"Dad, if Yang Mi is very busy, she may not be able to come back during the Spring Festival this year. Then I will come back by myself, burn incense for my mother, and visit her grave."

"Well, it's fine if you don't come back. Let your brother have the fever, and then you can talk to your mother about it and know what's going on. Mimi has to take care of me over there, and Nuannuan and Yangyang can't do without you."

"Let's see then..."

"Um."

I had a meal with Xu Daqiang.

Although normally the visit to the grave should be done in the morning as much as possible, Xu Xin still set out with a bag of incense and candles as tribute.

When he left home, he didn't even drive, so he just walked up the mountain along the village road with his pocket in hand.

I also met a few elders along the way.

After seeing Xu Xin, they were a little stunned.

Obviously didn't recognize it.

But after Xu Xin greeted them, they all became enthusiastic.

There is no way, who makes Xu Xin the most promising child in his generation now.

When the elders ask questions, they always ask the same questions.

When did you come back?

What to do?

busy or not?

After exchanging a few words and looking at the incense and candle tribute in Xu Xin's pocket, no one stopped him.

But I still want to invite him to my house for dinner.

Of course, it's all polite.

Everyone knows that San Jin is now a big director and a busy man. This is not the right time to visit his mother's grave. He must have something to say and be busy, so he didn't specifically ask Xu Xin to go.

Soon, the asphalt road in Xujiawan came to an end.

He started walking further up the mountain along the dirt road.

After climbing over a ridge, he was sweating slightly. He looked at the tombs not far ahead and gasped.

Wiping the beads of sweat on his forehead, he figured it was time to start exercising again.

Not to mention running around all over the mountains and plains when I was a kid... I obviously didn't feel much after walking this road two years ago. Why are you so weak today?

Subconsciously I pulled up my T-shirt and wiped some sweat, then looked down...

He suddenly realized that he seemed to have gained some weight.

Although it's not very obvious...but the outline of any muscles can no longer be seen on the belly, and it is replaced by a sheet of white.

then……

"Mom, am I fat?"

Sitting in front of his mother's grave, he smiled a little naively.

At present, the fish and meat tributes have been placed and the wine glasses are filled.

Three yellow incense sticks burned slowly with green smoke.

Sitting in front of the monument, Xu Xin seemed to have suddenly returned to his childhood from a young man in his twenties.

He asked a somewhat innocent question.

"Dad didn't say it, but I was a little tired from climbing the mountain ridge just now... Only then did I realize that I seem to have gained a lot of weight recently."

No one responded.

There is only the rustling mountain breeze.

Blow the heartstrings.

"Mom, I've finished shooting another movie. Oh my, I think it's very beautiful! It's that kind of... heart-wrenchingly beautiful. When it's all finished, I'll be ready to send it to win an award. If I can win it,

The prize... I'll bring it over and burn it for you. If you don't get the prize... it means the photo is not good, so I won't show it to mom..."

The innocent words that would never be uttered by outsiders were spoken by him without any reservation at this moment.

"Mom, I think this movie was shot very well...very well...everyone worked so hard on this movie...it should win an award...right?"

"Oh yes, Mom, your daughter-in-law is also promising. Now she is a big star in Hollywood! I don't know how to get it. I went to the United States and got a heroine back. Ah~ The news in China is so fierce...

…”

"That's why I came to see you today. Yang Mi, Nuan Nuan, and Yang Yang are all in the United States. She has taken care of her for several years. This time, it's time to take care of her. So that she can calm down and watch the movie.

After filming. Hehe, from now on I will eat my mother-in-law’s soft rice, okay? Hehehe..."

Obviously I didn't drink.

I didn’t even drink at lunch, I just ate three bowls of mutton noodles.

But at this moment, he seemed drunk.

I just feel that my spirit is in a very strange state of relaxation.

After getting tired of sitting, he simply lay down in front of the monument.

Putting his hands on the back of his head, he continued to talk to the mountain breeze about his experiences in the past few months in a particularly relaxed posture.

Said a lot.

It's very talkative.

Like being drunk.

But he could explain everything very clearly, as if he was afraid Shanfeng wouldn't understand.

As we chatted, we almost talked about our own affairs.

He yawned lazily.

"Ha~~~Hmm. I'm not sleepy, just tired."

As he spoke, he sat up straight again.

But the atmosphere became quiet.

Staring at the stone tablet, he thought for a while and said:

"Mom, I want to tell you something."

"Dad...met a woman."

"You take good care of...Dad."

"..."

"Mom, maybe it's because my son has become a father, so sometimes it's not easy for me to suddenly understand my father. Plus this woman... can love people. When Li Hao came to pick me up at the airport today, I was still chatting with him.

It’s really good.”

"But the old man is still at odds..."

"Actually, I discovered it a long time ago."

"Mom, your son is so smart. Dad can't hide it even if he wants to."

"But I don't want to ask, and I don't want to say...that's it, it's good."

"I'm telling you, the main thing is that I hope you don't get angry either."

"Dad...I have been living alone for many years."

"Your daughter-in-law often says: I feel sorry for our dad. When it's cold or hot, there's always no one around to ask for help. At first, she even said she was crazy. She said that our dad has too many clothes in his wardrobe to count.

Qing. Yang Mi said that's silly, that's not the same thing. It's two different things if there is a woman running the house or not. What are the men doing? Someone puts on clothes when it's cold, and someone fans them when it's hot.

It’s called happiness…”

"I didn't understand it before, but now I understand."

"...Mom, she is not as good-looking as you."

"It's really not as good as that."

"But she is good to dad...is that okay?"

The mountain wind rustled.

It adds a coolness to this October afternoon in northern Shaanxi.

At some point, Xu Xin lit a cigarette.

Half of the three yellow incense sticks were burned away.

The head of the incense is even.

Everything is stable.
To be continued...