Chapter 34 Tomb Sweeping at Qingming Festival
During the Qingming Festival, it rained a lot.
The Lin family has already prepared fragrant wax paper money and dried fruits. Lin Mei also deliberately cooked a chicken and a knife of meat, and fried a plate of tofu. Under the leadership of Father Lin, the whole family went to the ancestral grave of the Lin family together.
The ancestral tomb of the Lin family is in the Lingyun Back Mountain, and it is necessary to pass through the entire village, and go straight from the west of the village to the fork There is a small road that can lead directly to the Lingyun Back Mountain. If you are fast, an hour will come.
Lingyun front mountain is the thousand-year-old temple - Lingyun Temple, from Yangshu Village to Lingyun Temple to walk on the road for more than three hours.
The women in the village will go to Lingyun Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and I heard that the son is particularly effective, and many rich and noble families come from thousands of miles away to burn incense and worship the Buddha.
Because they were going to pass by the fourth aunt's house, the two families met at the door of the fourth aunt's house, so the Wang family asked Xing'er to guard at the door.
"Mother, mother, second uncle, they have already walked to the corner, you should come out quickly." Xing'er saw the second uncle walking in front of her from a distance, Brother Shanzi walking in the middle with a big basket on his back, and Sister Meizi holding Sister Peach behind, shouting into the house with some excitement.
You can't enter other people's homes with fragrant wax paper money, this is the rule, so Xing'er didn't greet the second uncle's family to come into the house to sit, everyone stood at the door and waited for the fourth aunt's family to come out.
The rare cousin Lin Feng also came back from the town with his wife and children, and Lin Hai held Lin Feng's three-year-old son Lin Hui and rode it around his neck, making Lin Hui giggle. Lin Feng's daughter-in-law, Wang Youlian, is Wang's distant niece. Xiao Wang went to hug his son, but Xiao Lin Hui refused, hugging his uncle's head and shouting to ride a big horse.
made everyone laugh, Daddy Lin couldn't help but glance at Lin Mei with a smile, and sighed in his heart.
The elders of the Lin family have always been at odds with the second and fourth families, so every year the ancestors are never worshiped together. It was the second and fourth families who arrived first to dispose of the weeds on the grave, and then waited for the eldest family to arrive before starting to worship their ancestors.
But this year was an exception, the eldest family went to the cemetery early to wait, and seeing the overgrown weeds around, Lin Zhong frowned, and asked the Zhang family to deal with the weeds with Lin Qing and his daughter-in-law Liu.
Three people, you look at me, I stare at you, and I don't want to do it.
"What's the matter, Lao Tzu is not dead yet, so I can't roar at you, what do you want!" Lin Zhong was a little annoyed when he saw that no one had done anything.
"What are you yelling at, I want to get you to get it, I am tired of being a cow and a horse for your family every day, this is to send money to your ancestors, why don't you be diligent, you are counting on me for everything, this ancestor blesses the descendants of your Lin family." Lin Zhang snorted back.
Lin Qing saw that his parents were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly said: "Dad, we can't be blamed for this, this work was the second uncle and the fourth uncle's family in previous years, they will arrive late this year, and they won't know in advance, so that we can prepare in advance, you see that we don't have any tools with us now, how can we finish this weed all over the mountains today." ”
After speaking, he also made a look at Liu.
"That's right, Dad, you and your mother-in-law are old, we as juniors must not bear to let your second elder do it, but this mountain road is slippery, I have to watch Jiahui and Jiabao closely, in case you fall somewhere, don't talk about spending money, I can't let your second elder feel distressed."
Liu Shi observed his father-in-law as he spoke, and saw that his face was much better, and then said: "The uncle's family went to the younger brother's and sister's house again this year, and Lin Qing didn't know when he would do it with his bare hands, so it was better to wait, maybe the second uncle and the fourth uncle's family brought a sickle or something, and it would be finished after a while." ”
Lin Zhong felt justified when he heard this, so he nodded and agreed, and asked everyone to find an open space to rest.
Lin Qing secretly gave a thumbs up to the Liu family, and still threw a flattering eye, but happened to be seen by Lin Zhang's family, and glanced at the Liu family fiercely.
When the Wang family arrived, they found that the eldest family had already arrived, especially when they saw that his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were still sitting on the grass covered with oilcloth paper, and the Wang family was angry.
"Yo, it's the sun coming out in the west, and my eldest brother and sister-in-law are here so early." Wang said sarcastically.
When Lin Zhang heard this, he also said in a strange manner: "We people can only live by relying on the land left by our ancestors, and we want to be blessed by our ancestors and be a filial son and grandson, how dare we not run faster, unlike some people,......"
Although the latter words were not finished, I also knew that it was not a good word, Lin Mei was a junior, and it was not easy to mix in.
"Oh, hey, ancestors, you also open your eyes and take a good look at how this filial son and grandson are honoring you."
This can poke the hornet's nest, and Lin Zhong was furious.
"Fourth, listen, do you talk to your brother and sister-in-law like this, you don't care about your mother-in-law, you make trouble one day."
Lin Quan listened to the eldest brother's words and said to the Wang family: "You just don't say a word, my father and mother are still watching." ”
Lin Zhong became more and more dissatisfied with this fourth brother and daughter-in-law, but he was not as knowledgeable as a woman. urged Lin Xiao and Lin Quan to quickly dispose of the weeds by the grave.
Lin Quan listened to Lin Feng and Lin Hai and started to do it, but Lin Xiao's legs were just right, he could climb the mountain by himself, he was already tired, Lin Mei didn't let Lin Xiao do it, and took Shanzi to pick up the sickle and cut the grass.
Everyone knew that Lin Xiao had an injury on his leg, and he had no opinion on Lin Mei not letting him work.
But Lin Qing was a big man standing with his hands in his hands and watching, and the Wang family couldn't stand it anymore.
"I said eldest nephew, you are the eldest son of the Lin family, you haven't met in the past years, you came so early this year, aren't you here to be a filial son and grandson, stand aside and watch what you do."
Lin Zhang's family saw that the Wang family used the "filial son and virtuous grandson" she just said to bury people, and had the intention to argue, it can be seen that Lin Zhong has been staring at her, so he turned his head and ignored it, took out the paper money and followed the Liu family to sort it out one by one.
Lin Qing was a thick-skinned person, so he didn't pay attention to what the little aunt said, and stood motionless on the side.
There is a lot of strength in people, and when the half-pillar incense is half-baked, the weeds by the grave have already been dealt with.
According to custom, after the sacrifice brought by the family to the ancestors, they must eat the sacrifices in front of the ancestors before they can go home. This also means having a reunion dinner with your ancestors.
But there are brothers who are separated, such as the case of the three brothers of the Lin family, they bring their own with their own hearts, and when they eat, they also eat what each family brings.
What's more, like Lin Mei's family, it is different, Lin Mei's family not only has to bring ancestral sacrifices, but also has to prepare a copy for the late Wu family, so Lin Mei specially cooked a chicken, which is considered to be a separate filial piety to the Wu family.
When the people in the big house saw Lin Mei take a fat chicken from the basket, their eyes lit up, but Lin Mei turned around and walked in front of Wu's grave.
The corners of Lin Zhongqi's mouth twitched.
After worshipping the ancestors, Lin Qing ran to Lin Mei and said, "Sister Meizi, you are so thoughtful, I haven't eaten chicken for a long time, this smell is really fragrant, and I will share a little bit of my cousin." ”
Lin Mei also knelt in front of the grave to burn paper money, and said, "What's this, since the eldest cousin wants to eat, he will kowtow to my mother." ”
It stands to reason that Lin Qing is a junior, and Wu is her second aunt, and it is also appropriate to kowtow, but in order to eat a piece of meat, she has to kowtow, but Lin Zhang stopped doing it, and she is not dead, what is the matter with her own son running to kowtow to others as a filial son.
stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qing's ear and scolded: "The old lady is not dead yet, you are very attentive, you go to kowtow to other women, and you are not afraid that others will see it and think that it is your own mother." ”
This is serious, and if you don't know the situation, you still think that the Wu family is Lin Zhong's concubine, which is very disrespectful to the Wu family, not to mention saying it in front of Lin Xiao's family.
"Zhang Guihua, you clean my mouth for me......" Lin Xiao scolded.
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