Xie Yunsheng did it on purpose, even if he was poor, he could still afford a breakfast, but he just didn't pay it on purpose, he just wanted to rub Zhou Chong, who made this person interesting.

"Otherwise, you invited me for breakfast, and I packed it at noon and evening, how about it?" Xie Yunsheng put one hand on Zhou Chong's shoulder and looked at him sideways, as if he felt that this suggestion was very reliable.

Zhou Chong glanced him up and down, then hooked his lips and sneered: "Eat instant noodles with you?"

"You haven't had three meals a day now, right?" The door of the noodle restaurant hasn't opened until now, and Sun Dacai hasn't appeared in the past few days, Zhou Chong doesn't think that Xie Yunsheng can still stay at Sun's house now.

The facts are the same as what Zhou Chong thought, Sun Dacai is still lying in the hospital, and he doesn't even have the key to the Sun family now, so naturally he can't get in, and of course he doesn't want to go in.

"Do you think I can't do it if I'm not in the Sun family?" Xie Yunsheng raised his eyebrows: "There is no master here, there is a place to keep the master." ”

"Where are you in Huangmao?" Zhou Chong said.

“……… How do you know?"

"Huh. Zhou Chong felt that this person's IQ might be a little short-circuited, so do you need to talk about such a simple question?

"Ha, I'm in Huangmao, but it's okay for you to eat. Why don't you think about it?"

His parents were in the store all day and night, and they had to wait until the store closed in the evening before they came home. He has been playing with Huang Mao for so many years, and Huang Mao's parents also treat him as their own, so they are not polite.

"No need. ”

"The family is doing business today. ”

"My dad will be buried in the world. ”

Zhou Chong lowered his eyes, there was still no expression on his face, he was very calm, as if he was saying something very ordinary.

On the contrary, Xie Yunsheng was stunned, and the hand on Zhou Chong's shoulder was also loosened.

"You, mourning. ”

"It's all in the past. ”

Xie Yunsheng didn't know what he should say to comfort him, as if it didn't feel right to say anything, he could only say the most ordinary words, mourning and changing.

Zhou Chong was silent, his eyes still drooping.

Finally, he put his hand back in his pocket, looked ahead and said, "I'm leaving." ”

In a word, he didn't even look back, nor did he glance at Xie Yunsheng.

The black figure walked farther and farther, and finally disappeared around the corner, but Xie Yunsheng's face sank, his face was depressed, and his whole heart seemed to be sullen.

He knew that Zhou Chong was not angry, but he was just uncomfortable in his heart, but Xie Yunsheng was still unhappy, because his discomfort could only be held in his heart, and he didn't tell anyone, this kind of Zhou Chong made people feel distressed, and it also made Xie Yunsheng feel uncomfortable.

Today is the eleventh day of the lunar calendar, and the rule in northern Jinbei is to go out for funerals every time.

The funeral here is generally held for three days, and the Zhou family is no exception, although Zhou Chong said that it should be done simply, but in addition to inviting fewer people, it is not simple.

The coffin was prepared by Zhou Wenwu, mulberry wood, very thick, the shopkeeper said that it would not decay for a hundred years under the ground, Zhou Chong didn't know if this was true or false, and his father only had ashes left.

The ashes were scattered by Zhou Chong himself, the bottom of the coffin was covered with a shroud, and the ashes were scattered in it one by one, and then the coffin was nailed to death and placed in the hall to stop the spirit.

The most important thing in a person's life is inseparable from the suona team, from birth, to marriage, to death, suona runs through a person's life.

Zhou Wenwu invited the best suona team in northern Jinbei, spent a full 8,000 yuan, and put the largest pomp at the mouth of the alley, vowing to blow its suona for three days!

Zhou Chong knelt in front of the spirit in filial piety clothes and cried, and next to him knelt Zhou Wenbao's youngest son Zhou Qiang, the child was only seven or eight years old, and he didn't understand anything, so he knelt on the ground obediently, staring at the coffin with big eyes, and put the paper money on the ground into the brazier one by one.

Obviously, Zhou Wenwu taught him.

"Zhou Chong, you go to the front to say hello for a while, they are all from your own family, you have to be familiar with it. Zhou Wenwu said.

"Second uncle, I want to spend more time with my dad. "He didn't want to go to the front, he didn't want to deal with those people, and if he could, he would rather bury his dad in the graveyard than do a funeral with much fanfare.

"You...... Alas!"

"But this is not in accordance with the rules! You are a filial son, if you don't go, this is ......" Zhou Wenwu was helpless.

Zhou Chong didn't speak, still kneeling in front of the spirit and silently burning paper.

"Alas!"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade people, Zhou Wenwu had no choice but to walk away by himself to get busy with the things in front of him.

There are not many guests invited, only five tables of people, about more than 40, but there are 16 people who carry the coffin in the family alone, and there are really few relatives.

The wine and food were all prepared by Wang Cuihua, because of the large number of people, two cauldrons had already been set up in the courtyard, and a master who could cook was found to set up this table of banquets.

The first two days are light meals, the dishes on the table are vegetarian, there are not many meat dishes, only the steamed buns are enough, and you have to wait until noon on the day of the funeral to be the main banquet, so that the wine and food can be enough to eat casually.

Today is the second day, the most lively day of suona blowing, which can blow from dinner until twelve o'clock in the evening.

It's extremely hilarious.

Regardless of whether it is a red thing or a white thing, as long as the suona sounds, there is a sea of people under the stands, those who come early are standing on the platform, and those who come late can only watch the heads of people one by one, and there is no way to pick up a bench from whose house to stand on it, some of the children are riding on the neck of their father, and some are too far away, and they can only listen to a sound.

"Is your second uncle inviting the sound of three fat?" Xie Yunsheng came out of nowhere, he didn't squeeze forward, and wore a military coat and swayed the melon seeds towards Zhou Chong.

"Eat?" He took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket and put them in Zhou Chong's hand, regardless of whether Zhou Chong swallowed or not, he pinched the melon seeds and put them to his mouth, and gently smashed them, and the melon seeds came out.

"Don't smoke anymore?" Zhou Chong pinched one and put it in his mouth, he didn't have Xie Yunsheng's ability, he didn't take it out for a long time, and he almost chewed the skin.

"Your cigarettes are too expensive, I don't want to smoke them all in one go, good things are not so wasteful, you have to taste them slowly to taste them." "Most of the places in Jinbei are drawn from the third ring, and Xiao Su is really a luxury.

Zhou Chong chewed the melon seeds for a long time, but spit out a mouthful of residue, so he could only stuff the remaining melon seeds in his hand back into Xie Yunsheng's hand: "I can't swallow it, you chew it by yourself." ”

Xie Yunsheng took the melon seeds and was straight.

He really didn't expect Zhou Chong to come to this.

"Why don't you go up and look? It's so far away here, you can only hear a sound, and you can't see anything. It was Xie Yunsheng who spoke, he actually came quite early, and he looked around before finding Zhou Chong here.

Leaning against the root of the wall, there is a dead end further in, but it is really far enough, and even the old man who can't squeeze into the crowd will not choose to come this way.

"Why don't you go?" Zhou Chong asked rhetorically.

"I'm looking for you, I'll go if you go. Xie Yunsheng was even happier.

"What are you looking for me to do?" Zhou Chong frowned.

"Give you melon seeds. Xie Yunsheng spread his hands and smiled even more happily: "Who knew you wouldn't." ”

Zhou Chong gave him a blank look.

"You guys do white things here like this?do it for three days?" Zhou Chong had done it before when he was in Jiang City, but there were not so many rules that time.

"Ahh ”

"Yes, everyone is like this, red and white things are big things, but you can't do it for three days. Xie Yunsheng replied as usual.

"Not used to it? or don't like it?" Xie Yunsheng turned his face sideways, clasped his hands, and looked at Zhou Chong with crooked eyebrows.

"Both. "Neither used to nor liked.

Xie Yunsheng raised his eyebrows, and looked at him with a smile on his hands.

"You know what?"

"All kinds of musical instruments, suona is king, either ascending to heaven or worshipping the church. ”

"This thing runs through a person's life, and when it's gone, it has to be given away again. ”

This is the rule of the older generation, it has been passed down from generation to generation, and it can be passed down for so many years, it makes sense.

"You still have to keep a wake tonight, why don't you go and rest for a while?"

"No, I've rested during the day. "He had already kept a vigil yesterday and will keep a vigil again tonight.

"Can you stand it?"

"Is it cold or not? Do you want me to lend you my coat? It's cold at night, so put on a warm one. Xie Yunsheng was a little worried that Zhou Chong's body couldn't stand it.

"No, I can take it. "Kneeling in front of his father's spirit, there is nothing he can't stand it.

Xie Yunsheng couldn't say anything at all, he could see that Zhou Chong was depressed, but he couldn't help it, after all, it was his own relatives who went, could he not be sad? It was impossible to pull his face and make him laugh!

Phew! Just kidding! Can anyone laugh when someone dies?

You have to take your time, and after a long time, it will be a lot better.

Zhou Chong went back when the sound was not over, he was going to keep a night spirit today, Zhou Wenwu said that he wanted to replace him, but Zhou Chong refused, his father's last journey, Zhou Chong wanted to accompany him personally.

I didn't sleep all night, and it was still dark when Zhou Wenwu came over in the morning.

Today, the old man Zhou also got up very early, Zhou Wenwu first dressed the old man as soon as he came over, maybe today's day is different, Zhou Wenwu put on a black jacket for the old man, the jacket is new, with dark lines, the collar is high, and the placket is tied with five pairs of coiled dragon buckles.

This dress was bought by his father for the old man before his death and sent back from Jiang City.

Today is also the first time that Mr. Zhou wore it, but it was at his son's funeral.

Fortunately, the old man is confused and doesn't know anything, otherwise he would have to bear this pain.

Zhou Chong knelt in the red coffin money, silently burning the paper money, the everlasting lamp in the bowl in front of him was still on, the night passed, the soybean oil in the bowl had burned to the bottom of the bowl, if you didn't add oil, I was afraid that it wouldn't be long before it would be extinguished.

Lingqian visited Zhou Wenbin's photo before his death, it was a black and white photo, this was the first time he took it out, and he had never dared to take it out in front of the old man before, for fear that his old man would recognize him, and he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it if he remembered something.

"Dad, you're home, and you're going to be buried today. ”