Chapter Ninety-Three: Vision
"During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and the pedestrians on the road want to break their souls." The people of Guangdong Province attach great importance to the Qingming Festival, although under the influence of the social atmosphere, there are some differences from the old customs in the past, but as a traditional item of roast suckling pig is indispensable.
Every Qingming, suckling pig is almost indispensable to every family, after sacrificing the ancestors with suckling pig, relatives gather to eat. The suckling pig that was roasted and browned, and its eyes were still decorated red by the merchants, became the most attractive sacrifice in the ancestor worship ceremony. Each suckling pig generally weighs about 2 kg to 5 kg, and during the Qingming Festival, a little famous restaurant can sell hundreds.
At less than 7 o'clock in the morning on April 5, driven by Wang Kunpeng, Xiao Cheng took Ji Qingyue and Ji Mingyue back to Nanyun City from Yangcheng. Of course, as a sacrifice for the main event, it is also indispensable to buy a roast suckling pig in Tang Liyuan in Yangcheng.
The Xiao family is thin, starting from Xiao Cheng's grandfather's generation, it has been three generations of single transmission, so it seems a little deserted to go back to the countryside to worship the mountain every year, but this year will obviously be more lively than in previous years.
At 10 o'clock in the morning, when Wang Kunpeng drove the fierce overlord into the community, he shocked all the old neighbors who were also going to worship the mountain.
For a long time, the old neighbors of the community knew that the Xiao family had a great writer. But Xiao Cheng's mother just likes to brag about it, she just wears better clothes on weekdays, and she is not very ostentatious, so the old neighbors don't have a clear concept, but today when I saw Xiao Cheng get off the overlord car, I had a different feeling, this Xiao family is really developed.
Xiao Weiwei's eyes widened, bypassed Xiao Cheng and the Ji sisters, jumped to the door of the overlord's car, poked her head into the car, and then got into the carriage and shouted: "Wow, brother, your car is too good, this is a leather chair, wow, there are refrigerators and TVs, it's amazing." ”
Dad and Mom were calmer, and Dad stepped forward with the sacrifice and asked, "When did you buy the car?" ”
Xiao Cheng said with a smile: "I bought it in the magic capital a while ago, and it is more convenient to travel." ”
My mother craned her neck and looked into the car twice, and said, "This car is not cheap, is it?" ”
Xiao Cheng didn't dare to say the specific number, and said vaguely: "It's okay, by the way, parents, it's not early, it will take more than an hour to go back to my hometown, let's get in the car quickly, otherwise the ancestors will be to blame if we miss the time." ”
My parents thought about it, anyway, there was time to ask Xiao Cheng on the road, so they carried the sacrifices to the car. Wang Kunpeng and the sisters of the Ji family also stepped forward to help, and they moved in one fell swoop.
After the whole family got into the car, Wang Kunpeng drove the overlord out of the community, leaving behind a group of arguing old neighbors.
"Didn't this Xiao family say that it was developed? How can you drive such an ugly car, how can you look like a rich man. ”
"Grandma Jin, don't you know, that car is called Overlord, but it's not ordinarily expensive, more than 10 million!"
"What? More than 10 million to buy that kind of car, not as good as our car. ”
"Okay, okay, your car is good-looking, isn't it stupid for me to tell you this?"
"Mom, don't talk about it, people's cars are not comparable to our family, so you can say a few words! Let the family listen to the laughter of us. ”
The Overlord's carriage has only 6 seats, and Dad sits in the passenger seat. Originally, Ji Qingyue wanted to give up her seat and squeeze a seat with Ji Mingyue. But how could my mother wronged her daughter-in-law who didn't pass through the door, and she didn't agree. suppressed the noisy Xiao Weiwei, hugged Xiao Weiwei on her lap, and the mother and daughter squeezed a seat.
Xiao Weiwei couldn't beat her mother, so she had to pout and let her mother hold her. The old mother looked unhappy at her, and said angrily: "Didn't you always hug her like this when you were a child, you haven't grown up yet!" Dare to shake your face with your mother? ”
Xiao Weiwei protested: "I am fifteen years old this year. ”
Mom poked Xiao Weiwei's forehead with her finger and said, "It's not yet fifteen!" You were born to me, can you know better than I am? Even if you're 100 years old, you still have to call me mom, dare to fight me, and find a way to clean up? ”
Xiao Weiwei was speechless for a moment, her mother reprimanded her sister, and turned the finger to Xiao Cheng and said, "Son, you haven't said it yet?" How much does this car cost? I know you can make money, but you can't spend it indiscriminately, and your life will be long in the future! In the future, it doesn't cost anything to marry Qingyue, buy a house, and have children? You have to know the savings. ”
Xiao Cheng listened to his mother's nagging, but there was no trace of impatience in his heart, and he was grinning with a smile on his face, he really missed the nagging of his parents in his previous life.
Mother's nagging also reminded Ji Qingyue and Ji Mingyue of their mother, and they felt warm in their hearts, how similar mothers in the world are!
Xiao Cheng thought about it for a while, and decided to tell the fabricated Ji Qingyue's pregnancy, after all, sooner or later this matter would have to be told to the family, so he said: "Mom and Dad, I have something to tell you, Qingyue is pregnant." ”
This news instantly bombarded the whole family, and it was a little difficult to find the north, and the carriage suddenly fell silent.
Xiao Weiwei was the first to react, she didn't know what to say, she just raised her eyebrows at Xiao Cheng, gave a thumbs up, and her eyes were full of admiration.
After my parents were shocked, they asked Ji Qingyue in unison: "Are you sure to go to the hospital?" ”
Ji Qingyue glanced at Xiao Cheng and Ji Mingyue, nodded and acquiesced.
Dad said happily: "This is a good thing! This year, we must pay respects to our ancestors and let them bless our descendants."
My mother was a little dizzy, and said silly: "So, I'm going to be a grandmother?" Haha, really, you don't pay attention to this child, how long have you been pregnant? ”
Xiao Cheng smiled: "It's been half a month." ”
Xiao Weiwei said dissatisfiedly: "My brother is only 17 years old this year, aren't you afraid of national fines?" ”
Mom pressed her head and said, "Don't talk nonsense if you don't understand, it's a big deal to find someone to change your brother's age by two years." Even if you can't change it, it's nothing, there are many children in the village who are 17 or 8 years old, so what's the penalty? Let them be punished. ”
Xiao Weiwei was really speechless about her parents' partiality, but no matter how dissatisfied she was, she couldn't change the facts. The patriarchal thinking of Guangdong Province is not the general strict zhòng, the developed cities are fine, and the coastal areas definitely depend on whether there is a man in your family, if there is no man, even if you have thousands of assets, few people around you can afford you.
The topics of the whole family along the way almost revolved around Ji Qingyue and the child in her belly, Xiao Cheng secretly exchanged glances with Ji Mingyue, and the two smiled knowingly.
The Xiao family's hometown is a small village called Beishan Village, with a small population, but they are living a good life. The arrival of the Xiao family caused quite a stir, saying that the villagers are sophisticated or snobbish, and people will naturally respect you when they see that you are doing well.
In the face of the warm greetings of the villagers, the parents were very angry, and they couldn't say why, but they felt happy.
The ancestral graves of the Xiao family were buried in the back mountain, and my father found someone to borrow a sub-basket and a flat burden, stopping Xiao Cheng who wanted to come forward to help, and led the way in front with the sacrifices in full spirit.
The old mother said: "It's up to your father, this is what he should do as the head of the family." ”
Parents didn't let them interfere, Xiao Cheng was also happy, holding Ji Qingyue with one hand and Ji Mingyue with the other, and the three of them slowly walked towards the back mountain.
When he was about to reach the back mountain, he passed by a deserted tomb, Xiao Cheng seemed to see a few wisps of black smoke rising from the grave, he thought that someone was throwing cigarette butts or incense candles or something like that, and he didn't care.
But after passing by the graves, Xiao Cheng found an anomaly, and almost every grave had smoke coming out. The difference is that some of the mounds emit black smoke, most of them emit white smoke, and a very few of them emit green smoke.
Xiao Cheng took a closer look, and many of the graves had not yet been filled with incense and candles, and the smoke came out of the graves. The more Xiao Cheng looked at it, the more frightened he became, and the most incredible thing for him was that Ji Qingyue, Ji Mingyue and Xiao Weiwei beside him didn't notice anything unusual about these graves.
What the hell is going on?