Chapter 53: The Night Before the Funeral
Jiang Yao fell asleep early in the morning and was not woken up until noon by the lively chatter of relatives who came to the table.
When I woke up, I was still only accompanied by my aunt Shao Xiaojing.
"Yaozi, are you better?"
"Auntie, do you know me?" Jiang Yao stretched out his right hand and rubbed his left arm, which was still sluggish.
"I heard what your second grandmother said, in the future, you have to keep a snack, you are the only one in the family, and your father is not in good health, don't keep worrying him."
"I ...... I know Auntie. ”
"I'm hungry, eat something." What Shao Xiaojing took out from the table next to her was the same as the food on the table outside, and it was still all pork stewed vermicelli. But the only difference is that Jiang Yao's bowl is full of fatty and lean meat slices.
Jiang Yao's mouth was full of bloody salty taste, and he picked up the cold water on the table and rinsed his mouth and ate it.
A truly hearty meal is not until noon on the third day of the funeral. The rule in this area is that the mortuary is three to five days after death. Longevity and disease-free stop for five days, and short-lived disasters for three days. Tomorrow afternoon, it will be the time for Shao Qingren to be buried.
It's okay to be someone else, Jiang Yao and Shao Qingren are close relatives, and they even secretly beat the half-stupid Shao Wujun.
After eating, Jiang Yao had to go to the spirit shed according to the rules, and the repetition was not much different from last night, it was nothing more than a group of people gossiping, talking and playing cards.
And this lively Shao family has never seen anyone. That is Shao Tiejun's daughter-in-law Zhang Guilan.
Shao Tiejun's family is not far from Jiang Yao's grandfather's house, although he has little contact, but after all, he posted a funeral post.
Until after dinner, Jiang Yao was about to enter the spirit shed. But I saw that on the second-story small building of a family not far from the street, there was a layer of floating golden light gradually overflowing, and this golden light was constantly transforming, transforming into an illusory golden Buddha statue. The Buddha statue sits cross-legged with his hands folded. It was on the roof for a minute or two.
Jiang Yao looked at the Buddha statue not far away, and inexplicably felt a spring breeze in his heart, and the whole person couldn't help but approach the Buddha statue. ran to the Buddha statue, and the Buddha statue disappeared, but it was in front of the supermarket of his uncle Shao Tiejun.
A few years ago, when Grandma Shao Pinghua was at the peak of her good deeds and accumulation of virtue, she heard someone mention it at a temple fair, saying that there was a big Buddha sitting in the courtyard of the Shao family. Although that person is not the eye of heaven, he is a pure-minded, kind and kind person. Only this kind of person can get a glimpse of this magnificent style.
"Yaozi, go back. Your grandmother's Buddha fate in the world was taken by your aunt. ”
Leng Buding's words made Jiang Yao look back, but saw Shao Shufen standing behind him.
"Buddha's fate?"
"Well, your grandma may really have encountered something, Shao Tiejun and Zhang Guilan don't know what method they used, but they should have nothing to do with Shaogong Wang."
"If only you knew where my grandmother was." Jiang Yao didn't want to ask about his grandmother's whereabouts in a wordy way, and said regretfully.
"Go back, take care of your grandfather's affairs first." Shao Shufen watched the Buddha's light dissipate and turned back.
"Do you know my grandfather's old books?" Jiang Yao, who was idle, finally remembered the lost old book, connected the matter together, and decided that it was taken by the big cat who jumped out of the window that day.
"Old books? I know your grandfather has a lot of books and a lot of old books, but what are they? ”
"Grandpa saw me on his deathbed just to give me an old book, but before I could read it, it was stolen by a tanuki."
"I've never heard about old books, but when the cat demon and Shaogong Wang are together, there is a chance to get them back."
The two went back together, but Jiang Yao turned around and went to his grandfather's study. He couldn't rest assured that his grandfather's house was full of books, and he would be ruined by Shaowujun in the future, so he wanted to put it away in advance and put it back in his house in the future.
Jiang Yao, who was alone, was proud before he opened the door, because he knew that in the entire township, the only family that could have such a large-scale store of books was the Shao family.
But when I pushed the door, I found that the three rows of antique bookshelves were all empty. It's the time for a funeral, and who has time to pack up some old books? Even if it is Shaogong Wang, he is not willing to steal it blatantly.
"Uncle, have you seen Grandpa's old book?" Jiang Yao was puzzled, and the drunken Shao Wujun pushed the door in with a wine bottle.
"No, I didn't see it."
"Uncle, don't drink, you're drunk." Jiang Yao reached out to grab the wine bottle, and the tall Shaowu army pushed Jiang Yao away.
"You don't care about me, I know you all look down on me, I drink mine, drink to death." Shao Wujun slumped against the wall, lifted the bottle and poured it into his mouth.
"You're not going to be a little bit of a good thing? This is your dad, you have to keep a good watch now, what's the use of hiding here and drinking? Jiang Yao looked at the mud in front of him, for fear of sticking to the wall.
"Yaozi, let me tell you, do you think I want to do this? Thanks to your grandma, it hurts me, I don't have to do anything, just listen and wait to eat and drink well, this day will pass, and this life will pass. Under the influence of alcohol, his face was red, his ears were red, and he waved his red white arms and spoke wildly.
It is said that drowning is like killing a child, but there is nothing wrong with the grandmother Shao Pinghua, who is already a bodhisattva, but the fault is that she loves too much; Even if there is a unicorn, it is difficult to defeat the bone dragon, and it is said that if you have no ability, you have no ability, and you also attribute all the fault to your relatives...... Jiang Yao didn't pay attention to this waste man anymore, and pushed the door out in disappointment.
But I happened to meet a middle-aged woman with a bloated figure and almost the same height as Shao Tiejun, talking to Shao Xiaoling with a sad face, and this person was Zhang Guilan.
The neighbor's legendary Zhang Guilan never leaves her body with medicine all the year round, and everyone is sick. But Zhang Guilan in front of Jiang Yao was extremely shrewd and full of spirit.
"Auntie." Jiang Yao bowed his head and said hello, and hurriedly returned to the spirit shed.