Time was about to come to New Year's Day, and Zhou Guangren suddenly called and said: "Zhou Haishan's father passed away, is it in the past." ”

Caizi said, "Okay, okay, I'll rush over immediately." ”

Of course he wants to pass, this is his promise to the Zhou family at the beginning.

Caizi drove a car with a sickle and came to Zhou Haishan's father's house together. At this time, the courtyard of the Zhou family was full of people, and Caizi and sickle entered the courtyard.

Zhou Haishan's daughter-in-law, Li Xiujuan, saw the two enter the hospital and greeted them.

Zhou Guangren and Zhou Guangjiang were also there, and they greeted the talented man and the sickle warmly.

Entering the hospital, Zhou Guangren introduced Zhou Haishan's eldest brother, an honest middle-aged farmer. He didn't say anything, he just shook hands with the talented scythe and smiled.

At this time, Zhou Guangren said: "Talent, Haishan's eldest brother is a bad man and can't do anything. He still hasn't come up with an opinion on his old father's funeral, and it is his aunt who is in charge. There's something he can't do, don't jump him?"

After hearing this, Caizi nodded and signaled that he understood.

At this time, the old man's body rested on the ground in the middle of the room, and there was a door panel underneath, and his body had not yet been buried (that is, the coffin).

Caizi asked Zhou Guangren: "I remember when I was a child, the younger generation had to kowtow to the old?"

Zhou Guangren said: "Kowtowing is a matter for the younger generations of the direct family, and people with foreign surnames can salute." ”

Caizi said: "No, we are here to do our filial piety to the old man for Haishan, and we also have to kowtow, their family won't have anything to say, right?"

Zhou Guangren said: "This kowtow is a great gift, showing respect for the deceased, how can there be a saying!"

In this way, the talented man and the sickle went to the body of the old man in the house under the guidance of Zhou Guangren. The two of them knelt on the ground, each kowtowed three times, and Zhou Haishan's eldest brother also knelt on the ground and returned three heads.

After kowtowing, Caizi and the sickle came out of the house.

At this time, an old man came to the front of Caizi and the sickle, and Zhou Guangren introduced: "This is the respected old man Zhou in the village, and he is also the current host. ”

Old Man Zhou gave a thumbs up and said, "You two are really qualified! I know that you two have come all the way from Shenyang, and I also know your relationship with Haishan. You're doing the right thing, man!

Caizi said modestly: "Old man Zhou, we haven't done enough. ”

While speaking, an old lady on crutches walked tremblingly towards this side, and Zhou Guangren hurriedly went to greet her. Zhou Guangren said: "Sister, you can't move and just sit in the house, why did you come out?"

The old lady said, "Can I sit still?" I have to look at the two young men from Shenyang, I heard that two people with foreign surnames have kowtowed to my brother, this is amazing!"

Zhou Guangren helped the old lady to walk to the talented man and the sickle, and Zhou Guangren introduced: "This is Haishan's old aunt, who is a person who counts in the Zhou family. ”

Caizi and Sickle hurriedly greeted him, and Caizi said, "Hello, auntie, we are from Shenyang." ”

The old lady looked at them carefully, and then said: "According to the rules of our Zhou family, only the sons and daughters-in-law, daughters and aunts, nieces and nephews, grandchildren and daughters, grandsons, and granddaughters of the Zhou family kowtow to the old people, and the others just salute." My eldest nephew won't say anything, I thank you both on behalf of the Zhou family! My brother will bless you with a spirit in heaven!"

Listening to the words of the old aunt and grandmother of the Zhou family, Caizi and Sickle were both warm in their hearts, and Caizi said excitedly: "Auntie, this is nothing, we ......"

He was about to say that he was doing his filial piety for Zhou Haishan, but he was afraid that mentioning the old lady Zhou Haishan would be even more sad, so he paused. He changed the subject and said: "We are and should do, are we juniors!"

Although the words were a little unsmooth, they also made the meaning clear.

The old lady said, "You two come into the house, it's cold outside." ”

The genius said: "Auntie, it's not cold, you can always come into the house." ”

The old lady said, "This matter is not well arranged, don't you two pick it?"

Caizi said, "Auntie, it's okay. You can go into the house for a long time, just have Hirohito with you. ”

Zhou Guangren sent the old lady back to the house.

Listening to what the old lady said, Caizi understood that the funeral organization of the family this week was a little chaotic.

Zhou Guangren came out of the house, and the genius said, "Ask the presiding old man Zhou, what else do we need?"

Zhou Guangren quickly called the old man Zhou, who was presiding, and Caizi asked: "Do you need the two of us to do something, we are filial piety for Haishan, we can't stay here?"

The old man Zhou, who presided over the meeting, said: "I won't tell you, no one in the Zhou family can do anything except my aunt and grandmother, so I will do it alone." I'm so old, my memory is not good, and I forgot about it when I came back after arranging who did something. ”

Caizi said: "We can't do anything, we don't know anything about this funeral, so what can we do?"

Old man Zhou said: "Don't you have a car? You can get out of the car, you have to use the car to run many things." ”

The genius said, "That's okay." ”

After that, he said to Zhou Guangren: "How can you have a telephone in this village, make a phone call, transfer the two cars from the store, and let them fill up the gas here and arrange it." plus my car, all listen to the old man's arrangement. ”

Zhou Guangren said: "There is a phone in the village, so I will call." With that, he left.

Not long after, Zhou Guangren quickly came back and said, "The car is arranged, and it is estimated that it will arrive in forty minutes." ”

In less than 40 minutes, the two trucks arrived, and the two drivers greeted Caizi, who said: "Your two cars have been staying here for the past two days, and there is a place to use the car, and you two are responsible for getting out of the car." ”

The two drivers nodded.

Caizi called the old host again and said: "Just tell them where there is a car, and besides, how many items have been arranged for this funeral, I want to hear it?"

The old host said: "According to our local rules, after the death of the elderly, relatives wear filial piety, buy longevity clothes, burn paper incense, buy coffins, buy paper work, that is, wreaths and paper cow paper horse paper carts or something. At night, before dark, the body is buried, a mourning hall is set up, condolences are held, relatives cry and mourn, see off, go out of the funeral, bury, Shangwang, etc. In the later period, there are also burning five sevens, burning anniversaries or something. ”

After hearing this, Caizi said: "These procedures are quite complicated, and I don't understand them, so right? How much does these programs cost, and I will take the money." ”

Old Man Zhou thought for a while and said: "Of course this is good, this old Zhou family is worried about this matter! I can't say the specifics, I guess it will cost more than 10,000 yuan, right?"

Caizi said to Zhou Guangren beside him: "Where is your daughter-in-law? ”

Zhou Guangren went, and after a while, Wang Yue'e came.

Caizi returned to the car, opened his backpack and took out 20,000 yuan, and said to Wang Yue'e: "Sister-in-law, give you 20,000 yuan, and the cost of the old man's funeral will come from here, not enough for me here." ”

Wang Yue'e said: "When will you still have talents! When people are in trouble, they really help! Okay, I'm in charge." As she spoke, she put 20,000 yuan in her backpack.

At this time, the old man Zhou said: "Since the talented man is so bright, Manager Wang will tie a wreath according to the number of adult sons, grandsons, and granddaughters of the old Zhou family, find the best paper work, tie horses and carts, and then invite drummers to make the funeral of the Zhou family more decent! In addition, you should reward the carpenters who beat the coffin with some money, so that they can do it quickly, so as not to miss the time of burial. ”

Wang Yue'e said: "Okay, I will do this well." ”

Caizi said to Wang Yue'e: "This week's funeral, you take a little more effort, the old host has something unexpected for you to help think about it, we don't understand the funeral at all." In addition, I and the sickle each sent a pair of wreaths, by the way, and my uncle also sent a pair, my uncle has always been unhappy about Zhou Haishan's accident, it must be that he found everyone to work with me back then, this practice can be regarded as a kind of compensation for Zhou Haishan! Wang Yue'e nodded and left.

At this time, the talented man remembered that his uncle had not come yet, so he called Zhou Guangren and asked, "Why didn't I see my uncle?"

Zhou Guangren said: "I didn't see it, but he will come at night, although it is not a near branch, but it is also a surname, it is estimated that he is not available to sell meat during the day." Genius, you can rest assured that he will come. ”

Caizi nodded after hearing this.

At this time, Wang Yue'e got the authorization of Caizi and Old Man Zhou and began to get busy. She began to command these people who came to Zhou's house to help, and began to do this and that.

In this way, the funeral began to proceed in an orderly manner.

In fact, the current Wang Yue'e is an unusual figure in the eyes of the villagers, no matter what age she is, she is called an official title, and she is a manager Wang.

At first, maybe everyone called it this with a certain jealousy and irony.

After a long time, I saw that this Manager Wang did a good job. Coupled with the pungent nature of this Wang Yue, this title with jealousy and sarcasm has been converted into respect and envy.

With the continuation of time and the increase in income, Zhou Guangren's family gradually became rich. Wang Yue's status in the village has risen significantly, and she is really good at "humming" in the village, and even the elders are running to do it.