Chapter 301 Missing a night of drinking for half my life
Author: Zhijianling
Chapter 301 Missing a night of drinking for half my life
"Here we are, right here!"
After walking through the ravines for a long time, Lu Lu initially estimated that after eating, he had climbed eight or nine more hills. As evening approached, Jiang Zewei, who had been leading the way, finally stopped and said something in a rich voice.
A group of people searched everywhere in the dark woods on the hillside, but all they could see was green, and no trace of tombs could be seen.
"Go down a hundred meters, and there will be water under a big tree. The water is drinkable. A little further up, there is a piece of flat land. Let's set up a firewood there. I have seen this land before. It is a well.
It’s a great place. From the looks of it, not many people come here, so it should be able to sell a lot of goods.”
Jiang Zewei took a deep breath and turned around to give instructions to several people.
None of them said much, and they walked up the hillside for a while, and sure enough they saw a flat open space.
So they each took their knives, cleared the surrounding weeds, and then began to set up tents and build fires.
Chen Xiuqing carried the hanging pot down to look for water. After a while, she came back with two hanging pots of water.
After taking a short rest, Jiang Zewei asked Liang Kangbo for a sickle, and then walked into the forest.
"You guys get busy first, I'll follow you and take a look!"
Lu Lu said hello to several people, and followed Jiang Zewei toward the forest with a semi-automatic and a sling stick in his arms, helping to greet them along the way.
After not walking very far, Jiang Zewei stopped in front of a large vine.
"This is it. My star brother is buried right here."
Jiang Zewei looked at the large vine in silence, slowly squatted down, raised the sickle in his hand, and began to clean up the surrounding debris.
"Uncle, let me do it!"
This large bush of plants, wisteria, weeds and thorns intertwined together and occupied a large area. It would take a lot of effort to clean it up.
"No, I can do this myself. This is the first time in my life that I have come to visit my brother's grave, and it will also be the last time in my life!"
Jiang Zewei smiled bitterly at Lu Lu and turned back to continue the work at hand.
He worked very slowly and carefully, pulling out the weeds one by one, cleaning the canes one by one, and cutting off the thorns one by one.
It took a quarter of an hour to vaguely see a small mound with stones guarding the edge. If Jiang Zewei hadn't said it was a tomb, others would never have recognized it.
Suddenly, Lu Lu noticed something moving inside, and he quickly grabbed Jiang Zewei's hand, which was about to grab the next cane.
"Uncle, you have money!" Lu Lu said in a low voice.
Jiang Zewei tilted his head and looked inside, and sure enough he saw a earth-ball snake emerging from a gap in the rocks.
This earth-ball snake was thicker and much larger than the one Lu Lu saw last time, and it looked scary.
Fortunately, it didn't linger much and moved toward the weeds on the side, quickly disappearing.
After making sure it was safe, Jiang Zewei continued to clean up.
It took more than half an hour to clear away the vines, thorns and surrounding weeds that had grown on the tomb.
Zhao Yongke, Liang Kangbo and Chen Xiuqing were already surrounding them.
They had finished what they were doing and had prepared the food. They came over to watch. They didn't bother Jiang Zewei and just watched silently, with complicated expressions on their faces.
"Brother Tianxing, it's been almost forty years, brother, I'm here to see you!"
Looking at this small mound, Jiang Zewei let out a long sigh: "I remember when we brothers became sworn brothers, we also said that we would share blessings and share hardships. Unexpectedly, you helped us block the difficulties, but we didn't enjoy it.
Blessing... I don't have the ability. I have been wanting to come to this mountain for so many years, but have never been able to do so. Today I finally got my wish.
The second brother You is gone too. He was harmed by his childhood. Now only three of me, Minghai and Yuewang are left. They are all about to be buried. Maybe in a few years, we brothers will be reunited.
"
After he finished speaking, he limped to the tent, took off a cloth bag from the donkey tied nearby, returned to the tomb, glanced at Lu Lu and others: "The food is cooked, help
Get me some drinks!"
As soon as he finished speaking, without Lu Lu's need to say anything, Chen Xiuqing ran back quickly, and soon came back with a bowl of food. There was a lot of cooked meat, wild vegetables, and mushrooms piled on top of the rice.
This guy is quite honest. Normally, he only needs to make a little of the same rice and rice to have a symbolic meaning. His full bowl is more like giving it to others.
However, it was precisely because of this sincerity that when Jiang Zewei saw the bowl of food, he smiled and took a deep look at Chen Xiuqing. He turned back to Lu Lu and said, "You uncle, you have to be good in the future."
Wait for him."
Lu Lu nodded: "I can!"
Jiang Zewei placed the bowl of substantial food in Chen Xiuqing's hand in front of the grave and opened the cloth bag next to it. Only then did Lu Lu see that there was a lot of paper money and incense inside.
When he took out the grave paper, Lu Lu quickly cut a branch from the side and handed it to Jiang Zewei. He watched as he tied the grave paper to the branch and inserted it on the grave, lit incense and burned some paper money.
Lu Lu took a deep breath, reached the grave, and knelt down directly.
"What are you doing?" Seeing Lu Lu kneeling down, Jiang Zewei was a little surprised: "You and I, Tianxing brothers, are not relatives, so there is no need for this!"
"Uncle, I have gained your inheritance and have formed a great bond with you. He is your brother. How can you say that he is not a relative or a friend? Besides, the dead are the most important. As a descendant, I should also pay my respects. What's more, he is still a brother.
There is such loyalty between you..."
After hearing what Lu Lu said, Chen Xiuqing also followed over and knelt down next to Lu Lu, followed closely by Liang Kangbo and Zhao Yongke.
Looking at these people, Jiang Zewei burst into tears for a moment and said in a trembling voice: "They are all men who value friendship, okay!"
The three people stood up after praying three times in succession. When Jiang Zewei burned paper money, they each also burned some.
After the work was done, Jiang Zewei wiped his tears, smiled and greeted a few people, "Let's go, everyone goes back to eat."
A few people went back to the fire and sat on the ground. They had a dull meal. By the time the meal was finished, it was already dark.
At this moment, Jiang Zewei took two bowls and his large package of paper money, put the wine on top, and said to several people: "You can go to bed early tonight and don't worry about me."
After finishing speaking, he returned to the grave, poured himself a large bowl of wine, burned paper money in front of the grave, and muttered to himself while drinking wine.
None of the four people, Lu and Lu, bothered.
After watching in silence for a while, Lu Lu said to the three of them: "You all go to bed early. I will keep vigil tonight!"
Seeing Jiang Zewei like this, he was worried that things would not be over for a while, so he had to accompany him and beware of wild animals.
Chen Xiuqing and the three of them didn't say much, and all got into the tent to sleep.
Lu Lu sat by the fire, watching from a distance the old man drinking wine from time to time under the light of the paper money in front of the grave.
He didn't expect that this stay would last all night.
Half a lifetime of missing you, a night of drinking!
Jiang Zewei seemed to want to make up for all the things he had never been able to do in his life at once. He burned large packages of paper money all night, lit incense all night, drank wine all night, and muttered all night.
It wasn't until dawn that Chen Xiuqing and others woke up. Jiang Zewei staggered back and smiled at a few people: "I'll sleep for a while. When I wake up, let's worship the mountain god and press the mountain."
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After finishing speaking, he got into the tent and lay down, and soon fell asleep.
"Brother Lu, you should go to sleep too. You have stayed up all night." Chen Xiuqing said from the side: "We will take good care of the horses and Yuanbao."
Lu Lu nodded and followed him into the tent and lay down.
When he woke up, it was already noon, and he was woken up by the sweltering heat in the tent. He saw Chen Xiuqing and others busy cooking, and even Jiang Zewei had already gotten up.
Apparently, everyone was waiting for Lu Lu.
"Why don't you call me!" Lu Lu smiled sheepishly.
"Looking for a stick is a delicate job, so you need to be mentally refreshed... Okay, now that we're awake, let's get ready and worship the mountain god."
It seemed that the knot in his heart had been resolved, and Jiang Zewei looked much more relaxed.
Lu Lu got out of the tent and saw the foot of a big red pine tree next to him. He built a simple "small temple" with three stones, placed a piece of bark inside, and used charcoal to write the tablet of the mountain god on it. This is also called the old man's house.
"Originally, before entering the mountain, we should choose an auspicious day to worship the mountain god. However, it is better to choose a day to hit the sun. Every day is auspicious, so let's worship today!"
Jiang Zewei was not rigid. After washing his face at the water source below Lu Lu, he invited several people to go to the old man's house, offered sacrifices, knelt down, and greeted several people: "Bring the food!"
There are many rules in Fangshan, and even daily speech has rules.
For example, eating is called "getting rice", sleeping is called "getting sleep", and changing residence is called "getting house", all of which mean to "get" the stick.
The worship just now was also very particular.
The Fangshan people worship, one is the legendary Boss Sun, asking him to bless Fangshan to get big goods, and the other is the mountain god, Big Claw, the Big Claw is the king of beasts, worshiping it is for
Let it protect the group from wild beasts.
The food was placed on the grass covered with pine needles, and a group of people sat around and started eating.
Jiang Zewei asked with a smile while eating: "Did you sleep well last night?"
“It’s all good!”
…
Just kidding, Lu Lu followed him and greeted him all night, and everyone was quite relieved about him. How could they not sleep well?
"Has anyone dreamed about anything?" Jiang Zewei then asked.
Zhao Yongke shook his head and said that he was not dreaming.
Liang Kangbo smiled: "I actually made one. I dreamed that a gold ingot came into my yard, and it croaked all night long."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zewei suddenly laughed: "What a dream, we will definitely get a big deal this time."
The so-called gold ingot here refers to a toad, just like the snake is called Qian Chuanzi, which is a good omen for people who release mountains.
Later, Jiang Zewei looked at Chen Xiuqing: "Qingzi, did you dream of anything?"
Chen Xiuqing's face suddenly became strange, and he hesitated and said: "I dreamed... a dream..."
Lu Lu glanced at him and saw his familiar expression, and began to wonder if this guy was dreaming about "Swallow" again.
Then again, is such a dream a good omen?
Just as she was about to tell him to stop talking, it was too late, but she heard Chen Xiuqing say: "I dreamed of an old woman..."
Jiang Zewei's eyes widened suddenly, and he suddenly laughed again: "It's also a good sign!"
Lu Lu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not Yanzi this time. If he dreamed about Yanzi again, Lu Lu would start to wonder if his catheter was leaking.