Chapter 696 Ancestor Blessing

Ye Yaodong and Lin Xiuqing also led their two clay figurines back and untied the string of light cakes hanging from their necks.

"How did you do it? Your whole body is dirty, but your cake is not dirty?"

"Because when he fell, he raised his head high and put his hands on the ground." Ye Chenghu answered for him.

Ye Chengyang smiled shyly, "You can't eat it if it's dirty."

"Silly boy, that's quite heart-warming. Fortunately, I didn't get lost." Ye Yaodong smiled and flicked his forehead, "Hurry up and take a bath with your mother."

He collected the cakes from his two sons and counted them. It was quite a lot. The two of them added up to 25 cakes. Running all over the mountains and fields all day long was hard for the two little ones. It was really hard work. Let’s take some time to reward them. them.

The old lady rummaged through the bamboo baskets at the door, and finally found two that looked a little cleaner, so she dragged them to the back door.

"What are you doing?"

"I'll take the back door and scrub it, wash it, and when it's dry, I'll use it to store the cakes."

Ye Yaodong took the two baskets in her hands and said, "I'll wash them. You continue to fold yours."

The old lady looked on with a smile and didn't argue.

Early the next morning, at dawn, their whole family got up, ready to have breakfast early and set off at that time.

The old lady also dragged two *** bags out of her room.

"What are you talking about?"

"Tianjin Yuanbao, I bought many bundles yesterday and folded them for a long time. I will take them to the mountain to burn more for your grandpa. I have been suffering for half a life and have not enjoyed any blessings. I will burn more money and give it to him. I will also give it to him." He’s enjoying himself down there.”

"Okay...my dad bought a bunch of them too."

"You take it out first, there's still some in the house."

The old lady went in and came out again, with several more piles of yellow paper in her hand.

"Is there anything else? Is there anything else you want to bring? If not, I'll leave."

"No more, no more, you can go."

The others were waiting in the yard, those with hoes had a hoe, those with brooms had a broom, and those with sickles had a sickle.

Father Ye has already tied the two ends of the pole. One end is a bamboo basket filled with light cakes, and the other end is two sacks of heavenly gold ingots that the old lady just dragged out of the house, as well as a basket of sacrifices.

Seeing that everyone had come out of the house, he said: "Everyone is ready, can we go? I got up early in the morning and have been waiting for a long time. Everyone else is waiting on the roadside."

As he spoke, he picked up the pole and took the lead.

The large family all set off to the entrance of the village, and Uncle Ye and Uncle Ye's family had already been waiting at the entrance of the village early. Their two families were not as large as Ye's father's family.

My children and grandchildren are quite old. Those who should work have gone to work, and those who should be in jail are still in jail.

When they set off, they were followed by a large group of children, and as they went up the mountain, more and more children joined along the way. After reaching the mountain, the team became stronger, with people coming from all directions after hearing the news. There are more people.

Along the way, we met a lot of people going to the mountains to visit their graves, but they seemed to like to follow them? What's the point?

Ye Chenghu walked all the way, twisting his neck and looking behind him to see how long the queue was, until he saw the queue on a small road next to him, and all the people following him ran towards them.

Then he ran to the back in frustration and shouted: "Come on, why are you following us? You can go to other people's houses nearby. You go quickly, don't follow us."

He had worked hard all day to save up so much cake, but he had to give it out again. He was so angry that he had known he wouldn't have gone yesterday. Damn it! A day of running for nothing!

"Hey, I heard that your family is rich? Of course I will follow you."

"There is no money. Our family has no money and is extremely poor. My mother says every day that she wants to sell me and my brother for money."

"My family is the same."

"My family is different. My mother only said she would beat me to death..."

While talking, Ye Chenghu also blended into the group of children and chatted.

Mr. Ye's coffin tomb is not far away. It is on a hillside and only takes ten minutes to climb from the foot of the mountain.

When they arrived, there was a family not far away who had just finished sweeping the tomb. However, when a group of children behind them noticed and rushed over, they said they had finished sweeping the tomb and dividing the tomb cakes.

But there were no firecrackers set off at all. If they had been, the children would have discovered that there was a family here and would have run over to beg for tomb cakes.

But after all is said and done, the children are helpless. Yesterday we also encountered this several times. If we encounter this, our trip will be in vain.

In the past two years, there have been many people begging for tomb cakes, because there are also many children in every household. Every time a tomb sacrifice is held, children are everywhere on the hills and in the mountains and fields. Most people always prepare one or two baskets of bare cakes.

At this time, the children had no snacks to eat, and many of the tomb owners were too poor to open a pot. However, as poverty comes to an end, sacrifices to the tomb are inevitable.

So those who really couldn't afford to buy a lot of light cakes could only go to the tomb secretly, such as pressing paper money, packing up their things, and then setting off firecrackers. By the time everyone heard the news and came, they would have been gone.

Even if you are caught up, the owner of the tomb will say that the tomb cake has already been divided, and it has been divided, and there is nothing you can do.

Some people just don't set off firecrackers to be on the safe side and go to the grave silently.

There is no good reputation for visiting graves secretly, but it is also helpless.

They met them early this morning, but they didn't recognize them. They seemed to be from the next village. Looking at the clean graves not far away, these people should have arrived at dawn.

"Another wasted trip!"

"Obviously there were no firecrackers..."

"There are no red firecrackers on the ground..."

The children of the Ye family were so excited just now that they all ran along. They had long forgotten that all the money they had begged for was confiscated.

"Get to work and weed quickly, don't talk nonsense."

"There are more people coming to our house than grass. Why call them? Let them play as they please. We will set off firecrackers later, so we can call them back."

When his wife spoke, Ye Yaodong ignored them and bent down to weed. The children looked around excitedly to see if there were any grave sweepers nearby?

It had been a year since I had gone up the mountain, and the grass around the grave was taller than the grave. It was dense and messy, but at least they had more people and brought more tools.

In just ten or twenty minutes of division of labor and cooperation, they had removed all the grass that was ten meters in diameter on the coffin tomb. The grass was removed cleanly, and yellow paper was pressed around the tomb with stones. At the same time, sacrifices could be placed. , burning paper money.

Father Ye and Uncle Ye took turns to offer incense and pray for blessings.

Ye Yaopeng, Ye Yaohua and other cousins ​​also took turns to light incense according to their age. Ye Yaodong stood in the corner with his hands in his pockets. He waited until they had finished praying before he went up.

With so many people gathering together to worship and ask for his blessing, who should he listen to? Of course, it has to be the last one so that his grandfather can remember it.

He held a stick of incense in his hand, knelt in front of the tomb, and recited sincerely: "On Qingming Festival, I pray to you, Grandpa. Grandpa will bless me that everything will go smoothly, and I will be safe when I go in and out. Hundreds of boatmen will help me work, and small boats will be replaced by big ones." Big ships are exchanged for ships, ships are exchanged for yachts, and yachts are exchanged for airplanes. Counting money every day makes your hands cramp. Ten houses are on the seaside, ten buildings are in Guangdong, ten companies are in Shanghai, and ten courtyards are in Beijing. This year, every year, Send it all the way, send it..."

The uncles, brothers and cousins ​​around him were dumbfounded when they heard his Didi Gugu wish. How could he make such a wish?

Lin Xiuqing's face turned red, couldn't he promise it in his heart?

If he wasn't embarrassed, she would be embarrassed...

A Guang's mouth twitched, "You really know how to make wishes."

"A few more, so that only my father can choose."

"Your father will be scared away and won't dare to eat your sacrifice."

Father Ye glared at Mother Ye, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Others also laughed and quickly called the group of children to come over and say goodbye, and handed each of them a stick of incense.

"Come and pay your respects quickly, and ask our ancestors to bless you and get into college safely."

"I just want to ask for the blessings of my ancestors. If I don't do homework or get beaten, I can test 100 every day." Ye Chenghai said honestly.

Sister-in-law Ye said rudely: "Want to eat shit?"

"Uncle Third can grant so many wishes!"

"What are you comparing to me? Come on and say goodbye sincerely. Make whatever wish you want. What if it comes true? The ancestors didn't hear it, so it's OK if the passing deity heard it. The passing deity didn't hear it. Isn't there a mountain god? Is the landlady around?"

Everyone's mind was filled with dark thoughts.

Very good at planning.

After hearing what he said, the children quickly made wishes actively.

"My ancestors have blessed me with picking up a lot of money..."

"Bless me to win in marbles..."

"Bless me to go to Shaolin Temple..."

"Bless me to succeed and defeat xxx..."

The children cooed and cooed, wishing for anything, and those who listened were dumbfounded...

When they paid their respects, Aguang also took firecrackers to the corner to set off.

As soon as the firecrackers went off, the children begging for tomb cakes immediately became energetic, and those who ran out to wander around in all directions also came back and surrounded the cemetery.

Ye Yaopeng and Ye Yaohua stood at the intersection carrying a basket of tomb cakes, ready to share one with each other. This was just in time for people to go down the mountain along the intersection, so that no one would fish in troubled waters and ask for it twice.

This basket full of tomb cakes is not enough to share.

The pile of children all rushed forward in a rush, all squeezing to the front, for fear that if they were at the back and were sorted out, they would be gone. If they were not sorted out, it was not like people who were not searching were deliberately under-prepared.

You will be scolded behind your back.

The Ye family brothers didn't want to be scolded for this.

The two of them went over one by one, and the others stood aside and watched with nothing to do. The children who got the tomb cake did not dare to fish in troubled waters, and they all ran down the mountain quickly, preparing to find the next family quickly.

Little did they know that these children who were crowded in the front soon regretted it.

When Ye Yaodong saw that there were only a few light cakes left in the bamboo basket, he came out with a canvas bag, carried it on his back, and took over as soon as the light cakes were distributed.

It is better to be praised than to be scolded.

There were about thirty children behind them who were all extremely disappointed when they heard that all the cakes were given out. They were dejected and prepared to admit that they were unlucky and rush to the next house.

Unexpectedly, Ye Yaodong grabbed a boy at the front and was about to run away, "What are you running for?"

"There is no more tomb cake. Let go, I want..."

"There is no tomb cake, but there is still money!"

He grabbed a handful of five-cent coins from his canvas bag, then took one and placed it in front of the little boy's eyes. "If you don't have enough tomb cakes, give out the money. Can you say a few auspicious words?"

"Wow! Pay?" The boy was stunned for a moment, and his eyes widened with excitement. He couldn't believe it and didn't dare to take it.

"Really? No tomb cakes to give out money?"

"No tomb cakes to pay for?"

"Are you really going to give out money? How much will you pay?"

"Five cents! It's five cents!"

"Is it true? Are you giving out money if you don't get enough tomb cakes?"

"Are you really going to give out money?"

The group of children behind him asked excitedly.

The children who had just received the tomb biscuits and hadn't walked far when they heard the movement here thought something was wrong. They all stopped and listened carefully, and they were instantly in an uproar.

"Huh? Giving out money if there is no cake?"

"No? Real or fake?"

"Are you really going to give out money?"

Those who heard it ran back one after another, but they had already received the tomb bread and could not receive the money.

After the children heard this, they felt bad instantly. Their intestines turned green with regret, and they wished they could throw away the cakes in their hands.

If the tomb cakes are not enough, give out money!

This has never happened before. Who would have thought that someone would actually give out money?

Give money directly for free...

No one has ever given me money directly. That’s great.

The little boy who was grabbed by the collar by Ye Yaodong was so happy that he was almost incoherent, and his kind words came out as if they were for free.

"Boss, congratulations on getting rich. Congratulations to Ah Hai's third uncle. Congratulations on getting rich. May everything go smoothly. May you have good luck and have many sons. All of them will be sons..."

Ye Yaodong was quite happy to hear it at first, but he didn't want to hear the next two sentences, "Stop, stop, stop, that's enough. I won't have to give birth to a son later. I've had enough."

"Thank you, Uncle Ahai..."

The boy took the money and immediately jumped three feet high with excitement. Then he couldn't bear to leave and continued to stand and watch.

When other people saw that someone had actually received the money, they were so excited that they even came forward to say good things without asking for money.

Regardless of whether it was his turn or not, the person standing at the end never stopped talking and kept saying auspicious words, especially hard!

The whole mountain suddenly seemed very lively...

There were excited blessings from children all around, and the adults were surprised. Is this okay?

Father Ye was already a little familiar with his sexy tricks, and he laughed: "Your grandfather and ancestors will be very happy to hear this, and they will definitely bless you."