When noon arrived on this day, Hua Qiaoqiao called Su Su and went to the German concession together. found his godfather Chai Yongle and bought three Browning pistols as he wished. I also met with Brown, the director of the concession office. The guy was a master of money, and he took the check for five hundred dollars and said, "Hey, little girl, I still have a Mosin Nagant sniper rifle, three hundred rounds of ammunition, which will help you fight the Japanese ghost fingers, in this case, we will not look for both, what do you think?" ”

In fact, Chai Yongle had already communicated with Brown and knew that these guns were too expensive, but there was no way but to tell them about the characteristics and functions of this Mosin Nagant, hoping that they would seriously consider it.

Hua Qiaoqiao didn't think about it, because he had already heard Ding Si say that Mosin Nagant was powerful, so he then agreed to Brown's request. Brown picked it up, and he was still generous enough, so he directly sent a car to send them to Xicheng.

After returning home, Hua Qiaoqiao called the four of them to the tea room of the boxing room, tasted the tea for a while and said: "In four days, it will be my father's five or seven graves, my mother said, there are many relatives and friends who come, let me prepare well, and I will thank others when the time comes." I estimate that there are seven or eight tables of dishes, and I am worried about this? Whose hotel is it better to go to? ”

The second sister 'stood in the snow' and said: "Mother too, on such occasions, my heart is sour and painful, what kind of wine do you care?" Alas! I really don't understand. Sister, tell your mother about it, huh? ”

"That's not going to work! You forgot? There was such a mess in our boxing room that day, wasn't it all a loss? Take a look? Uncle Su of the Su family, Uncle Yang of the Caicai family, and Uncle Feng of the Wenwen family, aren't they all busy for three days and three nights? Plus those relatives of ours, which one is not serving at home? Let's just talk about our aunt, right? Are you still with your mother at home? You say, our sister-in-law is home alone, how tired must he be? The boss said so skillfully that tears were pouring into her eyes.

"Wait, all have to be served. Eldest sister, although the three of us are not surnamed Hua, we are closer than the surname Hua, what you tell is that the three of us promise to do everything well, and promise to let you and your mother rest assured. "The fourth 'jade-faced fox' Feng Wenwen is very good to Hua Qiaoqiao, so I was afraid that she would shed tears, so I quickly interjected to persuade her.

"That's right, the fox is right, although you and the second sister are busy, we will hand over the odds and ends to the three of us, and I promise that you will be satisfied. Don't worry, big sister? All you have to do is make a list of items and I'll make sure you get it done. "'Pimple Monk' Ling Susu can be said to have grown up with his sisters, and his feelings seem to be particularly deep.

"Okay, then I'll rest assured, I'll arrange it this way, right? Caicai, at three o'clock in the afternoon, you and I will go inside, thank you Uncle Chai, we have bought all the guns, the old man is busy enough. Besides, I want to meet all of you sisters with Uncle Chai, so that things can be done at that time. Well-the others went to buy a wine banquet with the second sister. Oh, Susu, are you in charge of contacting Osmanthus Building? On that day, let him raise eight tables of wine and food, and tell him that they should all drink Jingzhi wine, and we will all have this here. "After the flower is skillful, I called the 'Tai Sui of the Mountain' together separately and instructed him.

There is such an interest in this area, the old man in the family died, and he went to the grave on the day of 5735 to pay respects, and called the 57th grave. Those relatives and friends who are younger than him in the next life or younger than him have to go to kowtow and worship. They tied up the cupboards, cash trees, donkeys, mules, horses, etc., and went to the tombs to perform ceremonies and burned all the things they had brought with them. At this time, many men and women from several neighboring villages, especially those little daughters-in-law and old mothers, went to watch, and the scale was no less than the day of the funeral.

This memorial service is usually held at noon and lasts about an hour. Hua Dasheng's Wuqi Tomb is naturally the same, after the seven aunts, eight aunts and friends have arrived, the eldest son of the family has to wear linen and filial piety, and under the leadership of the old man of the family, he will go to the grave to clean up the scene in advance. It's said to clean up the scene, but it's just a walk-in. Hua Qiaoqiao's younger brother has no news, and the matter of going to the grave naturally falls on the boss Hua Qiaoqiao.

Hua Qiaoqiao put on all the hemp tablets, filial piety hats, and white-headed silk for her father's funeral, and followed the nearest third uncle to the grave, where there was a miasma, and there were several stacks of straw paper that had not been burned through, blown up by the wind, and half cut off and half floating in the air. The third uncle said: "Strange, it's really strange, why did you come to burn paper to pay tribute?" They are also strange, because there is a big sacrifice day and they don't come with it, what is the matter? Oh, that's a lot of burning? At least one meal of paper for each pile of ash. (Those straw-burning papers, stacked up a foot high for a meal), oh—is this four people here? ”

"Third uncle, four people? Who could that be? Hua Qiaoqiao looked at the straw paper dust, and looked around, but there was no movement, and her heart was sour, not only tears rained down. Daddy? Who came to see you? Can you tell me? I also thank others for their friendship after a good deed? Daddy, are you talking? Woo-woo——? She screamed for a long time, and cried very resentfully.

"Girl? You can't cry, and when the memorial begins, you cry harder, huh? Let's go, let's go back. The third uncle pulled her away with all his might.

The memorial service of the 57 grave began, and the things that relatives and friends tied up, some were carrying, carrying, carrying, and carrying; The men came first, the women followed, and the children and children were led by adults. They were all dressed in white robes, and the procession was half a mile long, which was truly a miserable and spectacular memorial army.

The form of the memorial service is lively, and after the brigade of people and horses stand in their positions according to the relationship between distant relatives and neighbors, the master of ceremonies of the white official must read the document, which is to tell the deceased, what relatives, what friends rolled or gave him something, etc. For example, nephew so-and-so: make a white horse for you and give 30 gold ingots; Another example is a niece who makes a cash cow for you, on which you can get gold and silver ingots, as long as you want to spend money, you can get it with a gentle shake.

When the master of ceremonies finished reading the paperwork, he began to burn all these 'valuable' things, and the mourners, men, women, and children began to cry. For a moment, it was a world of paper ashes, smoke billowing, and miserable howls. This kind of memorial is a simple introduction to the five or seven graves they say.

After the grave is finished, the women and children will be left to drink and eat. Of course, this kind of occasion is different from happy business, generally you are good and I am good, and it is hurried to talk about misery.

After Hua Qiaoqiao and Hua Xiaoxiao accompanied the guests, they went home with a few close sisters-in-law to support her mother Song Shuicai. Hua Qiaoqiao said: "Mother? When I went to clean the grave with the third uncle, I saw four piles of paper ashes of the boss, and the third uncle said that each pile of paper ashes burned at least one ton of paper, and he felt strange, and I also felt strange. That's it. If you don't have a memorial day together, why do you have to be alone? Mother? Who do you think that's that? ”

"Really? Also, how good are these people with us, why do they have to act on their own? Alas! Don't worry about it, huh? Eighty percent of your dad's old friends. They came, and they didn't get that good, and if they didn't pay tribute, they didn't want to go, so they had to do that, didn't they? "Song Shuicai is kind by nature, for fear that the girls will think too much about falling into their hearts.

"Oh, mother? Do you think that's the best of my brothers? I wondered how it seemed to be him. Judging from the footprints next to it, there is the pair of big sneakers he bought. Hua Qiaoqiao further reminded.

Well? Song Shuicai squeaked and stood up, and her whole face showed hope. "Huh? Do you look at those shoe prints? Then she shook her head again and said to herself, "There are many of the same things, maybe someone else?" There has been no news, isn't there still a few Ju Xiaobao? Alas! Isn't it, isn't it? It can be seen that Hua Qiaoqiao's mother is very painful.

"Hey, mother? What if it's my brother, how many of them? Why don't you have four piles of paper ashes? The second flower smiled and didn't say anything, and she was also thinking about this strangeness.

"No, no, ouch? Zhongkui is the only son, his father is five or seven graves, does he need to hide? But then again, apart from him, does he have something unspeakable? Isn't that right? What's so hard to say about him? Woo, woo, woo-" Song Shuicai finally couldn't help it, and hid her face and cried.

Hua Qiaoqiao saw that her mother was sad, so she quickly glanced at her sister, stood up and helped her mother into the inner room.

After appeasing her mother, Hua Qiaoqiao saw that the wall clock on the wall was almost two o'clock, and hurriedly smiled at Hua Xiao and said, "Sister, let's go, hurry up to the tea room in the boxing room, the three of them are waiting for us again?" ”

"Sister, are we going to move? I can't take it anymore? Hey, hey, hey. Hua Xiaoxiao stood up.