【023】Fallen leaves return to the roots

"Ouch, it's my niece here, come in, come in. www.biquge.info The eldest lady stood up in surprise and rubbed her hands on the apron on her body, "As soon as you arrived, I saw that you were very familiar, but I couldn't remember who it was, but your actions and voice were too similar to your mother, and your appearance was similar, and finally let me guess it." ”

"Auntie, who are you?" Liu Ruyan didn't know that this was the wife of the willow root in front of her, the willow root she was looking for, although she opened her mouth to call her uncle, but it was only a distant uncle, in the village, the mother only had some relatives with this uncle, this time when she came back, she could only ask him to help bury her mother, and another reason was that this willow root had the highest prestige in the village, and everything in the village had to go through him to nod, and many things were led by him to organize the villagers to discuss and make decisions.

"I'm your aunt, when I got married, your mother wasn't married, and she had to chat with me almost every day. The old man recalled the past.

Liu Ruyan was still very happy in her heart, after all, she hadn't spent too much trouble finding it. My aunt led Liu Ruyan into the house, poured tea and water for her to wash the dust.

Liu Ruyan looked at this room, the pure wooden structure, a little sloping, and the furniture was relatively simple, thinking that this uncle was living a relatively poor life.

"Son, you sit down first, and I'll go find your uncle. After Liu Ruyan finished washing her face, her aunt called her granddaughter over and accompanied Liu Ruyan.

The little girl looked like she was five or six years old, she was really beautiful and cute, Liu Ruyan took the little girl's hand and asked softly, "What's your name?"

The little girl was a little timid, stared at the strange aunt in front of her with wide eyes, and did not answer Liu Ruyan's question.

Liu Ruyan suddenly thought of the dim sum food she hadn't finished eating on the road, so she took it out of her bag and handed it to the little girl, "Auntie gives you something to eat." ”

The girl's eyes were also fixed on the snacks, but she didn't take it, just stuck her little finger in her mouth and sucked it.

At this time, my aunt found my uncle Liu Shugen, and Liu Ruyan hurriedly stuffed the snacks and food into the little girl's arms, stood up, bowed deeply to the old man in front of her, and shouted: "Uncle." He choked up.

Liu Shugen helped Liu Ruyan with both hands: "Child, why did you find it, is your mother okay?"

Liu Ruyan didn't answer, just silently walked to the suitcase, opened the suitcase, and took out her mother's urn.

As soon as my aunt saw the photo of Liu's mother on the urn, she understood what was going on, and immediately cried: "Peach Blossom girl, why did you leave?" The little girl next to her was so frightened that she cried.

"It's scared kids. Willow Root said softly, but clearly felt that his voice was a little choked.

"Uncle, my mother wants me to take her home, she wants to go home," Liu Ruyan couldn't control her feelings at this time, and said with tears in her eyes.

"This. Willow Root said with a sad face.

Liu Ruyan was shocked, listening to her uncle's tone, could it be that they didn't accept her mother?

"Kid, stay for a while, I'll do something. Willow Root took two puffs of cigarette and went out.

Liu Ruyan was at a loss, looking at her aunt with tears in her eyes.

"Sit, kid, listen to me. Aunt pulled Liu Ruyan to sit down.

"Child, we have a rule here, the girl who marries out, the water that is spilled out, the ancestral tomb mountain can only bury the male and the married woman, not the married daughter, the peach blossom wants to go home, it really makes your uncle embarrassed, you bring your mother back without knowing it, this is already out of line, the rules of the village, that is, the man here, if he does not pass away in the village, he can't enter the village, he can only make a tent at the entrance of the village, but he can be buried on the ancestral tomb mountain, fortunately, your uncle doesn't have this thought, but don't be too discouraged, since you come, your uncle will find a way to let your mother into the ground。 Aunt wiped away Liu Ruyan's tears and persuaded her.

After a while, Liu Shugen came back and said to Liu Ruyan: "Child, let's hold a discussion meeting tomorrow to discuss your mother's burial, and you patiently wait for the results of tomorrow's discussion." ”

Liu Ruyan has no choice but to listen to the results of Hou's discussion tomorrow.

When she got up early the next day, Liu Ruyan followed the willow roots to a room next to the ancestral hall, which was the place where the village was to discuss matters.

People from the village came one after another.

"Gather everyone over today, it's about Peach Blossom, Peach Blossom died of illness, her daughter brought her back to the village according to Peach Blossom's wishes, according to the rules, Peach Blossom can't come in, we currently have no precedent for our daughter to be buried in the ancestral grave mountain, but the matter is here, and our village is blessed by Peach Blossom a lot, we can't forget Peach Blossom's kindness to us, yesterday I discussed with Uncle Six, today we come to discuss, Peach Blossom can go home for burial. The willow tree looked around at the people present and said.

Everyone participated in the discussion, some said that it is now a new society, men and women are the same, and peach blossoms can be buried in their hometowns, and some say that the rules of the ancestors cannot be broken, and peach blossoms cannot be buried here.

Because Liu Shugen was Liu's mother's distant brother, he couldn't say anything, so he had to say: "Listen to the opinion of the sixth uncle." ”

The sixth uncle twisted his white beard with his hand, and said slowly: " Everyone wants me to say, then I'll say a few words, it stands to reason that my old immortal mouth should keep the rules set by my ancestors, but the times are changing, we have to change, at least the husband of Peach Blossom has given us a lot of help in the village, right, the cement road of the village, is the husband of Peach Blossom to repair, from the town to the village, although it is not a cement road, but it is so smooth, and it is also Peach Blossom's husband who takes some funds to repair it every year, this is a great kindness, Peach Blossom is back, what is not possible?"

"Uncle, you said that my mother and his husband, what's going on?" Liu Ruyan heard inexplicably.

"Child, you don't call me uncle, you should call me grandfather, that's the case, after your grandmother died, your father came alone to give your grandmother filial piety. Your uncle told the story of the divorce, and said I'm sorry for your mother and daughter, in order to compensate for the debt to your mother and daughter, he gave us a public welfare fund in the village every year, although the money is not very much, but we used this money to build the road in the village and tidy up the road to the town, although we don't know where he is in the future, but we know that the money we receive every year is remitted by your father, is it now that we want to repay the favor, we are ungrateful?"

When Liu Ruyan heard this, her resentment towards her father suddenly decreased a lot.

After heated discussions, Liu's mother can be buried in her hometown, but not on the ancestral tomb mountain, she is buried next to the ancestral tomb mountain, Liu Ruyan has no awareness of the ancestral tomb mountain at all, as long as her mother is buried in her hometown, her mother's wish has been achieved.

Liu Ruyan walked in front of everyone, knelt down on her knees, thanked her parents and villagers for letting her mother settle in the ground, and announced: "In order to thank the parents and elders in my hometown for their kindness, I also donated 200,000 yuan to do public welfare undertakings in the village." ”

When everyone heard this, they were full of joy and made an exception to hold a grand funeral for Liu's mother.