When he arrived at the door, Ji Xin'an called someone to open the door, and it was a lame uncle who opened the door, and she said that she wanted to call the third uncle.

Ji Xin'an: Third uncle, this is Xiao Ning's friend, a soldier, I went home to visit relatives and heard that there is a martyr's garden here, and I want to come to pay respects.

Ji Sanbo: Okay, Xiao Ning is back?

Lin Chengshu: Hello Uncle San, my name is Lin Chengshu, and I am a friend of A-Ning; She was sent to the National Defense University for exchange study, but she couldn't come back, I happened to have family leave, and I heard that my grandfather was seriously ill and wanted to come and see him.

Ji Sanbo: Okay, my uncle has been sick for a while, and he is quite guilty.

Ji Xin'an: That's right, maybe he is worried about Xiao Ning and Ji Xinheng, and he wants to come back to see him and let him go with peace of mind, but he can't come!

Ji Sanbo: Really suffered, it's good to get better, it's okay, it's okay to get rid early, I heard that he hasn't been able to eat for a long time!

Ji Xin'an: Yes, I woke up this morning and said I wanted to eat eggs!

Ji Sanbo: I'm afraid it's back to the light!

Ji Xin'an: I don't know!

Ji Xin'an and Ji Sanbo stood at the door and chatted, and Lin Chengshu saluted in front of the monument.

Ji Sanbo asked them to stay for tea, but they politely declined, wanting to go back to see their grandfather as soon as possible.

I bought five catties of sorghum wine from the winery, and the wine was filled with gourds.

The owners of the winery are two gray-haired grandfathers and grandmothers, and I heard Ji Xin'an say that they had a daughter, but they fell ill and died at a very young age; They moved here from other places, and the people in the village only knew that they were northerners, but no one knew where they were, and they had been here for decades, and they had become authentic Tongzhou people.

Lin Chengshu: Sister, are there any gourds and sorghum here?

Ji Xin'an: Yes, there were few people who planted in the past, but now basically every family has planted it; The weather here is that we can only plant one crop, plant in March and harvest in October. There are very few sorghum grown, and the sorghum in the winery is all brought in from other places.

Makoki Hayashi: Oh......

Listening to Ji Xin'an say this, Lin Chengshu has a kind of curiosity and love for this place; I love this place, the first impression is the beautiful mountains and rivers, and the air is very good.

The way home from the brewery was a dirt road large enough for a car to pass, and there was a bridge made of planks over a small river, and there were thick mud blocks on it.

When he arrived home, it was three o'clock in the afternoon, and Ji Xin'an introduced his family to Lin Chengshu.

Lin Chengshu seems that Ji Xinning's parents are just like in the photo, simple, kind, and don't talk much.

They were very happy and polite to see Lin Chengshu; This made Lin Chengshu a little uncomfortable, he seemed to understand that he was in the army that year, and Ji Xinning went to his house for the first time alone, and she was not comfortable!

But this discomfort soon disappeared, and when he saw Ji Xinning's grandfather, the old man was helped up and sat on the head of the bed; The spirit is good, and it doesn't look like I'm sick.

He was smiling when he saw Lin Chengshu, as if he was very happy to see him.

Lin Chengshu also had a feeling that he hadn't seen the old man for the first time in front of him, he was very kind, and this picture was like what he had experienced before.

Before he could call his grandfather, the old man spoke to him first.

Grandpa: Xiaozhi is back?

He stretched out his hand and pulled Lin Chengshu as if to ask him to sit down; He couldn't understand what his grandfather said, it was the language of ethnic minorities.

Ji Xin'an: Grandpa treats you as my brother, Ji Xinzhi.

Sister-in-law: Dad, this is not Xiaozhi, this is ......

Lin Chengshu: Sister-in-law, don't talk about it......

Lin Chengshu shook his head at the sister-in-law next to him, just do what grandpa thinks!

Grandpa: Xiao Zhi will become a big official (minority language) in the future, Xiao Zhi is very remarkable.

Ji Xin'an was on the side to translate for him.

Lin Chengshu: Grandpa, get well soon, I will take you to Tiananmen Square to see Chairman Mao in the future, and I will buy you wine to drink.

Grandpa: Okay, I really haven't drunk in a long time (minority).

Lin Chengshu: Uncle, uncle, I bought some sorghum wine, can you give some to grandpa?

Uncle: Drink, his wish.

Uncle sat on the edge of the bed and helped grandpa, Lin Chengshu took a cup and poured a little wine for grandpa, grandpa suddenly said that he wanted to go out to bask in the sun and see that the weather outside was very good.

Ji Xinning's mother (aunt): Okay, according to him, according to him.

The aunt put a chair under the gourd stand in the yard, and Lin Chengshu carried the old man to the chair and sat down; The sister-in-law and Ji Xin'an put the quilt on the old man's lap, Lin Chengshu took a stool and sat down next to the old man, fed the wine to the old man to drink, he took a big sip and smiled very contentedly.

Grandpa: Xiao Zhi accompanied Grandpa to drink some wine, Grandpa is very happy to see you today (minority language).

Makoto Lin: Okay.

Lin Chengshu also took a big sip of wine, and the first time he drank it again, he was so anxious that he choked and coughed.

Grandpa: Manly, you can't drink alcohol, alcohol is a good thing, but you have to drink less (minority language) in the future.

Before he could relent, he could only nod his head to indicate that he had heard.

The old man took a few more sips, but he really liked to drink.

Under the sun, the skin of the elderly looks very white and white, which should be the reason why they have not seen sunlight for many years!

Grandpa: Remember, when you were a child, you secretly smoked with my cigarette pouch, and as soon as you found you, you hid behind the door hahaha (minority language).

The old man's voice was very small, as if he were speaking to himself; He looked at the sky, looked at the people present (Lin Chengshu only saw Ji Xinning's aunt and third aunt later), and then leaned back in the chair peacefully; In just an instant, the old man's skin changed from white to blue-black, Ji's mother hurriedly supported the old man's chin with her hand, and then heard Ji Xinning's sister-in-law's cry, and Ji Xin'an also cried.

The old man is gone, and he is very peaceful.

When people are dying, they should think of the happiest things they are most and the people they miss the most; Ji Xinzhi has been gone for many years, and the old man still remembers him, and he still remembers that he was naughty when he was a child......

After the old man left, the afternoon time was finally finished after ten o'clock in the evening, and he changed his life clothes and put him in the coffin.

When Lin Chengshu called Ji Xinning, it was past twelve o'clock, and the people of the whole village came to help, and it was also ten days from this day, and there were people to accompany the wakes every night, according to the customs of ethnic minorities, the old people This is the natural law of "birth, old age, sickness and death", which is a relief for the elderly, and the old people in the village are also the longest-lived (eighty years old), and it is also a happy event!

After getting angry from the old man's house, Lin Chengshu and Uncle Ji Xinning went to the neighboring village to invite the "demon avoidance", that is, Mr. Taoist priest of the Han nationality; The recitations are all minority languages, and Lin Chengshu can't understand a word, thinking that it means that the recitation of the scriptures is excessive.

The first time Lin Chengshu saw the "big battle" was on the evening of the ninth day, Ji Xin'an said that this day was "hospitality", which means that all relatives and friends brought their "team" on this day, bringing wreaths with paper paste, horses, deer, and lanterns (candles were lit in the lanterns) to pay tribute to the elderly.

Lin Chengshu also heard that this was the most lively white wedding event, a total of 18 families came to pay tribute, and each family brought 180 people, and the scene was very spectacular when the Dharma was "transferred" later.

Because it was the elder people in the village who took Lin Chengshu to do it, he knew everything.

As the proprietor (the owner of the white business), it is necessary to prepare a fire for the people who come to pay tribute in advance (even if it is a hot day, it is needed, I didn't have time to ask, what does it mean), a fire for each family, and a good name plate is set up next to it; In the evening, after the memorial service is entered, the owner should arrange special guidance, in addition to the fire of the owner, a total of eighteen fires are erected: the old man's mother's family. (That is, Ji Xinning's grandfather's grandmother's family) (uncle's family)

Because her grandmother has passed away, she also has to "go to the transition" (go over together), and there is also her grandmother's family, the eldest uncle and the second uncle's family (there was originally a little uncle, but the little uncle didn't bring anyone here before he got married).

The family's (grandfather's own child) aunt, second aunt (although the second aunt also passed away early, but the etiquette of the second aunt's family declined), sister-in-law.

Ji Xinning's aunt, Ji's mother, and Ji Xinning's third aunt's maiden family.

The aunt and grandmother of the Tang family (grandpa's eldest sister), the aunt and grandmother.

The second grandfather's family (grandfather's younger brother) has five daughters, and five aunts' families are all here.

There are also grandfather's two goddaughters.

Each family brought sheep, and together with the two sheep that the family had raised money to buy, there were twenty sheep in total.

The three sheep used in the first three days of the "Exorcism" sacrifice are to be given to the "Demon", which means that all the bad things are handed over to the "Demon" to press.

On the days when Grandpa did not send "Shangshan" (funeral), the people who helped every day ate mutton, and the custom said that all the sheep should be eaten within three days after sending "Shangshan", so that future generations will be fine.

The scene of "transition" Ji Xin'an said that it was like a bonfire party, and when the "Torch Festival" was celebrated, many people circled around, but the items to be commemorated were different.

This is the "lantern, paper fire" that is burned in its entirety, and the "torch" held in the "Torch Festival" is burned out.

In addition to the deafening "mourning music" played by the suona, small drums, and cymbals invited by every family, there are also bright fireworks in the sky, and the old people are walking lively.

On the fourth day after sending the old man "up the mountain", the family was quiet again, everything was done, and all the relatives, friends, and villagers returned to their own lives.

There are only Ji's father, Ji's mother, Ji Xin'an and Lin Chengshu left in the family.

Ji's mother would ask Lin Chengshu about the situation at home, and Ji's father was not as serious as when they first met.

Ji's mother: Xiaolin, where are you from? I forgot again.

Lin Chengshu was thinking, when Ji Xinning went to his house for the first time, he was asked about this!

He can imagine that grandparents and grandmothers will ask, grandparents will ask, and mothers will ask.