With a "dang bang", the bowl in Zhou Guilan's hand fell to the ground and fell to pieces.

Zhou Guilan didn't realize it, and only stared at the young man who sent the letter with a pale face, "What's the matter?" You speak slowly. ”

Only then did he realize that his voice was shaking.

"Aunt Xu, there is a call from the other end of the camp to our commune, saying that your old mother has passed away, so let you and Uncle Xu hurry up."

When the young man saw Zhou Guilan's appearance, he knew that the old man couldn't stand the blow and was too sad, so he repeated it word by word.

Zhou Guilan's body shook twice, but fortunately she was supported by Xue Xiulin and Chen Chunling next to her.

"Mom, be careful, grandma is no longer here, you have to hold on."

Several daughters-in-law looked at their mother-in-law with worried faces and opened their mouths to persuade each other.

At the other end, Xu Chenghou was also shocked, and walked over to support Zhou Guilan.

"Don't cry, our mother has suffered a lot of sins over the years, she is bitter in her heart, and now she is relieved to leave."

Zhou Guilan didn't cry, but her expression was a little wooden, "That, is there still a car in the afternoon?" We have to hurry up, we can't delay. ”

When her mother died, Zhou Guilan had to go on her last ride.

Xu Chenghou didn't know if he had a car, so he only turned his head to look at Xu Shide.

"Yes, there is another train in the afternoon, the zero train from Quanyang to Pine Town, three o'clock."

Xu Shide is in Daying, and every time he comes to Donggang, he has to take a train, and he knows it best.

"It's just a little bit, and I'm still in a hurry, San'er, go and set up the car.

Construction, you catch the car, send you Uncle Xu, Aunt Xu, and your third brother to the station. ”

At that end, Zhao Dahai raised his wrist and saw that it was just a little past this time, so he hurriedly ordered his son to rush to the station to send people to the station.

Grandma died, this is a big deal, it can't be delayed, and the big guys can understand, so they got up one after another.

Yang Chunming and Zhao Jianshe hurriedly went to the livestock shed and took out the Xu family's horse and put it in the carriage.

Over there, Xu Chenghou discussed with his sons who would go.

"Dad, all six of us have to go, and the daughter-in-law and children are at home.

The children are small, and this occasion is not good. "Xu Shixian is the eldest son, he has to say this.

Xu Chenghou pondered it, the children in each family are not big, and besides, this is two generations apart, so there is no need to let the children go to this kind of occasion.

"Okay, then it's decided, old woman, go, go back and pack up, bring two changes of clothes, let's go quickly."

Zhou Guilan's mind was very chaotic at this time, and she couldn't think at all, Xu Chenghou said to do whatever she did.

So he followed Xu Chenghou back to his house, took out a few plain clothes from the closet, and put them in a pocket.

He took out some money from the cupboard and put it in his pocket.

On the other side, Yang Chunming, Han Limin and others also got up to say goodbye when they saw this.

"Shihiko, it happened suddenly, and we won't stay here for long.

Hurry up and go to the camp and take care of your parents a little more, they are both old and can't stand the toss. ”

Han Wenzhong came to Xu Shiyan and instructed him.

"Uncle Han, I'm really sorry, I wanted to invite everyone to have a good time."

Xu Shiyan let out a long sigh, to be honest, he really forgot about it.

"Ahem, do we still need to talk about this? None of the people who came today were outsiders, and no one would care.

Birth, old age, sickness and death, people's normal feelings, are all mourning, and in the past, they handled funerals for the elderly.

Let the old man be buried in the scenery, which is also your intention to be a younger generation. ”

Han Wenzhong patted Xu Shiyan on the shoulder, which was considered comforting.

In this way, Zhao Jianshe put on the carriage, pulled Xu Chenghou and his wife, as well as Xu Shixian's six brothers and sisters, and Wu Qiuyan's mother and son, and went straight to Songjianghe Railway Station.

Zhao Jianshe sent the person to return directly, and sent the car back to Xu Shiyan's house.

Xu Shiyan and others went to the station to buy tickets, and entered the station along the zero train at 3 o'clock in the afternoon.

The group got on the car, and swayed along the zero car for more than an hour, and finally arrived at the Xianren Bridge.

Get off the Xianren Bridge and walk to Daying, halfway Wu Qiuyan led her daughter back to the Hebei Brigade.

Zhou Anping's house is located in the middle of Daying Tunzi.

After crossing the small bridge and walking a few steps to the west, I saw a long string of "inverted paper" in front of Zhou's house from a distance.

The inverted paper is made of paper strips, and it is also made directly with burnt paper, and the age of the deceased can be seen from the length of the inverted paper, and it can be seen whether it is male or female from the placement.

Outside the door of Zhou Anping's house, there is an inverted paper on the right side, and an obituary on white paper is pasted on the left, and there is also a long red cloth written with white paint.

It states the name of the deceased, the age of the deceased, and so on.

Although Zhou Guilan felt uncomfortable, she gritted her teeth and endured it all the way, but when she saw such a scene at this time, she couldn't help it anymore.

Tears fell in a flash, and those who cried became tears.

Xu Chenghou helped Zhou Guilan to walk into the courtyard, and the younger generations of the Zhou family came out to greet him, "Second aunt, second brother-in-law, cousin." ”

When relatives meet in this situation, it is inevitable that they will be sad and cry.

Entering the courtyard, before coming to the spirit, Zhang Luo, who was in charge of the funeral, called Zhou Guilan and others over, pulled the filial piety cloth, Xu Chenghou and Zhou Guilan both wore linen and filial piety.

Xu Shixian and others are grandsons and granddaughters, and they only need to tie filial piety belts around their waists.

Zhou Guilan knelt in front of the spirit and wept bitterly, and the Xu Shiyan brothers also wept.

Although their grandmother has been crazy for many years, she is not bad to her grandson.

Every time I came to see her, the old lady smiled and gave them delicious food.

Now that the old man has passed away, everyone thinks of what happened to their grandmother in this life, and they can't help but feel sad and sad, and their tears fall uncontrollably.

The origin of the Zhou family is also in Kuandian Qingshangou, which belongs to the Jiang family's fort, not too far from the silver mine.

When Zhou Guilan's father Zhou Huaimin was still there, the Zhou family was very prosperous.

The family has a lot of land, as well as pots, weaving mills, raising livestock, carts, and hiring a lot of long-term workers to carry the work.

Zhou Huaimin has a good personality and makes friends with righteousness and wealth.

It doesn't matter if it's an official or a bandit's beard, they all have friendships.

For more than three years, the Kuandian area was occupied by devils, and the local beards actively responded to the call to revolt against Japan.

Among them, there is a team that has a deep friendship with Zhou Huaimin, and Zhou Huaimin often sends food and intelligence to this team.

As a result, he was discovered by the devil and took Zhou Huaimin away, and he has never been seen again, and he has not seen anyone alive or dead.

In those years, someone sent a message every once in a while, saying that they saw Zhou Huaimin's body in front of a certain mountain temple.

Otherwise, it will be said that Zhou Huaimin's head was cut off and hung on the city wall of the county seat.

Zhou Huaimin's wife Jiang is an uneducated and uneducated woman with small feet, her husband has an accident, and the latest daughter in the family is only three years old, what can she do?

It's just that he washes his face with tears all day long, and he didn't even protect his own little property, and he was embezzled by others.

The only thing Jiang can do is to hurry up and give the eldest daughter Zhang Luo a family affair and send the eldest daughter away.

Zhou Guizhi, the eldest daughter of the Zhou family, was married off at the age of fifteen, and later moved to Fusong.