The ox cart climbed up the slope in front, Lin Fan, Xiaoxue, and Wangyun chased behind, and the mother followed behind with a basket, telling Lin Fan and Xiaoxue to run slowly, and the father walked at the end with the sacrifices, the old cow has walked a long way, this slope is steep, and the old cow can't be tired, spring is coming, and it has to rely on it to plow the land.

On a slope, about a thousand steps forward, the ox cart can no longer continue to move forward, and then up is the mountain road, the father tied the old cow to a big tree, carrying two baskets of sacrifices and climbed to the mountain road, the mother carried a bag of incense candles to follow Lin Fan and Xiaoxue, she was worried that the two children playing did not pay attention to the road and fell down it would be troublesome.

The ancestral tomb of the Lin family is on the mountain, almost the ancestral tomb of the people in Anyang is rooted in this mountain, and you can see an ancestral tomb without walking a few steps.

Although the ancestral grave is cleaned once a year, the weeds are still overgrown throughout the year, but it is much better than the wild grave that no one cares about all year round.

Lin Fan and Xiaoxue are purely here to play, hoeing a little grass can't be clean, or the father is mighty, holding a sickle and moving neatly, a piece of weeds has fallen in a moment, the mother climbed up to the grave to pull out the weeds that grow between the stone crevices, the action is light and familiar, Xiaoxue feels that it is fun to climb up, and is ready to go up, but she is scolded by her mother and pouts and stands there obediently.

There are parents who are busy working, Lin Fan and Xiaoxue simply sat down, the two of them held a weed in one hand and played with Wangyun, Wangyun thought that the two children were taking something to eat, their heads were raised high, and they were so excited that the pigtails behind their buttocks were crackling, and they knew that they had been deceived after opening their mouths a few times and not eating, so they turned their heads and ran, ignoring this boring second goods.

Xiaoxue saw that Wangyun actually ignored herself like this, pouted and went to chase Wangyun, shouting while running, Wangyun thought that Xiaoxue was racing with it, running more energetically, Xiaoxue couldn't catch up no matter how she ran, and finally she could only stand and stomp her feet, threatening not to eat at night, but Wangyun didn't bird her, and went into the grass to sniff and play there, free and easy.

Bored Xiaoxue brought a bunch of straw hats, she sat next to her brother and asked him to knit with her, but when she saw her brother refuse, she left, and she didn't know where to play, but Xiaoxue knew that her brother was mostly looking for Xiaopang to play, and Xiaopang was the only one who could play with him in Anyang.

When Lin Fan saw Xiaopang, he was being scolded by Li Zheng, and when Li Zheng found that there was one less chicken leg, he knew that his son must have eaten it secretly, and his son was the only one sitting in the back, so he asked the teacher to ask for the guilt.

But Xiaopang is a stubborn master, he refuses to admit it alive or dead, he learned a set of cheeky skin and a sharp mouth to deal with adults from Lin Fan, and he smiled and insisted that the chicken leg was eaten by the grandfather in the tomb, and the reason he made up was quite reasonable in Li Zheng's opinion, saying that the grandfather was too hungry and too eager to eat the chicken leg in a year, and he must be in a hurry, and he ate one before he arrived at the cemetery.

I don't know if he believed Xiaopang's words or was tired of scolding, or he felt that he was surrounded by neighbors, and he was afraid of being laughed at if he scolded too much, he stopped teaching Xiaopang a lesson, picked up the hoe and hoeed the weeds that had reached the bare feet on the cemetery, Xiaopang seemed to be relieved, turned around and saw Lin Fan standing next to him looking at himself with disdain, hehe smiled and threw away the sickle that he had already held in his hand and walked here, he was going to climb to the grave to weed.

When the two walked up the mountain, there was a voice behind them that was scolding Chubby 'Rabbit Cub', Chubby didn't care, and Lin Fan came to a boulder on the top of the mountain with a smile, and every year Qingming they have to sit here, look at the scenery, and talk about 'life'.

"You're so thick-skinned that you're about to catch up with me now, and you obviously steal it and make up those messy reasons to fool your father, do you think your son deserves to be competent?"

Xiaopang played with a piece of gravel in his hand, glanced at Lin Fan with disdain and smiled: "You are not much better, not to mention that I learned all this from you, I am incompetent, are you still competent as a master?" ”

Jumping up was a mess of fighting, until the little fat begged for mercy before letting go, tired of the two of them lying on the boulder in a big shape, waiting for the breath to be even, then sit up again, looking at the crowd of people under the mountain, lively like a bazaar, Lin Fan couldn't help but sigh: "Stand high, see far, and hear clearly, but unfortunately I haven't seen the feeling of seeing the mountains at a glance." ”

Xiaopang didn't care what Lin Fan was saying, his eyes stared enviously in one direction, following his direction, Lin Fan saw that there were more people on a larger mountain in the west, and there were many people gathered in front of a big grave here, some weeding the grave, and some cutting down the small trees one person high around the periphery.

That mountain was bigger than the mountain where Lin Fanzu's tomb was located, but the whole mountain was just this tomb, and the road leading to the tomb was neat and wide, if it wasn't so steep, the carriage could drive up.

"The Wang family is really magnificent, even sweeping a grave has a bunch of people following, you see how fast they are, a tomb has been half cleaned... If I have money in the future, I must build the ancestral tomb as big as them, more magnificent than the Wang family, the selected mountain must be larger, and more people come to sweep the tomb every year・・・・・・

"Pull it down, don't you say that every year when you see the scene of the Wang family sweeping the tomb? I have been sweeping the grave for five years, and I have said that I have been talking about it for five years, and now, it is not the same as before, daydreaming all day long! Lin Fan was tired of hearing Xiaopang's words, and he had to damage him every year.

Chubby tilted his head and said proudly, "That's because I haven't grown up yet." ”

Lin Fan smiled: "In another three or four years, you will be able to get married, and you haven't grown up yet?" You think you're a stinky child. ”

Chubby grinned and said, "yes, that's what I think." ”

Looking at the busy scene on the side of the Wang family's ancestral tomb, Lin Fan patted Xiaopang's shoulder and instructed: "I advise you not to learn from the Wang family, have you forgotten what I told you last time about the Wang family's housekeeper bullying the maidservant, a housekeeper is still like this, not to mention the head of the family, the fat man, if you are developed, you will not only break off your friendship with you in this life, but also go against you, and never stop if you are not dragged to hell!" ”

"How can you not remember, don't worry, Chubby is definitely not that kind of person, and besides, it is very difficult to be an enemy of you, a person who has been smart and outstanding since childhood."

"Even if you still have understanding."

"Then the Wang family is so domineering, why don't you go against them?"

"I have no grievances with them, and they haven't done anything that I really can't stand it, not to mention that I'm not yet developed, so what can I do against them."

After sweeping the tomb, the Wang family prepared the sacrificial things, arranged the offerings, and they lit oil lamps on both sides, and then four or five people carried a pillar-shaped oil lamp and lit it for a long time before slowly helping it to the middle.

"It's very strange that the Wang family worships their ancestors this year, they would use such a big and special oil lamp, fat man, have you ever seen such an oil lamp?"

Xiaopang frowned and said: "I've never seen it, generally the oil lamp burns at a point, see them leaning and lighting it for a long time before lighting it, and it takes four or five people to carry it, such a heavy oil lamp has never been seen, and this kind of oil lamp is not sold on the market, maybe their family has money, and they want to do something different from others, so they deliberately let the oil lamp shop make a giant lamp."

To put it bluntly, the Wang family is showing off, true love is showing, and sacrificing an ancestor is displayed like that, if I get rich in the future, the entire ancestral tomb will be lit with this kind of giant oil lamp, just opposite the Wang family, so that they can restrain a little after seeing it. ”

Lin Fan, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and asked Xiaopang with a smile: "Do you really want the Wang family to restrain a little?" ”

"I want to, I want to dream about it!"

Lin Fan smiled: "Okay, then how about we go and steal the oil lamp they want to show, and then melt it and make it into a small wax lamp and sell it for a sum of money?" ”

"It's exciting, and it can be sold for money, okay, it's a good idea, but there are so many of them, how can we two children steal it, look at the lamp is quite heavy, how can we carry it down?"

"It's going to be in sections, it's going to melt anyway, it's okay to divide it into several sections, it's just a matter of running a few more times."

"That's it, let's take an ox cart over, just move down the hill and get on the ox cart and you're done."

"Actually, you don't have to move, you just roll down the slope and it's a good opportunity to get there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and everyone is going to party."

"Remember to find me tomorrow・・・・・・"

The two secretly negotiated the tools to be prepared tomorrow, as well as some brief steps, and then pointed to the Wang family's oil lamp and fantasized about how much it could be sold.

It wasn't until the family came down the mountain that they said that they could eat the sacrificial food, they stopped the discussion, returned to their ancestral grave with a smile, and gathered in front of the tombstone to eat the sacrificial food eaten by their ancestors with their families・・・・・・