The grandmothers, who were in a panic, saw Xiaohu and Erya standing outside the door, and hurriedly took their daughters-in-law out. Although Grandpa's room is very large, it is quite crowded if his son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren and great-granddaughters-in-law stand there for generations, and there is no place for Erya and Xiaohu to go in again.

When the eldest grandmother took the younger daughters-in-law out of the room, the second girl asked softly, "How is the grandfather?" ”

The eldest grandmother shook her head, and replied in a hoarse voice: "I'm not awake anymore, and my eyes are not open." Your eldest grandfather and second grandfather took turns calling him, and he seemed to be able to hear it, but he couldn't say anything. ”

"What the hell did the doctor say?"

"I didn't say anything else, just said that it was not a few days, let your grandfather, if you can gather all the people in the family, you can quickly gather them all back" The eldest grandmother choked up as she spoke, and she couldn't say anything else.

Grandpa's granddaughters-in-law also cried in low voices, and Erya's tears involuntarily flowed down with their cries. Xiaohu had already entered the grandfather's bedroom when Erya was talking to the grandmother, and the grandfather was still shouting over and over again: "Dad~!" Father! The second grandfather, who was crying on the side, saw Xiaohu squeezing in front of him, so he gave him a gap.

Xiaohu lay on the edge of the bed, adjusted his breath and said loudly to Grandpa: "Grandpa! If you hear me speak, I say you listen: Grandpa, Second Grandfather, Uncle Shoujiang, Uncle Shoucheng, Uncle Shousong, Uncle Shouhuai, Uncle Shouzhang, and several older brothers, nephews and nieces are all at home with you, only Uncle Shouhe and a few brothers and brothers who are doing business outside have not yet returned. I'll send them a message in a moment. Let them come back overnight. Grandpa, what else do you want to hear from me? ”

The grandfather didn't call his father again when Xiaohu was talking, and listened to what Xiaohu said. Dad seemed to have a reaction, so he said to Xiaohu excitedly: "You tell grandpa again, I have me at home to reassure him, the big things in the clan have been done, and there is nothing that can't be let go."

When the grandfather said a word, Xiaohu followed to say a word to the grandfather, and the second girl heard that everyone else inside was very quiet. Only Xiaohu was repeating the uncle's words. The women were all standing at the door and listening silently, and when they talked about the children studying, they suddenly heard the second grandfather excitedly shouting: "Look! Daddy's hand! Daddy has reacted! ”

The eldest grandmother wiped her tears outside the door and said, "It seems that your grandfather still can't let go of the fact that there is no child in the family to study." He has been talking about several great-grandchildren, none of whom are good at studying, and he really wants that our room can also have a child to study and come out. ”

Erya also felt very strange about this matter, and none of the more than a dozen great-grandsons in Grandpa's family were stunned to study. Ziqing easily won a show. I'd rather follow his dad into business. I don't want to continue the test. The fifth grandson of the second grandfather's family, Xiu, was a lifter, but like Aoki, he would rather be a gentleman than continue to take the exam. There are also a few who are studying in the school, and I heard that they are not good at studying, and it is a game to help the school work.

Outside, the grandmother was talking about the things that grandpa couldn't let go, and a few children who were studying inside were called to grandpa's bed one by one, and asked them to loudly promise grandpa that they would study hard and be admitted to the Jinshi in the future. Win glory for grandpa. After the assurances of the children one by one, the grandfather did not move again.

"Big brother! Let Daddy sleep for a while?! In the middle of the night, my father never got a rest. I'm afraid he's tired and panicked now! ”

The eldest grandfather listened to the words of the second brother and replied to him with a choked voice: "I'm afraid that my father won't wake up as soon as he falls asleep!" ”

Xiaohu thought that his grandfather would toss until now in the middle of the night, but he was afraid that it would be really uncomfortable, and he also echoed the second grandfather to persuade the grandfather: "Grandpa! Let Grandpa rest for a while, and stop calling him. The second cousin, as well as several cousins and cousins, have not yet returned, and grandpa Tai is afraid that he will have to wait for them. ”

Maybe he really listened to the persuasion, but the grandfather didn't insist on waking up his father, and pushed the children out. He asked the second brother again: "How many of you are outside have sent letters?" ”

The second grandfather then remembered to use Xiaohu's letter harrier to send a letter, "Xiaohu, you hurry back and use the harrier to send a letter to your Uncle Shouhe, and let them rush back." ”

In fact, it is best for the harrier to deliver the letter at night, but the grandfather can't afford to delay this situation, Xiaohu listened to the words of the second grandfather, so he went home first, and was busy writing a note to put the letter to the harrier, and the second girl stayed here to accompany the grandmother. Maybe the grandfather's movement was too big, and finally alarmed everyone, and they all rushed over to visit the grandfather with supplements one after another.

After seeing the confused grandfather, everyone stood in the courtyard talking and shaking their heads with solemn expressions, basically saying the same thing, that is, the old man may not be able to survive this time. After everyone agrees on this conclusion, they will inevitably be a little sad, especially the older generation, who can't wipe away the tears.

In the next two days, Grandpa Tai has been in a daze and has never been awake, and he has not woken up even when Uncle Shouhe and several great-grandchildren have come back. On the afternoon of the fourth day, when the sun went down, everyone in the family gathered, and even the married girls came back with the whole family. One by one, they told the old man who he was in front of the old lady's old list (which will be explained in detail later), and reassured the old man that he would live according to what the old man said in the future, and would never do anything that the old man was unhappy about, etc. When the last and youngest great-grandson called out to the wife in a milky voice, he said inarticulately: When he grows up, he wants to be a champion like Uncle Xiaolong, a big official, etc., and the old man finally took his last breath.

(Here is a brief introduction to what Lao Shan is, I don't know if this Lao Shan is available elsewhere, or only this place.)

Before he died, the old man here no longer lay on the bed, but moved to the side of the main house, with thick straw on the ground, and lay down in the straw shop on the ground after putting on his old clothes, so that everyone in the family came forward to say goodbye. If the old man has been breathing and can't put it out, then the family will have to dig out their minds to think about what the old man can't let go, and then you will say to the old man one by one, until you find the right person and say the right thing, the old man will swallow his breath.

The straw shop here is what the locals call Lao Dan, and there are also those who come back to life after sleeping Lao Dan. Such old people are often rumored to be strange, for example: Have you heard that so-and-so has slept with a single child, and then comes back to life.

Ah! This is not unusual, my cousin's mother-in-law's maiden cousin, who also slept with Lao Shan and came back to life, has lived for several years and has not died, I'm afraid that Lord Yama will forget it! ）

That's all for the extraneous explanation, grandpa slept with Lao Shan after all, and he was not lucky to come back to life. The moment Grandpa swallowed, the cry shook the sky, there were too many juniors of Grandpa, and when he was the patriarch, he helped the big guys a lot, and everyone respected him. Seeing that he didn't survive after all, he just went, and everyone's hearts were sad. Inside the hall are the juniors under the blood of the grandfather crying loudly, and the juniors outside the blood are crying silently and loudly, and they are crying inside and out.

Because the old lady died at an advanced age, it was considered a happy funeral, and all relatives and friends basically reported the letter. The coffin of the person who died here was only stopped for three days, the first day was to report the funeral letter, the second day was to come to the funeral, and the third day was to go out of the funeral.

There were too many people to mourn the next day, and even the couplets, wreaths, and visitors were not enough for such a large drying field. The suona and gongs and drums are blown and beaten once a person comes, and the mourning suona sound makes the person who couldn't cry can't help but cry sadly.

The third uncle was prepared to buy two carriage bowls, but before the noon meal was finished, all the bowls had been stolen, so he had to go to the town to pull back all the bowls of the porcelain shop, a total of three carts, just like that, after the evening banquet was finished, there was still not a bowl left.

For the joy and funeral here, it is a local superstitious custom for visitors to steal bowls: it is said that the bowl used for the funeral banquet of the elderly can ward off evil spirits, and it can be used by children to avoid disasters. I don't know where the crooked heresy came from, but some people believe that stealing bowls is justified, and the people who are stolen are happier the more they steal bowls. Anyway, this thing can't be explained clearly, it's just one word: weird!

After sending off the grandfather, everyone was sad for a while and then regained their peace, and even the grandfather and his family returned to a normal life, so why should they continue to do it. The children who once swore in front of their grandfather that they would study hard also seemed to have amnesia, and continued to play and sleep when they wanted (dozing off in class), without consciously thinking that they should study hard and fulfill their promise to their grandfather.

The sudden death of the grandfather did not know whether it would have a great impact on others, but it made the nurse who no longer had to do things have the idea of going to live in the town.

"The proprietor's lady! You don't want me to do things now, I'm also idle here, why don't you let me go to the town, live with those old sisters, and when I'm idle, I can talk and relieve my boredom! In fact, she was afraid that one day it would be too late, and she would suddenly die in the owner's house, which was not good for the owner.

Erya didn't think of the nurse's thoughts, and really thought that she was bored at home alone. It is true that there is no one to accompany her at home, and the children are all older, and they have to exercise as soon as the morning dawns, and then they have to go to school. Sister-in-law Ding was busy from morning to night, and she didn't have time to gossip with her, and Erya was even busier.

Therefore, the nurse said that she wanted to go to the town to talk to the old sisters, but the second girl did not stop her, but she did not let her live there: "Auntie! You can go to town and talk to the old sisters, and when you send the children to school in the morning, you go with them, and when you pick them up in the evening, you come back with you. As for what you want to live there, I don't think it's appropriate, you better live at home! ”

After thinking about it, the nurse understood that it was not appropriate for her to live in the town so suddenly. If others gossip, saying that the owner lady dislikes her for being old and doesn't let her live at home, it will damage the reputation of the owner lady, and she has to think about it for the owner lady.

"Okay! It's good to walk around at both ends like this. ”

After that, the nurse ran back and forth, but she never moved to the town as she wanted, and finally died in Erya's house, fulfilling Erya's promise to send her to the end of her life. (To be continued.) )

PS: It's going to be a little busy just going back to work in the past two days, and the update time may be a little late. First of all, I would like to say sorry to everyone!