"Well, thank you, I know Xiaoxiao is the best. But even though the grandparents cut off the relationship with Dad, Dad still took the family back to visit them every year, although they were kicked out every time. Time has passed year by year, grandparents are getting older, birth, old age, sickness and death are the norm, and they have passed away. As for Dad, he goes back to sweep the tomb every year, sweeps it for the New Year, sweeps it on the Qingming Festival, and is more diligent than his two uncles. When I was a child, I asked my father, 'Why do we have to come to visit the grave every year, why do we have to come to visit the grave every year, even though my grandparents treat you and your mother so badly?' Guess what my dad said? ”

Li Xiaoyu asked Wen Xiao halfway through her speech

"I don't know, what do you say?"

"Xiao Xiao didn't think about it seriously." Li Xiaoyu pouted cutely, but continued, "My father said, 'Xiaoyu, my father is my father after all, and my mother is my mother after all, and the blood relationship cannot be broken. Man is gone, death is great, how can I resent my father and mother? ’”

Wen Xiao suddenly understood what Li Xiaoyu had been telling the story for so long, and it turned out that he saw that he was hesitant and let himself go home to sweep the grave!

"Today's story is over, let's go home!" Li Xiaoyu ignored the question of what Xiao thought, got up and began to pack up his things

"Thank you, Xiaoyu."

"Can't say thank you."

"Hmm..."

...

After returning home

Wen Xiao looked at her sister seriously and said, "Xiaoting, I'm going back to sweep the graves of my parents tomorrow on Qingming Day." ”

Asked Xiaoting was a little surprised, obviously her brother had never mentioned the matter of tomb sweeping before, but for her brother's decision, she would never refuse, and nodded fiercely, "Hmm! ”

The relationship of blood cannot be broken, the person is gone, and death is great.

...

The next day

April 4, Qingming

'Tick, tick'

Wen Xiao slowly opened his eyes, gently moved his arm that was a little numb by his sister, and glanced at the alarm clock on the side

Seven

It's a little early, so let's let my sister sleep for another half hour.

Wen Xiao got out of bed lightly, came to the living room, and stood in front of the window looking at the sparse pedestrians with umbrellas on the street.

Sure enough, it rained lightly as usual.

After standing for a while, he turned around and went to the kitchen to prepare breakfast

Seven thirty

Wen Xiao directly picked up Wen Xiaoting, who was reluctant to leave the warm bed, came to the toilet, put her down and stood by herself, and rubbed the handkerchief wet with warm water on her sister's face, trying to make her sleepy disappear.

"I brushed my toothbrush, you know?"

"Oh~"

Hearing his sister's answer, Wen Xiao also began to wash himself, but when he finished everything, he found that his sister was still standing with her eyes closed and her head standing little by little.

I wouldn't have let her play so late yesterday if I had known.

Wen Xiao squatted down, patted her sister's face gently, and said, "Don't sleep, I'll sleep in the car later." ”

"Oh~"

Yes, just like before

Wen Xiao had no choice but to take out Wen Xiaoting's toothbrush, squeeze some toothpaste, and insert it into her sister's mouth to brush hard.

'Boom'

"Brother, tap."

'Boom'

Asking Xiao pushed harder

"Hmm~" asked Xiaoting to be completely energetic now

She dodged the toothbrush in her mouth, and then said dissatisfiedly, "Don't brush it brother, let's do it ourselves." ”

"Haha," Wen Xiao smiled and handed her the toothbrush, "Take it, I'll comb your hair." ”

Wen Xiao picked up the comb on the side and gently combed her sister's hair, because she has short hair and her hair is very smooth, so there is usually no hair jamming. He quickly got Wen Xiaoting's hair right.

"Okay"

Wen Xiao looked at the yellow-haired girl standing in the mirror and nodded with satisfaction

When you meet your parents for the first time in three years, you should have a good image, but you can't make your parents feel that they are having a bad time

"Let's go, let's eat."

Today, Wen Xiao simply made two bowls of noodles, and added two poached eggs to each bowl

'Suck and Slip'

Wen Xiao finished eating after a while, but found that there was still more than half of her sister's bowl, and asked, "Xiaoting, eat quickly, otherwise it will be too late." ”

"My brother has done too much, we can't eat it." Asked Xiaoting to put down her chopsticks dissatisfiedly and muttered

Wen Xiao did do a little too much, almost enough for the usual two lunches, but he made so many special meals

He sat down next to his sister, picked up her chopsticks and put the noodles in her mouth, "Eat more, or you will starve at noon." ”

asked Xiaoting if she really couldn't eat it, so she hid to the side, "Brother, can't we eat again at noon?" ”

“...”

Wen Xiao didn't know how to answer, his parents were buried in his hometown in the countryside, and in his memory, Wen Xiao's father was the third in the family, with two aunts above and a younger brother below, his grandparents had died, and both aunts had married, so only his second uncle's family was left in his hometown, and the second uncle was not very rich. If you eat in the countryside, you can only eat at the second uncle's, but Wen Xiao doesn't want to do this, because...

Xiaoting is still young and doesn't understand.

"Then if you don't eat it, you won't eat it, and I'll buy a few breads outside." Wen Xiao also put down his chopsticks, "Let's go, go back to the bedroom to change clothes and go out." ”

Wen Xiao took his sister back to the bedroom and found her the latest clothes for her to change into, but he couldn't find any decent clothes after looking around, so he had to change into his previous school uniform.

After changing his clothes, Wen Xiao took his sister's hand and went out with a bag on his back

Because there is a passenger station nearby, Wen Xiao did not choose to take the car, but walked there

Wen Xiao held an umbrella and led her sister to walk on the empty street

"Brother, how long will it take to get to my hometown?" Wen Xiaoting raised her head and looked at Wen Xiao with her watery eyes

When her parents died, she asked Xiaoting to be in the third grade of primary school, although she was not young, she hadn't been to her hometown for three years, and she still didn't remember.

"About three hours."

"Ahh Asked Xiaoting exclaimed

"It's okay, it's two and a half hours in the car, you can sleep or play with your phone."

That being said, I may not be able to sleep halfway through, because Wenxiao's hometown is very remote, the road is also uneven, and the car will be very shaky.

Wen Xiao found a store on the side of the road, bought three breads and put them in his bag, and spent him 15 yuan, which was a little distressing.

Not long after, the two came to the bus station, bought two tickets, and found a car to embark on the journey back to their hometown.

The car ran on the flat road for almost an hour before getting on the mountain road, because the mountain road was steep and there were many curves, and Xiao Ting, who was making up for sleep, woke up.

"Brother, I'm so uncomfortable." Ask Xiaoting that her stomach was tumbling, as if she was about to vomit out breakfast

Wen Xiao had already expected this situation, and took out the motion sickness medicine that had been prepared from her bag and gave it to her sister, Wen Xiaoting's frowning brows relaxed slightly, but it didn't seem to look much better.

But there's nothing you can do about it, and it's just the beginning! He could only hold his sister in his arms and gently pat her on the back, hoping that she would feel better.

After another hour, the two got off the bus, and just as Wen Xiaoting began to cheer, Wen Xiao took her on a small bus again. This time asked Xiaoting even more uncomfortable, from then on the road became steeper, and the car became more unstable. Wen Xiao looked at her sister who was about to cry, and she was also distressed.

I won't bring her back next time!

Fortunately, this time I only sat for half an hour

Wen Xiao hugged his sister, who was leaning on him weakly, out of the car

"Xiaoting, can you still walk?" Wen Xiao gently shook Wen Xiaoting in his arms

And the only one who responded to Q Xiao was her silent murmuring, and Q Xiao had to carry the bag on her back, and then carried her on her back, because there was still half an hour to walk the mountain road to reach the destination, and she couldn't hold on to Wen Xiao all the time.

"Xiaoting, you hold the umbrella." Wen Xiao handed the umbrella to her sister

Because Wen Xiaoting didn't have much strength, she leaned the umbrella handle on Wen Xiao's head to hold the umbrella

In this way, Wen Xiao carried his sister along the only road to his hometown, and as in his memory, there was an incense and candle shop on the way.

Wen Xiao came to the incense candle shop and found that there was still a table of people playing mahjong.

"Is the boss there?"

"Yes, yes." Among the four people who played mahjong, stood up a middle-aged aunt

"Boss, I'll take a look at the paper money and firecrackers."

The middle-aged aunt took Wen Xiao to find the paper money firecrackers, "Pick it, although this piece is sold by my family, it will never be short of catties or two, and the quality is also leveraged." ”

"Hmm"

Ask Xiao to reply casually and start picking and picking

In Wenxiao's hometown, incense, red candles, paper money, and firecrackers are indispensable, but sacrifices are not necessities. How many red candles and incense to burn is also particular, the red candle must be burned two, the number of incense can change for some reason, burning three incense can bless their fortune; Six incense sticks can bless the fortune of two generations; Nine more incense can bless the fortune of three generations; In fact, if there is no major event, it is enough to burn three incense, but you must not burn one, because one incense is a curse and will be cursed by the ancestors. And paper money and firecrackers can be bought as much as you want, and there is no big taboo.

In the end, Wen Xiao picked out two red candles, three incense, two bundles of paper money and a cake of firecrackers, and bought a lighter by the way.

I asked the middle-aged aunt to settle the bill, "Boss, how much is it in total?" ”

“200”

Wen Xiao saw that the price was almost the same, so he gave her the money, after all, there were more than a hundred firecrackers alone, and he chose the better one

I took the bag and prepared to continue walking