(Due to the excessive number of words in this chapter, it has been updated twice, and the following is the second half of "51 Middle".) ）

"What? Wait a minute! Is my grandfather's coffin ready? He Yiming was so shocked that he showed his eyes.

"The countryside is ready early! Generally, after the age of fifty or sixty, it is purchased, just in case! I didn't have anything with your uncle - urging, your father wanted to get it himself, and people went to the largest coffin shop in the county to choose for themselves! After Gui Ying finished speaking, she looked at her eldest brother with a smile.

"So, what do you care?" Xingbang brushed aside the smoke in front of him and responded meaningfully to the girl.

The three of them paused, and the old horse came back with Yangyang carrying a large bag of breakfast. So they gathered at the table and ate breakfast together.

"Brother, I made an appointment with the Hyosung family to have a meal together for the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can go too, there are no outsiders. What's more, Da is very familiar with Uncle Zhong, and our mother and Hyosung and her mother-in-law are also cousins. ”

"Okay." Xingbang held the fritter and nodded at Guiying.

"Then let's eat less, it's half past ten, and we'll go to the restaurant first at half past eleven, and order a meal there and wait for their house." Gui Ying puffed out her cheeks and said.

"Eat less!" Lao Ma glared at Gui Ying, and after speaking, several people chuckled.

When it was almost twelve o'clock, Gui Ying took her eldest brother, father and children to the hotel she had booked in advance, and after finding the private room, the old horse lit a fire and smoked, and Yang Yang stared at a pot of flowers in the private room to entertain herself.

At twelve o'clock, Bao Xiaotang, who was dressed in a red dress, came first with two boxes of moon cakes.

"Uncle Ma, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!" As soon as Xiaotang entered the door, he greeted the elders first, and then handed it to Lao Ma with a box of moon cakes.

"Good, good! You're welcome! The old horse took the moon cake with a smile.

"Tang'er, this is my eldest brother, you've seen it!"

"Brother Ma is good!" After Xiaotang said hello, he sat next to Gui Ying, but his eyes followed the ripples of playing alone in the corner of the wall.

"Is your sister coming? I texted her and she never responded. Gui Ying asked Xiaotang.

"I guess she's busy right now! I asked her last night and she said she could only come out for a short time at noon! I guess it's late! ”

"It's good to be here! This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is different from the past, Meimei went to school and left, his father went to work, and your sister can only come for a while! Ay...... Eh! Can my Uncle Zhong come today? Gui Ying asked the old man.

"Come on! I asked yesterday and he doesn't go to work today! The old horse raised his eyes and replied.

Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, the old horse's eyes at Gui Ying had not been withdrawn, and Zhong Neng had already pushed the door in with his grandson Zhong Xuecheng.

"Hey, village chief, you're early!" Zhong Neng pointed to the old horse and greeted him with a smile.

"Come on, come on, let's sit here!" The old horse stood up and pulled a chair for the old man.

After the three children greeted the adults, they naturally sat in one place, led by Zaizai, and started chatting from the holidays, chatting about homework, animation, fun software, and popular games...... Yang Yangyang couldn't understand the flowers, and only stared at Xuecheng's brother with admiration.

"Uncle Zhong, Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! This is what Zhiyuan and I bought for you! Gui Ying bypassed the children and walked to Zhong Neng with a box of moon cakes and a box of lychees, Zhong Neng was about to be polite, Lao Ma directly took the things and put them behind Zhong Neng's chair, and Bao Xiaotang also took advantage of the situation to send a box of moon cakes to Xuecheng's grandfather.

Gui Ying put the two bottles of Xifeng wine specially ordered by the old man in front of the second elder, sent Xuecheng, who was sitting next to his grandfather, to pour wine for the two grandfathers, and then grabbed a few handfuls of his own nuts and distributed them to the eldest brother, Xiaotang and the children. Ma Xingbang smoked a cigarette and stared at Yangyang, Bao Xiaotang drank a drink and Gui Ying lowered his head and whispered.

After a while, three plates of cold dishes came up. Gui Ying saw that the people were almost here, coughed twice and shouted at everyone, "Stop talking first, I'll say a few words!" That one...... Zhiyuan can't come to work, Zhong Li didn't come either, Hyosung came late, now the old and young are just the eight of us, don't talk about pomp, eat the same dish, Hyosung is late and give her a little alone! ”

"It's done!" Zhong Neng nodded in agreement.

"Yes, let's eat, let's eat!" The old horse greeted Zhong Neng.

As soon as the old man opened the chopsticks, the children also began to eat.

"What is Xingbang doing now?" Zhong Neng finished chewing a bite of the dish and asked Ma Xingbang, the son of the old horse.

Xingbang immediately put down his chopsticks, turned his head and said, "Open a factory in Dongguan!" A small factory that makes cleaning products - a bit like dish soap, but it is used industrially. ”

"Huh! Didn't you do material processing and molds before? The old horse suddenly frowned and stared, and his voice was a little loud.

"That was before! When in Ningbo! It was many years ago! Gui Ying interjected to explain.

"I asked him, what kind of mouth do you have!" The old horse gave Gui Ying a blank look.

"My mom is rushing to answer!" Tsai Tsai hurriedly defended his mother, and everyone smiled after speaking.

"Come on, come on, have a drink!" Zhong Neng used wine to divert the old horse, and the two drank three small glasses of Xifeng wine in a row.

Zhong Neng finished drinking, his mouth emptied a few times, and then said to Lao Ma, "Last night, my cousin called me - the third child of my second uncle's family. My old cousin and I haven't seen each other for several years, and it's not yet the Mid-Autumn Festival, so he called me to greet me. I chatted casually when I had nothing to do, and talked about his father-in-law's funeral. His father-in-law just left a while ago and lived to be eighty-four! When his father-in-law left, his wife's brother's family had a big affair, and guess what it was? Zhong Neng asked the old horse with an eyebrow.

The old horse pursed his lips and asked, "What's it?" ”

"I said that I invited a team to sing in front of the mausoleum, and I looked at it and saw that it was not a Qin opera but a pop song! Three young men in leather jackets and leather pants with long hair sang and danced on stage! Originally, the relatives were going to toast in the field, burn paper, and pay tribute three times and nine buttons on the ground, but no one sacrificed, and they all watched the performance with their hands and smiles! Even a few grandchildren are smiling and watching the excitement! My old cousin was so angry yesterday that he said that it wasn't nonsense! As a result, the people in the village didn't think anything was wrong, and when he asked his wife's niece, he found out that the village was full of crying and mourning! Village chief, tell me, are they funny about the customs on the Yellow River beach? ”

"Hey, I've heard of that! We didn't have it in Majiatun before, but we have started to have it in the past two years! Change singing to singing, invite a girl and a guy, don't sing the song of mourning, and pick up the noisy singing! Oops, this evil wind came from nowhere! Break the set of rules and funerals that we originally passed down from our ancestors! If they dare to do this for me when I'm dead, I have to jump! ”

The children were talking about the children, Gui Ying and Xiaotang were chatting, and only Ma Xingbang, who was on the side, heard Lao Ma's words, he lowered his head and smiled, but he didn't squeak.

"What happened to you! Besides, your dolls are sensible and measured! Zhong Neng looked at Gui Ying and Xingbang and whispered.

The old horse swallowed a mouthful of food, stretched out his index finger and pointed in the air, and whispered to Zhong Neng with his head down, "I'll tell you something even more outrageous." The year before last, I had a friend in the town - he used to be the leader of the town, but later retired, and his son got married that year and called me. His son is an only child, and the daughter-in-law he is looking for is also from our town, and the family is very rich, so the two sides said that they would make a big marriage, but the movement was very big, and a lot of leaders were invited, and it took two and a half days to invite everyone! The day I went was the first day, when after worshipping the elders, according to the rules to make a scene, dozens of people sitting at the bottom of the table coaxed to let the father-in-law carry his daughter-in-law and hug his daughter-in-law, and the master of ceremonies did not have a score all there to muddy the water! No way, they did it according to the custom, and it was so lively down there that I was stunned! Outcome...... Hum! Yes, guess what happened this time. The old horse smiled and sold it to Zhong Neng.

"What's going on?"

"Hey, I'm a little embarrassed, I'm too embarrassed to tell them about their young people! Half a year later, my father-in-law and daughter-in-law ran away! With a lot of money from the family, I went to other provinces and cities to hide and live! I later heard that it was because my daughter-in-law was pregnant with my friend's baby! Look what it's called! I later analyzed that the root cause was all in that wedding. For three days in a row, the people at the bottom shouted every day to hug their daughter-in-law and carry their daughter-in-law, you ponder and ponder......" Lao Ma snorted coldly after speaking, and kept shaking his head and squeezing his eyes.

"We used to have a lot of fun when we got married, and it was my father-in-law and mother-in-law, but now, hey! Nonsense! ”

"Not really! For the sake of excitement, according to customs, it has to be measured, right? I think this bad atmosphere exists in several villages in our radius! The old horse grinned and nodded, staring intently at Zhong Neng.

"I know a little bit too." Zhong Neng understood and nodded with a grin.

After the second elder drank a glass of wine, Zhong Neng hiccuped and took over the conversation, "It's not just this!" There are so many brides and bridesmaids at the wedding! It used to be young people making trouble in the cave house - meaning, but now it's just nonsense! ”

The old horse sighed and said, "The atmosphere has changed! It's popular in our town right now, 'Thousands of purples and thousands of reds are motionless', do you know what it means? ”

"I knew it years earlier! What's 'purple' is five yuan, 'red' is 100 yuan, 'one move' is a car, and 'immovable' is a house, right? I don't know this! Just now, when my old cousin was talking to someone, he talked about a Northeast Bay before, and it turned out that it was this - 'thousands of purples and thousands of reds are motionless'! My old cousin was cold when he heard it, and he couldn't make up enough if he sold him. In the end, forget it, if you can't afford to marry that bye, you better find a rich man. I'm not less angry about this! Zhong Neng was angry, and kept poking the table with his index finger.

"I think the atmosphere in the village has become more and more money-oriented in recent years! Regardless of red and white ceremonies, birthdays and birthdays, everyone is working hard to make a big show! If you don't do it, you can't do it, why - money! You said that I spent more than 100,000 yuan before and after a wedding, so wouldn't it be a loss if I didn't earn this book back! So he dared to call if he was familiar with it or not, and the person who came was also magnificent, knew the rules, and had a hundred hands without two hundred. In the early years, where did we give money, all the things were given - eggs, brown sugar, twist flowers, canned food, etc., now Qingyishui gives money, and the more young people give, the more they give! One or two hundred and even shy, those five hundred, eight hundred, one thousand dare to give - it doesn't matter if you are a friend or a relative! Look! Look! Is this called living? The two old men spoke excitedly, rubbing their shoulders face to face and shoulder to shoulder, as if they were talking about some secret.

"yes!" Zhong Neng finished drinking a glass of wine by himself.

The old horse's outstretched hand has not been withdrawn, and it is pressed on the table at the moment, and when he sees that Zhong can finish drinking, he then says, "The average salary in our county in 2019 is only 3,004, and the average salary in the country is not much, not to mention that we are farming, right!" There are too many relatives of these three aunts and six mothers-in-law in the countryside to count, this family will give 200 for the full moon, 300 for the marriage, and 1,200 for each person for the New Year...... If you have money, you don't have anything, but what about those who don't have money! I asked my nephew, and I said do you have any money if you give back so much? Guess what my nephew said, he said that people gave me so much that I would offend people less. Look, this trend can't be stopped! Unless you don't socialize, don't go to relatives! Thanks to my own little abacus over the years, I will give twenty and two thousand! Analyze the specific situation on a case-by-case basis, and we have to prioritize and depend on things - right? ”

"Yes, yes, yes......" Zhong Neng chewed a mouthful of meat in his mouth, put down his chopsticks after swallowing, pointed to the old horse and came closer and said, "Thanks to me, I came to Shenzhen!" If I hadn't left the village, I wouldn't even have the money to take my relatives! In the past, there was something to do at home to do red and white ceremonies, but now doing red and white things is like doing business. How much money was earned and how much money was lost this time - the matter came out before the accounts were settled! Interesting, isn't it? ”

"Isn't it? I've already made it clear to my second child, if I don't know who in a hundred years, then I have a small book - let's clear the door! Lao Ma poked his face a little proudly, suddenly turned smug and sad, and said, "The key is that now the honest people in the village have also been led astray, and they are more generous than the people in the city!" As the old saying goes, the poor want to save face, and the poor want to save face - it's true! The poorer you are, the more you want to save face! ”

"Not only the poorer the better, but also the poorer the more superstitious! Let me tell you something, your old village chief probably hasn't heard of it! Two thousand years ago, my godfather had an only son in their village, and the son died of illness before he died, and he didn't marry a daughter-in-law before he died. Then I dragged someone to get it in private, and there was an old man in the next village who specialized in doing this for people, and it turned out that he really brought a woman! That night, the old couple invited someone to dig the grave and put it into the coffin, who wanted to bury it when they found that the woman was still panting! You say it's scary or not! Later, it was checked, and it turned out that the old man in the next village bought a brain problem at a low price, and then sold it to this side at a high price! As a result, the last few people were all in jail! Zhong Neng picked up the teacup and moistened his throat.

After hearing this, Lao Ma tilted his body and said, "Yes, you are really right, I have never heard of this kind of thing." But I went through something else, when I was young, my uncle was his neighbor. The eldest son of the family died young, and after the funeral, he invited a feng shui watcher, and the man said that there was an obstacle in your family, so the boss died, and the feng shui watcher said this unknowingly and took the money and left. The family couldn't figure it out, the man in charge looked at the house from then on, the one was not pleasing to the eye, the tree was dug up, the waterway was changed, the front house was demolished, the gate was changed, the suspicion was not healed, the youngest daughter was tossed and hanged, and the second son was suspected that his second son went out and never came back! Tell me, originally his family was a big family in my Majiatun at that time, but because of superstition, no one was there. ”

"I'm a relative, a distant relative. He has three children, one son and two daughters. My brother has a very good brain, he heard that the children in this family should get married in order, or the second child will be married, and it will be difficult to find the eldest if he doesn't have it, saying that the back one is the first to press the top knot - he also believes it! His son looks like my sister-in-law - 1.5 meters tall, with a big upper body and a small lower body, looking a bit like a short man! His two daughters all look like him, 1.6 meters tall, with normal proportions and beautiful eyebrows. As a result, because his son couldn't find his daughter-in-law for a long time, his two daughters were delayed, and thanks to his stubborn temperament, he ran out for a few years and didn't come back, so he didn't suffer from it! Now his son is in his forties and has no daughter-in-law, and his daughter is also in her forties and has not married! ”

"Oops...... the old horse sighed, relieved himself and said, "The concept in people's minds can save people and harm people!" If superstition is for good luck and a good life and does not hurt people, it does not hinder it, but it makes the family not a family and harms the next generation, what does it mean! We're talking about the things of our generation, and there are many weird things in the next generation, and there are still a lot of confused people who have gone to college! In the final analysis, I see, one is poor, the other is a bad fate, I can't see hope, and I start to believe in ghosts and gods! It's that simple! After the old horse finished speaking, he slapped the table and raised his head to drink.

"Why do you say that the current social atmosphere is looking at money?" Eye to eye, Zhong Neng asked the old horse.

"Hey, the economy is good, the times are bad! In our previous era, who would dare to do anything? You take one more steamed bun in the commune, and someone will go to your house to settle the account immediately! Thirty years ago, how could there be such a thing as climbing ashes in the village, this was originally from the high-ranking officials and nobles in "Dream of Red Mansions", how dare ordinary people make a mistake! Now it's different, liberated, free, free so that there is no bottom line, no borders. Once a person's spirit is bound by money, isn't it the same as being stunned by the devil! Besides, it's messed up above! The top is messed up, so the bottom is messed up. The family members in this family should sit upright, be cautious in their words and deeds, and not engage in that vain brain, and the children and grandchildren below are nine out of nine! So, chaos, generally messy from above. ”

"You're right, the economy is good now, and people are living significantly more nervous, not moisturized and less comfortable than before."

Each sighed a few times, and the two touched another glass.

Everyone was chatting, and Bao Xiaoxing arrived. After saying hello, she sat down next to Gui Ying, who ordered two extra dishes for her. Hyosung's face was calm and his heart was so anxious that he came out secretly this time, and the owner of the clothing store couldn't say hello when he was not there, even though he was an acquaintance, he was still weak-hearted.

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