Chapter 22: Zhongyuan

At the dining table, the old lady suddenly thought of something, and after thinking about it, she said: "It's almost Halloween, it's time for your grandfather to go up the mountain to sweep it! Xiaoyan, you can take Tong Ji with you, and you will preside over it this year." The old lady said to Qin Yan earnestly.

"Grandma, I'm going to preside over it? Qin Yan was obviously a little confused, and never thought that his grandmother would one day hand over the most important event of the whole family to him.

"Xiao Yan, you have grown up and can preside over the affairs of the family. Qin Yan's grandmother took Qin Yan's hand with a kind face and said: "Xiao Yan, this is your first time going up the mountain, don't be afraid of those ghosts or anything, they are all afraid of your grandfather's, your grandfather's life is hard, even if you go to the underworld, it is a ghost, your grandfather will protect you." ”

After a paragraph, Tong Ji's back was a little cold. Qin Yan felt that Tong Hime's hand in his palm was a little unnaturally clenched, and he also felt that Tong Hime's palm was still a little sweaty. Qin Yan knew what Tong Ji was afraid of, she, she was afraid of those cows, ghosts, snakes, gods and other things that she couldn't see or touch. Qin Yan remembered that Tong Ji was arguing to let him take him to watch ghost movies, and after thinking about it, Qin Yan chose a ghost movie of Lin Zhengying that was not very scary, to be precise, it was half a comedy. But Tong Ji was still scared to death during the movie. Qin Yan knew that Tong Ji was the kind of ghost who was very afraid of the invisible and possible existence.

Qin Yan shook Tong Hime's hand, Tong Ji raised her head to look at Qin Yan, Qin Yan saw some panic in her eyes that suppressed the discomfort in her heart as much as possible. Qin Yan smiled at Tong Ji very gently, and whispered, "It's okay, just get used to it." I'll explain it to you when I get home. ”

Since it was the first time Tong Ji came to Qin Yan's family gathering, the family tacitly did not drink, and found various reasons to shirk it. The second brother-in-law said that he wanted to have a second child with the second sister, and he couldn't drink. Qin Yan's face was full of black linesβ€”this was clearly hinting at him. However, what made his face full of black lines was that his eldest brother-in-law also said the same - please, eldest brother-in-law, you are twins! Can you take one more action? Qin Yan faced the ridiculous explanation of the two brothers-in-law, he smiled, he knew that the two brothers-in-law were giving himself a step, after all, when it came to drinking, he really hadn't won in front of the two brothers-in-law, and he also knew that his brothers-in-law were saving face for him, funny was funny, but his heart was still warm.

Qin Yan just drank a little wine that day, and in order to accompany a few elders in the family, he drank a little, and in the end, it ended without even being slightly drunk. To put it bluntly, drinking is just to make the family gathering more viable. Qin Yan didn't drink much wine that day, but because Qin Yan was more nervous and excited in his heart, he never dreamed that a bottle of beer with a glass of liquor would be a little confused, Qin Yan knew that he had drunk a little too much.

This is the first time Tong Ji has seen Qin Yan drink too much, and it is also the first time that the family has seen Qin Yan drink too much. After the banquet, Qin Yan was a little drunk. He got up at this time to find his mobile phone, Tong Ji was very curious, who was Qin Yan sending a message to? Tong Ji secretly probed to look, but Qin Yan pushed it away with his hand: "Let's get up first, okay? I want to send a message to my girlfriend!"

When Tong Ji heard this, she was greatly stimulated: "It turns out that I am a substitute, right?" Tong Ji spoke a little trilling. But at this time, Tong Ji's mobile phone rang, and it was a message from Qin Yan: Baby, I miss you. Tong Ji felt so angry and funny, it turned out that her boyfriend drank too much, and he would be so drunk!

"When Xiao Yan was drunk, there was only one person he loved in his eyes, so who he loved, he would know when he was drunk. Qin's mother smiled and said, "Don't worry, girl, if Qin Yan dares to treat you badly, I will be the first to clean him up!"

After about two hours, Qin Yan woke up, looking confused, for fear that he would lose his temper after drinking, and muttered to himself: "Oops! Why am I drunk so much?"

"Are you awake?" Looking at Tong Ji lying beside him, Qin Yan was a little flustered: "Tong 。。。。。。 Tong Hime, I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, did I?"

"See for yourself. As he spoke, he gave his phone to Qin Yan: "Why didn't I see that you are such a clingy master." Tong Ji couldn't hold back anymore, laughed loudly, and laughed so much that her stomach hurt: "No, no, I laughed out of my abdominal muscles!"

From Tong Ji's laughter, Qin Yan didn't feel the slightest negative emotion, and Qin Yan was a little relieved. Qin Yan, who had just woken up, felt a little stuffy at home, so he called Tong Ji to go out for a walk together. Although the basic conditions are still worse than those in the real city, the environment is much better than that in the city, with less noise and exhaust gases, and is replaced by harmony and friendliness between neighbors. During the time when Qin Yan came to the old man's house today, many old friends of the old man came to greet him, after all, strictly speaking, they all grew up watching Qin Yan, and they all had deep feelings for Qin Yan. Tong Ji really couldn't cope with it, so she was all blocked by Qin Yan.

Walking on the country road, Qin Yan explained to Tong Hime: "Actually, my grandmother has always believed in the existence of these ghosts and monsters, and also believes in the traditional Chinese sense of belonging after death, so every year on the Midyear Festival, we will go to the grave of my dead grandfather to sweep the grave." Don't be afraid, my dear. Saying that, Qin Yan stumbled: "Oh no, the wine hasn't fully woken up yet!"

Tong Ji hugged Qin Yan and said, "You dare to be a big fool, the wine hasn't woken up yet, right?" Tong Ji kissed Qin Yan on the mouth: "In this way, sober up, right?"

Qin Yan licked his lips and said mischievously, "Not yet." ”

Tong Ji knocked Qin Yan on the head and said, "It's confirmed, sober up, let's go, the family is still waiting." With that, he pulled Qin Yan home. "Tong Ji, it's wrong, it's this way!" Qin Yan shouted, and there were ten thousand black lines in his heart.

The next day was the Midyear Festival, Qin Yan took Tong Ji to the old man's house early, they made an appointment to go up the mountain to sweep the old man's tomb today, and the family came to the old man's house early in the morning to gather, loaded the sacrificial things into the car, and set off. The cemetery where my grandfather is buried is nearly an hour's drive from the city. This is actually the second time Qin Yan went up the mountain to visit his grandfather, Qin Yan came to his grandfather's tombstone, carefully cleaned the dust in front of his grandfather's tomb, and reinforced the weathered tombstone pedestal, and then replaced the eternal flowers in front of the tomb, put on the tribute, lit cigarettes, poured wine and incense, and respectfully knelt and kowtowed three heads, and everyone else watched from the side, telling their thoughts about their grandfather in their hearts.

Qin Yan said to his grandfather: "Grandpa, my grandson has come to see you, and I have brought you a virtuous granddaughter-in-law, you bless your grandson and granddaughter-in-law over there to be safe and happy, everything is fine on Grandma's side, my two sisters have their own children, and the children are very lively and healthy, you can rest assured." After speaking, Qin Yan kowtowed three more times, and then walked home with a small amount of tribute. Tong Ji was puzzled, why did she take away the tribute?

Qin Yan looked at Tong Ji's eyes and said, "This is a tradition on our side, the tribute is blessed by the predecessors, we think that the people who eat the tribute will have a smooth wind and rain and a smooth year." As he spoke, he stuffed a tribute apple into Tong Ji's mouth: "I haven't eaten in the morning, you're hungry, use this apple first, and you'll be home in a while." ”

Unconsciously, the return date has arrived, Qin Yan said goodbye to his family, and took Tong Ji on the high-speed train back to City B.