Chapter 6 Going to the Grave

"Zhantang, let's go burn incense for our grandparents first, it's still early."

"Oh, good." My father agreed, got up with me, and said, "Let's go, burn incense for my great-grandfather and great-grandmother." ”

My grandfather also got up and said, "I'll take you there, wait a minute, I'll go get matches." So saying, he went into the side room, and after a while he came out with a match.

When we went out, my mother brought the paper and incense that were placed at the door, and we went to the grave.

We walked along the road to the back of the village, the village was very quiet, but as soon as we got out of the village, we found many people in the field, it turned out that everyone was still working in the field, and the working people were the most glorious.

When I see acquaintances in the field, my mother will always say hello loudly, and those uncles, aunts, grandparents and grandparents seem to like my mother very much, and when I see my mother, I greet her, "Are you back?" "When did you arrive?" "That's your daughter, right?" "It's all so big!" "Go into the mountains and burn incense?" There were a lot of voices coming from both sides of the road, and it was very lively.

Walking and walking seemed to be getting more and more remote, not far from the foot of the mountain, our group got closer and closer to the foot of the mountain, and finally stopped at a grave at the foot of the mountain, this is my mother's grandparents.

There are traces of going to the grave in front of the grave, and there is incense that has not been burned.

Dad put me down and sorted out the paper money with my mother, and my grandfather pulled out some of the weeds around with his hands to make the grave open.

"On the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, your uncle and they came, and after burning incense, they left, as if he had a serious leg disease in the past two years, and often went to the hospital, but fortunately, he said that he would not pay for the doctor." After saying that, my grandfather sighed, and he didn't know if it was good or bad to lose his legs.

"Dad, why are grandparents buried so far away?" Dad asked.

"At that time, it was very difficult, to defeat the landlord, the land was distributed to others, and the family was also robbed, your grandparents left at that time, and there was no place to bury them at that time, and they were afraid that others would make graves, so they were buried in this place in the middle of the night." My grandfather remembered that time as if it were just yesterday.

What was my grandfather doing at that time? Dad didn't ask any further questions, just silently counted the paper money.

After everything was ready, my grandfather lit the paper money, and then lit incense with the burning paper, and my father added paper to the fire one by one, and my mother taught me how to kowtow to my great-grandfather and great-grandmother.

When all the paper was burned, we set off for home.

We returned the way we came, and found that the people who were working in the fields had already gone home, and my grandfather had noticeably quickened his pace. Mom and Dad also seem to realize that Uncle may be coming back soon.

Before I entered the village, I saw white smoke rising over the whole village, which was proof that people were indispensable for burning firewood.

Rushing home, I didn't find anything unusual, my uncle hadn't come back yet, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sit down, the meal will be ready to eat." Grandma's voice came from the kitchen.

"Wen Hao hasn't come back yet." Mom said.

"It's coming, it's coming." Grandma took a bowl of meat back to the pot and put it on the table.

My grandfather prepared the stool very quickly, and my father couldn't help me with it, and my mother ran into the kitchen to help with the dishes and chopsticks.

"Let's eat first, it'll be cold for a while." Grandma said, look at grandpa, grandpa looked out the door.

"Let's wait for Wen Hao to eat together." Dad suggested it.

"I'm back." With the voice, a person ran in, and that was my uncle, Wen Hao.