Not a god

Chapter 86 Visiting the Grave
It’s not that no one is taking care of my grandmother. She is of a higher generation than others and is the grandpa of many families in their village. In other words, she is the descendant of Wanwan’s grandfather’s brothers and sisters.

At around four o'clock, someone came over and called grandma, asking her to remember to come over for dinner later.

The man saw Chen Xi, took a glance and recognized him, said hello, and handed over a cigarette. Chen Xi took the cigarette and glanced at Wan Wan. Chen Xi declined.

He looked at Chen Xi, then at Wanwan, shook his head and sighed.

Then he praised Wanwan for becoming more and more beautiful, and said she was more beautiful than any big star on the Internet.

Aunt Jiang next to him was coughing, and he just noticed it and quickly added:
"My aunt is getting prettier and prettier, nothing to say!"

Aunt Jiang's expression calmed down a little.

Grandma and Aunt Jiang went to have dinner with their relatives. Wanwan was not very familiar with those relatives, so she had been eating at Chen Xi's house for the past two years.

On the way back, Jiang Wanwan suddenly said, "Grandma doesn't have much time left."

She had actually seen through it. Chen Xi concentrated on driving: "Well, grandma is also eighty years old." This is not surprising, it can be considered a happy funeral.

"But I don't seem to feel sad, brother... do you think I'm so cold?"

"Well, you won't be sad now. Maybe after grandma passes away, one day you will suddenly think of the fact that grandma is no longer here, and suddenly feel sad."

"...I'm starting to feel sad now." Jiang Wanwan suddenly wanted him to turn around. She suddenly started to miss her grandma again.

Chen Xi felt that he was just being nosy and changed the subject: "By the way, aren't you the King of Fengdu?"

Wanwan knew what he wanted to say, and said with a somewhat desolate look, "If the dead can be resurrected, then there is no meaning in living or dying."

“Where do people go when they die?”

"Maybe he will be reincarnated, maybe not. Maybe he will be reincarnated right away, maybe it will be a long time before he is reincarnated."

"why is that?"

Jiang Wanwan thought for a moment and replied, “Just like the water cycle on Earth, some water will evaporate and turn back into clouds, and then fall again, while some water will remain on the ground for various reasons and cannot return to the sky for the time being.

After a person dies, their soul will return to the True Spirit River and then be reincarnated. Some souls may be detained for various reasons. "

"Reincarnation really exists, so I actually have a past life?"

“…It’s called reincarnation, but the nature of reincarnation is actually different from what you think. It’s impossible to find your previous life.

This is like pouring a bottle of water into the sea, and then getting a new bottle of water out of the sea. Do you think it is possible to get a bottle of exactly the same water?

If they could do it, they would be able to reincarnate endlessly, but living beings basically can’t do it.”

Chen Xi thought about it, and it felt like that after everyone died, they were thrown into a meat grinder and ground into pulp. Then a creator named Nuwa or God would grab a handful of the pulp, mold it into a person, and throw it into the world.

It’s a bit scary to think about it.

"It turns out that past lives, present lives, and Meng Po are all lies."

“You can’t say it’s a lie, Meng Po actually existed, but she was a figure from the last era.

During the period of Jedi Tiantong, when people died, they basically returned to the River of True Spirits and began to reincarnate continuously.

However, during the period of spiritual energy revival, due to the existence of spiritual energy, the souls of the immortals after death can easily condense and not disperse, and stay in the human world.

These lingering souls either cannot find the way to Fengdu and simply wander around in the human world, or become powerful and cause trouble.

At this time, the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Demons are needed to lead the dead souls to the True Spirit River regularly, drink Meng Po Soup to eliminate their memories, speed up the dissolution of the soul, and promote the reincarnation of the entire human world. "

That is to say, during the period of absolute connection between heaven and earth, when a person dies, he will immediately evaporate into water vapor and rise up, re-entering the cycle of reincarnation. During the period of spiritual recovery, the humidity is heavy, and it is difficult for the soul to evaporate after death. The soul will remain in the human world in a daze, and needs to be guided to the river to re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

It turns out that the underworld of Fengdu, the Ox-Headed and Horse-Faced Devil, Meng Po and the like are all staff members who promote the water circulation of the dead souls.

Chen Xi stepped on the accelerator and took Jiang Wanwan back to Old Chen's house.

It’s four o’clock in the afternoon and I haven’t eaten yet. There are so many things to do.

The custom here is to worship ancestors and sweep tombs before the reunion dinner on New Year’s Eve.

In the past, it was the adults who took care of it, but now it falls on Chen Xi and the others.

The gold ingots, firecrackers, incense, paper money, tribute goose, roasted meat, tea, wine, rice and so on were prepared by a few aunts, but the tasks of carrying the things, cleaning the ancestral house, setting off firecrackers and burning incense mostly fell on them.

Chen Xi was the eldest grandson, and everyone was waiting for him. Seeing that the time was almost up, he started calling people:
"Let's go, Chen Hongying, come out and carry the burden."

"Wait, finish this one."

"Why are you so lazy? Go!" Her aunt took her phone. Going to worship the ancestors is not just about burning incense, but also sweeping the graves. There are a lot of weeds in the back hills, so you have to wear water shoes and take a sickle, hoe, shovel, etc.

Chen Xi came out with some tools, "Where are the firecrackers? I'll set them off. Ade, you take the basin of goose."

"oh oh!"

Chen Qinqin came over in small steps and whispered, "Second brother, arrange something for my boyfriend..."

Chen Xi looked up and saw the young man looking at him shyly.

"Let's go, let's finish it early and come back for dinner."

Although it is already the 21st century, there is still a set of simple unspoken rules in rural areas like this: whoever has a larger family is more powerful and speaks louder in the village.

When the Chen family set out, there were more than a dozen people in Wulala, a huge team.

Several young men were carrying things, the uncle and his friends were bragging in the front, while the aunt and cousin were cracking melon seeds and gossiping in the back.

Chen Pao was picking up the unburned firecracker ends that Chen Xi had thrown out. Little Chen Yi followed behind him, staggering over to see what he was picking up. Chen Pao handed a firecracker to her.

Old Chen was hanging at the end of the team, looking at Chen Pao, Chen Xin and little Chen Yi.

Some of the people who came back from paying homage to their ancestors were only two or three people scattered around, looking a little lonely and thin, and not as noisy as them.

Someone saw so many people in their house and greeted Old Chen: "Hey, Weimin, are you going to train?"

"Have you finished worshipping?"

"We finished the worship after lunch. You have many grandchildren here. It's a big family."

Old Chen was full of disgust and said, "What a bullshit! I can't even have a day of peace!"

The old man said this, but he couldn't hide his smile.

If people are too quiet when they get old, they are really just counting down the days. Life will be more interesting only when there are noisy grandchildren around.

The man saw little Chen Yi and looked puzzled: "…This little kid?"

"Chen Xi and Wan Wan."

"Hey, are they getting married soon?"

"We haven't had the drinks yet."

In fact, they didn’t get the marriage certificate, but Old Chen likes to tell little lies. Anyway, Chen Xi said it, so he told everyone that it was him and Wanwan’s daughter.

Old Chen picked up little Chen Yi and said, "Dear, why are you calling me?"

Little Chen Yi was picking up firecracker scraps behind Chen Pao, and was stunned when she was suddenly picked up.

She looked at the firecrackers in her hand, then at Old Chen, "Grandpa, Grandpa!"

"Oh, so good, so good!"

The man suddenly felt even more jealous. Old Chen held Chen Yi in his arms, looking very proud, like a triumphant general.

Chen Yi handed the firecracker in her hand to Old Chen: "Go, go, go, go!"

"This is a firecracker, it must be loud."

Chen Yi pointed to the front: "Dad, Dad is so loud."

"Yes, your father is setting off firecrackers."

Old Chen held Chen Yi in his arms and looked at his grandchildren in front of him. Suddenly, he felt some emotion in his heart.

In the past, he was the one setting off firecrackers in the front, and a bunch of little kids followed behind him, making so much noise that it was impossible to control them.

Now, the grandchildren have grown up and are sensible. They repeat his past ways of offering sacrifices to their ancestors and tell them that they now have a large family and a harmonious and prosperous family.

What a beauty in his heart!
Old Chen did suffer when he was raising children more than ten years ago, but now who wouldn't envy him? He has many children and grandchildren, and all of them have started their own families and careers.

Especially some families have only one or two children, who seemed to have gone to Jiangcheng to work and have not returned this year, saying that Jiangcheng has great development.

What could be more important than a family reunion? Wasn't his eldest grandson also in Jiangcheng, coming back for the New Year?

Just as Old Chen was feeling deeply moved, a fire suddenly broke out at the ancestral grave in front of him, and his grandchildren were all busy and confused.

What's on fire?
Upon closer look, the ancestral tomb was on fire!
(End of this chapter)