Chapter 89: First come first, moon near water (please subscribe)
Sacrifice culture has a long history and is a very special and meaningful activity in the development of human civilization.
Like in China, many areas will choose Qingming Festival to worship ancestors and sweep their tombs, and some areas will choose around New Year, before and after Lantern Festival, February 2, Zhongyuan Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival, etc.
Since 2008, Tomb-Sweeping Day has been designated as a legal holiday, and people usually take off work to make up for three days.
Lin Lu didn't have to think about the three-day holiday. As a hard-working senior high school student, he only had one day of rest today, and it was a rest period with a lot of psychological baggage. After all, the second model exam would start the day after tomorrow.
Already.
There were no other plans at this time in the morning. Lin Lu slept until nine o'clock, which was considered a full sleep.
When he woke up, he looked at his phone. His sister, who had returned to her hometown for vacation, had sent him a message at seven o'clock.
Li Xingruo got up early today because she had to go to worship her ancestors early in the morning, and her uncles at home also rushed back from other places. She returned to the village with her parents at around six o'clock.
The ancestor worship here in the small county town is still lively. Starting from eight o'clock, you can hear the sound of firecrackers ringing in the distance. There is an ancestral hall with the surname Li in the village. At this time, the incense is also lit. People go out to work outside the village.
People studying and doing business have also returned. From time to time, two cars meet each other on the narrow village road, looking for a suitable place to avoid.
According to the procedure here, before sweeping the grave, one must first go to the public ancestral hall to worship. Li Xingruo went to the ancestral hall with his father, uncles, and cousins to burn incense.
"My ancestors, please bless my work to go smoothly, so that I can write a good book and make a lot of money this year, and bless my family's good health. If my ancestors know the ancestors named Lin, please ask them to ask ancestors to help me, and bless Lin Lu."
If you can get good grades in the college entrance examination, thank you, ancestors, for eating well and drinking well..."
Li Xingruo held the incense and bowed sincerely. The mother beside her looked more professional and kept mumbling. Seeing that Li Xingruo had finished praying, she reminded her in a low voice: "Bow down more, and let the ancestors give it to you."
Arrange someone."
"..."
I really forgot about this, so Li Xingruo could only continue to mutter: "By the way, ancestors, I don't have a partner yet, ancestors bless me to find one."
"Insincere!"
Mom said, and then she murmured to herself: "Ancestors wish Ruoruo good health and smooth work. It is best to find a good boy this year, with good features, good conduct, who will be good to her, be interested in her, and go out alone.
I don’t have anyone to help me outside, and now I’m old..."
"Mom, I control my appearance and want to be handsome." Li Xingruo reminded in a low voice.
"It's up to you! I'll just leave you alone!"
After burning the incense, my father and uncle started to set off firecrackers.
The sound of firecrackers made Li Xingruo cover her ears. The air was filled with the smell of sulfur. She liked the smell.
The smell of diesel is also quite fragrant, and the smell of ink on newly issued textbooks is also very overpowering...
When it comes to the thing that feels the best, it is definitely freshly milled rice. When you insert your hand into the rice, the newly milled rice is still warm and has a rustling feel. It is really great.
After leaving the ancestral hall, men like my father, uncles, and cousins would carry sacrificial supplies and sickles and hoes on poles and go up the mountain to sweep the tombs. This is a physical job.
Tomb sweeping is also very particular. New graves must be swept before the Qingming Festival. If a family marries a daughter-in-law, the new daughter-in-law must also go to visit the ancestors' tombs, which is commonly known as going to the flower tomb.
When she was young, Li Xingruo would go with her every time she went to visit the tomb. Anyway, she just joined in the fun. Now that she is a grown-up girl, she doesn’t go there much. After all, the mountains and fields are overgrown with weeds and there are a lot of mosquitoes. She
My skin is so delicate that if I get bitten, a red and itchy bud will appear immediately.
Obviously when I was a child, I often ran around in the mountains. Why weren't I afraid of mosquitoes at that time?
Sure enough, she is getting older. Now during festivals and other festivals, Li Xingruo has become a member of the kitchen, cooking with her grandmother, mother and aunts. She can't play with her younger cousins.
, obviously they are also junior high school students and high school students, but they just feel that their cousins seem childish compared to Lin Lu...
Li Xingruo thought about it, if he got married that year, it would seem that the Qingming Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Spring Festival would all be celebrated at his husband's house, just like my mother...
I used to feel that it was still far, far away before I could become a mother, but now I suddenly came back to my senses and realized that I was so close...
Realizing that he might leave this home in the future and integrate into a new family, Li Xingruo felt that he could accept it calmly? Is it really because the female college student is getting married?
...I don’t want to get married! Working hard to make money and become a rich little woman is the serious thing!
In order to avoid being asked about finding a partner while staying in the kitchen with her aunts, Li Xingruo hurriedly went to her grandma's place to help with the Youth League.
She planned to make more and bring it back to Lin Lu to try. For children in big cities, this was a rare food.
…
Although I only had one day off, fortunately the weather was good today, so the holiday would not be too much of a loss, Lin Lu comforted himself in this way.
After noon, the temperature rose to about 23 degrees. Because cycling is also a sport, Lin Lu simply went out wearing a short-sleeved T-shirt.
If he was going out with Li Xingruo, he might wear a school uniform to satisfy her unique preferences, but it would seem weird to wear a school uniform during the holidays when going out with classmates.
After leaving the community, Lin Lu took out his mobile phone and scanned a shared bicycle.
I still remember that when shared bicycles were first launched a few years ago, they were almost everywhere on the street, especially the small yellow bicycles. They were all small yellow bicycles as far as the eye could see. Unfortunately, the small yellow bicycles have disappeared now.
Only then did Lin Lu remember that he still had a 99-nine deposit that he had not refunded! What a loss!
Check the brakes, chain, and seat bag of this blue hello bicycle to see if there are any hidden needles.
Feeling that the car was okay, Lin Lu scanned the code to unlock it, got on it, took out his phone, took a photo, and shared it with Li Xingruo.
From yesterday to now, Li Xingruo sent dozens of photos to Lin Lu, which made the bored Lin Lu very excited.
After the last photo of the Qingtuanzi she had made at noon, she stopped sending him photos. It was probably because her activities were over, so it happened that now it was Lin Lu's turn to send her photos to seduce her.
.
Lin Lu's guess was correct. Li Xingruo was lying on the sofa and browsing short videos out of boredom. The message popped up and she quickly clicked in to see what Lin Lu had sent her.
star: "You're going to ride a bicycle!"
Lu: "Yes, sister Xingruo, do you want to come with us?"
star: "I'm at home, idiot."
Lu: "Are you taking a nap?"
star: "Lying on the sofa and playing with my phone..."
Lu: "Okay, I won't disturb Sister Xingruo from playing with her mobile phone. I'm going to ride my bicycle."
Li Xingruo turned over on the sofa in boredom, holding the quilt to cover his head. Suddenly he wanted to go back to Sunan.
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At 1:30 in the afternoon, Lin Lu gathered with several classmates at the school gate on his bicycle.
This time there were seven people riding bicycles together, Lin Lu, Liu Pang, Ying Yingjie, Xu Na, Bao Weiqi, Chen Feng, and Ran Fei, all of whom are usually good friends.
"Very good! Now the top three and bottom three of Class 16 are all gathered together!" Ran Fei, who ranked in the middle, said with a smile.
"After the college entrance examination is over, should we go traveling together?" Ying Yingjie said.
"First think about how to ride a bicycle when you go out to play this time!" Liu Fat said.
"Fat man, I feel like your car can no longer bear your weight." Bao Weiqi and Chen Feng also laughed.
"Don't be so pushy, you two. By the way, where did you get these two-person bicycles? Brother Lu, why don't we build one? You ride it, and I'll cheer you on from behind." In addition to Bao Weiqi and the others, Liu Pang and the others
Just like Lin Lu, I scanned the shared bicycles.
"Gungungong, I can't pull you." Lin Lu swung the front of the car, and the wheels of Liu Fatty were against each other, but he couldn't push this guy.
"So have you figured out what your plans are for today?" Xu Na asked. As the most diligent girl in the class, she put her car seat bag at the lowest position and had to tiptoe to barely reach the ground.
"Everything is fine!" Except for Lin Lu, the other six people had no objections to how to play.
"Good guys, you are too lazy to think about your feelings, right?"
"Just take Lin Lu with you. Arrange it quickly! Time is precious!"
"Well, let's go along the greenway of Anjiang Road first to see the green willows, and then go to Chengtailing to see the azaleas. The flowers there seem to be blooming well recently. There happens to be a temple on the mountain. Let's climb up.
How about some incense?" Lin Lu thought for a while and asked.
"no problem!"
"Wait...! I have a problem! Should I climb the mountain or forget it? I know that mountain is quite difficult... Hey! Wait a minute!"
Lin Lu, Ying Yingjie, Xu Na, Bao Weiqi, Chen Feng, and Ran Fei set off on bicycles. Upon seeing this, Liu Pang hurriedly pedaled to catch up.
A group of people pedaled their bicycles slowly along the greenway beside the Anjiang River. The boys occasionally joked around, or held the front of the bike with one hand, and put their other hand around their friends, using each other's strength to ride their bicycles.
No need to step on it.
Girls are much more polite, sitting at the back of the queue, laughing and chatting, or telling about recent stress and worries.
When encountering an uphill slope, Fatty Liu would fall behind and stand up, sweating profusely, pedaling. Bao Weiqi and Chen Feng, two guys riding a two-person bicycle, would also complain to each other to use more.
Have some energy.
Lin Lu reached the top of the slope first and was waiting for them here.
Then Ying Yingjie, Ran Fei, Xu Na, Bao Weiqi, and Chen Feng also arrived one after another, and everyone stopped at the top of the slope to wait for Fatty Liu.
Finally, Fatty Liu finally stepped on it, and the seven of them released the brakes and let the bicycles slide freely down the slope.
The wind in the spring afternoon was neither cold nor hot, and flowed into the bodies of the young girls through their collars and sleeves. They couldn't help but make monkey noises that made passers-by pay attention.
"Oh ho~~"
Whenever I encounter an excellent scenery composition angle, I will stop my bicycle on the forest road and pick up my mobile phone to take a photo. In the photo, there are the gurgling Anjiang River and the small bridge, the green willows swaying in the wind, and a group of people walking in it.
Friends riding bicycles and joking in front of me.
Or turn the camera around and take a selfie of yourself bathing in the sun, with a slight sweat on your forehead and a handsome young face.
Then he sent these photos to his sister who was staying at home to see the mold.
Li Xingruo was angry and wanted to watch it, but after watching it, he rolled on the sofa in depression...
So youthful! So energetic! What a fulfilling holiday! She really wanted to go there! She really wanted to experience it with Lin Lu and the others!
Lin Lu and his party arrived at the foot of Chengtailing Mountain. The mountain is not high, but it is steep. In the spring of April, there are clusters of azalea blooming next to it. There is a small temple on the mountain.
There are also farmhouses nearby.
The boys and girls bought a school bag of water at the foot of the mountain, and the boys took turns carrying it, and climbed to the top of the mountain together.
When we arrived at the top of the mountain, we bought some incense, and everyone followed the example of burning incense and praying together.
"My God, please bless me, Lin Lu, for success in my college entrance examination, my family's good health, and my sister Xingruo's success in work and happiness every day..."
Lin Lu bowed devoutly and put the incense into the incense burner.
There is a medium-sized square in front of the temple gate, and there is a wishing tree in the middle of the square. The boys and girls stood under the wishing tree and asked passers-by to take a group photo of them.
After taking the photo, send the original picture to everyone to save, and then sit in the pavilion to drink water and brag, talk about animation, games, what to do after the college entrance examination, and the people you like.
When they talked about the people they liked, Lin Lu just listened with a smile and said nothing.
Until everyone encouraged him and asked him.
"Okay, okay! I admit, yes!"
"Who! From our class?!"
"That's not true. Rabbits don't eat grass around their nests."
"It's over! Ying Yingjie, Ran Fei, Xu Na, you have no chance!" Chen Feng and Bao Weiqi laughed.
"What are you talking about?!" The three aggressive girls threw water bottles at the two guys.
"Brother Lu, tell me, tell me, since your rabbit doesn't eat the grass beside its nest, who do you have your eye on?"
"Although rabbits don't eat grass near their nests, they get the moon first when they are near the water." Lin Lu said with a smile, holding a piece of weed in his mouth.
"Damn it, Brother Lu, you are really interested in Fatty Liu!"