The yin and yang of the village are different from the outside world, and I watched him walk around, as if he was exploring something. After tossing for a while before resting, Yin Yang waved his big hand and shouted in a hanging voice, "White Table." ”

As soon as he finished calling, the Li family held a thick stack of white straw paper in both hands. Yin Yang used scissors to cut the pile of white paper into long strips, and then distributed them to everyone, "All the relatives of the old man take a little back, and seal all the doors and windows, so that the old man Li will not break in when he returns to his soul." This house, except for the bedroom, was also sealed. ”

The villagers invited by the Li family to help immediately picked up white paper and pasted it on the windows and doors, looking from a distance, as if they were preparing to be demolished. White crosses were played everywhere.

This custom is also common in the western part of the country, but there is nothing strange about it. It's just that the coffin in the peach house surprised me a little. Generally, when the elderly die, a new coffin will be used. It's the first time I've seen the old coffin.

Seeing my doubts, Li Nuoyi explained, "That coffin has been left in the Li family until now, and I can't tell how many years it has been. When an elder in the family died, they were all placed in the coffin. This can be regarded as the unique customs of the Li family. ”

Her eyes made contact with her grandfather's body in the coffin, and she couldn't help but want to cry again.

I gently patted her on the back and comforted, "Mourn, people can't be resurrected after death." ”

"Hmm." Her head rested on my chest and left, "Thank you." ”

"What is the relationship between you and me, I don't need to say thank you." I shrugged my shoulders.

"So, do you want to take your fiancé's position tonight?" She made a charming look with her red and swollen eyes.

I choked up and panicked and shirked, "Ah, this, haha, not very good." After all, your grandfather had just gone. ”

Li Nuoyi laughed out loud, with the charm of pear blossoms and rain, "Fool, lie to you." How can I feel that kind of mood now. Let's go, go burn some paper money for grandpa. To be honest, he didn't have a good life ahead of him. Even if you have money, you still farm sooner or later, and live a hard life in the past. ”

As he was talking, an aunt came over. She held two white linen cloths in her hands, "Ouch, niece Lai." This is your fiancé, right? Come, put the filial piety cloth on. ”

Speaking of the people since I entered the Li family, it seems that everyone is deliberately ignoring my existence. No one greeted me, no one mentioned me, as if I was just a cloud of air next to Li Noyi. At this time, I was really unaccustomed to being noticed.

"Thank you." Li Nuoyi winked at me, and she took the white cloth from the aunt's hand and gently tied it to my forehead. After carefully tidying up, he took a few steps back and looked at it, and then smiled with satisfaction. She looks exactly like a happy housewife who ties a tie for her husband who is about to go out to work.

There were a lot of eyes around us who were secretly watching our every move. I smiled quietly, and looked back at me meaningfully after watching her tie her filial piety. All the meanings are all laughed at and left unspoken.

I was smiling bitterly in my heart, when did the tacit understanding between myself and her have reached such a level. You barely have to speak to understand what the other person means? I didn't want to drag her into my dangerous life, but I didn't expect to turn around and find that she was already deep in the mud.

The two of us walked to the coffin and burned the paper money in an iron pot that had just been placed outside the peach house. The paper money, which was gradually engulfed by the flames, was gradually engulfed by the hot air, and the paper ashes flew into the air, flying towards the depths of the night.

"I always feel that we are out of place with the current atmosphere." I lowered my voice.

"You feel left out, don't you?" She asked rhetorically while burning paper money.

"It's not just a matter of being left out in the cold. It was your grandfather who died, but all the relatives seemed to treat you as an outsider. Everything about the funeral, no one ever greeted you. No one came to tell us about the process. "I do have a lot of complaints about this.

"It's good to get used to. These are the gestures of my good relatives. Li Nuoyi sneered, "Grandpa has a large number of fields in Liluo Village, all of which were purchased by my father for him. According to the previous agreement, after my grandfather's death, his land should be owned by me. But I'm afraid most of my relatives won't mention that agreement. I don't want to see me get that piece of land. Now my stake accounts for 51% of the company, and after I have my grandfather's land, the stake will skyrocket to 63, and my position will be more stable. ”

Her face was expressionless, and her tone became colder and colder, "For relatives, this is not a pleasant thing. I'm afraid they don't need to wait for Grandpa's bones to freeze, they're going to be in trouble. ”

The so-called relatives are probably the same thing. There is less snow and more charcoal, and more icing on the cake. Relatives of wealthy families, especially in the family business, struggle for power is no less than a palace war, and intrigue is a common thing. But to be like Li Nuoyi's relatives, I don't even bother to hide my superficial skills, and I can't really follow the fact that I can't do anything about my purpose.

I scratched my head, and was about to express some emotion, when Yin and Yang, who were not far away, hung his throat again, and shouted in a sharp voice like a eunuch, "The Li family gathers on my side, and now come to choose the tail girl." ”

The Li family, who were busy and not busy, were stunned for a while, and finally reluctantly walked around Yin and Yang. The faces of the older generation even show different degrees of fear.

Li Nuoyi was also surprised: "How can you choose a tail girl!" ”

"What's a tailmaiden?" I'm good to ask, I'm a person who has studied folklore, but I've never heard of it.

"The tailed girl is a taboo, and only when an elderly person in the village dies unnaturally will he choose a tailmaid from among his relatives. At the time of the funeral, the tail maiden should sit with the coffin and carry it to the burial place with the corpse. Li Nuoyi explained absentmindedly.

"Did your grandfather die unnaturally?" I frowned. We both saw the death of Mr. Li with our own eyes, although he was in a very high state of mind when he died, but no matter how you judge it, it also belongs to the category of natural death.

"Why do you choose a tail girl? The old man was all present when he fart, and it was normal for him to die. "Obviously, I'm not alone. Qi Li Nuoyi's third uncle shouted at Yin Yang in confusion, his expression was very excited, but more fearful.

What is he afraid of? I observed the expressions of the old and young of the Li family one by one, and found that most of the older generation showed fear.

Yin Yang said tepidly, "What happened in Liluo Village recently, everyone knows it, I won't explain much." ”

This sentence suddenly brought all voices of opposition and doubt to an abrupt end. Most of them fell silent, their faces cloudy, not knowing what they were thinking.

I squinted my eyes and my head kept analyzing the conversation. Something strange must have happened in the village recently, not only related to the death of Old Man Li, but also to make the people in the village panic. As for the curse of Li Nuoyi's body, it also happened recently, could it be related to something in the Yin and Yang Mouth?

Li Nuoyi seemed very nervous, she grabbed my hand tightly, and her palms were covered with cold sweat. It seems that many people know about this matter, but I don't know about it. I'll be sure to take the time to investigate tomorrow.

"If you have to choose a tail girl, then choose." The third uncle lowered his head in a gloomy manner, muttering something all the time.

The second aunt's eyes suddenly lit up, "It seems that the tail girl wants to be a young woman who is not married under her children, right?" It's a pity that I only have a son in my family. ”

"Yes, it's a pity, my daughter is already married. In fact, being a tail girl is still a very filial thing. Hearing the words of the second aunt, it was a group of people who did not meet the conditions and were relieved.

"It's too small to be sensible. I'm afraid it will make a mess of a good funeral ceremony. "When another group of people saw the situation, they immediately put aside the conditions.

Many people coaxed like this, talking and talking, and all looked at Li Nuoyi in unison.

"Among the granddaughters, it seems that only Noi is eligible." The third uncle looked at her without blinking, and his smug expression was overflowing.

Li Nuoyi's face changed, and he grabbed my hand tighter, "I'm already married." ”

She pointed at me, "Actually, Ah Ye and I registered in Canada before we came back, and we have done everything between husband and wife." I'm not pure, I'm already a wife! ”

She didn't blush, and her heart didn't beat to say this shameful lie.

"If you haven't had a wedding in your hometown, you can't be considered married." The third aunt waved her hand and said in an irresistible hateful tone, "The old man loves you the most, and you can't make some sacrifices when he dies." Today's young people are simply too immoral and conscienceless. ”

"Me!" No matter how clever Li Nuoyi's words were, he was choked up by her words. Filial piety comes first, and it is indeed difficult to justify being pressed down by relatives with righteousness. Especially if everyone is on the opposite side of you and intends to fix you.

"That's not good." Someone finally stood up and said a fair word, it was the son-in-law Wu Shengze, he touched the back of his head, and he still had that honest appearance, "Anyway, since the little niece is already married, and she herself is unwilling, don't make it difficult for others." Although my daughter is only six years old, she is still obedient, let her be a tail girl once, and do her filial piety. ”

This is reasonable, but it blocks all of Li Nuoyi's rejection space. If Wu Shengze's daughter is really made a tail girl, I am afraid that the people of the entire Liluo Village will use saliva and gossip behind their backs to say that Li Nuoyi has no way to be a person. In a place where shares have always been linked to the land, losing the support of local farmers is equivalent to losing a share of the company.

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