Chapter 11, the ancestral tomb smokes
Wong Tai Sin's wife is in her forties, with eyebrows and eyes, a white face and a red mouth, like a ghost. She said tremblingly: "If you can't become a great immortal, I'm afraid you won't even be able to stay in the county seat, and the county magistrate will not give you the opportunity to be a mortal." They used to be respectful, and they were all respectful to you. Every ounce of respect for you is a debt, can you afford it? I would have told you to stop doing such a thing a long time ago, but you would not listen. ”
Wong Tai Sin angrily slammed the tea bowl and shouted: "Shut up! I usually eat and drink spicy food, and I don't see you scared, if something happens, you just say this and that, what did you do earlier." As long as I, Wong Tai Sin, am alive for one day, I will be a great immortal for one day. I'm going out tomorrow, and if someone asks, they say that the secret of heaven must not be revealed. If the magistrate asks, you will say that I will go in search of the necessary treasures, and I will return soon. ”
It was in the northwest corner of the village, by a forest belonging to Li Jian. There are more than 20 graves, the largest of which are the roundest and the highest mounds of earth.
In the blink of an eye, it is the twenty-sixth day of the New Year, and it is time to worship the ancestors once again in addition to Qingming. The sky was clear, the sun was high, and there was no wind, so it was a warm day. Li Sheng carried a large basket of paper money, wine and food, cigarettes and firecrackers, and his father carried a bamboo pole and smoked a cigarette to the ancestral grave next to the woods and ponds.
The ancestral grave of Li Sheng's family is in the northwest corner of the village, by a forest belonging to Li Jian. There are more than 20 graves, and even Li Jian can't remember which one is his great-great-grandfather and which one is his great-uncle. The only ones I remember are Li Jian's mother, grandfather, grandmother, grandfather, grandmother and ancestors.
The grave of the ancestor is in the middle of the cemetery, the largest and the most round and highest mound. When each generation of the Li family goes to the grave, they have to repair the tomb of their ancestors. The rules of the Li family do not allow anyone's grave to be bigger than the grave of the ancestors.
As soon as Li Sheng arrived at the cemetery, he was stunned. He saw a phenomenon that was generally popular with the masses but was actually very rare: the graves of the ancestors were smoking.
Li Jian saw that Li Sheng was stunned in place, and quipped: "What's the matter, you also saw a ghost!?"
Daddy must not be able to see it. In order to avoid his father's suspicion, Li Sheng said casually: "It's nothing, I just think that the tomb of the ancestor is too big!" After speaking, he walked a few steps and put the basket in front of the tomb of the ancestor.
Li Jian laughed, put the bamboo pole aside, and came to the grave of the old ancestor. Kowtowed, took out a wad of fire paper and lit it, he squatted in front of the grave, smoking silently, feeling a little bored.
Li Sheng took out a wad of fire paper and lit it, and put a wad on the graves of each ancestor. Pig ears, pork liver and other cold dishes are also put on each grave, and some liquor is also sprinkled, and kowtowing is naturally inevitable. After quickly finishing this, he also squatted in front of the grave of the old ancestor, where the green smoke came out.
Wisps of green smoke, just like the ghosts in old ghost movies on TV when they are about to crawl out of the grave. Li Sheng sniffed it, there was not the slightest smell of smoke, and he didn't feel the slightest abnormality when he swept it lightly over the green smoke with his hand.
That's what Grandpa said about hell. Is there any treasure in the tomb of the old ancestor, or does it mean that the old ancestor is about to be resurrected. This is also not in line with biological principles, there is no scientific basis, and it is not taught from elementary school to university. Materialism does not believe in this either. This is even more unbelievable than a miracle! Li Sheng thought wildly, and suddenly someone slapped him on the shoulder.
"Are you too drunk! It's not normal today! Go pick up a bamboo pole and set off firecrackers!" Li Jian was a little worried, but he didn't care too much.
After setting off the firecrackers and returning home, Li Sheng didn't sleep well all night. The tomb of the ancestor must be strange. But Daddy may not agree to let him dig the grave. Besides, because of this anomaly, digging the ancestral graves is really sorry for the ancestors. After thinking about it for a long time, Li Sheng decided to talk to his grandfather. Grandpa must know something.
The next day, on the morning of the twenty-seventh day of the lunar month, Li Sheng left the new village under the pretext of going to the county town to play with his classmates. Sitting on the bus passing by the psychiatric hospital, Li Sheng's heart was surging, and he actually had the feeling that the toad at the bottom of the well had climbed onto the platform of the well and saw the outside world.
Fengshan Psychiatric Hospital, a well-known professional psychiatric hospital in the county, is also the only psychiatric hospital in the county, located at the foot of Fengshan Mountain in the northwest of Xiangai Town, surrounded by trees, and connected to the main road by a dirt road of less than 100 meters.
Li Sheng went to the information desk and asked where his grandfather lived, and soon found his grandfather. Li Wei lives in a ward alone, although he is over sixty years old, his body is very strong, and he has not been depressed in the hospital for a few days, and his spirit is still very good. A white-bearded middle-aged man next to him was wearing a white coat, kind eyebrows, and politeness, it was Zhang Jisheng.
"Good grandson, come here, grandpa misses you!" Li Wei was lying on the bed, and when he saw Li Sheng, he greeted him very happily.
"Hello Uncle Zhang, Grandpa, are you all right?" Li Sheng sat on the edge of the bed and looked at his grandfather carefully. In the hospital, I guess my life was not too good, my grandfather lost a lot of weight, and his hair was basically white.
Zhang Jisheng said with a smile: "Old Man Li is in good health, but he is old and loves to think cranky!"
"You literate people just don't believe in this. Let me tell you, there are really ghosts in this world!" Li Wei said with a babbled spirit.
Zhang Jisheng was helpless and instructed: "Li Sheng, accompany your grandfather to have a good chat." I'm still busy, so I won't talk to you. With that, he got up and walked towards the door.
"Uncle Zhang, go slowly!" When Zhang Jisheng walked out of the door, Li Sheng gently closed the door, and then walked quickly to his grandfather's bedside. "Grandpa, what's going on, you tell me about it!"
"I saw that you are too grandpa!" Li Wei said with some excitement and some amazement.
With just this sentence, Li Sheng felt a chill on his back and goosebumps all over his body. Grandpa has been dead for more than ten years, and if he says something unpleasant, he is still lying in the cemetery, how can he see it. He said incredulously, "Is it true?"
"It's true! And it's not just your grandfather, he's also leading a child. That day, I was sitting under the big locust tree, when suddenly I saw your grandfather walking past me. Your grandfather is still the same as when he was young, tall and strong, and he still leads a child. The child looks very cute, just like your grandfather when he was a child. Your grandfather looked at me with a smile just like he did when he was alive!
I asked him, "Dad, I haven't seen you in years, I miss you! Where are you from? What about my mother?"
Li Sheng's nose was sour, it seems that his grandfather is old, and he always likes to think of the past. This is to take memories as reality and hallucinate.
Your grandfather said, "I'm from another world, your mother, your uncle, aunt, aunt, uncle, grandparents, and grandparents are all there." Do you want to go?" Li Wei's imitation was so vivid that Li Sheng felt as if he was there in person, and the person being asked was himself.
"I told your grandfather that I wanted to go. Your grandfather is walking in front of you, and I am following behind. Not long after leaving, your father came to get in the way. Your father is stubborn, he didn't believe anything I said, and he was sent here in the end. I'm angry when I say it, I almost saw your grandmother!" Li Wei said this, gritting his teeth a little, as if he was still angry that day.
"Grandpa, didn't you find out that it was the way to our ancestral grave?" Li Sheng reminded.
"Isn't your grandfather there? Isn't your grandmother there? Isn't it in the ancestral grave?" Li Wei said indignantly.
At this moment, Li Sheng had an extremely bad premonition that his grandfather was going to leave him. "Grandpa, don't you think about these things all the time, don't you want to hug your great-grandson? Don't you want to live in the same house for four generations? I will definitely work hard in the past few years to find you a granddaughter-in-law." You see, how good it is for the family to be together. Besides, can you bear to let your grandmother live alone? My uncle and his family went to the south to do business, and they haven't come back for a long time, and they want to see you. They will definitely come back during the Chinese New Year!"
"It's time for the New Year! Isn't the New Year a family together? My illness is cured! It's time to go home!" he said, lifting the quilt, putting on his slippers, and about to go out.
"Wait a minute! I'll call someone!" Li Sheng hurriedly stopped, stood up and walked out.
"Don't worry!" the door was pushed open with a creak, and Zhang Jisheng walked in as he spoke. "Change your clothes, pack up, and go home for the New Year! I heard it outside just now, Lao Li is still talking about the same thing, Li Sheng, you have to take good care of your grandfather when you go back!"
Li Sheng took his grandfather back to the village, and did not go to his grandfather's house, but directly led him back to his own home. Then he took his grandmother over. There are too few people in the old couple to live, and it is estimated that there are not too many entertainment activities at ordinary times, so Li Sheng is really a little worried. Li Sheng's mother has no opinion on this, anyway, there is still one empty room in the house, and after cleaning, let the second elder move in.