Chapter 540: Incense, Candles and Cigarettes

Chapter 540: Incense, Candles and Cigarettes

While Sun Shan and his three companions were eating the New Year's Eve dinner, Sun Bomin and Su, who were thousands of miles away, were carrying tributes to the Wild Boar Slope for worship.

Su lit the incense and candles, but they couldn't be lit for a long time.

Sun Bomin said impatiently, "Shanzi's mother, why is it still not working? We have to get down the mountain quickly."

Su didn't know why she couldn't light it, so she said anxiously, "Shanzi's father, come over and light it. I can't light it."

Sun Bomin thought that Su was really stupid as he couldn't even light the incense and candles.

So I tried to light it myself. After several attempts, it lit up, but was blown out by the wind.

It would be fine if it happened once, but twice, three times, and it never happened again. But the fourth, fifth, and sixth time, it still couldn’t be lit. What’s going on?

Sun Bomin and Su were frightened. Su asked fearfully, "Master, what's going on? Why can't it be lit?"

Sun Bomin was also afraid, but as a grown man, he couldn't be more panicked than Su Shi. He pretended to be calm and said, "Maybe the wind is strong, so it can't be lit."

Sun Bomin asked Su to block the wind, and he lit the incense and candles and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Then he stuck the incense and candles into the ground, but they went out again.

Sun Bomin and Su looked at each other, and a terrible fear came over them.

Su stood next to Sun Bomin and asked tremblingly, "Master, could it be that father didn't like the incense and candles we bought today, so he blew them out?"

Su looked at the remains of the Wild Boar Hill where the villagers had offered sacrifices. How come the incense and candles from the village could be lit, but theirs couldn't?

Sun Bomin quickly stopped Su from talking nonsense and said in a serious tone: "What nonsense are you talking about? Why doesn't father like our incense and candles? Father is the least picky about things. He likes anything we give him."

I was wondering why it wouldn't light up, and I was very nervous. I really wanted to know the answer.

After waiting for a while, Sun Bomin felt that there was no wind, so he started lighting incense and candles again.

Wishes are beautiful, but reality is cruel. The result is that the firecracker is lit, but once inserted, it is blown out by the wind.

Su's eyes opened wide. There was clearly no wind just now, so how come there was wind as soon as he inserted it?

This time, Su Shi did not light incense or candles, but a cigarette. It was also lit, but when he inserted it, the cigarette went out.

This is a situation that Su and Sun Boming have never encountered in their decades of life. What is going on?

Su said fearfully, "Shanzi's father, could it be that he dislikes us for coming late, so he doesn't want to accept our cigarettes and incense sticks?"

After a pause, Su begged, "Father-in-law, we didn't mean to come so late, but we are so busy at home that we can't come earlier. Please don't be angry, please accept our incense and candles, and bless our Shanzi to be safe and sound and pass the imperial examination."

Su occasionally heard Zheng Tongsheng talk about "passing the imperial examination", so she learned this word.

To put her knowledge into practice, Su considered herself to be a good mother, good daughter-in-law, and good son-in-law who loved to learn, unlike Sun Boming who was complacent and unwilling to make progress.

Sun Bomin couldn't understand why he couldn't light cigarettes or incense sticks, and a bad premonition kept turning over in his mind.

He thought of Sun Shan, but he didn't dare to think of Sun Shan.

He absolutely did not dare to think that anything had happened to Sun Shan.

He pretended to be calm and said, "It was blown out because of the wind just now."

After saying that, he found some hay nearby.

Su looked at Sun Bomin strangely and asked, "Shanzi's father, why are you picking up hay?"

How come the child's father has also become neurotic? Su didn't know what to do. She wanted to abandon Sun Bomin and run away.

Sun Bomin saw that the hay was almost done, so he put it on the ground and said, "Let's burn the cigarettes and incense directly to Dad, so that he will definitely receive it."

After trying to light the incense sticks so many times and they all went out, Sun Bomin simply used hay to burn the incense, candles and cigarettes. He just didn't believe that Doctor Sun wouldn't be able to get any.

The Su family didn't know if this was feasible, but their incense and candles had to be given to their father-in-law, so they should be able to receive it after burning them.

So the couple lit the hay and put the incense, candles and cigarettes directly on the hay and burned them. They didn't feel relieved until they were all burned.

Sun Bomin breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's good that it's burned. Dad should have received it. Let's go down the mountain quickly."

Su has always obeyed her husband at home, obeyed her husband after marriage, and obeyed her son when she was old.

Since Sun Shan was not at home, Su had no confidence and had to obey Sun Boming.

Pick up the hay ashes on the ground and finally light the firecrackers.

The firecrackers were lit very smoothly, which made Su and Sun Boming feel more at ease.

It must have been an accident just now, but everything has returned to normal now.

Sun Bomin and Su dared not speak until they left Wild Boar Hill.

Su asked, "Master, has our Shanzi arrived in the capital? He should be staying at Jing'er's place, right? I don't know what's going on with him. Why doesn't he write back?"

A mother will not worry about her son even if he is thousands of miles away, but a mother will worry about her son even if he is thousands of miles away. Su was worried about Sun Shan day and night, wanting to know if he was okay.

Sun Bomin was also worried, but he couldn't express it. He murmured, "He must have arrived in the capital, and he must be staying at Jing'er's place. You don't have to worry, Shanzi has always been well-behaved, and he must be preparing for the exam now. Jing'er has always been reliable, and he will definitely take good care of Shanzi."

I said this to Su and also to myself. If I said I wasn't worried, it would be a lie.

But there was no point in worrying. Sun Boming was angry that he failed to deliver at the critical moment and was unable to accompany Sun Shan to Beijing.

When the couple returned to the Sun family's old house, the second and third wives were already helping to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner.

Huang asked quickly, "Have you prayed? Is everything going well?"

Sun Bomin and Su nodded, not daring to say more.

Whether it was going well or not, they didn't know why it wasn't going well. They didn't dare to tell Huang, for fear that she would worry.

Huang smiled and said, "Just worship and let Shanzi's grandfather bless Shanzi to be safe and sound and have smooth sailing."

Uncle Sun was surrounded by Douzai, Meizhu, Niuzi and a few other little guys.

He crossed his legs, ate melon seeds and said with a smile: "Mother, don't worry, father will definitely bless our Shanzi to pass the imperial examination. Haha, even if he doesn't get the first place, he will get the third place. Our Shanzi is already very powerful, and after eating my magic herb, he will be even more powerful. Mother, I tell you, if Shanzi passes the imperial examination, it will be all because of my magic herb."

Turning his head, he said to Sun Bomin: "Brother, if Shanzi gets into high school, you must thank me. My magic herb is not easy to find. I went through many twists and turns and finally found it in the deep mountains and old forests. Haha, brother, don't forget my contribution."

Aunt Sun was peeling kudzu, planning to steam pork with it. When she heard Uncle Sun talking about herbal jelly, she glared at him fiercely.

This is so stupid. She gave such good fairy herb to Shanzi instead of giving it to her cowboys. Aunt Sun was so angry.

But since it has been given, we have to find some benefits.

She forced a smile and said, "Mother, Shuwen is right. It is very hard to find fairy grass, especially the old ones with large flowers. Shuwen has taken a lot of trouble for Shanzi."

De Ge'er was chopping wood in the yard. He couldn't stand it after hearing this, so he ran in and said, "Mother, it wasn't him who found the magic herb for father. It was found by the villagers. He just went to buy it. Humph, it's not as tiring as he said."

Uncle Sun and Aunt Sun were instantly furious. The couple hurried to the yard to get sticks and beat him violently.

Completely ignoring the new daughter-in-law of the Huang family.