Chapter 238: Tomb Sweeping
Dening Cemetery is located in the mountainous area north of Shengdu, which is different from the mountainous area where the Ling family's old house is located, and belongs to different mountain ranges, but they are both places with excellent feng shui. Especially in the northern mountainous area, it has been favored by the royal family since ancient times, and it is believed that it is the location of the dragon vein, so many mausoleums were built here for the emperor, but now they have become cultural relics. However, because it is a treasure of feng shui, people have built many cemeteries around these mausoleums, so many families will bury their ashes here after their family members pass away, accompanied by green mountains and green waters, to keep their homes peaceful.
The Dening Cemetery is in such a place, behind the original emperor's mausoleum, built against the mountain. The main management personnel are almost all from the villagers of the village originally formed to take care of the emperor's mausoleum. These people are honest and simple, the cemetery is also well kept, and the barren mountains that used to lack vegetation have also been reborn.
Wei Yuheng's car got off the highway, walked another section of the national highway, and finally turned into the village where the mausoleum was guarded. The road in the village is flat and wide enough for two cars to travel in parallel. Bypassing the emperor's mausoleum, I drove in for a while, and finally arrived at the Dening Cemetery. Wei Yuheng parked the car, got out of the car, and took out the sacrificial supplies that had been prepared in the city from the trunk. Ling Anxun also followed, she was wearing a black and white dress today, which was both dignified and solemn. Wei Yuheng is also dressed in a black shirt and black trousers, simple and serious. The two of them took their things and walked hand in hand towards the mausoleum on the mountain.
As soon as I started going uphill, I saw a middle-aged man in his fifties wearing an old blue cloth shirt walking down from it, and when he saw Wei Yuheng, he immediately greeted him, "Sanshao, you are here." β
Wei Yuheng also hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Uncle Chen, what about your inspection?" β
Chen Bo nodded with a smile, took out his pipe from behind him, and was about to put it in his mouth, but he caught a glimpse of Ling Anxun next to Wei Yuheng, and quickly took out the cigarette holder again, and asked in surprise, "......Who is this?" β
Wei Yuheng's face flushed slightly, and said, "This is my fiancΓ©e, Ling Anxun." β
Uncle Chen smiled so hard that he squeezed out all the folds on his face, he was busy wiping his hands on his clothes, and then solemnly stretched out, and Ling Anxun also hurriedly stretched out his hand
Shake hands with Uncle Chen.
I saw Uncle Chen smile and said to Ling Anxun, "I said that why are there magpies calling at the window early in the morning today, and it is rare that this season is blue and blue, without a trace of dark clouds, and the sun shines warmly, which is a sign of happy events." Miss Ling, what a good girl, if this Mrs. Wei knew about it, she would definitely be very happy. β
Uncle Chen then held Wei Yuheng's hand again, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Madame was worried about whether you and Miss could be happy when they grow up, and now you have finally found someone who can accompany you, Madam, Madam, she ......" The more Chen Bo said, the more excited he became, and he couldn't help but wet his eyes.
Wei Yuheng hurriedly patted Uncle Chen's back and whispered a few words of comfort in his ear, so that Uncle Chen could stop his tears and calm down.
Uncle Chen rubbed his eyes with his cuffs, and said to Ling Anxun with some embarrassment, "Miss Ling, don't blame my old man for being excited, this Mrs. Wei was kind to the people of our village when she was young, especially the old man and I, who also received a lot of favors from Mrs. Ling. It's a pity that good people don't live long, and Mrs. died young, leaving Miss Wei and Sanshao behind. My old man has no ability, he grew up here, so he stayed here, helping his wife guard the mausoleum, hoping that his wife's two children can grow up healthy and live up to his wife's expectations. Sanshao, I also grew up watching him, don't look at him with a cold appearance, but he is a child who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, he will not be tempted by others easily, Miss Ling don't let him down, and don't misunderstand him because of appearances. β
Ling Anxun hurriedly said, "Uncle Chen, I know what you said, Yu Heng is very good, I know." β
Uncle Chen kept nodding and said, "It's really a talented woman, a pair of beautiful women, oh, by the way, you go and sweep the tomb, I won't delay you." I have all the tools ready, and I will go home and bring two pots of peonies, which are my wife's favorite flowers, and offer them at her grave, which can be regarded as a congratulation for her old man. β
After speaking, Uncle Chen strode down the mountain. Separated from Uncle Chen, Wei Yuheng continued to pull Ling Anxun towards the mountain, and said as he walked, "Today's weather is really good, do you know? Every year I come to the cemetery to pay my respects to my mother, and there is no day when it is cloudy or rainy, and there is no good weather. Today, it's really an exception. β
After hearing this, Ling Anxun took Wei Yuheng's arm and said, "I hope that in the future, every day can be sunny." β
Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun looked at each other and smiled, both of them hoped that they could be happy like this in the future.
Soon, Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun had already climbed halfway up the mountain, where a platform protruded, and Li Mengze's grave was on this platform. I saw that this platform was surrounded by white jade railings, and in the middle was the base of the cemetery and the tombstone made of fine stone. A circle of pines and cypresses was planted outside the white jade railing, and inside it was full of flowers, all of which were in full bloom. Although this place is in the mountains, there is no dust on the tombstone, which shows that Chen Bo has taken good care of this place.
Wei Yuheng put the sacrificial supplies he brought on the ground, took the cleaning tools next to the tomb, and began to fetch water and clean up. While cleaning, Wei Yuheng explained to Ling Anxun, "When my mother was alive, she loved cleanliness and liked to wear light-colored and white clothes, and when she died, Uncle Chen would come to her cemetery every day to clean it, and never let it be dusty. β
Ling Anxun nodded, took a rag, and carefully wiped it on Li Mengze's tombstone. In a short time, the cleaning of the cemetery was completed. Wei Yuheng took out the sacrificial things one by one from the bag and arranged them according to the rules. Due to the fire prevention in the mountain, an open flame could not be used, so Wei Yuheng directly took out three incense sticks and inserted them in the incense burner, then bowed to the tombstone three times, and said, "Mom, I came to see you, this year is more special, I didn't come alone, I also brought my fiancΓ©e, Ling Anxun, she is a good girl, I love her very much, I hope you can bless us." Saying that, Wei Yuheng took Ling Anxun's hand.
Ling Anxun also knelt down beside Wei Yuheng and said, "Auntie, this is the first time we have met, I am very fortunate to be Yuheng's fiancΓ©e, I hope you can bless us for a long time." Saying that, Ling Anxun also bowed three times in the same way as Wei Yuheng.
Wei Yuheng looked at Ling Anxun's appearance, his heart was happy, and he whispered, "My mother will definitely like you very much." β
Ling Anxun smiled sweetly at Wei Yuheng and nodded.
Wei Yuheng turned to face the tombstone and continued, "Mom, this year is the most critical year for me to get back the Wei family, with An Xun's help, I will definitely be able to get the position of the head of the Wei family." This is the first time that Wei Yuheng has declared his ambition, and it also shows his determination to win.
However, Ling Anxun also noticed that Wei Yuheng had spoken to his mother for a long time, but he never mentioned his father, Li Mengqi and Li Xingwang, which showed that in his heart, these three people were all people who were sorry for their mother, so they didn't want to mention it in front of their mother.
When Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun finished packing up their things and were about to leave, Chen Bo really came with two pots of peony flowers that were looking at Zhengwang. The petals of the peony bloom with morning dew still hanging on it, which is really delicate, even after careful cultivation.
I saw Uncle Chen happily put the peony flowers on both sides of the tombstone, and said to the tombstone, "Madam, today the third young lady has come to see you, even the dark clouds are gone, my old man thinks that your family is going to rain and the sky is clear, and the grievances are snowing." β
"Grievances?" When Wei Yuheng heard such a statement from Uncle Chen's mouth for the first time, he couldn't help but be surprised and blurted out.
Uncle Chen was not surprised, looked at Wei Yuheng and said, "Hey, this was all a long time ago, Sanshao, you were only six or seven years old at the time, and it is normal not to know." β
"What the hell is going on, Uncle Chen, can you tell me about it?" Wei Yuheng asked with a serious face.
"This ......" Uncle Chen realized that he seemed to be talking a little too much, but since Sanshao asked, he couldn't avoid it anymore, so he said, "This is not the place to talk, it's better to go to the house with the old man, and by the way, taste the mountain specialties that can only be eaten here." β
After speaking, Uncle Chen walked down the mountain, and Wei Yuheng hurriedly took Ling Anxun's hand to follow. Uncle Chen's home is in the village below the mountain, and the family has a large yard, and during the tourist season, the yard will be opened here to do the business of farmhouse banquets. Uncle Chen directly let the two into the back room, although the decoration here is simple, but it is also clean and tidy. Uncle Chen asked Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun to sit on the sofa in the house, and then took out two cups full of mung bean soup from the kitchen, and said, "In the past few years, the weather has been hot early, and today is hot, drink some mung bean soup boiled at home, don't be hot." β
Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun hurriedly got up to take the cup, and asked Uncle Chen to sit down quickly, for fear that he would prepare something again. Uncle Chen also saw the worries of the two, so he said with a smile, "Hey, it's rare for you to come to the house, I'm so lazy." β
Wei Yuheng hurriedly said, "Uncle Chen, don't say that, you and I are not more polite than this." β
Ling Anxun also said, "Yes, Uncle Chen, it's obvious that we are bothering you, and if you are so polite, we will be restless." β
Chen Bo glanced at Ling Anxun, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, sure enough, she was a smart woman, and it was very good to match his family Wei Sanshao. So Uncle Chen was no longer busy, sat on the chair next to him and said, "Hey, then my old man will get down to business." Well, I have to start from when I met your mother a few decades ago. β
Saying that, Uncle Chen brought Wei Yuheng and Ling Anxun back to decades ago.
At that time, Uncle Chen was still young, and he went to the city to do business and make a little money, so he thought about going home to build the village. Just in time for the Wei family to develop this place, Li Mengze overturned the previous plan to demolish and rebuild the village, and instead relied on the local ecology to start tourism and funeral industry, so that the villagers here did not have to be displaced, and their lives became better. Therefore, as the leader of the village at that time, Chen Bo was very grateful to Li Mengze for his decision.
Li Mengze liked the place behind Dening very much when he was alive, and once joked that he would be buried here after his death, but he didn't expect it to become a prophecy in the end. Speaking of this, after so long, Uncle Chen still showed a regretful expression.
Wei Yuheng couldn't help but comfort the old man a few words, and then Uncle Chen calmed down and said, "Later, I haven't seen Mrs. Wei for a long time, and it is said that I have returned to the city to do something big. One day, a year later, while I was patrolling the mountains, I suddenly saw her on the platform halfway up the mountain. β