readytorunbook Chapter 259 Worshiping Parents
Chapter 259 Worshiping Parents
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Han Zhibai pushed open the long-sealed door of the main hall. Dust flew up from the door and the spider webs at the cracks were torn apart as the door opened.
When the dust settled, they walked in front and behind.
She looked at the layout of the house, which was the same as that in the valley, and smiled. In this case, there was no need to adapt to moving in, and everything was familiar and easy to use.
Han Zhibai said: "The house is a little dirty, let's clean it after we finish eating."
The kitchen was fully equipped. There was more than one stone of rice, more than three stone of white flour, one stone of sorghum flour, a little bit of dried chicken, duck, fish, bacon, dried vermicelli, dried meat, dried fruits and sugar that they had brought with them. All of them were eaten up.
At noon, they steamed steamed buns with sorghum flour, killed three wild rabbits they had hunted in the woods yesterday, and a chicken. They cooked the rabbit for the two kids, braised the chicken, and cooked some bacon and sausages.
After a simple meal, the two rolled up their sleeves and cleaned the house.
She started cleaning from the kitchen, washing everything inside and out, scalding it with hot water, and then taking it outside to dry in the sun.
There was also a well in the front yard. Han Zhibai fetched water from it again and again to fill the water tank in the kitchen. He then uprooted the weeds in the yard and moved all the tables and chairs in the house out to wash the water.
After two hours of work, the dirty house was completely spruced up and all the things brought from the valley were put away.
Xia Qingyue and Han Zhibai were so tired that they sat in the main room and looked around the clean and bright home. The exhaustion from days of traveling disappeared at this moment, and there was only happiness.
Before I knew it, the sun had set and the clouds in the sky were a beautiful orange-red.
When Xia Qingyue came out and walked under the eaves, she saw Yunxia and stopped in surprise.
Under the sky ahead is the vast blue sea. Unlike the quiet and holy jade-like salt lake, here you can clearly feel every corner of the blue sea, the most intuitive and warm beauty brought by the wind, flowers, clouds, and the sea.
She remembered a sentence and couldn't help but recite it: "Facing the sea, spring is warm and flowers are blooming."
Han Zhibai came out of the main room. He saw her standing outside looking into the distance with a smile on her face. He smiled along with her unconsciously, walked to her side, and put his arm around her shoulders.
In the afterglow of dusk, the two stood under the eaves, leaning against each other. The light and shadow cast their figures onto the wall behind them, stretching them extremely long and fitting tightly.
Before dark, they collected the things that were drying in the yard one by one and cooked some hand-rolled noodles in the evening.
After eating, boil some hot water and wash your whole body from head to toe, front and back.
During the days in the Beiyuan Forest, they did not make a fire except for cooking food and heating water, for fear of attracting ferocious beasts. They also did not take a bath, but simply wiped themselves every day.
After a comfortable wash, they felt relaxed all over. They sat on the bed and read for a while while their hair dried.
In the past few days, Xia Qingyue has fully felt the temperature here. The highest temperature during the day is about 36 degrees, and at night it is 26 or 27 degrees. It is still quite hot throughout the day, so when cleaning the house during the day, she directly washed the straw mat, dried it, and spread it on the bed. It was just the right time to fall asleep.
After their hair was dry, they felt sleepy, so they blew out the oil lamp and lay down to sleep.
That night, they finally had a full night's sleep without any strange noises or worries.
The next day, Xia Qingyue woke up with a start. Han Zhibai was still sleeping beside her. She looked out the window. It was getting light outside and the sound of birds chirping was endless.
She got up quietly, put on her shoes and changed her clothes.
Open the door gently and go out, then close the door again.
In the nest in the main room, Black and White were sleeping soundly next to each other. Even when she touched them, they did not wake up.
She went to the bathroom to wash up, came out and opened the small side door of the kitchen.
All of a sudden, a cool breeze blew, and warm golden sunlight shone in, the light making her squint slightly.
Looking at the scenery in the front yard and house, the good mood of the day comes early in the morning.
In a happy mood, she hummed a cheerful song, boiled water, killed chickens and rabbits, and prepared offerings for the worship.
More than half an hour later, Han Zhibai woke up. He saw that Xia Qingyue was not beside him, so he got up in a hurry, without combing his hair, and looked for her all over the house, and finally found her in the kitchen.
The kitchen counter was filled with a wide variety of offerings, including a boiled whole chicken, a roasted rabbit, steamed dried fish, soft and fragrant red date rice cakes, a plate of red cherries, two large bowls of dumplings, two bouquets of flowers still covered with dew, and a jar of pear blossom and white peach blossom wine brought from the valley.
When he saw those things, his eyes instantly turned red and tears flashed in his eyes.
She picked up the ladle, scooped water from the water tank and poured it into the wash basin. "The food is limited, so we didn't prepare that much. You got up just in time. After you wash up, let's go to worship first and then come back for breakfast."
"it is good!"
The grave of Han Zhibai's parents is located in the woods beside the house. They brought offerings and left Heihei and Xiaobai, who were still sleeping, to watch over the house.
The grave was built on a meadow full of wild flowers in the forest. There was only one grave, and she knew that her father and mother were buried together.
The two of them placed the offerings together and lit the incense and candles.
"Dad, Mom, I'm married. Qingyue and I are here to see you!" Han Zhibai looked at the grave in front of him with a smile on his face.
She stood in a proper posture and said with a smile: "Dad, Mom, I am Qingyue."
They squatted down, picked up the paper money, put it on the incense and candles and lit it. One by one, the paper money burned and black smoke billowed.
Seeing that the paper money was about to burn out, they knelt on their knees and kowtowed.
After the ceremony, Xia Qingyue took Han Zhibai's hand and interlocked their fingers. She said, "Dad, Mom, don't worry, we will live happily every day for the rest of our lives!"
He glanced at her sideways, eyes full of tenderness.
"Zhibai, the grass over there looks so fresh and tender. Shall I go cut some to feed the cows and sheep?" She pointed to the area on the other side that was covered with lush green grass.
Knowing that this was a thoughtful move from her and that she wanted him to be alone with his parents for a while, Han Zhibai nodded and said, "I'll come find you later."
She ran to cut the grass.
Left alone in front of the tomb, Han Zhibai slowly sat down on the grass and told with a smile how he and Xia Qingyue met and the journey they went through to be together.
As he spoke gently, the wind blew softly, and the leaves of the two large trees behind the tomb rubbed against each other, making a rustling sound, as if responding to him.
After the worship, the two went back together, took the cut grass to the poultry house to feed the cows and sheep, and also added new water for them.
The offerings can be brought back and eaten after the worship, otherwise they will be wasted. They eat breakfast in the main hall.
After the meal, Han Zhibai discussed with her the recent life arrangements, "I want to cultivate the fields first so that I can plant millet and vegetables as soon as possible. There are many wild fruits here, prey in the forest, fish, shrimps and crabs in the sea, but there are not many wild vegetables.
I'll go weed the fields later, and when the planting is almost done, I want to repair the fence at home and trim the flowers and plants."
"During the daytime at this time of year, the sea water is high tide, and around the evening, the sea water will recede, and we can go to the beach to play and catch fish and shrimp."
Hearing about the topic of the sea, she was very excited, "Okay, we have the same idea, that is to plant the food first, and the rest can be done later.
Some of the sweet potatoes I brought are rotten. I will pick them out later, cut them into pieces and put them in a cool place to germinate. It will take some time before they sprout and can be planted. "