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Tomb-sweeping was required in the countryside years ago. Early in the morning, Jing Xiaoqian and grandma made preparations, and drove back to the countryside to sweep the graves of grandpa and parents.The house in the country has been locked for many years. If it weren't for the cemeteries, the house could be sold for 2000 yuan, but the ancestral grave is in the country, so the house can't be sold either.

It’s been almost a year since I came back, and the lock was rusted. Grandma took out the key from the bag and inserted it. It wouldn’t open even if she turned left or right, “Oh, I’m afraid I have to break it open again.”

Jing Xiaoqian hurried forward to help, but there was nothing to do. She went to a neighbor's house to borrow some vegetable oil, poured it into the keyhole, and fiddled with it for a long time before opening it. Apart from some broken furniture and farm tools, there was nothing else in the house.Grandma went to the back room to find the hoe and sickle. Although they were rusty, they were still usable.Just like this, the old and the young took tools and paper money, and followed the mountain road to find the cemetery.

The two graves were close to each other, and had been covered by withered weeds again. Xiaoqian pulled it a few times with her hands, but she couldn't move it, so she picked up the sickle to cut it.

"Grandma, why is the grass growing so much? Didn't it be cleaned up on Qingming Festival?"

"Look how good the air is in the countryside. There is plenty of water in the mountains. The grass grows vigorously. I remember that when I was farming in my hometown, your father liked to be lazy and let him herd cattle. He just tied the cow to a tree and let it wander around all afternoon, but when he came back after playing for a long time, the cow would be fed by itself."

"My dad is so naughty?"

"Aren't you naughty? When I was young, I was beaten a lot, and I didn't like reading. Later, I ran business with others, ran around, and got a little bit of a mess, and found a wife by my own ability. Later, when the conditions were good, the whole family moved to In the town. Your father is also filial, saying that farming is hard and won’t let us do farm work.”

In fact, Jing Xiaoqian has heard these stories many times. Every year when she comes back to visit the grave, her grandma has to tell them again. The grandfather and grandson are like telling stories, recalling the details of their deceased relatives over and over again.As long as you don't forget, they seem to be by your side forever.

"Well, how did he know that driving a big truck is more difficult than farming. Although farming doesn't make much money, it is practical, but driving a truck is always frightening. You don't know that grandma is begging the Bodhisattva all day long. Bless, bless, but something happened."

Jing Xiaoqian also always remembered that there was an incense burner and a picture of a Bodhisattva in her grandma's room. When she was young, she was ignorant and didn't understand what grandma was doing, but she would follow her grandma and kowtow in front of the Bodhisattva.

Xiaoqian saw that grandma became sad again while talking, so she asked, "Grandma, tell me how my father chased my mother."

There were already thin beads of sweat oozing from Grandma's forehead, so she put down her hoe and was about to unbutton her cotton-padded jacket.Hearing Jing Xiaoqian's question, grandma's hands stopped suddenly, and she smiled unconsciously when she thought of how stupid her son was when he brought his wife home for the first time.

"Come on, your father is so sweet. When he brought your mother home, I couldn't believe my eyes. This beautiful and beautiful girl fell in love with a poor boy like your father." His mouth seemed to be saying something bad about his son, but he couldn't hide the smug expression on his face, "I'm afraid your mother will run away when she sees our family's environment, so I dragged her at night and kept telling her about your father's Everything is good, but your mother comforted me, saying that she came back with him because she fell in love with your father."

"Then my grandmother's family didn't ask for gift money?"

"What kind of gift money do you want? You don't even want to open the door. Originally, your grandpa brought your father to the door to propose marriage, but your grandpa and grandma didn't want to see each other, so I told your mother, or forget it, for the sake of my poor boy." , It's not worth breaking up with your parents, but your mother doesn't know what's wrong with your father, so she just doesn't want to go back. Fortunately, your father was upright and didn't let your mother live a hard life. But no matter how good life is How about it......"

"Grandma, don't be sad. You say that your father is filial, and you definitely don't want to see you sad. Let's live a good life and live well. They look at us in the sky. Will be happy."

"Oh, this is life!" Grandma sighed heavily.

In less than half a day, the grandfather and grandson had cleaned up the grave.Grandma was burning paper money by the side, and Jing Xiaoqian also knelt beside her, throwing paper money into the fire one by one, and telling her parents what happened at school.

In the woods not far away, a woman in her 40s also came to visit the grave with a bag of paper money. She just looked at the cemetery from a distance, looked around from time to time, and waited.It wasn't until later that I saw the grandparents and grandchildren walking away, and then came out from inside.

"Dad, brother, sister-in-law, my little sister is here to see you." Before he could finish his sentence, tears flowed from his eyes. "Xiaoqian, you don't have to worry. My guy has already changed his ways. When he makes money, we will redeem everything that belongs to you and return it to Xiaoqian. I'm sorry for you, Xiaoqian, brother. Ah, sister-in-law! I will burn some more money for you, and you must do well there."

The author has something to say: Today is February 2rd, I’m going back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year, and I will also visit my grandparents’ graves and pay New Year’s greetings.

On February 2th, it will not be updated on New Year's Eve, everyone should be busy with the reunion dinner!

Starting from the first day of the Lunar New Year, it will be updated at 08:30 in the morning during the holidays, so that relatives can read the text when they are idle.

I wish my little angel friends a happy Year of the Pig, good health and good luck!