As soon as I slapped it, the village chief was a little stunned, looked at me incredulously, and then scolded: "Nine boys, the deputy monster of Nima, dare to beat Lao Tzu." ”

Saying that, he grabbed me by the collar and wanted to lift me up, but he didn't have the strength, he raised his hand and was about to incite me, my father and Lao Wang walked over quickly, holding the hands of the village chief, Lao Wang scolded: "Zhu Yuanzhi, don't be ashamed of your face, you actually bully the younger ones at an age, do you still want to have a face?" ”

", one-eyed dragon, you opened your eyes paralyzedly and said nonsense, it was because he didn't have me, the village chief, in his eyes, and he instigated Lao Tzu to slap him, and Lao Tzu wanted to beat him. Made, when you say this, it makes sense to become a nine-man son. "The more the village chief talked, the more angry he became, he broke free from the arms of his father and Lao Wang, and rushed up to beat me.

I flashed to the left, dodged his outstretched hand, my face sank, and scolded: "Zhu Yuanzhi, today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, why do you make it clear to me, who has disgraced Aozi Village?" You and Liu Kai have those things, don't think I don't know, don't you just want to kick me out and let you raise the funeral expenses in Dongxing Town. You ask the villagers present, how many of them don't know Liu Kai's personality? As the head of a village, you are also a national cadre, and if you don't contribute to the country, why don't you unite with the villagers of Liu Kaikeng, let's talk about it, is there such a village head? I propose that next year's village chief vote to decide, whether they are migrant workers or family farmers, have the right to vote. ”

"I agree with Jiu Yanzi's proposal, I enjoy the treatment of a national cadre, but I don't do personnel, do you want this kind of village chief to do it?" Lao Wang said to the side.

"Jiu Yanzi's words are not unreasonable, the funeral costs in Dongxing Town have become higher and higher over the years, the red envelope used to be at most 24 yuan, but now it costs at least 50 yuan, and it depends on the face before accepting it. Last time my aunt died, I called Liu Kai to do the funeral, Made, originally planned to hold a funeral for 30,000 yuan, but it ended up spending more than 40,000 yuan, and the more than 10,000 TM gave red envelopes. "The person who spoke was a middle-aged man, some time ago he called me to go to the funeral, at that time I was doing a funeral in another village, so he called Liu Kai.

"When my aunt-in-law died last year, I also called Liu Kai to do the funeral, Made, which is called a funeral, it is simply a red envelope, as long as you move your hand, ask you for a red envelope, and leave without giving the red envelope! I didn't expect the village chief and Liu Kai to be..., I agree with Jiu Yanzi's opinion, the village chief of our village will be voted for next year, and outsiders can't let outsiders point to the backbone and scold our Aozi Village for having no conscience. Another villager said.

Immediately afterwards, many villagers stood up and accused Liu Kai, because the village chief had something to do with Liu Kai, and the villagers poured their anger on the village chief. This can't be helped, which family has never died, has never held a funeral, and used to hold a funeral for Liu Kai's gang of eight immortals, even if they suffered a little loss in money, everyone endured it and passed.

Now that there are one more people doing funerals, everyone has exploded the anger that is usually suppressed in their hearts, and the scene can be imagined.

"You... You... You... Unexpectedly, the villagers bullied me! The village chief stood at the door of the hall, stretched out his hand to me, and scolded in his mouth: "Jiu Yanzi, I remember you, don't have any handle in my hands in the future, Lao Tzu will not kill you, Lao Tzu will change his name and surname with your surname Chen." ”

I smiled wryly, turned around, and didn't say anything more to him. After all, today is the New Year, and it's not good to make too much trouble, it will break the villagers' lottery for next year, and if it continues, it will make the villagers disgusted.

Then, I took out a bag of the best Hibiscus King from my pocket and gave one to each of the villagers present, as for the village chief at the door, I ignored him, he stared at me viciously and did not speak. If it weren't for the need to offer to his ancestors during the New Year, he would have left with three animals.

A storm passed like this, and the villagers chatted for a while in the hall, if the people in the city are fighting for their father, then in the countryside they are fighting for their sons, whose son earned how much money last year, how capable the daughter-in-law is, these things are said on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, in order to show that their descendants have a future.

During this time, I didn't talk to my father because we didn't have anything to show off, and to be honest, I wanted to tell them about the strange things I had encountered, and then I would like to solve them, so as to show my ability and fight for my father.

However, did you say this auspiciousness on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve? What's more, in terms of profession, I am indeed inferior, this is something that goes deep into the bone marrow, not that the funeral is done well, and the coffin can be changed if it is carried steadily.

At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the elders of our village burned some yellow paper in the hall and said a lot of good things, which roughly means that the ancestors and ancestors bless the young and old people of our Aozi Village with peace, health, and prosperity in the new year.

Then, lighting the firecrackers was a kind of Chinese New Year's Eve meal in our village, and after the firecrackers were set off, the young man from earlier gave me a business card and asked me to call him when I was not working. I smiled and took it, and didn't say anything, what he thought in his heart I understood ruthlessly, just to show that he was good at mixing.

The villagers carried the three animals to their homes one after another, anxious to go home for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, my father and I were the last to leave, my father carried the three animals home, I followed him, my father has been calm all the way without speaking.

When I got home, my father put down the three animals and sat down on the table angrily, glanced at me, and said, "Nine sons, call your mother out, I have something important to announce." ”

Seeing my father's angry appearance, I didn't dare to touch his brow, so I went to my mother's room and led her to the table and sat down.

"Jiu Hanzi, go burn some yellow paper, set off a firecracker, let's start eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner!" When my father saw my mother coming, his face softened a little, but he still didn't have a good tone for me.

I hummed, did as my father had instructed, burned some yellow paper at the tablet of my ancestors, lit a firecracker, and sat down next to my mother, not daring to speak.

After being silent for about three minutes, my father spoke, he said: "Jiu Yanzi, don't carry the coffin from next year, those people are right, the job of carrying the coffin is done by Lao Wang at that age, you are young, you have hands and feet, what is not good, you have to do the coffin carrying this line, it is easy to recruit people, after the Lantern Festival, go to work in Yun Yanzi's shoe factory." ”

I was a little unconvinced and said: "I still owe Guo Fatzi's father 50,000 yuan, if I go to work in the factory, 800 a month, only 9,600 yuan a year, when will the 50,000 yuan be paid off, I will be a coffin bearer, I can earn one or two thousand after a funeral, and if I am lucky, I can earn several thousand, why should I go to work in a shoe factory, isn't this a loss of gold bricks to pick stones?" ”