Just now, he thought that the reason why my father knew there were duck egg fruits at the bottom of the valley was because his father had met the old lover in the mountains, so he hid at the bottom of the valley and fell in love with him.

Oh, it seems that he has read too many books in his mind.

He laughed awkwardly and said, "Hehe, OK, then I will go to visit Grandpa Taizu's grave and see if the duck egg fruit you mentioned is still there."

"Hmph, I really don't know what the hell is thinking about in your mind all day long. When you arrive at your grandpa's grave later, don't forget to kowtow to him. When kowtow, don't think about anything."

"Oh, I know, I know, you're so verbose."

Although it is a pity that I didn’t eat duck egg fruit today, Liu Qingshan was still very happy to think that he was about to arrive at his grandfather’s grave.

Although my grandfather has been dead for many years, he has always been by his side, right?

Perhaps, my grandfather transformed into a cluster of bamboo beside the flat mountain road, or turned into a red-backed cinnabar root, or had already transformed into a piece of tiger ear grass at the entrance of the courtyard...

In short, although grandpa is gone, in this mountain, grandpa's figure seems to be everywhere.

Liu Qingshan came to his grandfather's grave with longing.

After a year of growing wildly, the weeds and shrubs around the cemetery have completely flooded the cemetery.

The cemeteries in rural areas are different from those in cities.

Except for the tombstones in rural cemeteries, there is no cement in the other things, whether they are grave mounds or flat ground in front of the grave.

Therefore, in these yellow mud fields, as long as a few grass seeds are blown by the wind, a crazy weed can grow.

Looking at the graveyard that had been completely submerged with tombstones, Liu Yuan's head was bigger: "Why are there so much grass? Did your grandfather build a farm there? There is so much grass every year?"

"It's all the same." Liu Qingshan said with a funny look, "Isn't the cemeteries in the mountains all like this?"

"No, your grandfather's cemetery is even more mountainous than here. There are not many shrubs. The lawn in front of the grave is clean, and there are no other weeds except the short grass." Liu Yuanhe quickly refuted his son's words.

Liu Qingshan had nothing to say when facing his father's rebuttal.

Because this is the case.

Grandpa Taizu didn’t know if it was because of his magic power or what was going on. Every year he went to visit his grave, there was only a clean grass growing in front of his grave, and there were no other shrubs and weeds.

This is a bit unusual.

However, the father and son never thought about it much.

Now that my dad said this, Liu Qingshan felt a little abnormal.

Logically speaking, the cemeteries in the mountains should be surrounded by weeds and shrubs like grandpa’s cemetery, but why is Grandpa’s cemetery different?

Of course, the theory of ghosts and gods is not credible, but there must be other reasons.

Seeing that his son was standing in a daze, Liu Yuanhe urged, "Why are you still standing there stupidly? Work quickly. After scanning the place, you have to go to the next place."

"Oh oh oh." Liu Qingshan came to his senses and quickly put down what he had in his hand.

Because the cemetery is full of various weeds and shrubs, the first step in sweeping the grave is to deal with all these weeds and shrubs first.

Liu Qingshan was more powerful, so he was responsible for climbing onto the grave mound and cutting down the wildly growing shrubs and weeds.

Liu Yuanhe took a big hoe and treated the weeds and shrubs cut by Liu Qingshan on the flat ground in front of the grave.

The father and son divided the work and cooperated quickly, and they cleaned up their grandfather's cemetery in more than ten minutes.

The yellow mud, which was originally covered by shrubs and weeds, was exposed in a brand new color, and the tombstone was cleaned up by Liu Yuanhe, and it still looked similar to the new one.

After finishing these things, he began to place sacrifices.

Except for the chickens that are shared by the cemetery that you want to sweep today, the other items must be filled in each place and cannot be reused.

Whether it is pork, rice or glutinous rice cake, these things must be prepared in each place. If used, they can only be eaten or put away, and they must not be reused.

After setting up the things, they burned candles, lit incense, inserted four-season green, and poured wine. After completing these steps, the father and son sat down aside and waited for grandpa to enjoy these delicacies.

Of course, grandpa couldn't really climb out of the cemetery to enjoy these things.

However, looking at the jumping candlelight and the curling smoke, Liu Qingshan knew that grandpa must be eating the delicious food they brought in in that world.

Perhaps, another world does not exist, but isn’t the best thing in the world to keep all the beauty in life in your heart and commemorate it in various forms?

Whether it is to visit the tomb or to worship it every day, in fact, it is not only the ancestors, but also all the beauty left by the ancestors.

Those beauty may be a forest, a tea tree, a brick, a tiles, or a large stone in front of the door.

Because of nostalgia, people have a sense of awe and respect everything they should respect.

After waiting for a while, the father and son started burning paper money. After burning the paper money, they could burn firecrackers.

The firecrackers exploded and the sound spread everywhere. When they encountered the mountains, they flew back in the form of echoes.

So, among the mountains, birds were flying and wild beasts were running wildly, making it very lively.

After the grave-sweeping activity here, the father and son collected their things and went to the next place.

After one day, I could have swept all five or six cemeteries that were relatively close.

At night, the father and son began to discuss where to visit the grave tomorrow morning.

Liu Yuanhe had already thought about it. Anyway, if you can cheat your son, you will definitely cheat.

He said, "Oh, the fruit trees still need to be fertilized, otherwise you can go by yourself tomorrow."

After saying that, he rubbed his old waist specifically to show that he was so hard and tiring to work.

Seeing this, Liu Qingshan squinted his eyes: "Dad, I promised to go together."

"Oh, I'm so old. I've followed your grandpa to visit graves since I was five years old. I've been scanning the graves for more than 40 years. Now you've grown up. You have to learn to visit graves by yourself. Do you know? Don't always rely on me. If you say, I'm so old and don't let you go by yourself, then I'm old and can't walk anymore. Do you still have to carry me on your back?"

I go, so good at speaking, why don’t you become a crosstalk actor?

Liu Qingshan looked at his father with contempt: "The problem is that there are still many cemeteries that have not been swept, and they are all far away. Even if you don't want to go with me, then we'll just be as we agreed before. It's okay to go one by one. In this way, I don't have to spend so much time."

"That's it." Seeing that his son was bullied by the old man, Wu Cuimei couldn't help but say, "If the remaining tombs were left to Qingshan alone to sweep them, then he would have to spend several days to sweep all the cemeteries. It wouldn't be like your fruit trees to fertilize them a few days later."

Since the old woman was talking to her son, Liu Yuanhe had to reluctantly say, "It's okay, then I'll go to visit your grandmother and grandmother tomorrow. As for you, I'll go to visit your grandmother's grave. I'll go to two places, and you can go to one place, this is OK."

Liu Qingshan looked at his father with a skeptical look: "Grandpa Taizu's cemetery is so far away, so why don't you let me go alone?"

"Otherwise, do you want me to follow you?" Liu Yuanhe said, "Although your grandfather's cemetery is far away, it is very clean, and you can handle it alone. Moreover, you are young, have great strength and have high abilities, and you will walk faster. If I follow you, it will drag you down."

Hehe, this is a big truth.

Alas, I didn’t expect that my Liu Qingshan’s ability is so great that even a narcissistic person like my dad is ashamed of himself. Hahaha.

Liu Qingshan listened to his father's fierce praise and smiled like honey on his face: "Hehe, that's OK, then I'll go to visit Grandpa Taizu's grave tomorrow, where do you like to go."

Wu Cuimei silently gave Liu Yuanhe a thumbs up.

These two men are really more likely to wear tall hats than the other.

Before dawn in the morning, Liu Qingshan had to get up and prepare things.

Because the journey is long today, we have to set out earlier.

Liu Yuanhe also got up early to kill the chicken and asked Liu Qingshan to take it there.

Seeing the plump, big local chicken lying quietly in the white water pot, and the strong fragrance kept coming out, Liu Qingshan swallowed and asked, "Can I eat some after sweeping the tomb?"

Wu Cuimei was cooking oil tea. Seeing that her son had not yet visited the grave, she thought about eating it first. She couldn't help but smile and said, "It's OK, but you must not just eat it on the way to go."

"Mom, who do you think of me?" Liu Qingshan curled his lips, "I won't steal food."

"If you are hungry, you can bring some chicken left over from last night. When you are halfway through, you can eat some first so as not to get hungry and unable to walk." Liu Yuanhe still felt sorry for his son.

Because Taizu's cemetery is really far away, it is the farthest among all cemeteries. According to his journey, he set out at 7 o'clock in the morning and could not arrive at twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

However, when I returned at 1:00 pm, I had to walk until five or six o'clock to get home.

Originally, he was not very relieved to have his son go alone, but he thought that he would have a day when he was old and couldn't walk. At that time, his son would have to face these challenges alone. Since this is the case, it would be better to start to sharpen his son from now on.

Moreover, he believed in his son's strength. After all, when his son was looking for wild honey, he went to a very far mountain.

So, he guessed that his son would definitely have nothing to do when he went to the mountains to visit graves alone today.

After breakfast, Liu Qingshan started preparing things.

Because you have to walk a long mountain road, you have to omit everything you can. The rice, pork and a whole chicken are packed in plastic bags, so that the plates can be omitted.

In addition, bring two disposable bowls. After arriving there, put the rice and pork in a disposable bowl.

As for liquor, it is filled with lightweight small plastic bottles. In order to prevent the sky from suddenly raining, some burning products such as candles, paper money, etc. must be wrapped tightly in plastic bags.

He carried these things in a worn-out backpack, then carried a hoe and chopped the hatchet, and walked into the mountains.

When he went out, Wu Cuimei happened to accidentally remove the chopsticks on the tea table.

This scene scared Wu Cuimei and hurriedly chased out of the door and shouted to her son: "Qingshan, be careful."

When Liu Qingshan saw that his mother had even given him a special reminder, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Mom, I'm such a big person, don't worry."

Wu Cuimei was a little panicked, but in order not to affect her son, she pretended to be calm and said: "Qingshan, this is the first time you have been to visit a tomb alone that far away. You must look more and pay more attention. If you encounter wild boars, snakes, etc., don't force yourself to avoid it, do you know? Our family is not as poor as before. In the past, we were poor, so we wanted to eat some wild game. Now that we have money, don't think about those wild game anymore."

"Mom, I haven't thought about it anymore." Liu Qingshan said with a funny look, "Don't worry about it. No matter if you encounter wild boars, bobcats, poisonous snakes, etc., I will definitely run away or hide, and I will not have a head-on conflict with them."

Although his son was serious, he still did not dispel Wu Cuimei's uneasiness. She continued to remind: "Also, don't be too curious, don't go to those gloomy places, don't run to the dangerous cliffs, sweep the tomb, and go home quickly."

Liu Qingshan was speechless, but in the face of his mother's concern, he still nodded solemnly: "Mom, I understand, don't worry."
To be continued...