Tianshou Mountain, Changling.
On the summer solstice, a huge sacrifice was being held.
The area around the altar is solemn and solemn. The offering table is filled with silk fabrics, sacrificial pigs, sheep, geese, fruit snacks, sacrificial wine, incense, paper, foil and other objects.
The guards guarding the mausoleum and the men from various families in the mausoleum village knelt down in sequence around the altar.
The high priest Zhao Gang led the sacrifice in sacrificial robes, held a handful of incense in his hand, and paid homage to heaven, earth, and the gods from all directions.
Below the high priest are the ceremonial students selected from each mausoleum household. They are also dressed in sacrificial robes, and their movements are uniform, following in the footsteps of the high priest.
Lin Qiushan's eldest grandson Lin Heshun also stood in the Yisheng row.
The Yishengs are all young men with handsome faces and dignified manners. They are all carefully selected young men from each mausoleum household. They are responsible for ceremonies, deacons, holding silks, holding titles, reading blessings, and holding blessings during sacrifices.
"bye!"
All the guards and tomb masters spread their palms toward the sky, knelt on the ground, and knelt on the green bricks.
There was silence around the altar. Although the sun was scorching, no one made any unnecessary movements, and they could only occasionally hear the sound of their clothes being lifted up by the mountain wind.
"rise!"
"Goodbye..."
The scorching sun was also scorching her eyes. Lin Zhaoxia got off the high-speed train and squinted her eyes.
She is timid about being close to home, and now she is increasingly afraid of returning to that home.
First, he walked to a shady place and called Chang Zhi.
That kid is considered a gangster. Even if you want to bring him to Yuhang, there is nothing to prove his identity. Locking one of his children at home made Lin Zhaoxia feel uneasy.
"Sister!" A cheerful voice sounded on the other end of the phone.
As soon as Lin Zhaoxia went out, Zhang Zhi held the mobile phone he bought for him tightly in his hand. As soon as it rang, I picked up immediately.
"Have you eaten your breakfast?" Lin Zhaoxia asked him with a smile.
"Yes! Sister, don't worry, I will be a good boy when I grow up. I won't go anywhere. I will just wait for my sister to come back at home. I am watching TV and learning things when I grow up!"
Lin Zhaoxia was very pleased to hear this.
This kid is really sensible.
When he returned home from the mall last night, Lin Zhaoxia taught him how to use a mobile phone and turn on the TV. He told him that he was leaving for a day and asked him to stay at home by himself, with food and drink, and watch cartoons and children's movies at home. Popularize science and learn things.
He is very obedient and learns things quickly.
Although he was afraid of being alone at home, he didn't cry or fuss, and he carefully memorized everything Lin Zhaoxia gave him.
Sensible and has a good memory.
"Don't play with fire at home, don't touch the stove in the kitchen, and only use the electrical appliances that my sister told you. Do you remember?"
Although he had been told several times last night, Lin Zhaoxia was still very worried about a five-year-old child coming from ancient times.
My heart was with me all the way.
"You've grown up enough to remember, and you've grown up enough to be obedient. Sister, please come back soon!"
Lin Zhaoxia gave a few more instructions before hanging up the phone and went to the bus stop to wait for the bus...
It was half past eleven when we got downstairs.
Haishi is not far from Yuhang, but this is the first time Lin Zhaoxia has returned to Haishi since the Spring Festival this year.
Lin Yanran opened the door for her, glanced at her, and turned around to go in.
"Dad, Mom, I'm back." Lin Zhaoxia greeted the room.
"Can't you come back early after taking the high-speed train for tens of minutes? Just before lunch?" Lin's mother glared at her.
Lin Zhaoxia pursed her lips.
Father Lin scolded Mother Lin lightly: "Zhao Xia doesn't live in a high-speed rail station. The city is so big. She doesn't have to spend time on the road? Do you want her to go out before dawn?"
There is no urgent matter at home where the sky is falling.
Father Lin had a piece of his tongue cut off due to oral cancer a year ago. Now he cannot speak very fluently. You have to listen carefully to hear what he is saying.
I usually don't want to talk much.
"Dad." How are you today? Lin Zhaoxia walked over and squatted in front of him.
Dad Lin smiled and patted Lin Zhaoxia's hand. The father and daughter looked at each other, "Dad, it's okay. Come back on a hot day. Is it hot? Take a rest and have lunch."
"good."
Lin Zhaoxia squeezed his hands and feet.
Her father is getting thinner and thinner. Although his tongue has grown some flesh, it is still different from the full one. Now I can only eat soft and rotten food, nothing tastes good, and my appetite is getting smaller and smaller.
Lin Zhaoxia was massaging him and talking to him. When she saw Mother Lin entering the kitchen, she followed her in to help.
The family of four finished lunch in silence.
Only then did Lin’s mother talk about the purpose of calling her back.
"The weather is getting hotter and hotter. I want to take your dad back to the countryside to escape the heat. My hometown is in the mountains, it's cool, and the farm food I eat is healthy, which is good for your dad's disease."
Lin Zhaoxia nodded.
"But the house in my hometown is okay for living in for a day or two occasionally, but it's not suitable for living for a long time. You have to find someone to repair it. Repairs must be done everywhere, including the kitchen and bathroom."
Lin Zhaoxia listened silently.
"The family hasn't saved much money over the years, and your father's illness has cost a lot..."
Father Lin is a Chinese teacher at a key middle school in Yuhang, and his salary is very good. Lin's mother works in a street office, and her salary is not high, but the benefits are good. The couple's life is more than enough.
But Father Lin has now resigned. The money saved by the family in the early years was always used to find Lin Yanran, and they didn't save much money.
Yes, Lin Yanran is the biological daughter of Lin's parents. She was abducted by human traffickers when she was still young. The couple has been looking for her all over the world these years.
Even after adopting Lin Zhaoxia, she never gave up searching.
Lin Zhaoxia was lost in thought when she heard Lin's mother say to her: "Your dad has to go to the hospital for check-ups every month and takes medicine every day. He doesn't have enough money to renovate his home. Why don't you give him 100,000 yuan?"
One hundred thousand!
Lin Zhaoxia clenched her palms and said, "Mom, I just lost my job some time ago..."
"Why are you unemployed!"
Mother Lin jumped up and said, "You young people today are always resigning. You don't know how tough the employment situation is outside! Graduates and doctors have come to our street to compete for jobs, and you still want to resign!"
"Mom, it's not that I resigned, it's that the company couldn't continue to operate and was dissolved."
Lin's parents looked at her in surprise, and Lin Yanran was also stunned.
She originally wanted to take advantage of Lin Zhaoxia's return this time and ask her to write a script with her in front of her parents. She wanted to get into the industry.
"Isn't your company quite big? We have watched all the TV series we filmed before." Mother Lin frowned.
"The entire industry has not been very good in the past two years." They are not the only company that has been dissolved.
Dad Lin nodded after listening: "Dad heard about it and said that your film and television industry is experiencing a cold winter or something."
"Yeah." Lin Zhaoxia nodded, so she couldn't find the direction yet.
Lin's parents and Lin's mother were both silent. There was already one lying down and one squatting at home, and now there is another one?
"Aren't you screenwriters quite profitable? Writing an episode of script can cost you over ten or two hundred thousand." Lin Yanran said suddenly.
When dad was sick, Lin Zhaoxia had just graduated and took 50,000 yuan without even frowning. Now that he has been working for so long, he is here to cry about poverty?
Lin Yanran felt that Lin Zhaoxia had hidden money.
She was her parents' biological daughter, and Lin Zhaoxia was just an abandoned orphan who took her identity, went to school under her name, and enjoyed everything she should enjoy.
What Lin Zhaoxia had should have been hers.
