From Wage Slave to Tycoon novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222: Chapter 148: Burning Incense on New Year’s Day, My Dear Ancestors, Where Are You?

First, they cleared all the weeds and undergrowth around the ancestral graves. This was to avoid starting a wildfire when they set off firecrackers later—that would be a real problem!

There were seven or eight graves in the entire ancestral plot. Su Chen followed behind Su Zhuyun and walked up to a dirt mound.

Su Zhuyun and his two brothers swung their sickles, quickly clearing the area.

"Dad, what’s this?"

In previous years, Su Chen had never come up the mountain to burn incense for the New Year. He always stayed below and played with the younger generation, so he was naturally clueless about these things.

"This is your great-grandfather’s grave. The family was poor back then, so he was just buried in a simple dirt mound," Su Zhuyun said, a hint of melancholy in his voice.

Su Chen looked at the small dirt mound in front of him, then at the nearby graves built from stone slabs. He was silent for a long while before saying, "Dad, after the New Year, let’s hire someone to fix it up."

’I finally understand why Dad always used to say we were poor, pinching pennies on everything. Now I really get it.’

’Even Great-Grandfather’s grave is just a dirt mound. Of course they were poor!’

"Mm, I’ll discuss this with your grandfather later." Su Zhuyun agreed with Su Chen’s idea. After all... they had money now.

They hung paper offerings, tore and scattered paper money, and planted incense and candles. By the time Su Chen and the others finished these tasks, Su Zhuyun and his group had already laid out the firecrackers.

Seeing this, Su Chen quickly led Su Yan and Su Qingya off to the side.

"CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE~"

"CRACKLE CRACKLE CRACKLE~"

As the first string of firecrackers went off, others in different spots quickly followed suit, enveloping the area in smoke.

After all the firecrackers had finished, they checked to make sure the paper money in front of each grave had completely burned away. Only after confirming this did they start heading home.

The climb up the mountain was hard, and the descent was no easier.

The path down was full of steep little slopes; one wrong step and you could take a tumble.

Once they were back on the main road, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and started chatting in small groups.

Su Zhuyun and his two brothers were naturally the center of attention, laughing and talking the whole way.

They had just reached the courtyard, and Su Chen’s butt hadn’t even touched a stool when his phone started ringing in his pocket.

’Who’s calling on New Year’s Day!’ he muttered, pulling out his phone. A trace of surprise appeared on Su Chen’s face when he saw the caller ID: Pei Rang.

He glanced at the chatting crowd around him, then found a quiet spot to answer the call.

As soon as the call connected, Pei Rang’s slightly excited voice came through...

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