Chapter 4 Qingming
My cousin grew up with her since childhood, and it's not an exaggeration to say that it's a childhood sweetheart. She also knows that her cousin has always been interested in her, but unfortunately, Luohua is intentionally ruthless.
"Mian'er, do you really want to look back at me?" The cousin's complaining voice came from behind.
He Mian'er suddenly felt a little sad, "Cousin, what are you talking about, the elders in the family are okay?" She looked back with a mocking smile.
"Mian'er, you've lost weight again." Chen Ziren grabbed her hand and said affectionately.
"Isn't it better to look thin and lose weight, but you used to dislike me for being fat." He Mian'er said poorly. Bring up the past. Both of them were a lot more relaxed.
When He Mian'er wanted to pull her hand out, she accidentally touched yesterday's wound, and suddenly couldn't help but make a "hiss" sound.
Chen Ziren naturally noticed the wound, which was distressed and abnormal. "Mian'er, what did you think about what I told you last time?"
Last month, when He Mian'er came to deliver Buddhist scriptures, he met Chen Ziren at the bottom of the mountain, probably because he couldn't see his cousin suffering, and proposed to marry him.
Chen Ziren is only two years older than He Mian'er, but he is still unmarried, all because of He Mian'er.
"Cousin, what are you talking about, I am already married, I was born as a member of the Xu family, and I died as a ghost of the Xu family. In the future, Hugh will have to mention it again. He Mian'er said angrily.
"Mian'er, everyone knows that you and Xu Yunqing have not yet visited the church. He is already under the Yellow Spring, can't you let yourself go? Chen Ziren looked sad and indignant, "Look for yourself, what kind of life you are living, doesn't this make me, and your parents feel distressed?" ”
When he mentioned his parents, He Mian'er was finally a little moved, but she was ruthless, gritted her teeth and said: "I, an unfilial daughter, have the qualifications to make my parents feel distressed." ”
Daddy's words are still in my ears. "If you really want to be a concubine, then my He family should have never given birth to a daughter."
She still remembers that on the day she got married, before going out, she knelt on the ground and kowtowed to her father and mother three times.
Since then, Grace has been cut off.
"Mian'er, don't be so willful, you see that Xie Wanqing is still a wife, didn't she also take a letter of resignation and marry King Chen, and now she is so happy, she can marry, why can't you?" Chen Ziren is trying his best to convince his cousin and save her from the sea of suffering.
He Mian'er knew that he would use Xie Wanqing's example to persuade herself.
"She is her, I am me, you know, I am here to repay the favor."
Chen Ziren finally got angry, his cousin, he asked himself if he knew better, for some reason, he was so stubborn in this matter.
"What kind of repayment, I ask you, if the one who saved you that day was a butcher with a fat head and big ears, or a man with crooked melons and cracked dates, would you also repay the favor?"
He didn't say it explicitly, but everyone understood the subtext.
"I don't know when it's your turn to take care of my He Mian'er's affairs." Probably because her mind was pierced, He Mian'er became angry and put down the Buddhist scriptures and walked out.
Master Ming was not far away, and when she saw He Mian'er coming out in a huff, she only smiled and handed over the silver.
Rao is angry again, He Mian'er also knows that the silver can't be wanted, and Master Ming is not something she can offend, so she pulled an ugly smile and walked out of the nunnery with the package on her back.
Probably because I didn't eat enough at noon, the way down the mountain was getting later and later.
He Mian'er was still thinking about what her cousin had just said, but in fact, what her cousin said was right.
At that time, Xu Yunqing, who was both riding and shooting, was handsome, and was a well-deserved first person among the sons of the family, although he always had a cold face, he was highly respected by his daughter's family.
She He Mian'er is just a layman, it's just that she didn't want to admit it at that time.
Now she can only vomit desperately. This is a point of no return, and she can only go all the way to the dark.
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On the day of the Qingming Festival, as soon as the sky was bright, He Mian'er had already gotten up.
She yawned and began to steam the flower buns and prepare the soup for the sacrifice.
The wine was bought when I went back yesterday, and Mr. Xu loved to drink before his death, and in the past few years, the old lady has asked her to prepare it.
Speaking of which, she didn't know what Xu Yunqing liked. They barely spent time together, and the only thing she knew was that he hated himself.
This year, five-year-old Xu Shaodong will also follow her to the grave to sweep the grave.
During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot, and it was drizzling outside, and the road up the mountain was difficult to walk.
He Mian'er prepared a hat for the two of them, then carried the basket and led Shaodong out of the door. The old lady, who was old, leaned on the threshold with a cane and watched them leave.
Although Shaodong is young, he is very sensible, and along the way, he listened to He Mian'er tell various stories about the Qingming Festival, and even recited poems together.
"During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot, and the pedestrians on the road wanted to break their souls.
Where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy refers to Xinghua Village. ”
There were already a lot of people who set out to sweep the graves on the road, and everyone looked at each other, afraid that they remembered the deceased relatives of each family, and only on this day did it belong to them completely.
Due to the light rain, the road up the mountain was muddy and difficult to walk. He Mian'er was stunned and pulled Shaodong to the mountain.
The grave of the Xu family is on the mountainside, under the tall pine tree, there are a total of three grave mounds, which look neat and tidy, and look a little vicissitudes in the drizzle.
"Shaodong, this is your grandfather, this is your father, this, it's your uncle, you can kowtow to them." He Mian'er pointed to the three graves and introduced them accordingly.
Shaodong knelt down obediently and kowtowed three times one by one. He is the only hope for the Xu family, and he knows the responsibility on his shoulders.
"Shaodong, your grandfather, your father, and your uncle, they are all men who stand up to the sky, and they also sacrificed to protect their families and defend the country. In the future, you will also be a man who stands up to the heavens and the earth. He Mian'er took the opportunity to educate.
Shaodong stood up, nodded obediently, and helped place the offerings together.
"However, my aunt still hopes that Shaodong can be safe and happy for the rest of his life." In a place where Shaodong couldn't hear it, He Mian'er said silently.
I toasted the old lady, and the sky began to clear. Shaodong was attracted by the peach blossoms blooming next to him, and wanted to pick a few branches, so He Mian'er let him go, and she herself had something to say alone.
In fact, Xu Yunqing had no bones left at that time, and this so-called grave was just a clothed grave.
Although it was only psychological comfort, she also needed someone to talk to, and the empty tomb was probably the best listener.
"Xu Yunqing, this is the Buddhist scripture I wrote today, I wish you a good place to go." He Mian'er put down the Buddhist scriptures, ignored the fact that the ground was still wet, and simply sat on the ground.
"I know to myself that you must hate me and do not want to see me. It's just that if I don't come, I'm afraid that Shaodong is too young to come alone. Don't worry, in a few years, when Shaodong grows up, I won't come again. ”
She picked up the wine, poured a full glass, and spilled it in front of Xu Yunqing's tomb, but her tears couldn't help but roll down.
"You and I say that we are husband and wife, but we have never even drunk a glass of wine. You probably don't want to, though. Wine is good wine, if you like it, drink a few more glasses. ”
"Everything is fine at home, although your mother is old, her body is still quite strong,"
"Shaodong, you have also seen it, the sister-in-law teaches very well, and the Xu family also has a future."
The former young man, the living boy who would run to his room so angry that she would pinch his neck and force him to withdraw from the marriage, the peerless son who was dressed in red and suave when he got married, was just turned into a piece of loess in the end.
A pinch of pure land to cover the wind.
The teenager passed away, and it also took away her youth.