Dust to dust, dust to dust.

The heavy coffin was buried in the ground with the dead old man Zhang, and with the embedding of the nails in the four corners, it has been separated from yin and yang.

In the cry of pain from the kneeling, the close sons and nephews took turns to shovel the soil and cover the coffin, and a few Lifu took the shovel and waved it to fill it, and they buried it quickly, because they had to pile up the grave before the paper man, paper horse, and paper sedan chair were burned.

The monk on the left is knocking on the wooden fish and chanting the sutras, and the Taoist priest on the right is doing the Dharma with yin and yang steps.

The dog tightened the spirit banner in his hand and turned his head to look into the crowd on the left, where there were Dasha and Gouyu, who were carrying brooms covered with white cloth and were in charge of cleaning up the open space in front of the grave with seven or eight servants.

Behind the group was a cart pulled by two big oxen, on which was a one-man tombstone, and seven or eight strong men were guarding the surroundings.

They were even more anxious, because they had to erect the monument before the sun set, so that relatives and friends who had come to mourn could burn the last incense, candles, and paper money.

After this last sacrifice, the funeral will be successfully over.

For the dog, his short few days as a domestic servant meant that it was over at the same time. These days, I am here with Dasha Dog every day, three meals a day, and I can get paid, and I live a very comfortable life, but unfortunately, good things always end so quickly.

With a violent sound, Tie Laoqi puffed his toad face and blew the suona in his mouth vigorously, and the little brother on the side also beat the gong and drum on his waist vigorously. The exhausted family members, who had been tossed up, had to set off a wave of loud cries again, and the long crying had long since disappeared from tears, only dry howls remained, and even a few young and frail little ladies had already fainted.

With a loud bang, the torch ignited the firewood stack in front of the bluestone stele, and the dry firewood poured with vegetable oil made a crackling sound. The people around threw all the paper sticks and wooden flags in their hands into the fire, and a puff of green smoke rose into the air, and some burning paper money also flew into the sky with the smoke.

Legend has it that after death, the soul has no physical body, so it cannot communicate with people, but if you want to convey your thoughts, you have to hide in this green smoke and twist your body to tell your relatives in the world that he is coming. The naughty ones will also scatter the burned paper ashes all over their heads, and if they meet those who have evil intentions, they will attach themselves to him and leave.

As the green smoke rose into the air, the sky around it suddenly darkened, the cold wind blew the neck for a while, and the dog who was complaining that there was no cooking cake to eat suddenly felt a gentle sigh from behind his ears, and turned his head to see a miserable white face with a mouth full of sharp teeth biting towards his neck.

As soon as he closed his eyes, he fainted with a bang.

The dog next to him saw Dasha scared the dog and fainted, and he didn't look at any occasion, so he hurriedly went over to help the dog, and he didn't care about scolding Dasha, so he quickly stopped him and walked back with the crowd, fortunately it didn't cause a commotion, if it was seen by the steward of the Zhang family, he would definitely be fined.

After walking more than a dozen steps, the dog opened his eyes suddenly, and the two of them hurriedly looked, seeing that the eyeballs were always not gathered together, the dog said badly, and hurriedly begged for saliva, and puffed all over his face, and pinched the middle of the person for a long time, only to see that the eyes had some brilliance.

As soon as the dog woke up, he shouted in a panic: "Brother Lang, run!" I saw a white-faced ghost. ”

"Dogs, don't be afraid! There is no ghost, it is the big fool who sticks the paper to play tricks on you! ”

Dasha on the side quickly nodded, and took out a piece of paper and wanted to stick it on his face to show the dog.

slapped Dasha's hand and scolded fiercely: "It's not messy enough, don't scare him anymore!" ”

The dog looked at the dog with his eyes, and then looked at Dasha and said, "Fake? Dasha scares me? ”

The two of them nodded in unison and said, "Fake!" ”

Gou Yu was stunned and said: "But I really saw that the dead old man Zhang stuck out his tongue and sat behind me staring." ”

Ha!!! The faces of the two of them instantly turned pale, and the hairs on their bodies stood up.

Seeing Dasha trembling with fright, the dog snorted and laughed: "Lie to you, who told you to scare me first!" ”

It was late, and at the back door of Zhang's mansion, Steward Zhang took a beautiful sip of tea with a tea bowl in his hand.

In front of him, eight settlers lined up with abacus, and behind them threw two marijuana bags full of copper coins on the ground.

A few stewards led a dozen nursing homes to maintain the order of the crowd, and the dogs and a few of them also stayed here and happily chatted with the people they knew well.

The work of the Lord's family is over, and it is time for their temporary servants and day laborers to be paid.

"Next, Qin Eryang!"

There was a shout from afar, and a thin-faced old man standing in front of Dasha squeezed out in response, and handed the bamboo chip in his hand to the little guy who took the roll call, and the little guy checked the name recorded in the account book in his hand, and led him to an empty table on the left.

The little guy who settled the account at the table took the bamboo chip and looked at it again, lowered his head and flipped up the account book on the table, crackling and making an abacus while flipping through it, and wrote a number on a piece of paper in a moment, turned around and handed it to a little guy in green clothes, who took the note and ran quickly to send it to Zhang Daguan.

Steward Zhang took the note and looked at it, then nodded and gave it to the square-faced steward sitting next to him. This man was recognized by the dog as the steward of the bookkeeper, and they met almost every day.

The square-faced steward said yes when he saw it, so he handed the note back, and after the little guy in Tsing Yi took it, he ran to the sack where the copper coins were placed, counted out the copper coins, and put them in a small bag. He casually took out a paper bag from the basket on the side, walked a few steps and handed the bag to Qin Eryang in front of the table before saying: "The salary is three hundred and fifty yuan, and the main family has rewarded another five yuan, a total of three hundred and fifty and five yuan, no!" You're pointed, right? ”

Qin Eryang hurriedly took it, opened it and glanced at it and said, "I can't count, the master's family is so benevolent and righteous, I think it's not bad" After speaking, he bowed and said, "Thank you for the master's reward!" He was about to turn around and leave, but he heard the little man shout again: "Wait, there are two cooking cakes in this paper bag, which are from the master's family, take them and eat them!" Qin Eryang hurriedly thanked him, took the paper bag and walked away happily.

The acquaintances on the side coaxed: "Qin Ye has won a few rewards, and he is so happy to laugh!" ”

That Qin Eryang replied with a smile: "The master has rewarded a gold ingot, and you lazy man only have a silver ingot!" ”

When the people around him heard what he said, they laughed.

Since ancient times, receiving money has been a pleasure. Of course, there are also unhappy ones, such as Dasha. He pouted and complained to the dog, "I've only been working for three days, and I don't think there is any silver ingot!" ”

Scold! This fool, return the silver ingots, eat a top two, and I don't have to give you iron lumps!

I was too lazy to take care of him, turned around and said to the dog that it was cold, and when I got the money, I went to buy cotton clothes and shoes first, and if I could make a cotton wool quilt with some leftovers, it would be even more beautiful.

As he was talking, he only heard Zhao Gou'er shouting in front of him, so he hurriedly squeezed forward, handed over the bamboo chips, and handed the walking little guy to Steward Zhang, only to see him look at himself from a distance, and said a few words to the people around him, too far away to hear clearly, and saw the little guy carrying a small bag and coming over.

"What? Five hundred and seventy-eight texts! The dog said in surprise, he had expected it to be two hundred and thirteen.

Seeing that he was puzzled, the little guy on the side asked, "But the account is wrong?" ”

The dog shook his head and said, "Yes, yes." ”

The little guy rolled his eyes and said, "By the way, I will take the cooking cake and leave quickly." The dog hurriedly took the paper bag, saluted, and returned to the crowd. Seeing that the money was back, the dog asked him how much he had sent.

The dog looked around and lowered his head and said softly, the dog was about to say something, only to hear his name called in front of him, and hurriedly walked out, and soon walked back with a smile.

Whisper to the dog! The two of them couldn't stop laughing.

Dasha on the side looked at the two of them, thinking that their brains were broken, and hurriedly reached out to touch their heads, but they were blocked back by the two.

After waiting for another pillar of incense, there were not a few people left, and it was Dasha's turn to get the money back.

Maybe it was the first time in his life that he received a salary, and the proud man kept shaking the money bag in his ears all the way.

The copper coins collided with a pleasant crisp sound, and every time he heard it, Dasha grinned and shouted to the dog leftovers, "Look at this is my salary!" At first, Gou Yu took out his money bag and laughed at Dasha, but later found that it didn't work, so he didn't bother to compare with him.

"Dasha, can you stop shaking, my ears hurt when I hear it all the way!" Walking to the front of Nanchengfang, the dog couldn't stand it anymore and protested.

Who knew that the big fool shook his head and said, "That's not good, this is my salary, ninety-five!" ”

The dog rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, yes, no one robs you of your wages, but you keep shaking all the way, if you attract thieves and steal them for you, it doesn't matter what happens to the two of us." ”

When Dasha heard that there was a thief, he hurriedly stuffed the money bag into his chest, and covered it with his hands uneasily, and his eyes were still wide open and looking around.

Scold! This fool shook his head helplessly and said where did the thief come from, he wanted to scare him, see what scared him.

Things in the world are so coincidental, before the words fell, the big fool roared angrily and strode towards the mouth of the alley.

The panicked dog hurriedly turned his head to look, only to see an eight- or nine-year-old boy dressed in tatters and running towards the alley with a panicked face.

This man knew the dog, his name was Hu Xiaokang, and his brother Hu Dakang was thirteen years old. The family is dead, leaving only the brothers to rely on each other, usually begging and sometimes stealing when they are very hungry.

After a long time, as long as someone sees them, they will be wary, and they will have no money to eat.

The two of them have not eaten enough for a long time, and there is a thin hemp rod-like body in the torn linen clothes, and once stole from the dog, watching the brothers steal the cooking cakes that the dog begged, and the butt was left outside to let the dog relieve his anger.

Hu Xiaokang's short and thin legs, where he ran too shady, and within three or five breaths, he was caught in his hand by Dasha and brought back like a little chicken. As he walked, he scolded, "Let you run, you can't run away now!" Say, are you trying to steal my money bag? ”

Maybe he was used to being caught, so Hu Xiaokang didn't talk to him, and only protected his head tightly with his hands!

Dasha didn't see him reply, so he grabbed his neck with his hand and shook it vigorously.

The dog on the side hurriedly let him go, looked at Hu Xiaokang, who was curled up in a ball, ignoring his head, sighed lightly, stepped forward and pulled him up and said: "Xiaokang, don't be afraid that we won't beat you, Dasha will play with you again, don't be afraid, let's go!" Find your brother! ”

Looking at Hu Xiaokang, the fox stared at Dasha suspiciously, but he didn't dare to take a step, and hurriedly kicked Dasha.

Dasha had no choice but to put away his angry expression, and snorted coldly: "Let's go, grandpa let you go today, don't follow me again!" ”

Watching Hu Xiaokang run away, the dog shook his head and sighed: "It's really difficult to stutter in this world." "Look at Dasha and Gou Yuxindao, what should we do with the three brothers?