At dusk, the sunset melts gold, the sunset looks like blood, and the birds that have been foraging outside all day flap their wings and fly home.

Chen Xinfu went door-to-door, invited the elders in the village to his house to discuss the funeral, and ordered Chen Bangyan to prepare the manpower to carry the coffin the next day.

Chen Bangyan is only accompanied by poetry and books, because he does not make many friends, and it is difficult to gather so many strong men overnight, but when he thinks that Chen's father will stop the coffin for two days, it is really not good to delay it any longer, so he has to cheekily beg a few hard-working villagers, and the short man chooses a general to make up the number of people.

On the other side, the Yan family and the Jin family rearranged the mourning hall, and the Chen family and Chen Yun assisted from the side, pressing the abbot to open the hanging at night.

Most of the Zhuang families are sincere, and whenever they come to mourn, they must hold the funeral in their hands and personally send it to the old tearful Chen's mother, say some comforting words, burn some paper money, and then let out a burst of sorrow to express their sorrow for the dead.

In this way, a group of people were sent away, and it was completely dark. Chen knelt in front of the coffin, thinking that the old mother was old and uneasy, and it was really not good to kneel for too long, so he secretly glanced at the eldest sister-in-law Yan and the second sister-in-law Jin, and even persuaded and coaxed Chen's mother to rest in the room.

Chen Yun knelt in front of the spirit with her mother, her knees were so painful that she was unconscious, and when she saw Chen helping Chen's mother walk away, she couldn't help frowning and rubbing her knees, and then looked at the coffin with awe, lowered her head again, and kept the initial solemn silence.

About half an hour later, a crescent moon rose into the air, full of stars, criss-crossed, faintly flickering.

Chen Xinfu arranged the funeral the next day, thinking of going to the old mother to have a look, so as not to make the old mother too sad. Just entered the courtyard, Chen Xinfu saw Chen Yun and Chen Qiang kneeling against the door, Yan and Jin kneeling opposite, and even Shen Xueru kneeling in front of the spirit.

Although Chen's mother was sad, for the sake of Chen's father's funeral to be decent, she had to ask Chen Xinfeng about related matters one after another.

Chen Xinfang answered them one by one, but when he answered the table, he looked a little ugly.

Chen's mother was calculating, and she knew that her son was short of silver taels, so she said: "Your father has worked hard for your brothers all his life, and now once he goes, he deserves to enjoy a decent funeral." Your brother went early, no one shared the money for you, if you are short of money, just come to ask your mother, although I don't have much here, but for your father's funeral decency, no matter what, I won't make you embarrassed! ”

"The mother is ashamed of her son when she says this, the son used to be careless, but now he is also a parent, and he knows that his parents are very kind, even if he is broken, it is difficult to repay one or two!" Chen Xinfeng said, bowing his head deeply, "Right now, my father is gone, my son should hold up the pillars of the family, handle the funeral well, and ask my mother to take care of her body and not be too sad!" ”

Mother Chen was moved to tears when she heard this, and couldn't help wiping her tears with a handkerchief, and said: "You have a commitment, it is naturally good, just remember one thing, do everything according to your ability, your father's funeral must be decent, but it can't let you be in debt, and you will also reach the age of knowing your fate, home."

There are also children, and it is for their sake that we should think about it! ”

"Remember, child!" Chen Xinfu said emotionally, slowly walked towards Yan's again, and said in a low voice: "You are here with your mother, you must persuade your mother to want to open some!" ”

Yan looked at him and said, "I know! ”

Chen Xinfu was completely at ease at this time, turned his head to bow to Chen's mother, bowed his head to Jin and Chen, and then walked out.

Chen Yun saw that her eldest uncle had gone out, and hurriedly looked back at her mother, only to see that the Jin family was calm and self-contained, and there were still tears in the corners of her eyes, and she couldn't help but be in awe.

Mother Chen saw that it was getting dark, thinking that she would still be busy tomorrow, so she sent Yan's concubine as soon as possible, and drove Chen Yun, Chen Qiang, and Shen Xueru out together.

When he returned to the wing, Chen Yun saw that the light was still on, the bed tent was half-covered, and Shen Fu was lying on the bed with his face facing the wall, as if he was asleep.

Chen Yun thought that he had been tired recently, for fear of waking him up, so he went to the edge of the bed lightly, sat down, and was about to take off his shoes and socks, when he suddenly saw Shen Fugu turn around. Chen Yun was startled, hurriedly covered her heart, and said, "I'm still asleep when you're asleep!" ”

Shen Fu sighed and said: "I thought of joking with my grandfather a month ago, saying that he would live to be hundreds of years old in the future and enjoy the blessings of Qi Immortals. ”

"People are going to die after all, and having a long life like my grandfather and having children and grandchildren to die is already considered a great blessing!" Chen Yun said slowly, "Think about those displaced people, wandering around, lonely, even if they die in a foreign land, there is no one to take care of their bodies and bones, not to mention that there are people sweeping graves every year, so ah, grandfather is a blessed man!" ”

Shen Fu nodded yes, and immediately helped Chen Yun take off his coat and sleep with the same pillow.

The next morning, there was a lot of mourning in the courtyard, and it was Chen Xinfu who invited a bunch of blowing and playing music from outside. There are men and women, beautiful and ugly in a group of people, each with their own housekeeping gadgets in their hands, knocking, blowing, hitting, playing, and complacent.

Although Chen Xinfu was incompetent for half his life, but filial piety was the head, he inevitably fought for his family, and he held a few tables of wing seats, invited several strong men who carried the coffin to drink wine and eat meat, and agreed on the rules in the banquet.

Chen Yun was crying silently, and suddenly saw seven or eight heroes striding over, and hurriedly looked at the nearest Chen family. Chen's mind turned very quickly, while leading the women to retreat, leaving an open space for the person carrying the coffin, while dragging the cloth and mopping hemp, weeping like rain.

The person carrying the coffin saw that the women were all plain, crying uncontrollably, feeling both desolate and miserable, and hurriedly exerted all their strength, set up wooden sticks, and then marched together, lifted the coffin with all their might, and then shouted the trumpet and carried it out of the mourning hall.

The ladies and relatives let out a sad voice.

Miscellaneous music blew.

Chen Xin fed his filial son to help the soul, Chen Bangyan, Shen Fu, and Chen Kechang's grandchildren held the scarf, and a few distant relatives followed behind the coffin, crying and crying, stretching all the way, while throwing countless paper money with white flowers and flowers, while running towards the predetermined burial place.

Finally, at noon, all the people carrying the coffin came back, and most of the villagers came to the banquet one after another.

The feast is like flowing water, and the guests are full of wine and food, and they disperse.

Chen Xinfu has been tired for several days in a row, and he has not closed his eyes for a long time, and now that the funeral has passed, he has to go home to rest. Yan's and Jin's were more resilient, and they still worked together to clean up the table, Chen's and Chen Yun's relieved Chen's mother, and Chen Qiang and Shen Xueru sat together chatting.

I only heard Shen Xueru say: "My grandfather is gone, others have nothing to do with it, it only involves you to serve the mourning for a year, I'm afraid it will delay the marriage!" ”

Chen Qiang can see it, "It doesn't matter whether it is involved or not, not to mention, I don't want to marry too early." Our daughter's family is no better than their men, three wives and four concubines, and others will not point fingers, we starve to death is a small matter, and a loss of festival is a big thing, I would rather marry later, but also find a person who knows cold and hot, otherwise, wouldn't I follow in the footsteps of Sister Liu? ”

"Sister Liu?" Shen Xueru was puzzled for a moment, and then suddenly said clearly: "You're talking about Sister Xue, didn't she marry into the Zhuangzi next door?" ”

Chen Qiang sighed and said, "You don't know, Sister Xue's father-in-law is a big and rough person, and he usually only beats people, especially after it was rumored that Sister Xue and my brother had a personal affair, the big old man became even worse, and he didn't have a good face for Sister Xue all day long!" Sister Xue is a person who can bend and stretch, in order not to worry her family, she can only grit her teeth and endure it silently. ”

Shen Xueru frowned and said, "What are you enduring?" Living so aggrieved, you can simply leave it! ”

"How can it be so easy? Throughout the ages, only husbands divorced their wives, so how could there ever be a precedent for wives to divorce their husbands? Sister Xue has been the big man since the day she married the big old man, as long as the big old man doesn't let go of people, Sister Xue will be beaten and scolded every day, and she can only endure it, not to mention, Uncle Liu and Aunt Liu don't want Sister Xue to leave! ”

The more Shen Xueru listened, the more she didn't understand, and hurriedly said: "As a parent, everyone is looking forward to the well-being of their children, how can they watch their daughter jump into the tiger wolf's den?" ”

Chen Qiang said: "That's what you haven't seen before, but now you can see it!" ”

Shen Xueru opened her mouth and was speechless for a long time.

It happened that Chen Yun came out and saw the two sisters together, so she slowly leaned over to the two of them and said, "Mrs. just ordered to leave tomorrow, you go and clean up the softness!" ”

Shen Xueru answered, slowly got up and walked away.

Chen Qiang was about to leave, Chen Yun took her little hand and asked, "I saw that she was unruly just now, what did you say to her?" ”

"I didn't say anything, I just told her about Sister Liu!" Chen Qiang said honestly.

Chen Yun's eyelashes moved, thinking that Liu Ruxue and her husband were out of tune, she couldn't help but sigh, and said: "It's okay for you to talk to her, but don't mention it in Brother Yan'er's ear, he and Sister Xue had a relationship in the past, if you have a heart disease again, I am afraid that your family will not be happy!" ”

"Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, Sister Yun thinks my brother doesn't know yet?" Chen Qiang sighed and shook her head, "He just hid it in his heart and didn't say it." Several times, I saw him sneaking to the door of Sister Xue's house alone to see if Sister Xue had come home, but since the scandal came out, Sister Xue's man was no longer allowed

She is one step away from home, how can she say goodbye? ”

Chen Yun sighed and said, "Brother Yan is an idiot, but he and Sister Xue have no fate in this life, the two of them have their own families, and they should take care of the family's affairs first!" After that, he asked Chen Qiang again: "Sister-in-law Su still refuses to go home now?" ”

"I think my sister-in-law has eaten the scales this time, and she vows to fight with my brother, otherwise, my father and mother have gone to her house three or four times, why does she still refuse to be soft and low?" Chen Qiang shook her head again, "Poverty is the reason, my brother also did something wrong, but my sister-in-law is too ruthless, she will leave when she says she will leave, and if she doesn't come back, she won't come back, and she won't give her father and mother face at all!" ”

Chen Yun sighed again and again, thinking: "It's really a creation to make people, if Chen Bangyan marries Liu Ruxue, and the Su family marries someone else, it will be considered two happiness, but the fate is one line off, the horse camels the ugly woman, and the beautiful woman marries the village husband!" Think again: "Everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, don't care about the frost on the tiles, now that the funeral is over, seeing that you are going home, it is better to pack your bags as soon as possible!" ”

(End of chapter)