Chapter 177 The first day of the new year can't do anything temporarily
"Wow, the snow is so heavy!"
In the early morning, Xue Li, wearing pink cartoon rabbit pajamas, looked out the window with surprise.
I saw countless "balls" snowflakes slowly falling from the sky, and the entire city was completely "overwhelmed" by the heavy snow.
As a flower planter of the farming civilization, there have always been a saying that auspicious snow indicates a good harvest. Inuit, the main world, has similar ancient proverbs because of the same farming civilization in ancient times.
Especially if it snows three days before the New Year, it means good luck and good luck throughout the year.
So everyone was very happy to see a heavy snow early on January 1st.
Of course, the meaning is the meaning, and life must continue.
The huge snowplow truck that had been busy for a day yesterday walked on the road again with a roar and began to clean up the snow on the main roads, giving priority to ensuring the most basic smooth traffic.
The Mufeng family, who is not planning to clean up the snow outside the door, enjoying the traditional "New Year's Eve" in Hedong area while enjoying the snow scene.
The so-called New Year's Eve meal mainly includes five specific foods, namely:
"Five-color porridge" made of five kinds of grains;
The jar was sealed one month in advance and marinated "dried fruit slices" such as sugar tobacco;
Fresh eggs cooked with salted water and local white forest leaves;
Fried dough similar to the northern hemp ball, transliterated as "Buling Dena" (literally translated as frying oil balls);
And finally, you can choose any of three fresh winter dishes and a cold dish with sesame oil and other seasonings.
Because most of the ingredients were prepared last night, Chef Qian started preparing at 5 a.m., and with the help of Alvin, they prepared all of them at 6 a.m.
Serve the dishes, "Pray for the first day of meals", and start eating.
After breakfast, Mu Feng, the patriarch and parent, took Sydney and Alvin to the first floor ceremonial room where the Mu style ancestor tablets were placed for family worship.
Afterwards, Sect Master Mu took all the little guys to the cottage specially built in the yard outside to perform genre worship.
After completing the fixed procedures necessary for the first day of the New Year, the old father-in-law asked Rosen and Hodell to guard the house, and then pulled Qianwei, Sydney and Alvin to drive out of the gym.
They were going to visit the graves of Sydney's mother.
Mu Feng's deceased wife, Xueli's mother and Alvin's mother-in-law, were buried in Mu's ancestral tomb because of her identity as the wife of the head of the Mu family.
As the former absolute overlord of the Hedong region, the territory even once included most of the top nobles in Eldervon County. The ancestral tomb of the Mu clan was not in Ryan City, but in the mountains of Santu City.
If you want to pass through Ryan City, you even need to pass through Takawa City in the middle.
Due to the long distance and the impact of continuous snowfall, Mufeng and his three children took two and a half hours to arrive in Santu City with difficulty.
After purchasing some sacrificial supplies in Santu City, some people left the main urban area and crossed the satellite city. Finally, they followed a road that had been flooded with snow but was unexpectedly flat and had no broken damage. They finally came to a deserted mountain.
This is the family cemetery of the Mu clan, that is, the Mu clan ancestral tomb.
Originally, Alvin thought that since this place was called "Mausoleum", not to mention its magnificent nature, there should be many buildings with carved beams and painted buildings and huge stone statues.
But in fact, although the Mu family’s ancestral tomb occupies an entire mountain, both its location and external construction are actually too low-key.
Even a sign showing something like "Mushi Cemetery" cannot be seen.
The only stone tablet standing at the foot of the mountain and at the end of the road that declares the boundary between the living and the dead actually wrote a poem.
It's probably translated
——"The rise and fall of fate is determined by the cycle of life and death, and the cycle of life and death is the way of heaven"
Mufeng walked out of the car, looked at the dark clouds that had gradually dissipated above his head, and then pointed to the stone tablet and introduced to Alvin:
"This is my first ancestor of Mu'er, Mu'er, who wrote it personally before his death, and it is also considered the ancestral teachings of my Mu family...
Well, it has snowed these two days, and a lot of snow has accumulated. I will get a tool, Alvin, please help me with the help..."
Mufeng said as he took out the duster, towel and broom from the car that seemed to have been prepared, and then stuffed it directly into Alvin's hand, and took him to clean the stone tablet together.
During this process, I don’t know if it was because Mu Feng said hello in advance or because the cameras hidden everywhere exposed the whereabouts of the group.
In short, six elderly people aged around 60, but in excellent spirits, obviously had good martial arts cultivation.
These tomb guards bowed silently to Mu Feng, and Mu Feng, as the patriarch of the contemporary family, nodded and said:
"Thank you all for your hard work."
"This is our honor and mission."
The old man replied with a serious look on his face.
Next, their eyes gathered on Alvin, the young man who was actually helping to clean up the ancestral stone tablet.
The six pairs of eyes met briefly, and they looked at Xueli tacitly, as if they were thinking...
Mu Feng naturally saw the reactions of these six family tomb guardians, but he didn't say anything.
After silently packing up the snow on the stone tablet, he nodded to the six people again, and then took the three little guys to officially step on the bluestone steps behind the stone tablet and walked up the mountain.
Along the way, the dense trees and shrubs covered with snow almost filled every inch of space except the steps. Most importantly, there was no trace of the "tomb" at all.
Until more than one-third of the mountain, some scattered tombstones finally appeared in sight, distributed in the dense forest in the form of small communities.
However, Alvin was very keen to discover that the names written on these tombstones were not named "Mu", and they were obviously mostly male names, so they were definitely not female members of the Mu family.
After looking at Mu Feng, who obviously had no intention of explaining, Alvin's eyes couldn't help but turn to Sydney.
However, looking at Xiao Lu's seemingly cold and noble face when she was not speaking, he withdrew his gaze again.
Well, this should be in vain if you ask...
Seeing his movements, Qianwei glanced at Alvin, then looked at the tombstones, and then shook her head slightly, meaning that she probably didn't know.
"Maybe it was because the Mu family was in the era of great nobles, and some of the guards and retainers who made meritorious service were buried here as grace after their death?"
With guessing, Alvin continued to move upwards.
Walking through these cemeteries in the form of small communities, the surroundings are once again transformed into pure dense woods.
Until halfway up the mountain, neat and continuous tombstones suddenly appeared on both sides of the steps.
This time, the surnames on the tombstone finally began to be dominated by the Mu surname, and Mu Feng also left the steps and walked towards the bottom row of the left platform, located in the innermost tombstone.
Naturally, Sydney's mother should be buried here...