Return To 1998

Early the next morning.

Before the funeral, there was a very **** and cruel scene.

The Taoist priest presided over the funeral, shaking a bell in one hand, waving a mahogany sword in the other, and chanting words. The head of the chicken, and then the blood from the neck of the rooster spilled all over the mourning hall.

A big rooster alive, just like that, his head was forcibly unscrewed by his hands.

This scene was not the first time that Xu Tongdao saw him since he was a child, so although he felt cruel, he was not surprised.

The funeral procession is very long.

As Ge Zhiping's son, Ge Xiaotian wears hemp and filial piety, and wears a straw hat on his head. Under the brim, there are three small cotton **** the size of broad beans, tied with cotton thread, and hung on a straw hat.

Ge Xiaotian held the urn of his father Ge Zhiping and walked in front of the team.

He is not the only one who wears hemp and filial piety.

Several of Ge Zhiping's nephews are dressed in linen and filial piety today.

But only Ge Xiaotian is qualified to wear this kind of hat.

This kind of straw hat, especially the three small cotton **** hung under the straw hat, is called "three grain palaces" in local customs. Only the biological son of the deceased is eligible to wear this.

Prove that the person who died had a son.

The daughter is not qualified to wear it either.

This is also one of the main reasons why many old people have serious patriarchal thinking in rural customs.

——I'm afraid that after I die, no one will wear the "three-grain palace", and I'll be said to be unparalleled.

When Xu Tongdao came yesterday, after offering incense, someone gave him a white cloth to tie him around his arm.

The funeral procession, blowing and beating, went out of the village and came to a clearing in the field of Ge Xiaoyu's house, where there was already a pedestal cut in half by bricks and concrete.

Ge Xiaotian came here holding the urn, and under the guidance of the Taoist priest, tearfully put his father's urn on the pedestal.

Afterwards, the Taoist priests did something again. After that, two masons stepped forward and built a small grave with bricks and cement.

More than half an hour later, under the auspices of the Taoist priests, everyone who went to the funeral today came forward to give Ge Zhiping one last salute.

A brazier has been lit with dry straw not far away.

Everyone who finished the gift

You have to step over this brazier to get rid of bad luck.

After crossing the brazier, you have to take off the filial cloth, hats, etc. that you wear on the spot, and you have to take all the simple-sewn filial cloths, hats, etc., apart on the spot, and then take them away.

When everyone returned to the village, except for a few people in Ge Xiaoyu's family, everyone had no sadness on the road. Although they were not talking or laughing, they had walked together in twos and threes, whispering something.

Xu Tongdao heard an old man sigh with emotion: "Oh, Zhiping, at this young age, just left like this. What a pity!"

There are also old people who said: "If you die, there will be a handful of ashes. People are really boring for life..."

Others said, "Shall we go back now and have another meal?"

...

In the funeral procession, there were seven or eight children of various sizes.

At this moment, two little boys were chasing and playing, jokingly fighting for Xiaobu in each other's hands.

...

Xu Tongdao kept this scene in his eyes, although he was not surprised because he had seen it several times since he was a child, he still couldn't help feeling.

When a person passes away, except for the family members, he will grieve for many days. For other people, even relatives and friends, they can restore their feelings in a blink of an eye.

This is really a blow to a person's fighting spirit.

If you can't keep it open, you may lose the will to fight if you experience this kind of thing several times.

Back to the village.

Everyone came to Ge Xiaoyu's house.

The kitchen has prepared some simple meals for everyone to eat.

You Ge Xiaoyu's relatives are asking everyone to eat more.

Xu Tongdao and Xi Dongyang were also hungry, so they followed everyone, filled a bowl of rice, picked up some vegetables, and found a stool to sit and eat.

Just a few bites, another person sat next to him.

Xu Tongdao raised his eyes and saw that it was village head Xu Hengchun.

Compared with a few years ago, Xu Hengchun is more aged, his figure is thinner, his hair is thinner and more gray.

Xu Hengchun, the village head, also helped Ge Zhiping's funeral.

At this time, Xu Hengchun was also holding a bowl of food.

When sitting down, Xu Hengchun sighed. Seeing Xu Tongdao raising his eyes, Xu Hengchun had a amiable smile on his face, "Xiaodao, you haven't been back to the village very much in the past few years! I heard many people say, you In the past few years, you have made a lot of money outside. You have made a fortune. Don’t forget the folks. Is this the reason you said?”

Xu Tongdao couldn't figure out what Xu Hengchun wanted to say.

He smiled faintly, and hummed casually.

Xu Hengchun turned his face to look at Xu Hongye (Ge Xiaoyu's mother) who was not far away, and asked curiously: "By the way, Xiaodao, I heard that Zhiping was sick this time. You paid for all the medical expenses? No? Less money? I heard that it used two hundred and tens of thousands?"

Xu Tongdao still couldn't guess his intention.

Nodded slightly, then hmmed again.

Xu Hengchun looked at Xu Tongdao with some emotion, nodded approvingly, and praised: "Yes! Not bad! Your kid is really good! Much better than your dad! That's how it should be! We are all in the same village, and you are now rich. , Someone in the village encounters such a difficulty, you should help, right? Hey."

Xu Tongdao frowned slightly, "Village Chief, what do you want to say?"

At this time, Xu Tongdao was a little afraid that the village chief would trick him.

If he was asked to help Xu Tongdao so hard in the village no matter who had similar difficulties in the future, he would not dare to agree, nor did he want to agree.

As a result, there are too many people in the village.

Secondly... He was not a temper of grievances with virtue, but a few years ago, after his father disappeared, some people in the village vacated his house, and he did not forget that.

No matter how magnanimous he is, at best he can only stop himself from retaliating against those people.

But if you want him to help those people like Ge Xiaoyu's family in the future?

Sorry!

He can't do it.

Repaying grievances by virtue, how can we repay virtue?

Xu Hengchun smiled and shook his hand, "Don't be afraid! Trails, it's actually not a big deal, let me be honest! I came to you specially today, and I want to talk to you about two things."

Xu Tongdao heard the words ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ his eyes narrowed, and suddenly he put down his chopsticks, took out the cigarette case, threw a cigarette to Xu Hengchun, and ordered one by himself.

"The village chief, tell me! But I don't guarantee anything."

Xu Hengchun picked up the cigarette that Xu Tongdao threw to him and clamped it on his ears, "Well, listen! The first thing is that the village will build roads, and some funds will be allocated on it, but it also needs to be raised by everyone. You The home is also in our village, so..."

Xu Tongdao: "..."

When he heard that the village had to build roads at the beginning, Xu Tongdao guessed what Xu Hengchun wanted to say.

Sure enough, Xu Hengchun said that he hoped that he would donate a sum of money to build roads in the village.

"What about the second one?"

Xu Tongdao didn't say whether he would donate money or not, but directly asked the second thing.

Xu Hengchun smiled, "The second one, I heard that you have opened the factory now, right? Look... Many people in our village usually rest and rest. Can you see if your factory can arrange a job for everyone? Let everyone make some money?"

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