The next afternoon, Xue Gang drove to pick up Zhou Xiaolong and went to Zhaojia Village to drink birthday wine together.

Xue Gang was not surprised that Ouyang Lei, a little fat man, had to go together, after all, it was the whole village celebrating his birthday together, and one more Ouyang Lei, even if he had a big appetite and could eat it, it was nothing.

Zhaojia Village is not big, but it is already very lively at this time, Zhao Zengxi specially invited ten cooks from the big hotel, and they were busy under the tent.

The so-called flowing water seat, first to set up hundreds of tables, from the head of the village to the end of the village, the whole village can come to eat, full, change a group of people to continue to eat, the meal is uninterrupted, such as flowing clouds, so it is called the flowing water seat.

To say that Zhao Zengxi has the deepest relationship with his grandmother, not only did his grandmother bring up Zhao Zengxi since he was a child, but his grandmother also financially funded Zhao Zengxi.

Twenty years ago, Zhao Zengxi lost money in business, and because of her love for her grandson, her grandmother took out a pair of ancestral jade bracelets from the jewelry box at the bottom of her box, and asked Zhao Zengxi to sell them and continue to do business.

At that time, the price of antique jade was rising, and the pair of jade bracelets were in good condition and sold for more than 2 million yuan.

More than ten years have passed, the grandmother of the Zhao family is already ninety years old, Zhao Zengxi in order to thank his grandmother for her kindness, feel that he is going to personally preside over this birthday banquet, invite the whole village to eat flowing water banquet, eat for three days and three nights.

When Zhao Zengxi saw that Zhou Xiaolong also came to Zhaojia Village to celebrate his birthday, he was naturally very happy, but Zhao Zengxi was too busy that day and didn't say anything to Zhou Xiaolong.

Xue Gang arranged a small room for Zhou Xiaolong and Ouyang Lei, and the two of them rested for a while, it was too boring in the house, Ouyang Lei had to go to the village for a walk.

Because there are a lot of meals to be made this time, and the ten cooks are too busy, the village women of Zhaojia Village have come to help, of course, the benefits are indispensable.

The whole village is in full swing because of the Zhao family's grandmother.

People in the village envy the Zhao family's grandmother for being blessed and having such a filial grandson, but nothing is a one-way request, if the parents always make trouble for their children, making their children tired, and work and study can not be carried out normally, how can this talk about filial piety?

However, the grandmother of the Zhao family is indeed a smart old lady, and in terms of temperament, she should be a young lady from a big family, and she is the master who has eaten and seen.

Being able to live a long and peaceful life to the age of ninety is already very powerful for an ordinary person, and he must have been a smart person since he was a child.

Zhou Xiaolong took Ouyang Lei around the village for a day, and the banquet was about to start in the evening, Ouyang Lei was hungry and didn't eat all day, so he waited for this meal in the evening, saying that he must eat more and make up for all the mental losses.

It's a pity that things often go unsatisfactory, and no one expected that not long before the birthday banquet, there was such a misfortune......

Zhao Zengxi's grandmother took a nap at home in order to recuperate and attend the birthday banquet in the evening, but she didn't wake up this time, and died suddenly, and she didn't even go to the hospital.

Several children and grandchildren of the Zhao family found that their grandmother was no longer breathing, and they cried and shouted, and the whole village passed, probably watching the excitement.

Now, everyone is dead, and I am afraid that this legendary flowing water banquet will not be held, and it is estimated that there will be no way to achieve it after eating for three days and three nights.

The most depressed is Ouyang Lei, who is about to cry.

However, Zhou Xiaolong felt that this matter was very strange, because he had seen the Zhao family's grandmother once when he came.

Whether it was judging from the complexion or using the Xuanmen physiognomy technique, Zhou Xiaolong felt that the grandmother of the Zhao family would not die in the next few days, and it seemed that her life would be extended by more than ten years.

How can you take a nap and people will be gone?!

Zhou Xiaolong was very puzzled, he wanted to see with his own eyes, what was the situation with the Zhao family's grandmother?!

Let's not talk about Zhou Xiaolong's side, and then talk about how the descendants of the Zhao family handle the funeral.

The Zhao family is rich and powerful in the local area, and although cremation is now implemented nationwide, the Zhao family also has its own cemetery.

Rural areas pay more attention to thick burials, but all the elderly have two top priorities, one is to make a coffin for themselves, also called longevity, and the other is to choose a tomb with better feng shui for themselves.

Zhao Zengxi's grandmother is naturally a blessed life, so many children and grandchildren, before and after the death, naturally someone has already done it.

In other words, it is still relatively cumbersome to hold funerals in the countryside, and rich families, such as Zhao Zengxi, are even more important to have thick burials.

What is a thick burial?!

To put it simply, the material of the coffin board should be thick, the shroud should be thick, and the quilt covered by the dead man should be thick.

In the old days, when the poor were buried, they were all coffins with thin skin, which was a symbol of the family's lack of wealth.

Poorer people, or just roll it with straw mats, and bury it.

As a rich person, the grandmother of the Zhao family is also a wealthy family in the local area, and her coffin is naturally more particular.

The material of the coffin is generally made of three kinds of wood.

The best is sandalwood, the medium is nanmu, and the price of these two kinds of wood is too expensive, and now it is rare, so most people will choose fir wood.

The Zhao family is rich and powerful, so they naturally want to use good materials, and they choose the best fir wood.

Not to mention how to prepare those heavy burial supplies, the person who is in charge of this matter alone is called "Da Er" in the local area, which means that he can do anything.

The eldest man invited by the descendants of the Zhao family is actually a middle-aged man dressed as a Taoist priest, and he seems to have a bit of a background.

It is said that this Taoist priest is a fire dwelling Taoist priest in the next village, and he works in the field like ordinary people on weekdays, and there is no taboo in eating, and when someone in the village needs this service, he puts on a Taoist robe, recites scriptures, does practical things or something, and earns some extra money.

The Huoju Taoist priest invited by the Zhao family is quite famous in the local area, and if you want to invite him, you must first send a red envelope, a cigarette, two bottles of liquor, four catties of dim sum, and so on.

Anyway, there is such a Taoist priest in the village, and the shelf is very big.

When Zhou Xiaolong, Ouyang Lei, and Xue Gang arrived at the Zhao family's ancestral house, the Taoist priest had already been invited.

The Huoju Taoist priest looked quite professional, holding a copper bell in one hand and a bowl in the other, chanting a mantra while reciting a mantra, and then sprinkled the tea leaves in the bowl with rice into the bottom of the coffin, and then shouted: "Get up!! ”

A few helpers carried the old lady into the coffin, and the others immediately took the bedding under the bed and the clothes and shoes they wore before death, and put them outside the gate and burned them immediately.

When the deceased is put in the coffin, it is considered a big burial.

Then, the Taoist priest of the fire dwelling instructed the people to immediately light the sleeping lamp, and the children began to cry, and the children began to go up and kowtow.

Zhou Xiaolong originally wanted to see the appearance of the Zhao family's grandmother, but unfortunately it was too late, and the person was already buried.

I couldn't see anything, and Zhou Xiaolong was very sorry......

(End of chapter)