After sending away Qu Jiacheng, Gao Mingyuan, and the cadres from Qingshangou Township, Jiang Fuhai and others helped send tables, chairs and other items back to each family.
Then they arranged for everyone in the Xu family to stay.
Xu Chenghou and his wife lived in the east room with Xu Shiquan and his wife, while Xu Shixian and his wife and children lived in the west room.
The Xu Shian brothers each took their wives and children to live with other families in Shijiagou.
It would be more convenient to live separately. After all, although each family has enough space to live in, they may not necessarily have so many bedding.
The children had a lot of fun during the day and went to bed late. They had a good sleep this night.
Just when I woke up in the morning, I had a few mosquito bites on my body.
This is normal. There are many mountains and forests in Shijiagou, so there must be more mosquitoes.
When Xu Shiyan saw that the children were scratching in pain and itching, he asked them to wash their faces quickly and apply medicine on their faces after washing.
In the past, there were very few families with washbasins at this end of Shijiagou.
There is a small river ditch in front of the door. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn or winter, you can wash your face by squatting by the river as soon as you go out.
Now that life is getting better, I do have a washbasin at home, but I still rarely use it.
Following Hu Chunhua's instructions, the children squatted down by the creek and picked up two handfuls of water to wash their faces.
The water in the river ditch is clear and cold. After washing my face, I immediately wake up and feel very comfortable.
After the children finished washing their faces, Xu Shiyan found ointment and applied it to them.
Not to mention, after applying the ointment, it felt refreshing and cooling, and the itching was not that much gone.
The children were all naughty, so they didn't care about that and were playing around in the garden.
Breakfast was eaten at Xu Shiquan's place. After dinner, Xu Shiquan and others went to the village store and bought some incense, burning paper and other items.
Everyone took their things and followed the path Xu Haibo and the others took up the mountain yesterday, turned south, and arrived at the Xu family's ancestral grave.
Several generations of the Xu family are buried here. Xu Shiquan’s parents are currently at the bottom, and Xu Chenghou’s parents are in the upper row.
Different from the custom in Donggang, the tombs here are very small, and each small tomb is very inconspicuous.
There is no monument in front of the tomb, and there is nothing else except the tomb door made of three stones.
Xu Shixian and the others were puzzled, so they asked Zhou Guilan quietly, and Zhou Guilan said that this was the custom here.
Xu Chenghou led his children and grandchildren to his parents' graves, placed offerings, lit incense and burned paper.
In front of other graves, some burning paper was also distributed.
The old man was still mumbling something.
It's nothing more than asking his parents to forgive him for not being able to come back all these years.
Then, he asked his sons to come forward and introduce them one by one. As for the grandchildren, they are not adults yet, so don't come forward.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back with my son and grandson to see you.
The old Xu family has really become successful in this life.
The son was confused and lost all his family fortune, so he had no choice but to leave his hometown and go to Fusong.
At least we have found a way out, and the children have jobs and a bright future.
If parents know their secrets, the more they can protect their children, they will be prosperous and prosperous in the future."
As Xu Chenghou spoke, he fiddled with the pile of burning paper with a stick.
Most of the burning paper of this era is still thick straw paper, and the smoke is very big when lit.
Perhaps because of the smoke, Xu Chenghou's eyes were a little red, so he raised his hand to wipe the corners of his eyes.
When Xu Shixian and others saw this, they rushed forward and helped Xu Chenghou stand up.
Then he took the stick from Xu Chenghou's hand and fiddled with the pile of burning paper little by little so that the burning paper could be fully burned.
After all the paper has burned out and turned into black ash, use a stick to push it away to make sure there are no sparks left.
Although vegetation is lush in July and fires are generally less likely to break out, you still have to be careful in case something goes wrong.
"Come on, kowtow to your grandparents."
Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan were in the front, Xu Shixian and his brothers were leading their wives in the second row, and Xu Jinfeng and Xu Haibo were kneeling in the third row with their younger brothers and sisters.
They kowtowed three times to the ancestors of the Xu family before standing up.
Xu Chenghou sprinkled the wine in front of the grave, and Zhou Guilan also took apart all the offerings. That was all.
The ancestor worship ceremony is not that complicated and it ends here.
Xu Chenghou muttered a few more words, and then walked back with his children and grandchildren.
There is a small grave halfway along the way, where Xu Chenghou's first daughter-in-law is buried.
He died young and could not enter his ancestral grave, so he was buried outside.
Xu Chenghou stepped forward and burned some paper, and without saying anything, he quietly watched the paper burn. Xu Shixian and the others came over to salute, and everyone went down the mountain together.
After visiting the graves to worship the ancestors, the purpose of this trip to my hometown has been achieved, so I don’t have much to think about and it’s time to go back.
No idea, before I could leave here, Qu Jiacheng and Gao Mingyuan came in a hurry again.
"Uncle Xu, brother Xu, um, you must go to the county today.
There was a call from Dandong just now, and someone will be arranged to pick it up.
The leader has said that no matter what I say today, I can't let you just leave like this."
It turned out that the two of them drank a lot last night and got up late this morning.
After breakfast, Qu Jiacheng thought for a while and called the city to talk to the leader.
As a result, when the city leaders heard this, they immediately told Qu Jiacheng and others to leave the person behind, and someone would be arranged to pick him up.
You must know that last winter, Yishen Market imported a lot of seafood from Dandong, and the prices were not low.
Those fishermen who went to sea took their money and lived a good year.
I heard that Xu Shiyan is here, so the leaders of the relevant departments are not allowed to invite Xu Shiyan to come over and have a meal or something?
Not to mention anything else, if I can buy another batch of seafood this winter, wouldn't I be able to make another fortune?
So Qu Jiacheng and the others were asked to leave Xu Shiyan and his party behind, and no one could let them leave directly.
Qu Jiacheng and others received the task assigned by the leader, so what else could they say? Hurry up and drive over, just in time.
Xu Shiyan and his party originally planned to say goodbye to Xu Shiquan and the others, and then go to Qingshan Lake to have a look.
After wandering around for a while, we stayed overnight in Huanren.
Get up early tomorrow and go back to Tonghua, then go to Yuhuang Mountain to have a look, and arrive home the day after tomorrow.
Who would have thought that before they could leave, Qu Jiacheng and the others came back and said that the city would come to pick them up.
The commotion made Xu Shiyan very helpless. When he came out this time, no one was disturbed by the birds, but in the end no one escaped.
"Brother, how many days have you taken off? Can you go back later?
How about you go back first? I'll stay here with my parents for a few more days?"
It's easy to say about other things. The key point is that Xu Shixian and Xu Shixiang both borrowed cars from their work units. How can we say that they were delayed outside for too long?
"I just asked for four days' leave." Xu Shixian looked at each other and said.
July 15th is a Saturday. There are no weekends in this year and month, only Sundays.
So they all invited Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, a total of four days.
I originally thought that it would be quite relaxing to have a total of five days including Sunday, a round trip and some fun on the road.
But no one expected that they would encounter these situations.
If we go to Dandong again, we may not be able to go back one day. How can this be done?
If you tell me carefully, the vacation can be extended. This car is not good. How can I drive the car of my employer for several days without returning?