Traveling alone with Xiao Yao again, Huang Li's mood was very pleasant, but the place and environment she went to this time were different, and no matter how good her mood was, she could only suppress it. She sat on the back of Xiao Yao's bicycle, hugged Xiao Yao's waist tightly, leaned comfortably on Xiao Yao's back, and thought about her own thoughts. Thinking about meeting Zhu Xichun, who was still having dinner with him yesterday evening, he was now far away from Huangquan. She inexplicably felt a pang of sadness. Hugged Xiao Yao's waist tightly in his hands again, and leaned his pretty head on Xiao Yao's back more tightly. She had a kind of worry or melancholy, will she not see Xiao Yao one day?

"Xiao Yao, I was panicked and a little scared. ”

"Afraid, are you afraid of that occasion, or are you afraid of seeing Zhu Xichun who has died?"

"No, I'm afraid of you, afraid that one day you will say goodbye, afraid that one day I will never find you again. ”

"Silly girl, don't think about it there, I know that you are good to me, although I am often careless, but your heart for me, I still understand, as soon as we graduate, whether we are admitted to college or not, we will tell our parents and settle our family affairs. Tie you up and characterize me, so you can't run away, and I can't get out, you say?"

"Really? You don't want to make me happy? I am very sad about the death of my second brother, I have a feeling of sadness for the death of a rabbit and a fox, and my heart is not steady. He is about the same age as us, he was fine yesterday, he had a lot of fun with us, he is so kind, so cheerful a sunny boy, if he says no, he is gone, this life is too impermanent. My mind is all a mess. ”

"What am I coaxing you for, I also have my selfishness, your grades are so good, and you are so beautiful, I am still worried that I will not be admitted to college, and after you are admitted to college, you don't want me anymore. ”

"No, Xiao Yao, don't worry, as long as you don't leave, I will never give up. My heart has been filled with you, and there is no place for anyone else. ”

The affectionate mutual complaints along the way made Xiao Yao feel that the journey was much shorter, and it didn't take long to reach the entrance of the village, and they had already seen many people gathering in the direction of Zhu Xihuan's house. Xiao Yao put the bicycle on the side of the village entrance and pulled Huang Li with everyone. Zhu Xihuan's family was about to come to greet Xiao Yao and Huang Li when they saw that they were coming with everyone, Xiao Yao waved his hand, signaling them to leave themselves and Huang Li alone, let them each do their own business, and pulled Huang Li to the side. Zhu Xihuan's mother and sister, as well as some close relatives, held the coffin and wept. Many people's eyes were red, and the constant crying made the atmosphere of the scene sad to the extreme. Someone came over and handed Xiao Yao a cigarette, and at the same time handed him and Huang Li two white towels. By the way, I asked Huang Li's name and said that I was going to write the name of my lover on the wreath. After reporting Huang Li's name, he took the towel, first gave Huang Li a towel, sorted it out, and put it on her shoulders, and put the towel on her shoulders like everyone else. Then he took out a match and lit a cigarette, and smoked there silently.

Yesterday's temporary mourning shed has been demolished, on the open space at the gate of Zhu Xihuan's house, with two benches, a black coffin has been erected, Zhu Xichun has been lying peacefully in the coffin, yesterday's bloody clothes have been replaced, put on a brand new thick cotton clothes. At a young age, his short life was interrupted, and the coffin was his eternal home.

Many people are busy arranging according to local customs, and then reciting the favor list, (if it is an old man who died of natural causes, it is called a filial piety list.) Tell everyone the amount of estrus out loud, most of them are a few cents, and very few are one dollar. When I finally read it: Xiao Yao, seventy-eight yuan, a pair of new cloth shoes. There was a burst of exclamations from the audience. If you know something, you looked at the place where Xiao Yao and Huang Li were standing, which also attracted everyone to look at it together, Zhu Xihuan's father walked to Xiao Yao's side, pulled Xiao Yao down in front of everyone and said to everyone:

"This is Xiao Yao, if it weren't for him, the second child of our family, he wouldn't be so beautiful today. He and Xi Huan are alumni of Idea Middle School, and Xi Huan has always taken good care of my family, and today is the most urgent need for our family, and I thank you on behalf of the whole family. ”

After Father Zhu finished speaking, he bowed to Xiao Yao, so that Xiao Yao didn't have time to avoid it. Hurriedly grabbed Zhu's father, hurriedly said a few humble words, and retreated to Huang Li's side, Huang Li took Xiao Yao's hand obediently, and was very satisfied with Xiao Yao's performance.

After all the cutscenes are over, it is to break the pot and get up the coffin, set off the cannon, and set off. Eight sturdy men, working together, lifted the heavy coffin. Zhu Xihuan held the portrait of his second brother and walked at the forefront of the team, followed by the crying little girl, and on both sides behind him, followed by people with spirit flags, wreaths, and people who set off firecrackers and sprinkled paper money. Blood relatives and family members walked with the coffin, patting the coffin and crying. Relatives, friends, and neighbors who came to attend the funeral all followed behind the coffin. Throwing paper money along the way, encountering a bend or a small bridge at a fork, he set off a firecracker to attract the soul and slowly walked towards the cemetery on the west side of the village.

The deep pit where the coffins were placed in the cemetery had been dug in advance, lit with straw, and burned through the pit. The eight people carrying the coffin put the coffin directly into the tomb. After the placement is secure, the rope that carries the coffin is pulled out, and the immediate family members first use the corners of their clothes to carry the soil and sprinkle it on the coffin lid, and then they can be backfilled in large quantities until they are filled and then piled high, and finally piled into a small mound.

Huang Li has been silently following Xiao Yao's side, pulling one of Xiao Yao's sleeves, and mechanically following everyone forward. When the graves were piled up and everyone had finished their prayers, a lit straw fire was set up on the side of the road, and everyone had to cross the fire before they could go home. Huang Li didn't dare to cross it, looking at Xiao Yao looking very pitiful. Xiao Yao knew that this was the last part of the funeral, and he had to do it. pulled Huang Li back a few steps, and then ran to the fire with her, and when she arrived at the fire, Xiao Yao struggled to step forward, picked up Huang Li casually, and stepped over the fire together. But this move frightened Huang Li into an exclamation, and she fell directly into Xiao Yao's arms. Seeing the eyes of everyone looking at her, Huang Li was so ashamed that she didn't dare to raise her head. His face was flushed.

When Xiao Yao and Huang Li came to the side of their bicycles, they didn't leave, they stood here waiting for Zhu Xihuan's father to come over, and told him that they were going back to school to go to class, so they wouldn't eat here. But Xiao Yao really couldn't eat on such an occasion, and it was not good to refuse too much, so he looked at Huang Li for help. Huang Li also had the same thoughts as Xiao Yao, so she said that she was a little unwell and wanted to go back to school early to rest. Father Zhu didn't want to ask Huang Li in detail, where was she uncomfortable, how could men ask so much about girls, so he had to say a lot of polite words, and told Xiao Yao to treat this place as his home in the future, and come and play if he wants to have anything to do. Xiao Yao agreed one by one, only to get Zhu's father's permission, and called Zhu Xihuan and his third sister to send them together.