I cried for about 20 minutes at the door of the tombstone shop, the door of the store was closed, maybe it was because I cried for a longer time, Huqin's voice was a little hoarse, and Yu Qian was about the same.

I stepped forward and wanted to help the mother and daughter up, but Hu Qin stopped and said, "Since you are here to mourn, you must invite my cousin over no matter what, and comfort my mother-in-law's spirit in heaven." ”

Hearing her say this, I couldn't comfort her, so I stayed aside, and I kept thinking about why Ah Da didn't open the door, as far as etiquette is concerned, it should be no problem. What's more, according to the seniority, Huqin is a big cousin-in-law, and the cousin-in-law knelt down and begged her cousin to participate in her mother-in-law's funeral, no matter from which point of view, this etiquette is thoughtful enough.

Unconsciously, another ten minutes passed, Ah Da still did not open the door, Huqin mother and daughter have been kneeling there crying, many people in the surrounding houses have come out of the house, gathered around us, pointed at the door of the tombstone shop, and said everything, roughly meaning, Ah Da should open the door too much, and some people are accusing Ah Da of being afraid of spending money and not recognizing the identity of his mother's family.

I couldn't stand it anymore, so I walked to the door of the tombstone shop, knocked a few times, and said, "Ah Da, Huqin mother and daughter are from Hong Kong, and they don't understand the customs of our side. ”

There was a sigh from the tombstone shop, and then the door opened, and Ah Da stood at the door with a drunken face, nodded at me first, and didn't let Huqin mother and daughter get up, just looked at them quietly.

"Do you have a ...... for them?" I walked up to Ah Da and asked him suspiciously.

Before he finished speaking, Ah Da stopped and said lightly, "They know it in their hearts." ”

Since he said so, I can't say anything, after all, this is their family matter, and I am not easy to mix with as an outsider, so I stood by as a bystander and watched.

"Cousin, do I have anything to offend you, please make it clear!" Hu Qin knelt on the ground and cried.

"You cousin, I can't afford it! If you call this cousin when my aunt is alive, I may feel honored, but now, I am really ashamed. Ah Da took out a cigarette, lit it, and leaned against the door, his tone very light.

As soon as I heard it, Ah Da had an opinion on the Huqin family, but I didn't know which side I had an opinion.

"Cousin's words are a little wrong, since you are a good nephew of your mother-in-law, I naturally have to call my cousin, and I hope that my cousin will look at my mother-in-law's share, and go to her old man's house to put a pillar of incense, if you are worried about money, all your expenses, I will reimburse you for all your expenses." Hu Qin was stunned for a moment and said this.

"Huh!" General A's cigarette was still on the ground, and he said coldly: "Your family is so rich, why bother to come to me." With that, he prepared to close the door.

I was anxious to die watching from the sidelines, Hu Qin's words were kind, probably because she was worried that Ah Da was working in this tombstone shop, and the economic conditions were not good, so she said that she would reimburse the expenses.

Where did I know that Ah Da mistakenly thought that Huqin was showing off his wealth, and his heart was even more annoyed. It's no wonder that Ah Da is angry, the custom here is like this, as a mother's family can't come up with money to save face for the deceased, it will attract people to talk about it and be ridiculed.

"Wait!" Seeing that Ah Da was about to close the door of the store, Hu Qin stood up, grabbed Ah Da, knelt down, kowtowed to him, and cried: "Cousin, please go to the mother-in-law's mourning hall to put on a pillar of incense, so that the mother-in-law can go smoothly, please." ”

Hu Qin said as she asked Yu Qian to kowtow, about seventeen or eighteen.

Ah Da glanced at the two of them, and said in an unkind tone, "What did you do to Aunt when she was alive?" Now after my aunt died, I was afraid that she would trouble you, so I cried and came to me to hang my filial piety, why did you go earlier? If you are good to your aunt, don't say that you come to invite, even if you don't invite, my grandfather will go to the funeral as my mother's family. ”

After speaking, Ah Da shook off Huqin's hand and prepared to go in, as soon as I saw this situation, I couldn't help it anymore, grabbed Ah Da, and whispered: "If you have something to say, there is a problem with this funeral, if you don't go, the funeral will probably be more difficult." ”

Ah Da was silent for a while, glanced at me, as if doubting the truth of what I said, I nodded, and said: "If someone rushes to mourn, there will be problems with etiquette, and the reason for the deceased is probably not good." ”

"What other reasons are there for my aunt's death?" Ah Da was shocked and looked at me incredulously.

"No problem, no problem!" In order to invite Ah Da over, I also took great pains, I can only lie, if I let Ah Da know the reason for the deceased, let alone invite him to go, it is estimated that the mourning hall will be smashed by him, we have a saying in the funeral, I would rather pass the Hades Pass than invite the mother's house.

If the deceased died of natural causes, the mother's family may not make too much trouble, if it is an unnatural death, the anger of the mother's family can be imagined, not to mention the funeral, some grumpy mother's family will bury the deceased under the bed of the main family, and some people are even worse, directly put the body of the deceased on the bed of the main family, so that the main family and the corpse sleep for seven days to atone for their sins.

Speaking of which, some people must be wondering, since the mother's family is so difficult to handle, why do you still ask the mother's family to do it? Let me ask, if a funeral does not even come to the deceased's mother's family, is that called a funeral? You must know that there are three times of mourning, one is a family member, two cousins, and three family members, and none of these three can be mourned.

Hearing me say this, Ah Da glanced at me suspiciously, and said coldly: "Give Chen Baxian a face today, you kneel at the door until tomorrow morning, and I will go to incense tomorrow, as for the etiquette expenses that my mother's family should bear, I don't lack that money." If you don't want to, please get up and go now, I will buy a few wreaths to see my aunt on the day of the road, and I don't need to arrange a banquet. ”

After speaking, Ah Da ignored the reaction of Huqin's mother and daughter, pulled me into the tombstone shop, poured me a glass of beer, and said, "Have a drink with me!" ”

I had a drink with him, turned my head and glanced outside the door, Huqin mother and daughter kneeling there, seeing that the momentum was planning to kneel until tomorrow morning, I was a little curious why Ah Da did this, so I asked the doubts in my heart.

"Ai! You don't know, my aunt called me, she said that having a son is the same as not having a son, I thought that I could accompany my family to care for the elderly after I was old, watching my grandson grow up one by one, where did I know that her son sent her to a nursing home to care for the elderly, although the environmental conditions of the nursing home are good, but how can I accompany my relatives! Ah Da took a glass of wine and said slowly.

"That's why?" I asked.