Back in the village, I went to Wang Shenxian's house. The Wang family is very lively, there are guests coming to the door every day, the door is pasted with the word blessing, the yard kills chickens and sheep, and it is a lively scene to celebrate the New Year.

Wang Shenxian, the old man, was full of energy, wearing a brand-new Tang costume, walking around the yard with a crutch, and enjoying everything.

Seeing that I was coming, he came over and pulled me: "Xiaotong, why don't you go to grandpa's house to see if you have any opinions on me since you came back for a few days." ”

"Grandpa Wang, look at what you said, what do I have of opinion on you?" I forced a smile.

"When you and Shi Sheng returned to the village, why did they come back separately, did the two of you have any conflicts?" Wang Shenxian asked.

I hurriedly smiled: "What contradiction can we have between the two brothers." ”

"Yo, Lao Feng, you're here." Wang Erdonkey stood at the door at some point, he was wearing a suit, and he looked like the groom's official, interrupting the conversation between me and Wang Shenxian and letting me into the house.

I went inside. There was a couplet hanging on the door, and a red lantern was tied under the eaves, and I was very happy, and I was quite envious. Our family is very deserted, and Lao Wang's family is a big family in the village, and the excitement of the New Year is really incomparable.

There were melon seeds and snacks on the table, as well as freshly burned green tea, and Wang Erdonkey asked me to sit down and put things over.

He exchanged a few pleasantries with me and asked me when I was home and how it was going. The two of us chatted a little absent-mindedly, revealing a sense of distance and politeness.

I was heartbroken and asked him if he was separated from Dongge, and if he continued to gamble?

Wang Erdonkey glared at me: "Don't talk nonsense, there are so many people in the family, there are many people, don't spread rumors for me!" ”

He immediately sighed: "Lao Feng, don't mention the past, we are still good brothers." You have achieved great things, and I support you. But don't ask what I'm busy with, okay? We'll still be good friends in the future, but we play our own games. ”

I said, "I heard that you went on a blind date with Meimei from the neighboring village. ”

Wang Erdonkey smiled indifferently: "Hehe, a rural girl, she is entangled when she sees me, and I won't marry." ”

His smile was really uncomfortable, and I said, "I heard that you gave people ......."

"Hmm." Wang Erdonkey stepped on the stool with one foot and lowered his head to pick peanuts: "This woman is a wave enough, take off her clothes when she sees me, what can I do." ”

I frowned: "Second donkey, I really don't like to hear you say this." If you are not satisfied, don't touch people. ”

"I said Lao Feng, it's not comfortable for you to come here for the New Year, right?" Wang Erdonkey spit out peanut skin: "I don't need your evaluation, when I play with women in the county, you don't know where to pee and play with mud." ”

He looked unhappy: "Okay, okay, seeing that the New Year is over, hurry home and pick it up." I don't have time to grind your teeth with you. ”

He issued an eviction order, I am not a dead-faced person, and I don't conspire with each other. As soon as I slapped the table and left, I turned my head to see their shrine, and suddenly my eyes were captivated.

The old Wang's house enshrines the old fairy of the smoke soul, and a shrine is set up in the living room all the year round, and the shrine is now in addition to the Guanyin statue, the incense burner, the ever-bright lamp, and these things, there is also a black altar that does not slip in autumn.

This jar is somewhat familiar and familiar. I remembered that Wang Erdonkey once subdued a little ghost, sealed it in the jar, and said that it would be refined. It's been so long and there hasn't been a follow-up, how did he take this jar home?

I pointed to the jar: "Isn't this the jar for sealing the little ghost, how did you bring it back?" ”

Wang Erdonkey's face suddenly changed and he looked at the door. I followed his gaze to see that Wang Shenxian walked in on crutches and didn't know when.

Wang Shenxian said: "Shi Sheng, when you come back from the county and hold such an altar, I feel that something is wrong." What's going on, you make it clear. Why does the little golden boy say that there is a little ghost inside? ”

"It's nothing, it's a little ghost that Aunt Chen has subdued, and it needs to be refined." Wang Erdonkey said. He looked at me and was furious: "Surnamed Feng, did you eat dung with your stinky mouth?!" Hurry up, you're not welcome in our house! ”

I have never suffered such humiliation, especially at the end of this jubilant year. I was stunned, looking at Wang Erdonkey, I felt very aggrieved, and tears rolled in my eyes.

Wang Shenxian copied the crutch and wanted to beat Wang Erdonkey: "Why are you this kid arrogant like this now, and there is no discipline!" After the New Year, you see how I clean you up! ”

Wang Shenxian said to me apologetically: "Little boy, don't be like this beast, there are things that are raised by a mother and not taught by a mother, wait for me to clean him up." ”

I sniffed and reluctantly said, "Grandpa Wang, I'm leaving." ”

Out of Lao Wang's house, the mood was gloomy and sullen. When I got home, I barely laughed, not wanting my grandfather to see it.

Soon on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the excitement outside the village is not to mention, the sound of firecrackers is constant, and it snows, which is quite a bit of an old year. My grandfather and I prepared a table of wine and food, made a lot of dishes for the hairball, and poured wine, didn't he say that I was stingy and didn't give wine to drink, this time let him drink enough.

My grandfather and I watched the gala and ate while eating, and the two of us were also laughing and laughing. In the early hours of the morning, after eating dumplings and drinking wine, my grandfather and I went back to the house to sleep.

When I was sleeping, my grandfather woke me up, I rubbed my eyes and asked what time it was, and my grandfather looked solemn: "Little boy, hurry up and get dressed, something big is happening in the village!" ”

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Your grandfather passed away last night." Grandpa said.

"What?!" I was taken aback, rolled over and sat up, and looked at my watch It was just after six o'clock in the morning. My head is buzzing, how do you say this, I just went to Lao Wang's house to see him, the old man is full of energy, and the appearance of laughing loudly with a crutch is still fresh in my memory, why do you just say you can leave?!

"How did he get there?" I asked.

Grandpa put on a big padded jacket, his expression was very serious, he shook his head and said that he didn't know, he told me that he would go to Lao Wang's house to help immediately, let me dress myself and have a hot meal, and then go over after eating.

I'm in the mood to eat, and my hands keep shaking when I'm dressed. Wang Shenxian, the old man, watched me grow up, usually took special care of me, treated me as a grandson, and every time he went to his house, he was entertained with delicious food and drink no matter what time it was.

I can't believe the news, and it's only the first day of the Lunar New Year, did the old man die on the night of thirty?

I hurriedly got dressed, came out of the house and went straight to Lao Wang's house.

When I arrived at his house, I saw that the word Fu at the door was gone, and the lanterns and couplets had been taken down. There is a mourning shed in the courtyard, and some villagers are helping, all of them with a look of concern.

Now after all, it is the New Year, and a person suddenly died, no one wants to get involved in this bad luck, but Wang Shenxian is the number one person in the village, more bullish than the village party secretary, he usually looks at things and helps these people in the village. People in the countryside attach great importance to feelings, especially red and white affairs, and they must rush to the front.

I entered the courtyard, the spirit shed has been set up a little, Wang Shenxian's eldest son is wearing a filial piety belt is ushering in the send-off, and the other sons and daughters-in-law are talking together, sighing constantly.

The village party secretary also has several prominent figures in the village, who are discussing the future with their family, and grandpa is also among them. Grandpa saw that I was coming, and asked me to put three sticks of incense on Grandpa Wang, burn paper and kowtow.

After I finished kowtowing, my grandfather told me that your grandfather Wang is in the coffin behind the mourning shed, and if you have the heart, you can go to see the remains, if you don't want to, forget it, don't force it.

Everyone in the village has a mentality that the person who has just breathed is not clean, and the corpse can not be looked at, which is reasonable, and no one can find fault with it.

I still went to the back of the spirit shed to see Wang Shenxian. There was a thin coffin there. Now that cremation is practiced, the coffin is what it means, and it is useless to send the body to the funeral home, just use a thin coffin.

The coffin was set up on two benches, and there was a person with a filial piety belt squatting and smoking, it was Wang Erdonkey.

I can't tell you a taste. Wang Erdonkey and his grandfather, the relationship between the two of them is enviable, needless to say, Wang Erdonkey was brought out by his grandfather since he was a child.

Wang Erdonkey squatted on the ground with a black face, smoking a cigarette one by one, with cigarette butts under his feet.

I walked over and said, "Er Donkey ......" After thinking about it, I changed my words: "Shisheng, you should mourn." ”

Wang Erdonkey raised his head.

I was startled, his face was almost black, pitch black as ink. He looked at me and lowered his head again: "Old Feng, it would be nice if there was a time machine in this world." ”

"How?" I asked. His brainless words stunned me.

"I can go back in time and do it all over again," he said, looking at the coffin, "I'd rather have nothing than grandpa." ”

I sighed and didn't speak.

Wang Erdonkey muttered to himself, and said in a hoarse voice: "Open the bow, there is no turning back arrow, you can only go all the way to the black." ”

He stood up, stomped the cigarette butt on the ground, and stumbled outside. I grabbed him: "Shi Sheng, do you have something on your mind?" ”

Wang Erdonkey turned his head to look at me, and the look in his eyes made me feel cold. He looked at me for a long time, sighed, broke free and walked out.

I was stunned, and at this time, Huang Xiaotian said in my mind: "Little golden boy, this friend of yours has a very heavy yin qi. I suggest that you open your yin eyes and take a good look at what is going on with him. ”