When the two returned home, Liu Hui found Cao An and said she wanted to go back to Bao City.
Cao An knew that it was because he had offspring, and his mother wanted to tell his father, so he nodded in agreement.
"Okay, Mom, let's fly to Bao City tonight and let Si Ling take us there."
Liu Hui waved her hand, "Let Xiao Hai send him off. Si Ling will be going to Pengcheng again after the New Year. Let him spend more time with Youyou. It's not a good idea to keep separating like this."
She was worried about Xia Youyou. Although she believed that their love was stronger than gold, she deeply understood the difficulties of being alone.
Cao An nodded, reached out and patted her to comfort her, "Now Xiao Hai has also gone to Pengcheng. I will ask him to come back often to accompany Youyou in the future."
The two of them discussed this, and when they told Xia Youyou about it in the evening, she objected.
"Brother Qi and I will go too."
Liu Hui wanted to say that she was worried about her health, but was interrupted by Xia Youyou, "Brother Qi is here, he won't let me get cold."
Liu Hui had no choice but to nod. "We're going to Bao City tonight. The houses there aren't cleaned up yet, so we'll definitely be sleeping outdoors tonight. Even though we have a tent, it can't withstand the low temperature outside."
Since Qi Siling is here, please bring some warm clothes and let her go.
After instructing the old men, six adults and a little kid took off from the yard after late at night in Beijing.
Baoshi wasn't far away, and the aircraft landed on the mountain outside the city in just over ten minutes. At the foot of the mountain was where Cao An's father was buried. They found a flat area, set up four tents, and then rested.
Xiao Chenchen went to bed early tonight. After drinking enough, Cao An held him in his arms to prevent him from kicking off the quilt at night. It was cold in the mountains and he was afraid he would catch a cold. Na Ru leaned on his other side, absorbing his warmth.
Liu Hui and Xiao Hai both had hot water bottles to ensure that they wouldn't be cold at night.
Xia Youyou was also held in Qi Siling's arms. She was covered with a warm thick down quilt and was comfortably embraced by him. She didn't feel cold at all.
The next morning, after a simple breakfast, we went to the collective cemetery at the foot of the mountain.
Cao An, Xiao Hai, Qi Siling, each with a machete, finally found the tomb of Cao An's father.
Looking at the desolate and weed-covered mound, Liu Hui's eyes suddenly became red.
"Short-lived ghost, I brought you a grandson..."
Cao An gritted his teeth, his eyes welling up. He stopped Xiao Hai and Qi Siling, then grabbed a hoe and uprooted the weeds on the mound, covering it with new soil.
Xiao Hai took Xiao Chenchen from Naru's arms and motioned her to accompany Liu Hui who was wiping away tears.
Xia Youyou supported Liu Hui in silence, and the two men, one on each side, supported her and watched Cao An's movements together.
After clearing an altar, Cao An knelt down with a thud and kowtowed three times. With red eyes, he leaned on the ground and spoke to his father in the grave.
"Dad, I'm married. My wife is Naru, a gentle and kind woman. She gave birth to a big, fat boy for our Cao family. His full name is Cao Yuchu, and his nickname is Chenchen. You'll have a successor! Mom is doing well, in good health and a good mood. You can rest assured that Naru and I will be filial to her. We also have a younger sister and a younger brother. My sister is married to a good man, Qi Siling. My younger brother is Xiao Hai, a smart and down-to-earth young man. We've opened a company and built a factory, and the money we earn will provide us with enough food and clothing for the rest of our lives."
[My family wasn't able to come and pay their respects to you in the past few years, but we'll come to see you more often each year. Just be responsible for blessing your grandson and ensuring he grows up safely. If there's anything you need, please let me know in a dream and I'll get it for you.]
[Dad, Mom has suffered a lot these years...]
Please bless her, keep her healthy and free from pain, and spend more time with me and the children. I don’t want to be without a father and a mother…
"Times are good now, and life will be better in the future. Please let her live with me and enjoy more happiness. After working hard for most of her life, let her live out her days with us, surrounded by her children and grandchildren."
If you see him lying on the ground for a long time without getting up, you will know that he has something to say to his father-in-law.
She let go of her mother-in-law, walked to Cao An and knelt down. After kowtowed three times, she gestured to Xiao Hai to take Xiao Chenchen back into her arms.
"Dad, I'm your daughter-in-law, and this is your grandson, Cao Yuchu."
A tear fell from Cao An's eyes and he stood up to look at the woman beside him.
Na Ru also looked up at him and saw the forbearance and grievance in his eyes.
This man looks tough on the outside, but is so soft on the inside.
Cao An looked at the grave again. Once upon a time, he was also a child who acted spoiled in his father's arms. Although he was beaten with a stick, he grew up overnight as soon as his father passed away.
When he was a child, he would occasionally sneak over to tell his father about his mother washing clothes and pasting paper boxes for others, trying her best to make money just to send him to school to receive education.
He remembers the love of his parents and the care his father gave his mother.
His mother had lost her husband, and he had lost his father. But his mother knew the burden she had to bear in raising him, so she quickly became strong and suppressed all her sorrow.
Cao An brought his son over and held Na Ru's hand with one hand.
Qi Siling prepared incense, candles, and paper money, and distributed the smoky incense to everyone.
Cao An and Naru placed the incense on the altar and then stood up.
Qi Siling pulled Xia Youyou forward, and they both knelt down.
"No, you don't have to kneel." Liu Hui wiped her tears and stepped forward to support Xia Youyou. "Just burn some incense for him."
"You are my mother and he is my father. It is only right for you to kneel down and worship him." Xia Youyou shook her hand and insisted.
Liu Hui had no choice but to let her go and stood aside, watching the young couple kowtow three times and light the incense.
Qi Siling helped her stand up, and Xiao Hai stepped forward and knelt down to kowtow.
Liu Hui wanted to stop him, but when she thought of Xia Youyou's words, she stopped talking.
After the younger generation had offered incense, Liu Hui stepped forward, squatted down, and placed the incense in her hand on the altar.
Cao An handed the child to Qi Siling, took the paper money, and started burning it without saying a word.
"Short-lived ghost, I will raise your child." Liu Hui also took the paper money and lit it from the incense and candles on the altar.
"My children are all doing well. They have good jobs and are in good health. Our family has enough food and clothing, and they are all in good health."
"You can rest assured!"
They talked intermittently for a long time, and only went down the mountain after the incense and candles were completely burned out.
This area was sparsely populated, with a mountain road leading to the capital. Cao An and Qi Siling drove a carriage, and several people got in and set off for the city.
Liu Hui cried for a while and told her husband who passed away early all the words she had accumulated over the years, and she felt much better.
Sitting in the back seat, holding little Chenchen and teasing him.
The little guy had just woken up when he heard their voices on the mountain. He asked Cao An to hold him and kowtow to his short-lived grandfather again.
There were four people in Cao An's car, and Qi Siling and Xia Youyou were in a separate car, following behind.
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