Chapter 63: A New Year
Not long after New Year's Day, the winter vacation was over, and Jiang Yu also got rid of the coercion of Tan Qingya, a perverted woman, and stayed at home for many days.
Jiang Yu's mother quit her job and planned to join a snack shop after the year, after all, she no longer had the heart to mix in the workplace when she was old, and Jiang Yu's marriage money had already been saved in a small passbook, just waiting for Jiang Yu to grow up and get married and have children, and the remaining savings were enough for her to invest and squander.
Jiang Yu's father took an early holiday because Tan Qingya had said hello before, and the paid kind, the leader gave him a big year-end bonus before the holiday, so that Jiang Huai thought that his leader had taken the wrong medicine.
However, because of this, Jiang Yu's family decided to go back to the old house for the New Year in advance this year, so they bought a lot of New Year's goods, and the family of four drove back.
At this time, Xi Ling was very panicked, because she didn't have a name yet, and this was the first time she followed back to the old house, others would inevitably make irresponsible remarks, so she was sitting on pins and needles in the car, Xu Qingqing seemed to see Xi Ling's thoughts, so she held Xi Ling's hand and comforted: "Don't think so much." ”
"Yes, girl, you can relax, whoever dares to have an opinion on you, Dad, I will beat him." JAC gestured in the rearview mirror.
"Drive your car, just your little arms and legs, it's good if others don't beat you!"
"Wife, you don't know this, I think when I was in school, I was strong in fights. ”
Xu Qingqing glanced at Jiang Huai with disdain and said, "Heh... I didn't think you still had the ability to do this?"
"Xiao Yu, your dad is a negative textbook, going to school and studying is not to cause trouble and fight, do you want to take it as a warning?"
Jiang Yu nodded obediently and said, "I know!"
was comforted by the family, Xi Ling's heart is a lot more stable, and the so-called sense of security should be like this!
Sitting in the car, watching the children on the side of the asphalt road setting off the firecrackers, whether it is the childhood of this life or the previous life, Jiang Yu likes to play with the firecrackers, and only when he returns to the village during the Spring Festival can he buy fireworks, and most of the cities have banned fireworks.
And this is also one of the reasons why the smell of the city has faded, the most typical symbol of Jiang Yu's old house is that there are two poplar trees that have grown for decades in front of the gate, thick and towering, like two ancient gods.
Far away, Jiang Yu saw his grandmother and grandfather, the old couple were wearing thick clothes and sitting in front of the door basking in the sun, and there was a person sitting opposite them, looking at the back, Jiang Yu instantly recognized it, it was his second grandfather, and the three of them also saw them and got up to greet them together.
"Why did you come back so early this year?"
"Old man, what are you talking about? Come back early and be lively, it's rare to have a reunion this year. ”
"Xiao Yu, spirit girl, long time no see. ”
"Second Uncle is getting more and more energetic!"
It was Jiang Huai who spoke, but it was also true that Jiang Huai was indeed spring after eating the meat fetal spirit fruit, and his own vitality had increased a lot, if nothing else, it was normal to live a hundred and twenty-three.
"This beautiful girl, is it our granddaughter-in-law?"
Grandma Jiang Yu stepped forward with a happy face, holding Xi Ling's hands, and looked up and down with joy, seeing Xi Ling shy.
"Grandpa, grandma, second grandpa is good!"
"Hurry up old man, hurry up and bring me the red envelope. ”
Xi Ling glanced at Jiang Yu, Jiang Yu gave a reassuring look, in the local area, regardless of men and women, the elders must pack red envelopes for the first time to suppress the disaster, this is a custom, in some places it is also called janitor money, and it is mostly when the woman comes to the door, that is to say, Jiang Yu's grandmother has treated Xi Ling as a granddaughter-in-law.
After cleaning up everything, the whole family sat back in front of the door and began to drink tea and chat, which is the most common thing in the countryside.
Jiang Yu, who was basking in the sun, squinted comfortably, but suddenly there was a familiar and explosive breath that stopped in front of his house, Jiang Yu looked at it, the familiar license plate, the familiar body, this is the breath of a demon girl.
Jiang Yu's heart jumped, and the secret path was not good, but unfortunately it was too late, I saw Tan Qingya get out of the driver's seat elegantly, and walked over to Jiang Yu with a look of surprise and said: "Ah! I didn't expect Sister Qingqing's hometown to live here, and Jiang Yu never mentioned it to the teacher!"
When Xi Ling saw this perverted woman who was haunting, she almost wanted to have a seizure in her heart, but when a big family was here, she had to pretend to smile.
"It turned out to be Teacher Tan! wouldn't your family be from this side, right?" Xu Qingqing was also surprised.
"Yes, in the camp!"
After some understanding, the family knew that Tan Qingya was Jiang Yu's homeroom teacher, but Tan Qingya glanced at Jiang Yu and Xi Ling from time to time, and she didn't absorb Jiang Yu's true qi for a long time, which made her heart empty.
"Teacher Tan, how are our grandchildren doing in school?"
Tan Qingya glanced at Jiang Yu and held Jiang Yu's grandmother's hand and said, "Jiang Yu's study is very good, but he is just a little naughty, so if Jiang Yu can be obedient, then his grades will definitely become the first in the city." ”
Grandma Jiang Yu's eyes lit up, and she pulled Jiang Yu next to her and said, "Xiao Yu, did you hear what Teacher Tan said, the first in the city was the champion of literature in ancient times!
Jiang Yu was speechless in his heart, thinking that you always want your grandson to be sucked dry by this demon girl?
"Mom, don't put pressure on Xiao Yu, he has his own opinions. ”
Jiang Yu's grandmother knows her daughter-in-law's temper, and since Jiang Yu was born, she doesn't want others to point out Jiang Yu's future.
"Okay... Okay, Mom knows, let's not talk about that. ”
After some small talk, Tan Qingya couldn't find a chance to start, so she could only say goodbye to everyone, seeing the demon girl walking away, Jiang Yu breathed a sigh of relief, he was scared.
"Honestly, how many times did you get sucked by her at school?" Xi Ling attached himself to the root of Jiang Yu's ear and asked in a low voice, his little hand had already pinched Jiang Yu's soft flesh, ready to go.
"No... Not many times. ”
"It's not much, it's not much? ”
Jiang Yu immediately froze, and said with a sad face: "Sister Xiling, you also know that a martial artist is a tonic in front of her, so she can't resist at all, a week, at most twice a time, and once when she is less." ”
"Heh, I think you're pretty cool, right?"
"No, you've also experienced it, how can it be so good to be drained?"
Xi Ling let go of Jiang Yu's soft flesh and said viciously: "Hmph, let you go for the time being, if you let me know what you have misbehaved, you will die." ”
"Yes, sir!" Jiang Yu hurriedly saluted, looking compliant.
At noon, the three women cooperated, made a large table of dishes, the countryside is the earthen stove with liquefied gas, the earthen stove has two pots, the main pot is used for steaming, stewing, stir-frying, the auxiliary pot is used when there are many people, but because of the liquefied gas, now even in the countryside, there are few households still retain the habit of the earthen stove, even if there is a reservation, when it can be used, it is only used on festivals.
The first earthen stove fire, this is something that Xiling has never been exposed to before, she thinks it is very interesting, the earthen stove not only has to be able to burn the fire, but also to learn to control the fire at any time, these experiences have been passed down from ancestors for thousands of years, so Rao is Xiling's martial arts are high, and it is inevitable that he will be disgraced.
Jiang Yu and Xi Ling can eat when eating, a perfect interpretation of the perfect interpretation, for men, being able to eat represents your strength, in ancient times, most of the fierce generals who could lead the troops to fight can eat, and women can eat on behalf of women who do not let their eyebrows, most of them are heroines among women.
Therefore, in the countryside, it will always make the elders happy to be able to eat, and there are very few households in the countryside to raise livestock, so the leftovers are a little too wasteful, especially the older generation will always be reluctant, no matter how rich the family is, this is a habit.
At four or five o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Yu, as the youngest generation, wants to go to the grave instead of his own family, which belongs to a simple ancestral custom, there will be many times a year, to put it bluntly, it is to send some yin money to his great-grandfather, according to the custom, children and women cannot go with them, because they are afraid of being contaminated' bad'.
However, Xi Ling insisted on going, and the family said that he could go and never enter the cemetery, so Xi Ling could only stand on the side of the road and look at Jiang Yu from a distance, the cemetery belonged to the public ownership of the village, and after the government implemented cremation a few years ago, the village no longer let new graves appear, and violations would be fined, so so far most of the graves here are the generation and second generation who have relocated.
Jiang Yu worships the great-grandfather and the old couple, and the paper money is divided into two kinds, one is the dark money that arose later, and the other is the traditional yellow paper, the yellow paper money needs to be pressed twice on it with money, just like printing, and then the yellow paper money will be taken out and placed on the grave, and pressed with stones or mud.
After that, it is time to burn the money, and when it is burned, it will send some to the grave next to it, so that it is called "Those who see have a share, everything goes well." "These are all traditional cultures, and since I was a child, Jiang Yu's father would teach them orally every time he went to the grave.
After burning the paper, you have to set off firecrackers, and at the same time you have to slap your head three times, this is called hearing the sound and taking it, after doing everything Jiang Yu turned around and walked out of the cemetery, you can't walk around, you can only walk on the grave road, you can't step on other people's graves, even the side of the grave can't be stepped on, this is the respect for the deceased.
On the way back, seeing that Xi Ling was a little silent, Jiang Yu couldn't help but be a little puzzled: "Sister Xi Ling, what's wrong with you?"
"I feel very unfilial, and I haven't gone back to worship Master and Master for a long time. "Xi Ling was a little lost.
"We have a saying here... Well, you are not filial in life, you are fooling around in death, when your master and mother were alive, your two sisters accompanied you, and they were loyal and filial, so how can you say that you are not filial?"
"What you said is crooked, no matter what, you have to go back with me when you have time in the next year, after all, you have been with me for so long, you have to let them see what the man who is with his daughter is like. ”
After speaking, Xi Ling hugged Jiang Yu's waist tightly, his face was attached to Jiang Yu's not wide but very warm back, feeling the changes in Xi Ling, Jiang Yu agreed very happily, after all, this is all right.