According to the old custom of northern Chu Province, before the New Year, the younger generations at home would go to the old elders to visit the graves, which was called "Qi Qing Xu" this time; and if a relative died last year, he would go to worship his relatives after the New Year, that is, during the New Year period, which is called "Burning incense".

It is said that burning incense is something that happened between the first and third grades of junior high school, but Lu Xiaorou could not have let Su Mo's brother stay with her in Wenhan City during the Chinese New Year, so she waited until the holiday to make this appeal with Su Mo.

Now Xiaorou still misses her deceased grandfather. For her, her grandfather was once the closest person to her, and she was also the grandfather who has always protected her.

Su Mo has always wanted to find an opportunity to thank him, thank you for everything he did for Xiaorou.

Unfortunately, I couldn't wait until that time, so I could only miss him in this way...

Su Mo took Xiaorou to the Meiyuan Cemetery where his grandfather was. There was a small shop selling paper flowers at the door. Xiaorou bought a stack of paper money, a fragrant plant, and a short firecracker. After thinking about it, she finally bought a small bottle of white wine. It seemed that it was what my grandfather liked during his lifetime.

Su Mo took the things Lu Xiaorou bought, "Are you very familiar with these processes?"

"My grandfather often brought me to the cemetery here to worship one of his close friends... Oh, by the way!" Xiaorou murmured, "Grandpa is no longer here... I should give it to that friend--"

But Lu Xiaorou did not make a decision immediately because this was the living expenses given to her by Brother Su Mo. It was used in places other than living expenses. It was still necessary to look at Brother Su Mo’s opinions.

"Silly, why are you looking at me? Would I disagree?"

Su Mo patted Lu Xiaorou's head, "Go and buy another one, it can be regarded as fulfilling his wish for grandpa."

"Well... thank you, thank you Brother Su Mo."

Lu Xiaorou bowed to Su Mo, which made Su Mo feel very hurt.

Why are you still so disgusted with me? I didn't treat me well as my family.

Lu Xiaorou led Su Mo into the cemetery.

After attending grandpa's funeral, Lu Xiaorou came to this place for the first time, but she remembered the location of grandpa's tombstone very clearly.

"The fifth row of the upside-down stone lion... was found, there."

Lu Xiaorou walked quickly towards the tombstone and came to her grandfather's tombstone.

However, the thorns and incense on the tomb have not been cleaned for some time.

"Really speaking, those relatives should come, whether it is to say goodbye to the year or to enjoy the fragrance..."

"It should be that the family is busy..." Lu Xiaorou carefully removed the bricks on the tomb and replaced them with a stack of paper money.

Busy... busy fighting for family property?

Su Mo did not continue to complain.

Xiaorou always thinks that the people around her are beautiful.

But Su Mo believes that this is not because Xiaorou is innocent.

But... if you don't numb yourself like this, it may be difficult to have hope for the future.

Thinking of this, Su Mo felt even more distressed about the girl in front of him.

Su Mo replaced Xiaorou with new paper flowers, inserted new lit incense of thread, burned paper money in the stove, and then lit firecrackers.

Amid the sound of firecrackers, Xiaorou was wearing a plastic bag and quietly kowtowed in front of her grandfather.

Every time she kowtowed, she would stay on the ground for a long time, then stood up in a daze and bowed again, as if she was muttering something in her mouth, but because the sound was very small, Su Mo didn't hear it clearly.

Then, after Lu Xiaorou finished worshiping, Su Mo also signaled that he wanted to worship.

"Brother Su Mo doesn't need it... I just worship my grandfather, grandfather he--"

"It's okay, I naturally have to thank him."

Su Mo smiled at Lu Xiaorou, "After all, if he hadn't raised you well, wouldn't we have had the chance to meet?"

He kowtowed to his grandfather quietly in front of Xiaorou. After Su Mo kowtowed three times, he saw that Xiaorou's eyes were red.

"Xiao Rou? Are you okay..."

"Ah...I'm...smoky, it hurts."

Xiaorou wiped her eyes, and Su Mo quickly handed her a wet wipe, "Come here, there is a wind vent, and a lot of ash is in it."

"Um……"

Lu Xiaorou stood on the other side under Su Mo's protection.

After completing the worship, Su Mo and Xiaorou quietly waited for the paper money in the stove to burn it all, and then took out the last white wine.

"Brother Su Mo, can you unscrew the liquor bottle cap?" Xiaorou said softly, "Grandpa said that the soul's strength is very small, and it has to be unscrewed to drink it."

"Will it be better to just unscrew it and sprinkle it in front of the tomb?" Su Mo's deceased grandparents were on the hillside of his hometown. This is their habit of worship.

"Then, that won't work. If you touch the spark, it's too dangerous."

The tombstones in the cemetery are made of marble. Even if they are burned, they are just burning paper flowers. In fact, it is impossible to cause a fire.

However, since Xiaorou said so...

"Okay, let's follow you."

Su Mo suddenly remembered the incident of visiting the tombs on Qingming Festival a certain year and burning the mountain.

After saying goodbye to grandpa, Xiaorou took Su Mo to visit the graves of his grandpa's friends. On the way, Su Mo and Xiaorou started chatting.

"Have you ever met this grandpa's friend?"

"I was a little impressed when I was a child. I was a very kind-hearted old man," Lu Xiaorou said softly. "He likes to play chess with his grandfather very much. I watch it from the side, and sometimes I will let me play it."

"Who is better?"

"Yes, it should be my grandfather's friend's best... I don't remember it very much."

"Speaking of this... you didn't live in grandpa's house for a while, did you?"

"Well... I have been living at my grandfather's house since I can remember. Then when I was in the second grade of elementary school, I moved out with my mother for a while. After graduating from the sixth grade, I returned to my grandfather's place."

"so."

After that, I have never seen my mother again.

Su Mo and Xiaorou swept the graves and burned incense for grandfather's friend. Grandpa's friend still had some traces of incense, but the grandfather's friend seemed very lonely. Even the handwriting on the tombstone was a little unclear, but it was vaguely visible that it was an old man named Yi Ji.

"It seems that there are not many relatives of my grandfather's friends who are still alive, so every year I come to worship him." Lu Xiaorou said, "Grandpa passed away this year, so no one should come to see him all year long. But... if you think about it better, my grandfather can accompany him in heaven now, so he shouldn't be too lonely."

"And, you are also burning paper money for him here, right?... you shouldn't be short of money."

"hey-hey."

Lu Xiaorou likes Su Mo's joke that sounds a bit warm.

The two were burning paper money, and a man in a suit and tie walked over quickly, as if he was coming towards them.

Although he was not sure what the other party was trying to do, Su Mo stood in front of Xiaorou immediately.

"Is there anything wrong?"

The man in the suit murmured with his mouth open but didn't say anything. After a while, he asked:

"What is your relationship with the owner of this tombstone...?"
Chapter completed!