"Does my uncle smoke?" The fourth grandfather bared his big yellow teeth and asked happily.

"Fourth grandfather, he's not..."Shen Xingyue wanted to correct Li Mu's identity, from the moment she got off the car, Li Mu was named as an aunt by the villagers, the aunt was long, and the aunt was short for a long time, she was worried that Li Mu would be unhappy because of this.

Li Mu stopped her and responded with a smile: "Smoking, fourth grandfather, I have cigarettes in the car, I'll get them!" ”

"Don't take it, I've got it!" The fourth grandfather hurriedly took out a cigarette and gave Li Mu, the old village chief and the sixth grandfather a cigarette each.

"Where does my uncle work, is he with Yueni?" The old village chief inquired.

"It's pretty much the same, we work in the same industry, and the nature of our work is similar!"

"Pretty much the same?" The fourth grandfather muttered.

The sixth grandfather hurriedly explained to him: "It's not much of a difference!" ”

"Oh, uncle, don't laugh at us, few of us of the older generation have ever studied, and the ink in our stomachs is pitiful!" The fourth grandfather said with a smile, his simple face was full of wrinkles.

"How did you meet?" The old village chief continued to ask, and it could be seen that he was very concerned about Li Mu's identity and origin, and he was very concerned about this so-called uncle.

"We're college classmates and we've known each other for a long time!" Li Mu replied truthfully.

"Oh!" The three old men sighed in unison.

The old village chief said happily: "Okay, college classmates, I know the roots, my underground brother can finally rest assured!" ”

Shen Xingyue lowered her head and was silent, Li Mu's nose was a little sour, and the three old men didn't know why, thinking that Yueni missed her grandfather, so they didn't talk about this topic anymore.

Li Mu hesitated for a moment, and decided to say what he had thought about all the way in front of the old man of his family.

When Shen Xingyue introduced the situation of his hometown to him, he had been thinking about this idea, he didn't discuss it with Shen Xingyue, he planned to surprise her, he knew that she had never let go of herself in her heart, and he didn't want his former lover to pass away with regret.

"Old village chief, there is something I want to discuss with you." Li Mu said suddenly.

"Ah, you say, if there is something that Uncle needs us to do, we will definitely do it for you!" The old village chief agreed.

Shen Xingyue looked up at Li Mu, who took her hand and nodded at her.

"The old village chief, the fourth grandfather, the sixth grandfather, Xingyue is seriously ill, and it won't be long." Li Mu said in a low voice.

The three old men were stunned, and the needles in the room could be heard, and after a while, the sixth grandfather first cried, and the other two old men were also in tears.

"Uncle, you are well-informed, you have more ways than us, please save Yueni, we will pay, we will pay for how much money is needed!" The old village chief pleaded in a choked voice.

"I've been to all the big hospitals in China..."Li Mu wept, and then shook his head!

There is an offering table in the center of the room, on which there is a spirit tablet, and the incense burner in front of the spirit card accumulates thick incense ashes, and it seems that people often offer incense here.

The old village chief got up suddenly, rushed to the offering table and knelt down, and cried: "Big brother, I didn't take good care of Yueni, I'm sorry for you!" ”

The other two old men also knelt down at the offering table, crying on the ground.

Shen Xingyue and Li Mu hurriedly went to support them, but the three old men refused to get up, and finally could only cry together.

Gradually, a lot of villagers gathered in the courtyard, and everyone knew that something was wrong, but they didn't dare to ask anything, so they all stood in the middle of the hospital, staring nervously into the house.

After a long time, the old village chief took the lead in standing up and said to the other two elders: "Don't cry, don't make Yueni uncomfortable, uncle, what do you want to do?" ”

"Old village chief, I have thought about it, I plan to marry Xingyue and hold a happy event in the village, so that everyone can have a good time for a few days, and let Xingyue be my bride happily!"

"Brother Mu!" Shen Xingyue looked at Li Mu in surprise, with an incredulous expression.

Li Mu took her hand and said to her seriously: "Xingyue, this is my decision after careful consideration, I want to do something for you, so that you and I have no regrets in this life, I'm sorry, I can't go with you to get the certificate, I can only hold a banquet with you, are you willing to marry me?" ”

Shen Xingyue couldn't help crying, threw herself into Li Mu's arms, hugged him tightly, and cried loudly: "Yes, I do!" ”

The old village chief immediately clapped his hand and said: "Okay, this matter is decided, fourth, call back all the people who can be called back, we will do a happy event for Yueni in the village, let's marry Yueni in a beautiful way!" ”

"Good! I listen to my second brother! ”

……

Late at night, the three old men gathered at the old village chief's house, the door was closed, and the three of them sat there with a tube of dry tobacco, and smoked non-stop.

After a while, the sixth grandfather straightened up and said to the other two: "Second brother, fourth brother, you have a position, do you agree to do that?" ”

"Sixth, don't worry, it's a big matter, let our brothers think about it!" The fourth grandfather responded, listening to his conversation, he didn't look like a mountain villager.

"What do you think, what are you still hesitating about, after my uncle finished speaking, I secretly showed Yueni a face, no more than three months at most, do you plan to watch Yueni die young and let the main vein disappear?"

"Sixth, don't blame us, it is against the sky to increase longevity, this is a great evil, it will lead to retribution, the eldest brother repeatedly told us before his death, the Shen clan can no longer practice this evil art, do you want to disobey the eldest brother's last words?"

The sixth grandfather stood up, waved the cigarette pouch and said, "Second brother, at this time and that time, I believe that if the eldest brother is still alive, he will be able to break the vows, can he watch his granddaughter die, do you think it is possible?" ”

The old village chief smoked his cigarette vigorously, bowed his head and said silently.

The fourth grandfather hesitated for a moment, leaned over and said to him: "Second brother, what the sixth brother said is also true, the main vein is broken, what's the use of keeping that precept, if there is really retribution, let the retribution fall on a few of us, keep the main vein, and the Shen family will have a future." ”

"That's right!" The sixth grandfather immediately chimed in, "Without the main vein, the soul of the Shen family will be lost, and the secret we have been keeping will become a joke, second brother, Yueni can't die, even if it's evil, she can't let her die, the hope of the Shen family is in her, she can't have an accident!" ”

The old village chief nodded slowly, took two puffs of cigarette, and asked the sixth grandfather: "Among the clansmen, how many candidates are suitable for longevity?" ”

"According to the number of fate, my little grandson counts as one, Yueni's father counts as one, and a child and a girl from the old nine families in the village are all suitable candidates, there are four in total!"

"Let's get rid of Yueni's father, that brute, the scum of the Shen family, even if he is willing to reduce his life, we Yueni are not rare to ask for his luck!" The old village chief said angrily.

"Then there are three people left, my little grandson is still young, you can contribute more, the girls and boys of the old nine families are not young, let them contribute less!" Grandpa Six suggested.

"Yes, your grandson contributed 25 years, the girls and boys of the old nine families contributed 15 years each, and increased Yueni's life expectancy by 55 years, almost that's it, no matter how much I am afraid of God's damnation!"

The old village chief's decision was unanimously agreed by the two brothers, and the fourth grandfather suggested: "Second brother, call the third sister back, this kind of thing needs her to preside, and we can't do it." ”

The old village chief shuddered for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "Call the third sister back, oops, tsk!"

The sixth grandfather immediately said: "Second brother, don't hesitate, this matter is the best for the third sister to come forward, and don't forget her bet with the eldest brother, if you dare not call her, hehe!" ”

"Okay, I'll send her a message myself and ask her to go down the mountain immediately!"

The sixth grandfather said again: "And Lao Jiu, let's call him back first, this matter needs to be discussed with him, if the family doesn't agree..."

"Okay, you call him now, ask him to rush back from the county seat immediately, and bring back his girls and boys by the way, just say that we want to meet the juniors!"

"Second brother, Lao Jiu has always had a grudge against the eldest brother, I'm worried that he may disagree, what should you do when you see it?" The fourth grandfather asked with some concern.

The third brother smoked a cigarette silently, and finally the old village chief took the lead and said: "It is a major matter related to the rise and fall of the family, this matter is not for you and me, and not for him, it is better to agree, if you don't agree, you can only do business!" ”

"Good!" The other two old men both nodded heavily.

Two days later, in the old village chief's house, there were still several secret discussions about increasing longevity, but this time compared with the last time, there was one more old man.

This person has a childish face and a rather burly figure, and he sits on a chair and bows his head silently.

The fourth grandfather gave the six brothers a look, and the latter understood, and persuaded him: "Lao Jiu, our brothers all know that you are wronged, but it is related to the inheritance of the Shen family, even if we have grievances, we must focus on the interests of the family, and whoever calls us is surnamed Shen." ”

"Sixth brother, I understand the truth, but you also know that my girl and boy are not young, and they are not lucky people, if they reduce their life expectancy by 15 years, I am afraid they will not live to be rare, I mean can you reduce it a little."

"No way!" The fourth grandfather refused, "Yueni has increased her life for 55 years, and she is 80 years old, this is the number of fate, and it is also the fortune of our Shen family, not one more year, not one less year, it must be this number!" ”

Grandpa Nine bowed his head again and was silent, it seemed that he was obviously unwilling to let his children suffer such a catastrophe, and each lost 15 years of life in vain.

He can't be blamed for being selfish, there are a few parents who don't want their children to be good, and a few will be willing to use their children's lives to continue the happiness of others, even if this other person is his granddaughter.

The sixth grandfather sighed and said to everyone: "Don't be embarrassed, my little grandson is still babbling, there is no reluctance, and there is no concern, so let's do it, the children of the ninth child will each reduce their life expectancy by 10 years, and my little grandson will reduce his life by 35 years, Lao Jiu, this should be okay!" ”