Ye Beiping could only nod in agreement to what Aunt Pang said; whether he would actually do it afterward was another matter entirely.
Seeing that Tao Qiuyan and Ye Xiaoxin had almost finished their work, Ye Beiping asked his mother to look after Su Xinyi and took Ye Xiaoxin to his father's cenotaph.
Wu Guangfa also came along under the pretext of visiting his old friend.
The old house is not far from Ye Beiping's father's grave; it only takes about ten minutes to climb the mountain path to get there.
Ye Beiping lit three sticks of incense and gestured towards the grave: "Dad, we're back. Don't worry, I'll take good care of Mom and Sister. Our family's life is getting better and better. If you need anything down there, just come to me in a dream."
This cannot be called superstition; it is more of a psychological comfort.
When people are alive, they may not eat or drink well, but as children, we always think that our parents can eat and drink well in the afterlife.
Next was Ye Xiaoxin, whose eyes also turned red upon hearing Ye Beiping's words.
Ye Beiping then walked to the side and began burning paper money.
"Dad," Ye Xiaoxin said after offering incense, "we are all doing well. Beiping is doing well now, so don't worry too much."
Finally, Wu Guangfa also offered incense.
“Old Ye, Beiping has made something of himself. He’s doing big business in the city now, making a lot of money, and he’s even planning to build a new house. You can finally rest easy after all these years.”
...
The procedure wasn't complicated; it mainly consisted of conversations between the three people.
It only takes about half an hour to go round trip.
When they returned to the old house, Ye Beiping walked over to Su Xinyi and saw her still playing with the children.
A smile appeared on his face.
Because I saw maternal love on Su Xinyi's face, perhaps because of her pregnancy, her tolerance for children can be said to be infinitely amplified.
If she saw another child drop some candy and try to pick it up, Su Xinyi would immediately stop them and give the child a few more pieces instead.
When she sees several children fighting over candy, she will go up and reason with them, and even give each of them a few extra pieces.
Ye Beiping saw that Su Xinyi's pockets were empty, so he figured she must be out of candy. Helpless, he went to the car and opened a new bag of candy.
This candy was originally intended for Tao Qiuyan to eat during the Spring Festival, but now she can only give it to the children in the village.
I've got my hands on White Rabbit milk candy.
A group of children cheered and jumped for joy.
Seeing this, Tao Qiuyan wanted to say something, but Ye Beiping directly comforted her, "Mom, it's okay. We can just buy more. It's just a few pieces of candy."
Seeing so many people around, Tao Qiuyan didn't say anything in the end.
Instead, looking at Su Xinyi's back, she frowned, conflicted. Especially her gentleness and smile towards children; she pursed her lips, lost in thought.
By the time I finished everything, it was already past four in the evening.
Rural people usually eat dinner early. Some went home to cook, while others followed Ye Beiping closely and were unwilling to leave.
It seems that seeing a rich person is a very rare thing.
Ye Beiping was also quite helpless.
A short while later, Hou Baolin's father, Hou Yongping, arrived.
When he saw Ye Beiping and Tao Qiuyan, he greeted them immediately: "Sister-in-law, Beiping, Xiaoxin, you're back."
When facing Su Xinyi, Hou Yongping simply nodded slightly as a greeting.
"I just came from the brigade. It's quite busy at the end of the year, and I was thinking of coming back as soon as possible to help you guys."
Ye Beiping knew Hou Yongping meant well, so he smiled and replied, "Uncle Hou, we've all finished our work. The old house is uninhabitable for the time being, so I plan to take my mother and the others to stay at my maternal grandfather's house for a few days. I asked Uncle Wu to find someone to help me repair the house."
“That’s true.” Hou Yongping glanced at Ye Beiping’s house in the distance and slapped his forehead: “That brat Hou Baolin didn’t tell us earlier that you were coming back. Otherwise, it would have been so much better if we had notified you in advance so we could have repaired your house.”
His words were full of reproach for Hou Baolin, but his tone carried a slight hint of pride.
It's likely that Wu Di also told Hou Yongping some of the things he had told Wu Guangfa, since Wu Guangfa wouldn't be able to receive his son's calls unless he called Hou Yongping.
"It's alright. Baolin and Wu Di are both quite busy, and I made this decision on short notice. They only found out a few days ago," Ye Beiping said.
Seeing that it was getting late, he had no choice but to say goodbye to Hou Yongping and Wu Guangfa.
Although Taoping Village, where Ye Beiping's maternal grandfather lived, wasn't far away, they still had to rush to eat dinner, otherwise they wouldn't have time to eat.
It will be quite troublesome to work on this for a while longer.
Normally it takes about 20 minutes to walk from Pingba Village to Taoping Village, but today Ye Beiping drove there and arrived in just 10 minutes.
If the road weren't so difficult to travel, it would probably only take five or six minutes.
The sound of the car engine attracted a lot of people. When they saw that it had stopped in front of Tao Shengli's house, the villagers did not dare to go forward for a moment.
Ye Beiping didn't know many people in Taoping Village.
However, one advantage is that Taoping Village is more spacious than Pingba Village. This area is on flat ground, while Pingba Village is located on the mountainside.
So cars can't drive up there, but the distance between each household in Taoping Village is quite large, so driving is not a problem at all.
Hearing the commotion, Tao Shengli went outside and frowned when he saw a black car blocking his doorway.
I wanted to go up and say something, but I didn't dare.
It wasn't until Ye Beiping got out of the car that he called out, "Uncle."
Tao Shengli was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected that the car was driven by Ye Beiping. He stood there speechless for a long time.
The surrounding villagers guessed who it was from the way Ye Beiping addressed them and began to discuss it amongst themselves.
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