(1) Death of registration

As the saying goes: when people are gone, the tea is cold. It's easy to do when the tea is cold, and you can add some hot ones. The people have left, the building is empty, this is not easy to do! No! Easy to do! Isn't it good to be quiet, to be quiet?

After October 4, all the guests who came to Zhaozhuang left, especially the Xiang family from Shanghai, Zou Xiafei and them, and returned to Shanghai on the morning of the 3rd. Cheng Fengjiao only left on the fourth, and they also inspected and tried Liu Hongyan's company on the third. The couple were satisfied, and said that after they went back, they would slowly close the business in Huai'an and transfer the center to Leping.

The summer courtyard is quiet, some people like to be lively, and some people like to be quiet. Zhao Jinju likes to be quiet, during the day, Jiang Xiayu and his wife went out to work on their careers, and when they came back at night, they made love to themselves, where can they manage Zhao Jinju's loneliness. Zhao Jinju's life is too leisurely, and there is almost nothing to do. There are three old people in the summer courtyard: Zhang Yifu and Sun Erniang, they can't do anything! Take a walk every day, look at the flowers, and watch TV. Zhao Jinju began to walk out of the summer courtyard. One day she actually walked to Zhangjiaqiao Town.

Zhang Ping'an was in the office, and when he saw a woman outside the door, he hurriedly dropped the work in his hand and came out: "Aju, why are you here?" ”

This woman is Zhao Jinju. Zhao Jinju looked at the absence of anyone next to him and said, "Big brother! You don't have a class today, do you? ”

Zhang Ping'an said: "No, my classes are all over this week, and I only have classes on Mondays and Wednesdays." ”

Zhang Ping'an said and invited Zhao Jinju to sit in the office. "Why don't you go in and sit for a while?"

Zhao Jinju said: "No, I'm just idle and have nothing to do to go out for a walk." Did you know that today is Chung Yeung Festival (October 10)? Go back to Zhaozhuang in the evening to celebrate the festival for the old people! ”

"Okay, okay, clean up, let's go to Zhaozhuang together!" Zhang Ping'an said as he cleaned up the table. Then leave a note on the table of Wang Xinghe (Wang Xinghe also retreated to "Zhenming Middle School"): "Xinghe (as the teaching director), I will leave first, and I will call if I have something." "The payment is Zhang Ping'an.

From Zhangjiaqiao Town to Zhaozhuang is the main road, there are not many people on the road, but there are many cars, these two people talk while walking, as if they are two mouths, and they seem to be two strangers. said that they were close, but they were not close, and they said that they were separate, but they were talking to each other. To be on the safe side, try to get out of the way.

Zhao Jinju asked, "Big brother, when do you plan to retire?" ”

"I've already withdrawn. It will be a few years before the official retirement, but next year when Sangui comes back, I will stop doing it and let Sangui do a good job. ”

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't do anything, if you have the conditions, go out to travel, don't plant flowers at home, if you want, it's to accompany you."

"Big brother, look at what you said, the little sister's mind has already been revealed, do you still have any doubts?"

"No, not doubt, but absolute belief! But we didn't go through the formalities after all. It's not good-looking in the eyes of the elders, and it's indecent in front of the juniors! ”

"Big brother is right, I also mean this, why don't we go through the formalities!"

"Okay, okay, we'll go through the formalities tomorrow!"

(2) Jiang's mother returns to heaven

But when they arrived at Zhaozhuang, Liu Hongyan told Zhao Jinju: "Mom! The Jiang family's grandmother has passed away! The summer rain has passed, I'm waiting for you here! It turned out that Zhao Jinju was not used to carrying a mobile phone, so he left it at home. Jiang Xiayu couldn't find her mother, so she had to ask Hongyan to wait at home.

Zhao Jinju asked, "When did it happen?" ”

Liu Hongyan said: "I found it at three o'clock in the afternoon, and I don't know when it broke off!" ”

"Let's go, let's go and see!" Zhao Jinju didn't even enter the courtyard gate, so he took a car (a small van bought by Liu Hongyan) with Zhang Ping'an and Liu Hongyan to Zhangjiaqiao Zhenjiang's house. Jiang Xiayu had no experience in dealing with this matter, so he invited Zhou Tai here. Zhao Jinju saw Zhou Tai and hurriedly asked: "Brother, I'm relieved that you're here, I really don't know how to deal with this matter!" ”

As he spoke, he went into the room with Zhou Tai to take a look at Grandma Jiang's body, and he still shed a lot of tears. She is in the Jiang family, and Jiang's mother is okay with her. Especially after giving birth to Jiang Xiayu. Thinking of the benefits of Jiang's mother, how can there be no emotion.

Zhou Tai said: "Sister! People are dead, and it's no use crying. However, Jiang's mother died peacefully, did not suffer any crimes, and can be regarded as a blessed person. Let's see how we are buried! ”

Zhao Jinju wiped her tears and said: "According to the highest local specifications, the scenery and light burial, please undertake it!" ”

"Sister! It's enough to have your words. Zhou Tai is just waiting for this sentence!

Funerals are also called red and white ceremonies. It doesn't matter if it's red or white, as long as it's a happy event, it's lively. After Zhou Tai got the money, he first transferred people, made a few phone calls, and after a while, more than a dozen young students came. then arrange people to purchase firecrackers, fireworks, red and white paper, etc., and set off firecrackers to pierce the mourning hall; He also sent people to buy coffins and order shrouds; Then he sent someone to invite the gong and drum team, and finally arranged for someone to buy vegetables and make rice. It was all done in the town, and in less than two hours, the mourning hall was set up, the gong and singing were started, and the hot meals were ready.

Zhou Tai said to Zhao Jinju: "Sister! You eat and go back to rest, here to make trouble until eleven o'clock in the evening to end, firecrackers and gongs and drums, very noisy, tomorrow morning out of the funeral you come again! ”

Yes! Lively is lively, and people who love quiet can't stand it. Then go back, she and Liu Hongyan will go back to Zhaozhuang. Zhang Ping'an went back to school. Jiang Xiayu can't go, he is a grandson, he must guard the spirit, and he is wearing linen yarn and carrying a filial piety hat, and he is guarding the mourning hall. Anyone can go, but he can't go, who calls him surnamed Jiang?

On October 11, firecrackers rang out early in the morning, waking up those who were still asleep. This is true in both the city and the countryside. People are dead, you have to endure it, wake up and wake up, there are no people in the Jiang family, there is only one Jiang Xiayu, he is not afraid of shock, it was for the funeral, he didn't go to bed, he just took a nap in front of the coffin. From 11 p.m., no more singing or firecrackers can be set off. People want to sleep, ghosts also want to rest, and Grandma Jiang slept so well that she didn't even exhale. She slept in the coffin by herself, and no one could hear her breathing, and if anyone heard a sound in the coffin, it would be hell, there were no ghosts!

After dinner in the morning, the family sacrifice begins, and the so-called family sacrifice is the gift of relatives and friends, what kind of bed sheets and quilts are bought, and hung on the mourning hall. Then bow to the coffin three, accompanied of of course instrumental music, trumpets, firecrackers. Due to the small number of relatives and friends, the family sacrifice that was originally held last night was changed to this morning, and the family sacrifice ended at nine o'clock, and the "Eight Immortals" carried the coffin out of the mourning hall and went straight to the cemetery. Along the way, there are also gongs and drums accompanied by music, and firecrackers are fired in unison.

Zhao Jinju is a daughter-in-law, and she cried a few times in front of the villagers. Liu Hongyan only howled a few times, but he couldn't find any tears. But Jiang Xiayu still moved his true feelings, tears and snot flowed a lot, he was brought up by Grandma Jiang, and he had feelings for his grandmother.

The woman can go back to the house when she sends the coffin out, and Jiang Xiayu has been holding the spirit card, and she has to accompany the coffin to the cemetery, and then pick up the digging tools and dig the first shovel of soil for the cemetery before she can come back. The work of digging up the soil and burying the coffin was done by the eight people who carried the coffin (commonly known as the Eight Immortals).

The next day, the whole family: that is, Zhao Jinju, Jiang Xiayu, and Liu Hongyan, had to follow the road taken by yesterday's coffin to the cemetery to worship the new grave, and the band was more lively, Zhao Jinju said that he wanted to have a high standard, and Zhou Tai was arranged by the gong and drum band again, and in front of the new grave, there were gongs and drums and firecrackers, and it was crying, and it was lively for a while before returning to Jiang's house.

A red and white wedding event died down under the command of Zhou Tai. In the end, an account was calculated: 1. The coffin was 2,800 yuan; 2. 12,000 yuan for the cemetery; 3. For example, it is used to tie up the mourning hall, rent plain clothes and invite a band, etc., and Lu Qianwu is more than 100 yuan; Fourth, the money for food is the least, which is more than 3,500 yuan; 5. About 2,300 yuan for firecrackers and cigarettes. A total of about 30,000 yuan. It costs a little money to hold a funeral in the village, but there is not so much, and there is generally income (ceremony), which can offset the payment.

(3) Xia Yuyi's surname

Zhao Jinju felt very satisfied and said that she wanted to thank her cousin Zhou Tai. Zhou Tai said: "What are these words? No need to be thankful. There's something I need to remind my sister. There is no one in the Jiang family anymore, Jiang Xiayu has nothing to do with the Jiang family, so hurry up and change your surname. ”

Zhao Jinju said: "Brother! That's not big, is it? His grandmother has just entered the ground, and she doesn't look good! ”

"What grandma! You know in your heart that you can do it. "It means that you can live with the Jiang family.

With the help of Zhou Tai, Jiang Xiayu changed Jiang to Zhao from December 97, and his name was Zhao Xiayu.

Why don't you change your surname to Zhang? Zhao Jinju and Zhou Tai did research. First of all, the Zhao family has no male members, and from the perspective of the past, the Zhao family is the last child. Sun Yanzi's son-in-law who was thinking about her for a long time failed to materialize, and Zhao Jinju was still unknown, so quickly change Jiang Xiayu's surname to Zhao This is the key. The second is the Zhang family. The Zhang family has a queen, that is, Zhang Sangui, if Jiang Xiayu changes his surname to Zhang, it will bring trouble to the Zhang family. If the property is divided, it will be added to five by two, and Zhang Sangui will lose a lot, so he can't change his surname to Zhang. Finally, there is public opinion, Zhao Jinju is a mother, which is recognized by society, and Zhang Ping'an is a father, which is not very good! Zhao Jinju is a celebrity, and she has to consider her image. Don't look at Zhou Tai's low cultural level, but his social experience is still very rich. With such a change, Zhang Ping'an had nothing to say, and the Zhang family was not easy to say.