In this courtyard, Chen Guan also met an old acquaintance: Zhu Qinlian, the former deputy director of the Longwan Town Police Station.

I haven't seen you for a long time, if it weren't for Chen Guan's ability to never forget, he would really be a little unrecognizable to Zhu Qinlian.

When Miao Kunsheng adjusted his cadres in the previous stage, it was rumored that Zhu Qinlian was going to replace Chen Guan as deputy director of the county public security bureau. It's just that Chen Guan doesn't want to maliciously guess his leader, and he doesn't want to think about Miao Kunsheng's association to collect money and sell officials.

Miao Kunsheng's father died, and Zhu Qinlian, who was bent on understanding that Miao Kunsheng became the deputy director of the county public security bureau, must have come to mourn and attend the funeral. Of course, he also knew that it would be suspicious to appear inappropriate on such occasions. It's a pity that the road is too far, and Zhu Qinlian wants to go after the funeral, so Chen Guan can see it.

Chen Guan didn't want to see Zhu Qinlian, and Zhu Qinlian didn't want to see Chen Guan. As a result, as soon as the eyes of the two people made contact, Zhu Qinlian lowered his head in a panic, and led his two buddies to turn around and leave, out of the courtyard.

Looking at Zhu Qinlian's back, a hint of doubt flashed in Chen Guan's eyes.

Lin Zheren, the county magistrate, Cui Guiyou, deputy secretary of the county party committee, Zhou Jun, deputy secretary of the county party committee and secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Yao Gang, the head of the organization department, are all here.

After all, Miao Kunsheng is the secretary of the county party committee, in addition to the leaders of Mingshui poured out, the Shuiquan Municipal Party Committee Office, the government office, and the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee all sent people, and some leaders of municipal units and brother counties and districts who had a good relationship with Miao Kunsheng also came.

Chen Guan was busy talking to the county leaders, and he didn't care about thinking too much about Zhu Qinlian.

In Chen Guan's imagination, Miao Kunsheng's father was kind to Li Jianyu, and Li Jianyu would definitely come to attend the funeral. But he looked in the crowd for a long time, but he didn't see Li Jianyu's figure, thinking that either Li Jianyu came to see it first and then left, or Li Jianyu sent his relatives to come, and he didn't know him.

Just when Chen Guan and them were chatting and waiting in the courtyard next door, there was a noise in the courtyard of the Miao family's old house next door.

Everyone was silent, pricking up their ears to hear why it was noisy.

Listening to it, I understood that Miao Kunsheng's ex-wife heard that her husband had passed away, and rushed back with her children, and she wanted to wear filial piety in the name of her daughter-in-law. Miao Kunsheng's current sister-in-law's wife was unwilling, and the two sisters quarreled in the yard.

For this kind of big funeral, the daughter-in-law's mother's family is all small-headed and has to come to participate. It's just that Miao Kunsheng's sister-in-law broke up her sister and brother-in-law, and the magpie's nest was occupied, which was a scandal and a shame among the people, and naturally she would not be recognized by her mother's family in the short term, and her mother's family would not come to attend the funeral.

Without the presence of the mother's family, the sisters were noisy in the yard, and the Miao family couldn't intervene in a hurry, and the palms and backs of their hands were full of meat, so they couldn't persuade them to fight, so they made a fuss.

The cadres of Mingshui really wanted to go over to have a look, at least to get to know Secretary Miao's ex-wife and children, but unfortunately they couldn't go over to see the excitement, and they couldn't persuade them. They all knew in their hearts that Secretary Miao didn't want to let them see this scene at all, it would make his face unbearable!

The quarrel didn't last long, and in the end, Miao Kunsheng came forward to stop the sisters, and the method adopted was to let the ex-wife and children wear heavy filial piety.

Chen Guan's sense is super sensitive, and he can hear it clearly, what Miao Kunsheng said is that the child is his grandfather's own grandson, and he should have come back to guard filial piety since he was a child. Now that I'm back, I should go and kowtow to my grandfather first, change my clothes, eat some food, and see my grandfather off in a while. As for his ex-wife, Miao Kunsheng said that since he is back, it is all fate, which shows that the old father treats his daughter-in-law well, and the hearts of the people change people's hearts, and it is also appropriate to see off the old man. Now that the old people are gone, don't fight for those indifferent false names, as long as you can see off the old man with filial piety!

Although Miao Kunsheng's sister-in-law and wife hated her sister for coming to stir up the situation, there were so many guests that she couldn't afford to lose anyone, so she could only run to her father-in-law's spirit and kneel down, crying that her life was miserable!

Miao Kunsheng's ex-wife also ran to her ex-father-in-law's spirit and cried, saying that her life was miserable, and she met Miao Kunsheng, a lucky person. Now that her father-in-law is gone, there is no one in this world who administers justice to her and feels sorry for their orphans and widows.

For a while, in the upper room of the suspended spirit, there were the howling and crying of the ex-wife and the current wife and sisters, and there was also the cry of "grandpa, grandpa" when Miao Kun gave birth to a child, and those filial sons couldn't help crying, and Chen Guan had a sour nose when he heard it.

Chen Guan hated himself a little at this time, his consciousness was too clear, this kind of thing was heard clearly, it was boring! However, he also had to admire Miao Kunsheng's handling of the matter properly. If you were an ordinary person, you might catch your ex-wife and beat her up and make it a big joke!

It seems that anyone who can be the secretary of the county party committee has two brushes, and everything can be settled!

The matter subsided, but no one was chatting in the courtyard where Chen Guan was, and it was very quiet for a while!

Miao Kunsheng is really looking for Mr. Yin and Yang to calculate the time, and at two o'clock in the afternoon, he will get up on time.

Suddenly, the crying in the courtyard shook the sky, and the filial sons wearing filial piety clothes used paulownia sticks to paste white paper sticks with their hands, tied hemp ropes around their waists, knelt in the upper room and courtyard of the dead soul and cried, and the hearts of the people who listened were sour.

The cadres of Mingshui also went out of the courtyard where they ate and gathered in the courtyard of the Miao family's old house, preparing to accompany everyone to the cemetery and attend the funeral in the cemetery.

Miao Kunsheng also put on filial piety clothes, dressed in white, with hemp rope tied around his waist, and did not go into the upper room to kneel and cry, but stood in the courtyard, tears flowing down.

The resurrection is a ritual in which the coffin containing the body is carried to the courtyard, where it is parked for a short time, tied with ropes, and carried to the cemetery with the help of a pole.

There are many cumbersome procedures in this, such as getting a rooster tied to beat the sun, etc., which are all superstitions. Although Miao Kunsheng is the secretary of the county party committee, and his brothers and sisters have all had jobs and are no longer in his hometown with his help, since he is doing funerals in his hometown, he has to follow the customs of the villagers, and he has nothing to do about it.

At this moment, a man who presided over the funeral in the village ran out of the upper room, walked up to Miao Kunsheng and said: "Brother Kunsheng, you hurry up and take a look, it may be a cadre in Mingshui, kneeling with the filial sons, crying more sad than the filial sons, refusing to get up no matter how you pull it, delaying things!" ”

Miao Kunsheng followed the man and walked away, and when he entered the upper room, it turned out to be Wang Heqing, Secretary of the Party Committee of Duyanwa Township, that is, the Wang Heqing who he recommended to Li Jianyu to be promoted to the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and the Minister of Propaganda!

Miao Kunsheng's heart suddenly brightened, this goods found himself to give a gift, and he went to his hometown to find the old father, leaving 300,000 yuan, and figured out that the old father told him and promoted him. Now that the old father is gone, he is afraid that the old father did not tell him that the money was spent in vain and he can't get it back, so he cried so sadly!

Miao Kunsheng's guess is good, this Wang Heqing is in his 40s, and he has been the secretary of the township party committee for 5 years, and he is looking forward to being promoted under Secretary Miao, but he knows that there is no love for no reason in the world, and the care of the organization is not given to everyone casually, so he tried every means to find Miao Kunsheng's old father and sent 300,000 yuan, hoping to be promoted in the general election of the local party committee. Unexpectedly, Miao Kunsheng's old father died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage, Miao Kunsheng did not reveal a word to him in order to keep it secret, he thought that his 300,000 yuan was lost, so he became more sad, knelt in front of Miao Kunsheng's father's spirit and cried, the purpose was to attract Miao Kunsheng's attention.

Miao Kunsheng, who had a bright heart, walked up to Wang Heqing, who was kneeling on the ground and crying, raised his foot and kicked him lightly on the buttocks, and said, "Okay, get up, I know everything!" ”

With these words, Wang Heqing's crying stopped abruptly, and he stood up from the ground in an instant, bowed to Miao Kunsheng, and followed the filial sons out of the upper room.

In the sound of drums and the cries of the filial sons, the coffin was carried out of the house by the young adults of the village, and after being tied up on the bench that had been set up in the courtyard, with a command, sixteen young adults carried the coffin on their shoulders, and the drum band played in front, and the filial sons then cried and followed, and began to walk towards the cemetery.

At this moment, an amazing scene appeared: Wang Heqing, who was crying bitterly in the upper room just now, took the first step, carried the white banner inserted in the yard, and rushed to the front of the filial piety team.

This white banner is very particular, all of them are made of bamboo poles, and after selecting the tomb site and calculating the burial time, Mr. Yin and Yang invited to personally use scissors to cut the white paper into strips, tie them into a ball, and tie them to the bamboo poles, which means to summon spirits.

According to rural customs, the white flags are carried by the deceased's closest sons and nephews. The single seedling is carried by nephews. If there is no nephew, it can be carried by a grandson. If the grandson is too young or has no grandchildren, he can let the distant nephew carry the flag.

Miaojiazhai is a big village, with the surname Miao in the majority, and Miao Kunsheng's family is a big family, and there are many people who are qualified to carry the flag. Wang Heqing took the lead in carrying the flag, which is tantamount to thinking that he is the nephew of the Miao family!

Seeing that Wang Heqing ran in front of the filial sons, Geng Xiushan, director of the Finance Bureau of Mingshui County, and Ma Shuisheng, secretary of the Party Committee of Mingshuiguan Township, who were standing with Chen Guan, were all anxious, and they didn't care about anything, and hurriedly ran to Miao Kunsheng, wanting to support Miao Kunsheng. Don't want to, they are fast, someone is faster than them, Chang Xin, member of the Standing Committee of the county party committee and director of the office, has already walked to Miao Kunsheng, supported Miao Kunsheng, and cried with Miao Kunsheng, all of them were "My big!" ”

Geng Xiushan and Ma Shuisheng had no choice but to take a wreath by themselves, walk in the filial piety team, and walk to the cemetery crying!

The cadres of Mingshui were shocked by this scene, and their mouths couldn't close!