Xiuse Farmhouse

Chapter 224 Burial ([-])
In the middle of the night, the afterlife came.

It was only then that Wanwan remembered that he seemed to have disappeared in the next life since it got dark, so he asked him, "Where have you been this most of the night?"

Sitting next to the fire, the next life lowered its eyes: "Turn around casually."

Doubtful.

Yuan Baoniang has already started to tease him: "In the next life, come and tell Sister Qingye, where have you gone crazy? It's so dark that you can't even see it, so why don't you go to the mine?"

"No."

"Hey, why are there so few people talking tonight? Also, why are you so dark-faced? Who bullied you?"

"No."

"Yo!" Yuan Baoniang looked at Wanwan: "Has this kid lost his temper today?"

Wanwan smiled sarcastically: "The brat has a big temper, don't pay attention to him."

Yuan Baoniang and Shitou Niang looked at the next life and smiled, they really didn't tease him anymore.

After a while, Wanwan gave the child to Yuan Baoniang on the pretext of going home to go to the toilet, and quietly winked at Laisheng, then left Maicao's house.She stood on the side of the road for a while, and then saw the next life coming.

"It's late at night, where did you go, don't tell me to turn around casually." Wan Wan stared at the next life.

Rubbing his sore temples in the next life, he sighed, "It's really not an easy job to be stupid!"

Wanwan was amused by him, and then put on a straight face: "Don't break the word."

In the next life, he smiled impatiently: "I didn't cause trouble..." Seeing Wan Wan staring at him again, the conversation turned around: "That's right, I've wanted to beat Xie San since last night..."

He bent his eyes and stared.

In the next life, he hurriedly raised his hands to surrender: "But it didn't work, I was stopped by my brother."

Wanwan breathed a sigh of relief, Xie San is no better than ordinary civilians, if he sees the strangeness of life, wouldn't it be an accident!
"However, that bastard will have to deal with him sooner or later." With his hands behind his back, he looked in the direction of the mine, with a cold light in his eyes: "Ms. Mai Cao's death must have been done by Xie San." Then he looked at Wan Wan, Frowning: "Sister-in-law, look how pitiful Mai Cao is alone now, and those things that are not as good as beasts don't know if they will think of something bad, why not... why don't we let her live in our house!"

Looking at him Wanwan, he couldn't hide the surprise on his face, he really cared too much about wheatgrass in his next life!
After pondering for a while, she finally said: "In the next life, my sister-in-law knows that you are worried about wheat grass, so why not we are, but now that wheat grass is gone, she already has her own opinions. Besides, her mother is gone, and she still has a father." No matter what, following her father is better than staying in an outsider's house, and she will have a better reputation in her husband's house in the future."

If Mai Cao loses her mother and has a reputation of being disliked by her father, how can she hold her head up in her husband's house in the future?Unless her father doesn't want her, it's Ge Da's fault.Most people say she is a poor girl.Although Ge Da has a bad attitude now, the matter has not yet been decided. Who knows if he will change his mind in the end?

The two stood outside and talked for a while, then returned to Mai Cao's house.Later, Wanwan gave the child to the next life and asked him to take him home and rest.

Yuan Baoniang and Shitouniang also praised him: "Ah, why did your family become more and more sensible in the next life? You are not afraid that he will go back with the child and run out by himself in a while?"

Wanwan smiled and shook his head: "No, he is very obedient now, especially at night, it's dark everywhere, and he himself is afraid."

The three of them talked without saying a word. In the second half of the night, the three of them couldn't bear it anymore, and there was no mahjong to distract them.Later, Wanwan thought of the backgammon that he liked to play when he was a child, so he picked up six stones, broke off six twigs, drew a six-momentum board on the ground, and taught them how to play it.This thing is simple, but it still requires some brainpower, so I can make do until dawn.

At daybreak, the Taoist priest came with a young apprentice, and Yang Yizhi and others also rushed over.

Then the altar was set up, the Taoist priest lit incense, took out a long sword, and began to dance with thoughts in his mouth.It is somewhat similar to the Taoist priest on TV who opened the altar.

Wanwan approached Baishou and asked in a low voice: "How many times will it be enough to dance like this?"

Baishou nodded: "Yes, it's all like this. You have to cast spells and wield swords at the same time, saying that in this way you can get through the underworld, redeem the sins of the deceased, and have a good pregnancy in the next life."

"But don't you usually invite monks to recite scriptures to transcend?" Wanwan wondered.

"There are also monks who invite monks to chant scriptures. That is to chant scriptures to the Buddha, which is different. However, we usually invite Taoist priests here."

Wan Wan listened and nodded silently.I thought to myself, in modern times, when someone dies, for example, in her hometown, Taoist priests are also invited to perform rituals, and Taoist priests choose a day for burial, etc., but aren't all the monks chanting sutras on TV?Could it be that Taoist priests replaced monks from this!
Mai Cao knelt on the ground and wept silently. The Taoist priest danced and danced with his sword, scattered paper money, and kept chanting. This situation is like the shaman in Huanzhugege.

The courtyard was full of people watching.

Yang Yizhi sent someone to buy a pair of coffins yesterday afternoon, and when he returned, he invited four people to help carry the coffin. When the time came, the Taoist shouted, "Get up!"

Mai Cao walked in the front holding the memorial tablet, followed by the coffin, and some people from the village automatically joined the funeral procession.Chuichuidada went around the village, and finally arrived at the selected cemetery, where they were buried. Several people were busy with shovels, and soon the coffin was covered by soil, and the straw was lying on the ground. Although there was no sound, it was shaking violently. The shoulders showed that she was crying so much that she almost lost her breath!

Everyone looked at it with sympathy and pity, and their disdain for Xiangxiu was thrown away!
In the end, a small mound of earth was erected on the ground, and Li Dazhi and his grandfather were asked to write on the wooden sign, and then erected it in front of the grave.In this way, Xiangxiu was buried!
Looking at the inconspicuous little mound, Xiangxiu was lying peacefully in it.The coffin is not the best either. I don’t know how many years of wind, sun and rain. After the wood inside the coffin rots, maybe some mice will drill a hole and get in. At that time, there will only be bones left inside. Build a nest inside and treat it as your own little home.He gnawed on the bones when he was not eating.

Thinking of this, Wanwan felt sick for a while, and thought, when she gets old and dies, she will continue the modern custom, let her children cremate herself, and then put the ashes in a small altar.In this way, insects cannot bite and mice cannot drill.

After Xiangxiu was buried, everyone helped to close the mourning hall at home. After everyone left, Mai Cao sat at home and felt very cold. Looking at the cold walls, cold bed, and cold kitchen, everything was in the dark. She felt nothing but coldness.This is her home, her home alone, no one will talk to her at night, and no one will eat the food she cooks during the day.Suddenly she felt extremely empty, deserted, and lonely.The bewilderment of the future made her fear slowly rise in her heart!

In the evening, Wanwan made a meal, specially filled a bowl, and sent it to Wheatgrass.

Although Xiangxiu was buried, oil lamps were lit and incense was burned in front of her memorial tablet, which continued to burn until the seventh day when she returned to her soul.So Wheatgrass couldn't go over to eat, so she had to send it over.

Wan Wan eats with Mai Cao, and Lai Sheng sits beside her silently, Mai Cao is very grateful to her, looking at her thin, pale face, Wan Wan feels very sympathetic in his heart.After she finished her meal, Wanwan took the bowl with her afterlife and went back.

When the sun rose from the east the next day, people started to go about their own business again. When they saw Mai Cao’s house, everyone remembered that Xiangxiu had gone. Everyone still didn’t believe it, and felt that they were dreaming. Why did the people suddenly disappear.

A few well-meaning people would stop by to have a look at Wheatgrass when they passed by. Yang Yizhi also went to look at Wheatgrass early in the morning. Seeing that she was fine except that she was not in a good mood, she felt a little relieved.

And from Xiangxiu's accident to the burial, Ge Da didn't show up once, not even going to the coal pile when he went to work.Yang Yizhi approached him for the second time to discuss the matter of wheat grass. Ge Da told Yang Yizhi clearly: "I have nothing to do with this matter. I have a family to support and I can't bear any more burden."

Yang Yizhi was so angry that his beard twitched. Is this what his own father said?

Ge Da also aroused the common indignation of Yangjiacun people.

People used to look down on and despise Xiangxiu. After her death, everyone's emotions turned into sympathy for Mai Cao, but now they are angry with Ge Da.Occasionally, when Ge Da passed by Yangjia Village, people would cast disdainful glances, or point fingers behind him.

"How can there be such a father?"

"Tiger poison doesn't eat children, just leave my daughter alone like this!"

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For a while, Ge Da was like a mouse crossing the street in Yangjia Village, everyone shouted and scolded him, and he knew it was unreasonable. Every time he went to work, he went to the mine early when there were no people in Yangjia Village, and he tried not to worry about it when he was patrolling. Passing through Yangjia Village, even when you go to inspect the coal piles, you have to check in advance if there are people from Yangjia Village there, but there are people from Yangjia Village who work in the mine, how could he escape the slander of everyone? Woolen cloth!
Later, Guanshi Liu came to him once. He searched up and down the mountain, but there was no one. He waited for a long time at the coal pile, but no one was found. Finally, when he finally saw Ge Da, he cursed: "The mine invites you to work, isn't it?" Come to hang out, if you don't want to do it, get out early..."

Guanshi Liu and Xiangxiu were originally good friends. When they were together on weekdays, Xiangxiu was considered considerate to him. From the bottom of his heart, he still liked Xiangxiu. Who knew that he died for no reason. That's impossible, but with Xie Xian's testimony and no real evidence, what can he do with Xie San?

Later, seeing that Ge Da, as Mai Cao's biological father, didn't even care about his daughter, he felt extremely dissatisfied, and turned all his anger on Ge Da.Sure enough, within a few days, Ge Da resigned from the mine.This is something.

On the third day, Xie Xian, who was transporting coal away, finally returned.

Many people are eager to find him.

One is Yang Yizhi, he has to make decisions for the straw now, so he has to find Xie Xian to explain the matter clearly.

The other is Guanshi Liu. It stands to reason that Xie Xian should come to work on the second day of coal transportation. If he doesn't come, he won't come. Why is the master? These slaves don't care, but the coal is transported to the pier by horse-drawn cart and loaded on the ship After transporting away, someone should come to report, but this person has not arrived for a long time.

Another person is Yan Shan. It has been a few days since Baishou resigned as the vice-captain of the patrol team. He has approached Xie San several times but nothing has been found, so he decided to find Xie Xian this time and ask him to give up the position of vice-captain. give him.At this time, Yan Shan has already attributed Yan Er's death to the mine!
(End of this chapter)