Jiang Xiaosen rode a shared bicycle back home from work, knocked on the door, his wife Jiang Wan opened the door, and a pair of cute children were playing in the house.

"Wife, you are so beautiful" Jiang Xiaosen looked at Jiang Wan.

"Take your children to the amusement park today, of course, you have to dress up beautifully," Jiang Wan said with a smile.

"When I took my children to the amusement park today, a lot of men looked at me," Jiang Wan said with a smile.

"Women's faces are peugeot and plump, one of which is enough to attract attention, how can you not attract attention if you have both," Jiang Xiaosen said.

"You look tired," Ms. Jiang said.

Jiang Xiaosen lay down on the sofa and lay lazily.

"The economy is down, the company's efficiency is not good, large-scale layoffs, frequent meetings, and physical and mental exhaustion," Jiang Xiaosen said.

The two children ran to Jiang Xiaosen's side and hugged their father's arm left and right.

The phone rings.

"It's my dad calling" Jiang Xiaosen signaled to be quiet, and Jiang Wan and the child hurriedly quieted down.

"Hey, Dad" Jiang Xiaosen answered the phone.

"Xiao Sen, you come back as soon as possible" Jiang Dad said, his tone was not hurried, but Jiang Xiaosen felt a sense of urgency.

"Dad, what's going on at home?" Jiang Xiaosen asked.

"You'll know when you come back," Jiang's father said.

Jiang Xiaosen hung up the phone.

"Husband, my children and I also went with you, and I have never been to your house since I got married," Jiang Wan said.

"Since I can remember, I have been living at my aunt's and uncle's house, only at home on Chinese New Year's Eve every year, and I have never seen my grandfather," Jiang Xiaosen said.

"Your family's situation is too strange," Jiang Wan said.

Jiang Xiaosen was silent for a while, and then called the company to ask for leave.

Jiang Xiaosen and his wife and children embarked on a journey home.

After getting off the plane, Jiang Xiaosen's family took the high-speed train to the city and chartered a taxi.

Jiang Xiaosen was silent all the way, looking out the window, Jiang Wan is a local woman in the city who is full of curiosity about the countryside, and the two children are chattering.

The more he went to the countryside, the heavier Jiang Xiaosen's mood became.

"I have a hunch that something big seems to have happened," Jiang Xiaosen said suddenly.

"Big deal?" Jiang Wan was puzzled, "I don't know about the big thing, but no one came to pick us up, it's strange."

"You'll know if you go," Jiang Xiaosen said.

When he arrived at the Jiang family's compound, Jiang Xiaosen saw his mother standing outside the courtyard waiting, and at the same time saw a wreath and white paper, which represented the funeral.

When Jiang's mother saw Jiang Xiaosen and his wife and children, she couldn't hold back her excitement, walked over with a smile, said hello, hugged her grandchildren with a smile, and then realized that the occasion was not right, and restrained her smile.

"Xiao Sen, your grandfather has passed away, you go to the mourning hall to worship, Mom has a lot to say to Wanwan and the children, this is not the occasion to talk, Mom led me to the house and said," Jiang Mu said.

Jiang Xiaosen went to the mourning hall, the grandfathers with the longest family in the mourning hall were presiding over the funeral, and the relatives were there, and they all looked at him when he arrived, and their eyes were very weird, so strange that they couldn't be described.

Father Jiang walked over, "Xiao Sen, you have anger on your body, don't kneel in front of the coffin like them when you worship, Dad just take a brazier and burn paper at the door."

"Hmm" Jiang Xiaosen nodded, and there were many doubts in his heart, what did the anger in his father's mouth mean, why he couldn't see his grandfather's appearance with his own eyes from birth to his death, and what did the strange eyes of others mean when they looked at him.

When it came to the worship session, first Jiang's father's generation worshipped, and then Jiang Xiaosen's generation of young people worshipped, but Jiang's father told Jiang Xiaosen that it was not yet time, and then came to the children to worship, and all the boys and girls present were not there, and none of the female dependents were there, which made Jiang Xiaosen feel that the family situation was different from that of other families.

When everyone's worship was over, Jiang's father told Jiang Xiaosen that it was his turn to worship, and then specially brought a basin over and asked Jiang Xiaosen to burn paper and kowtow outside the door.

After kowtowing, when he looked up, except for Father Jiang and a few grandfathers, everyone else, including children, looked at him, and that strange look appeared again.

What is hidden behind this strange phenomenon of the family, no one tells him, and the occasion is not suitable to ask.

After the worship ceremony, it is a vigilance, which is a very spiritual work, and from beginning to end, Father Jiang asked Jiang Xiaosen not to step into the mourning hall outside the mourning hall.

The grandparents went back to rest when they were old, and the children were taken back by their mothers to rest after the first half of the night.

Jiang Xiaosen thought that after staying up for a night, the next thing was that the body would be sent for cremation, but it was beyond his expectations.

At seven o'clock in the evening of the second day, several grandfathers summoned everyone to the ancestral hall, and Father Jiang stepped forward to discuss something with several grandfathers, and then Father Jiang told Jiang Xiaosen not to go over.

Jiang Xiaosen couldn't stay up and went home to take a light nap for a while, and after a while, he was woken up by his father, his father's expression was not very good, and he said slowly, let Jiang Xiaosen go to the ancestral hall, which made Jiang Xiaosen a little unresponsive, first didn't let go, and now let me go, what the hell is going on.

Jiang Xiaosen went to the ancestral hall, and the men of the family at the entrance of the ancestral hall, including the boys, arrived.

"Komori," the third grandfather shouted.

"Third grandfather," Komori shouted.

"Everyone was not selected, only you are left, if nothing else, this one is you" The third grandfather sighed.

Jiang Xiaosen didn't ask what it meant to be selected, "Third grandfather, what should I do?" ”。

"Go into the ancestral hall," said the third grandfather.

"What about when you go in?" Jiang Xiaosen asked.

"Just wait," said the third grandfather.

The moment Jiang Xiaosen stepped on the threshold of the ancestral hall, he glanced back, his grandfather's face was calm, his father's face was worried, and his other relatives had envious expressions on their faces, he didn't understand and didn't have time to think about it.

Entering the ancestral hall, Jiang Xiaosen came to the ancestral tablet, just standing, the door of the ancestral hall was closed.

Jiang Xiaosen stared at the ancestral tablet, bored looking here and there, he saw the incense burning in the incense burner on the offering table, this incense smelled an indescribable strange smell, and gradually became confused.

Jiang Xiaosen couldn't even be sure if he was awake, and in a trance, he seemed to see the tablet standing on the offering table distorted into the appearance of the ancestors, and the ancestors were discussing something and looked at him from time to time, and he couldn't hear what the ancestors were saying, which made him feel funny, laughing at himself for hallucinating.

When Jiang Xiaosen woke up, he was already in his own house, but his eyes were extremely stinging when he woke up, and the pain was heart-rending if he tried to open them.

For several days, Jiang Xiaosen was recuperating at home like a blind man, relying on his ears to perceive the outside world.

Jiang's father told Jiang Xiaosen that he wanted him to quit his job and live at home in the future, and also said that he could not easily leave the family in the future.

Jiang Xiaosen was more emotional, wondering why, Father Jiang's mood was still so calm, and he only said that he would wait until his eyes opened.

Life in the countryside is very comfortable for Jiang Wan, she likes it very much, she has visited many places and told Jiang Xiaosen interesting things.