Chapter 2 Back to Fifteen
The headache was about to explode, Dang Qing didn't know where the light had taken her, but it was obviously not a good place, otherwise she wouldn't have had such a headache, and quietly waited for the pain to pass before opening her eyes and looking around.
The more you look at it, the more familiar it feels, the tattered thatched roof, the table with a missing leg is cushioned with a stone, there is a hanging portrait of Grandpa Mao on the wall, next to it is an army-green but whitened crossbody bag with a five-pointed star, and a military kettle that has been badly painted. No matter how you look at these things, they are the home when I lived with my grandfather, the place that was finally burned down and can only exist in memories.
Dang Qing still remembers that this house is where she and Grandpa Seven have lived for ten years, and in the end, because she insisted on giving the quota for the troops that Grandpa Seventh wanted to come with his old face to that brute, she died in a fit of anger, and the first seven of Grandpa Seven's house was not finished, and the house was destroyed by a fire, and her slightly wavering mind was completely settled, and she went to the Lin family with that brute and began her 55-year sad life.
I don't know what Lord Yama thinks, does everyone have to go to see the thing they regret the most in their hearts before reincarnation? How else would she have come here?
"Qing girl, come out quickly, why do you say that your father is going to be buried, you have to give it a ride, he has raised you for so many years, you can't have no conscience, don't forget how he died!"
A familiar voice came from outside the house, full of anger. Dang Qing's body trembled when she heard this voice, because this voice was really the last thing she wanted to hear, and every time she heard it, she wanted to kill herself.
Because the owner of the voice was the village chief Grandpa Du, who told his children and grandchildren until he died that she was not allowed to come to worship Dangqing, and he didn't forgive her until he died. It is also the old Red Army who fought against Japan with the seventh grandfather, and the comrades-in-arms who had to be demobilized and returned to the village because of an eye injury. If they hadn't been discharged from the army, the two old men would definitely be in a high position now!
How much Dang Qing hates herself, she is sorry for Grandpa Du, and how afraid Grandpa Du is, because every time she hears Grandpa Du's tone of hatred, she thinks of Grandpa Du's death.
The door creaked open and Dang Qing didn't know if this was in her memories or if it happened again, still lying on the bed and not moving.
"You said you were a girl, even if you hid and didn't send your father, would he still be alive? You really can't bear not to hold the spirit? Lao Qitou (Lao Qitou is the seventh grandfather, because the seventh grandfather ranks the seventh in the family, although his name is not difficult to hear Tang Qishun, but Du Guoan used to call him Lao Qishun in the army, and later returned to the village after demobilization, everyone followed suit, and the villagers changed to Lao Qitou when they got older. But I raised you for ten years! ”
Suddenly, I felt that the quilt on my body was lifted, and Grandpa Du's wrinkled face appeared in front of him.
Dang Qing still remembered that after Grandpa Du got angry this time, she yelled at Grandpa Du: "Grandpa didn't kill me, he didn't understand it himself, I just thought that Lin Ping could go to be a soldier and no longer need to farm, where was my mistake!" ”
At that time, he didn't admit his mistake in his death, and dared to accuse his grandfather with confidence, Grandpa Du was very disappointed, even if she knelt down and begged Grandpa Du to help her get out of the Lin family, he didn't help himself, and Grandpa Du said to her at that time:
"The road is your own choice, even if there is a cliff in front of you, you have to jump off me, or your grandfather died too unjustly? Aren't you protecting Lin Ping? Then protect it for a lifetime! ”
"I was wrong, I really knew I was wrong! Grandpa, I'm sorry for you! If I choose again, I will definitely not be afraid to endure hardships to become a soldier, really, as long as you don't die! ”
Dang Qing muttered, as if saying this could make up for his own mistakes. Tears couldn't stop flowing.
"If you could have understood, Lao Qi would not have been angry with you, how many times have I told you, Lin Ping's kid doesn't have you in his heart, coaxing you, why don't you listen to persuasion!"
What sounded in my ears was not the words of scolding myself in my memory, but the helpless sigh.
"Fortunately, I left a registration form, you fill it in again, Lin Ping's Zhang I didn't report it, and I tore it up when I turned around! You can't be confused anymore, otherwise I won't care about you anymore, and there will be a time when you regret it in the future! ”
"What!"
Dang Qing reacted at this time, he may not be in his memories, and grabbed Du Guoan (that is, Grandpa Du, Grandpa Du's real name is not Du Guoan, but Du Gouyu, the names of male babies in the countryside in that era were almost meaningless, and the children of poor families believed in relying on their names to make a living. Du Guoan was still changed by their chief when he was a guard in the army, saying that he hoped that the country would be prosperous and healthy as soon as possible, so he named it Guoan) The real touch of the palm of his hand made Dang Qing have to take what is happening seriously.
"Qing girl, let it go, you don't still want Lin Ping to be a soldier, right?"
Du Guoan asked suspiciously, just now I thought that this girl had figured it out, and it was not in vain that Lao Qi was still thinking about it before leaving, but it didn't look like that in her reaction.
"Grandpa Du, can I really go to the army? Won't it be snatched by Lin Ping? ”
The real touch also made Dang Qing realize that this matter was unusual, and he couldn't think about what was going on, even if it was a dream, he would destroy the quota that Lin Ping had defrauded from him, and if he didn't have this quota, he would have a bright future.
"This quota was originally asked by your lord to ask the old chief, how could Lin Ping snatch it, if you didn't want to change your name to Lin Ping, the seventh would be angry to death?"
Thinking of Lao Qi's death, Du Guoan was furious, if it weren't for Lao Qi's repeated requests before he died that he must take care of Dianqing girl, he really didn't want to see this girl who couldn't figure it out.
"Hurry up and go to see your master on the last ride, it's unlucky to miss the hour!"
Brushing away the hand that Dang Qing had been holding on to and not letting go, he turned around and went out the door.
Dang Qing didn't care about cleaning herself, anyway, she slept with her clothes, got up and followed, anyway, let her grandfather go to the ground for safety, it is estimated that she is back at this time, she did not send the spirit in her previous life, this time she will definitely have to send her grandfather on the last journey, otherwise she will not dare to face grandpa even if she goes to the underworld.
"I heard that it was the girl who made the old seven angry to death, why do you think this kid is so ignorant?"
"That's it, it's not a kiss, it's not a kiss, it's poisonous!"
"It's not, the Lin family kid has a heart at first glance, and he coaxes this girl around."
"Alas! It's just that the old seven heads are so pitiful, they are angry to death, the girl doesn't even guard her spirit, and her conscience is eaten by dogs! ”
Before I walked in front of the spirit of the seventh grandfather, I heard the discussion of the villagers, in the previous life, she had been hiding in the room, until the house caught fire before Lin Ping took to the Lin family, I didn't hear these discussions at all, it turned out that everyone knew that they were stupid, coaxed by Lin Ping's beast, only they thought that he was sincere and good to himself.
When she came to the spirit, she kowtowed three times, because the time for burial was approaching, she only kowtowed three times to the seventh grandfather, and was pulled up by Du Guoan, and asked her wife Chen to put on filial piety clothes for Dang Qing, and walked in front of the coffin with the spiritual seat to lead the way, because the local custom is that women cannot enter the cemetery, and all women have never held the spiritual seat into the cemetery. Dang Qing's behavior made the villagers talk a lot, saying that it was unlucky for the woman to enter the cemetery, and the villagers who had some good things stopped the team from advancing.
"Dog leftovers, we know that the old seven have no children, but are there any babies in the clan? Why do you have to let the girl hold the spirit? An old man on crutches said.
"Third uncle, it's a new society now, don't pay attention to superstition, male and female babies are the same, and the old seven heads have raised a sunny girl for so many years, so it is right to give him a spirit. Besides, although Lao Qitou settled in our Du clan when he entered the village, after all, his surname is Tang and not Du! ”
Du Guoan was also very helpless when he heard the third uncle call him a dog, and he also knew that there would definitely be people who would disagree with the local customs when a woman entered the cemetery, but Lao Qitou was so good to this child, if he didn't let the girl hold the spirit, he felt that he couldn't get over it in his heart.
"Then I don't care, the girl just can't enter the forest."
The old man doesn't care about superstition at all, although the government is very resistant to feudal superstition, but for people of the age of the third uncle, the rules of the ancestors cannot be broken. At this time, although it has not yet entered that crazy decade, it is a relatively remote mountain village after all, so the villagers also take these statements for granted.
The most important thing is that Tang Qishun is going to enter the Du family's cemetery this time, so the villagers are so opposed, this is also Dang Qing in her previous life in the villagers to learn that her grandfather was also embarrassed before entering the cemetery, but at that time, she was not her own spirit, and there were not many people who opposed it, so she didn't know what the specific situation was.
This one, although I know the reason, but the time of burial has been set, it is impossible to change the cemetery temporarily, or let the master enter the soil first, and then move the master's grave out when there is a chance in the future. After thinking about it, I have an idea.
The old people around expressed their disagreement, and Du Guoan had no choice, seeing that it was noon, and if he couldn't be buried, the person carrying the coffin couldn't stand it, after all, the emphasis here was that the coffin could not fall to the ground if it was not in the cemetery.
"Grandpa, I beg you, let me hold the spirit! I just woke up today, I was ignorant before, I didn't give my grandfather a vigil, I just wanted to send him on the last journey, my grandfather has no descendants, and I have always been treated as my own granddaughter, that is, my grandfather, don't let me hold the spirit I can't be at ease in this life! ”
After speaking, Dang Qing knelt down in a daze with the spiritual position, and kowtowed vigorously, although it was a dirt road, but this kind of deadly kowtowing method would ooze blood on the door of his head after a while.
The villagers, who had insisted on disagreeing before, also hesitated when they saw Dang Qing's appearance. After all, Lao Qitou entered the cemetery of the Du family, and the village chief didn't mind, and there was no need for them to be evildoers.