Rebirth begins with the collapse of the dowry

Chapter 121 121 [Customs are particular] (for subscription)
The rooster crows and the sun rises!
The quiet and peaceful Xiaojiang Village has ushered in a new day.

According to the old calendar.

Today is the last day of 2009.

After today, 2010 officially began.

Early in the morning, when Chen Yang was still asleep, grandma woke up, fearing that Chen Yang would freeze, so she set up the stove first, and then carried half a basket of donkey manure to burn on the kang.

It can be said to express love to the extreme.

Chen Yang had no intention of continuing to lie on the kang.

As soon as he woke up, he put on his clothes and got up from the kang.

Although today is a small year, there is still business to do.

By custom.

Today, the Chen family will go to the grave together to burn paper and pay homage to their ancestors.

This link is usually attended by men.

I believe that the same custom continues in other places.

This link also explains from the side why filial piety comes first and why the patriarchal thought has been passed down for thousands of years.

Those who don't have sons are usually fine.

But at the end of the year, when Qingming needs to visit the grave.

That mood will obviously be very unpleasant.

This is true of the living, and probably the same of the dead.

The living people are getting old and can't walk, and they don't have sons to visit the graves of their ancestors for them.

The dead have no direct descendants to burn paper to pay homage to.

"Obviously I didn't do anything wrong, but my heart is very sad"

This sentence was said by my dad Chen Deyuan after he was drunk in his previous life.

He has no son, but his three daughters are quite filial.

Usually also often to see their old couple.

But no matter how filial they are, they will have their own families after they get married, and the in-laws' family must be the most important thing during the holidays.

under these circumstances.

How could the mood of the young dad and his wife be better when the family went to the grave to burn paper together.

It's okay to be young.

Dad can go with everyone.

At this time, Chen Deren and his peers will also go.

But after getting older, the situation is obviously different.

When Chen Yang's generation, and even Chen Yang's son's generation became the main force of grave sweeping.

Dad is an old man, and he has to go with his nephews and grandchildren.

The taste of it may only be understood by those who have really experienced it.

After all, no matter how filial the woman is, no matter how good the son-in-law is, it is impossible for him to go to the grave of the old man's family to pay homage to the old ancestor...

Men go to the grave to burn paper.

The women prepare the New Year's Eve dinner at home.

Mom plans to steam buns today.

It is also a tradition to steam buns during the Chinese New Year.

And unlike usual, only steamed meat buns are served during the Chinese New Year.

Chen Yang just finished washing his face.

The first basket of steamed buns that Xiaoma and the others steamed came out of the pan.

Grandma took small steps and told Chen Yang to eat quickly with a kind face.

That's it for breakfast.

Mom made some rice soup alone.

Meat buns with rice soup, and a few pickles and the like.

It also made Chen Yang feel comfortable.

The rice bowl has just been put down.

Uncle and the others are here.

There are more than 20 people in a group.

They all carry plastic bags in their hands.

Inside are ghost paper and firecrackers.

And the reason why there are so many people.

Aside from the direct descendants of grandpas like the uncle, there are also the descendants of the second master and the younger master.

The grandfather, Chen Jingwen, and the three old brothers are all alive today, and their descendants basically live in Xiaojiang Village.

This is also the reason why the Chen family can become one of the four major families among the more than 100 families in Xiaojiang Village.

After all, there are so many people.

In the past two years, the society has progressed, and all aspects of law and order have improved and become more harmonious.

According to my father, the 80s and [-]s of the last century were when my father and the others were young.

In rural areas.

There are group fights between families and villages from time to time.

In that case.

Whichever family has more is less likely to suffer.

This is also a product of a special era.

After a few minutes.

A group of people set off in a mighty way.

During the period, it was accompanied by bursts of firecrackers.

This is also thanks to Chen Yang.

When the little dad came home before, he often brought back fireworks and firecrackers, and distributed a lot to each household.

And it's all free.

For the dolls.

This year, you can enjoy the addiction of shooting cannons.

***
Put it aside from previous years.

Chen Yang must be the one who walked silently behind the crowd. Even if he was with his family members, he was not willing to take the initiative to say anything.

Others didn't take what he said seriously.

But this year is different.

Either him or his father Chen Deren.

They are always surrounded by a group of people, and the topic is decided by their father and son.

What is the central halo.

This is.

And honestly.

Chen Yang didn't like this atmosphere very much.

But there is no way.

If you don't want to say anything, everyone will take the initiative to ask you what you say.

This situation cannot fail to respond.

Otherwise, it will be considered to look down on them.

It can only be said that all this is really too realistic.

Chen Yang felt so deeply in his heart.

When you have achieved something and have money in your hands, let alone an outsider, even relatives, friends, and people in the same family will have different attitudes towards you.

Chen Yang always felt that the gestures of the so-called successful people were the result of self-decoration.

But now it seems that it is not always the case.

Sometimes, they are also involuntary.

You don't want to pretend, but others force you to pretend.

***
Going to graves and burning paper in rural areas is completely different from what is shown in TV dramas.

A big family like the Chen family has taken root in Xiaojiang Village for several generations.

There are many graves accumulated by the ancestors for generations.

There is not only one single ancestral grave.

This also means that going to the grave to burn paper is actually a big project.

Go up from this mountain, cross that ditch, and reach another mountain...

There are more than a dozen tombs of the Chen family.

A group of people crossed mountains and ridges, and properly divided labor.

It can be said that it took a lot of effort to complete this project.

to the end.

Those dolls basically couldn't run anymore, and they left their picks and went home one by one, or they just squatted in place and set off firecrackers.

There are not many people who can really persevere to the end and walk through all the graves.

Chen Yang and his son also chose to divide the labor.

Father went to this tomb, while Chen Yang went to another.

In general, their family visited all the graves.

In fact, according to the meaning of the father and the others.

There are a few tombs to go to, or not to go.

Because the Chen family has been passed down to their generation, there have been many generations in between.

Don't look at the more than 20 of them who went to the grave to burn paper.

But the living people may not be able to know the identity of the owners in all the tombs.

It's been a long time.

Even Chen Yang's grandfather, Chen Jingwen, doesn't know about it.

It doesn't make sense to continue to burn paper on such a grave.

What should be eliminated must be eliminated.

Not only the Chen family would do this, but people from other families would do the same.

This can be regarded as a kind of custom, and has nothing to do with filial piety or not.

But as far as this year is concerned.

Chen Yang still decided that the father and son must divide the work and walk through all the tombs.

After all, unimaginable changes have taken place in him, and the identity of the reborn person is there.

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