Today is the Qingming Festival, at eight o'clock, Xia Xiaoqin packed all the things to go to the grave and prepared to go to the old graveyard of the Xia family.

"Second sister-in-law!" Xia Chunyan suddenly came back from next door, and shouted as soon as she entered the courtyard, "Don't go to the old cemetery first, our mother will come back!" ”

Shen Shu was very surprised, he didn't receive any letter yesterday, why was he suddenly discharged from the hospital?

Xia Xiaoqin asked for Shen Shu: "Is my grandmother discharged from the hospital today?" ”

"I don't know if I'm out of the hospital, but your grandmother said she's going to go to the grave of your grandfather and your father." Xia Chunyan explained.

"How did my milk come back? Are you going to pick her up? ”

"Your uncle went to pick it up, you just have to wait at home. By the way, your fourth aunt is also going back to the grave, she and your grandmother will stay at home for dinner, I will go next door to give your grandfather paper money, you should prepare lunch first! ”

After Xia Chunyan finished explaining, she shook her thick waist and returned to Ma Xiaomei's yard.

Mrs. Xia wants to stay at home for lunch, so Xia Chunyan's family and Li Xiang will definitely eat in this courtyard.

Xia Chunyan's family lived a well-off life, Li Xiang was used to being picky, and Mrs. Xia was even more particular about eating nutritious meals exclusive to patients.

For lunch for eight people, one or two dishes will definitely not work.

Xia Chunyan explained this sentence, Xia Xiaoqin didn't want to read again.

"Mom, I'll go to town to see if there's any meat." Xia Xiaoqin was going out on a bicycle.

Shen Shu shook his head and said, "You read at home, we won't buy vegetables today, and we will do whatever we have in the kitchen." ”

"Mom?" Xia Xiaoqin was surprised, this was not the Shen Shu she was familiar with.

"Your studies are the most important, but it's just a meal, you can deal with whatever you eat, and you can't lose nutrients if you eat less meat."

Xia Xiaoqin was surprised that Shen Shu, who had a soft personality, could say such tough words, but she was very happy that Shen Shu could treat other people's oppression with such an attitude.

"Mom is right." Xia Xiuxue agreed and said, "There is only one month left before the preliminary exam, Xiaoqin, your Chinese scores can't fall any further." ”

"Well, I'm going to read a book now."

Shen Shu smiled: "Xiaoqin, you go to the West House to read and study, you do the test papers in the East House, by the way, look at a little Xiaofu, I'll make a plate of Chiba tofu, let's stew a pot of stewed vegetables at noon." ”

"Okay!"

When Shen Shu made Chiba tofu, Mrs. Xia arrived home.

When Mrs. Xia went to the hospital, she took a Changhe van driven by Chu Tian, and when she came back today, Zhang Quan specially found a Changhe van in the county seat and rented a car to take Mrs. Xia back to Xiajia Village.

Not only that, Zhang Quan also rented a wheelchair from the hospital, Mrs. Xia got off the Changhe car and sat in the wheelchair, and Zhang Quan pushed her behind her, making Mrs. Xia a Lafayette.

As soon as Mrs. Xia entered the courtyard, she began to point out the country: "Look at this courtyard, what kind of chaos will happen when I am not at home." That big broom, you put it on the wall of the side room, what if it falls and hits me! ”

Shen Shu said: "Mom, haven't you been discharged from the hospital yet?" The broom was dipped in water, and if it was not erected to dry, the bamboo branches would be soaked. ”

"You move the broom aside, I won't go back to the hospital!"

The third uncle, Zhang Quan, followed and said: "The doctor said that our mother can be discharged from the hospital, and I will go through the discharge procedures in the afternoon." ”

Haven't been discharged yet?

Shen Shu thought of Xia Chunyan's words in the morning, and guessed that Mrs. Xia might have changed her mind and was about to be discharged from the hospital on the way back to Xiajia Village.

Although Shen Shu had doubts in his heart, he kept a smile on his face: "Okay, I'll move away." ”

After Mrs. Xia tried it, she thought that Shen Shu was still soft and easy to rub, and she had a greater grasp of what her third son-in-law Zhang Quan said.

At ten o'clock, Li Xiang and Xia Weiye both rushed to Xiajia Village.

During the Qingming Dynasty, it rained a lot, this characteristic has not changed for thousands of years, although there is no rain today, but the sky is gloomy and terrible, it seems that there will be a rainstorm at any time.

There are only two umbrellas at home, and Xia Xiaoqin has brought them all. When she reminded Xia Sangu to bring an umbrella, she was ridiculed by Xia Sangu.

"Just these few steps, what kind of umbrella to bring, it's raining and you'll come back after a few steps."

The few steps that Xia Chunyan said are equal to half of Xiajia Village.

When the large army of the Xia family passed through Xiajia Village, many people on the road greeted Mrs. Xia, asking how her leg was, and praising Zhang Quan, who helped Mrs. Xia push her wheelchair.

Old Lady Xia was about to float up when she was flattered, and she didn't notice that Li Xiang's expression was getting more and more gloomy.

Only when Xia Xiaoqin glanced at it casually, she noticed the change in Li Xiang's expression.

However, the Qingming Festival is a sad festival, and as it gets closer and closer to the old cemetery, even Mrs. Xia's expression becomes lonely.

The new grave and the old mound in the old cemetery of the Xia family are very open, but whether it is a new grave or an old mound, on the day of the Qingming Festival, with the gloomy sky, it is the same bleak.

According to the customs of Henan Province, the new grave must be worshiped first, and Xia Xiaoqin and his party came to Xia Guoshan's grave first.

Xia Guoshan is the name of Xia Xiaoqin's father, because Xia Xiuxue and Xia Xiaoqin have not started a family, and there is no monument in front of his grave.

Xia Xiaoqin first inserted the wicker she brought on the grave, and then began to place tributes.

Old Mrs. Xia looked at Xia Guoshan's newly erected tomb, and the tone of the conductor Shen Shu became powerful: "You hold Xiaofu closer, and let the second child see Xiaofu's appearance." ”

Shen Shu was already in tears, she squatted in front of Xia Guoshan's grave with Xia Xiaofu in her arms, and said in a choked voice: "Guoshan, this is our child, called Xiaofu." He was a blessed boy, and I would raise him well, and tell him that his father was a very kind and good man. ”

Shen Shu's grief was beyond words, even Xia Xiaofu noticed his mother's sad mood, and he didn't cry sensibly.

Xia Xiaoqin laid out the tribute and knelt in front of Xia Guoliang's grave upright.

"Dad, I'm Xiaoqin. When you leave, your home is still in a mess, and you must have been very uneasy to leave. ”

"But don't worry, everything is fine at home now, my brother has had surgery on his leg, and now he can get out of the wheelchair and stand up, and my grandmother has been discharged from the hospital today, and she is recovering well."

"By the way, the book says that when people die, they become stars, and you must have seen all of this in the sky. Don't worry, I will take care of my brother, Xiaofu and grandma with my mother, and try to make them live a good life as soon as possible. ”

Xia Xiaoqin swore very formally in front of Xia Guoshan that she is now Xia Xiaoqin, Xia Guoshan's daughter!

"Dad, I'm a student." Xia Xiuxue got up from the wheelchair, he refused Xia Xiaoqin to come over to help him, and moved his legs hard and stiffly, proving that his legs were really getting better.

Xia Xiuxue knelt down in front of the grave, knelt three times and knocked nine times, and then said: "Xiaoqin and I are going to take this year's college entrance examination, please bless us to play normally and be admitted to the university of our choice." Please also watch us from heaven, and let us always be vigilant and not lazy! ”

Mrs. Xia wiped her tears and said, "Don't worry, your father is watching you." ”

Xia Guoshan's grave is a new grave, according to the custom, no grave can be added, Xia Xiaoqin burned the paper money, the ceremony of worshiping Xia Guoshan was completed, and a group of people from the Xia family went to the old grave again.

Old man Xia has been living here for 20 years, because there are people worshipping every year, and the weeds on his grave are all newly grown, and there is not a single tall branch.

Xia Guoliang is the eldest son of Old Man Xia, and Xia Jiang is the eldest grandson of Old Man Xia, they lead their heads to kneel in front of the grave, three kneels and nine knocks, even Shen Shu, who is holding Xia Xiaofu, cannot miss a salute.

After kneeling down, Xia Guoliang began to take the lead in adding a grave to Old Man Xia.

New soil adds old graves, and future generations sacrifice ancestors.

Perhaps the sorrow of the world remembering their ancestors reached the sky, and a drizzle suddenly fell in the sky.

Xia Xiaoqin opened the umbrella she brought for the first time, one for Shen Shu and Xia Xiuxue, and the other on the top of Mrs. Xia's head.

Mrs. Xia, who was exempt from the rain, looked at Xia Xiaoqin's eyes full of relief.

"Mom, it's raining." Xia Chunyan said and got under the umbrella and snatched the umbrella from Xia Xiaoqin's hand.

Mrs. Xia seemed to suddenly remember something, and then saw Xia Xiaoqin's expression change instantly, she pointed at Xia Xiaoqin and said, "You kneel!" ”