Lin Ran wiped his eyes while putting the towel in the basin, and wiped his eyes while Old Man Lin was not paying attention, not wanting the old man to be sad by her emotions anymore, so he said with a strong smile: "Grandpa, don't hold me, ancestor worship is a big deal, and you must do things carefully." ”

No matter how she hides it, her reddish eyes still can't deceive people, and Mr. Lin also knows in his heart that the grievances that the child has suffered over the years have been pressed in his heart, and this time he finally vented it, and he also took care of his old couple's mood, and pretended to be smiling and smiling.

But if the child is pierced at this time, it is not a good thing, Old Man Lin suppressed the emotion in his heart, and laughed as usual: "It's done, I have to hurry up to the big offering to the ancestors, there are still a lot of things waiting at home, let's hurry up." ”

Ancestor worship has a long history, and it has become a very important activity after so many years of inheritance. And no matter whether it is a large or small household, a poor household or a rich household, it is a very solemn and serious activity to invite ancestors.

The ancestral house of the Lin family is a serious courtyard, and there are a lot of things that should be in the old-fashioned garden. Even if the family does not live here now, but the significance of the ancestral house is extraordinary, and the maintenance is also very careful, if the time is right, the yard is red and willow green, and the birds and insects in the city can not be heard, and the falling flowers and leaves float to the water tank where the goldfish are raised, which is a good poetic scene of the old wild goose city.

The main house in the ancestral hall of three when the door and window have been opened, at this time the sky has been bright, the four sides of the main house are open together, there are several paintings in the middle hall on the west wall, the main wall of the north is hung with a large Chinese painting of flowers blooming wealth from the hands of famous artists, there is an extremely smooth mahogany table of eight immortals, on both sides is the same smooth Taishi chair, on both sides there are a few straight-backed high chairs, from the state of the table and chairs, it is obviously a considerable care for maintenance.

And should correspond to the west wall, hanging the same number of paintings in the hall of the east wall, but today there is no hanging calligraphy, instead of a family tree with the ancestors of the past dynasties, the words on it are strong and independent, at first glance it has the charm of Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy, but then take a closer look, there is Liu Gongquan's calligraphy in the stroke, and the demeanor is flushed and charming.

Yan muscles and willow bones, but also has his own chic style.

Lin Ran, who has been learning calligraphy from Mr. Lin since he was a child, can see at a glance that this family tree must have been written by Mr. Lin word by word.

A series of things such as ancestral cases, incense burners, oil lamps, long cords, paper watches, offerings, firecrackers, etc., have been prepared for a long time, Lin Ran helped Mr. Lin take the things, and the group walked towards the ancestral tomb.

Fortunately, it didn't rain or snow these days, otherwise the dirt road would have become very muddy. Lin Ran rejoiced while walking, if it was really that kind of muddy situation, he could still survive by walking hard with one foot deep and one foot shallow, it was really too difficult for the second elder, not to mention having the physical strength to walk to the ancestral grave, and it would be God blessing if there was nothing wrong on the way to make the second elder hurt his body.

"Ranran, thanks to you being a girl," Old Man Lin walked along the way, but talked happily, "Otherwise, if you were the same as your father when he was a child, your grandmother and I really can't control it anymore." ”

This is something that Lin Ran has never heard before, after all, in her cognition, her father has always been a man who stands up to the sky, and no one has ever told her that your father was also naughty and disobedient when he was a child.

After Mrs. Lin came out of the ancestral hall, she also noticed Lin Ran's red eyes, and she had been thinking about how to make her feel better, and now seeing that Lin Ran was interested in this topic, she quickly took over the conversation and continued: "You think your father was worry-free when he was a child, and it was troublesome to take him with two or three children in two and three rooms. ”

"Other people's children are tao, that is, going to the house to uncover the tiles or going out to fight or something, your dad is not," Mrs. Lin thought of the past, and she was also happy, "Your dad has wilted since he was a child, and he will definitely not be the one who picks the head if he wants to dig out the bird's nest, and he will first hook up with other children's interests, and then reluctantly fall behind and follow, if any adult finds that something is wrong, he can also use a particularly reasonable reason to take people away." ”

Lin Ran couldn't hold back in the end, and laughed with a snort: "That's for sure, if there is any trouble, I will run away first, and who will play with my dad in the future." ”

So even if other partners later reacted that they were provoked into naughty heads, but this person has brains and righteousness, and he will not make a situation where a bunch of people break off his friendship, but will get better and better, and become a good brother in a pair of pants.

People are not afraid of small evils, and undisguised small evils will make people feel that this person is more real, and they are more open than the kind of people who are full of big truths, look upright and gentleman on the surface, and secretly poke and poke and make small moves.

It's just that...... Lin Ran really didn't expect her father to have such a side.

Originally, it was mentioned to alleviate Lin Ran's mood, but these past events have not been said for many years, the old couple really opened the conversation, and the old man Lin saw the pines and cypresses along the way next to him, and smiled even more: "Ranran, just look at the tree next to it." At that time, your father was still young, and one year he also came to worship his ancestors, and it happened that your second uncle and third uncle were also together, and we didn't pay much attention to him as soon as we talked. ”

Lin Ran blinked: "My dad is ...... Running up the tree? ”

The old couple glanced at each other and laughed, and the old man Lin even stopped, pointed at Lin Ran and laughed: "Look, old woman, I'll just say that it's still a girl, it's okay, how easy it is, even if she said that she was naughty when she was a child, her imagination is up to the sky, that is, she is on a tree." ”

"When did I say that girls are not good," Mrs. Lin glanced at her wife with a smile, "I wanted a little girl when I first got married, who would have thought of giving birth to a boy?" Fortunately, I have such a good granddaughter now, otherwise I still have a regret in my life that I can't alleviate. ”

When he had laughed enough and continued to walk, Old Man Lin continued to tell Lin Ran about the events of the time with a smile on his face: "It would be nice if it was really on the tree!" That day, when I saw that the people were gone, the three of us were scared out of a cold sweat, but the matter of worshipping the ancestors could not be delayed, and I was afraid that a child would go out in this wilderness and do something, so I had to go to worship the ancestors, and your second and third uncles gave things to the people who followed, and began to look back and forth around this place. ”

"I thought it would be just for a while, the child was small, where could I go, but when I came back after worshipping my ancestors, the second and third children cried and said to me that they didn't find it, in the winter, the two of them were red-faced, sweating all over their bodies."

"I was also blinded at the time, so I quickly took someone to find it, your grandmother and female dependents are at home, and I don't dare to call anyone, for fear of making them anxious."

"We were looking for it at that time, basically every tree and every grass pit, and even found a few nests of hares, but we didn't find your father. This person is as if he has disappeared mysteriously, several of us are hairy in our hearts, people, when there is no way, we will think about it, I thought to myself at that time, did the ancestors think that Lin Zheng's child could be taken away quietly? ”

This feeling is clear to Lin Ran.

Even if you insist on atheism in normal times, people will really think of these silent and strange things when they are desperate, otherwise how can people say "my God" or "God forbid" when they are in a hurry?

People always have to believe something, or in other words, they always have to find some reason to make themselves have a way to go and a way to think about it.

Otherwise, a person's heart is empty, he doesn't believe in anything, and he doesn't have an image to rely on when he is cornered.

That may not be a normal person anymore.

Because the human heart is the hardest but most fragile thing in the world, no formula or definition can give a framework to these two words, explain all the confusion and all the weakness.