After Jiang Ning crushed the Ultraman toy, he got on his motorcycle and drove towards Nanhu in a leisurely manner.
After leaving the village, the flat concrete ground turned into a dirt road. It was winter, the air was bone-deeply cold, the ground was frozen hard, and the wheels rolled over, making a "clicking" sound as the fine ice broke.
He headed south, parallel to the ditch on the dirt road.
The wilderness in the winter morning is quiet and empty, as if filled with a faint morning mist, as if wisps of ghosts are wandering in it, depressed and lonely.
Jiang Ning didn't feel scared because of this deserted land like he did when he was a child. He just felt a little emotional in his heart.
Jiang Ning was born in a rural area. When he was a child, his parents followed the trend of the times and became two of the many rural migrant workers in the news. However, when a grain of sand of the times fell on his family, it turned into a big mountain.
Left-behind children usually live in the homes of their grandparents. The older generation does not have much education, and the separation of generations causes them to dote on their grandchildren. Coupled with the backward education in rural areas, under this environment, left-behind children are simply opening a blind box.
Most of the ordinary gangsters who come out must be of rare quality if they want to become college students.
Jiang Ning is barely considered rare. Thanks to the care of his grandparents, his childhood was temporarily happy.
This feeling of adoption led to Jiang Ning having a better relationship with her grandparents than her parents who went out to work. Many left-behind children have a similar idea.
However, when his grandparents passed away, Jiang Ning was not very sad and did not even cry, because he did not seem to realize what this meant. He just accompanied his family and went through the funeral numbly.
However, in the years to come, whenever he thought of Jiangjiazhuang and the old house where he lived, he would suddenly realize that he no longer had a home.
He was riding a motorcycle, and suddenly he remembered that when he was a child, his grandfather also rode a motorcycle and took him to Nanhu to visit his great-grandfather's grave. But now, his grandfather has become the person waiting for him to visit his grave.
‘Is life like this?’ Jiang Ning was silent.
The speed of the motorcycle gradually slowed down. Jiang Ning drove over a stone bridge again. He released the accelerator and the motorcycle stopped beside a ditch. He was carrying yellow paper and was preparing to cross the ditch and burn the paper for his grandfather.
Suddenly, Jiang Ning stopped in his tracks. He lowered his head and scanned the ditch. He saw that the ditch was four to five meters wide, surrounded by withered grass, the water surface was frozen, and the bottom of the water was invisible.
Jiang Ning was deeply impressed by this ditch. The ditches in rural areas are not only responsible for irrigating farmland, but also connecting rivers to various reservoirs and even fish ponds. Every year when there is a flood, fish will escape from the pond or swim upstream from the river.
Swim into the ditches in the countryside to recuperate.
For rural children, stepping barefoot into the ditch to fish and catch shrimp is the happiest time.
Jiang Ning has been in many ditches, but he has never been in this ditch because the villagers claimed that it had been dug by an excavator and was two meters deep, so he would drown if he fell in.
The more he heard it, the more it became engraved in Jiang Ning's heart.
His consciousness swept away, and he escaped into the ice, extending downward: 'The villagers are bragging, it's not two meters at all.'
'But three meters.'
Most of the ditches beside rural fields are only a little over one meter deep. If a person falls into a ditch three meters deep, he will be invisible. Fortunately, he did not commit suicide when he was a child.
Jiang Ning placed the two bundles of yellow paper on the grass. He stepped forward and stepped on the fragile ice with his toes. The ice trembled and made a "click" sound, but miraculously it did not break.
Jiang Ning stepped on the ice and continued to move forward until she reached the middle of the ditch. The overwhelmed ice instantly shattered, ripples appeared under her feet, and Jiang Ning's body fell.
At this moment, a flash of light flashed around Jiang Ning, and a thin film of flowing light appeared. He slowly sank into the water and disappeared.
Five seconds later, Jiang Ning came out of the water. He was not stained by any water stains, and he caught two struggling grass carps in his hands.
‘A toothpaste for grandparents.’ Jiang Ning thought.
He walked to the wheat field across the dirt road, and two bundles of yellow paper behind him suddenly rose into the air and followed him forward.
Walking to the two graves, Jiang Ning's eyes fixed. Jiang Hu and the others had visited the graves a few days ago, and there were still black ashes left in front of the graves that had not been burned for a long time.
Jiang Ning put down the yellow paper, pinched it with his fingers, and a flash of fire appeared, igniting it.
He stretched out his hand to grab it again, and saw a pile of fallen leaves and broken branches flying in the distance. Jiang Ning gutted the fish, built a barbecue rack, and grilled it in front of the grave. He also sprinkled some spices.
Jiang Ning smiled and said: "Grandpa and grandma, eat more, don't worry about the money, I caught it."
After the yellow paper burned out and the grass carp was cooked, he kowtowed three times solemnly before standing up and leaving.
Later, he found the graves of his great-grandfather and great-aunt, burned two bundles of yellow paper, and caught two fish to bake.
Although he has forgotten their appearance.
I remember one year, Jiang Ning and her grandfather came to visit their graves. Grandpa once said: "You still know their graves as long as I take them with you, but when you bring your children here in the future, they probably won't remember them!"
If Jiang Ning’s children remember, what about the grandchildren?
A hundred years later, there will probably be only one dry grave left, and all the grave heads will be gone.
When Jiang Ning was still young, she didn't think much of it, but now that she thinks about it, she feels a bit like the vicissitudes of life.
He looked towards the end of the fields to the east, and saw a winter sun rising slowly, its dazzling light penetrating the mist, seeming to disperse the ghosts wandering here, and representing the hope of new life.
"But..." Jiang Ning was a little funny: "Fortunately, I can live longer than my grandson.'
…
Half an hour after Jiang Ning left the field, two SUVs appeared here.
At the head was a Mercedes-Benz GLC, with uncle Jiang Qitian holding the steering wheel, co-pilot Jiang Junlong, and the eldest aunt and cousin-in-law in the back seat.
He parked next to the ditch, and the BMW X5 behind him stopped. The door opened, and a man in his mid-thirties got out. His face was peaceful and made people feel very reliable.
"Brother, where is uncle's grave?" Dachao asked.
He is the son of Grandpa Jiang Ning's brother. Their family did not stay in Wamiao Town, but went to Jiangsu Province to develop, where they did business, bought cars and houses, and successfully settled down.
It is said that it is difficult to leave the hometown, so they return to Wamiao Town every year to participate in weddings and weddings, and to keep in touch with their families.
There was a boy and a girl who got off the bus with him. They looked two years younger than Jiang Junlong, but their clothes were obviously more expensive.
Jiang Junlong said: "Brother Ning just came here to burn the paper. Whichever grave has ashes in front of it is our grandfather's grave."
Jiang Qitian slapped him on the head and said, "Can I remember my father?"
He walked straight to his father's grave. Just as Jiang Junlong wanted to call his cousin to follow him, he found his cousin staring straight at the broken ice in the ditch.
"Did someone fall?" Jiang Fan guessed.
Her sister Jiang Qianqian was wearing a long pink down jacket and said nonchalantly: "I guess someone hit her with a stone."
After finishing speaking, she passed directly over the two of them and chased her cousin-in-law in front of her.
Jiang Junlong and Jiang Fan couldn't find anything, so they had to give up guessing. He put his arm on Jiang Fan's shoulders and walked towards his grandfather's grave.
Jiang Fan said: "Brother, can you take me with you LOL?"
Jiang Junlong raised the corners of his lips. My brother is from a big city and his family is better off than his. In the past, he was a 'poor relative', so my brother was a little bit awkward in front of him.
As a result, when he revealed his identity as the LOL king, his cousin Jiang Fan immediately showed shock.
Jiang Junlong was secretly happy: "I will definitely do it next time."
They kept walking, and when they arrived at the grave, they saw Jiang Qianqian frowning.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Junlong was surprised.
The next second, he saw two skewers of grilled fish placed in front of the grave. The fish was grilled to a golden color, just like a goldfish. The surface was sprinkled with cumin and chili powder, which actually made people appetite.
"What's going on? Where did the grilled fish come from?" Jiang Junlong was confused.
Jiang Qianqian was suspicious: "Did we go to the wrong grave?"
Uncle Jiang Qitian: “It’s absolutely impossible to be wrong!”
Jiang Fan thought quickly and asked in surprise: "The ice broke in the ditch just now. Could it be that someone went down to catch the fish and brought it here to roast it?"
Jiang Qianxi ignored him and complained: "Brother, there is something wrong with you. How can you catch fish in such a cold weather?"
Jiang Fan: "You haven't seen it, so why should you deny it?"
Soon, he received a reply and said: "It was indeed my brother Ning who caught him."
Jiang Qianqian's tone was choked, as she thought of her cousin who had an ordinary appearance and a loose temperament in her memory.
She was speechless: 'What's wrong with you? You go to graves and still catch fish?'
Uncle Jiang Qitian chuckled: "Ning Ning still has an idea!"
He squatted on the ground and lit the yellow paper with a lighter, and the atmosphere gradually became quiet.
Jiang Qitian muttered: "Dad, my son is here to see you. Our family is doing well this year. As for me...and Litian, I am now the manager...You always said before that we would all break up after you left. Haha, how could we break up?"
, Todoroki has finished these two critical years, and we brothers will celebrate the New Year together every year from now on!"
After chanting for a while, Jiang Qitian called out: "Come here and kowtow!"
Jiang Junlong kowtowed and said, "If I burn paper for grandpa, grandpa will definitely bless me to go to Tsinghua University and make a fortune in the future."
Jiang Qitian smiled and scolded: "If you make a few wishes, your father is just dead, not a god anymore!"
The eldest aunt couldn't help laughing: "I'm going to the grave, what are you talking about!"
After everyone visited the grave, they went to the grave of Grandpa Jiang Fan and Jiang Qianqian.
Jiang Fan was very excited, and his father taught him a lesson: "Why are you jumping around, how did you do in the exam, and you still have the nerve to see your grandpa?"
Jiang Fan: "Can I wear a mask?"
Dachao: "Okay."
Finally, everyone searched for the grave of Grandpa Jiang Ning and burned paper and kowtowed.
Jiang Junlong looked at his phone and exclaimed: "Dad, you just said that Brother Ning didn't visit the grave of great-great-grandfather. In fact, when I asked him, he said that he had visited the grave of great-grandfather. But there was no one in front of the grave we just touched.
Burnt paper ashes!"
Uncle Jiang Qitian took a closer look: "It's really true!"
Uncle Dachao, Jiang Fan, Jiang Qianqian and others were all stunned.
"We're not going to Grandpa's grave, so whose grave is this?"
Jiang Junlong searched around and stood in front of a certain grave and shouted: "There is grilled fish in front of this grave, it's Grandpa's grave!"
Jiang Qitian felt relieved and said, "It's okay, your great-grandfather is right next to you. He will definitely be able to see it. Just think that we have been there!"
Jiang Qianqian complained: "Wouldn't he be even more angry when he saw it?"
Jiang Qitian: “…”
…
In the village, in front of Uncle Jin Gui’s house.
Weddings in rural areas are not like those in cities where people spend huge sums of money to go to a hotel and then have a grand ceremony.
The customs here in Wamiao Town are mainly simple. There are no sedans or big horses. They just set up a simple venue, lay out a red carpet, and invite a few children to spray colorful ribbons and fireworks when the bride and groom walk down the red carpet.
In the early days of material scarcity, there was still a party where the host family scattered candies. The candies were scattered all over the sky, and women and children competed for the candies. It was very lively. Now that life has improved, no one is too lazy to pick it up.
After Jiang Ning visited the grave, he had nothing to do, so he simply went to the desk at the door and presented money as a gift. Since he was a relatively close relative, Jiang Ning gave him five hundred yuan: "Jiang Litian."
The old teacher in the village who was responsible for taking names looked at him carefully and then said, "Are you Ningning from Xiaoli's family?"
Jiang Ning: "Yes."
The old teacher hurriedly said: "What a change!"
After paying the gift, Jiang Ning received a pack of Yuxi cigarettes and a candy bag. He opened it and saw the common low-quality candies, ordinary hard candies, plum brown sugar, unpalatable corn gummies...
There were no Alpine or chocolate candies that he liked, so he handed the candy bag to his eldest nephew Haohao.
Compared to the free and arrogant Haohao who played with his mobile phone casually yesterday, today's Haohao is very miserable. He limped to receive the candy and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "Thank you, uncle."
"You're welcome." Jiang Ning was happy. After his eldest nephew's true grades were exposed yesterday, he was severely drilled by Jiang Hu and Mrs. Hu.
The plump Tiger Sister-in-law was joining in the fun. She looked at the busy villagers and the vehicles approaching in the distance, and said with a smile: "It's so lively today!"
Hao Hao forced out a smile to please: "Yes, it's so lively, so good!"
Hu's wife glared at him, her eyes as bright as a torch. Haohao's heart trembled, and he had nothing to say, "But it wasn't as lively as when great-grandfather died."
Jiang Ning silently moved his position.
Soon, Haohao's miserable cries sounded.
At this moment, Uncle Jin Gui and the others went to pick up the bride. The people they were familiar with have not yet arrived at the home court.
Jiang Ning had nothing to do, so she took out her mobile phone to play with it.
Chen Siyu @ him in the group: "Jiang Ning, have you gone to dinner?"
Jiang Ning raised her phone, took a photo towards the wedding venue, and sent it to the group: "The bride hasn't come yet."
After Chen Siyu saw the photo: "Wow, what a wedding scene!"
Jiang Ning: "Yeah, yes."
Meng Ziyun: "It's quite simple."
Lu Qiqi's message was: "No, this is a wedding scene, how funny is it?"
She continued: "If I get married in a place like this, I will really be unhappy for the rest of my life. This is a blasphemy against marriage..."
When Jiang Yanan saw the news about the good sisters, she wanted to say that in fact, she would rather use the money for the wedding to travel or save it than to make it exaggerated. However, considering that they were sisters, she did not refute.
Dong Qingfeng: "It's indeed a bit crude."
Lu Qiqi gained recognition and continued to output: "How important is the wedding? I don't say it should be held in a high-end banquet hall, at least it must be a mid-range one? You only have one marriage in this life, and you can't leave regrets, otherwise you will regret it for the rest of your life. Boys in the group
Listen carefully..."
Ma Shicheng: "Haha, the college entrance examination is only once in a lifetime. Why haven't I seen you working hard to get into Tsinghua University?"
