94. Village

Early the next morning, they drove up the mountain, but the car could only barely drive to the village office, so they couldn't drive up, from the village office to the village, there was no road, only a narrow path, and they could only walk, so they parked the car at the village office and walked back to the village.

When I arrived at the entrance of the village, I met Uncle Monkey, and he said from afar: "The second child is back, why didn't your mother come back?"

Meng Zijun stroked the bag he was carrying, "My mother is also back, and we are here to send her back this time." ”

The monkey looked at the bag on Meng Zijun's body in surprise, and it took a long time to react, and he pointed to the bag in disbelief and asked, "Is it ...... Aunt she ......"

Meng Zijun explained: "My mother is gone...... She's right here, and I brought her back and got her with my dad. ”

"My aunt is gone, how can it be? It's too sudden, and the people in the village say that she went to the provincial capital with you, and this time she is happy! ”

"Brother Monkey, I want to ask you to help call two people to help my mother build a house."

The monkey said, "No problem, it's just that my aunt has been cremated now, what kind of house is her house going to make?" ”

"There is already a ready-made coffin at home, and I want her to bury it with the coffin."

The monkey nodded, "If you say that, I'll understand what to do." ”

Meng Zijun said: "Please go find someone quickly, find someone and bring it to my house, and I will take you to see the cemetery." I want to get my mom buried before three o'clock this afternoon. ”

The monkey left, Meng Zijun and they walked home, entered the village, Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui looked around, such a primitive and backward village. If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you really couldn't imagine that there are still people living like this.

When I got home, there was no one at home for more than half a year, there was ash everywhere, and I had to pick up water, Meng Zijun wanted to fetch water, Meng Qingqing stopped me: "Dad, you are at home!" If Uncle Monkey calls someone to come, you have to go with them to see the graveyard. ”

Meng Qingqing went out with a bucket. Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng also followed curiously.

Meng Qingqing arrived at the waterhole. There were a few women washing clothes and vegetables, Meng Qingqing greeted them, and several women looked curiously at Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng, who came with Meng Qingqing.

A neighbor said, "Qingqing, why did you come back?" I heard that your father's illness has been cured. You and your grandmother have gone to live in the provincial capital. This poor ravine. What are you doing back? ”

Meng Qingqing's eyes turned red. "Auntie, my grandma is gone, and my father and I sent my grandma back to the ground."

"What? Green. What did you say? Your grandma is gone? Did I hear me right? ”

"Auntie, how can I talk nonsense about this kind of thing?"

Meng Qingqing bent down and shook the bucket into the pool, and then drew a bucket of water out, and the other side was the same, she easily took a load of water and left. The women in the back were talking like they had fried a pot.

"Oh my God! Aunt Meng, how can you say that you will leave? ”

Li Yahui quickly caught up with Meng Qingqing, who was swaying and carrying the water, "Qingqing, I'll help you." ”

Meng Qingqing was also polite, and put it down, "Okay! Let me give you a taste of rural life. ”

Seeing that the small Meng Qingqing was easily picking, his steps were steady, Li Yahui thought that he could do it, but the burden was on his shoulders, but it hurt terribly, and he barely walked, but he was also swaying, and he shrunk his head and shoulders, and his posture was ugly. The water in the bucket was also shaken out, and Ling Yunfeng smiled and bent over. Hold your stomach and go straight "oops"!

Li Yahui gritted his teeth and insisted on walking a distance of seven or eight hundred meters, but he was too tired to walk, so he had to put down the bucket.

Li Yahui rubbed his sore shoulders and said to Ling Yunfeng angrily: "What are you laughing at?" You can do it, you can try it. ”

Ling Yunfeng rolled up his sleeves, "Just try." Qingqing can be picked, why can't I? ”

But the burden was on his shoulders, Ling Yunfeng couldn't laugh, and his posture was not much better than Li Yahui's, baring his teeth, shrinking his head, and swaying.

This time, it was Li Yahui's turn to laugh, but after laughing, he asked Meng Qingqing, "Was it just now, I am what he is now?" ”

Meng Qingqing nodded, "Almost!" ”

When Ling Yunfeng started, he tried his best to let himself walk more calmly, but after a while, his face was flushed, and his steps staggered, and he only persisted for more than 800 meters before putting down the bucket.

Meng Qingqing stepped forward and said, "I'll come!" You haven't picked it, you're not used to it. ”

Li Yahui took the first step, "If I come, I don't believe that I can't practice." ”

Li Yahui picked a distance, put it down to rest, Ling Yunfeng was not convinced, Li Yahui sent it down, and he continued to pick. The two of them took turns carrying the load of water home.

The water tank had to be filled with three loads of water, not to mention that the two of them spilled a lot.

Meng Qingqing said: "Do you still want to exercise, if you want to exercise, then pick it, I'll scrub it at home." There may be a lot of people coming to your door after a while. ”

Of course, the two of them refused to admit defeat and continued to pick, anyway, they already knew the way, so Meng Qingqing stayed at home to clean.

Meng Qingqing wiped the offering table, and Meng Zijun put the old lady's urn on the offering table. He had already lit incense and burned some coins. Get two bowls of water at the door.

After a while, the people in the village who heard the news came one after another, and when they entered the door and saw the urn, some people said regretfully: "Why are you in such a hurry?" If you don't get it back in advance, you will also have a whole body. The person next to her abducted her, and she was silent, if it wasn't a last resort, who wouldn't want to get her whole body back, wouldn't it poke someone's sore spot?

Meng Qingqing hurriedly boiled water to greet the guests, and the person who came said, "What do you need to help?"

Mencius Jun froze, he originally meant to simply send his mother to the mountain and put her in the soil for peace, but there were so many people in the village at once, almost every family had someone coming, and since they came, they had to be entertained.

At this time, the monkey had already found two people, they were digging a cemetery for the dead, and Meng Zijun took out three thousand yuan to the monkey and said: "Brother, I have not been in the village all these years, and I have never done such a thing, you can help me get two meals."

The monkey said: "It's far from the town, the car is not convenient, and the time is tight, pigs, chickens, eggs, and vegetables can be bought in the village!"

Meng Zijun nodded, "You are in charge!" I'll take the two eldest brothers to see the cemetery first. ”

The monkey arranged for people to start a fire and cook, and he called two people to buy rice and vegetables.

After a while, Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng came back carrying water, and the two of them were so tired that they were sweating profusely and their faces were flushed.

Someone next to him said, "These two children seem to be the ones who have never carried water." They speak in tongues.

Another said: "For such a big occasion, there has to be someone who specially carries water to provide it, so ask the old crooked to pick it up!"

Meng Qingqing beckoned Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng to rest, saying that someone had been arranged to carry water. There are also people who specialize in other things, and they don't need their help, and Meng Qingqing is also busy and can't take care of the two of them, so let them go to the village and take a look casually.

Li Yahui rubbed his shoulders and said, "Why are so many people here at once?"

Meng Qingqing explained, "This is the case in the village, as long as there is something in the family, the whole village will take the initiative to help." Of course, if the popularity is good, if the popularity is not good, there will be fewer people, now I see that there are people from every household in the village, and my grandmother is very popular in the village. (To be continued.) )