Chapter 15 The Fried Sunspot
My sister cried for a long time, and finally slept in the guest room in the backyard, and when I returned to my room, I saw my second aunt sitting in the quilt with Kuroko in her arms, and when she saw me coming, she waved at me.
"Come on the covers." Like my grandmother, she is always afraid that I will freeze and will warm my bed first.
I took off my coat and pants and climbed into the quilt, the second aunt hugged me, gently patted my back to coax me to sleep, I leaned on the arms of the second aunt, as if in the arms of the grandmother, instantly cured my insomnia during this time, and slept steadily.
When I woke up the next day, it was just me and Kuroko in bed, licking my cheeks with her pink tongue.
Today is the last day of the suspension, and it will also be the busiest day, and it is said in the countryside that cats will give death to corpses, so Kuroko must stay in the house.
The second aunt asked me to stay in the room too, saying that I didn't need my help with outside matters, so I played with Kuroko in the room after breakfast.
From time to time, I can still hear my mother's voice teaching my sister, and when I think about it carefully, I suddenly feel that it is a happy thing to grow up next to my grandmother.
In the evening, the second aunt told me that the time of my grandmother's burial was 1:13 in the morning, which was clearly written in the letter sent by my grandmother to the second aunt.
Therefore, although the second aunt doesn't understand why she has to do this, since it is written in her grandmother's letter, the second aunt must let everyone be buried at the time set by the grandmother.
"The burial at night is not good, it is unlucky." Grandpa was the first to object.
"What's unlucky, my sister is in her seventies, this is a happy funeral, what to do is auspicious, in short, listen to me, I will be buried at one o'clock in the morning." The second aunt is talking here, but she is saying the same thing.
Grandpa frowned, seeing that the second aunt looked determined to do this, he could only be relieved, turned around and said to the uncle who came to help in the village: "Then please help send the body to the town for a while, and I don't know if it can be burned immediately." ”
"Who said it was going to burn?" The second aunt interrupted Grandpa's words.
This time, not only was the grandfather stunned, but everyone present looked at the second aunt with a brush.
"My eldest sister doesn't want to be cremated, so she wants to be buried directly." The words of the second aunt once again made everyone stunned, and everyone looked at each other.
You know, burial is absolutely not allowed now, although there are a few old people in the village in the past few years who used burial, but it is also hidden from everyone.
Now, so many people are here, if it is really not cremated and buried directly, it will be a big deal if this matter is spread.
"Everyone is a folk, my old sister has also done a lot of things for the village, this matter, if everyone responds to me, then, I am willing to give everyone a "lucky bag".
The second aunt was prepared at first glance, and as soon as her words fell, the uncle in black immediately took out more than a dozen white money bags, the money bags were bulging, and the grandfather opened it and saw that there were two thousand yuan!
You must know that 2,000 yuan is the income of a family in the village for nearly three months, and when they saw this money, everyone was silent.
The second aunt coughed slightly: "Of course, the one who carries the coffin will give another 3,000, fortunately for everyone." ”
"It's not hard, it's unfortunate, I'm a strong young man, I'm just suitable for carrying the coffin, this job, even if it's me." The one who spoke was Zhao Kun, a well-known second son in the village.
He is in his thirties, and he eats and drinks every day, and today he also watched my family invite people from the village to dinner, and he came uninvited.
Now, being so active, it is naturally because the second aunt said that she would give another 3,000 to the person carrying the coffin, so he immediately stood up.
"Carrying the coffin was originally done by his son, and Ah Jing is his son-in-law, and they all say that a son-in-law is half a son, and Ah Jing must also carry it." Mother suddenly interjected.
Father pushed the frame of his glasses and smiled very gently.
The second aunt said lightly: "It's good to get together enough for four people, and the others can leave after taking the "Lucky Bag", and the coffin will stay." ”
The second aunt said that the meaning in the grandmother's letter was that she didn't want to make a big deal, and that she only needed the four people who carried the coffin to go with her family when the funeral was held.
However, the family only took me out and forbade me to go on her last ride.
I know grandma's intentions, the tomb is yin, she said, I had better never go to a place with heavy yin qi in the future, since this is grandma's special instructions, of course I will agree.
However, to the surprise of the second aunt, her mother not only went up the mountain by herself, but also took her sister with her, saying that she had always regretted it all these years.
I feel that she is indeed unworthy of being a child, and now she is also a mother, she knows that it is not easy to be a mother, so she wants to send her grandmother on her last journey.
The second aunt looked at her mother with some surprise for a while, and then there was a hint of relief in her eyes.
However, in my opinion, my mother's convulsive face was a little too unnatural, and the tears in the corners of her eyes seemed to have changed my mother's mind.
After the villagers left, we all stood around the living room in my grandmother's coffin, and my grandfather told my second aunt that the coffin was rented, and the second aunt directly said that money was not a problem, which made my grandfather's face show joy.
I stood on the edge of the coffin, looking at my grandmother's face that had turned gray, and tears couldn't help but fall down.
Everyone stayed in the living room until eleven o'clock, because they had to be buried on time at 1:13 in the morning, so the second aunt let everyone go.
My sister's face is not very good-looking, she lived in the backyard last night and had a cold, and the village doctor saw that she was suffering from a low-grade fever.
"Ahem, ahem." My sister pressed her chest with one hand, held her forehead with the other, turned her head and whispered to her mother: "Mom, I'm a little uncomfortable, can I not go?" ”
"No, you don't take this opportunity to behave well, so that your second aunt likes you, and you can't die with a low-grade fever." The mother glared at her sister and directly pushed her sister forward.
My sister's body stumbled a little, and I walked to the front yard helplessly, and I followed out, and I found that Zhao Kun was staring at my sister with a malicious gaze.
That kind of look was exactly the same as Zhao Long's eyes when he looked at Liu Xiuli, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, as if he was smiling.
I hurriedly blocked in front of my sister and glared at Zhao Kun fiercely, Zhao Kun was stunned for a moment, and then withdrew his gaze.
No matter how hard he is, he can't miss this opportunity to make money, so naturally he won't bother with me.
"Okay, let's go." The second aunt gave an order, and everyone walked towards the door of the house, and the uncle who followed the second aunt also went with him, so the sunspot was handed over to me.
My sister pressed her forehead and followed behind her mother step by step, I was distressed to see it, but the sunspot in her arms was exceptionally quiet.
Watching them go out of the door, I stood outside the door for a while before returning to the living room, I wanted to wait in the living room for the second aunt and them to come back, but the sunspot suddenly jumped out of my arms, and then ran towards the backyard with a puff of smoke.
"Kuroko, Kuroko!" I called its name and chased it to the backyard.
Not to mention, this backyard is really cool at night, and the wind is strong.
"Kuroko, come out quickly." I stood in front of the threshold of the backyard and shouted into the yard.
Under the eaves of the courtyard, the lights flickered on and off, because the sunspot itself was completely black, and now it seemed to be completely integrated into the night, and I couldn't find it at all.
"Meow, meow!" Kuroko's cry came from the guest room, a little faint, but I could hear it clearly.
"Kuroko, come out quickly." I shouted as I walked towards my room.
The door of the guest room is ajar, and it seems that the black baby is indeed inside, but when I was about to push the door of the guest room open completely, I saw the black child standing in the crack of the door and meowing, as if the body was blown up, and the body was arched.
I also learned later that this is when the cat is frightened and stimulated, and the bow is a manifestation of self-defense.
"Kuroko, what's wrong with you." I pushed the door open, the lamp in the guest room was still on, and there was nothing in the room.
"Let's go, this is my sister's room now." I picked up Kuroko.
As a result, Kuroko raised his claws and grabbed me fiercely without saying a word, and several blood marks immediately appeared on the back of my hand, and Kuroko also turned his head and ran towards the outside of the guest room.
"Huh?" I frowned as I looked at the bloodstains on my hands.
You know, it's not the first time I've hugged a sunspot, and under normal circumstances, it won't attack me.
I closed the door of the guest room with the back of my hand behind my hand, and when I walked to the living room, I found Kuroko lying on the wooden chair in the living room, as if she was asleep.
"Kuroko?" I called it, and it looked up, its bright eyes staring straight at me.
I cautiously reached out to gently stroke its head, but it stuck out its tongue to lick the wound on the back of my hand, and there was a look of guilt in its eyes.
Kuroko is an old cat who is almost ten years old, and grandma said that it is very human.
"It's okay, it doesn't hurt." As I spoke, I hugged Kuroko in my arms, but I couldn't help but glance in the direction of the backyard.
At about four o'clock, the second aunt and the others came back, all of them looked very tired, and the father helped the mother to sit down, and the mother's face was a little pale.
My sister was also coughing, and Zhao Kun was hugging my sister's thin waist.
"I'll help you." Seeing that Zhao Kun's hand was groping on his sister's body with some restlessness, he immediately put down the sunspot, walked in front of Zhao Kun, and reached out to help his sister.
Zhao Kun glanced at me a little displeased, and my sister thanked Zhao Kun, saying that Zhao Kun had worked hard to help her along the way.
Zhao Kun licked his lips and smirked at his sister, while the second aunt gave money to a few coffin bearers.
Zhao Kun took the money and stood in the living room, without any intention of leaving, and finally his grandfather coughed and reminded him that he left.