A sleepless night, at four o'clock in the morning, Dongfang Herring went offline to sleep. Tomorrow, no, it should be called today. According to their rules, the second day of junior high school has to go up to the mountain to pay homage to the ancestors. This is a cultural tradition of thousands of years. Don¡¯t say that you haven¡¯t waited for the mouse. Even if you do, you have to let it go first. Things are more important than grave sweeping.
After sleeping for two hours, Dongfang Herring woke up. When he got up, he found that the three girls had already got up and got ready.
"God also knows that today is the day of sweeping the grave." Dongfang Herring glanced outside, it rained all day and night yesterday, but it stopped raining today.
"Put more clothes on. Today is still cloudy and there is no sun." Cheng Hongluan was careful.
"It's okay, you will sweat when you climb the mountain." Dongfang Herring smiled.
Simply eat something, start driving, go out earlier, you can avoid the rush hour, otherwise, traffic jams will be a very troublesome thing.
Today, I was lucky. I encountered a green light. I saved at least ten minutes to get on the expressway. There were not many cars on the expressway. The car was driven by Huang Yanmei. It was supposed to be a 2.5-hour journey, but I got off the highway in 2 hours. It was exactly nine o'clock when I arrived at Dongfang Herring's hometown, which is not too late.
People in the village began to carry wine, tea, tobacco, chicken, duck, fish and other sacrifices up the mountain. There were large and small troops on the road, and there was an endless stream. Because it wasn't raining, the children also came along, laughing, crying, and fighting, which was very lively. However, what is more familiar is the sound of crackling firecrackers, which seem to sound from all directions at the same time, one after another, and the mountains respond without a moment's rest. There was an explosion sound from high in the sky. It was a daytime firework, and the color was not very clear, but the sound was so loud that it could be heard more than ten miles away.
Fireworks and firecrackers were originally prohibited in rural areas, but that was when the weather was fine, not for the sake of fresh air, but mainly to prevent fires. The countryside is surrounded by mountains, so it is very troublesome to burn. It rained on the night of New Year's Eve until the night of the first day of the new year. The ground was wet and there was no need to worry about the problem of fire, so the cadres in the village didn't care about setting off firecrackers.
Cheng Hongluan is very careful and has prepared water boots. Otherwise, if you wear normal shoes to go up the mountain, you don't need to walk for ten minutes, and you will be covered in muddy water. Dongfang Herring has a poor sense of the rest of the family, and he doesn't have much affection, so he only pays homage to his mother, and the others don't care.
On the road, I met a lot of people in the village, some of whom I knew and some of whom I didn¡¯t, except for a few friends who had been playing since I was a child. Most people dare not call him, he has changed too much, and those who recognize him are not sure, so they dare not say hello.
"Mom, I'm here to see you! My son is doing well, you don't have to worry about him, I hope you are doing well down here!" Dongfang Herring knelt down and kowtowed three times, and the three daughters followed behind.
I haven't come here for a year, and the grave is covered with weeds. It was already withered and yellow, but because of the rain in the past two days, a lot of green grass has emerged. The four of Dongfang Herring worked together to weed out the grass. Light joss sticks and sprinkle yellow paper.
The sacrifices are very rich. If I could eat these things when I was a child, Dongfang Herring would laugh in his dreams, but now he is only sad. The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, the child wants to support but the relatives don't wait, what's the use of the best conditions? Mother is no longer there.
Not staying for too long, the four of them returned the same way. It's not in a hurry, but staying here will only leave you sad. Dongfang Herring doesn't want the third daughter to worry about it, and the third daughter doesn't want to see Dongfang Herring sad.
After hesitating for a moment, he went into the village anyway. The village has undergone great changes. All the earthen houses have been bulldozed and replaced by reinforced concrete houses, and the roads have been paved with cement. This is a credit to the construction of the new countryside. Dongfang Herring almost couldn't find where those partners lived. However, in the village, everyone is familiar with each other, so just ask anyone.
Several good friends have grown up, except for one, everyone else is married. Dongfang Herring delivered gifts, alcohol, tobacco, candy, health care products, etc., and made up the wedding red envelope by the way, drank a cup of tea and left. 强牺  读牺
Land Rover drove away from the village, Dongfang Herring was still looking back.
"Anyway, it's so close, so come back and take a look if you want. You don't go to work, so you have plenty of time." Huang Yanmei glanced at the rearview mirror. Unlike Dongfang Herring, she spent most of her childhood in school, and her family atmosphere was not good, so she didn't have a deep affection for her family and her hometown.
"Whenever you get tired of living outside, go home." Dongfang Herring said.
"People here get married really early." Cheng Hongluan sighed a little. In big cities, it is normal to be around 30 years old, and it is normal to get married at 35 years old. In rural areas, getting married around the age of 20 is the norm. She saw several people, at most they were only 21 or 22 years old. The children were all born, and they still had childish faces, but they were already fathers and mothers."People in the city always think about the quality of life, but they lack the ability and the economy can't keep up, so they can only postpone it." Li Hongdou paused, "Too much reading is also the reason for delaying the age of marriage."
Cheng Hongluan thought about it, yes. According to normal study, a person will be 22 years old after graduating from university, and if they study for a master's degree or something, they will be about 27 or 28 years old. It's impossible to get married right after graduation. It takes two years to play, and I have a little financial foundation. After a few years of tossing around like this, I have already gone to the third.
It is better for people in rural areas to follow Chinese classical ideas, start a family and start a business, first get married and then start a business. So get married if you can. Anyway, it is not against the law to have a child out of wedlock now. Once you have a child, it is logical to marry with a child. The biggest problem in rural areas is actually the bride price issue. If this aspect is resolved, age will not be a problem.
"Marrying too early may not be a good thing." Huang Yanmei interrupted suddenly, "Research shows that the age group with the highest divorce rate is precisely the age group of 21-23 years old, and the average marriage lasts only one year, that is to say , Divorced just after giving birth to a child."
"Divorce at this age is basically an impulsive divorce. You are too young, your personality is too sharp, and you don't know how to tolerate it. Marriage must be tolerant." Li Hongdou said.
"Children lose their father or mother when they are only one year old. They are the most pitiful people." Cheng Hongluan couldn't bear it. This time Zhang Si
"Impulsiveness is one aspect, and another aspect is mental instability. Once there is a dispute at home, it is easy to generate dissatisfaction, and then mess around outside. The problem of infidelity in marriage is getting more and more serious." Huang Yanmei said.
"Mobile phones allow us to receive information and receive a lot of bad information at the same time. When we are angry and see these information, it is easy to change our minds." Li Hongdou has seen too many students abandon their studies because of mobile phones, and college students can't resist the temptation , those with a relatively low level of education will only be more affected. make big make owl
"Actually, our education system is also problematic." Cheng Hongluan said.
Dongfang Herring listened quietly to the three girls talking about marriage, education, children, and employment Thoughts had flown back to their childhood, high school. The body has not yet fully developed, and the mind has just started on the road to maturity. With the budding of youth and the beginning of love, he also had fantasies. It was a girl sitting in the first row. She was wearing a floral dress in summer. Dongfang Herring could no longer remember her appearance. What impressed her most was her shiny black hair. A faint fragrance