As the sky gradually became hot, Xin'an Town also temporarily returned to its previous calm. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xuyang also stayed in the shop all day, sometimes learning Li Yongan to tie paper figures and other things, and sometimes he would go to read the "Funeral Man's Record", during this time, Li Xuyang rearranged the transcript again, and re-copied the handwriting that could be seen clearly.

But what we know about how to become a mourner, including the taboos of a mourner, is still only a small part.

At the beginning of July 2012, it was also the hottest day. Li Xuyang stretched his shoulders, revealing his strong muscles, and the unique beauty of a man was perfectly displayed on Li Xuyang's body.

Li Xuyang sat in the shop, and he also felt bored, so he wanted to go out to find Wang Hongzhi to go swimming in a puddle in the west of the village. As soon as he walked out of the door, he met Wang Hongzhi's grandfather, Wang Xiaokai.

"Grandpa Wang, where are you going?" asked Li Xuyang as he greeted Wang Xiaokai.

"Oh, it's Xuyang!" Wang Xiaokai is now over seventy years old, and his body has always been quite strong, and there is no disease. It's just that his wife went early, and this incident gave Wang Xiaokai a big blow.

"I'm going to my daughter's house, where are you going?" Wang Xiao said to Li Xuyang with a smile.

Wang Xiaokai has a son and a daughter, and his son is naturally Wang Hongzhi's father, Wang Tianhai. His daughter's name is Wang Mei, and she married to Xiaozhangbu Village near Xin'an Town decades ago. Come out of the house where Grandpa Wang lives now, and then go south through the road in front of Li Xuyang's shop, and you can reach Xiaozhangbu Village for almost five miles. Now almost every village is connected by a clay road, which is much easier to walk on than the original muddy road.

"Are you planning to go to Xiaozhangbu on foot?" Li Xuyang asked curiously when he saw that Wang Xiaokai did not ride a bicycle or a battery car or other means of transportation.

"Yes, the eldest son is still working outside, so he doesn't have time!" Wang Xiaokai also shook his head helplessly.

"What about Hongzhi, let him send you! or idle him all day. Li Xuyang asked puzzled.

"Although Hongzhi is from my Wang family, he is not my son after all, and he is now married to a wife. I didn't go to them because I was afraid of giving them trouble. Wang smiled and lowered his head, looking a little lonely and helpless.

"You think too much about Grandpa Wang, Hongzhi He has been very filial since he was a child, and he and I also grew up wearing a pair of pants. Let him send you, how can you call it trouble?"

"No, I'll go by myself!" Wang Xiaokai finished speaking and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Xuyang.

"No, Grandpa Wang's road is easy to walk now, and there are many cars. You are alone, how can I rest assured? If you go to Xiao Zhangbu, you will suffer from heat stroke. Li Xuyang's face was full of anxiety, and Wang Xiaokai was also a little stubborn, so the two of them were in a stalemate under the sun.

At this time, Li Yongan walked out of the shop, and after a brief understanding of the situation, he turned his head and said to Li Xuyang, "That's it! Son, you go and send your grandfather Wang to his daughter's house." ”

"Good. Li Xuyang did not refuse, and directly agreed.

"Grandpa Wang, you wait here, I'll go for a ride. Li Xuyang turned around and walked into the shop. And Wang Xiaokai wanted to excuse himself, but under Li Yongan's repeated persuasion, he had no choice but to accept it.

After a short time, Li Xuyang pushed the battery car out of the gate, and after Li Yongan helped Grandpa Wang to sit on the battery car, the battery car slowly went south under the driving of Li Xuyang. When Wang Xiaokai sat up, Li Yongan repeatedly told Li Xuyang to drive slowly, this road was a little bumpy in some places, don't fall Grandpa Wang. After Li Xuyang also agreed, Li Yongan let them leave.

Li Xuyang rode a battery car on the road, the weather was already hot, neither of them spoke, Li Xuyang felt a little embarrassed. Just when he wanted to find a topic, Li Xuyang remembered that Wang Hongzhi had told him about their family, so he asked.

"Grandpa Wang, do you know much about our family? Li Xuyang first asked a question, and then reminded him by the way, which means that what Li Xuyang wants to know is about the funeral people of their family.

Wang Xiaokai was silent behind Li Xuyang for a moment before replying, "I don't know much, it's just that when I was a child, I often played with your grandfather Li Zhaoqing, and often went to your house to listen to your grandfather's stories." I know everything from your grandfather's mouth, so I guess you should know who your grandfather is, right?"

"Well, I know. Li Xuyang replied.

"Your grandfather said that when he was young, he was still in Shanxi at that time. Wang Xiaokai seemed to recall the past, and his face was full of affection for the past.

Li Xuyang couldn't help but stop when he heard this, and asked, "Our family is in Shanxi?"

"Yes, that's right. Your family came here from Hongdong, Shanxi. Not only you, but many people, many surnames have moved here from Hongdong, Shanxi. Wang Xiaokai said after a pause and asked Li Xuyang, "Have you heard of the story under the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi?"

Li Xuyang restarted the battery car, and then shook his head. When Li Xuyang was a child, he didn't hear his grandfather or father mention it, and he didn't even mention anything about the previous things in the family.

"It seems that your father and your grandfather don't want their juniors to know these things!" Wang Xiao smiled. "Since they don't want you to know, then I won't say it, lest I break your rules. ”

What rules? Li Xuyang was very puzzled. Don't mention anything else for the time being, I don't even know about the things under the big locust tree in Hongdong, Shanxi, forget it, go home and ask my father!

After Li Xuyang finished thinking about it, he stopped talking, and the question he wanted to ask just now was also forgotten by this sudden story.

A few minutes later, the outline of Xiao Zhangbu Village gradually appeared in Li Xuyang's field of vision. Xiaozhangbu Village is not small, although it is not as small as Xin'an Town, but it has a population of more than 1,000 people.

"Grandpa Wang, where is your daughter's home?" Li Xuyang looked at the fact that he was about to enter Xiaozhangbu Village, in order not to continue to get hot under the sun, he first asked how to go out of Wang Mei's house, so as to avoid taking the wrong road and delaying time.

"Keep walking, until you reach the third intersection in front of you and go left, and then go straight again, and when you get to a big house with a red lantern in front of you, there are two stone lions in front of the door, and the gate is wood and the color is red. Wang Xiaokai said in detail.

Following the route that Wang Xiaokai said, after a while, sure enough, there was a house in front of him with a red gate, two large lanterns hanging above the door, and two stone lions more than one meter high in front of the door.

It's just that the big wooden red door is closed at this time, and I don't know if there is anyone in the house now. And it's noon, so it's supposed to be eating at home!

"Well, this is it. Just put me down and you'll be fine. Wang Xiaokai pointed to the house with two stone lions in front of him and said to Li Xuyang.

"Hmm. Li Xuyang nodded.

After Li Xuyang parked the battery car, Wang Xiaokai stepped down from the car, and then came to the big wooden red door and knocked on the iron ring under the copper beast on the door.

It was a long time before the door slowly opened. The one who opened the door was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy, who was still holding steamed buns in his hand, eating while looking at Wang Xiaokai and then shouting with a smile, "Grandpa, why are you here, come in." ”

"Yo, Xiaole has grown up and is sensible. Wang Xiaokai looked at the child in front of him, and said with a smile, and then touched Xiaole's head with a somewhat dry palm.

may have heard Xiaole's shout, and a man and two women walked away. The man was in his forties, looking old and capable, with a Chinese face, and when he saw Wang Xiaokai, he also said with a smile: "Dad, why don't you say anything when you come?" ”

Two women, one is also in her forties, this person Li Xuyang knows Wang Mei. The other girl, probably in her early twenties, was supposed to be their daughter.

"Dad, why did you come? My eldest brother didn't come?" Wang Mei looked at Wang Xiaokai, and then looked behind Wang Xiaokai, and when she didn't see Hongzhi's father, she asked.

"No, the boss is working outside, so he doesn't have time. He sent me here. Wang Xiaokai said and turned to look at Li Xuyang.

Li Xuyang also smiled at them and said hello.

Wang Mei looked at Li Xuyang, and then asked suspiciously, "Are you Yong'an's son?"

Li Xuyang was not too surprised that Wang Mei knew his father, they were originally from the same village, and besides, the two of them were about the same age, and it was normal to know Li Yongan. Besides, Li Xuyang often saw Wang Mei when he was young, but Li Xuyang has not been at home in the past few years, and Wang Mei also saw that Li Xuyang looked like Li Yongan, so she was not sure, but asked with doubts.

"Yes, auntie. "According to the generation, it is not an exaggeration for Li Xuyang to call Aunt Wang Mei.

"I haven't seen me grow so big in a few years, if I don't look like Yong'an, I really can't recognize it. Wang Mei said with a smile, then patted herself on the head and said, "Look at my memory, don't stand outside and come in, the air conditioner is on at home, and the house is cool." ”

After everyone heard this, they were about to go to the house, Wang Xiaokai was supported by Xiaole and his sister and walked inside, but Li Xuyang said, "I can't remember, I'll go back first, there's something going on." ”

"Don't, you sent my dad over, at least come in and drink saliva?" Wang Mei said to Li Xuyang.

"Nope. After Li Xuyang finished speaking, he left without staying too long, Li Xuyang now has to hurry up and go back, and then ask his father one thing, that is, about migrating from Shanxi to Hebei.

And when Li Xuyang had just walked far on the battery car, he heard Wang Mei say to his husband, "You go buy some fruit and come back!" Oh, yes. Where do you sell fruits, people die, it's not very lucky......."

Li Xuyang gradually drifted away, and Wang Mei's words were not heard clearly.