Lunar calendar, twelfth lunar month, 27 days away from the New Year, according to the custom of Su Tianyu's hometown, they have to go to the grave to worship their ancestors before the New Year. However, the Su family is a family in exile overseas. The living are gone, but the dead are hard to move. The ancestral graves of the family are still in the hometown Huaqu, so they can only burn items such as ghost money at crossroads, ports and other places through traditional customs to express their grief.
Before Su Tianyu came to Longcheng, every year during the New Year, he would take advantage of his rest time to buy some sacrifices before the New Year and burn them at the crossroads to commemorate his parents. This year is his first year back home, so Su Zheng made it more grand and asked his third sister to prepare a lot of things in advance, hoping that Gou Liuzi would go to comfort his parents that he had grown up and become an adult.
In the evening, more than seven o'clock.
Dozens of people from the Su family came to the vicinity of Haiyankeng with a half-truck full of sacrifices and began to offer sacrifices.
The third sister drew many circles on the ground and placed the offerings in batches. Then Su Zhengcai first lit incense and burned paper for his parents, grandparents, and various elders.
When the ghost money was about to burn out, Su Zhengcai took the lead and knelt down, opened his mouth and shouted: "Kowtow!"
For a family with a large population, this traditional ceremony was quite shocking. Dozens of people knelt down and kowtowed to the distant east. The burning smoke slowly dissipated, representing the living people's concern for their deceased relatives.
After offering sacrifices to his parents and elders, Su Zhengcai stood up and said to Su Tianyu: "Kowtow to your parents and burn some paper."
Su Tianyu didn't have much sadness at first, because his parents had passed away for several years, but today the Su family made it so grand that it inexplicably touched the soft side of his heart.
Su Tianyu stood next to the circle, lit the ghost money, and placed white wine and offerings.
As the sea breeze blew, Su Tianyu inexplicably thought of the scene when his father was about to go to prison. At that time, he had been tossed around by the relevant inspection departments and looked like a nobody. He was thin and his face was pale. But even so, Su's father still told his son in a very calm tone: "Our generation all survived with burdens, but your generation is different. Son, live well and live well. I will always be proud of you."
After his father was arrested for political issues, Su Tianyu's will was once very depressed. But his mother, who was already bedridden at the time, still encouraged him to apply for the military academy and let him follow his own life plan and not be affected by his family.
Before his mother died, she did not add any negative emotions to Su Tianyu. She was always optimistic and strong. The night before she closed her eyes, she was still in the hospital with Su Tianyu to watch the courseware and chat with her.
Thinking of this, Su Tianyu felt a little uncomfortable. After burning the paper money, he knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and whispered softly: "Dad, Mom, I graduated... It's almost the New Year again. I'll give you some money to spend. You don't have to worry about me down there. I know how to live my future life."
After three heads kowtowed on the ground, Su Zhengcai touched Gou Liuzi's head lovingly: "Okay, you have become a talent, and they closed their eyes when they saw it."
The memorial service ended.
A car stopped at the intersection, and the two brothers of the Bai family pushed the door and got out. Bai Hongbo said to Gou Liuzi, Su Tiannan, Su Tianbei and others: "Let's go, find a place to get together?"
"Why do you get together every day? Is there something serious?" Su Zhengcai taught Bai Hongbo a lesson.
"Uncle, the meaning of life is not only to live, but also to enjoy the process." Bai Hongbo bared his teeth and said, "Let's go, how about we go together?"
Su Zhengcai put his hands behind his back and cursed, "Go away, get lost!"
Bai Hongbo smiled and shouted to Su Tianyu and others, "Let's go, it's almost the New Year, let's have some fun."
Chinese New Year is all about having fun, so Su Tianyu and others did not refuse. After a simple handling of the memorial service, they followed Bai Hongbo and others.
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In the evening, around nine o'clock.
After dinner at the hotel, everyone went to the entertainment city on the central street of Zhannan together, singing karaoke and having a big party.
In the private room.
Bai Hongbo said to the third sister very directly, "Miaomiao, do you want to play dice?"
"Just the two of us, what's the point?" The third sister replied with little interest while eating fruit.
"We are the ones who have fun. If you win, you can designate me to do something; if I win, you just need to kiss me." Bai Hongbo said the rules of the game affectionately.
Third sister glanced at him and said: "If I win, will you eat shit if I ask you to?"
"As long as you are willing to watch, I won't even ask for it to be dipped in sugar." Bai Hongbo replied with a firm look.
"Go away, go eat in front of your baby!" Third sister obviously heard a lot of gossip about Bai Hongbo recently.
"Ah, are you jealous?"
"I ate your mother."
Next to him, Su Tianyu sang a song and sat on the sofa with sweat all over his head. He turned his head and saw Bai Hongbo's younger brother, Bai Hongtao.
Bai Hongtao is 23 years old this year. He looks gentle and fair. He usually speaks very little and has a fierce personality. When Fumanlou and Lufeng fought before, he was the backbone of the Bai family. If he hadn't been there that day, Dabai would have had his big face chopped in half by the opponent.
"Why don't you sing?" Su Tianyu asked with a smile.
"Oh, I don't like singing." Bai Hongtao replied while playing with his mobile phone: "It's okay if I play mahjong or something."
Bai Hongtao and his brother have different hobbies. One loves women and the other loves gambling, but neither of them loves to the point of losing their minds.
"Tomorrow, let's set up two tables and play mahjong or something." Su Tianyu said with a smile.
"Okay!" Bai Hongtao put down his mobile phone, sat up straight, and chatted with Su Tianyu: "Hey, when can our business on the sea be restored?"
"I don't know either, but Mr. Yu has been running relationships these two days. I heard that he is in contact with code gangs in other districts. I didn't ask the details..." Su Tianyu responded softly.
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In the unplanned area outside Longcheng, more than a dozen men gathered together. This group of people was the old Lei Zi who was hired by Yu Mingyuan to rob the goods.
Everyone gathered in a shabby bungalow. The leader took a bag of money and distributed "salary" to everyone: "The New Year is coming soon, let's all be quiet, go home, and relax. But remember, it's best not to contact each other, and don't tell other people your contact information. In short, keep a low profile. When there is work in hand, I will notify you."
"Okay!"
After the old Lei Zi responded, they took the money and dispersed. Those who had a home went home for the New Year, and those who didn't have a home took the money to go out.
A day later, an old Lei Zi found a friend before going home and whispered to him: "I have some goods, can you help me move it? It doesn't matter if the price is lower."