Rebirth of the pastoral landlady

Chapter 351

Prescribe the right medicine to cure the disease, and Liang Yuzhong's illness has improved significantly under Dr. Wen Qing's careful treatment.

In a blink of an eye, it was the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month.

In the morning, the sun did not rise, the sky was overcast, and the north wind was strong.

After breakfast, Liang Yuzhong, who had recovered, was with Cai Jinshan on the table in the dining hall in the backyard, counting the sacrifices that would go to the grave on the mountain behind in the morning.

Fragrant paper firecrackers, tea and cakes, food and fish, all served in small bowls, layered on top of each other, placed in an oval basket woven with strips of bamboo.

Sun was busy helping Jinxi and Jinrou tie the cloak straps on the side, while reminding them to pay attention when they went to the grave on the mountain.

Everything was ready, Liang Liqing was sent by the old Liangtou to ask questions, Liang Yuzhong set off from home with sisters Jinxi and Jinrou, Cai Jinshan followed behind with baskets, and the four headed towards the village.

Old Liangtou and Liang Yuzhou were already waiting in the main room of the big house. All the people in the three houses had arrived. Old Liangtou took the lead and led a group of children and granddaughters through the village and headed for the mountains behind. .

At this time, the greenery on the mountain has already faded away, and the eyes are full of the sad yellow color of withered grass and leaves.The maple trees all over the mountains and plains have bald trunks, and the rotten leaves have fallen thickly on the ground.

Looking all the way, Old Liangtou envied the red pine hairs all over the hillside.

Jin Xi and Jin Rou held hands and followed Liang Yuzhong closely. On the road between the mountains, the group would occasionally meet people from the same village who also went to the mountain to visit the grave.Far and near in the mountains, there will be crackling firecrackers from time to time. On the treetops, from time to time, black birds flap their wings and are startled.

Lao Liang's family moved to Jinjishan Village when he was in Lao Liangtou and took root. None of the tombs of their ancestors moved here, except Lao Liangtou's own biological parents.

Old Liangtou first brought his two sons, three grandsons and two granddaughters to burn incense for his own parents, set up sacrifices, and set off firecrackers. Everyone knelt and kowtowed before giving up.

After finishing all this, Lao Liangtou led the big guy to move to a new grave twenty steps away.Old Liang Tou squatted down next to the mound, grabbed a handful of soil from the mound with a dead branch hand, and twisted it in his hand without making a sound.

Unlike in front of the two graves before, Liang Yuzhou was still joking with Liang Lisheng, but when they arrived in front of the new grave, everyone fell silent in unison.

Because, the tomb in front of me is where the Tan family belongs now.

Jin Rou held Jin Xi's hand, and the two sisters stood quietly beside a wild gardenia tree nearby, watching Liang Yuzhong and the others carefully take out the offerings from their respective baskets, and in Tan's There is a long row in front of the grave.

"Old lady, this is the new year, where are you alone... don't be hard on yourself, ah!" Old Liangtou grabbed another handful of soil and sprinkled it on Tan's grave.

The wind blew over from the forest and brushed over the bare treetops, making Lao Liangtou's voice a little ethereal.

"Mother, sons, I'm here to see you. These foods are all your favorites on weekdays. You're old, so try everything... Looking back, what do you want to eat, what's missing, and give your son a dream..."

Liang Yuzhong knelt down on the ground with uneven pebbles under his knees, lowered his head, and his voice was dull and sad.

Liang Yuzhou arranged the sacrifices he brought, and knelt beside Liang Yuzhong, looked up at the direction of the grave, as if he wanted to penetrate the thick loess and look directly at the people inside, and said loudly:
"Mother, my son wants to announce the good news to you. Magpie, your fourth daughter-in-law is going to give birth to our old Liang family again. The day of giving birth will be in April and May next year, which is the busy season for cutting rapeseed. When the magpie is born, don't Regardless of whether it's a man or a woman, the son will bring sugar noodles to the mother..."

At the end of Liang Yuzhou's speech, his voice choked up and he couldn't continue.

Liang Lisheng squatted there with his head drooped, lit the straw papers in his hand one by one, and sucked his nose vigorously.Liang Liqing looked around randomly.

"Let's go, let's kneel at Dad's side too." Jin Xi said to Jin Ju in a low voice, pulled her over with small steps, and knelt side by side behind Liang Yuzhong.

Over there, Cai Jinshan threw the firecrackers brought by several families on a pine branch not far away, and then started to ignite.

The roar of the firecrackers startled all the birds in the vicinity, Jin Xi and Jinrou all lowered their heads, but there were still a lot of broken shells from the firecrackers flying out, landing on their heads, bodies and shoulders.Amid the sound of firecrackers, old Liangtou's mournful cries were heard intermittently in the wind...

On the way down the mountain, Old Liangtou mentioned one thing to the big guy, and that was about the Tan family's ground-breaking and grave-moving three years later.

Jin Rou asked Jin Xi in a low voice: "Don't they all say that it's safe to go to the ground, sir, we are still talking about moving grandma's grave?"

"Because our grandma died unexpectedly, after three years, she has to move and bury her somewhere else." Jin Xi whispered.

Jinrou seemed to understand but didn't understand, and didn't ask any more questions.When we were approaching the foot of the mountain, we met people in twos and threes who had returned from visiting graves in the village. Everyone was resting and talking by the side of the road.

Old Liangtou also asked everyone to sit down and rest for a while, sitting with the villagers, and everyone was talking about Chinese New Year.The sadness in front of Tan's grave was diluted a lot after talking and laughing. Old Liangtou took out the dry tobacco stick he carried with him again and smoked it.

Everyone left at the entrance of Qingshi Alley. After Liang Yuzhong and Liang Yuzhou made an appointment for the New Year's Eve dinner, they visited each other to pay New Year's greetings, and then went to their respective homes.

"Sister, do you know? Brother Wen is good at painting, the plum blossoms he painted are so real!" When crossing the pond, Jin Rou and Jin Xi said in a low voice but excitedly.

"Well, is that so!" Jin Xi responded with a smile, Wen Ding's painting skills are lifelike, she has seen it before, when she saw the portraits of herself he painted.

"A few days ago you pestered him under the plum blossom tree just to ask him to paint your portrait?" Jin Xi asked with a smile.

Jinrou stuck out her tongue in embarrassment, and then said a little disappointed: "Yeah, Brother Wen won't draw for me."

"Why didn't I draw for you?" Jin Xi asked.

"He said he can only draw flowers, birds and trees, but not people. Hey, there's no other way, we have to forget it!" Jin Ju said.

"Oh, that's it!" Jin Xi replied casually.

"Hey, I don't know if Brother Wen really can't draw people, or he doesn't want to be disturbed by me. You say, he can draw plum blossoms that look real, so why can't he draw people? We do needlework, Didn't that come together with flowers, birds, insects and fish?" Jin Rou said all the way.

Jin Xi smiled and listened all the way without expressing any opinion.Arriving home soon, Cai Qingyang was holding a thick stack of yellow couplets in his hand, Wen Yun was holding a basin of paste in his hand, and Ah Cai was stepping on a wooden ladder and was pasting couplets on the lintel at the gate of the yard.

Tear off the remaining red couplets posted last year, apply a layer of paste, and then paste the yellow couplets.

Because Mrs. Tan passed away this year, red is not allowed to be posted on all the door lintels of the old Liang family during the Chinese New Year. It took three years before they could post red.

"Xi'er Rou'er, take this basket into the yard and tell your mother that I'm posting Spring Festival couplets here!" Liang Yuzhong rolled up his sleeves, went to support the ladder Ah Cai was stepping on, and started to work.

"Sister, I also want to stay and read the Spring Festival couplets." Jin Ju said.

Jin Xi smiled and said hello, carrying an empty basket and bowl into the yard.When passing the cobblestone path in front of the west wing in the front yard, Jin Xi slowed down a bit, and turned her head to look at the west wing.

The doors of the inter-connected rooms side by side in the west wing are all closed.In the room of Wending, the windows were slightly raised, and Dr. Wenqing's chatter and laughter came faintly from inside.

It seemed that he was talking to Wending about a joke he had heard from the outside, but before he finished speaking, he couldn't help laughing.Agui and Awang's voices were also mixed in, Jinxi didn't hear Wending.

Counting it, she hadn't visited Brother Wen for five days, and Jin Xi remembered it clearly in her heart.

In the past few days, because of Liang Yuzhong's illness, and because of his age, he was so busy that he could still squeeze out the time to visit someone and sit down for a while to say a few words.

However, since Wending asked Ah Cai to send the pair of boots with socks and cloak that night, she never visited him again.

As for the pair of boots, when she came back from town the next day, she immediately changed them out and never wore them again.

Today is the Chinese New Year, do you want to go and see him?Jin Xi hesitated for a while, but decided to go to the backyard and talk to Mrs. Sun first.

In the kitchen, Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Jian are preparing the dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner at night, washing and chopping the vegetables and preparing them aside.

Mama Dong took the third, fourth, and Wen An to play back and forth on the eaves between the kitchen and the dining hall.Seeing Jinxi approaching, the fourth child hurriedly dropped the rattle in his hand, and walked towards Jinxi with his short legs slowly and quickly, sensitively but clumsily.

When he was about to reach Jinxi, the fourth child accidentally stepped on a small stone and fell forward. Just when he was about to fall, Jinxi trotted over, reached out and picked him up. And hugged him in his arms, shaking lightly, and gently patted the back of the fourth child with the other hand.

After conveying Liang Yuzhong's words to Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Sun complied, then left Jinxi aside, got into the kitchen and continued to work.

"Poop..." The fourth child in her arms suddenly twisted back and forth, and the place where Jin Xi held his little buttocks faintly vibrated with deflation.

Jin Xi chuckled, pecked his blushing little face, and said to Dong Ma: "I'll take the fourth child to have a big detoxification."

After finishing speaking, Jin Xi hugged the fourth child and headed towards the backyard.When she came out holding the fourth child who was refreshed after the comfort, Dong Ma had already left the door of the kitchen with the third child and Wen An.

"Little Si, Eldest Sister will also take you to the front yard to see the Spring Festival couplets posted!" Jin Xi teased Lao Si, picked him up and walked forward.

Passing again in front of the West Wing in the front yard, the door of the West Wing creaked open, Wen Qing smiled and pushed Wending out of the room, and happened to meet Jin Xi who was holding the fourth child here.

(End of this chapter)