Chapter Ninety-Six: The Oath Thirty-Five Years Ago

It is the tradition of the people in the mountains to worship the ancestors and believe in ghosts and gods, and they ask the gods to make a wish, and they will go to thank the gods when the wish is fulfilled; when there is a happy event at home, they must go to the grave to worship the ancestors and give the good news to the ancestors and bodhisattvas.

After a long wait, the admission notices of Li Jiaren and Li Jiayi brothers finally arrived, the eldest was admitted to Gan Provincial University, and the second was admitted to the Provincial College of Finance and Economics. The Provincial University of Finance and Economics is one of the three universities under the Ministry of Finance of the Central People's Republic of China.

This is a happy event, and it is a great happy event, the next morning after getting the notice, the happy Li Chuanmeng brothers spent 300 yuan and two 'Baisha Wang' cigarettes to charter a shuttle bus back to Chongxiang at the bus station. As soon as the freshly washed shuttle bus arrived at the entrance of Chongxiang Street, the brothers threw the firecrackers out of the car window as if they didn't want money.

The crackling sound of firecrackers attracted onlookers and idlers. Li Chuanjian, who was lame, looked like a groom, wearing a neat new suit, shiny leather shoes and ties, and got out of the car with two sons who were also in suits and leather shoes.

Who knew Li Chuanjian before? But now the businessmen on the street know him, and who doesn't know that this lame man has given birth to two college student sons and a genius son, and is still doing prosperous business in the county seat?

"Chuanjian, aren't you a groom again?"

"Chuanjian, admitted?"

Li Chuanjian, who was full of spring breeze, scolded with a smile: "Shifu, are you afraid that your cousin's life will not be peaceful, right? Chengzong, come and eat a cigarette, the family is benevolent and righteous, and you are finally admitted."

Jiaren and Jiayi shout people!"

This is a great joy! Elders like You Chengwan and Yu Shifu hurriedly set off firecrackers, and for a time the sound of firecrackers on the small street shook the sky.

"Shifu's maternal uncle, Chengzong's maternal uncle......"

The Li Jiaren brothers, who were excited, hurriedly called these raw or cooked elders, and accepted their congratulations one by one.

There are not many people who send charcoal in the snow, and there are many people who put icing on the cake, even the township government, public security bureau, forestry station, industrial and commercial office, and tax office that usually do not look at their father and son squarely...... When the leaders heard the noise on the street, they all set off firecrackers and came over to say a few congratulatory words and smoke a cigarette.

A 180-meter-long street usually only takes one or two minutes to walk, but today Li Chuanjian's three fathers and sons walked for half an hour, and they scattered three or four 'Baisha Wang'.

Decent!

The family took the shuttle bus back to Yinzitan, and the people in the village blocked the road to set off firecrackers and smoke cigarettes. Before the car arrived under the old willow tree in front of the house, the hairy man who was guarding there hurriedly set off firecrackers, and then the firecrackers at home rang out again, and the relatives who came to congratulate him poured out of several mud houses and ran to the shuttle bus that had just arrived under the old willow tree.

It was not early, and as soon as the car stopped, Li Chuanmeng jumped out of the car and said loudly: "What about Chengwan? What about Chengwan? Can't you catch pigs and sheep?"

Usually worship the ancestors everyone does not look at the time, to the ancestors can be particular, to ask the Taoist priest to count the good time auspicious, the old Lin Taoist cub Xiaolin Taoist to see today's good time auspicious is noon.

You Chengwan, who was standing in the sun-grained flat full of relatives and holding a butcher's knife in his hand, didn't have time to congratulate Li Chuanjian and his three fathers and sons, and shouted: "It's ready, pass on the forest and the field, you come here to carry the pig, the ancestors, the ancestor, the ancestor, you come to carry the sheep!"

Shi Jin, Mo La, Chuan Jian, hurry up, hurry up, you have to hurry!"

It was indeed almost noon, and Li Chuanjian, who was rejoicing with his wife and brother, also hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, Jiaren, Jiayi, go to your mother and aunt to get incense paper, today's incense candle and fire paper are for you to mention!"

"Hey", the Li Jiaren brothers, who were surrounded by relatives and elders, hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd, ran to the mother and second aunt who trotted over, and picked up two bamboo-backed bamboos filled with incense, candles, and covenants and turned their heads and ran to the back mountain. After a while, the two panting brothers ran back and carried two more bamboos up the mountain.

More than a dozen men of the Li family were in a hurry, and finally transported a pig, a sheep, a big rooster, as well as vegetables, fruits, wine, and incense to the ancestral grave. Today's protagonists are the Li Jiaren brothers, who burn incense, light candles, and place sacrifices in front of more than a dozen graves in turn, while Li Jiade, Li Jiaming and other brothers help them.

After all the incense and candles were lit and the offerings were placed, looking at the more than a dozen graves, Li Chuanjian, who was still smiling just now, suddenly burst into tears with half sadness and half joy, and knocked down three heavy heads in front of his father-in-law's grave with three incense sticks, and said in an excited and hoarse voice: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Yeyeem's mother, uncle and aunt...... Eldest brother, second brother, eldest sister, second sister, and sister-in-law, Jiaren Jiayi was admitted to university today, and Chuanjian took them to report the good news to you!"

As soon as Li Chuanjian cried like this, Li Chuanmeng and his brothers also thought of their parents and brothers and sisters who died early, and they couldn't help but feel sad.

Thirty-five years have passed, and when the bad news of my father, second uncle, eldest brother, second brother, eldest sister, and second sister came, the whole Huangniping cried and grabbed the ground. The third uncle dragged the sick body to the edge of the reservoir, searched along the river for seven days and did not find the bones of a relative, and almost disappeared when he came back.

It's been thirty-five years, and the original Mao Lingzi has grown up, and even cubs can go to college!

It's been thirty-five years, and the third uncle swore to the sky that he must provide a scholar to come out, and don't let that bullying thing fall on the Li family again, and today it has finally been done!

When Li Chuanjian, who was crying unadultly, finished reporting the good news, Li Chuan, the eldest brother of the long house, straightened his voice and said loudly: "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Yeyem's mother, second uncle and second aunt...... Eldest brother, second brother, eldest sister, second sister, confinement sister, we will kill pigs, sheep, chickens, and send you blood food!"

You Chengwan, who also remembered his dead sister, also had tears in his eyes, but his hands were calm and powerful, and he stabbed over the big fat pig of more than 200 catties with a knife, and said silently in his heart: Sister, today is Jiaren Jiayi to report the good news. You wait, wait for Ming Yan to be admitted to Tsinghua University and Peking University, and my brother will send pigs, cattle and sheep!

The people in the mountains are thrifty, pig blood, sheep blood, and chicken blood are all a dish, but today's three-color blood is sprinkled on more than a dozen graves, and bottles of 'Four Special Old Cellars' are also sprinkled in front of the graves, and then it is the kneeling and prayer of the Li Jiaren brothers.

"Jiaming, Jiade, you take your sons to worship your ancestors!"

"Yes"

Li Jiaming and Li Jiade, who looked solemn, stepped forward to offer incense, and led Li Jiadao and Mao Tong to kneel and pray in front of each grave. When he finally knelt in front of his mother's grave, Li Jiaming kowtowed heavily and said silently: Mom, don't worry, I will take my sister well. Sleep well, and if you wake up in five years' time, I'll definitely come to report the good news.

"Xinhua, take the girls to worship their ancestors"!

"Yes"

Li Xinhua, who has already put on myopia, has a little more Sven, and leads Li Xiaolan, Li Guohua, who is bigger than her, as well as the little sister and the full sister who can read, and they give incense to their ancestors and bow down in turn. Li Xiaolan, who is usually spicy, also willingly lined up behind the youngest sister, and followed the younger sisters who could read to offer incense and bow down to their ancestors.

Thirty-five years ago, the third father-in-law swore that Li Xiaolan and the others had never heard with their own ears, but they would always listen to the adults at some point. Xinhua and they can read and can help the Li family win glory, so they should be allowed to stand in front, and they and Guohua, who are not angry, granddaughters and nieces, of course, must stand behind.

After the ancestors of the men of the Li family were worshipped and the good news was announced, the pigs, sheep and chickens were carried down the mountain and became dishes, and there was laughter and laughter in the small yellow mud flat.