Under One Person: I Opened the Age of Mythology

Chapter 37: Laughing up to the sky and going out

Soon, amid the wailing of the crowd and Xue Fan's calm gaze, the old man breathed his last.

When his eyes closed, the crying in the house became even more shrill. Only Xue Fan went out alone, fetched hot water, and put the funeral clothes aside.

He was worried about others doing things like wiping Grandpa's body. These guys had never done it before, so how could they do it well...

Just like every day in the past, he wet the towel, tested the temperature, then helped his grandfather turn over little by little and started to wipe him.

The funny thing is that during this whole process, everyone was kneeling on the ground crying and competing with each other in crying volume, but no one stood up to help.

Perhaps in their eyes, this is something that Xue Fan should do. After all, he has been doing it for so many years and there is nothing to worry about.

More than ten minutes later, Xue Fan helped Grandpa put on his shroud, then quietly took the basin out and poured out the water...

wow-

When he returned, this group of "filial sons" had already rushed to carry their grandfather out and put him into the coffin. Then they propped up the bamboo poles piled on the side and began to set up the mourning hall.

Whenever there is something that can be seen by outsiders, they are more enthusiastic than each other. Xue Fan is too lazy to compete with them. He knows that they must be perfect in this kind of thing.

So, tired as he had not slept for several nights, he stood in front of the coffin and looked at his grandfather again. When he saw that his grandfather's face looked peaceful, he felt completely relieved. He said hello to his father and went back to the house to rest.

Bang!

Xue Fan didn't know that when the door was closed, everyone who was busy in the yard suddenly stopped working and looked towards his room with suspicion...

"You say, the grandpa whom I took care of for so many years is really gone, and I didn't even shed a tear. Is I a human being?" Retracting his gaze, the second uncle asked casually, and everyone agreed with him.

“This, this, this…Alas!”

As for Xue Fan's father, he was naturally the one who knew best whether his son was filial or not, but the old man had taught him since he was a child to maintain harmony among relatives and not to create grudges. He opened his mouth, but in the end could only sigh.

He also secretly decided that he would have to talk it out when he had the chance. After all, one cannot live his life only caring about the substance and totally disregarding one's reputation. Moreover, after the old man passed away, the head of the Xue family would have to be re-elected. As the eldest son of the former head, he could not afford to be criticized at such a critical moment!
"This kid, why doesn't he understand these things?"

After muttering to himself, he got everyone busy again.

……

……

three days later.

After the necessary funeral ceremonies, the day of the old man's funeral finally arrived. Fire basins and flower paper were placed at the door of every household in the Xue family, and they even hired a funeral procession.

The Xue family is the largest family in Xuejia Village. A funeral almost broke out in the entire village. The sound of suona and crying was deafening. The dogs in the village were scared and barked in the street corners. Black smoke and paper ashes were flying everywhere.

After all, it was the old patriarch who passed away, and all the Xue family members who usually lived in the town and the city had returned. This might be the day when the Xue family had the most attendance in the past ten years, and the funeral procession was huge, like a long dragon...

Regardless of whether they had met Grandpa Xue or not, the young men from each family cried more miserably than each other. And because of this, in the midst of such deafening crying, Xue Fan, who still had a calm face, seemed very annoying.

At this time, Xue Fan, relying on his closeness to his grandfather, appeared at the front of the team against the rules even though he did not have the status or seniority to do so. However, he did not show any intention of crying.

Seeing this, his father couldn't help himself and patted his arm: "Fanzi, this is your last journey to send grandpa off. You can do whatever you want before, but you should cry now!"

however……

Facing his father's reminder, Xue Fan simply looked back at his grandfather's coffin, then shook his head and replied calmly:

"Dad, although grandpa has had difficulty moving these years, I can see clearly because I accompany him every day. He has no regrets and passed away peacefully..."

In recent years, in addition to taking care of his grandfather, he likes to read some ancient books in his spare time. The more he absorbs and thinks about the wisdom of the ancients, the more he has developed his own ideas.

"I feel that birth, aging, illness and death are common to all people. Since grandpa passed away peacefully, that's the best. There's no need to cry, and there's no need to cry on purpose."

The voice was neither too loud nor too soft, but it was clear to the ears of those who were paying attention. For a moment, the crying sounds from those who were nearby suddenly stopped, and all the eyes focused on him, as if they wanted to eat him alive.

However, everyone knew that today was the day of the old man's funeral, and no matter what the reason, they should not get angry, so they secretly made a note of it in their hearts, just as if they had a handle. After that, the funeral procession carried the coffin all the way up the mountain and buried the old man in the ancestral tomb. They knelt on the ground, kowtowed, lit incense and scattered rice, so that the old man could be buried smoothly.

After returning to the village and having dinner, the elders of the Xue family gathered together to discuss the next clan leader.
As the first in line, Xue's father was naturally the first to start recommending himself.

only……

"Brother, we all heard the nonsense your son said on the way to the funeral today. Just because he is such an unfilial son, it may not be appropriate for you to be the patriarch, right?" The second brother immediately started to attack.

"Yeah, how can someone not shed a tear during an old person's funeral? Most of the time, he is an ungrateful person. Let's not talk about nonsense like "sons take after their fathers", but with your family education, can you lead the entire Xue family well?" The others also echoed.

In an instant, everyone rose up to attack, directly using the point of "unfilial piety" to besiege Xue's father. Xue's father was also a man who cared about his reputation, and before they could finish saying the unpleasant words, he quickly stepped down with a red face.

He fled the clan meeting in disgrace. Angrily, he immediately knocked on Xue Fan's door and started scolding him. After listening for a long time, Xue Fan finally understood, so he breathed a sigh of relief and stood up.

"Dad, I think I'm not wrong. If you think I'm wrong, I don't have much to say, but there is one thing I know..."

Looking at his furious father, Xue Fan still looked calm.

"I don't want to endure it anymore."

"Before, I ignored those guys because my grandfather was still alive. He liked harmony within the clan, so I didn't argue with them. They could do whatever they wanted..."

"But now that grandpa is gone, and he passed away peacefully, I don't have anything to worry about. They are just bullying us because we are honest. Then I will go and let them know that I am not as honest as they think!"

After saying that, without waiting for his father's reaction, Xue Fan ran out of the door and went all the way to the clan's ancestral hall. He pointed at the guys' noses and cursed them like a madman...

At first, those guys wanted to refute, but they didn't expect that Xue Fan's every word hit the sore spot. In the end, they were so angry that the second uncle and his men directly raised the hoes beside them!

"Come on, if you don't beat me to death today, you are my grandson. If you beat me to death, I will go down to accompany Grandpa, so that the old man can have a companion on the road, and let him know who is the unfilial descendant!"

Xue Fan pointed at his own head and yelled, and his aura stunned everyone.

And was stunned for a long while...

"Get out! Get out of here! The Xue family doesn't want a bastard like you! Get out!" The second uncle was just pretending. He immediately put down his hoe and started to incite everyone again.

"Heh, the Xue family?"

Hearing this, Xue Fan sneered.

"The only reason I'm still here is because of Grandpa. Now that Grandpa is gone, why should I stay here?"

After that, he didn't know where he got the strange strength from, he snatched the hoe from his second uncle's hand and swept it across, knocking all the so-called uncles to the ground, and taught them a lesson on behalf of his grandfather...

Bang bang bang bang bang!
"what!"

"Ouch!"

"Are you crazy!"

"Help!"

The house was filled with smoke and dust, and the screams of the crowd echoed!

moment……

When all of them fell to the ground with bruised faces and noses, writhing and howling like maggots, Xue Fan finally stopped and glanced at them coldly.

Then, he ignored these guys and walked out of the house, then laughed loudly towards the sky:

"Grandpa is gone!"

"What Xue family is there?"

(End of this chapter)