Since ancient times, after tea and dinner is the time for people to rest and chat, the pace of people living in the city is too fast, maybe many people do not have such time or habits, but in the countryside this tradition has been very complete continued, especially in the evening, when people like to visit the neighborhood after eating, chat to pass the time.

In a certain country village, several middle-aged women sat in the courtyard with chairs and were about to start chatting again, but something new seemed to have happened, and as soon as one of the fat women sat down, she hurriedly spoke.

"Did you hear that the hemp seed who lives in the east of the village died in an accident yesterday!"

"Huh? Who do you listen to? The rest of the women were immediately attracted by the shocking news.

The fat woman said: "My husband went to the city today to deliver pork to people, when he came back, he passed by the Jianshui Bridge, and found that there were many people gathered on it, he went to see that it was a white Toyota crashed into the bridge, and the bridge railing was broken, my husband thought at first that there was only a traffic accident, and when he saw that the people in the car were just pale and not injured, he was going to leave, and when he heard the people around him, he knew that it was not the white car that had the accident, but the driver who hit the person, and directly knocked the person into the river, The guy who got hit was a hemp seed! ”

Several women's faces changed when they heard the woman finish speaking, and one of the women said with some disbelief: "Eh, how could you directly hit someone into the river, the water bridge is so wide, is the person driving the car crazy, hit someone and continue to hit people into the river?" ”

The fat woman who said this grabbed a handful of melon seeds and said disapprerovingly: "Who knows, it may be drinking, you also know that there are so many drunk drivers now, as long as their men drink alcohol, they feel like the eldest and his second child." ”

Without dwelling on these things, another woman asked, "Has the man been saved?" ”

The fat woman pursed her lips and whispered, "Where are there still people, even if you hit it like this, the nine-life cat won't survive." ”

"You don't know, I heard my husband say that the rescue team fished out the person in the river for a long time, and the person was no longer humanoid after being fished up, the whole person's bones were broken, and after soaking in the water for so long, the head and limbs hung down like an octopus, and the whole eye was so wide that the boss's eyes bulged out, and the mouth was also open, and when he was fished out, his face was facing the bridge, and my husband was scared when he saw it, and he didn't blink to death!"

The other women were so frightened that their necks shrunk, and quickly stopped the women's interest in continuing to speak, and one of the thinner women frowned bitterly and said: "Don't say it, it's scary to hear, my husband went to play cards at night and came back in the middle of the night, I was alone at home at night, and I didn't dare to sleep at night when you described me like this." ”

The fat woman said disapprerovingly: "What are you afraid of, people who are dozens of years old are still so young, and when the funeral is held at the hemp family's house tomorrow, we still have to eat rotten meat and rice, and you can't be scared to death when the time comes!?" ”

"Phew, Phew, Phew!" The woman took a few sips and said angrily: "At that time, there were so many people that there was nothing to be afraid of, and I would not go to see his body." ”

Several of the women did not laugh at her, they were not very bold in the first place, but fortunately they were not alone at home and did not have to be afraid to sleep at night.

"Alas, but who knew that such an accident would happen, the hemp seed is considered a rich man in the township, his house is called a beautiful one, his children are also promising, and his grandchildren are so old, it is the time to enjoy Qingfu, how can it suddenly be...

The fat woman sarcastically said: "This is called life, this hemp is not a life of happiness, what is the use of having so much money, and in the end he died of a bad life, I think it must be that he did too many bad things in the past and was retributed." ”

Listening to the fat woman's words, the other women all looked at each other, in this sentence, everyone present can hear some jealousy, but they don't think so, in fact, everyone has some jealousy or envy in their hearts, every year they can see the luxury car in and out of the hemp family, everyone knows that his family has money, even the township chief is polite to him, who doesn't want to live like him.

As night fell, the women who had been idle also dispersed until five o'clock in the morning of the next day, when the sound of fireworks explosions and crackling firecrackers woke people from their sleep.

Fireworks in the early morning, except for the New Year, there is only one thing that will not hesitate to disturb all the sleeping people, risking the disapproval of people to do this, and when the sleeping people are awakened by the sound of fireworks, they will not scold, but are silent, because they know when they hear the sound of fireworks and firecrackers, this is someone's family to do a funeral!

On the east side of the village, outside a three-story villa, there were already many people standing in the courtyard, some people hid their faces and cried, some people whispered, a white ambulance was parked at the door, the sound of fireworks stopped, and there were bursts of mournful music, and six people carried a square transparent freezer from the back of the car to the villa hall.

In front of the hall, a white cloth and white paper were hung, and a white mourning flag had been hung in front of the door, a wreath had been placed, and a mourning platform in the hall was placed in the center of the door, and the mourning music had been sounding until the transparent freezer was placed behind the mourning platform, and a corpse in a shroud was lying there in the transparent freezer, his face was covered by a white cloth, and he could not see the expression on his face.

When the transparent freezer was placed, a group of people knelt in front of the hall and bowed, and the sound of fireworks outside continued to sound, and then mournful music began to play again.

There is a gray and white photo on the altar, in which an old man with sparse hair grins, as if there is something happy that makes him so happy, such a demeanor is in stark contrast to the men and women in front of the altar, some people in front of the stage are silent and bow their heads, some cry red eyes and have been sobbing until now, while some are disappreroving, there is no sadness in their eyes, and some even have mockery in their eyes.

After lighting the incense and candles, everyone began to bow down, and after listening to the steward recite some verses that they did not understand, most of them got up and retreated into the courtyard and began to chat, except for a few who knelt on the ground, weeping incessantly, and kneeling on the ground were all those with sorrow and tears in their eyes.

The sound of crying, chatting, mourning, fireworks, firecrackers, all kinds of sounds are mixed together, mixed together, making this originally deserted villa look particularly lively, the candlelight in front of the altar beats, the gray-white photo reflects the orange-red light, the orange-red light shines on the old man who was originally grinning, the old man's eyes seem to be dancing orange firelight, so that this bright smile becomes a little weird...