Chapter 38 Before the Qingming Dynasty
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Shen Lan really didn't expect to hear such a big gossip, that old man is so old, does he really want to harm the pink little girl of the original owner? Isn't it too lacking in morality?
"Mother, isn't it just refusal? How can he say that he is also an elder, why can't he get along with me like this? Shen Lan really didn't think anything, didn't she just agree to marry the old man?
Shen Zhao sighed, and then continued: "It didn't take long for Song Wenxiang to come to the door to propose, originally your father planned to keep you for a few more years, but after all, you were remembered by such a disgusting thing, and your father reluctantly agreed to Song Wenxiang's proposal, don't you see that your patriarch is a little jealous of that old thing?" ”
Being said by Shen Zhao's family, Shen Lan felt that Patriarch Song was indeed a little jealous of that old man, otherwise there were so many clan elders, no one opposed the patriarch, but he refuted the patriarch again and again, completely ignoring how ugly the patriarch's face was.
"It's not because his family is rich, he is a landlord in our area, and many families rely on his family's land, otherwise how would he dare to show the patriarch's face." Shen Zhao explained.
"His family is a landlord, why do you think about me?" Shen Lan asked.
Shen Lan's words made Shen Zhao slightly embarrassed, but thinking that her daughter is now also the daughter-in-law of someone else's family, and now she has divided the family and taken on the responsibility of the head of the family, so there is nothing to hide.
"Lan Niang, speaking of which, your life is also hard, not once you went to the county with your father to sell baskets, somehow I was seen by the old Buxiu, and then I remembered you, and I met a Taoist priest on the street to give you a life, saying that your life is expensive, it is the life of a nobleman, and the Wangfu Wang family is really a good match, at that time, the old Buxiu was present, and then invited a matchmaker to the house, saying that he must marry you to continue the string." Shen Zhao opened her mouth angrily, she had never seen such a shameless old thing, she was a lot older, and she still wanted to be a little girl in her teens.
Ma Dan, where did the broken Taoist come from, nothing to criticize people's lives, now it seems that the death of the original owner is not as simple as it looks from the outside, but I am afraid that there is a handwriting of that person in nine times out of ten, is this considered a pathological psychology that you can't get and don't let others get?
"Mother, you won't believe that fortune-telling nonsense, will you?" Shen Lan was deeply depressed.
"Don't talk nonsense, my mother doesn't expect you to be a nobleman, as long as you are safe, you don't have to be afraid of anyone, no matter what, your father and I will not ignore you, don't worry." Shen Zhao touched Shen Lan's head with a look of kindness.
And Shen Lan, who was melancholy in Sensen, secretly thought in her heart, how to deal with this small boss who suddenly appeared, I don't know that she has a rhythm of playing a game of dungeons, just knocking down a stumbling block, and then a certain instigator came out, and now it is not only the rush of the next copy, but also the rush of Sensen's conspiracy theories.
"Mother, it's not too late, let's wash and sleep." Shen Lan replied with a weak smile, she didn't have a clue about these things now, so let's go get a good night's sleep first.
So Shen Lan and Shen Zhao finished eating the food in the bowl, cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and went back to the bedroom to sleep, and at that time Shen Hailing had already slept like a pig, Shen Lan really felt that this child was blessed.
The next day, Shen Lan and Shen Zhao went to pick tea, these days, picking tea can make some money, Shen Lan didn't dare to touch the things in the space, so he could only rely on selling cheap labor to make some money first, as for the future, it would be better to wait until after Qingming to go to the county to have a look.
The days passed quickly, and it was about to be Qingming in a blink of an eye, and Shen Zhao and Shen Hailing also went back, after all, the Qingming Festival was to sacrifice to the ancestors, and this kind of thing was naturally inseparable from Shen Zhao's family, and Shen Hailing, as the male grandson of the Shen family, could not be absent.
However, before leaving, Shen Zhao personally asked Song San's sister-in-law to take care of her daughter more, after all, during this time of tea picking, Song Lian followed Shen Lan and them to pick tea almost every day, and the friendship slowly ended, of course, Song Lian didn't think so, after all, she was also very familiar with the original owner.
So it was agreed that Song Lian would go to Shen Lan's house as a companion after dinner every day, there is such a habit in the countryside, if there is a woman at home in a certain family, she usually invites female elders or children to come to the house as companions.
Although the seventh wife's house is not very clean, but Song San's sister-in-law can't withstand Shen Zhao's eager please, and besides, the house is not remote, if there is really something, she can call the neighbors, and in addition, it is only two families away from her own house, so Song San's sister-in-law can rest assured.
Shen Zhao's family did not go back on the day of Qingming, but a day earlier, so Song Lian did not live in Shen Lan's house on the day of Qingming, and she was still a little nervous at first, after all, compared to Shen Lan, Song Lian often heard the legend of the Seventh Lady from her friends and other elders, and now she lives in the so-called haunted house, she is not afraid.
After dinner, I came to Shen Lan's house, it was not completely dark, Song Lian urged Shen Lan to close the door and go to bed quickly, Shen Lan didn't know why, but thinking that other people's children came to accompany her, she went to bed early according to Song Lian's wishes.
Sleeping until midnight, Shen Lan suddenly couldn't breathe, it felt like someone was choking her neck, but there was no one at all, and the strange thing was that she wanted to call someone, but she couldn't make a sound at all, what kind of rhythm is this?
Panting loudly, Shen Lan didn't feel afraid, but just uncomfortable, but stared at the top of the bed, she didn't believe it, this damn feeling would not subside, after the initial panic, slowly Shen Lan calmed down.
I don't know how long it took, Shen Lan finally relieved herself, and the feeling of suffocation disappeared, at this time Shen Lan remembered that she had heard that there had been people dead in this house, and the feeling she had just felt was very similar to the ghost press bed described in the ghost text she had seen before.
Shen Lan has not been afraid of these things in her previous life, although she has crossed by herself, but she still doesn't believe in these things, so she is really not afraid, even if she is pressed by a ghost, there is no trace of fear in her heart, but it arouses curiosity, whether there is a ghost in this house, if there is really a ghost, she doesn't mind that the ghost comes out to chat with her.
However, in order not to alarm Song Lian, who was sleeping on the side, she still suppressed the curiosity in her heart, after all, the child was kind enough to come over to her as a companion, but she scared the child and the child, it was not good after all, so she planned to find a reason to refuse Song Lian to be her companion tomorrow, and then find out the truth.
After getting up the next day, Song Lian's face turned blue, and she was embarrassed to speak after a while: "Sixth aunt, can I not come to be your companion tonight?" ”
Shen Lan was stunned for a moment, it seemed that this child was similar to her last night, and now she didn't even have to find an excuse, so Shen Lan didn't say anything, but nodded happily.
"It's okay, Aunt Six is not afraid of being alone, did you go back after breakfast at Aunt Six's place, or what?" Shen Lan asked kindly.
"I'll go back and eat, so I won't bother Aunt Six." Song Lian hurriedly refused, then said goodbye to Shen Lan, and hurriedly went out, escaping from Shen Lan's house as if there was a demon chasing behind her.
Shen Lan saw it, shook her head, and couldn't help but say to herself: "When people die, everything will be destroyed, but your old woman is domineering, and she refuses to make it convenient for others when she dies." ”
It's just that as soon as she finished speaking, the old scroll of calligraphy and painting in the middle of the hall fell with a 'click' and fell directly to the ground.
Shen Lan turned around and looked at the scroll in the middle hall that fell to the ground, and couldn't help but laugh a little, could it be that she couldn't see the color? She is really not afraid, as the saying goes: people are afraid of ghosts for three points, ghosts are afraid of people for seven points, she has always been a person who does not believe in evil, so she is naturally not afraid of anything.
Turned around and went into the house to pick up the scroll, and then found a forked branch to hang the scroll again, then turned around and went into the stove to make breakfast, and after making breakfast, I felt a little tasteless when I ate it alone, what should I do, her mother and brother only went back for a day, she felt lonely, and the days will be long, what should I do?
After all, tomorrow will be Qingming, and now she is in charge of her own life, she should take over the matter of sacrificing her ancestors, and before Shen Zhao left, she told her to buy some paper money and incense and candles to come back, and then follow the Song family to worship the ancestors of the Song family.
On the way there, Shen Lan tried to recall how she used to live in Qingming, it seemed that she was not financially rich when she was young, so she sacrificed a few dishes at home, and then went to the ancestral grave to burn some paper money to worship or something, and on that day, grandma would deliberately pull the ground vegetables (shepherd's cabbage) and boiled eggs for herself and her younger brothers and sisters to eat, and then told herself not to go out at night.
Later, when I got older, I didn't pay more and more attention to these, so my parents would burn some paper money, and then put some sacrifices at home, as for going to the ancestral grave, because it was far away, I never went again, she participated in the public sacrifice hosted by the school several times, and then I didn't do these things when I worked, and then the country stipulated Qingming as a national holiday, and Qingming became a holiday, and it was also a day when Shen Lan could sleep lazily and go shopping, as for what sacrifices to say about Shen Lan It doesn't seem to have anything to do with Shen Lan, But I didn't expect that now I have to pick up the old tradition to live Qingming.
Qingming is not only a day to worship ancestors, but also a cold food festival, legend has it that this day is not allowed to burn fire, and everything to eat must be prepared before, but in Shen Lan's memory, there is no such exquisiteness, one is because Shen Lan does not remember things clearly when she was a child, and the other is that later people do not pay much attention to holidays, and many traditional things have disappeared, and although the world where Shen Lan is located will declare Qingming as a world holiday, it is becoming more and more environmentally friendly for burial matters. And tomb sweeping is also going in this direction, and those traditional ways of sacrificing and sweeping have gradually disappeared in the long river of time.
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