Song Chen: "Buy it on Sunday."
The tone was like coaxing a three-year-old child.
Today is July 13th. According to the local custom, we start to welcome our ancestors home. Saturday is July 15th, and the town holds lively activities every year.
Sunday is July 16th, August 31st in the lunar calendar, which also happens to be the day when Lin Jingbei officially starts school.
Lin Jingbei pressed on: "Where can I buy it on Sunday?"
Song Chen: "Have you called your master?"
"Not yet. Wait until you buy it for me, then I'll call him. That's what I call telling the facts and presenting evidence." Lin Jingbei said.
He just wanted to satisfy his desire to talk and trick his father.
Song Chen slapped him: "You little bastard, are you trying to play tricks on me? Have you forgotten what I told you?"
"I haven't forgotten." Lin Jingbei jumped a step away.
Lin Lu: "What? What did you say behind my back?"
Lin Jingbei: "Master said he would buy me a computer and send it to me, but my dad told me to refuse and he bought it for me."
"We really can't take this from him." A computer is very valuable.
It’s equivalent to someone else’s annual salary.
"Remember to send something to your Uncle Gu, don't forget." It would be unreasonable to take such an expensive gift from someone and then not give anything in return.
It is said that the gift may be small but the sentiment is great. No matter how small it is, the gift should be there at least.
Lin Lu: "A few boxes of fruits that we grow ourselves, and some local specialties from Qingshui Town."
"Let's go together on Sunday," said Song Chen.
There is currently no store selling computers in the town, so I can only go to the county to have a look. And tomorrow I happen to be sending a batch of goods to the county.
"Sure." Lin Jingbei responded positively.
Song Chen: "I didn't call you, I was talking to your mother."
Tomorrow is the first day of school, and this kid really doesn't want to go.
Well……
Lin Lu refused: "No."
The truck doesn't have a lot of space, and it would be uncomfortable for a normal person to sit in, and it would be even more difficult with her leg condition.
It's finally getting better, but you should just keep coaxing him. What if it gets worse?
Still no.
Lin Jingbei: "Aren't you going to buy me a computer? I don't need to go."
"You don't want to go to school?"
"Do you know computers?"
"Do you know how to choose?"
Song Chen asked three questions in a row, and finally added: "I'm afraid you can only choose the color."
That’s the truth, buddy.
Lin Jingbei: "How can I not do it? I have used it before. Have you touched it?"
Father Song: "Whoever pays is the boss. If you want to go, you can go and ask the teacher for leave. If he agrees, you can go."
"Please come in." As the head teacher's chief disciple, asking for leave is a piece of cake. He can make up any reason without any doubt.
Lin Lu held his forehead and said, "I think you two are still three years old."
——
Thirteen began to welcome the ancestors home, and Li Xianglian offered a lot of fruits in front of the poetry board.
They must also be provided with food and drinks three times a day.
That morning, Lin Lu and Song Chen went to the grave to see the old lady, burned a lot of paper money for her, and talked a lot.
What Lin Lu remembers most is that Song Chen said, "Mom, Lin Lu is awake now. You can see that we are living well here. You can rest assured over there and stop worrying about me."
Lin Lu really thought the old lady would blame herself, but Song Chen kept saying no.
She asks how do you know.
Song Chen lied: "I just asked in my heart, I said if she doesn't blame you, just tell us, she is here, look."
Lin Lu looked in the direction his finger pointed and saw an ant crawling over from the grave and eating the fruit they had offered as a sacrifice.
Lin Lu cried.
On the 14th day, the deceased is sent out and a lot of paper money is burned at night.
It's just a custom in the town and can't be considered feudal superstition.
In the past, at this time of year every year, only a few of them would burn it.
Because they were worried about Lin Lu, everyone was in a bad mood. Li Xianglian wanted to talk to her ancestors all night and ask them to bless Lin Lu so that he would wake up quickly.
This year her wish finally came true. Li Xianglian asked Lin Luduo to burn incense to the ancestors to fulfill her wish.
In order to thank the ancestors for their manifestation, they only burned one stack in the past, and a few people would burn it for two or three hours. This year, Li Xianglian bought several stacks, and the whole family started burning them at seven o'clock and continued to twelve o'clock.
Lin Lu was fine, she sat down to burn the incense, but it was not so easy for the others, they knelt "piously" and burned the incense all night long.
Well, even the old man Father Lin succumbed to the old woman's tyranny and knelt for a whole night.
Li Xianglian’s original words were: Everyone except Lulu must kneel down, otherwise if anything happens to her in the future, I will hold you responsible.
If your heart is not sincere, the gods will not be effective.
Who can bear such a huge sin?
——
The fifteenth day.
As soon as the sky brightened, the place outside started to get lively.
There are a lot of people coming to the town to play today, and you can make a lot of money by selling anything.
The street vendors had already arrived yesterday to take up their spots.
There are also stalls set up on the street a hundred meters away from Lin's house.
At noon, there will be dragon dancing and folk performances of various motorcades, which will be performed from the City God Temple to the overpass.
There will also be performances by some art troupes at Tianhu Square.
This day was the day that Lin Lu and his friends looked forward to most when they were young, besides the Chinese New Year.
Song Chen specially gave the employees of the brick factory and orchard a day off.
Li Xianglian also made an appointment with her old friends to go out and have fun together today. (Mainly going to the City God Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha.)
Lin Changchun didn't like those activities and planned to come back after watching the dragon dance.
Lin Jingbei was called away by several friends early in the morning, mainly because the photos taken that day had been developed and they wanted to send them quickly.
Then, Lin Lu and his wife are the only ones left in the family.
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