombs of the ancestors of the old Zhang family.

This is the custom of Fengyang, and the ancestors are worshiped on the first day of the first month.

The previous generation of the old Zhang family was thin, Zhang Yunqi's grandparents gave birth to four successively, the first three left before they grew up, and only the last son grew up smoothly, that is, Zhang Yunqi's father Zhang Liushun.

It is precisely for this reason that in the craziest 80s of family planning, Zhang Liushun experienced fines and smashing houses and fleeing in all directions in order to have a few more babies, and it was difficult for the family to be poor, but in such a difficult situation, it was indeed not easy for him to pull five babies up.

The ancestral grave of the old Zhang family, in the jungle at the intersection of the upper mountain of the General Ridge, protrudes four grave bags in a pile of weeds, and the ones lying in it are Zhang Yunqi's grandfather, grandmother and grandparents, there is no tombstone on it, and each grave is padded with an ordinary stone covered with moss, no name, no surname, very barren, like a mass grave.

Zhang Yunqi and his brothers silently pulled the grass and repaired the grave circle, it has already been spring, the weather on the first day of the first month is very sunny, doing work, basking in the sun, and the body is warm.

On the road, there are villagers in twos and threes, carrying baskets filled with incense paper candles and children to sweep the tombs, everyone is from the same village, and the ancestral graves of their respective families are not far from each other, and on top of the old Zhang family, it is the ancestral tomb of Zhang Guorui, the secretary of Yunxi Village.

Compared with the shabby ancestral tomb of Zhang Yunqi's family, the ancestral tomb of Zhang Guorui's family is much more atmospheric, the tomb circle is made of green bricks, the tomb bag is poured with cement, and the tombstone is carved from marble.

If it is placed in later generations, such a grave circle structure is also sparse and ordinary, but in Yunxi Village in that era, it was a scorpion - unique, and it was extremely noble. Zhang Yunqi heard his eldest brother say that Zhang Guorui's second brother Zhang Guoxiang, who was a leader in the Education Bureau, paid for the repair.

When Zhang Yunqi and his brothers were about to repair their grave, Zhang Guorui appeared in his ancestral grave with a basket behind his back, along with his daughter Zhang Xiaonan.

When Zhang Xiaonan saw Zhang Yunqi and his brothers, he just nodded and took the broom he brought to clean the soil of the grave circle, and Zhang Guorui greeted Zhang Yunqi and his brothers with a smile and said, "Come to the grave for your grandmother for your father." ”

Zhang Yunqi smiled and nodded, without saying much.

Although this Zhang Guorui is only a rural branch secretary, he has gone through various social storms in different eras and has rich experience, unlike ordinary farmers, Zhang Yunqi was quite afraid of him when he was a child.

"His father, Guoxiang came to the house to pay New Year's greetings, have you finished going to the grave, Guoxiang has been waiting for you at home for a while. ”

After being busy for a while, a woman's call suddenly came from the mountain road of Jiangjunling, Zhang Yunqi turned his head and glanced at it, recognizing it as Zhang Xiaonan's mother, Zhang Guorui, who had just finished burning the paper money, replied: "Okay, I'll rush back immediately." ”

Putting away the incense paper and candles, Zhang Guorui said to Zhang Xiaonan, who was still cleaning the grave: "Your second uncle is here, Xiaonan, let's go back first." ”

Zhang Xiaonan said: "Dad, you go back to greet the second uncle first, and I will go back after cleaning up the grave." ”

Zhang Guorui didn't think much about it, entertaining his younger brother Guoxiang was a big deal, and he also wanted to ask Guoxiang to give his daughter Xiaonan a target in the city's education system, and it would be more convenient for his daughter not to go.

In fact, to live to his part, at this age, there is no need to worry about the cost of food and clothing, and most things can be seen, his only heart disease is his daughter's marriage, seeing that he will turn 22 years old this year, but he has never found a suitable partner, he is in a hurry.

After a few words of advice to his daughter, Zhang Guorui left with the basket.

Zhang Yunqi saw his figure disappearing on the mountain road, and immediately said to his eldest brother with a smile: "I have a stomachache, go back to the toilet first." ”

Zhang Yunfeng let out a "huh" and wanted to stop his younger brother Zhang Yunqi, but Zhang Yunqi left the grave and went down the mountain as if he didn't hear it.

But he and Zhang Guorui did not follow the same path.

As soon as Zhang Yunqi left, there were only two people in that place, Zhang Yunfeng and Zhang Xiaonan, and the atmosphere suddenly became indescribable, Zhang Yunfeng was a little flustered, and after a while, he scratched his hair in embarrassment and said to Zhang Xiaonan: "Yunqi, this guy, is a big ghost." ”

Zhang Xiaonan, who was blushing, smiled: "No, I think Yunqi is smart, and his brain turns quickly, unlike you, who is always a tendon." ”

Zhang Yunfeng smirked, saying that it was enough for the old Zhang family to have him as a smart person.

"That is not the case, you should also learn more from your brother. Zhang Xiaonan walked over, sat down on a round stone next to Zhang Yunfeng, patted the place next to him, and said with a red face: "Brother Yunfeng, you come here to sit." ”

Zhang Yunfeng sat down a little cramped, the two of them were not far away, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense again, but there seemed to be a feeling floating in the air.

Zhang Xiaonan's personality is obviously more refreshing, and he has been looking for topics to talk to Zhang Yunfeng, chatting and chatting, and the atmosphere is slowly relaxed, after all, the two of them have been playing since they were children, as long as they open the chatterbox, there are endless interesting topics.

In the morning, the weather slowly turned hotter, Zhang Xiaonan saw that Zhang Yunfeng had sweat on his forehead, and suddenly said Don't move, and then reached out with a red face and wiped the sweat with his sleeve.

"Xiao Nan, haven't you finished sweeping yet?"

At this time, Zhang Guorui's call in a long pitch suddenly came from the mountain road of Jiangjunling. Zhang Yunfeng and Zhang Xiaonan were taken aback, and when they turned their heads, they saw Zhang Guorui standing on the edge of the mountain road not far away.

The look on Zhang Guorui's face was not very good-looking, but he didn't come over, but when he saw that Zhang Xiaonan didn't react, he shouted in a calm voice: "Xiaonan, your second uncle's family is here, and they are all waiting for you to eat......

Zhang Xiaonan bit his lip and did not respond.

Zhang Yunfeng was a little at a loss, and hurriedly said to Zhang Xiaonan: "You go back." ”

Zhang Xiaonan opened her mouth, and finally stood up and walked along the mountain road to the village, she was inexplicably a little annoyed in her heart, kicking the dirt on the mountain road all the way to vent, and the two brand-new leather shoes under her feet were tortured by her and covered with mud.

Zhang Guorui saw his daughter coming, turned around and left.

After returning home, Zhang Guorui did not mention the scene he saw in Jiangjunling, but Zhang Xiaonan, who was weak-hearted, immediately explained to his father: "I just finished sweeping the grave circle and saw that it was still early, so I chatted with Yun Feng, who was still weeding, for a while. ”

"Hehe, I'm tired of sweeping the grave circle, I go there once or twice a year, there are many dead leaves, and it's sure it's hard to clean...... Now let's eat, your second aunt specially brought you your favorite crab from the city. When he entered the door, Zhang Guorui kept smiling, as if he hadn't heard what his daughter said, he just glanced at the embarrassed pair of mud shoes she had just taken off at the door with complicated eyes when his daughter was not paying attention......