It's terrible. Mr. Lu is too clingy.

In the early morning of early autumn, the fog was thick, like a white ghost, coming quietly.

The nearby trees and distant mountains became blurred and mysterious in the flowing fog, and the village was silent.

All the noise and bustle were swallowed up by it, as if entering the fairyland in the sky.

Lu Ciye: "Old, wife, why don't we wait until the fog clears before going up the mountain."

"It's just like the fairyland, what's there to be afraid of?" Xie Xingran turned a deaf ear and continued walking forward.

The voice of the person beside her was trembling. He was carrying a backpack on his back. Although he was tall and strong, he had to bend down and hug her arms tightly. She could clearly hear him swallowing his saliva.

"Wife, I'm not well-educated, so don't lie to me. How can the immortal world look like this? Don't you think this environment is terrifying?

What if a ghost suddenly jumps out? Woohoo, honey, I’m scared.”

Xie Xingran looked up at the sky speechlessly.

There's no way a ghost would jump out. There are enough people like him, a coward and a crybaby, within a hundred miles.

She had to stop and look at him: "It was you who said last night that you wanted to go to the mountain to visit the grave early and watch the sunrise."

Lu Ci also wiped his tears, his voice aggrieved:

"I didn't know it was going to be foggy this morning. How could we possibly watch the sunrise? I feel like a weird kid is going to show up and ask for directions any second."

Xie Xingran said indifferently: "What a useless fellow."

"..." Lu Ci also pouted, "Wuwu wife, you are willing to follow me even though I am useless. You must really love me."

Xie Xingran held his forehead with his hand, he really lost to him.

Pulling him around, she said, "Alright, alright, why are you crying? It's nothing serious. Let's go home and wait until the sun comes out."

Lu Ci also smiled and acted coquettishly: "Wife, you are the best - ah! Ghost!"

The big man, about 1.8 meters tall, grabbed her sleeve tightly and hid behind her with his waist bent.

Xie Xingran looked over and saw a little boy suddenly rushing out from the path on the right.

When he heard someone shouting "ghost", he started shouting too.

"Ah! Where's the ghost?"

While shouting, he ran to hide behind Xie Xingran.

As a result, she bumped into Lu Ci, and a big and a small person surrounded her and shouted

——"Ah! There's something wrong with my wife!"

——"Ah! Auntie, there's something fishy going on!"

Xie Xingran: ...

"Stop!" She grabbed the two of them and yelled, "Stop making trouble. You two are the only cowards here. Where else can you be?"

Their eyes met, full of innocence.

Lu Ci also reached out and poked the little boy who looked like a lucky doll. Feeling the warm touch under his hand, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Xingran: "Zixuan, why are you here alone so early in the morning?"

The little boy named Zixuan is the great-grandson of Grandma Chen from the neighboring village.

Grandma Chen was her grandmother's best friend, but she later moved to another place with her son and daughter-in-law. When her grandmother died, Grandma Chen was unable to come back to see her again.

Until five years ago, when his health began to deteriorate, the old man wanted to return to the village to live out of his roots.

After asking around and finding out what had happened in their family, she burst into tears and later treated her like her own granddaughter.

Perhaps it was because life in the countryside was peaceful and worry-free that Grandma Chen's health gradually improved. But the last time she came back, Uncle Zhang told her that she had fallen and was taken to the hospital by her son and daughter-in-law.

I just came back from the hospital yesterday.

Zixuan is only six years old, but he speaks very clearly:

"Grandma asked me to bring firecrackers to Auntie, and also asked Auntie to help her burn three incense sticks for Auntie. Oh? Oh, and where are my firecrackers?"

Zixuan turned around in a circle.

Lu Ci also picked up a firecracker from the side of the path and twisted it in his hand: "This?"

"That's it." Zixuan ran over and hugged him, then looked up at Lu Ciye: "Are you the uncle Xiaohao mentioned? You're so tall, taller than my dad."

Lu Ci also raised his chin complacently: "Of course, your aunt and I are a perfect match, aren't we?"

Zixuan remembered the title of a Peking opera his grandmother had watched and gave a thumbs-up: "The Fairy Couple!"

Lu Ci also chuckled and ruffled his hair: "You are quite interesting, kid. Your uncle will protect you from now on."

Zixuan blinked and asked seriously, "Can I eat something delicious and drink something spicy?"

Lu Ci also patted his chest: "Of course!"

Zixuan put down the firecrackers, knelt on it, and clasped his hands together: "Brother! Please accept my humble respect!"

Lu Ci also pretended to stop him: "Hey? Little brother, you can't do that."

Xie Xingran pulled Zixuan up from the ground and gave Lu Ci a cold look: "Aren't you afraid of shortening your life?"

Lu Ci also touched his nose guiltily and said nothing.

Originally, after visiting the grave this time, Xie Xingran was thinking of going to Grandma Chen's house. Now it just so happened that it would take some time for the fog to dissipate, so he might as well go to Grandma Chen's house and sit for a while.

So the three of them changed their route and went to the next village via a small road.

Along the way, the two people behind me kept honking.

Lu Ciye: "Little brother, you are afraid of ghosts too, right?"

Zixuan: "Brother, I'm most afraid of ghosts! My grandmother wanted me to go burn incense for the concubines, but I didn't dare to go, so I came here early and wanted to give you the firecrackers and leave."

Lu Ciye: "Don't be afraid. Your concubines and their wives are very gentle. They are the ones your aunt misses day and night. If you see them, be sure to tell them that your aunt misses them all the time."

Zixuan was so scared that he hugged his thighs and hung on his legs, his mouth deformed from the pressure:

"Uncle, I'm scared. Please stop talking. I don't dare to talk to ghosts."

Lu Ci also had a cold expression: "What a useless guy."

Zixuan: "As long as my uncle is promising, it's fine. Didn't my uncle say he would protect the family?"

Lu Ciye: "But your aunt said I have no future."

Zixuan: "Then uncle, you must hold on to aunt's thighs tightly, because grandma said that aunt is the most promising person in the village."

Lu Ci also chuckled: "Okay, when the time comes, if my uncle has a bite of meat, you will definitely have a bite of soup."

Zixuan: "But uncle, I want to eat meat too."

Lu Ciye: "Then you have to find your future wife. I am the only one who can eat my wife's soft rice. I can only give you two mouthfuls of soup at most."

Xie Xingran: ...

In this way, we arrived at Grandma Chen's house chatting and laughing. Grandma Chen's daughter-in-law, Aunt Chen, was at home and was cleaning the house.

Grandma Chen fell and broke her waist and had surgery. She has had to spend the past half month in bed.

"Grandma, great-grandma, aunt and uncle are here!" Zixuan shouted at the door.

Xie Xingran smiled and said, "Aunt Chen, the fog is too thick to go up the mountain, so I came to your house to sit down and visit Grandma Chen."

Aunt Chen put down the broom and stepped forward to greet him, "Xiaoxing, come in quickly, come in quickly. My mother has been talking about you since she got home yesterday. Knowing that you were going to visit the grave, she specially asked Zixuan to send firecrackers."

Seeing Lu Ciye, he looked him up and down and said with a smile, "Is this Xiaoye? I heard from Brother Zhang that Xiaoxing is married. I was wondering what kind of person Xiaoxing would like. Now that I see him, it's really different. He is really a handsome man."

"Yeah." Lu Ci also followed his wife's call obediently: "Aunt Chen, I am Xiao Ye. It is my blessing to be liked by my wife."

Aunt Chen praised with admiration: "Look, not only is she good-looking, but she's also very sweet. Put down the backpack quickly. It's really hard to go into the mountains in this foggy day. Let's go out when the sun comes out."