Soon, under the command of my aunt, the car stopped in front of a small hotel in Town F. The same city is only a county-level city, and the small towns and villages under its jurisdiction are not very big. Town F is called a town, but in fact it is not an ordinary town.
The village is large. It is currently a small town, but it was already planned as a village before she was reborn.
This small town still looked familiar to Su He. When she was in elementary school and junior high school, this place was a big place in her heart. What she wanted most when she was a child was that her parents could take her to play here, but later on she mostly wanted to play with her classmates.
Together, because my parents are always working, they want to rest during the holidays and rarely go out to play.
It was already noon after we checked into the room and put down our luggage, but no one had much appetite, so they just ate something in the hotel.
"Let's rest first, and we'll go visit the old house in the afternoon," Grandpa said.
No one had any objections. After a two-hour flight and a two-hour car ride in one morning, it was a bit overwhelming.
Grandpa and grandma shared a room, and Su He shared a room with her aunt. Lying on the bed, Su He couldn't sleep although she was very tired. In my impression, the anniversary is a very important day in L Village. Although it is different in every place,
The neighboring villages should be similar.
In my memory, on the anniversary day, the children need not eat meat or vegetables, do not comb their hair, or take a bath for that week, and go to worship before noon on the death anniversary. You can burn paper, gold ingots, and silver ingots. Some families with good conditions will also burn paper for the elderly.
A house also needs to be offered as an offering, steamed buns are essential, as well as food, that is, snacks, fruits, and meat from pigs, sheep, and cattle. A simple bowl of braised pork will suffice.
In terms of placement format, it is generally placed in a quantity relationship of three or a multiple of three. For example, the number of fruits on a plate should be at least three, or six, or nine, etc. Never place one or two at will.
. And the number of plates offered should also be three, or six, etc.
Maybe people who have lived in the city for a long time don't pay attention to these things, but in this old place like Su He's hometown, they pay great attention to these things. If you don't care about these things and don't do well, the villagers won't say anything in front of you, but behind your back, you won't pay attention to these things.
It was like having his spine broken.
Even Su He, a younger generation, knew things that her grandparents also knew. So after the break, she told Su He what she should pay attention to, that is, in Su He's memory, she did not comb her hair or take a shower.
Eat meat dishes. Everyone was quite relieved about Su He, and after saying a few words, they stopped repeating them.
Of course, Su He would abide by these things, whether it was because Su's father and mother looked the same as her parents, the love she had for the original owner in her memory, or because she immediately protected Su He at the critical moment.
Working hard without caring about his own life. Compared with all this, what little Su He has done is nothing. Thinking of Su's father and mother, Su He's heart still hurts, but he can no longer show it on his face. One year has made all these pains disappear.
Hidden deep in my heart.
In the afternoon, grandpa's schedule is to visit the old house and then go to the tomb of Su's father and mother Su tomorrow. Because there is a saying here that you have to pay homage and sweep the tomb before three o'clock in the afternoon, but now it is obviously too late.
I still rented a car to go to Village F, because Village F is relatively remote and the bus is not yet accessible.
The more the car drove, the more desolate it became. First there was a cement road intersection, and then there was a dirt road. Maybe it had rained recently, and the road was full of potholes and ditches. The driver was unwilling to run on this road, so he had to pay more. After all,
At this time, there are still relatively few cars in this place, and they are quite rare.
My aunt was the last one to get off the bus. She paid a lot of money and asked the driver to wait and send them back. After all, there was no way to rest here at night. It was difficult to find another car, and even if she found it, she might not know the road. Just now, my grandpa was traveling all the way.
Point it over.
Su He stood next to the old house and looked around. This place had never appeared in his memory, and the original owner had never been here.
If it weren't for the rice growing around it, this old house would seem to be built on a barren hill. There is only one house around. It's quite big, but you can see that the wall at the back is recessed, which should be what my grandfather said.
The kitchen is located, and there is a large area of ruins next to it.
"The school has also moved, that's right, it's been so many years." Standing in front of the old house, grandpa also sighed with emotion. He was in a hurry last time and didn't have time to see these, "Yingying, your grandpa still studied here when he was a child.
I’ve passed the book”
"Is this here?" Su He said, pointing to the ruins. Time must have destroyed it too much, and only the dregs were left.
"Well, this is hundreds of years old," Grandpa explained after seeing Su He's surprise.
"Oh" Su He understood.
Walking into the old house, you can see that although the house is made of earthenware, it is still relatively exquisite. Because when my grandparents left, they only took away some personal belongings and did not take away the large pieces of furniture, so these things
They are all still here, but it is already covered with dust, and there are a lot of spider webs around the house. It can be seen that my grandparents did not clean it last time they came back.
Su He felt his nose was a little itchy, so he couldn't hold it back and sneezed.
"Let's go out. No one has lived in it for 20 or 30 years. The smell is a bit strong." Grandpa patted Su He on the shoulder. "And it has not been repaired for so many years, so it is quite dangerous."
"Okay" everyone has no objection. In fact, except for my grandpa's deep memory of this old house, even my grandma is not very familiar with it. When my grandma married my grandpa, my grandpa was a lecturer at the university and they all lived out of town, so my grandpa's parents were there.
When I came back during Chinese New Year, I didn't stay here when I came back to worship. When I was young, I didn't feel it. When I got older, I often recalled my childhood, and I also felt emotional about the old house I remembered.
After leaving the house, grandpa stood in front of the old house in silence for a long time. No one made a sound to disturb him.
"Let's go back to the hotel, it's late." The way we came here was winding here and there, and the driver didn't know the road well and was not very fast. We originally left not too early, but after such a long delay, the sun was about to set even though the days were long in summer.
On the way back, everyone saw that grandpa was in a bad mood and didn't say anything. We arrived at the hotel in silence.
"Go to rest early and go to worship tomorrow," Grandpa said before leaving Aunt Su He.