01020505050505's second sister-in-law is a very simple rural woman, and when she saw me and Xiaomi crying, she also shed tears: "The third child." You burn some paper with millet and put incense on the old man. "

I knelt in front of my father's posthumous photo, kowtowed three times, and couldn't get up after kowtowing. Tears fell to the ground and became wet. Knowing the news of my father's death, I have always felt that it is real and illusory, and I am unwilling to accept this reality, until now, I really see the posthumous photos of his hometown, which feels like a thousand needles in my heart.

Dad's life is not easy, and my mother left early. He grew up as a big man pulling the four of us to drag oil bottles, and now that we are all adults, he is gone. The village had proposed to him before. For the sake of us children not to be bullied by their stepmothers, he didn't agree. The scene that impressed me the most was. He sat on the dark and lightless threshold, looking at the moonlight outside, smoking an old dry cigarette in one puff, and his finger knuckles were thick and twisted like old trees because of his perennial farm work.

Whenever I look at him, whenever he looks meditative and melancholy.

His temperament influenced us juniors. All four children have a gloomy temperament, have ideas in their hearts, and are reluctant to communicate with outsiders.

He has had a hard life, and when I grew up, I rarely communicated with him, and I went out to study and work, and even if I occasionally went home to communicate with him, I became less and less communicative. For me, my hometown is more symbolic, it is a place of sustenance, there are not many of them, and I can't even think of it many times, but without it, I suddenly feel empty again, and I feel that the most important thing in my spirit has collapsed.

We burned the paper and put on the incense, and Luo Xiaomi hid in the arms of the second sister-in-law, whining and crying. The second sister-in-law hugged her tightly and sobbed and said, "Nier, it's okay, birth, old age, sickness and death are human nature, and our father died peacefully, this is a blessing." "

What surprised and moved me was that Xie Ling actually knelt in front of the posthumous photo in a proper manner, kowtowed three times, burned three incense sticks and inserted them in the incense burner. He took out a thousand wrapped dollars from his pocket and placed it on the table.

I hurriedly picked it up and stuffed it into his pocket, and he shook his head: "Luo Dao, if you dare to give me money, you will scold me, I will turn around and leave." "

Seeing that he simply refused, I had no choice but to give up. I thought to myself, I owe Xie Ling a great favor, and I will find a way to compensate for it in the future.

The three of us walked down the hall and out the back door. A simple funeral shed was built in the backyard, where Daddy's body was displayed. This is the rule in our hometown, the body is kept at home for three days, and then buried after three days. In the past, it was to find a feng shui cave and bury it directly, but now it is pulled to the funeral home for cremation and buried in the cemetery. No matter how the form changes, the rule of three days of corpse display has been passed down for hundreds of years.

In the mourning shed, in front of which is an offering table, with various offerings, separated by a floor of cloth curtains, and behind is the place where the corpses are displayed. Now that I'm back, why don't I have to pay homage to my father's remains?

We opened the curtain and went in, and there was not much space in the back, and there was a lonely bed, and my father was lying straight there in a black tunic with a yellow sheet on his body. This quilt sheet is also exquisite, depicting the pattern of becoming an immortal feather and driving a crane to the west, indicating that the past has passed away and gone to the Western world to enjoy happiness. Dad is indeed very peaceful, his eyes are closed as if he is asleep, the beard and hair on his face are taken care of, and he is in good spirits, looking as if he was alive.

Dad has been digging in the soil all his life, his mind is extremely heavy, there are things in his heart, sullen, unkempt, I have never seen him so energetic.

I knelt on the ground with a puff, millet knelt next to me, I was sad from it, crying breathlessly, regretting it to the extreme, I didn't know how to cherish the old man before his death, and now the deceased is gone, it's too late to say anything. It's really a son who wants to raise but doesn't wait.

After a good cry, Xie Ling patted me, and then helped Xiaomi up: "Mourn, people can't be resurrected after death." "

"Yo, the third child is back." The curtain was lifted, and a person walked in from the outside. When I saw it, I knew that it was our neighbor, called Leizi. His father is a well-known know-it-all in the village, he understands everything, he can intervene in everything, from the war between two to renting mobile land in the village, there is nothing he doesn't know. His father is in charge of all earthly things, and half of the heavenly things are in his father's hands. I've known this Leizi since I was a child, and his father has a virtue, so he is a big man, and he interjects when he says anything, so it seems that he understands.

I wiped my tears and was very upset. I don't like this person on the one hand, and on the other hand, it's now a private space for me and my sister to worship, and he rashly broke in, which makes people very uncomfortable.

"Brother Lei." I greeted politely.

He frowned and sighed: "I don't have enough place with the old man, our relationship between the two of us is closer than your own son." "

My lungs are blowing up, do you talk like that?

Seeing that I didn't speak, he continued: "Third child, how are you in the city?" Work is still smooth, right? "

Before I could answer, he looked at my sister and said directly: "It's Xiaomi, it's a big girl, don't say it, the eighteenth change of the female college, she looked like a bean sprout when she was a child, and now she has become a big beauty." "

It's okay to say this, but you can say it on an occasion, my father's bones are not cold, and he is still lying here, do you say these things are appropriate.

Xie Ling was in the back, and he didn't speak, and Lei Zi also thought he was a transparent person.

"Brother Lei, have you drunk too much? Let's go out and rest. I said.

Reiko walked up to my father's corpse and made a gesture that left me bloodied. He actually stretched out his hand, put the back of his hand against my father's cheek, and sighed: "I really don't want this old man." "

Millet was so angry that her face turned blue and she looked at me. I knew that at this time, the son was going to come out, but for some reason, I was timid for a while, and I felt that more things were better than less, so forget it.

Lei Zi said: "Third child, Xiaomi, you go back and discuss with Boss Luo, he is so rich and still dominates the fish pond in the village, he eats meat and always leaves some soup for us." The village chief saw that he was rich and wore a pair of pants with him, which was not good. We have rural rules, everyone earns money, hello, I'm good, everyone, right, make a fortune with kindness"

Xiaomi couldn't listen to it, and walked away.

The temperament of a good gentleman in my bones flares up again, and no one wants to offend, so I said softly: "Okay, I'll go back and talk to my eldest brother." "

"That's right, it's not good to make an accident, right? Or the third child reads a lot, and he is sensible, this person still has to read," he babbled and grinded. Xie Ling pulled my sleeve, I sighed, I can't say anything about driving Lei Zi out, I have to leave, he can't talk to the corpse.

Lei Zi sneered and went out with him. Many people in the backyard are busy, and the open space is full of gold and silver ingots, papier-mâché villa rockeries, boys and girls. A few pots and stoves were also built, and it was the day of the white business, and the guests were feasted here.

I can't help either, look left and right, there are no familiar people, looking at the spirit shed, I feel lonely.

Xie Ling walked closer and whispered, "Just now in the backyard, you didn't notice anything on the beams." "

I didn't have the heart to look at the beams, so I hurriedly asked what was going on. He pointed to it, and I looked up, only to find that at the top of the three-story building, there were several mirrors hanging on the roof ridge of the tiled eaves. These mirrors were tied to them with iron wire, and the frames were heavily rusted, and the mirrors were shattered and covered with a heavy ash. The mirror has been mixed with the eaves in one hue, and you can't see it if you don't look closely.

"What does that mean?" I asked in amazement.

"The mirror array is nothing more than feng shui. I don't understand it either, so I have to ask your big brother about this. Xie Ling said.

"I don't want to talk to him, he always scolds me." I say.

Xie Ling was very strict: "Luo Dao, you can't do this all the time, avoid the heavy and light, and always escape." This may be important, and it may not have anything to do with your father's death. Your family is now cursed, and you must unravel this ring, and you must not let go of any clues. "

We came to the front yard, Luo Dami had a cigarette in his ear and a stick in his mouth, talking to the guests, looking like an old fritter.

I stood by, not daring to interject, and the people who came were all heads and faces from the township, with their backs combed, T-shirts tucked into their pants, crocodile belts with keychains, and handbags under their armpits, all pointing at the country's style.

Finally, when Luo Dami finished talking, I stepped forward and hesitated and said, "Big brother, ask you something." "

"Huh?"

"What's the deal with those mirrors hanging on the eaves of the backyard?"

He looked at me: "Oh, it's okay, it's auspicious, what kind of feng shui mirror is that, it can keep the family safe." "Irony.

"Keep us safe, our dad is still gone?"

He frowned: "These things have nothing to do with you, hurry up and find your sister-in-law, ask her to help your friend clean up the room, you also go to take a bath and clean up, you have to be busy these days, don't drop the chain for me when the time comes." "

"Lei Zi came to me just now and said that he was contracting the fish pond." I say.

"You take care of him, if it weren't for his family and we are old neighbors, I would have cleaned him up. Lao Lei's family is a stinky scoundrel, his father is a lai, his mother is a broken shoe, and he still wants to grab food from me because of his virtue. Okay, the third child, you go quickly, I'm still busy with a bunch of things, and the affairs of the village have nothing to do with you. "

He ignored me and drove me away.

I looked at the bell and felt that I had lost face, but I didn't say anything until I did it, and I was thoughtful with my trouser pocket.

We found my sister-in-law and she led us to the third floor of the villa. Over the years, Luo Dami has really earned a lot, and the villa is completely European-style decoration and magnificent. There is nothing else in the whole villa, but there are many rooms, not to mention one person, even a dozen more than enough. My sister-in-law helped him arrange a room, right next to my room. What should my eldest brother say, it's still good to us buddies and brothers, and he keeps my and Xiaomi's rooms in the villa all the year round.

Jieling didn't have anything to settle down, put down the bag, and said to the sister-in-law: "Sister-in-law, I'll ask you about something." "

"Xiao Xie, you say." My sister-in-law likes to untie the bell, and she told me that your friend looks very down-to-earth.

"How the hell did the old man go?"