April 5th, the statutory holiday of Qingming Festival, happens to be Friday and Friday, counting Saturday and Sunday, a total of three days off, a proper small long holiday.

The weather is neither hot nor cold, the minibuses are free at high speed, and people in big cities have long been looking forward to this moment and have taken advantage of this rare opportunity to travel. Near self-driving, long-distance flying by high-speed rail, not bad money will even take a few more days off, go abroad for a leisurely trip.

However, in the hearts of people in county-level cities or municipal districts such as Anhai, Taitung and even Gaoru in the south, Yanjiang in the west, Qingming is the day to burn paper on the grave to pay tribute to the ancestors. No matter how capable you are, how far away from home you usually are, or how busy you are with work, as long as you can come back, you have to go back to your hometown to kowtow to your ancestors. If you want to take advantage of this holiday to go out to play, you have to sacrifice your ancestors before going out to wave.

There may be some young people who think that this is a bit of feudal superstition, or even old habits.

Han Xiaowu didn't think so, his ideas were more traditional, and he even felt that it was a very happy thing to return to his hometown to worship his ancestors during the Qingming Festival. Unlike some people living in big cities, there is no place to burn paper money and filial piety, and they don't know where the grave is if they want to go to the grave of their ancestors.

Because of this, he wakes up early, and even deliberately makes a lot of noise when washing, tidying up, and answering the phone.

"It's a bit blocked today, isn't it? I'm not in a hurry, I'll go downstairs in fifteen minutes, I'll go to the south gate and wait for ......."

"Uncle and aunt have already arrived home! Okay, okay, I'll leave right away. Xiao Mi, I don't know...... She works in a shopping mall, and the New Year's holidays are the busiest time, so I'll ask her. ”

Han Xiaowu hung up the phone call from his mother, raised his arm and knocked on the door: "Xiao Mi, your second grandmother asked me to ask if you would go back, saying that your grandfather and grandmother and your uncle and aunt went back early in the morning, and asked your second grandfather and second grandmother and your father and mother to go to their house for dinner after paying respects to their ancestors and going to the grave." ”

Han Sumi woke up early, and he was very hesitant to go back, so he replied, "I...... I haven't asked the hostess for leave yet. Besides, you know my dad, I ...... I ......"

"Grandparents, grandmothers, and aunts are all back, and besides, aren't there still me? In front of so many people, your parents will not talk about you, and they will definitely save face for you. ”

"I'll think about ...... again"

"There's no time, the car will be there soon. ”

"But I haven't asked the boss lady for leave yet!"

"Is it too late now?"

"It should be in time. Han Sumi muttered.

"Then what are you waiting for, ten minutes countdown, hurry up and get dressed and washed!"

The niece decided to go back to her hometown with her at the last moment, and Han Xiaowu showed a relieved smile, thinking that these days were finally in vain. Just when he was staring at his mobile phone like a track and field coach, constantly urging Han Sumi to hurry up, Zhang Yumin, who was on duty today, was in the office area to video Xu Dongmei.

"You're home?"

"It's not far away, the old man and the old lady called early in the morning to urge, and we came back early. But is there anything to do when you come back, you have to wait until noon to burn your ancestors, what time will your family burn?" Xu Dongmei sat at the door of a small two-story western-style building, bored.

Zhang Yumin couldn't help laughing: "What are you burning ancestors? ”

"Okay, okay, then what time is your family?"

"Our family paid tribute early in the morning, and I came over to be on duty after paying tribute in my hometown. ”

"Just don't go to the grave?"

"The grave was visited yesterday afternoon, and we went to the grave there one day earlier and one day later. Zhang Yumin didn't want to talk about this, so he changed the subject: "Dongmei, why are you alone, my daughter-in-law?"

"Doing homework upstairs, don't mention her, I get angry when I mention it. ”

"What's wrong again?"

Xu Dongmei said with a smile: "Isn't this a Qingming Festival?" The teacher asked her to write an essay, and she wrote it, but she added a sentence after she finished writing: I wish the teacher a happy Qingming Festival!"

"Hahahaha, my daughter-in-law is so funny, did the teacher trouble you?"

"I found it, took a picture of her homework and posted it in the group, so I quickly apologized to the teacher. Xu Dongmei sighed and complained again: "What does the child know, even if it is strange, he can only blame the teacher for not teaching well." The homework was assigned in the group, let us go home and print, and when it was done, we had to check and sign, and everything was pushed to our parents, I really don't know what they were eating!"

Zhang Yumin felt the same way, and followed the condemnation for a while, and suddenly the conversation changed: "Dongmei, on the way back from her hometown in the morning, when she was chatting with her husband, he said one thing. ”

"What's the matter?"

"He said that Liu Zhiwei of their China Merchants Bureau is talking to Chu Chanjuan of the United Front Work Department!"

"So Chu Chanjuan is not Han Xiaowu's girlfriend?"

"I don't know about this, anyway, that Liu Zhiwei is chasing Chu Chanjuan desperately. A few days ago, he went to Dongguang with my husband to attract investment, and my husband said that he sent a WeChat message to Chu Chanjuan whenever he had time, and bought a lot of gifts for Chu Chanjuan when he came back!"

Gossip is a woman's nature, Xu Dongmei couldn't help but ask: "Yumin, how old is that colleague of your husband this year, and is he handsome?"

"Twenty-seven this year, taller than Han Xiaowu, and ...... looks more handsome than Han Xiaowu, with a similar education, as if he is a graduate student of Jiangcheng University. Zhang Yumin thought about it and smiled: "If the image is not good, if he doesn't come to trouble, it is impossible for the bureau to let him go out to attract investment." I heard from my husband that the bureau leader is planning to let him stay in the East China Sea for a long time and be the investment promotion director on the East China Sea. ”

"More handsome than Han Xiaowu?"

"I have pictures of him, send you a few and you will know it when you see it. ”

"Why didn't you say it earlier, send it over quickly and let me see. ”

I don't know if I don't look at it, this look at Xu Dongmei means that what Zhang Yumin said is true.

invited Zhang Yumin to the video again, and as soon as he connected it, he said with a bit of schadenfreude: "It seems that Han Xiaowu is completely out of play, your husband's colleague not only works better than him, but is younger than him, and looks taller and handsome than him." I'm really not afraid of not knowing the goods, I'm afraid of comparing goods. ”

Zhang Yumin smiled bitterly: "I also think Han Xiaowu wants to be cool." ”

"Does Han Xiaowu know?"

"I shouldn't know, Dongmei, do you think we should give him a wake-up?"

Xu Dongmei weighed it and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's a colleague, it doesn't matter if you don't know, since you know, I think you should give him a reminder." If there is still a chance, hurry up and chase it, if there is really no hope, it can also let him die as soon as possible. After all, he is thirty-one, and it will be even more difficult to find it if he drags it on. ”

"You're right, I'll send Han Xiaowu a WeChat message. Zhang Yumin felt that Xu Dongmei had a point.

"Wait, does your husband know that Han Xiaowu is also chasing Chu Chanjuan?"

"Yes. ”

"Then is he helping that Liu Zhiwei, or helping Han Xiaowu?"

He ...... Of course he will only help his colleagues," Zhang Yumin thought about it, looked at Xu Dongmei in the video with a smile, and said confidently: "No matter, he is him, I am me, he is willing to help Liu Zhiwei as he wants, anyway, I will only help my colleagues, let's call helping relatives or not!"