As soon as the New Year passes, all the families in Huailing Village are preparing for the New Year.

On this day, Tian Yao went to Aunt Shun's house, he didn't raise chickens himself, but every year he went up the mountain to go to the grave of his father and little father and needed sacrifices, so he had to catch a chicken from Aunt Shun's house every year.

Aunt Shun had already prepared it for him, Tian Yao gave her the copper plate, and said hello to Tian Yusheng, who had been off for a few days, and I had to thank him for the last time about the wild goose.

"How many days will Brother Yusheng rest at home?"

Tian Yusheng's temperament is very honest, Aunt Shun lost her husband in her early years, worked hard to bring up her son, and married him a daughter-in-law.

"I have to go back tomorrow, the owner has more New Year's events, and I have to let the lady come back to rest for two days."

Tian Yao replied: "Yes, I haven't seen my sister-in-law for a long time." ”

They chatted a few more words, Aunt Shun said that she was going to buy some fragrant wax paper money, and it would be the time of the New Year soon, Tian Yao remembered this, he had taken it to heart in previous years, but this year because of the arrival of Yu Nian, he forgot about it, and hoped that Daddy and Daddy would not blame him.

Aunt Shun looked at Tian Yao before asking him, "Your husband, is there no one at home?" ”

The smile on Tian Yao's face narrowed a little: "Yes." ”

"Then you have to incense his father and mother this year." Aunt Shun said, "I also heard the village chief mention that, saying that his father and mother died unexpectedly, and you are a son-in-law, so you have to take care of these things." ”

"So what am I going to do?" Tian Yao hugged his head worriedly, "Do you want to set up a well-dressed mound for his father and mother?" ”

Aunt Shun said: "There are a lot of rules for standing on the mound, and it will be too late for a while, so make two tablets first, and you can worship at the tablets." ”

Tian Yao thought about this for a while, but it had been snowing heavily for several days recently, and he had something to do at home, so he didn't have time to carve a tablet for Yu Nian's father.

Tian Yusheng said: "What's so difficult about this, I'm going back to the town tomorrow, I'll help you buy a pair, let your sister-in-law bring it back, and you won't have to make a trip." ”

Tian Yao hurriedly thanked Tian Yusheng, and went to take out his purse and get money for Tian Yusheng.

Tian Yusheng waved his hand: "Let's wait for your sister-in-law to bring it back." ”

Tian Yao gave up and followed Aunt Shun to buy incense and candles.

Huailing Village is snowy almost every year in the New Year's Day, this year's snow is even heavier, more severe than in previous years, from the beginning of the 23rd to the 30th of the New Year, almost every day is snowing.

Tian Yao would go out almost every day to help the villagers clear the snow on the roofs and eaves, and there were also poor people in the village, and the thatched roofs were almost crushed by the heavy snow.

"Thankfully, our family doesn't have that." Tian Yao had just come back from outside, and his hand reached to the charcoal basin to keep warm.

Yu Nian helped him sort out the little father's codex before he sorted it out, he really couldn't understand the symbols that looked like words, but he could draw them as they were, because the codex had been placed, some yellowed, and if it was a while, it was estimated that the handwriting would disappear.

Tian Yao's hand warmed up and came to Yu Nian's side: "You're almost done copying a copy?" ”

"I don't understand what it means, it's too slow to write."

Tian Yao leaned over, moved his brain that he hadn't used for a long time, and pointed to a symbol: "Yu Nian, this is the word Tian, right?" ”

Yu Nian nodded: "I can see that some patterns are words, but I can't see others." ”

He looked at Tian Yao: "Didn't Daddy teach you?" ”

Tian Yao's face was a little hot, his father taught him when he was a child, but what he wanted to do at that time was to follow his father up the mountain to play crazy, and the teaching to his father was to go in the left ear and out the right ear.

The little dad saw that he was not here, and there was a father mediating from it, and gradually the little dad didn't teach him anymore, he was actually afraid, afraid to see the disappointed eyes of the little dad, but the little dad just touched his head and said to him that there are many choices in life, and it is nothing if he doesn't like to learn, anyway, with them, Tian Yao's life will go smoothly.

It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, Daddy and Daddy left too early, and when Daddy wanted to teach him again, it was already too late.

"I taught, but I didn't learn well, and now I forgot all about it."

When Yu Nian saw his face, he knew that he remembered his deceased parents.

"He won't blame you."

*

On the twenty-ninth day of the Lunar New Year, Tian Yao had already bought sacrificial chickens yesterday, blanched the water last night, and then put them in the back basket early in the morning, and there were many sacrificial incense candles in the back basket.

Yu Nian saw it and grabbed his sleeve: "Where to go?" ”

Tian Yao reacted at this time, and then patted his head: "I forgot to tell you, I have to go up the mountain to worship my ancestors today, and I want to go to incense my father and little father." ”

A few days ago, Tian Yao wanted to ask Yu Nian if he wanted to go with him, but then he thought about it, if he asked, then Yu Nian would definitely agree to him to go with him, this seems to be what the little father said before, called moral kidnapping?

Yu Nian straightened his expression at this time: "Today? ”

Tian Yao nodded: "Hmm." ”

Yu Nian tidied up his clothes: "Don't take me there?" ”

Tian Yao was stunned: "The mountain road is not easy to walk, and it has just snowed." ”

"Okay."

Yu Nian didn't insist anymore, Tian Yao picked up the back basket, and the ash followed him at his feet, wanting to follow him, Tian Yao thought that it was originally from the mountain, and it was okay to take it back for a turn.

"I took the ashes with me, and we'll be back soon."

Yu Nian looked at the back of him leaving, two strings of footprints were printed on the snow that had not been cleaned, and he spoke: "Tian Yao! ”

Tian Yao thought something was wrong with him, so he ran home, and Ash followed him and ran back.

"What's wrong?"

"I'm not going today, is it appropriate?"

Tian Yao raised his eyelashes, but only saw that Yu Nian's face was calm, and the clothes on his body had been tidied up.

His heart seemed to suddenly pass through a warm current, Tian Yao laughed: "The road on the mountain is slippery, I still have a lot of things, when I come back, can you worship at their tablet again?" ”

Yu Nian looked at the basket he was carrying, and it was indeed inconvenient to take him up the mountain: "Okay." ”

Tian Yao walked out of the house at this time is in a completely different mood than just now, his steps have become brisk, when he went to the village yesterday, Aunt Shun said that someone brought a letter saying that his sister-in-law would come back today, and the things were all arranged for him, and he could go and get them later.

The graves of his father and grandfather were not difficult to find, and Tian Yao arrived soon. Daddy and Daddy are buried together, this is Daddy's wish before leaving, the snow has made the whole mountain white, and the same is true in front of their graves.

Tian Yao put down the basket, he brought a firewood knife, just because he was afraid that if he didn't come for a while, there would be dead branches and leaves on their graves, first cleaned up the weeds, and then swept away the snow around them, Tian Yao knelt down in front of their graves.

"Daddy, Daddy, I've come to see you."

As he spoke, he placed the offerings in front of their graves: "I'm doing well this year, and I'm married, have you all seen it?" ”

"It's a pity that my husband can't go up the mountain because of his bad legs, but I'll let him salute your tablet in a while."

Tian Yao opened the fire, lit the incense candles, and reverently planted them in front of their graves: "How are you?" And they don't come back to see me. ”

"I'm sorry Daddy, I sold a leather you made this year."

"But I shot a wild boar, I'm pretty good. I also have a dog, called Gray Ash, Yu Nian said that it is a wolf dog, and he can accompany me to the mountains to hunt in the future. ”

When Ash heard his name, he was rolling in the snow on the side, but with a snort, he ran to Tian Yao's side, wagging his tail and spinning in circles.

He chattered from the beginning of this year to the end of the year, and he didn't say anything about those who were unhappy, but all he said was happy things.

The happiest thing is that I met Yu Nian.

"My husband was chosen by myself, and he is very handsome, of course he is still a little worse than his father."

Watching the paper money slowly burn out, Tian Yao kowtowed three times in front of the grave: "Daddy, little daddy, bless us all to be safe and healthy." ”

"You have to be good too."

The last trace of spark burned out, Tian Yao also stood up, packed up the things he brought, and there were two wet marks on his knees because he had been kneeling on the ground.

"I'll go home first, and I'll come to see you when I'm free."

Tian Yao turned around, a gust of wind blew, he shrunk his neck, and that gust of wind brought up the paper money ash he left on the ground, fluttering and flying very high.

He heard his father say that if the higher the paper money flies, the happier the people who are worshipped, then now, Daddy and Little Daddy must be very happy.

After going down the mountain, Tian Yao did not go home directly, but went to Aunt Shun's house, Aunt Shun and they also just came down from the mountain, Tian Yusheng's daughter-in-law was surnamed Zhang, and Zhang's sister-in-law saw Tian Yao and beckoned to him.

"I said I'd send it to you if you didn't come." Sister-in-law Zhang took out two tablets wrapped in red cloth from the house, "The title on it is not written, my mother said that your husband is literate, so you let him write it." ”

"How much?" Tian Yao held these two tablets in both hands, and only felt that they were as heavy as a thousand catties.

"Our lord's family agreed to change the tablet for the ancestral hall at home this year, and we bought it with the lord's family, and the two are 700 Wen."

Tian Yao hurriedly went to take out his purse and counted eight hundred and twenty Wen for Sister-in-law Zhang, but Sister-in-law Zhang said no, but Tian Yao said: "This one hundred and twenty Wen is happy money." ”

After all, it is a sacrificial thing, and it is inevitable that it will be stained with something, so it is necessary to give joy money.

Seeing that she couldn't shirk it, Zhang's sister-in-law went to the house to grab snacks and fruits for him, and then let him go home.

Tian Yao carefully held the tablet and went home, he opened the door, Yu Nian was picking vegetables in the hall, and when he saw him holding a red cloth in his hand, he asked him, "What did you buy?" So careful. ”

Tian Yao carefully put the red cloth bag on the table, put down the backpack behind him, and walked in front of Yu Nian: "I asked Brother Yusheng to help me make two tablets in the town." ”

He took the red cloth, squatted down in front of Yu Nian, and slowly uncovered the red cloth, which was wrapped in two tablets made of pine wood, with gold patterns painted on them, and several large characters written "Worship XXXX".

Tian Yao said softly: "I don't know my father's name, so this place is empty, waiting for you to write it." ”

He looked at Yu Nian's somewhat reddened eyes: "It's going to be the New Year soon, we should do our filial piety as juniors." ”

Yu Nian's hands were trembling, his Adam's apple rolled, and he pulled Tian Yao's hand.

Tian Yao also raised his eyes to look at him, he smiled, and just as he wanted to speak, he was grabbed by Yu Nian's arm and hugged into his arms.