With the blessing of Tu Situ Yan, the villagers of Lijia Village had a celebratory Laba Festival, especially the children in the village, who were as happy as the New Year. After eating good things and having food in the stomach, the cheerful laughter of children came out of the original lifeless village, and occasionally the footsteps of mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law walking the streets could be heard, and this Lijia Village returned to the same life as usual.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Situ Yan first followed Li Dalang to fight for a while, and then compared with San Lang for a while to shoot arrows before entering the stove room to cook breakfast.

I took out 5 taels of white wheat noodles from the ring and made some hand-rolled noodles, and as usual, I made two poached eggs, and at breakfast, I brought these two bowls of noodles to the table.

"Little Wu, is this for me?" Saburo looked at the noodle bowl in front of him, although his mouth was still a little incredulous, but his eyes were red. He still remembers that when the eldest brother and the second brother ate Shou Noodles, he was very envious, not because the noodles were made of white wheat noodles, but because they were the birthday noodles made for them by Xiao Wu himself.

"Little five, I, I'm ,......" Shiro was even more choked up and speechless.

"I didn't put spicy seeds on this side, why did I make the third and fourth brothers cry." Although the two cried with joy, Situ Yan still didn't want the two to cry, and told a joke for everyone to have fun together, so that the two of them could calm down.

"The eldest brother and the second brother can only drink porridge and eat cakes with me, and they will have salted eggs." Situ Yan took a bite of the bud grain cake and drank the porridge, looking at Da Lang and Erlang.

"As long as it's made by Xiao Wu, everything I eat will be delicious." Da Lang and Ji Lang watched their younger brothers cry happily, and their hearts were also happy, but they were not a little jealous. They also have the urge to cry when they eat shou mein.

"Xiao Wu, I remember that August 18 is your birthday, why didn't you seem to eat Shou noodles that day?" San Lang's words reminded a few people, "It's not that the little sister remembers their birthday, but they forget the little sister's birthday." Several people's hearts tightened, and they looked at Situ Yan apologetically, which made Situ Yan a little uncomfortable.

"At that time, the family was busy, and I forgot about it myself. And I don't like birthdays. ”

"Why?"

"What girl will be patient to remember her birthday, remind herself that she is a year older, and now I am still young, if I am 15 years old, it will not be a year old and one year old, and in a blink of an eye she will become a woman, and in a few years she will become an old man. I don't want to be old with folds all over my face. ”

"Little Wu, this is not right, even if you are not a birthday, you should grow up or grow up!" Shiro was a little overwhelmed, but Saburo understood what the little sister meant. I understand that the little sister said this, most of them don't want them to feel uncomfortable, but they forgot the little sister's birthday, and the brothers all felt sorry for this little sister who was dedicated to this family and their little sister at this time.

"No matter what you say, I will definitely celebrate my little sister's birthday next year."

"Yes, Xiao San is right. We won't forget it next year. ”

"It should be me who is a big brother who remembers, I'm sorry, Xiao Wu, it's me who didn't do a good job as a big brother."

"Look at what the eldest brother said, I said it all, I don't want to remember it, not to mention that the whole family was busy at that time, how could I have that thought. It's over, it's over, anyway, I'm already seven years old, so don't remember it anymore, brothers. The third and fourth brothers eat quickly, otherwise this noodle will be a lump. ”

Although Situ Yan didn't care, the four brothers still felt sorry for their little sister in their hearts, and from this day on, the four of them never forgot Situ Yan's birthday, but they rarely had the opportunity to help Situ Yan celebrate his birthday.

San Lang and Shiro happily ate longevity noodles, and this birthday is over, Situ Yan and others have eaten, and then they mentioned their thoughts to the four of them, "Tomorrow, it's time to fertilize this field, I want to wait until I am busy for a few days, and then go to incense my godfather and godmother, I want to repair the tomb for my godfather and godmother." also set up a grave tree and a monument for Grandpa Erniu. What do you think, brothers, tell me about it? ”

"Little Five, I listen to you about my father's and mother's affairs. The matter of the second grandfather, I remember what my father said at the beginning, when the grandfather and grandmother were buried, there was no monument, no one remembers where to bury it over the years, now there can be a monument, and we also have a place to worship during the New Year's holidays, if my father sees it in the sky, he will be happy, I think it's very good. ”

"Listen to the eldest brother and the little five." Jiro, Saburo, and Shiro have no opinion. That's it.

"Xiao Wu, there are uncles and aunts' graves far away, why don't you also erect a monument here, you can also have a place to worship?"

"My brother has done all this. Big brother doesn't have to hang up. "How could Situ Yan erect a monument for a living person, and if she wanted to erect it, it would be for Situ Wan, but she didn't want to do it at this time, because Situ Wan's revenge had not been avenged. Li Dalang thinks this is fine, after all, the little sister has a big brother who carries the incense, and this is what the son should do.

After turning over the day, he cleared out the pit of the manure that had been made with the leaves and manure of the rotten trees last month, and added some soil from the forest. Only then did he sprinkle the land in the backyard and the land in the official field, so that he would no longer have to be busy with the affairs of the fields in this month.

On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, Situ Yan brought the sacrifices, incense candles, and paper money prepared two days ago, and asked Li Dalang to bring shovels and pickaxes, leaving the snow wolf at home to watch the house, and the five of them rushed to Li Dazhu's grave as soon as it was dawn.

First light the candles, put on the incense, and salute, and then start hoeing the grass and taking the soil. What should I pay attention to when repairing the grave, Situ Yan asked the fifth grandfather of the old village a few days ago.

The soil used for the construction of the tomb must be taken 100 steps away from the tomb, and it must not be dug deeply, so as not to hurt the leylines and damage the feng shui. And to add a burial to the ancestors, for this Situ Yan specially went to the city to buy a dry tobacco pouch for Li Dazhu, and prepared a peach wood comb for Li Yang's family as a burial gift, and buried it in the grave together before filling the soil. Li Dalang and his men dug for more than an hour and covered the two graves from top to bottom.

At a slightly higher position next to Li Dazhu's grave, he repaired a grave bag for Li Erniu, and buried a set of old burlap clothes prepared for Li Erniu as burial goods. When the monument was erected, Li Dalang sang the old village to write the duel, "Erect the jade wat and open it to the sky, and the left dragon and the right tiger are lined up on both sides." The descendants of the descendants are rich and rich, and the Kejia Lian Deng and the first come. The mountains descend to the real dragon, and the Qiankun is righteous and prosperous. Poetry and books pass on the glory of parents, and Koko holds the banner of champion. "Li Erniu's grave can be regarded as erected.

Incense was given to Li Erniu, sacrifices were offered, and several people kowtowed, and then they went home together. To be able to erect a grave monument for Li Erniu, the happiest is Li Dalang, when he was young, he often heard his father talk about the ancestor Erniu's grandfather, although he had not seen this person, but he had a good impression of him. This ancestor finally has a grave, and the name on the family tree has incense, and he finally has an explanation for his father Li Daniu. In the future, he would often bring his younger brothers to incense the ancestors and visit his parents.

When she got home, Situ Yan felt a little tired, so she went back to the house to rest first, and Li Dalang took Erlang and a few of them into the western room to read.

"Big brother, why do you say that the little sister wants to build a grave for the ancestor and grandfather?" Erlang didn't have any feelings for the ancestor Li Erniu, although he wasn't unhappy, he just felt strange.

"I don't know, but my father will be happy to watch it from heaven."

"I think Xiao Wu is doing this for us, and it is not written in the "Three Character Classic", 'The great-great-grandfather is the body and the son and the grandson is the son of the nine tribes' to the ancestors and grandfathers to set up a tomb, and we have ancestors and roots to find." San Lang was not wrong, Situ Yan did this for the sake of the future. If the four brothers of the Li family have fame in the future or enter the court, they will not be said to have no ancestral shadow, or they will be criticized for disrespecting their ancestors. It's just that these are too far away, and Situ Yan didn't talk to a few people.

"What the third brother said, I understand, in fact, I think there is nothing wrong with this, we can also see Grandpa Erniu when we go to see my father." Saburo's words made Shiro somewhat understand in his heart, but his thoughts were not as transparent as Saburo's.

A few people chatted for a while, then they read and practiced their own words, and they didn't speak again. Situ Yan slept for more than an hour, and in her sleep she dreamed that her grandmother was looking at her and smiling, and when she reached out to hug her grandmother, her grandmother disappeared. Situ Yan woke up with tears on her face, she stared at the glimmering window, and thought silently in her heart, "Grandma, are you doing well?" Do you think of Yan'er every day, Yan'er misses you. "The tears of longing flow down like a spring, how can silent tears wash away the thoughts and pain buried in my heart.

But she is Situ Yan, God didn't give her too much time to be sad, after crying for a while, Situ Yan collected her tears, listened to the voice of the hall, and saw that Li Dalang was in the west room, so she went out of the house to the clean room to wash her face, and went into the stove room to water the bean sprouts.

The people in the village are happy these days, and the happiest thing is the village family, and the family comes and goes to thank and say good things in waves.

Only then did he send the people away, and the village was entering the house to see his father rubbing tobacco, and hurriedly took it, "Dad, the people in this village have come to work all the time, and they have almost broken the threshold of our house in the past few days." ”

"You just have fun, if that girl hadn't come up with such an idea, you would have taken on this good reputation."

"Hehe, that's what Dad can see. I only now have the feeling of being a village official. Muramasa was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, Aunt Fu walked in from the stove room, although she was busy these days, but she was also happy in her heart.

"Dad, I thought that girl was a lucky star early on, and I wanted to tell her to the little sheep, but the head of the house refused to say anything."

"The boss is right, that girl is not something that people like us can keep. I went out for a walk a few days ago, and I happened to see the girl deliver the boy who came to deliver the letter last time, and I watched the kid follow the girl, like a slave, nodding and waisting, I'm afraid that the messenger may be the slave of the girl's eldest brother. Those who can afford to use slaves can be ordinary people. I always feel that this girl has something to hide, but she doesn't have any bad intentions for the village, so don't even think about asking her. When she wanted to speak, she would naturally tell us, so as not to let her know that we were suspicious and force her away. Sure enough, Jiang is still old and spicy, Situ Yan has been careful everywhere, but it still makes this old village see the clues.

Muramasa and Aunt Fu glanced at each other, although they didn't say it, their hearts were tight, they liked this little girl, but if this person came from a rich family, it was really not something they could climb. This matter only left a shadow in the hearts of the old village and a few people, but the others in Lijia Village did not know.