In the early morning of the next day, because Ye Yaodong slept too much at night, when the rooster crowed in the morning, he woke up before full light, but there was another little guy who woke up earlier than him.
When he sat up, he saw a meat ball lying at the end of the bed, holding his feet and chewing on Zheng Xiang, and with a knowing smile, he moved over lightly.
Afraid of waking Ah Qing up, he didn't speak, just smiled and hugged the child in his arms, then sat on the stool and put on her clothes, pants, shoes and socks, and stood on the chair before he put on his clothes.
"Rake rake rake rake..." Ye Xiaoxi shouted excitedly while supporting the stool.
"Shh, your mother is sleeping, keep your voice down."
He quickly put on his clothes and pants, and carried her out quickly.
In the main room, the old lady was already sitting there lighting a fire and cooking porridge. Seeing that the father and daughter had woken up, she smiled and said, "I had enough sleep last night, but the two got up early."
"Well, I went to bed too early, so I got up early."
Through the window, you can see the gray sky outside, as if it is going to rain again.
Ye Yaodong put Ye Xiaoxi in the cage to stand and play, then went to the window to take a look, opened the window by the way, and thick water vapor came in through the window.
"Is it going to rain again?"
"It's going to rain. It will be clear the day after tomorrow. There has been a lot of rain these two days."
He stood by the door and looked at the calendar hanging on the wall. The page on the second day yesterday had been torn off. Today is the third day. He flipped two pages down, and there were three red letters in capital letters, Ching Ming Festival. , clearly printed on the calendar.
During the Ching Ming Festival, there was a lot of rain, but it was rare to have a sunny day yesterday.
I have been busy trawling the net for the past few days, my child is one year old, I go out early and return late, and I fall asleep when I get home. I don’t have time to look at the calendar. I didn’t expect it to be Ching Ming Festival.
"Then shall we go to visit the grave the day after tomorrow?"
The old lady nodded, and the smile on her face disappeared.
Ye Yaodong turned his head and continued to look at the calendar. He didn't stop until May Day, and it started to rain lightly outside the house.
Originally, Ye Yaopeng wanted to take advantage of the free time these few days to go to the wall to clean up the pigsty, so that he could hug the piglets in a few days, but it seems that he can't do it today.
Ye Yaodong was also happy and at ease, dragged the rocking chair out of the house in a leisurely manner, put it on the porch at the entrance, lay on it, and watched the rain falling and drizzle outside.
When Ye Chenghu came back in the evening, he was also muttering in his mouth: "It rains heavily during the Qingming Festival, and the passers-by on the road want to die. May I ask where is the restaurant? The shepherd boy pointed to Xinghua Village."
"Oh? Can you recite it? My family is going to be the champion?"
Ye Chenghu raised his neck and said proudly: "I'm going to take two exams with 100 points, of course I will memorize it, just wait and see, wait for the mid-term exam, if I get 100 points in the exam, you can take me to the market." inside."
"I still remember it well, let's talk about it after you get 100 points in the test."
"Hmph, anyway, you are not allowed to go back on your word."
"You do it first."
Ye Chenghu shook his head, and ran into the house arrogantly, "Mother, the day after tomorrow Tomb-sweeping Day, the teacher said that there will be no school tomorrow, two days off!"
"It's going to be a holiday after two days of school, and two more days..."
"Because the teacher has to go home early to visit the grave, so I have a holiday."
"This can't be too loud..." Lin Xiuqing babbled in the room, not happy to see them arguing at home.
But in the back, she wanted to see them arguing in the room, but she still couldn't see it.
The day before Qingming, early in the morning, all the children in the village stood at the roadside at the entrance of the village and waited. They watched who walked by the roadside with a **** and broom, and all followed.
Because their local tomb sweeping has the custom of dividing tomb cakes.
Tomb cakes are basically light cakes.
Guangbing is very famous in the local area. According to legend, it was dedicated to Qi Jiguang by the common people for fighting against the Japanese. There is a hole in the middle, which can be worn with a rope, which is convenient for marching and fighting.
On the day of Qingming Festival, for many local people, it is also a tomb cake, which is used to sacrifice tombs. What's interesting is that when the light cakes become tomb cakes, they must be eaten after offering sacrifices to their ancestors. Hand it out on the spot.
The material is relatively scarce these days, and the children have no snacks. Tomb-sweeping Day can be regarded as a festival that children like very much because they can go to ask for tomb cakes.
Although it is considered a ghost festival, during the Qingming period, as long as firecrackers are fired in the fields, fields or mountains, children will rush to the cemetery from all directions to beg for tomb cakes.
It can not only serve as a snack, but also fill the stomach, so it is not only children who ask for tomb cakes, but also many adults who work in the fields.
The children of the Ye family, regardless of gender, have been running around since the day of the holiday. They didn't see anyone from morning to night, and they didn't see anyone running back to eat at noon.
"I said, why is it so quiet this morning? Just save a meal at noon."
Lin Xiuqing also smiled and said: "Should I be wandering around the surrounding hills right now? There is a little rain from time to time, and the road is full of mud and water. I don't know how dirty it will be when I come back."
"Yangyang is so small, don't lose her."
"I didn't let him go last year, and I don't know when he sneaked away this morning."
"There are so many people here, and they are on the nearby hills anyway, so I shouldn't lose him. One more person can ask for one more pie. There are so many children in the family, and today we can ask for dozens or even hundreds of them. , Tomorrow we will have a source of goods when we sweep the tomb, save money!"
Lin Xiuqing smiled so hard, "Your abacus is really good."
It rained heavily during the Ching Ming Festival last year, and they didn't let their children go out to beg for tomb cakes. When their family was sweeping the tomb, there were not many children to beg for them, so they prepared a dozen, and all of them were left home for their own children to eat. up.
It’s only raining occasionally today, and it’s still sunny from time to time. Tomorrow, there will really be a lot of children and adults.
Ye Yaodong was called by Ye Yaopeng to the old house when it cleared up in the afternoon to help him break the wall and tidy up the pigsty.
It’s just that this is an old house, a bit old. Ye Yaopeng’s room is in the old house and connected together, unlike the old lady’s original hut which was independent in the backyard.
When the wall was hit, the whole house shook, and the tiles on the roof rattled. Father Ye was so frightened that he immediately shouted to stop, his heart ached, and they were not allowed to hit again.
Just let the two of them be raised together in the little house of the old lady, raised together, and shared by partners.
It has been quite a few years, and it is dilapidated, but because it is made of stone, it looks stronger. The roof leaks will be serious, and the door panels will seep too much. If half of the wall is really knocked down, it is estimated that the entire The old house is also abandoned.
Sister-in-law Ye and Second-sister-in-law Ye could only reluctantly accept it, otherwise it would cost money to ask them to build a pigsty specially. There is already a ready-made one in this old house, and no one is willing to spend money to build another one.
"Hehe, sister-in-law and I use the old lady's house to raise pigs. Is that the old lady's land, and give me half of it?" Second sister-in-law Ye's heart was crackling.
Father Ye frowned.
At that time, because the second daughter-in-law bought a pig, the old lady’s small house raised pigs for her. In order to stop the eldest daughter-in-law’s mouth, she planted the small piece of land opened by the old lady’s roadside for the eldest daughter-in-law.
Now they are talking about this again!
Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong.
Ye Yaodong raised his eyebrows, and looked over, "Don't look at me, I don't know how to farm, I don't want to fight, and Ah Qing doesn't have time to farm, and she doesn't have any objections, you can figure it out."
The small piece of land enclosed in his yard is enough for them to work on, and the vegetables they grow are enough for their family to eat.
"Go back and ask your mother, we are not dead yet, what are you arguing about? Now help me repair the tiles on the roof, you **** those two times, and your mother and I can lie on the bed at night and watch the stars gone."
Ye Yaohua gave his daughter-in-law a hard look, and said hastily: "Hey, good dad, I'll go and move a ladder over here."
Second Sister-in-law Ye pursed her lips a little bit unconvinced, but she didn't dare to say anything more.
Ye Yaohua felt that his daughter-in-law was ashamed, and wanted to make up for it. After moving to the stairs, he volunteered to climb up.
Ye Yaopeng also felt embarrassed, and climbed up to help together, while Ye's father and Ye Yaodong helped hold the stairs and passed the tiles at the bottom.
The two sisters-in-law also picked up the broom very discerningly, and swept around to tidy up, but they couldn't see the appearance of being bullied just now, and they seemed to be able to adjust themselves.
Father Ye looked at Ye Yaodong and said, "Sweeping the tomb in Qingming tomorrow, you can go to Dongqiao Village by bicycle later, and order 50 light cakes from the person who specializes in making light cakes. Let's get them tomorrow morning."
"What are you ordering? A large group of children in the family are all out today to make money..."
"I'm afraid it won't be enough. I thought so in the morning, but it looks clear in the afternoon. It may be sunny tomorrow. At most, there will be a little sun and rain. Then there will be too many people, and it won't be enough."
"If you don't have enough points, let's send money. Everyone is happier. The cake maker may not be able to make it. In the nearby villages, there are only one or two families who can make light cakes. It's so late today, so go and order." , where else can it be done?"
Father Ye is right when he thinks about it. He didn’t order it a few days ago, and he didn’t order it in the morning.
"Then buy other cakes..."
"Then they don't have time to do it. Shouldn't they be working overtime these days to make light cakes?"
"The money...I haven't seen anyone send money..."
"Rarely seen, more strange, not enough points, it will be happier for people who pay later."
In a few years, everyone will have enough to eat and drink. No one would like to distribute these cakes and the like, and most people would find it troublesome, so they have to order them specially. The most joyful thing is to send money directly.
The grave-sweeping family saves trouble, and the children begging for tomb cakes are happy, and they can do whatever they want.
Father Ye hesitated, "Let's see if it's enough tomorrow, then?"
"Well, I'll bring some extra change. By the way, dad, do we have to build a tomb for my grandpa? There's always been only that small coffin tomb, which isn't very good."