The Seven Evils took the initiative to ask to stay and take care of Professor He's body, Tang Sancheng and Bai Yi went out, only to find that the villagers had already started to work, and as soon as they came out of the stilted building, they bumped into a villager, and it happened to be the one who delivered the herbs yesterday, Bai Yi hurriedly stepped forward: "This uncle, may I ask where the leader is?" “

"The leader has just gone down the mountain, and if you chase after him, it should be too late. The elderly villager pointed to the way down the mountain: "Oh, you can still see the shadow of a person." “

The two of them didn't care about thanking them, so they ran down the mountain quickly, the way down the mountain is a steep slope, if they run too fast, if they are not careful, they can roll down the mountain with a gurgling voice, and the two of them can't care about so much, they chase the leader directly, and when they are close, Bai Yi shouted: "Brother Fu!" “

Hearing this completely unfamiliar name, the leader stopped, turned his head, this face is seven or eight points similar to Fu Yu, but it looks very old, thirty years ago, Fu Yu was only sixteen years old, she had mentioned that her eldest brother was eight years older than her, so it is estimated that the leader should be fifty-four years old this year.

The leader had seen Bai Yi and Tang Sancheng, and in the face of these two outsiders, he was a little displeased, and his brows furrowed tightly: "What are you looking for me?" “

When Bai Yi came to Miao Village, this preparatory leader was not in Miao Village, but went out to study, so he did not see Bai Yi, and now it is worth thanking for this. （）

"Chief, Professor He has passed away." Bai Yi said succinctly, "We want to discuss with you how to deal with Professor He's afterlife, after all, he is your aunt's friend. “

There was no trace of surprise on the leader's face, as if Professor He's death was completely expected by him: "Where is Professor He's body?" “

"I'll take you there, it's in the stilted building where Fu Min lives," Seeing the leader carrying a backpack behind him, Bai Yi asked, "Does the leader have something to go down the mountain?" “

The leader was a little cold: "Originally, I went down the mountain to buy some medicine, but now it seems that it is not necessary." After speaking, the leader turned back and left the two behind, Tang Sancheng shook his head: "It's too cold, ordinary people will express a little sadness or regret when they hear that someone has passed away, why didn't he react at all." “

"Not necessarily. Bai Yi pointed to the basket on the leader's back: "If you don't care, how can the leader personally go down the mountain to buy medicine for the professor, in my opinion, he is very concerned about the professor, look at people, you can't just look at the surface, some people are not good at expressing themselves, but it doesn't mean that the heart is very cold." “

"Just like you?" Tang Sancheng grinned: "You are also a person who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside." “

"Get out of the way." Bai Yi rudely pushed Tang Sancheng away, chased behind the leader, the leader walked directly to his aunt's stilted building, and when he entered, he actually gave a salute first, which shows how much respect he has for Fu Min, Bai Yi and Tang Sancheng followed up, and walked until they walked to the room where Professor He died, the leader squatted down, his eyes suddenly reddened, and he muttered in his mouth: "Congratulations, Professor He." “

Tang Sancheng was shocked, seeing that Professor He was dead, he actually said "congratulations", it was very weird! When the leader stood up, he had returned to his usual appearance: "I know that there is a place where the professor can be buried in the ground, and the professor has said that his greatest wish in this life is to be with the person he loves, and he can't get his wish when he was alive, but now he can get what he wants." “

"Do you mean Fu Min, oh no, your aunt?"

The leader was surprised: "Who are you, the professor actually told you about this?" “

"Acquaintance is not divided into morning and evening, there is a natural relationship with the same interests, and it will be natural to say something straightforward. Bai Yi said: "The friendship between the leader and the professor seems to be unusual, and I think it is also because of this. “

It turned out that "congratulations" meant this, Tang Sancheng then understood, he was embarrassed to touch his head, because he wanted to be crooked, and thought that this leader was very cold-blooded and ruthless!

"When I was young, the professor came to Miao Village, he was knowledgeable, taught me a lot of unheard of knowledge, under his influence, my father even decided to let me go out to study, I dare not imagine, if it is not for the arrival of the professor, I will not be able to see the outside world in my life, the Miao Village was completely closed, it was he who broke this closure and changed my destiny." The leader stopped: "I'm sorry, I'm a little far away. “

No wonder, Bai Yi felt strange back then, Fu Yu's father was so open-minded and willing to let his children go out to learn Chinese, it turned out that he was influenced by Professor He.

"No, at least you let us know how great the professor is, and his courage to break through the shackles of your Miao village was a great thing at that time, probably like this, your aunt will fall in love with him without hesitation." Bai Yi asked, "How to deal with Professor He's funeral?" “

"I want to place the professor according to the funeral customs of our Miao people." The leader said, "You are also his friends, the professor has no children, and I hope you can give him a ride together." “

Tang Sancheng and Bai Yi looked at each other, the combined age of the two of them can be Professor He's grandfather, this leader actually let them be "filial sons and daughters"? The two of them secretly complained in their hearts, Tang Sancheng gave Bai Yi an elbow and asked in a low voice, "What should I do?" To say yes, or not to say yes? “

"We'll definitely give Professor He a ride." Bai Yi agreed with his mouth.

"Okay, I'll ask someone to prepare the coffin and filial piety, and ask the two of you to help too." The leader then asked, "I don't know what the names of the two are?" “

"My name is Tang Sancheng, this is called ......" Tang Sancheng's mouth was fast, and the answer immediately spit out from his mouth, Bai Yi interrupted Tang Sancheng's words: "My surname is Liu, Liu Feng." Lied, Bai Yi lied again, Tang Sancheng looked at him suspiciously, Bai Yi asked calmly, "I don't know what the leader's name is?" “

"My name is Fu Wu." Fu Wu said: "We Miao people divide mourning into two categories: normal death and unnatural death. Those who die at the end of their lives and in the prime of life are called normal deaths, and are buried in wooden coffins; Violent death, birth death, premature death, leprosy death, drowning death, hanging death, etc. are called unnatural deaths, and cremation or cremation followed by burial. In areas where there is a family cemetery, only those who die naturally can enter the public cemetery, and those who die unnaturally cannot enter the family cemetery for burial. “

"Then why is Professor He called that?" Tang Sancheng asked.

"The professor died without illness or pain, of course, he died a normal death, and like my aunt, he would be buried in a wooden coffin." Fu Wu said: "Please come to my house for a while, discuss the details of the funeral, and let's go." “

Fu Wu's home is the first household on the mountainside, compared with Fu Min's stilted building, the scale is slightly smaller, Fu Min's stilted building is larger than the leader's scale, which shows the importance of the coffin keeper's position in Miao Village.

As soon as he entered the door, Tang Sancheng saw a little girl squatting on the ground, burying something, and when he saw someone coming, he stood up vigilantly: "Abba, you're back." “

"Xiaoying, there are guests, you go out to play by yourself."

The girl named Xiaoying looks very handsome, but she is about thirteen years old, she is already very smart, and she also has the appearance of Fu Yu between her eyebrows, Bai Yi glanced at the place where Xiaoying was squatting just now, and she sighed in her heart, what Xiaoying buried just now should be a jar for raising Gu! He once saw Fu Yu buried the exact same jar, and the jar had a hundred insect diagrams, spiders, centipedes, etc., Bai Yi felt creepy when he saw it for the first time, because the ornaments on it were like they were alive, and when they touched it, it was like touching a living thing.

In this way, this little girl named Xiaoying is the current Gu girl, and sure enough, the Gu girl is passed down from generation to generation, first Fu Min, then Fu Yu, and now it is the turn of this girl named Xiaoying, that Xiaoying is very lively: "Abba, then I'll go and play with Brother!" “

(Education 123 Literature Network)