Chapter 366: Even the air is sad
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On July 9th, the sky above Gaotang Village reverberated with heavy mourning, and at this moment it seemed that even the air was sad, so that although there were already crowds of people outside the ancestral hall at dawn, the expressions on everyone's faces were tense, and there was no talk or laughter, no play.
Everyone is silently preparing for the funeral, for today's funeral, except for children and the elderly who can't walk, all the adults at home in the entire Gaotang Village have been dispatched. In addition, dozens of police officers were dispatched by the Municipal Public Security Bureau to maintain order and safety at the funeral.
The time slowly walked to half past seven, at this time the sun was already very high, a convoy of more than 30 cars turned into the cement road leading to Gaotang Village, the front car stopped in the village square, and the back car was neatly lined up along the roadside.
Dozens of political, business, and entertainment celebrities from all over the world got out of the car and walked towards the ancestral hall under the guidance of the staff sent by the Ningbo municipal government, and the whole process was completely recorded by reporters from Ming Pao, ATV, and Zhejiang-Jiang Satellite TV.
Outside the ancestral hall, there is a shed that has been erected a few days ago, which occupies more than half of the open space in front of the ancestral hall, and the guests are arranged to rest in the shed after coming to the ancestral hall. After a while, Li Kangle, director of the Hong Kong-Macao Office of the State Council, Zhou Guoyan, secretary of the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, and Li Zhaoming, secretary of the Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, and other government officials also came to the ancestral hall.
Later, a staff member came out of the ancestral hall and placed a towel to each guest, which was to be tied to the arm. However, some foreigners simply don't understand this. George W. Bush, for example, looked confused with a towel and didn't know what to do. In response to this problem, the Ningbo municipal government, which participated in the coordination of the funeral organization, had long anticipated it. Several pre-arranged interpreters immediately stepped forward to explain to those who did not understand, and during the funeral, these interpreters would be responsible for translating and explaining for the foreign guests.
At 8 o'clock, the funeral ceremony before the funeral officially began, the ceremony was based on local customs, which was already cumbersome, and the old man was reburied by picking up bones from mass graves. The process was even more cumbersome, and it took more than an hour to get to the guests to see the ceremony.
The ceremony was presided over by an old man with a white beard. He is almost eighty years old, and he is also highly respected in the village, and generally when someone dies in the village, he is asked to preside over the funeral and burial ceremony, and he holds a list in one hand. Holding the microphone in one hand. Every time a name is recited, one of the guests will stand up and enter the ancestral hall to bow three times to the old man, and then bow to the family members next to him, but there is one exception, when Guan Zhilin is called, she does not bow three times like others after entering the ancestral hall, but kneels down and respectfully kowtows three times.
Seeing this, the people around couldn't help but talk about it, because according to custom. Generally, only the younger generations will kneel and kowtow to the deceased old man at the funeral, but now the people who are attending the ceremony are all Gu Chen's guests from abroad. How could there be three descendants of the deceased old man inside.
However, there are some flexible people who see Guan Zhilin looking so beautiful, and when they look at the whole row of women around Gu Chen who are wearing linen and filial piety, they still can't hide their beautiful faces, they suddenly guessed something in their hearts, and they couldn't help but look at Guan Zhilin one by one.
After Guan Zhilin kowtowed, she got up and bowed to the family, and the people at the family table also returned the salute. When Guan Zhilin went out, Liu Huiyun lowered her head and whispered to Gu Chen next to her: "It's all a good thing done by you, a stinky boy, what do I say when others ask me about this incident." ”
Gu Chen said with a depressed face: "Zhizhi just wants to express her heart, can you stop looking at her with colored glasses." ”
Guan Zhilin will do this, he naturally knows, in fact, this is still what he taught, Guan Zhilin cried in his arms last night, it was called a grievance, he could feel that Guan Zhilin's tears were not pretended, this time he was excluded from the list of family members of the obituary again, maybe it really gave Guan Zhilin a big blow, so he asked Guan Zhilin to kowtow to the old man three times during the funeral ceremony.
This can be regarded as a little comforting to Guan Zhilin's heart, but despite this, Guan Zhilin still looks depressed, and he didn't say a few words all night last night, which made him almost soft-hearted, but after all, the idea of being a filial son prevailed.
Maybe she felt that the occasion was not appropriate to talk more, or she felt that she was at a loss, Liu Huiyun snorted and didn't say anything more. Seeing this, Gu Chen sighed again in his heart, as soon as Guan Zhilin was mentioned, Liu Huiyun immediately changed color, and her prejudice against Guan Zhilin was not ordinary......
Hong Kong's annual event Miss Hong Kong selection and Sister Asia selection is in full swing, as in previous years, this year Sister Hong Kong and Sister Asia once again formed a confrontation situation, both sides have invested huge manpower and material resources for this, but everyone is now in real decline, although the beauties participating in the competition are not described as crooked melons and oblique dates, but they are really incomparable with ATV.
The gorgeous stage can be solved with money, and the high-end judges can be invited to the relationship, but the quality problem of the beauties can not be solved by money and relationships, and the overall decline in the number and quality of the contestants can fully reflect the rapid decline of the influence of Sister Hong Kong, which is not transferred by human will. In contrast, Sister Ya's influence is increasing year by year, and now it has completely replaced Sister Hong Kong's former status.
After dinner in the evening, some idle Hong Kong people sat in front of the TV early, turned on the ATV Chinese channel or information channel, and at 7:30 p.m. this evening, these two stations will broadcast the grand scene of the semi-finals of the Asian sister, and many people are ready to vote for the No. 17 beauty Li Jiaxin.
Before the live broadcast of the semi-finals began, both the Chinese and information channels broadcast the 7 p.m. news programs "Daily Essentials News" and "Huawen Da Live", which have now become the most important way for Hong Kong people to learn about Hong Kong and international information.
Many people who turned on the TV during this time period saw the funeral of Gu Fu broadcast on the news, including the host's explanation and the replay of the scene footage, which lasted nearly ten minutes in total, and the ATV reporter first used a camera to sweep the wreaths and couplets sent by some important people outside the ancestral hall before the funeral began, and the names or units on them were clearly visible; Then there is the part of the guests who come forward to greet the ceremony, this section is the longest, every guest is dressed in black, and bows three times in front of the spiritual seat with a solemn expression, even foreigners are no exception, some do not understand, and you can see from the news screen that there is a special person explaining to them.
Among them, the scene of Guan Zhilin kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to the old man was completely recorded and played, and it can be seen that He Chaoqiong, Wang Guxian and other women are kneeling on the family seat wearing linen and filial piety; Then Gu Chen, who was also dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, walked out of the ancestral hall with Jin Ang in his arms, and there was a middle-aged man on both sides who also held Jin Ang, followed by a group of family members and the Gu clan of Gaotang Village, and the guests who came to the funeral followed at the back of the line, and the mighty team walked around the entire Gaotang Village; Finally, they came to the cemetery, and after some more rituals, Gu Chen and the other two middle-aged people put Jin Ang into the pit built in the center of the cemetery.
Although because of the restrictions of the big 6 conditions, in the eyes of some people, the funeral may not be very grand in the pomp, but the specifications of the guests are definitely high enough, from the nearly ten minutes of news footage, it can be seen that almost the richest group of people and the most famous people in Hong Kong attended the funeral, just for this, who in the whole Hong Kong can have this honor? There are also wreaths and couplets sent by dignitaries from various countries.
You must know that this is just the funeral of Gu Chen's grandmother and two uncles, and the three old people have been dead for more than ten years, this funeral can only be regarded as a reburial, and a 'reburial' funeral can reach such a high standard, Hong Kong may not be able to find a second one.
The next day, all major newspapers in Hong Kong reported on the funeral of the Gu Mansion, of course, the most detailed and comprehensive report is the "Ming Pao", on its front page, the editor restored the whole process of the funeral with words, including Guan Zhilin kowtowing to the three old men, which has also become the focus of Hong Kong media and public gossip, because it is obvious that Guan Zhilin did not bow three times like others when the guests saw the ceremony, but chose to kneel and kowtow It has a different meaning, and what this meaning is as long as you know a little about human feelings.
The problem itself is not actually Guan Zhilin's kneeling and kowtowing these three heads, what really makes people curious and excited is whether Guan Zhilin did this is her own intention, or Gu Chen's meaning, if it is Gu Chen's meaning, it is naturally nothing. But if it was Guan Zhilin's own meaning, was it Guan Zhilin using this to express her dissatisfaction to Gu Chen and his family? How will Gu Chen react?
Some people think that it should be Guan Zhilin's own meaning, and these people's opinion is that Guan Zhilin can ignore it before because it has not involved substantive issues, but this time is different from the past, He Chaoqiong, Wang Guxian and others wear linen and filial piety to send the old man to the end, ethically speaking, they are already the daughters-in-law of the Gu family, and in a legal word, it will be a de facto marriage, but Guan Zhilin can only attend the funeral as a guest, try to ask which woman can stand such grievances, so Guan Zhilin can take the opportunity to express her dissatisfaction It is understandable.
Some people think that Guan Zhilin is unlikely to decide to do this privately, the reason is very simple, such a self-assertive approach is likely to anger Gu Chen and Gu Chen's mother, if she is a smart woman, if she still wants to continue dating Gu Chen, it is impossible to do so. (To be continued......)