On the way to Grandpa Mu's house, Mu's father asked about Mu Ling's exam, Mu Ling barely controlled her emotions and replied that she was the first in the grade, Mu's father was happy for a while, but the corners of his eyebrows finally fell. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Xiaoling, I may not be able to celebrate you this time." Father Mu held a regretful tone.

"It's okay, Dad, I'll be the first every time in the future, there will always be a chance." Mu Ling squeezed out an ugly smile, not because of the sadness of the cancellation of the celebration, but because she was immersed in the sadness of her grandmother's death.

Near the entrance of the village, I saw a big truck parked next to the pond, there was a peng, Mu Ling didn't pay attention to it at first, but swept its license plate, and it was the dog dealer's car that I saw at the picnic, and now it was parked at the entrance of the village, and the purpose was self-evident.

Passing by the car, Mu Ling squinted and looked carefully at the person sitting in the driver's seat, it was a man with a flat head, wearing blue overalls, and some stubble, shrunken, thin, or more accurate to be a monkey.

The motorcycle was far away, Mu Ling chose to be silent, and now Dad Mu was sad and didn't want to cause them any more trouble.

Far away, Mu Ling heard the sound of suona drums, mixed with some cries and heart-rending shouts. Unconsciously, tears overflowed Mu Ling's eyes, blurring her vision.

"Xiao Ling, you have to be a useful person in the future."

"Xiaoling, grandma has bean paste cake here, can you eat it?"

"Xiaoling, you are a blessed child, and the Buddha will bless you."

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The scenes of getting along with my grandmother in the past all came to mind, and the tears of Bean-sized were dripping uncontrollably, and I couldn't cry silently.

Grandma, how can you leave so suddenly, why did you leave Xiaoling so ruthlessly, didn't you tell me that you would live to be two hundred years old, didn't you say that with the blessing of the Buddha, I can be reborn, why can't you leave later? Again, I still haven't had time to see you, I should have come earlier, I should have come earlier......

As soon as she got out of the car, Mu Ling squatted in front of the courtyard with her knees crossed, muttering and crying, her voice drowned out by the irritable drum music.

When someone dies in the countryside, they will pay attention to a set of customs, such as the beginning and the end, plastic surgery, burial, funeral, funeral, mourning, funeral, etc. Those who came to mourn were also dressed in plain clothes, with white ribbons tied around their heads and waists, and their grandchildren and grandchildren wore yellow hats.

Rhubarb didn't know when he had come to Mu Ling's side, and seemed to feel Mu Ling's sadness, Rhubarb added Mu Ling's arm, and his mouth made a whining sound, as if he was missing, as if he was comforting.

Mu Ling touched Rhubarb's head, calmed down her emotions, and slowly walked into the morgue, the woman on the flat wooden board still exuded an elusive temperament, obviously living in poverty before her death, but she had an incompatible extravagance. The pale hair is still thick, although the wrinkles are layered, but there are no age spots that ordinary old people have, appearance makeup, the corners of the mouth with a slight curvature, and the body is covered with a shroud, neat, without a trace of wrinkles.

Grandma has always believed in Buddhism, and the back end of the wooden board is the statue of the Buddha she usually worships, which is brand new and does not stain a trace of dust, Mu Ling estimates that Grandma Tai should have just wiped it before she died.

After standing silently for a long time, Mu Ling walked to the outer hall, and all kinds of relatives who were usually invisible arrived.

Grandpa Mu has four brothers, he is the eldest, named Mu Ren, and the other four are Mu Yi, Mu Li, Mu Zhi, Mu Xin, the source of the name is the "Confucian Five Constants", in addition to being full of grandmother's expectations for them, but also has the implication of hoping that they will support each other.

Mu Ling is more familiar with the third grandfather Mu Li, who is engaged in shipping and delivery, and has two sons, the eldest son Mu Wei has already married a family, and has a daughter Mu Ying who has just turned three years old, and the younger son Mu Cheng is still in college. Because Mu Wei and Mu Dad are big brothers, they are in the same community after Mu Ling and they moved, so they come and go more frequently.

And Mu Ling's more hateful is the second grandfather Mu Yi, although the name has a righteous word, but the character is contrary to righteousness, Mu Ling really can't get used to his face. Among the five brothers, he and Grandpa Mu are the only ones who make a living from farming, and the two families are also relatively close, so there is more friction. In Mu Ling's eyes, he is a person who will not stop thinking about trivial things, and he has to give up if Grandpa Mu is willing to give in, so Grandpa Mu's family has suffered a lot.

He has a son and a daughter, the eldest daughter married a barefoot doctor in a neighboring village early, opened a small clinic, business is not bad, listen to Mu's father said, his youngest son Mu Xin has been a slippery head since he was a child, he has never learned and has never done anything less to steal chickens and dogs, married a village daughter-in-law, quarreled every day without a break, and shouted for divorce. Granddaughter Mu Yingying and Mu Ling have always been opponents and have never looked at each other.

As for Mu Zhi and Mu Xin, one opened a Western restaurant and the other engaged in a pedicure bathroom, and their lives were relatively rich.

After greeting them, Mu Ling came to the master bedroom, which was already full of children ranging from one year old to junior high school, no accident, some were grabbing the TV remote control, some were chatting about family life, and an aunt was breastfeeding. Seeing that they were still playing, the huge funeral was like a date that could be gathered, and it would never change the track of their lives, and Mu Ling felt a trace of coolness in her heart.

Turning around indifferently, Mu Ling went up to the third floor and stayed on the empty balcony, close to noon, the sun was still shining, but there was no temperature.

"Sister Lingling." A childish cry came from behind him.

Mu Ling turned around, it was Mu Ying, who was three years old. Mu Ling squatted down, picked her up, looked at her ignorant face, but couldn't give birth to a little blame. The child is still young, what does he know?

"Why isn't Xiaoying with her parents?"

"They're crying, I'm afraid." Mu Ying arched her little body into Mu Ling's arms, her soft hair against Mu Ling's chin, glutinous and itchy, but Mu Ling didn't want to let go.

Even if she was reborn as a child, Mu Ling still didn't want to pick up the innocence that was missed by the seaside, she was no longer suitable and lived that kind of carefree life.

Wu, a series of quarrels came into Mu Ling's ears, Mu Ying was also so shocked that she raised her head suddenly, and listened carefully, it was nothing more than how to bury Grandma, how big the procedures and steps should be, how many people to invite, how many things to buy, how to get money, and so on.

"Our mother has always been diligent and thrifty before her death, so according to her thoughts, it is best to keep everything simple, don't be extravagant and wasteful, everyone is gone, what form do you care?" Mu Yi, the second grandfather of the person who spoke.

"What are you talking about, there is only one funeral, just because our mother used to live a hard life, let's do a better job, so that she can go to heaven and be decent." It was Mu Zhi who was opposed, dressed in a suit and leather shoes.

"You have money, you don't care, but I live in poverty, where can I get so much money to hold a luxurious funeral for an old lady? You have to do it, you pay for it yourself, don't look for me. Mu Yi directly put down the cruel words, but he didn't expect to usher in a fist.

"Money money, money, you know money, usually when you support your mother, you shirk it everywhere, and then you don't just don't let your mother go to live in your house, and you pick and choose, do you still have a conscience? The situation of the eldest brother's family is not good, why don't you see the eldest brother complaining, if it weren't for your surname Mu, I wouldn't want to admit that you are my brother. Mu Zhi, who was held by Mu Xin, roared angrily at Mu Yi.

"Okay, okay, don't be simple or luxurious, just follow the rules of the village, do a little more grand, don't go too far, the money is divided equally among five people." Grandpa Mu took a puff of his cigarette fiercely, and walked to the back room with his back bent, "Everyone is gone, what are you yelling about?" Wouldn't it be peaceful if my mother went to the underworld? He turned around and took another sip.

A few days later, Mu Ling watched in the crematorium as her grandmother was engulfed in flames and turned into a cloud of flying ashes. Finally, when it is time to go out of the funeral, no matter how reluctant you are, you can only let go, people are sick and old, if you always grasp the death of the west, you will only miss the people who are alive and love you.

At the funeral, Mu Ling was assigned a flower basket, and her cousin Lu Wen and cousin Jiang Yu followed the back of the team, the white banner in front of her swayed, and the white and yellow round paper money sprinkled by Grandpa Mu flew into the distance under the wind.

Several brothers of Mu's father's generation carried the coffin, walking leisurely, some of the people behind them carried the burden, some carried the paper house, some held the paper sedan chair, the team reached a crowded place or a major intersection, but also stopped the spirit road sacrifice, and the drum music also stopped to play. It took two hours of walking around the village to reach the place of the tomb.

The address of the tomb was chosen on the southeast side of a hill, and Mr. Yin and Yang were invited to determine the location with a compass.

After Grandpa Mu entered the tomb to inspect it, he threw in paper money to let the coffin be put in slowly, and then many men began to fill the tomb, pile it into a mound, and paint it with cement until everything was handled properly, and relatives could come to the tomb one by one to kowtow goodbye.

It was Mu Ling's turn, looking at the newly repaired grave in front of her, tears appeared uncontrollably, and she kowtowed three times, Mu Ling directly covered her face and left the cemetery, hiding on the other side of the hill, with only Rhubarb following her.

Looking up at the blue sky, Mu Ling took a deep breath and forgot it, the person has passed away, and I only wish to be safe in heaven.

Just about to leave, Mu Ling saw a slow-moving big truck at the foot of the mountain, it would definitely not be wrong, this was the dog dealer's car, Mu Ling glanced back at her relatives who were mourning in front of the grave, and made up her mind to take Rhubarb directly and quietly track the car along the hill. There is only one straight road in the mountains, so there will be no problem of losing it.

There was an occasional dog bark or two in the car, but they all seemed weak and weak, which confirmed the identity of the dog dealer.

Twenty minutes or so, Mu Ling saw the car stop in front of the platform of a house, and a burly man with a tattoo on his right arm got out of the car. He directly stepped forward and knocked on the door of the house, and out of it came a person Mu Ling was very familiar with, it was Liu Qin, the daughter-in-law of the second grandfather Mu Yi.

Adultery? This was Mu Ling's first thought. No wonder I didn't go to the funeral, it turned out to be a private meeting with my lover.

Mu Ling lay on the hill and observed quietly.