Chapter 95 Walking in the depths of the red, the mandarin duck lover is not heartbroken

Walking mandarin ducks in the depths of the red,

The lover is not heartbroken.

I'm afraid that the fate of this life is short,

Singing in a low voice, Nanpu was sad.

Why did you say why Ermao ran, it turned out that Chen Hong didn't show his face this morning, no, he seduced the ghost of this pervert and ran away.

This Fan Ermao trotted out of the courtyard gate all the way, looked east with two feet in a daze, and didn't see a figure for a long time. I couldn't help muttering in my heart, thinking, where did this slut go? I was thinking that Chen Hong's son had come back from school.

"Where's your mother?" Fan Ermao stepped forward and grabbed the child and asked.

"How do I know! I haven't been in the house yet. The child broke free and ran away.

"." Fan Ermao looked at the child who was far away and scolded, then walked a few steps forward and subconsciously walked back. I entered the yard and walked straight to the kitchen.

At noon, all Ermao's mind was Chen Hong, and after lunch, Ermao was afraid that the widow would call him to his side, and he would run away as soon as he pushed the rice bowl.

Fan Ermao walked out of the house, walked all the way to Chen Hong's house, entered Chen Hong's house, Chen Hong's father-in-law stood in the courtyard, saw Ermao coming and asked, "Ermao, is there something wrong?" ”

"Uncle, where is Chen Hong?"

"Xiaohong went to Chen Xue's house." Chen Hong's father-in-law said angrily, and glanced at Ermao. Ermao understood in his heart that he didn't want to see him, so he didn't ask much and turned his head out of Chen Hong's door, and there was a crackling sound behind him, this Fan Ermao didn't dare to look back, and trotted out of Chen Hong's house in three steps and walked straight to Chen Xue's house.

Chen Xue's family lived in the west of the widow's house, and Ermao passed through the door of the house without entering, and went straight to Chen Xue's house. When I arrived at the gate of Chen Xue's house, I saw people standing in a courtyard, and there were people sitting at the door. The courtyard was full of people, and I didn't see Chen Hong's shadow for a long time. So he stood at the door and pretended to be nothing, listening to gossip. After listening for a while, Ermao heard that the door was coming. It turned out that Chen Xue's mother-in-law died, died urgently, without warning, she got up to cook this morning, and she fell headlong in front of the stove before the meal was finished. It's useless to get people to the hospital for rescue, tossing all morning, the dead go to the dead back, no, the relatives at home have come to discuss the aftermath.

Ermao gasped when he heard this. I was shocked for a long time and didn't breathe. Thinking that her aunt is really a god, how did she know that Chen Xue's family would die? Ermao took a few steps back, found a bright place, squatted down, and listened to the people in the courtyard discussing things, and had no idea of looking for Chen Hong, and had no idea of going home, so he squatted on the ground and listened to the people inside.

After a while, there was a cacophony of voices inside. There was a cry, and then people rushed back and forth, and people began to rush outside. Ermao looked a little curious, and he didn't mean to go back.

Ermao was looking stupidly at the mess of people inside. Suddenly, someone would come and grab him, and he would go into the courtyard. Ermao was stunned by this sudden situation, and involuntarily followed the man into the courtyard. The man grabbed Ermao and walked all the way to the two side rooms on the west side of the courtyard, and shouted inside: "Fifth master, fifth master." I've got the person you want me to find, no. The man pushed Ermao into the house as he spoke, and then hurried away.

Ermao entered the house. My heart brightened. Ermao saw that the uncle in the village was sitting at the table in the house, and was gesturing to him. Ermao understood three points in his heart, so he walked over with a smile.

"Ermao sit, sit. I asked you to come, you see that most of the men in the village have gone out to work, just pulled again, there are not many literate people in our village, and they need an accountkeeper, you have also seen it, people have to go into the soil for peace when they die, you come to help in the past two days, and the thing assigned to you is to sit in this house and write a gift list, help me welcome distant relatives, record the gift money, we countrymen call it the inner cabinet, do you fancy it? ”

"Medium, why not, anyway, I'm also an idler, what's wrong with helping, it's uncle, I don't understand anything, I don't have eyes, you have to talk to me diligently, don't help others."

"Okay, you will follow me for the next two days, and you will do whatever I tell you to do."

"Medium, medium." Fan Ermao talked vigorously, and then found a small stool and sat next to the uncle of the eunuch's family. Ermao was a little nervous and a little excited, he had been looking forward to doing something for Chen Hong and Chen Xue's family, and now he saw that someone was counting on him and asked him to help, he was both apprehensive and excited, thinking, I am also useful, others don't treat themselves as waste. Thinking about it, there was a smug smile on his face.

"Ermao, someone will buy a post to invite guests later, and you are ready to write a post." The uncle said and pushed the pen and ink on the small table in front of him.

"Can I write it well?"

"Look at what you said, where does the countryside come from so much, as long as it is written by people who are recognizable, I will say that you write later, it's okay, don't be afraid." Uncle said with a kind smile.

"Medium, good." Ermao is still nodding in the middle of the nod.

After a while, the person who pushed him to the uncle just now hurriedly entered the house with a pile of blue paper posts in his hand, looked at the uncle sitting across the table and said, "The post has been bought, this is the list of relatives who need to be invited." As he spoke, he handed the post and a piece of paper to the uncle. With that, he turned around and hurried away.

The uncle looked at the piece of paper and said, "It's all right, I don't need to report it one by one." After that, he looked at Ermao and said: "You fill in the name on it, you will need it immediately, it must be handed over to the messenger this afternoon, and these messengers will have to set off early tomorrow morning, and the time is tight, so you can't delay it." With that, he handed the piece of paper to Ermao.

Ermao took the paper, looked at the names of many people densely written on the paper, looked at it again and again, and began to fill in the list on the post very seriously. By the time Ermao finished filling in the name on the paper, it was already nearly dark. Ermao carefully checked the names on it, found that it was not exposed, and then handed over a stack of posts to the uncle very seriously. Uncle Tongmen had been paying attention to the post written by Ermao just now, and he already knew that there was nothing wrong, so he took the post and shouted outside the door: "Who is the person who delivered the letter tomorrow, you come to get the post." As soon as the words fell, a few young people walked in, and a few people took the posts in the hands of the uncle and went out to distribute the posts that were going from all directions.

Ermao watched his achievements being recognized and taken away, and he felt very comfortable. He smiled smugly. Then he sat down at the table very upright. After sitting for a while and seeing that there was nothing to arrange for him to do, this reminded me of my aunt at home. So he got up and looked at the uncle of the family and said, "Uncle, I have to go home, and I have to boil medicine for my aunt." ”

"Okay, you can go back first. You'll have to come over after drinking the soup and schedule your tasks for tomorrow. ”

"I'll come over after dinner."

"Okay, there you go!"

Fan Ermao got up and said goodbye to his uncle, and hurried home. When he entered the door and saw the widow and aunt, he exclaimed, "Auntie, how can you be so accurate? How do you know that Chen Xue's family will have a white affair, her mother-in-law suddenly fell ill today. ”

"You're going to help?"

"Yes! I went out to see the strange bustle of their family coming in and out, so I went to their house to see, who knew that the uncle who lived in the back of the village saw me and asked me to help their family write a post, and I was busy all afternoon. ”

"Oh, oh, that's good, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors. Should you help, do you still go at night? ”

"Go, I have to go at night, when I came back just now, my uncle told me to let me go over after dinner."

Medium. Go ahead, look long, and do the work you can do as little as possible without being screamed. ”

"Medium, auntie. Don't worry, I won't be ashamed of you. ”

"That's good. Let's go cook. ”

Medium. Middle. Ermao agreed, turned around and walked quickly to the kitchen.

Ermao had dinner and finished washing the dishes and chopsticks. Then he came to the hall and looked at the widow and said, "Auntie, I'll go to Chen Xue's house to help." ”

"Go ahead. Go there and listen to your uncle, he will do whatever he tells him to do. ”

"Medium, you can rest assured. I'm leaving. Fan Ermao turned around and walked out of the hall, and his aunt's "Hmm" came from behind him. Sound.

Fan Ermao went out and looked at the sky, but it was already dark.

Ermao walked out of the courtyard gate in the dark, covered the door casually, and then walked towards Chen Xue's house.

When I arrived at Chen Xue's house, the people who helped in the village had almost gone, and only the immediate family members of Chen Xue's family remained. Ermao entered the courtyard, looked at the hall house, and saw a black coffin in the hall in the center, two white waxes were lit in front of the coffin, and the dim light illuminated the coffin on both sides of the squatting male and female filial piety, the man was dressed in white clothes and wore a filial piety hat; The woman was dressed in a white cloth, squatting or sitting on both sides of the coffin, such a bleak scene, Ermao looked at it and shivered in her heart.

Chen Xue next to the coffin saw Ermao entering from the gate of the courtyard at a glance, came in and looked inside, hurriedly got up and walked to the courtyard to greet Ermao.

"Ermao, Ermao." Chen Xue whispered.

Fan Ermao was hesitating, and suddenly saw Chen Xue walking towards him wearing a white cloth, and couldn't help but feel a surprise in his heart, but he didn't dare to show it, so he said with a calm face and a very serious look: "What are you doing here?" Filial piety should be in the house to keep a watch! ”

"Didn't I see you coming? Did you drink the soup? ”

"When is it, who still hasn't drunk soup? Have all the filial piety in the family arrived? ”

"No, the people who are working outside are rushing home, and they will all be back tomorrow, and the people who are guarding the spirit today are a few people who are at home."

"Hmm."

"Ermao, it's been a few days of hard work for you, thank you."

"Bah, bah, look at how angry you say, what's going on? It's a favor. Go back to the wake soon, I'll go to the Westinghouse to find the uncle, and see what he does for me. ”

Medium. There you go. Chen Xue said and turned around and went back to the hall.

Ermao looked at Chen Xue and walked towards the hall, thinking, this Chen Xue, why didn't I see her feeling sad? Alas, alas! Nowadays, people lack family affection, and mother-in-law is mother-in-law after all, not mother-in-law. Thinking about it, he involuntarily shook his head and walked towards the west wing.

Before I entered the house, I heard the buzzing of the house, and when I entered the door, I saw that the room was full of people. There were two oil lamps lit in the house, and under the dim oil lamp, the uncle saw Fan Ermao who walked in and shouted: "Just talking about you, you are here, come and sit inside." (To be continued......)