It's the twenty-first century.

This barren and backward village does not seem to have any direct economic improvement. It was only last year that the village allocated funds to make the main streets of the village simple black and slag roads hardened, a large number of old and low houses, wires that were pulled everywhere, trees growing wildly in the east and west...

Whenever you enter the house where Wentai lives, Wen Shuo, who is a little over 1.8 meters tall and has a strong body, has to bend down and be careful to "draw" it inside.

Moreover, it was only after he showed enough respect to Wentai when he came back to visit the grave on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month that his sons and daughters-in-law brought Wentai from the lower and older west room and arranged a bedroom.

Seeing Wen Tai standing at the door leaning against the door frame, trembling, Wen Shuo quickly handed over the things he was carrying to the two brothers next to him, quickly stepped forward to support Wen Tai's arm, and greeted with a smile: "Second Grandpa, are you still strong all year old? You are resting in the house in this cold weather, why are you doing at the door? Come on, I will help you into the house..."

Indoor, there is a coal stove made of brick and mud at the head of the kang, and there is a coal smoke channel under the kang, which heats and removes smoke.

But if you still have something unaccustomed to it in the house, you will feel the choking smell of coal smoke.

Supporting Wen Tai to sit by the kang, Wen Shuo chatted with his second grandfather’s uncle and the second uncles: “You have to be careful of gas poisoning in the house.”

"Yes, the flue was specially opened when winter began before the New Year."

"Everyone is worried about the family."

"It's still Boy Shuo who is interested in his second grandfather..."

The whole family was filled with smiles and echoed Wen Shuo's words, praising Wen Shuo for how good it was.

The small living room of the outer room was already filled with women and children from the Wen family. Li Qin was invited to sit at the top of the hall table, surrounded her and greeted her warmly, chatting about homely gossip. The dilapidated hall table was filled with gifts from her.

There was already a lot of things on the kang in the inner room.

Since last year, Wen Shuo and Li Qin have come back to pay New Year's greetings, but they don't go to other places. They just go to Wentai to sit down, and then put down a lot of gifts, and then Wentai is the one who will give some to each house.

For this reason, Wen Shuo also said directly in front of several uncles and uncles that no one can make decisions on the second grandfather’s matter of giving gifts. If you take good care of someone in private, the second grandfather must nod and permission must be given, otherwise he will find out, but it will be investigated.

This is very unpleasant.

When most people hear it, they feel unhappy and shout in their hearts angrily: "What does it mean? We all care about the little things you brought back in love? Bah!"

But he was just yelling in his heart.

No one can say it, and what he says is all nodding and agreeing.

Wen Shuo had already grasped the psychology of the Wen family in Wohutun to a close. To put it the most common saying, it is that people are poor and have short ambitions, and horses are thin and long hairs. When they really have money and don’t care about this little thing, they will never have such thoughts.

Similarly, people who often have this kind of angry thoughts are the ones who take advantage of the situation, but Wen Shuo told them all to block the behavior of taking advantage of the situation.

Before long, Wen Shuo left his second grandfather with 1,000 yuan. After giving some words such as taking care of his health, he politely declined the courtesy of keeping him and his mother here for dinner. He politely said goodbye to a group of elders in the family, and told everyone that they would leave after going to the grave in a while.

With the enthusiasm of everyone, Wen Shuo and his mother drove out of the village.

I visited the grave on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the previous year. I returned to visit the grave on the first day of the first lunar month since last year...

It is different from the customs in my hometown.

However, Wen Shuo didn't care about these customs. He went to the grave to seek peace of mind, which was a memorial and nostalgia for his ancestors.

But he didn't come back to visit the grave on his own day, and he was born in the village and the old Wen family, and no one said he was wrong.

Be busy!

It is not easy to come so far away in the capital.

It would be great if you could remember to visit his father’s grave, burn some paper money on the ancestral grave, and order a few firecrackers every year.

Everyone will help Wen Shuo give out various reasons.

As the saying goes, when a person has a future, no matter how he does it, it is right...

Drive along the pothole-field path and drive to the underside of the hill where the ancestral tomb is located. Wen Shuo and his mother got out of the car, and took the snacks, fruits, paper money, and two 10,000-sounding firecrackers he bought when he passed by the county town before, and stepped onto the hills.

My father's grave is still at the edge of the ancestral tomb.

However, a stone tablet had been erected in front of my father's tomb, which was more grand than the ancestors of the ancestral tomb.

Because among the dozens of tombs in this ancestral tomb, there are no monuments in front of the tombs of the ancestors.

Moreover, the tombs of Wenshan Banner are larger than those, and they have been specially cleaned up. The edges of the tombs and in front of the monument are paved and hardened with red bricks.

The stone tablet was made by Wen Shuo when he left money for his family and entrusted them to customize it.

As for the grave repairs so well...

This is the purpose of Wen Shuo coming to visit the grave during the New Year, he went to Wen Tai's house to pay New Year's greetings, and bought so many gifts to let Wen Tai distribute to each family, and always left Wen Tai with a thousand yuan. He and the relatives of the Wen family, such as the old Wen family, really had no deep blood and emotions. When his father died early, there were too many people in the Wen family. Not only did they not give orphans and widows some small help, they even just comforted them, but they also made various private discussions and dissatisfaction.

You are also poor, and it is understandable that you cannot provide actual help, but you cannot be resentful of the orphan and widowed mother because you cannot get help and care from Wenshan Banner again and you cannot take advantage of it?

Wen Shuo sighed, too lazy to think about these messy unpleasant things anymore.

Li Qin had already taken some paper and burned the money to her grandparents' grave, placed fruit and snacks, and pressed yellow paper.

Then he took the remaining memorial supplies and went to the grave of her husband who died early, placed it and lit it.

Wen Shuo unfolded the firecrackers in front of the ancestral tomb and lit them.

Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, smoke with the smell of gunpowder exploded, and was gently blown away by the cold wind.

Wen Shuo knelt down in front of his grandparents' grave, got up and walked to his father's grave, picked up a wooden stick from beside him, squatted beside his mother, and used the wooden stick to carry a pile of burning yellow paper, blue paper, ghost money, and paper money. The fire made people's faces burn, and he didn't care at all.

Unlike in the past, when he came to visit his father's grave this time, he felt that his mother's emotional fluctuations were particularly strong.

Don't know the reason.

However, it also infected Wen Shuo, which made him feel much more depressed. He couldn't help but start to recall the past. In his memory, his father's image became increasingly blurred, so every time he recalled, he was more of the hard days when he was a child until he grew up, and he depended on his mother for life.

He couldn't endure a lot of hardships and took a lot of pressure. He had to work hard to make money, pay off debts, and share the pressure of his mother. But after all, he was young and had little worries in those years. He could always make himself cheerful and happy in suffering, calling his friends to make a big group of fun, and he was also enjoying the prestige of the No. 1 brother.

Now that his mentality is becoming more and more mature, he can understand that his mother was under much more pressure than him in those years, and it is also difficult to have fun in his bitterness without knowing the taste of sorrow as he is young.

Mother only has hardship and fatigue!

Because the mother is burdened with debts and family burdens, any problems arise at home, debts are owed, tuition fees are missing, and even children go to pick up rags and collect waste to suffer, which makes people pitiful, or Wen Shuo fights with someone outside and is coming to the door...

They will only accuse her of being a mother of being unqualified, not disciplined her children well, and failed to give her children a good living environment.

Because, she is a parent.

Because she wants to raise her children, she must use the weak backbone of a woman to support this small family with a strong support, giving her warmth and hope.

A woman is weak, but a mother is strong!

Everyone understands the meaning of this sentence.

But how many people can understand and know how many silent tears have shed in Li Qin's strength and countless dark nights in the years she raised Wen Shuo?!

Being burdened with debts, being neglected by relatives and friends, contempt and ridiculed...

The sewing and repairing can't provide children with good food, clothing, housing and transportation. Watching my son pick up waste in the heavy rain, cold wind, flying snow, and collecting waste in the sky, riding a dilapidated tricycle...

She doesn't feel heartbroken?

She is willing to bear it?

But she has no choice!

But she was not desperate after all, she did not crush her weak backbone by life, and did not surrender to life, thus abandoning her children.

She lives with more dignity than anyone who mocks her, despises her, or neglects her!

Wen Shuo was filled with emotion, and couldn't help but burst into tears. He noticed that, he quickly raised his hand to wipe away the tears. While fearing that his mother would see him, he forced a smile and said self-deprecatingly: "Ha, the wind is blowing, and the smoke is burnt..."

A long breathing sound was filled with sobs.

Wen Shuo suddenly turned his head and saw that his mother was already in tears at some point. She just kept placing paper ingots and secret coins into the fire little by little, her eyes were red, but she gritted her teeth and her mouth tightly, so that she would not cry.

"Mom..." Wen Shuo felt ache in his heart, and he quickly raised his hand and stroked it on his mother's back shoulder, but he didn't know what to comfort him.

His memory for his father is already blurred and he no longer has deep nostalgia. It’s not that he is a cold-hearted person, but just emotions. Even if he is a close relative of blood, he needs long-term companionship to make his emotions stronger. Without companionship, what else can he talk about?

The only little family affection left is only maintained by blood.

Li Qin raised her hand and wiped away the tears from her face with the back of her hand, but how could she wipe it clean? She seemed to be angry and angry, and she gritted her teeth and tightened her cheeks. She shook her shoulders and shook her son's hand and continued to add paper ingots and ghost coins into the fire.

Wen Shuo was stunned for a moment, then sighed softly.
Chapter completed!