Chapter 165: Going to the Grave
The middle-aged man was a little stunned when he heard Xiao Yu call him Uncle Li. He thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure it out. After all, Xiao Yu was too young when he left, and he was not from his family. Besides, more than ten years have passed, so it's normal that he can't remember it.
"My little master, you are..." the man asked in confusion.
"Uncle Li, I am Xiao Yu."
"Xiao Yu?" The man frowned when he heard this name. After looking at Xiao Yu for a while, his eyes suddenly lit up and said, "You are the grandson of the old god, you are Xiao Yu?"
Seeing that the other party remembered him, Xiao Yu also said happily, "Yes...Uncle Li, it's me."
"Oh... I haven't seen each other for more than ten years, I've grown so tall, handsome guy, haha." The man stepped forward and pulled Xiao Yu to continue, "Let's go to the room and say, "Masters, please come in and invite me."
"Oh, the boy who ate candied haws back then is taller than me now, I am really old."
Uncle Li seemed to be unbelievable. After entering, he looked at Xiao Yu for a while, and then he asked his wife to make tea.
"Uncle Li is not bad either. When I left, you were still a bachelor. I didn't expect that now I have two children and the house has been built. I'm so happy." Xiao Yu smiled at a family photo on the wall.
"Hehe, you kid are getting poorer and poorer! By the way, stay for dinner. I will kill a big rooster in the afternoon and give you the chicken head. The more you eat, the smarter you will be."
"Then I'm not polite. I haven't eaten at Uncle Li for more than ten years, so I'm going to come back with a good meal today."
"good….".
Uncle Li said happily, then looked at Lao Bai and Taoist Master Shi and said, "Two masters, are you afraid of your mouth?"
"Wine and meat pass through the intestines, just do whatever you want." Lao Bai said without hesitation at all. As for Taoist Master Shi, he had no taboos, so this meal was settled for the evening.
"Uncle Li, why did you build the house here? I remember that your house is at the end of the village?" Xiao Yu asked with a smile, holding a water cup.
Xiao Yu remembered that when he left, he didn't say who to hand over the house. Did the village chief decide to sell the house to Uncle Li without authorization?
After hearing Xiao Yu's question, the middle-aged man immediately said embarrassedly, "Hey, after you left, this place was empty. You also know that it was all earthen houses and no one lived in it. It collapsed in two years! In addition, this is the village head, so I asked the village chief and changed the place."
"Although it is your house, I can't find you guys, so that's why..."
Seeing the other party's embarrassment, Xiao Yubai waved his hand and said, "Uncle Li, it's okay. It's a good thing that you can repair the house here. At least I have a place to eat when I come back. If you don't repair it, it will probably turn into a garbage dump now."
Although Xiao Yu has memories of this place, he doesn’t want to build a house here, so there is no need to do so! Moreover, since the Maoshan Mountain Gate opened, he had to move his grandfather’s bones to Maoshan. For him, this place was just a little more thoughts.
Seeing that Xiao Yu did not pursue the matter, the man immediately said, "Yes, you guys drink tea first, I'll buy something and come back, everyone have a good drink tonight! By the way, are you back to visit the grave?"
Xiao Yu has been back once in the past ten years. No matter who it is, he will think that he must have come back to visit the grave. After all, the old god's cemetery is in the village, and all the young and old know that now that the grandson is back, what else can he do besides visiting the grave?
Xiao Yu nodded without comment and said, "Yeah, come back and have a look."
Of course, Xiao Yu couldn't say about the evil ghost. After the incident happened, the whole village was panicked, for fear that the evil ghost would come back to take revenge, but in the end it didn't! But since that incident, the villagers have been taboo about this thing, for fear that they will attract bad things.
"After, I'll buy some incense and candles together. After dinner, I'll go and have a look with you."
The man explained, then picked up a coat and walked out. However, shortly after he left, the former village chief actually came here. After seeing Xiao Yu, he was inviting him to care about his well-being again, which moved Xiao Yu very much.
"If the old god saw you, he would be very happy." The village chief is now fifty years old. He was the one who handled the funeral of Grandpa Xiao Yu, so Xiao Yu is very grateful to this person.
In a short while, many people in the village knew that the grandson of the old god had returned, especially some old people, came to see what the little kids had grown up back then.
Xiao Yu was also very excited when he saw so many villagers, so he immediately started to greet everyone. After more than an hour, everyone retreated, and Xiao Yu returned to the room again to prepare for dinner.
It was getting darker. After dinner, Xiao Yu and his men carried a little incense and candle and walked towards the mountains behind the village. However, Xiao Yu was in a heavy mood at this time. This was the first time he had come here to visit the grave after twelve years left, so he was inevitably sad.
But what surprised Xiao Yu was that his grandfather's cemetery was very clean around, and there was no rebirth of weeds as imagined. There were still some pine and cypress planted next to the cemetery. It should have not been planted for a few years, so it didn't look big.
Under the night, a lonely grave was like a left-behind old man, lying there lonely, guarding the world.
"Old friend... I'll come to see you, and your grandson. You old guy have been away for more than ten years. I don't know if you have lived here well. If you lack anything, I'll give me a dream and I'll prepare some for you."
Master Shi stood by the cemetery, said a few words as if he was feeling emotion, and then squatted somewhere and began to light incense candles.
"grandfather…".
Looking at the cemetery, Xiao Yu shouted softly, "This title is so familiar, but so strange."
"Grandpa...I'm here to see you...Grandpa."
As the words "Grandpa" blurted out, thousands of thoughts turned into tears, making Xiao Yu's eyes turn red in an instant, and his voice began to whimper.
"Grandpa...I...I'm here to see you...Grandpa..."
Xiao Yu knelt on the ground, repeating the same sentence, twelve years of separation, although yin and yang are separated, those past scenes were released yesterday, on the way to perform rituals, on the way to observe Feng Shui, and in the dilapidated mud house.
"Grandpa...I'm sorry, I'm useless. I haven't avenged you yet, I..."
"I will avenge you, I will find you back. Grandpa, you must wait for me..."
In the cold wind, Xiao Yu knelt where he was like telling a story, telling the stories of these years! Although he was a Taoist, he knew that life and death were determined by heaven, he knew that it was the man in the lonely grave in front who gave himself a different childhood than others.
Behind Xiao Yu, Lao Bai and Yu Shiqing were also kneeling, because Grandpa Xiao Yu is from Maoshan, and Lao Bai, as a disciple of Maoshan who is about to enter, kneeling down to worship the ancestors is natural! Yu Shiqing is a junior, and it is reasonable to kneel down to worship the elders.
"Oh, okay, my child, your grandfather knows that your heart is enough, get up."
Taoist Master Shi waited for a while, pulled Xiao Yu up, and then continued, "Don't worry, your grandfather is a capable person. Although he was accidentally compared with others in the Taoism back then..."
When the old Taoist priest said this, his voice suddenly stopped abruptly, and then he changed his voice and said, "Let's go, it's over, go back first, kill the evil ghost first."
"Grandpa Shi, why did you say you were accidentally?" Xiao Yu suddenly turned around and asked.
Chapter completed!