Chapter 80: Setting up a mourning hall
"Your grandmother's maiden family is the Zheng family in Los Angeles."
Facing Li Ergou's inquiry, the third uncle took a deep breath and said, as if he was mentioning some great family.
"What, it turned out to be the Zheng family in Los Angeles!"
Before Li Ergou could say anything, the fat man was the first to exclaim.
"What's the matter, fat man, is this Los Angeles Zheng family very powerful?"
Li Ergou was puzzled, and then his face became solemn.
He knew that if it was an ordinary family, the fat man would not be so out of shape at all.
"What's more, this family specializes in cultivating ghost paths and dominates the Central Plains, even my master has to give three points when he sees them." The fat man explained.
After speaking, he glanced at Li Ergou again, and pretended to be surprised: "Brother Ergou, I didn't expect you to have this kind of background." ”
"What a bullshit background!"
Li Ergou glanced at the fat man and said angrily.
As he said that, his face became solemn, and he instantly felt a little big.
This Zheng family in Los Angeles didn't expect to have such a big background, and even the mysterious master of the fat man had to be a little respectful to them.
Li Ergou finally understood why his grandfather went to the Zheng family in Los Angeles several times, but in the end he returned in vain.
"Fat man, you said before that the suicide note left by your grandfather was read in advance, is it my grandmother?"
Li Ergou suddenly remembered what the fat man said before, so he looked at him hopefully and asked.
If that's the case, then things will be easy, as long as you find grandma, there is still hope.
"Probably not."
Who knows, the fat man shook his head and said: "I also guessed blindly based on the hair in the envelope before, but now it seems that it is not the same thing." ”
After listening to the fat man's words, Lian Ergou couldn't help but feel a little frustrated.
"Forget it, Ergou, let's take care of your grandfather's affairs first, your grandmother's affairs, and after burying your grandfather, I will go to Los Angeles in person."
Seeing Li Ergou's listless appearance, the third uncle suddenly stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder and said.
"Okay!"
Li Ergou nodded, and then went to the kitchen with the fat man and the third uncle, and after eating a few bites of food, he began to get busy.
The third uncle was responsible for going to the village to find someone to help, and by the way, according to the meaning of his grandfather's suicide note, he spread the news of his grandfather's accidental death.
Li Ergou and the fat man found a coffin shop, ordered a coffin to transport back, put a few clothes that his grandfather often wore into it, and set up a mourning hall.
Although Wolong Village is dominated by the Liu clan, and most of them are surnamed Liu, but the grandfather is highly respected on weekdays, coupled with the call of the grandfather, his funeral soon became a major event for the whole village.
Since the construction of the mourning hall, people have been coming to burn incense and kowtow to my grandfather.
Li Ergou, the third uncle, and Li Ergou's mother have been wearing linen and filial piety, kneeling in front of the coffin to guard the spirit of their grandfather.
As long as someone comes to worship, they will also kowtow in return, which is a custom of rural funerals.
In the evening, Liu Yuntao seemed to hear the wind, and he actually brought Zhong Lao to come.
Li Ergou looked annoyed when he saw Liu Yuntao, this person also said before that he was like a brother and sister to his father, and he was called by a big nephew.
As a result, he secretly gathered people and went down to the underground maze to force his grandfather to death.
If Li Ergou is him, how far away he would have been and how far he would have hidden, but he was good, just like a nobody, and he had the face to take Zhong Lao with him to incense his grandfather.
"What are you doing here? You are not welcome in our family, so let's go! ”
Seeing the two of them coming, Li Ergou quickly stood up and said coldly to Liu Yuntao.
"Eldest nephew, don't be like this, we are also ashamed, come to the pillar incense and send Uncle Ruzhong off." Liu Yuntao said with a smile on his face.
It's just that his smile fell in Li Ergou's eyes, but it was as hypocritical as he was.
"Ergou, the person who came is a guest, your grandfather has just passed away, so it is not appropriate to cause trouble." Li Ergou just wanted to say something more, but the third uncle stood up, patted him on the shoulder and said.
When the third uncle said this, Li Ergou couldn't say anything, so he could only kneel back on the ground. However, his eyes were still staring at Liu Yuntao to prevent them from playing any tricks.
"Alas, it's still the Sanyuan brothers, don't worry, let's worship Uncle Ruzhong and leave."
Liu Yuntao sighed, and then knelt in front of his grandfather's coffin with Zhong Lao, and kowtowed to his grandfather three times.
After the incense, he and Zhong Lao stood up, and they didn't stay too long, and when they left, they glanced back at Li Ergou and said, "Big nephew, you have to be careful, those people won't give up." ”
"Less nonsense, let's go!" Li Ergou was angry when he heard it, and said angrily.
For this Liu Yuntao, he doesn't like to see him at all, this guy weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting, and he definitely doesn't have a good heart.
Those people won't give up, will you Liu Yuntao and Zhong Lao will?
If this is the case, why bother to go to Wolong Village under the pretense of going to Wolong Village, obviously to worship grandpa, but secretly I don't know what ulterior things I want to do.
was slapped by Li Ergou one after another, and Liu Yuntao also felt a little embarrassed on his face, but with so many neighbors there, he didn't have much to say.
"Big nephew, then let's go first, you will mourn and change."
Liu Yuntao's face was smeared with a trace of ruthlessness, but he quickly covered it up with a smile, and then said with a smile on Li Er's dog skin.
After saying that, he didn't stay anymore, and went out of the yard with Zhong Lao, and it didn't take long for him to hear the sound of the car motor.
I thought that I didn't get any benefits from Li Ergou, so I went back to Yang City in a gloomy way.
Liu Yuntao's arrival was just a small episode.
When everyone dispersed in the evening, Li Ergou and the third uncle stood up from the ground.
To be honest, after kneeling on the ground for a day, Li Ergou and them were not easy, and even their knees were numb.
It's a little better for the fat man, he has always acted as his grandfather's junior, standing in front of the mourning hall, accompanying Li Ergou and them to guard the spirit, and he can walk around from time to time.
After dinner, Li Ergou, the third uncle, and the fat man returned to the mourning hall, intending to continue to keep a vigil for his grandfather.
As for Zhou Yun, Li Ergou persuaded her to go back to her room to rest, on the one hand, because he felt sorry for his mother.
On the other hand, it is because for some reason, Li Ergou always has a feeling of being faintly uneasy, and always feels that something bad will happen at night.
He was afraid that Zhou Yun would be frightened if he accompanied the vigil.
Next, until more than one o'clock in the night, there was no movement, Li Ergou thought he was thinking too much, and fell asleep against the door panel in a daze.
But for some reason, Li Ergou always kept having nightmares, first dreaming of the corpse king in the labyrinth, who was gnawing at his grandfather with his mouth open.
Then I dreamed that his grandmother came back, and without saying a word, she directly opened the turtle stele in the ancestral hall of the Liu family.
Li Ergou woke up suddenly, and then saw that a black cat was squatting on the lid of his grandfather's coffin, staring at Li Ergou with its two eyes that emitted green light.