Chapter 18: The Coffin Shop
Half an hour later!
In a mud house in Wangjiatun!
Wang Zaiwu was sitting on the kang, eating dumplings with red eyes and expressionless face, mechanically, one after another, as if turning grief into food.
And Wang Dajun sat opposite and smoked inferior cigarettes, silently watching all this, and did not open his mouth to persuade.
Only a middle-aged woman with a face full of vicissitudes stood beside her, chattering with a distressed face.
"Oops...... Eat slowly...... Don't choke...... Drink the soup and press the ......"
"Alas! I've suffered a lot over the years, right? β
Wang Dajun was silent for a long time, sighed and asked.
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Wang Zaiwu finished eating the last dumpling, puffed out his cheeks, looked at Wang Dajun and shook his head.
"I know it even if I don't say it! Otherwise, you won't go home for a few years and won't even send a message home. β
Wang Dajun took a puff of his cigarette and said in a low voice.
"I've been abroad for the past few years, and I haven't had the opportunity to send a letter to my family."
Wang Zaiwu hesitated, put the chopsticks down, and explained in a hoarse voice.
He didn't plan to tell his family about his unjust imprisonment.
"Abroad?"
Wang Dajun was stunned for a moment, and then asked.
"Aren't you in Shendu as an advertising agency?"
"I only went abroad after going bankrupt."
Wang Zaiwu said θΏοΈ a word, and then asked with concern.
"Are you and the second lady okay?"
"Okay! But you've lost a lot of weight, so the food in this foreign country must be unappetizing, right? β
The second lady said with an urgent expression.
The joy and distress on his face could not be hidden.
"It's okay Erniang!"
Wang Zaiwu turned his head sideways and smiled at the second lady, but the smile was a little sad and bitter.
"Go, go, go, bring a plate of dumplings to the load."
Wang Dajun snuffed out the cigarette butt that had not left a little bit of cigarette, and then waved his hand.
"This ...... This...... There is no white face at home. β
The second lady stood in place with a look of embarrassment.
"Then go buy it!"
Wang Dajun glared at the second lady dissatisfied, and then naturally picked up the stuffing that Wang Zaiwu accidentally dropped when he was eating dumplings just now, put it in his mouth and ate it.
"This ...... There are no dumpling fillings anymore. β
The second lady said with an embarrassed face, and then said to Wang Zaiwu.
"Haven't you eaten yet? Then I'll give you a whole bowl of soup. β
looked at Wang Dajun's "picking up food" behavior and talked to the second aunt.
Wang Zaiwu felt very uncomfortable and guilty, so he shook his head and said to the second aunt.
"No need Erniang, I'm full."
As he spoke, he took out 20,000 yuan from his pocket and handed it to the second aunt and said.
"Erniang, you take the 20,000 yuan first. I won't leave when I come back this time, and I will slowly honor you and the second master in the future. β
"So much! No way...... It's not easy for you to make money, and you need money to marry a daughter-in-law in the future, so you should keep it for yourself. β
The second lady glanced at Wang Dajun, then waved her hand and said.
"Don't worry! I have made some money abroad over the years, and this is only a small part, so you can rest assured that you will take the flowers, and I will not give you any more. β
Wang Zaiwu directly stuffed the money into the hands of the second lady.
20,000 is basically Wang Zaiwu's entire net worth.
In order to make the second lady take the money with peace of mind, he could only tell a lie, and he was like "returning home", not bad for money.
"This ......"
The second lady looked at Wang Dajun at a loss.
"Give it to you, and you can take it."
Wang Dajun directly clapped the board, and then picked up a low-quality cigarette and planned to light it.
Seeing this, Wang Zaiwu hurriedly snatched the cigarette, and then took out two large front doors, known as Little China, from the bag placed on the kang, and put them on the table and said.
"The second master is here to smoke this, don't smoke this inferior cigarette in the future, it's not good for your health."
"You have a heart."
Wang Dajun smiled with relief, picked up a cigarette and opened it, took out a packet and smoked it.
"I also bought some gifts and a few clothes for you and the second lady, try it when the time comes."
Wang Zaiwu's sadness eased a little, and he raised his head and swept around the room and asked.
"Where's my brother? Why don't you see him? β
When Wang Dajun heard this, he smoked and scolded.
"Dead! It's just that I never gave birth to this king and calf thing. β
"Ahh
Wang Zaiwu looked at Wang Dajun with a stunned expression.
"What a good home, what has he become of failure. They all grew up eating the same rice, why can't he be like you? Wang Ba calf, sad thing. How did I give birth to such a thing, I knew I would have thrown him at the wall in the first place. β
Wang Dajun said with a sad face.
"No, what's wrong with my brother?"
Wang Zaiwu asked urgently.
The brother that Wang Zaiwu said in his mouth is Wang Shoujing's cousin.
Because he grew up in the second uncle's house since he was a child, his relationship with Wang Shoujing is no different from that of his own brother.
"I went to jail, and I was sentenced to five and a half years for wounding someone with a gun."
The second lady wiped her tears and interjected, and then added.
"The little money in the family has also been posted to fight a lawsuit for him."
"Ahh When did this happen? Didn't he work in the mines? Why do you hurt people with guns? β
Wang Zaiwu asked with a look of surprise.
"Something whose heart is higher than the sky, it would be better if he stayed in the mine and dug coal. But this calf is restless, thinking about making a lot of money, and runs to talk to the coal boss and learn to shovel things, and this will not happen. β
"The boss was kind and righteous at that time to help pay for the lawsuit, but then he didn't know how to sell the mine and ran away, and he harmed his family."
Wang Dajun looks like he hates iron but not steel.
And the coal boss with Wang Tiegu was forced into desperation by Wei Wuxian, one of the four ghosts of the Green Forest, and sold the mine to the people of He Hetu.
But these kings don't know.
"When did this happen?"
"More than three years ago!"
"Alas! Not to mention this annoying thing, I don't think I ever gave birth to this son. β
"This ...... All right! Then the second uncle, can you tell me about grandpa? Isn't he physically tough? Why do people say it's gone? β
"When a person is old, he drinks a little wine, and he falls and has a stroke......"
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Time slows, three days later!
In the past three days, Wang Zaiwu had eaten and had a full meal, so he ran to his grandfather's grave to chat with him.
In order to make up for filial piety and self-blame and guilt in his heart, he also erected a stone monument for his grandfather, and also went to the grave of his father and mother.
And the news of the old patriarch's grandson Wang Zaiwu's "return to his hometown" from abroad was also spread by the second aunt's small mouth, which was known to the whole tun.
Later, the more it was rumored, the more evil it became, and the whole king became a millionaire to marry a wife and have children abroad.
In this regard, Wang Zaiwu could only sigh with emotion in his heart.
"It's a big deal."
After all, the countryside looks at the high and not the low, the rich and not the poor, you have money and others respect you for three points, and even with chickens and dogs, you can ascend to heaven.
So Wang Zaiwu didn't plan to stand up and clarify anything, after all, the smiles on the faces of the second uncle and the second aunt couldn't be hidden in the past three days.
There are also people who are so swishy as the second uncle, they are willing to take out the big front door and send them out, and everyone has to praise him.
How could Wang Zaiwu bear to tear down his platform?
In fact, Wang Zaiwu knows that the reason why the second uncle and the second aunt are so angry with themselves is nothing more than to take off the names of "unfilial piety" and "white-eyed wolf" on their heads.
After all, when my grandfather died, as my own grandson, I couldn't go home to wear linen and filial piety, and there were a lot of rumors in Tunli.
So the second uncle and the second aunt did this to tell those people.
He is not unfilial, a white-eyed wolf, but he went abroad and didn't know that his grandfather died, so he didn't come back to wear filial piety.
In the past three days, the second uncle and the second aunt have been very happy, but they have suffered from Wang Zaiwu.
When you go to the village snack shop to buy something, you have to make a rich man's style, and you can buy expensive ones without change.
Occasionally, I have to give two packs of cigarettes that match my identity to the uncles in the village, and the money is called running water.
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"I'll go, this money is spent faster than going to the grave, there are more than eight hundred left, how can this be done? I'm scared! β
Wang Zaiwu hid in the room and counted all the net worth he had obtained by cheating, with a melancholy face.
"It's not a way to sit and eat, you have to do something to do."
Wang Zaiwu put all his net worth in his pocket and muttered.
"No matter, let's go to the grandfather first."
immediately took the pig's head meat specially bought by the second aunt and went out.
Fifteen minutes later!
Wang Zaiwu came to the outside of a mud house at the head of the village, and a pair of couplets were hung on tattered wooden boards on both sides of the door.
Come early, come late, come sooner or later!
First come, first come, first served, all in!
Horizontal batch: coffin shop.
This is Wang Naigong's house, and the reason why Wang Zaiwu came here is because his grandfather left his last words for his brother Wang Naigong before he "died".
"Crunch!"
Wang Zaiwu directly pushed open the gate and walked into the courtyard, and then shouted with his neck high.
"Is Grandpa here?"
"Who?"
Wang Naigong's rough mine voice came from inside the house.
"I, O load! Come and see if you're old. β
Saying that, Wang Zaiwu walked over, pushed the door and walked into the house.
This one is in the house!
There were several coffins and some wood inside, and it was quite scary.
Wang Zaiwu had long been accustomed to this, so he came to the side room and lifted the curtain of the big flower door and walked in.
At this time, Wang Naicheng was sitting cross-legged on the pit drinking wine, and there were some peanuts scattered on the table, and there were no other snacks and dishes.
"Grandpa is drinking!"
Wang Zaiwu licked his face and smiled, then took out the still hot pig's head meat from his arms, and sat up with a courteous face in small steps.
Then he put the pig's head meat on the table, bared his teeth and said.
"Your old favorite, it's still hot to taste."
"There is no one in front of the old bed, and after death, the coffin is surrounded by a group; No one cares about the firewood and rice when they are alive, and who will the mountain treasure belong to after death; There is no filial piety in life and sadness after death, but it only covers the hearts of outsiders. β
Wang Naigong took a sip of wine, and slipped through his mouth if he pointed out.
Wang Zaiwu knew that he was scolding himself for being unfilial, so he smiled helplessly, and didn't intend to explain anything, but just said something.
"I'm afraid you've guessed it when I'm here, right?"
"That slap was for your grandfather."
Wang Naigong nodded, unceremoniously grabbed a piece of pig's head meat and ate it.
There is no consciousness of eating people with soft mouths and short hands.
"What else?"
Wang Zaiwu asked.
"Have you really been abroad all these years?"
Wang Naigong asked rhetorically with a mouth full of oil, then took a sip of wine and grabbed a piece of pig's head meat and ate it, eating and drinking happily.
"Uh-huh!"
Wang Zaiwu nodded.
"Is it so difficult for people to carry a letter to their family abroad?"
Wang Naigong continued to ask.
"This ......"
Wang Zaiwu pondered for a while and then said truthfully.
"I have indeed been abroad all these years, but instead of doing business, I was framed and imprisoned abroad, and I was only recently released from prison and returned to China."