The four cousins were a little silent and got into the off-road vehicle driven by the fifth cousin, went to the commissary at the corner of the street to buy a stack of straw paper, and Shi Lei also bought a lighter.

Sitting in the car, Xiao Wu Chen Guanxu still drove the car without saying a word, and everyone else was silent.

"Let's go east first." Shi Lei said in a deep voice.

The car soon came to a forest full of pine trees, Shi Lei and Li Kai each held a circle of straw paper, and the other two cousins followed and stopped in front of a grave.

The four cousins stepped forward to help, each picked up some straw paper, lit it with a lighter, and put it in front of the grave, and then kept taking some straw paper and putting it in the fire until all the straw paper turned to ashes and covered the ground in front of the grave.

"Kneel down and kowtow to grandpa." Shi Lei knelt down first, and the other three brothers did not hesitate.

"Grandpa, we're here to send you money. It's the New Year, I hope you have a good time over there, buy yourself some new clothes to wear. We'll burn you some more money, and I hope you can also take good care of Xiaosi over there. The four of us kowtowed to you. ”

In the end, Shi Lei couldn't cry anymore, and a sturdy head slammed deep to the bottom.

Wiping away his tears, Shi Lei led a few brothers to get into the car and drove towards the open space of another village to the west.

The car stopped next to a relatively barren field on the mountain, Shi Lei grabbed a pack of cigarettes from the car, and walked with the other three brothers to a slightly raised mound of dirt on the opposite side.

The mountain wind blew through the trees in front of them, making a whimpering sound, adding some poignancy to the already bleak winter.

Shi Lei lit three cigarettes and inserted them in front of the mound, and Li Kai and the others spread the other two stacks of straw paper all over the inconspicuous grave pile, ignited them, and flipped them up with wooden sticks.

Xiao Wu Chen Guanxu took a bottle of wine from the car and handed it to Shi Lei, Shi Lei took it and directly unscrewed the cap, gently poured some in front of the grave, and passed the bottle to Li Kai. Li Kai poured it and continued to pass it on. When all the straw paper was burned, all the bottles of wine were poured out.

"Little four, don't steal my grandfather's wine in the future, don't forget to honor your grandfather for this bottle of wine, you keep the cigarette and smoke it yourself, your grandfather will also burn money, you don't have enough to ask him for it."

Live happily over there, and honor our grandfather more. Shi Lei said that his tone changed later, and like the other three cousins, tears had already begun to flow down the bar.

"Let's bow together." After Shi Lei finished speaking. took the lead and bowed to the grave of the fourth cousin.

"Let's go, let's find a place to wash our faces before we go back. Pay attention when you go back later, don't let our grandma see it for the New Year, she should be embarrassed again. Shi Lei sniffled and admonished his three cousins.

The brothers wiped their faces, tried their best to pretend that nothing happened, parked the car again in front of their grandmother's house, and went in to chat with their uncle.

After returning from my grandmother's house. Shi Lei's feelings were still a little low, and Laura sensitively noticed this and comforted her very carefully.

As a hopeless optimist, Shi Lei was temporarily relieved from yesterday's sadness the next day. Began to be overwhelmed with various parties and socials.

Classmates from elementary school to college, especially with the boss Jiang Kun, must have a good gettogether. If you have a few colleagues who have known each other well before, you might as well call them out to contact your feelings. There are a few more though not seen for a long time. But the feelings have never deteriorated, and these are indispensable.

Laura deservedly became the focus of all the gatherings, for this mixed-race girlfriend who Shi Lei had been embarrassed countless times. Everyone was curious, especially when Laura returned to China with Shi Lei for the New Year.

It wasn't until the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that Shi Lei's various large and small gatherings came to an end, and he could enjoy the opportunity to sit down and have a meal with his family.

After dinner, Shi Lei drove in the car and took the family straight to People's Park, where the annual lantern festival was waiting for them.

People's Park is usually open to the public free of charge, except on the 15th day. In addition to the lantern display, there will be a large fireworks display at night, so the fee is completely understandable and acceptable.

After entering the park, Shi Lei and Laura separated from their parents and started their respective visits in two different directions.

All kinds of large and small lamp groups are mainly based on various domestic myths and legends and folk tales, such as Xu Xian and the White Lady such classic love legends are the most.

Because in ancient times, there was no curfew on the day of the Lantern Festival, and it was also a good opportunity for many ladies and small jasper families to come out to have a tryst with their lovers.

There is also a very important custom, that is, guessing lantern riddles. There are also lanterns with lantern riddles in the park, of course, there are also colorful heads, and the more you guess correctly, the more prizes will be.

Laura couldn't help but also tried to guess a few riddles, but Laura, who lacked some understanding of this form of text, had no choice but to lose the battle, and she didn't guess any of them, so she had to look at Shi Lei pitifully.

As Laura's support, Shi Lei stood up as a deserved. For Shi Lei, guessing lantern riddles is not a very difficult thing.

When Shi Lei and Shi Lan were young, Dad would play charades and couplets with them, so Shi Lei is very familiar with the solution ideas of lantern riddles, plus he has become more and more intelligent now.

After a while, Shi Lei successfully solved 10 riddles, and won a big pig-shaped plush toy for Laura, a flat white pig, which looks like it can be used as a backrest or pillow, and the quality is also good.

Shi Lei didn't continue to solve the mystery because of the boss's pitiful appearance, anyway, it would be very suitable to have this gift, after all, girls have always lacked resistance to plush toys. This can be seen from Laura's eyes, Shi Lei feels that with Laura's worship, it is not in vain to spend all this effort.

Facing the boss's grateful eyes and Laura's slightly admiring gaze, Shi Lei continued to walk forward majestically, Laura took two steps tightly, put her left arm into Shi Lei's arm, snuggled up to Shi Lei's shoulder, held the pig doll with both hands, and continued to look at the lights sweetly.

When it was almost nine o'clock, Shi Lei and Laura found a place with a better view and began to enjoy the large-scale fireworks show.

Watching fireworks together with a pair of boyfriends and girlfriends is indeed a romantic memory and a very beautiful picture.

Shi Lei had fantasized before that if he was rich, he would definitely pick a romantic day, charter the entire park, and have a fireworks show for himself and his other half. Later, Shi Lei heard that it seemed that someone here had really done this.

After watching the fireworks show, Shi Lei and the others continued to stroll, and at the place where they received the entrance and exit, they unexpectedly met their parents and their parents, and the family who had already had a good time went home to rest.

Early the next morning, Shi Lei got into the car and took the family to his brother-in-law's hometown in Mengxian County.

This time I went to my brother-in-law's house, on the one hand, to see the situation on the other side of the reservoir, and on the other hand, it was a practice banquet prepared by my in-laws, because Shi Lei's parents were about to return to Midi with Shi Lei.

Jack? Li Nian informed Shi Lei of the news, his parents' green card has been approved, and his parents can live permanently in Midi in the future. Of course, my sister's family was the first to know about this news except for Shi Lei.

Shi Lei rushed to his brother-in-law's house with a familiar car, and his brother-in-law's parents were waiting at the door as always. Enthusiastically led Shi Lei's family into the house, and soon a hot meal was served.

After lunch, my brother-in-law Zhang Wei took Shi Lei and them to the reservoir, and after parking the car in the very neat parking lot, my brother-in-law proudly led everyone to visit the various facilities here, focusing on the buildings that had not been built when I came last time, as well as the reservoir fish farming, which was the largest project this year.

"This year, the cold-water fish produced in the reservoir, except for some of the ones that are not enough to continue to be raised in the reservoir, the other cold-water fish that meet the listing standards have all been sold.

As expected, the funds in hand are enough for the cost of the entire project invested before, and even because of the participation of Shi Lei's classmate Jiang Kun, our profitability is better than expected, and this year's performance can be regarded as brilliant.

After the reservoir is properly cleaned up, especially after the removal of black fish that may be stored in zài, the second batch of fry will be stocked, and this batch will be released on a larger scale.

After the beginning of spring, all kinds of indoor and outdoor amusement projects and all the buildings will be put into operation, except for some buildings that are only open to members, and popular sports such as fishing are open to everyone.

In particular, fishing is still free and open, and we only charge money for the fish they catch, and of course the fishing position is relatively fixed. If you want to go fishing by boat, you will need to pay a fee.

Water sports are expected to be another big profit point for us, and indoor facilities are an important aspect of developing premium members, and it is well worth it for those who have money and leisure to come to such a beautiful place to do anything, even if it is just for the abundant oxygen here. "My brother-in-law is very proud to introduce to everyone.

After returning from my brother-in-law's hometown, everyone quickly began to pack their belongings, and according to the plan, they will embark on a journey back to the United States tomorrow.

Dad thinks it's good to go on this day, because this day is the seventeenth day of the first month, which is usually the day when the new semester officially starts, for my father and mother, the old teachers who have been doing education all their lives, such an ordinary day has become very meaningful, just the beginning of a new life, as a day of departure, it is really suitable.

When he was about to rest, Shi Lei secretly ran to the kitchen and found something, and quietly walked towards Laura. (To be continued......)

PS: I would like to pay tribute to my cousin who died young, and wish you and your children a happy and happy life in heaven. R1292