He took out a little of the dishes on the plate, put them in a bowl, brought them to the stove, and placed them in front of the newly painted stove master, folded his hands, and bowed gently.

muttered in a low voice: "It's really difficult for you to get a poor family like me, in the past, my father and mother gave you chickens and ducks, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat them in the past two years." ”

"So you have to bless me more, let me stand up early, and let you eat again with your mouth full of oil!"

After speaking, Shao Manchu touched his hungry stomach, turned around and returned to the dining table in the main house.

This night, he ate three lotus seeds that were soft and delicious and didn't pull his throat, and served them with a bowl of hot eggs and white pimple soup, and even the coldness of the night vigil drove away three points.

Shao Manho, who was leaning against the window, was awakened by the rare thousands of firecrackers in the village.

He leaned against the somewhat rough and fuzzy window paper and looked out.

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"Work hard in the new year!"

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This sigh put an end to the solitary watch, and extinguished the candle that had been lit by waiting.

There was a sound of comfortable breathing in the room, the burning of the slightly hot kang, and the quilt that had just been sunburned in the winter sun, gave the young man the warmth he needed most, but after a while, a thin and heavy snoring sounded in the darkness.

The New Year has arrived.

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From now on, I will carry the banner of the Shao family on my shoulders.

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Open your eyes again, the first day of the new year, morning, and midday.

The firecrackers that greeted the morning went off for a while, waking up the head chicken who had not yet seen the sun, and also waking up Shao Manchu, whose eyelids were a little heavy.

Today was not the day when he Shao Man hoarded out to pay New Year's greetings, but he still managed to get up, dipped a towel in some cold water, and cleaned himself up neatly.

There is no condition to change the lining of the flocculent jacket inside, but the cover on the outside, Shao Manchu has changed it to a new one.

This is a big blouse made by his mother two years ago, with a few locks inside, which is convenient for rubbing and changing.

The inner lining and the shoes under the soles of the feet were naturally replaced with the craftsmanship of the two mothers-in-law, and the outer ones were covered with a dog-skin tanned rabbit fur from the mountain people's hunters' homes...... Lop hats.

His outfit is complete.

Shao Man, who loves cleanliness, before going out, also took a look in the basin where he got up early to wash, and looked at it neatly, before he pulled out his feet and went to the side room.

This room was originally reserved for guests, but his family didn't know any friends, so he only made a utility room for the time being.

On the bare kang surface, which was originally made as a kang and is now used as a table, a huge basket is placed on it, and a soap-colored patch is covered with a scarf.

After entering this house, Shao Manchu went straight to the basket.

Putting it on the crook of his arm, he lifted the cover and looked underneath, and saw that the contents were complete, so he lowered the brim of his hat, bent down, and arched out of the room.

Instead of going to the middle of the crowded village, he went into the woods, which had almost been destroyed by fire, and bypassed the main road into the wasteland to the east.

On the head of his own two acres of dry land, a bag of lumps of dirt suddenly popped up and stopped.

In the middle is a woodcut plaque, with the names of Shao Shuigen and Shao Tan.

This is the reason why Shao Manchu would rather give up the three acres of fertile land at home than leave these two acres of dry land.

His parents' clan was not in this place in the first place, and if they wanted to settle, they could only temporarily choose the barren land on the edge of their own land.

Shao Manchu, who came to the grave of his father and mother, did not speak, he brushed away the dead leaves falling on the tombstone with his hand, and began to take out the contents of the basket in the same way, and placed them carefully in front of the monument.

Among them, there are steamed dumplings, cooked vegetarian dishes, and persimmons and red fruits that are only obtained in a few winters, which are scattered, so that the people who have received incense offerings underground can feel that the people on the ground they care about are living a really good life.

In order to deepen this impression, Shao Man hoarded the offerings and set them on fire.

Three side by side, holding his hands horizontally, and using the gray cover cloth as a kneeling cushion for the time being, Shao Manchu made a solid incense and kowtowed to his father and mother three times.

'Bang bang bang!'

The frozen yellow earth was stirred up by Shao Manchu's forehead, and only then did he insert the thick incense into the incense trough he had specially made in front of the tombstone.

After this set of worship processes is completed, Shao Manchu can finally chat with the people at home.

At this time, the bottom of the basket, the remaining yellow straw paper, comes in handy.

Squatting on the ground, Shao Manho, folded out a shriveled model in the shape of a small boat with it, pinched out a small mouth at the sharp corner, blew on the mouth, poof, a small round ingots changed out.

If you don't use the fire after you introduce incense on the side, you can start lighting it.

"Dad, mother, I'll burn some money for you. ”

"When I first returned to the world, I didn't dream of you. ”

"I know, you're afraid I'll cry and don't dare to show up. ”

"Dad, mother, what are you afraid of, I am now an adult, and the prosperity of the old Shao family depends on me alone. ”

"I'll tell you, not only did I pay off my family's debts, but I also found a very good job to go to. ”

"It's the short-term job you signed by your father, and I'll continue for you. ”

"The first master personally promised, and he didn't dislike me at all. ”

"So, father, mother, you spent all these ingot candles, buy a good family for yourself to vote. ”

"You must choose healthy parents, and in the next life, you must live a peaceful life. ”

"Don't close your eyes first like you have in this life, before you have enjoyed the blessings of your children. ”

Speaking of this, Shao Manchu stared at the words on the tombstone for a long time, and suddenly grinned: "Shao Shuigen, Shao Tan." ”

"These words are really beautiful, these are the old Xiucai who wrote letters on behalf of the people in the town wrote to me, and I engraved them as they were. ”

"Dad, do you think I'm also a literate person?"

"I remember all the things you muttered at the beginning. ”

"Buy a few acres of land, be a small landlord, send me to the school, be able to read a few words, and then cast into the hands of the first master, to be a beautiful steward. ”

"Look, I'm almost done with these three. ”

"So, don't worry too much!

Shao Manchu chattered, and the last ingots were also thrown into the pile of paper ashes by him.

At this moment, a small gust of wind hung on the north side of the wasteland, blowing the paper ashes that had not yet burned out into the air.

This half yellow, half black and mixed with red ashes flew all over the sky, like fireworks that had bloomed brilliantly, leaving only melancholy regrets.

"Daddy, mother, is that you?"

Shao Manchu, who looked up at the dancing pieces of paper, wiped the corners of his eyes.

The falling ashes entered his already parched eyes, stirred up the tears he had sworn not to shed easily, and washed his cheeks with two comical and ridiculous marks, and made his eyes look and see, until the last of the black ashes fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.