Chapter 35 Chapter 16 Tomb Sweeping

Liu Sheng drove the van and accompanied Bao Run to the Guangming Cemetery. It is not the grave-sweeping season, and the cemetery is very deserted.They turned around a few times, but they didn't find Bao Run's father's grave.I went to the management office to inquire, and they told them that the cemetery is divided into three, six, and nine grades. There are luxury, ordinary, and economical types, and the cost varies. Baorun’s father’s cemetery is economical, and they cannot be found on the sunny slope in the south. Go to the back of the slope to find it.After they found Po, they saw Yang Dekang's name engraved on a small tombstone. With some kind of regret of hating iron but not steel, he looked at his long-lost son.The stone drawer was opened, and the inside was filled with rainwater, waiting for a urn of ashes to fall.Next to it was the cemetery that the deceased had pre-purchased for his grandfather. The land was smaller. Two masson pine trees had been planted earlier, and they were lush and dense, and they had already rushed into the air.

Bao Run compared the two tombstones, and found that his father's name was painted in black, and his grandfather's name was drawn with red paint. He had never been to the cemetery, so he didn't understand the mystery. He asked Liu Sheng why one was red and the other was black. of?Liu Sheng patiently told him that the black letter means that the person is dead and has already come in, and the red letter means that the person is still alive and has not yet come in.Baorun touched the monument of his grandfather, and suddenly grinned, "Okay, look at how good our family is, what should come is not willing to come, and what should not come is poured in."Knowing that he was talking about his grandfather, Liu Sheng asked, your grandfather will live forever, do you bother him?Baorun thought for a while, shook his head and said, don't bother, at least he is a relative, and he is the only one left.

An old man came with a plastic bucket and instructed them to bury the urn.According to the old man's instructions, they put the urn into the stone drawer, and filled all the gaps with the mortar in the bucket.The old man trimmed the edges with a trowel and said, well, fifteen yuan for the plaster and five yuan for labor, a total of twenty yuan. Just pay twenty bucks.There is no need to break ground or landfill. It is beyond Baorun's expectation to complete a son's great career so easily.He asked Liu Sheng blankly, is this all right?Liu Sheng said, that's all right. Do you think you have to dig the earth and dig the grave?Do you know what kind of society it is now?Now it is a service-oriented society, and everything is simple and fast.

Really easy and fast. Baorun's father was completely confused. It's really easy, it's really quick.In just a few minutes, Bao Run's father settled down in a small stone box. Liu Sheng was quite familiar with the ceremony in front of the tomb. He asked Baorun to kneel on the ground and kowtow three times to the stele.Baorun knocked his head three times, and suddenly put his ear on the stone table, listening to something.Liu Sheng said, what are you listening to?Are there crickets in it?Baorun said, it's not a cricket, listen to the sound, my father's ashes are jumping inside.Liu Sheng leaned over to listen, and sure enough, he heard the noise of some powder in the stone tray, like rice grains being stir-fried in a hot pan.Liu Sheng said, it's not dancing, it's your father's lingering ghost, who is unwilling to die, so maybe he wants to tell you something?Liu Sheng patted the stone drawer lightly a few times, but it was useless, the ashes inside were still stirring. He looked at his hands and said, I patted the drawer to no avail. He wanted to tell his son to give it a try, and you said you heard.Baorun hesitated for a while, but finally stretched out his hand and began to pat the stone. Baorun said while patting, Dad, stop arguing, I heard it, I heard it all.

Liu Sheng himself did not expect that he had such a talent in comforting the dead, that the stone really calmed down.Baorun said in surprise, it's really all right, he stopped arguing.Liu Sheng went to verify it with his own ears, and heard that the dead soul of the father had returned to peace.Liu Sheng said triumphantly, "Your father is a nice person, and it's easy to handle. Look, isn't he resting in peace?" Then the wind picked up, and they walked out of the cemetery against the wind, passing through the tombstones of many strangers.Scraps of paper money and tin foil were blown up by the wind and fluttered above their heads, chasing them like a swarm of golden moths.They lit cigarettes in the wind.Liu Sheng took a drag on his cigarette and asked Bao Run, did you listen to what your father told you?

Baorun said, I don't know what he told me, did you hear that? Liu Sheng patted himself on the forehead, let me guess, he must have told you to let the past go, and you have to look forward. Baorun stomped out the cigarette butt, and said slowly, this is all nonsense from newspapers and TV, let the past be the past?Then, how is it possible?