On the day of Ah Hui's cremation, Ami's parents didn't go.

According to local customs, when a young man like Ah Hui dies without offspring, he will not be mourned, and his parents cannot come to see him off. So, only Shanhe and Ami went.

Of course, Jiang Yu and Tang Xu also went.

After a brief farewell to the body, the sisters stood in the farewell room and watched as Ah Hui's body was sent into the hearth. As the flames engulfed his body, the door to the hearth slowly closed.

Ami's nose was sour, and she couldn't help crying, "Ah Hui ......"

Tang Xu stood behind Ami and put his hand on her shoulder, giving her silent comfort.

Ami felt sad, so she leaned into Tang Xu's arms and whimpered quietly.

Shanhe's eyes were slightly red, and he turned his head to look at Tang Xu and Ami, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Yu also put his hand on the shoulder of Shanhe.

Shanhe took his hand down and said calmly, "Thank you, I'm fine." ”

Jiang Yu suddenly felt helpless, women were too strong, and men had no room to express themselves.

The body burned for more than half an hour before the cremation was completed.

The staff came out and said to them, "You can go in and take care of your bones." ”

Ami was about to go in, but was stopped by the mountains and rivers.

"I'll go, you're here."

Ami shook her head, "Sister, let's go with me!" After all, I am Ah Hui's own sister. ”

"I'll go." Shanhe's attitude is very resolute.

Tang Xu suddenly said: "I seem to have heard of the local custom that unmarried women cannot touch the body of the deceased, otherwise it will damage the marriage and be unlucky." ”

Jiang Yu walked directly inside, "You are all here, I'll go." ”

Shanhe was stunned for a moment, and when he reacted, Jiangyu had already walked in.

The door to the hearth slowly rose up, revealing the shattered bones inside that had been burned red by the flames. Jiang Yu wore gloves and used special chopsticks to pick up the broken bones one by one and put them in the urn. He kept his head down, his expression focused and serious, without a trace of boredom, as if he was not giving a bone to an outsider, but to his own relatives.

Finally, he picked up a small broom and swept the rest of the ashes into the urn.

When Jiang Yu came out with the urn, Shanhe looked up at him, his eyes flashed slightly, and he whispered: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome, let's go!" His tone was still flat, but there was a little more imperceptible softness.

**

Once the body is cremated, it is time to bury it.

Heting County is vast and sparsely populated, and the residents below the township still use ordinary burial methods after death, find a mountain, dig a pit and bury it directly. After the death of the residents of the county, it is still arranged to be buried in the grave, and it is enough to symbolically contribute some money, and it will not be like a cemetery like a big city with hundreds of thousands, and they can't afford to die.

The tomb is about five kilometers away from the county seat, and he has to drive to it, and the urn has always been held by Jiangyu on the way, and he is not half disgusted and unhappy.

The car stopped at the foot of the grave mountain, and the group had to hike up the mountain, and Ah Hui's grave was halfway up the mountain.

The four of them climbed for a while, and finally came to the established grave position, but there was only one foreman and a few hoes and shovels, and the two workers who were scheduled to dig the pit did not come, and the grave was not dug up.

Shanhe's face changed suddenly, "What's the matter?" Why haven't you dug a pit yet. ”

The foreman looked apologetic, "I'm really sorry, those two workers temporarily received a job with more money, so they refused to come, saying that digging a grave was too unlucky." ”

Shanhe was so angry that he trembled, "You, you, you should find someone right now, and it's easy to negotiate how much you want." ”

The contractor was also helpless, "Even if you call someone now, it will be the afternoon when someone comes over to dig the pit, otherwise bury it another day!" ”

"What do you say? What is set today must be today. Shanhe unconsciously raised his voice.

Ami thought that Ah Hui's people were all dead and their bodies were cremated, but in the end they couldn't be buried in peace, so she felt sad, her eyes were red again, and she choked up and said, "Trouble you, hurry up and find someone!" ”

The foreman sighed and took out his mobile phone to make a call.

"No need." Jiang Yu suddenly spoke. He handed the urn to Tang Xu, stepped forward and picked up the hoe and began to dig the soil.

"Manager Jiang......" Shanhe looked at him in surprise.

Jiang Yu raised his head and handed her a gentle look, "It's just digging a pit, it doesn't matter." ”

Shanhe's heart suddenly swelled with an indescribable taste, half emotional, half grateful. She also stepped forward, picked up a shovel, and shoveled the soil dug out by Jiangyu to the side.

The contractor was embarrassed and hurried over to help.

Ami looked at the mountains and rivers, then at Tang Xu, and said softly: "Tang Xu, Ah Hui will ask you, don't put him on the ground, I'll go and help my sister." After saying that, Ami also went up and picked up the shovel.

The woman's body is always much worse, but in just half an hour, Shanhe and Ami are already tired and sweating.

Jiang Yu took away the shovel of the mountains and rivers, and said lightly: "You go and take a rest, I will take care of the following things." ”

Before Shanhe could speak, the person had already been pushed away by him. She stood quietly beside her, looking at Jiangyu. His shirt was already soaked with sweat, so he simply took off his shirt and worked bare-chested, the muscles on his body stretched outward, full of strength and beautiful lines.

At this moment, Shanhe didn't have any charming thoughts in his heart, and he even forgot to see the picture in the Sun Village Tunnel. Her heart is calm and peaceful. She felt that such a Jiangyu had an inexplicable sense of intimacy, not like the cold and boring engineer before, but like an ordinary man working in the field, with primitive sexiness all over his body.

The muscles on Jiang Yu's body are very tight, and he looks like he has endless strength.

The soil pit under his feet became deeper and deeper, and it took Jiang Yu and the contractor about an hour to dig a one-meter-deep grave.

The foreman wiped his sweat, patted Jiang Yu's shoulder and said, "Young man, seeing that you are polite, I didn't expect that your strength is quite large, and one person can top two people." ”

Jiang Yu didn't say anything, and as soon as he lifted his foot, he jumped out of the tomb.

Shanhe saw that Jiangyu's shoes and pants were covered with mud and sweat, so he hurriedly went up to hand him water and tissues, and said busily: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

Jiang Yu drank half a bottle of mineral water first, then poured the remaining half bottle of water on his head, and then wiped his hair back with his hand, shook it, and the water splashed around, and he didn't know whether it was sweat or mineral water.

Shanhe was slightly embarrassed, why did she think Jiangyu was like an advertisement for iced mineral water?

After the tomb was dug up, the contractor and Jiangyu worked together with fine sand and cement to make cement slurry, build the bottom and sides of the tomb with red bricks, and then smooth it with cement slurry.

Jiangyu took the urn from Tang Xu's hand and placed it directly on the surface of the undried cement, so that after the cement dried, the base of the urn would be embedded in the cement. Finally, the top of the tomb was covered with marble slabs and sealed with cement grout, and the work inside the tomb was completed.

Jiang Yu and the contractor re-covered the soil that had been dug up before, and buried the tomb little by little.

Tang Xu set off firecrackers, lit incense in the mountains and rivers, and Ami burned paper money to let the deceased go to the ground.

By the time the work was done, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and the people who were working were not only sweating profusely, but also hungry.

Shanhe paid the contractor 500 yuan and sent a cigarette.

The foreman took the money and the cigarette and left happily.

Shanhe turned to Jiang Yu and Tang Xu and said, "Let's go to my store for dinner at noon!" ”

The brothers, of course, did not have any opinions.

**

After the meal, Shanhe took 1,200 yuan and handed it to Jiangyu.

Jiang Yu's expression turned cold, "What do you mean by this?" ”

"You and Tang Xu have helped us a lot today, please accept this reward." Shanhe wanted to stuff the money into Jiang Yu's hand, but he suddenly withdrew his hand.

"You think I'm helping you for money?" Jiang Yu didn't look very happy.

"I know you're not in it for the money, but it's just a little bit of my heart, and I hope you can take it." Shanhe's tone and expression were very sincere, "I really thank you today, if it weren't for you, Ah Hui might not be able to be buried now." ”

Jiang Yu didn't speak, and still didn't accept Shanhe's money.

Ami said: "Manager Jiang, Tang Xu, this is my sister's intention and mine, you can accept it!" ”

Tang Xu put his hands around and said neatly: "Do you think we are short of money?" ”

"That's not what it meant." Shanhe shook his head, "I know you're not short of money, but it's a way for us to show our appreciation." I really don't know how to repay you other than that. ”

Jiang Yu's heart was hot, and an impulse came up, and he said, "It's better to make a promise with your body." ”

"Huh?" Shanhe was stunned for a moment.

Tang Xu and Ami were also stunned.

The surroundings were suddenly extremely quiet, and the atmosphere was a little strange.

Two seconds later, Tang Xu reacted and hurriedly glanced at Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu coughed lightly twice to hide his unnaturalness, and then said unhurriedly: "I'm joking, I want to liven up the atmosphere." ”

Shanhe rolled his eyes, and said that as soon as you open your mouth, you will only be cold, and will not enliven the atmosphere. Although she was a little dissatisfied in her heart, she thought that Jiang Yu had made a lot of efforts to help after all, and she couldn't put on a face, so she said helplessly: "Manager Jiang, please don't make this kind of joke in the future, it really embarrass me." ”

Jiang Yu cleared his throat and said, "Okay! I'm really not very good at livening up the atmosphere. If you really want to reciprocate, can I make a small request? ”

"You say."

"Can you ...... Call me by name? After Jiang Yu finished speaking, he clenched his fists a little nervously, and he was still very calm on the surface.

Shanhe was stunned for a moment again, and said in disbelief: "Is it just like this?" ”

Jiang Yu's ears were slightly red, and he couldn't help but get excited again, and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Tang Xu.

"Sister Xiaoshan, in fact, my cousin just wants to be an ordinary friend with you." Tang Xu put his hand on Jiang Yu's shoulder, and said in a relaxed tone: "In the past, there were many unpleasant things between you and my cousin, I hope you can make friends with us again, regardless of your past suspicions!" ”

Shanhe was a little ashamed, "I'm sorry, I'm careful." Okay, then our previous grievances will be written off, and I will also keep in mind the favors I owe you today, and if you need my help in the future, I will definitely not give up. ”

Tang Xu gave a thumbs up to Shanhe and said admiringly: "Sister Xiaoshan, true masters, I respect you as a man!" After speaking, Tang Xu touched Jiangyu with his elbow again.

Jiang Yu kept a straight face and said tepidly: "I also respect you as a man." ”

Shanhe lowered his head and smiled, "Your cousin, it's always this dead face." ”

Tang Xu waved his hand, looking helpless, "Oh, it's good to get used to it!" ”

Jiangyu: "......"