Being Reborn And Starting Off By Not Being A Simp-Chapter 437: Home Village (2)

That would be very different.

Those who had secretaries were bosses, and they would not be small bosses.

Only the big boss had a pretty secretary.

They were surprised, but they also realized something. It seemed that Liu Qing did not rely on his own ability to obtain wealth, but climbed up the social ladder and found a rich family’s daughter.

This explained it.

Some people were envious, but there was also some disdain.

"What’s so great about it? Isn’t it just being a live-in son-in-law?"

However, he could only think of saying this in his mind. He didn’t dare to say it out loud.

They were still a little afraid of rich people.

Liu Qing did not introduce these people to Su Qi. He felt that there was no need to introduce these passersby. Moreover, some of them had indeed forgotten their names.

Su Qi didn’t know how to speak in her hometown, but she could understand. She smiled and nodded at those people."Hello, I’m Liu Qing’s girlfriend. Today is my first time here."

This could also be considered as an introduction to Liu Qing.

Boss Liu looked at Liu Qing enviously and said,""Xiao Liu, you’re not bad. You married such a beautiful wife."

Liu Qing smiled." She’s alright. Actually, it doesn’t matter whether she’s pretty or not. I don’t care about that. The main thing is that she has a good personality.""

He walked into the shop and asked casually,"Why aren’t there firecrackers?""

Boss Liu said,

"Firecrackers are not allowed on the mountain, and we are not allowed to sell them. You can’t even bring the firecrackers up the mountain if you buy them yourself. There are people in the village watching over these days. If anyone finds out that they set off firecrackers on a grave, they will be fined 500 yuan."

Speaking of this, he felt a little resentful.

This county had a very strict ban on firecrackers. Their shops could no longer sell firecrackers, whether it was for funerals, funerals, or the New Year. This caused their shops to lose a large amount of income.

Across the river was another county in another city. However, firecrackers were not allowed there. When it came to the new year, the fireworks lit up half the sky. The people here could only be envious.

" Oh," Liu Qing replied and did not say anything else.

He felt that it was a good thing that firecrackers were not allowed on the mountain.

In his memory, there used to be mountain fires caused by firecrackers during the Qingming Festival every year. Sometimes, a large forest was burned down.

A complete ban was also good.

If he couldn’t set off firecrackers, then he didn’t need to buy this.

He bought some joss paper and incense sticks. In principle, these were not allowed to be brought up the mountain, as they could also cause a fire.

However, this thing wasn’t as big of a commotion as a firecracker. No one would know if it was secretly lit on the mountain.

Although the village would send special people to watch over these people before and after Qingming, it was impossible to go to the mountain to see every tomb-sweeping person. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

These things were not expensive, less than ten yuan.

He also bought a spiritual flag, a few apples, and a bag of biscuits.

His grandparents had passed away before his father’s car accident. In the past, he followed his father and his uncles to visit his grandparents ’graves. However, after his father passed away, he only visited his father’s grave.

His grandparents had his uncles visiting their graves, so he didn’t need to join in the fun.

He was the only one who visited his father’s grave.

It had been like this for more than ten years.

Su Qi looked at the things he bought. They didn’t cost much. In total, they only cost more than 20 yuan.

These were the only offerings for the Qingming Festival. Those who had no money did not even have any offerings.

Some of them even offered cigarettes and alcohol, but Liu Qing’s father did not smoke or drink, so there was no need for such offerings.

After buying the items that cost more than 20 yuan, Liu Qing borrowed a hoe and a sickle from Boss Liu. He asked Su Qi to help him carry the offerings while he took the sickle and hoe. The two of them walked into the fork in the road.

A little further away from the fork, there was a small path that led up the mountain.

Ye Mo and Li Han didn’t go with them. Liu Qing told them to wait outside the shop.

There was no tradition of outsiders participating in the tomb visits.

Su Qi was Liu Qing’s fiancée, so of course she could participate.

There was no need for the two of them.

He asked them to stay there and watch the two cars parked there so that they wouldn’t be scratched by the naughty children.

The fork in the road went around the mountain. It was also a cement road, and there were families on the roadside.

Nowadays, the rural construction was quite good. The cement road had already extended to every household.

However, the doors of some houses were tightly shut. There were weeds in front of the doors, and no one lived there.

After passing by a few houses, there was a small path that climbed up the mountain. Liu Qing brought Su Qi onto that small path.

This path wasn’t made of cement. It was just that there were too many people climbing the mountain, so it wasn’t easy to walk.

Fortunately, Su Qi wasn’t wearing high heels, so it wasn’t a problem for her to walk on this mountain path.

This mountain was not very tall, only about a hundred meters tall. After walking for more than ten meters on the path, both sides were filled with graves.

There were many more people buried on this mountain than living at the foot of it.

Some of them had already built tombs, some of them had not built tombs, and only had tombstones erected in front of the tombs. There were also some who had only a mound of soil and did not even have a tombstone.

Most of the weeds around the tombs had been cleared. It was obvious that they had been cleared recently. There were also spiritual flags on the tombs.

There were also a few tombs that were covered in weeds and shrubs, making them seem especially desolate.

As the breeze blew, the colorful paper flowers and white strips on the spiritual flag danced in the wind, like dancing spirits.

This spiritual flag had another name, which was called the Soul Beckoning Flag. Its meaning was to attract the souls of the dead to return and accept the worship of future generations.

Although it was a sunny day, Su Qi had a gloomy feeling as she walked. It was as if she had entered a country of the undead with Liu Qing.

A chill ran down his spine as he followed Liu Qing. He grabbed Liu Qing’s shirt and said,""Liu Qing, this place is a little scary."

Liu Qing smiled." Don’t be afraid. I’m here.""

"Weren’t you afraid when you came to visit the grave alone in the past?"Su Qi asked.

Although she had received modern higher education, such an environment looked too scary. She really did not dare to come alone.

She didn’t understand why Liu Qing wasn’t afraid when he visited the grave alone.

Was this person really not afraid of ghosts?

"What is there to be afraid of?" Liu Qing said," I’m a local, and the ghosts here are also local ghosts. We’re all from the same village. They don’t have to harm me."

Then, he paused for a moment and smiled.

"Besides, my dad is here too. He will protect me."

He said it with a smile, but in Su Qi’s ears, she heard sourness and nostalgia.

She suddenly remembered that the man beside her had lost his father when he was in his teens, and he had also lost his only family member in the world.

In the ten years after that, no one could give him the warmth of a family, no one could give him protection.

In his heart, it should be quite bitter, right?

Perhaps it was only once a year that he could return to his hometown and reminisce about the warmth of his father’s grave.

Liu Qing’s words reminded her of something she had seen online:

"When I was young, I was afraid of graves because I thought there were ghosts inside. Ever since I had a relative lying there, I realized that the ghost I was afraid of when I was young was someone that others would never see again."

When he inserted the Soul Beckoning Banner, perhaps he really wanted to attract his father’s soul over.

He wasn’t necessarily afraid of ghosts. He just believed that his father was here and that his father would protect him.

Thinking of this, she felt a heartache for Liu Qing.

Liu Qing brought Su Qi along the small path and walked for more than 200 meters. They reached the mountainside where there was a small path.

Then, he followed the small path and walked a few dozen meters to the right. He walked into the tombs and walked towards a deserted tomb.

The tomb was covered with weeds and shrubs, forming a sharp contrast with the tombs that had been cleared.

There was no tombstone in front of the grave, but Liu Qing knew that it was his father’s grave.