Chapter 74 Borrowing Incense Candles
Early the next morning, the Zhao family had already gotten up and packed up.
Boss Zhao rummaged through the remaining incense candles in the box.
"Mom, there are not enough incense candles."
Zhao Laoer also came to the box and said, "There are only six incense sticks. Why don't you see the candle?"
He Sutong then remembered that the incense candles had been used up since the last Qingming Festival.
"Look at my memory. I ran out of it last Qingming Festival and I kept forgetting to replenish it."
Li Yuebai was wrapping Lu Ming in a cotton quilt.
"Then do you want to borrow it from another home?"
At this point, people in the village got up one after another, and the outside of the shed gradually became lively.
Mrs. Zhao also thought it was feasible, so she asked someone else to borrow it first. Anyway, she was going to the county town to sell pork this afternoon, so she just happened to buy some incense and candles to return to others.
"Boss, second brother, you two go to another house to borrow some, while third brother prepares other things at home and puts them all in the backpack."
Zhao Laoer: "Okay, big brother, let's go separately?"
Mr. Zhao took out the remaining incense in the box and handed it to Mr. Zhao.
"It's better to go separately. I'll go to the east to borrow it, and you go to the west to borrow it. It's faster that way."
The sun hadn't risen yet and it was chilly, so Zhao Laoer rubbed his arms.
"Then let's go, brother, go early and come back early."
Zhao Laosan took the basket, put the remaining incense at home in it, and looked around.
"Dad, what else do you need to bring?"
Mr. Zhao brought out a jar of wine and said, "Third brother, bring the wine."
The jar is small and not heavy. Zhao Laosan can pick it up with one hand.
"Dad, isn't this jar filled with wine that you have always been reluctant to drink?"
Mr. Zhao smiled and took two more bowls.
"My two dads both love wine."
"It's because everything is so good
, they became good friends and often drank together. "
"Only then can I get close to the water and marry your mother."
"You don't know that when your mother was young, many young men in the village missed her."
Zhao Changfu went to wash his face with cold water again and woke up instantly, just in time to hear his grandfather's words.
"I know, I know, I heard Granny Hua say last time that my grandma was the most beautiful girl in our village when she was young!"
"That's not true." At this point, Mr. Zhao was very proud. "On the day your mother and I got married, all the unmarried young men in the village came to drink from me with red eyes."
The more Mrs. Zhao listened, the more she became embarrassed and panicked, "Okay, okay, don't talk about it. It happened so many years ago."
Mr. Zhao looked at Mrs. Zhao's face seriously, "My old lady is now the most beautiful old lady in our village."
Beauty is in the bones but not the skin. There are some wrinkles on Mrs. Zhao's face, but her eyes are still bright. You can tell from her eyebrows that she is a beauty.
Mrs. Zhao was happy and ashamed at the same time, "You are old now, so stop saying shameless words."
Zhao Laosan put the jars and bowls into the basket on his back, smiled at Mrs. Zhao and said, "Mom, this means that time never defeats the beauty."
Mrs. Zhao was really happy to be praised by her man and her son.
No matter how old you are, it's always nice to hear others compliment you on how good-looking you are.
"You guys are just sweet-mouthed."
"Learned it from your father."
"The wives you should marry are all beautiful."
He Sutong and Li Xiuxiu were both dressing the children. They got up too early today and several children were shaking their heads in sleepiness.
Mrs. Zhao's words praised her three daughters-in-law.
Zhao Yicha was so sleepy that he was in a daze.
I couldn't keep my eyes open, and my ears were listening to the conversations of adults.
"Grandma, my sister and I are also beautiful little girls."
Zhao Yicha's voice was still full of sleepiness, soft and waxy, making the people in the shed laugh.
He Sutong had just put on Zhao Yicha's clothes and said with a smile, "Yes, you are both beautiful girls."
Zhao Yicha rubbed his eyes, smiled, and turned to look at Lu Ming.
Lu Ming was wrapped tightly again, with only his head outside his body.
"Huh? Why is my sister wrapped in a ball?"
Li Yuebai explained: "It's cold in the morning. We have to go up the mountain later, and it will be even colder on the mountain."
"So you have to wrap your sister thickly, and Cha'er too. Wear thicker clothes to avoid getting cold."
Zhao Yicha lowered his head and looked at his little cotton-padded clothes, "So that's it. No wonder my mother wore it so thickly for me."
Li Yuebai has a small frame, and even if he wears cotton-padded clothes, he looks very thin.
Zhao Yicha said worriedly, "Third Aunt, you should wear more clothes, it's very cold outside."
Li Yuebai bent down and gently touched Zhao Yicha's little face.
"Third Auntie, she's well-dressed and not cold at all. Thank you Cha'er for your concern."
Zhao Changfu took Zhao Changan and washed his face with cold water. The cold stimulation made Zhao Changan agitated, and his sleepiness disappeared immediately.
After waking up, Zhao Changan ran around the house a few times and saw Zhao Yicha getting dressed and getting out of bed.
"Tea sister!"
Zhao Changan picked up Zhao Yicha from behind and spun him around.
"Sister Tea is so cute today!"
Zhao Yicha was startled, and when he raised his head, he saw it was Zhao Changan.
It is indeed brother Changan.
Today, Zhao Yi tied two silk flowers on the little Jiujiu on his tea head.
The cotton-padded clothes were also embroidered with large camellia flowers, which made Zhao Yicha look extra cute and more delicate than flowers.
After being carried around for a few times, Zhao Yicha felt dizzy and kicked his calves.
"Brother Chang'an, put me down."
Zhao Changan obediently put down Zhao Yicha and rubbed his sister's face with a smile.
After getting dressed, several children woke up and started chasing each other in the shed.
The adults packed up the things that went up the mountain to worship.
Only Lu Ming and Zhao Changrui were still very sleepy, and they almost fell asleep next to each other.
After finishing packing, Zhao Lao and Zhao Lao Er came back together.
"Dad, Mom, we are back."
They both took their baskets and went out, and when they came back they put the baskets together.
Mrs. Zhao: "Take out all the things and see if they are enough."
Zhao Laosan also put the backpack over, "There is still room in the backpack, so put it all in the backpack."
Zhao Laoer took his basket first and said, "Okay, I'll put them away and count them."
After Zhao Laoer finished putting it away, Zhao Laobo also put the things in his basket in while counting.
Zhao Laosan squatted aside and watched, "Hey! It's just right, enough for each person to have two sticks of incense, three candles, and some paper money."
Zhao Laoer chuckled, "It was basically borrowed from Aunt Niu. Their family moved early, so most of the things in the house were brought to the shed."
"I borrowed everything here from the village chief's family." Boss Zhao said, "The village chief's family also moved in early, and everything is quite complete."
Mrs. Zhao told several children not to run around when going up the mountain. She saw the three brothers squatting on the ground and muttering.
"How's it going? Are there enough incense candles?"
Zhao Laoer responded, "Enough is enough, just enough."
Zhao Laosan was the strongest and took the initiative to carry
Pick up the basket.
When everything was ready, Mrs. Zhao checked with her three daughters-in-law to see if anything was left behind.
Everyone has arrived.
Mrs. Zhao: "Let's go up the mountain!"