Princess Yuzhang also squatted down beside Xiao Ran and began to burn paper. "The book says that every ghost we fear is someone that others miss day and night. What flickers is not the flame of feudalism, but the longing between two lifetimes."
"The book also says that when offering sacrifices, the flames drift towards people. It's like the deceased gently caressing your brow, dispelling half a lifetime of disasters for you. White butterflies slowly rise in the wind, and children murmur about their deceased loved ones. Feudalism has always been about people, not culture."
Xiao Ran and Li Lizhi looked at Princess Yuzhang in surprise and said nothing.
Although the little princess didn't know what this was for, she squatted down like the others, picked up the paper money and started burning it.
Grandpa silently trimmed the weeds and bushes next to him.
Xiao Ran picked up three incense sticks, lit them and stuck them into the ground.
He opened a bottle of wine, poured it in front of the grave, and lit a cigarette.
I used to think that my parents were just average, but when I grew up I realized that they were pretty impressive. I’m not even as good as them. At least they raised their children, but I have a hard time raising myself, let alone raising my children.
"Oh!" Xiao Ran sighed.
He knelt down and kowtowed three times.
Seeing that the little princess wanted to learn, Xiao Ran pulled the little princess and said, "Mingda, no need."
"Yeah~" The little princess took out walnut kernels from her bag and placed them in front of the grave, imitating Xiao Ran.
The little girl is young, but she seems to understand something.
None of the princesses were joking around, as if they knew this was a serious matter.
Even after the fire is burned out, they still don't leave. They have to wait until it is completely extinguished before they can leave.
I was afraid that the strong wind would ignite other things.
Princess Gaoyang pointed and said, "There's a big windmill here too."
"There are wind turbines on the hills nearby. Actually, this is not a good thing." Xiao Ran looked at the place not far away and saw wind power generation everywhere.
"Brother, why do you say that?" Yu Zhang didn't understand.
"They say the place where this is installed won't see much development in about 20 years..."
"What's that, little stork?" the little princess pointed to the ground.
A small white bump with tiny dots on it.
Xiao Ran squatted down and picked it up, "See what this looks like."
Several princesses came closer.
"The color and size are wrong. It feels a bit like a strawberry." Li Lizhi was not sure either.
"This is a wild strawberry. It doesn't grow big, but it's very sweet and delicious." Xiao Ran fed it to the little princess.
The little princess was delighted, "Really~ This is great~"
Strawberries are sweet at the tip and a little sour at the end, but this wild strawberry is not sour at all.
The biggest drawback is that it is small, about the size of a peanut.
The little princess squatted down and picked one, "Second sister Ni Qiya~"
Princess Yuzhang was surprised and said, "Isn't this everywhere?"
"Yes, a lot, so many that we can't eat them all." Xiao Ran also squatted down and picked a few.
I didn't pay attention just now and didn't know this was edible.
This one can even be eaten while lying on the grass.
"This tastes better than cherries and plums." Princess Gaoyang talked about this period while eating.
"Brother, what is the fruit on the thorn next to it? Can it be eaten?" Princess Yuzhang saw that there were other fruits nearby.
"That's a red fruit, and it's edible." Xiao Ran stood up and picked one and opened it. "There are seeds inside, don't eat them. They absorb water just like sugarcane."
"I want seven fruits too~" The little princess stretched out her little hand to pick them herself.
The thorns are not high, and the little princess can pick them.
"This one isn't as sweet as strawberries, but it's more juicy." Li Lizhi also tasted it.
The princesses in the palace naturally didn't know these things.
I find it very novel.
"It's so nice here, there are so many foods." Princess Yuzhang said as she picked strawberries to feed the little princess.
"There are many more!" Xiao Ran walked a few steps to the side, and several princesses hurriedly followed.
"Brother, can this be eaten too?" Princess Gaoyang picked one.
"This is goat milk, it's edible, but it doesn't seem sweet."
Xiao Ran said it was too late, Princess Gaoyang had already eaten.
"So jealous!" Princess Gaoyang frowned.
"There are sweet ones here too, with a different taste. There are a lot of wild fruits you can eat. The one on the tree next to you is a jackfruit, but it won't ripen until October, when winter begins. The tree over there has thorns, so it's a thorny jackfruit. Similar things also have to wait until after autumn. There are pine cones on the pine tree over there, with pine nuts inside. There are plenty of chestnuts to eat on the chestnut tree over there in autumn. The one with big leaves on the bush is a hazelnut, and there are also wax gourds... There are even special black cherries in autumn, which are also good."
Xiao Ran talked a lot.
The little princess was so greedy after hearing this that she squatted down and picked some strawberries to eat by herself.
Princess Yuzhang picked some and gave them to her grandfather. Her grandfather didn't eat them, so she just let Princess Yuzhang eat them.
Xiao Ran had the impression that his grandparents didn't eat these things. He didn't understand at first, but later he figured it out.
I guess it’s because I used to eat it often when I was hungry, but later I got scared of eating it and now I don’t want to eat it.
Xiao Ran had the impression that the elderly in the village didn't eat these, but the children were very fond of them.
The children in the village know where the wild fruits are. They have to go and check before they are ripe, because if they go too late, they will be gone.
The little princess saw that the big one hadn’t eaten it, so she put it in her bag.
"Mingda, you can't put this in your bag, or you won't be able to eat it later." The strawberries are very soft.
Xiao Ran reminded the little princess.
"I want to give this nest to grandma~" the little princess said seriously.
Only then did Xiao Ran notice that Princess Chengyang did the same and put it into her bag.
"This will go bad if you put it in the bag, and you won't be able to eat it later." Xiao Ran has experience.
"Brother, how about we bring some back for grandma?" Princess Gaoyang asked Xiao Ran.
"When we get back later, just hold it in your hands! If you put it in the bag, it will go bad inside." Xiao Ran didn't say that grandma didn't want to eat it, because he didn't want to pour cold water on her.
The princesses all thought strawberries were delicious and wanted to bring some for their grandmother.
"good!"
The grave is halfway up the mountain, and it is actually a bit difficult to go up and down, but grandpa looks very relaxed.
Grandpa is used to walking very fast with his back bent and his hands behind his back.
"Brother, grandpa is so old, but he seems very relaxed." Princess Yuzhang asked.
"Grandpa is eighty-one years old this year."
"Wow! He's older than Aong." Princess Gaoyang said.
When she got home, the little princess ran excitedly to her grandmother and took out the strawberries she had brought back carefully.
"Grandma Niqi, this is so sweet~"
"That's great~"
Grandma picked up one and said, "Well, not bad, Mingda will have one too."
Li Lizhi and Princess Yuzhang did not try to persuade her, and it was obvious that grandma really didn't like it.
But the little princess didn't let it down and ate a little.
It is mainly eaten by the two little princesses.
The little princess loved the meadow and thought the strawberries there were delicious.
There are many places nearby.
Grandpa looked into the distance and said, "It's going to rain tonight."
"Well, we can go mushroom picking tomorrow. Xiaoran liked picking mushrooms before, but didn't eat them. Can you get used to eating them now?" Grandma still remembered.
"I'm used to it." Xiao Ran likes picking mushrooms.
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