stonecrandall Chapter 201, Qingming Chapter
Chapter 201, Qingming Chapter
"Mom, I'll help you." Knowing that her husband came back today, after Chen Mingzhu and Qin Yun put the child to sleep, they also went outside to wait for her husband to come back.
Seeing that the mother-in-law was going to heat up the food, the two young daughter-in-laws followed her to help.
That night, even Qiao Xiaohui and Qiao Sanmei didn't sleep, only the twins were young and sleepy at one o'clock, so they went to bed first.The three of them, the siblings, were also here waiting for their elder brother to come back.
Hearing the sound of the car outside, Qiao Sanmei asked her sister, "Sister, are you back?"
"It should be." Qiao Xiaohui nodded, her eyes were also looking outside.
They stood at the door when they heard a cluster of lights coming, and several people stood at the door and waited.Huang Yan waved to the people who were driving over there, and called out, "Hey, did you catch someone?"
"I got it."
Seeing his wife standing there from a distance, Qiao Chunfu pulled the brakes and let the eldest nephew and a group of boys behind get out of the car.
"elder brother--"
As soon as Qiao Minglang got out of the car, he heard the voices of their children. He was rushed over and hugged by a few children. He reached out and patted the shoulders of the children, and asked a little dumbfounded: "Why are you here? Go back to sleep?"
"We want to wait for you to come back." Qiao Sanmei said without hesitation.
"Yoyo, just wait for your brother, don't you wait for us brothers?" Qiao Mingyong asked while reaching out his hand to pinch the little girl's face jealously.
"Crack!" Qiao Sanmei slapped this little cousin's hand away. This little cousin is the worst, always likes to pinch people's faces, and looks at this little cousin accusingly.
"Hey, don't bully children all the time." Qiao Mingliang couldn't see it, and gave his younger brother a hand. The little girls in their old Qiao's family are very aggressive, and they will bite if they are accidentally provoked.
Turning to his little cousin, he said, "Your cousin Xiaoyong is still young and ignorant, so ignore him."
"Second brother, what are you talking about? I only tease her because I like her. Do you think I am teasing others?" Although Qiao Mingyong likes to tease his younger brothers and sisters, he is not bad towards them.
"..." Qiao Mingliang, do you still have a reason?
Qiao Minglang patted their little girl's head and asked her to be polite to her cousin.Third Sister Qiao was very angry, but when she heard her brother's words, she could only nod her head and say yes.
"Have all your brothers come back together?" Seeing that a group of boys from their family had come back, Huang Yan came over to take a look, and found that no one was missing, and then led a group of boys into the yard, "Go Let's go, I left you some food, eat at your aunt's house and then go back to take a shower and sleep."
"It's all back, the store is closed for a few days."
"I'm back." Uncle Qiao wasn't asleep yet. He just went to take a shower and saw a group of boys at home came back.
"Dad."
"Uncle."
"Well, go put away your food and eat first."
Uncle Qiao waved his hand and told the boys to eat first.
Seeing the two boys in their family, Huang Yan patted the children's arms, and found that although the two boys looked thinner outside, but the flesh on their bodies was very strong, she asked the children if they were doing well outside, and whether they ate or not. Have a full stomach.
"We eat three or four meals a day, so we won't be hungry." Qiao Mingzhong responded.
At this time, the lights of other houses in the village were all extinguished, only the lights of their house were still on.
After the village was connected to electricity, it also brought some convenience to their lives. At least they got up in the middle of the night to do something, and they didn't have to look for things to light up the lights, just turn on the lights.Oil lamps are not as bright as electric lights. Turn on an electric light and the whole room is lit up.
"Our house is powered on now, and it's as bright at night as it is during the day." Huang Yan was delighted with the convenience brought to them by the electricity connection. The few electricity bills that they barely pay for lighting have all been replaced by lighting. I seldom use oil lamps.
"The electricity has been turned on outside for a long time, and it is only at this time that our village has been turned on." Qiao Mingzhong said.
"Isn't there a line to come here? It's early in our village. I heard that some villages are still queuing. I don't know when they can be pulled inside."
They are still relatively close to the town, and the wires are pulled from the town to the villages below, one by one, and there are some villages behind them, and those villages are not yet connected to electricity.
When the mother and son met, they had to say a lot.
Aunt Qiao, who was in the kitchen, heard the voice outside and shouted to the outside: "I'm back, you go wash your hands and come over to eat." She directed the two daughters-in-law to bring the hot dishes to the table outside.
When the young couple met each other, there was affection in their eyes, you looked at me, and I looked at you.
"Is our son asleep?" Seeing his wife, Qiao Mingshan leaned over and asked where the child was.Chen Mingzhu responded with a "sleep", put the dishes in her hand on the table, and asked everyone to sit down and eat.
Everyone washed their hands and sat down to eat. They hadn't eaten home food for a long time. A group of boys sat down, picked up chopsticks, and ate food and food with big mouthfuls.
"Aniang, the dish you cooked is so delicious. I haven't eaten your dish for a long time. I always dream of coming back to eat your meal."
"Auntie, your cooking skills are still so good."
"..."
Aunt Qiao was coaxed by a group of boys and smiled, "If it tastes good, eat more, if it's not enough, let's make it again."
"Enough is enough." A group of boys shouted quickly.
Uncle Qiao, who was outside, heard a group of boys coaxing his wife inside, laughed angrily, and said to the brothers sitting beside him: "These brats! They have enough to eat, but they can't stop their mouths."
"Leave them alone." Qiao Chunfu said with a smile.
The two brothers had a conversation outside, and the old man came out wearing his coat when he heard the voice in the room. When the two saw their father coming, they hurriedly helped him to sit down.
It's been a long time since I ate the familiar food at home. A group of boys have been eating since they sat down. Finally, all the food on the table was eaten, leaving only a little vegetable juice.
Until very late, the group of boys were sent away, and the boys in the family stayed at home. Aunt Qiao saw the bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen and said, "I'll clean it up tomorrow."
"Mother, go to bed when you're sleepy. Let's collect it here, and it will be fine soon." Chen Mingzhu and Qin Yun were clearing the table. Otherwise, if these things were left here, mice would crawl over in the middle of the night.
"Yeah, Mommy, you and Dad go to bed, just leave it to us." Qiao Mingshan asked his parents to go to bed first, and they came to pack up the rest.
"Okay, then you take it away. If you can't finish it, let me clean it up tomorrow." Aunt Qiao said something and yawned. She was really sleepy, so she went into the house to sleep.
The lights of several houses went out one by one, the whole small village became quiet, and the night was already deep...
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They Sanwan Village lived in this place for hundreds of years, and their ancestors were buried in the mountains behind after their deaths.Every year on the day of Ching Ming Festival, many families in the village will go up the mountain to worship their ancestors.
This year's Ching Ming Festival is still the day after tomorrow, and many people in the village did not go up the mountain to worship their ancestors until the day of Ching Ming Festival.However, because the boys in their family were still in a hurry to go back to the city to open some, so Uncle Qiao and his brothers discussed with the people in the clan in advance, and they worshiped their ancestors two days in advance.
Except for the tombs of some ancestors, everyone worshiped together, and the tombs of other relatives were worshiped by their own families, so there is no need for everyone to worship together.
After sweeping the cemetery on the first day, they each worshiped their relatives on the second day.
An unknown little flower grew in front of the grave. Qiao Minglang watched the little purple flower swaying in the wind, feeling a little indescribable in his heart. Bring younger brothers and sisters to worship their parents.
Their parents died young and were buried in the same place, with two graves side by side.
"Come here and kowtow to my parents..." Qiao Minglang took his younger brothers and sisters to kowtow to their parents. The twins are still young and still at an ignorant age. They don't have much impression of their parents who have left. Even if I was crying, I was crying to find my brothers and sisters, but I didn't see them looking for my father and mother.
Only the younger children like them still remember the father and mother who left.
Siblings knelt down in rows to kowtow to their parents.
On this day, the brothers and sisters are not in a good mood. No one doesn't want their parents to be around, and no one doesn't want their parents to grow up with them.However, not everyone is so lucky to have their parents by their side until they grow up.
The dead are gone, they can only cherish the relatives who are still around.
I just don't know if the couple in the underground knew that their son had changed. Perhaps the three of them would reunite underground. They already knew that the boy's body had changed.
Qiao Minglang silently promised the couple in his heart that he would help them take care of their children, and these were also his younger siblings and family members.
He suddenly thought of the old peddler who raised him, and wondered if anyone would still burn incense for the old peddler at this time of year after he left.
But maybe no one burns incense for the old peddler. The old peddler is only his adopted son. Even after he is gone, no one will remember the old peddler who walked around the streets, and no one will remember him... …
"It's all good, let's go." Uncle Qiao wiped the corners of his eyes, his eyes were a little red, and called everyone to go down the mountain together.
When going down the mountain, Qiao Minglang held a younger brother in one hand, led his brothers and sisters, and followed everyone down the mountain.
Seeing that it is not easy for the little cousin to lead a group of younger brothers and sisters by himself, several other cousins came to help him.
Now that everyone is fighting outside together, the relationship between the brothers is better than before, and they help each other.These cousins are a little bit older, and they take care of the younger cousins, and the feelings of the several families are closer than before.