On January 21, 1988, the solar term was cold.

Li Yunhai woke up and felt that the window was unusually white, and when he got out of bed and opened the curtains, he saw that it was actually white.

The first snow in the western state is coming.

Li Yunhai looked at the white world, and his right eyelid suddenly jumped a few times for no reason.

Ding Miao's shout came from downstairs: "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, phone!" ”

Li Yunhai put on his clothes and went downstairs, picked up the microphone, and just fed it, he heard his father's hoarse voice coming over: "Yunhai, your grandfather is gone." Just left. ”

"Dad, I'll be back right away!" Li Yunhai didn't say anything and hung up the phone.

Grandpa is very old, has many underlying diseases, and passed away during this time in his previous life.

Li Yunhai is not without money to treat his grandfather's illness, but he understands a truth, treating the disease is not a life, and it is not the old man's wish to let the elderly grandfather have surgery, chemotherapy and leave in pain.

After putting down the phone, Li Yunhai thought of going to school when he was a child, and suddenly it snowed heavily, and his grandfather braved the snow to send a firebox to school, and instantly burst into tears.

Lin Zhi came downstairs and asked, "Yunhai, what's wrong?" ”

Li Yunhai held Lin Zhi's shoulders and said in a snort: "Grandpa is gone, I'll go home immediately, you are pregnant, don't go back, right?" ”

Lin Zhi sighed and said, "I definitely want to go back!" I'm not confined! ”

Li Yunhai's biggest regret is that he didn't take Xiao An'an home to see his grandfather.

He thought that now that his life is better, his grandfather may be able to survive this winter, and he thought that during the New Year, he asked Guo Wanhua to take An An home again, but he didn't expect that his grandfather fell 20 days away from the New Year.

Lin Zhi went upstairs to pack his things.

Li Yunhai made a phone call to Guo Wanhua, wanting her to take the child back to send her grandfather for a ride, but thinking that there was such a big snow outside, there was no need to let their mother and son toss.

Just as he hesitated, the phone was connected.

Guo Wanhua answered the phone.

Li Yunhai told about his grandfather's death, and he didn't mention that they would let their mother and son come back.

Guo Wanhua understood Li Yunhai's intentions, and said regretfully: "If I had known, I would have taken An An back as soon as possible!" Alas! An An and I will be back today. ”

Li Yunhai told her: "It has just snowed heavily in Xizhou. ”

Guo Wanhua said: "It's okay, even if I can't charter a flight, I have to drive home." ”

Li Yunhai's heart warmed and said, "Pay attention to safety on the road." ”

He put down the phone and called Peng Luzi in.

When Peng heard that the old lady had died, he said, "Mr. Li, take me home!" I'll be a master and give the old lady a ride. When I was a child, I even ate candy from the old lady! ”

Li Yunhai patted Peng Luzi's arm vigorously and said, "Okay! ”

Lin Zhi is also going home, and Lin Xiaofeng is still in New York.

Li Yunhai could only give Shen Xiulan the responsibility for the company's affairs.

He looked at the time and knew that Shen Xiulan was still at home, so he came to look for her.

Shen Xiulan was about to go out for breakfast, when she opened the door and saw that it was him, she saw that he was still holding a cigarette in his mouth for the first time, and couldn't help asking, "Why are you here?" ”

Li Yunhai took off the cigarette butt and said, "Xiulan, Lin Zhi and I are going back to our hometown soon, and it may take three or four days to come back, please manage the company's affairs." If there's anything you can't decide, you call me and ask me. ”

"You're all going home, huh? With such a big snowfall, Lin Zhi is still pregnant, can you rest assured? ”

"My grandfather is gone."

"Ahh Yunhai, then, then you go back, the company has me watching! ”

Only then did Shen Xiulan understand why Li Yunhai smoked.

When her grandfather left, she was in such pain.

"The sea of clouds, the festival mourns and changes." Shen Xiulan stepped forward and hugged him.

Li Yunhai nodded and turned to leave.

Shen Xiulan looked at his lonely back, and an indescribable feeling surged in her heart.

She also wants to follow Li Yunhai back to her hometown, and she also wants to comfort him and take care of him by his side.

But she didn't have that qualification.

Li Yunhai first sent Zhuang Yong to Xijiang University and picked up his eldest sister Li Yunfang.

Li Yunfang has a very deep affection for her grandfather, and she cried bitterly when she saw her eldest brother.

More than three hours later, Li Yunhai, Lin Zhi and others returned to Shiban Village.

The road in the village was repaired, and the smooth concrete road was covered with a thick layer of snow.

Zhuang Yong drove the car cautiously, in such weather, he didn't dare to drive too fast.

After the old man in the family leaves, a person from every household in the village will come to help.

Li Yunhai's house was already crowded with villagers, all of whom came to help with the funeral.

The old lady's coffin has long been cured, and the old people in the countryside are not taboo about this, and when they get older, they will pay out of their own pockets and find a local coffin to build their own small wooden house, which will generally be put in their own hall.

At this moment, someone in the hall is decorating the mourning hall.

But the old lady did not enter the coffin, and was still on the bed, waiting for the relatives to come back to see the last time.

Li Yunfang threw herself down in front of her grandfather's bed and cried into tears.

Li Yunhai glanced at the kneeling person in front of the bed and asked his mother, "Mom, where is the third child?" Didn't come back at school? ”

Zhang Shuwen said: "I'm back, I'm picking him up, he ran out to play cards." ”

Li Yunhai sneered: "What a filial grandson! I still have time to play cards today! Mom, I just saw, why did the old house next to it collapse? ”

When the brothers separated, the third insisted on leaving a piece of his own homestead, and Li Yunhai agreed.

Zhang Shuwen said: "Where does the third child have time to take care of the old house? Earlier, it leaked, and your father repaired it for him once, but this time it snowed heavily and directly collapsed a corner of the roof. The third child still blames us, saying that we don't look at the dots! Yunhai, he is your brother after all, and he doesn't have the ability to make money now, so let him live here for the time being, right? Do you think it's good? ”

Li Yunhai said in a deep voice: "Yes." Anyway, he will graduate from high school in half a term, and he probably won't be admitted to college, so after graduating from high school, let him go out to work and make money. ”

Zhang Shuwen wanted to speak and stopped.

Li Yunhai walked out, met with all the uncles and brothers, and scattered cigarettes for everyone.

He called the fifth sister Li Yunying over and asked, "Yingzi, do you know where the third brother is playing cards?" ”

Li Yunying said: "I know." ”

Li Yunhai said: "If you go and call him, you will say that I am back!" ”

Li Yunying said yes and ran out.

After a while, Li Yunshan put his hands in his pockets and a cigarette in his mouth and walked in the door.

Li Yunhai couldn't help but get angry when he saw his hanging-like appearance.

Li Yunshan was startled when he saw his eldest brother's tiger eyes staring at him, and quickly took off the cigarette in his mouth, threw it on the ground, crushed the cigarette butt with his foot, and shouted cowardly: "Brother! ”

Li Yunhai pointed to his grandfather's bedroom: "Go in and kneel for two hours!" Kneeling is not enough, there is no food to eat at night. ”

Li Yunshan wanted to defend, but he didn't dare to disobey his eldest brother's words, so he walked in unconvinced, muttering, "Why? When grandpa was born, he took care of a few of you when he had anything to eat, but now that he is gone, he asked me to kowtow! ”

Li Yunhai grabbed a chair at home, slammed it on his back, and yelled, "What did you say? ”

Li Yunshan was so frightened that he quickly ran into the room and knelt in front of his grandfather's bed.

This kid is not afraid of anyone, he is afraid of the eldest brother, because the eldest brother is really ruthless when he beats him!

Li Deming beckoned to the cub and said, "Yunhai, let's discuss grandpa's future." ”

Li Yunhai said: "Dad, for such a big matter, you should call your uncle over to discuss it together." ”

Li Deming snorted: "Yunhai, when the homestead was first divided, your grandfather left the old homestead to our family, and your uncle and uncle were divided. ”

Li Yunhai said: "So, grandpa's funeral, our family hosts?" ”

Li Deming nodded and said, "That's what it means." ”

Li Yunhai waved his hand: "Okay, no problem, the money can be paid by our family, but the matter is still divided into shares, right?" They were also raised by their grandfather! ”

Li Deming said: "That's nature. What do you see the specifications of this funeral? ”

Li Yunhai said: "Banquets, cigarettes and alcohol, everything is the best, don't worry about money." No matter how much it costs, it's all mine. I came back with money. Dad, I'll give you 100,000 first, and I'll come out if it's less. ”

Li Deming said: "You don't need so much, and you don't need to use so much." It's just one thing, your grandfather loved to watch the flower drum show the most when he was alive, and every year whoever in the village did a red and white wedding, if he played the flower drum show, he would go to see it. He also had a last wish before he died, that is, he wanted to invite a troupe to have a lively show. ”

There is indeed such a custom in the countryside of Meishan, the more white the happy event, the more lively it is.

Li Yunhai said: "Then please invite the troupe!" Please the best! ”

Li Deming said: "The team in the county is not available, and it is snowing heavily today, and I can't find a suitable drama team for a while, how do you think this thing is going on?" Do you want to go to the city? ”

Li Yunhai said: "Okay, wait, I'll ask someone." ”

He used his home phone to call the company's office and found Su Hong.

"Mr. Li!" Su Hong knew that Li Yunhai had returned to the countryside, and shouted respectfully.

Li Yunhai said: "Su Hong, do you know the flower drum troupe in Meishan City?" ”

As soon as Su Hong heard it, she knew that the old lady of the Li family was gone, and she wanted to invite the troupe to sing a big opera, and said: "Mr. Li, you don't need to invite others, my former colleagues are ready-made, let me tell them, they will definitely be willing." ”

Li Yunhai thought to himself, Su Hong's team is a provincial-level Flower Drum Theater Troupe, and it is also the best troupe in the province! This is a traditional drama troupe, and the provincial cultural department will fund and support it.

Su Hong said: "Mr. Li, do you say it's okay?" I don't know if the old lady liked to listen to "Bangs Chopping Wood" before his death? I can also go to the countryside and sing it to his old man. ”

Li Yunhai said: "Of course it's good, Su Hong, thank you." Then please help me contact the troupe in the province, the remuneration is good, sing the drama for three days in a row, whether it is a musical instrument teacher or an actor, each person will have a red envelope of 1,000 yuan. The company has a car, you just look at the arrangement. ”

Su Hong said: "Mr. Li, you don't need so much, just cover our board and lodging." Don't worry, I'll come down with the best team in the regiment. ”

Li Yunhai snorted, put down the phone, and called Shen Xiulan again, asking her to coordinate the company's car and give Su Hong tens of thousands of yuan as funds.

Shen Xiulan said hello, and then said, "Yunhai, when will there be a funeral?" I want to send off my grandfather. ”

Li Yunhai said: "Three days later, if you are not free, don't come." ”

Shen Xiulan said: "I will definitely come." ”

Li Yunhai put down the phone and said to his father: "The Flower Drum Theater Troupe in the province sent people, so there is no need to invite people to the city." We're going to have to build a stage. ”

Li Deming said: "The stage is easy to build, so it is built with wood and bamboo, and the bench is used as a support underneath. Just lay on the boards. Leave this to me, and I'll call the carpenter to do it, and I can set it up today. ”

In the village, there are special masters and earth masters who preside over the rituals, they are usually farmers, and whoever dies will invite them over, they wear Taoist clothes, and they are also responsible for the decoration of the mourning hall. It is up to them to decide when to be buried, when to sacrifice, when to burn a paper house and go out for funeral.

The "sending" given to them by the bereaved family is also extremely rich.

Zhang Shuwen took filial piety clothes, gave each child a set, and then asked Li Yunhai: "Lin Zhi hasn't passed the door yet, do you want to wear filial piety?" ”

Li Yunhai said: "Of course Linzhi wants to wear filial piety!" ”

Zhang Shuwen also sent a set to Lin Zhi.

Li Yunhai helped Lin Zhi put on filial piety clothes and tie a straw rope.

If you want to be pretty, you must be filial.

Lin Zhi put on a plain white filial piety clothes, and her hair made her delicate and charming.

With the efforts of the village carpenters and the younger generations, a stage was erected.

The stage is set up on the front lawn of Li Yunhai's house, near the side door of his house, and a room here is used as a dressing room for the troupe.

Li Yunhai walked on the stage, jumped hard, checked the firmness and flatness, and felt that it was not bad.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, Su Hong and the members of the Provincial Flower Drum Theater Troupe arrived at Shiban Village.

The props, costumes, and strength of the provincial troupe are many times higher than those at the city and county levels, and they are not comparable to those grass stage teams.

There are more than a dozen large wooden boxes, each of which has the name of the Provincial Flower Drum Theater Troupe written on it.

When the villagers saw it, they all praised it, saying that it was the regular army, and to watch them perform at the Grand Theater in the provincial capital, not only had to buy tickets, but also had to queue up! If it weren't for Li Yunhai's face, no one in the village would be able to invite them to the countryside.

For a time, one spread ten, ten spread hundreds, not only the people of this village, but also people from other villages heard the news and rushed to see the big show.

In the evening, the Provincial Drama Troupe took the stage to perform, attracting people from all over the country.

Li Yunhai lit a bonfire in the ping, even on a snowy day, with such a big bonfire roasting, the people in the whole pinging were very warm.

The members of the Provincial Drama Troupe are all elite talents of the province's flower drum opera, and many of them have participated in the evening party of the provincial and municipal TV stations, and some of them have appeared on CCTV programs. But on TV, only the highlights of their performances can be seen. And today they are performing a full flower drum play.

Today's performances include three traditional flower drum plays: "Bangs Chopping Wood", "Playing Gongs" and "Mending the Pot".

Such a performance camp is rare for the villagers to see.

The front of Li Yunhai's house was crowded with people, and even the rice fields and roads next to it were also full of people.

Some of the young students simply climbed the trees and sat and watched.

After the performance, Li Yunhai asked the comrades of the drama troupe to live in his own home, and arranged for two or three people to live together in each room.

The next day, more relatives and friends came to mourn.

Mr. Li's funeral was officially held.

The funeral documents are all made of white paper, and the white paper and ink book hanging on the slot door is "a big event", and the house is a practical thing and a Confucian ceremony, which is lively and grand. The sound of firecrackers outside the house made the atmosphere solemn.

In the afternoon, a small car drove up.

Li Yunhai counted the time and knew who the person who came was probably who, so he went to the door to greet him.

Lin Zhi asked, "Who is here?" ”

Li Yunhai said: "Sister Gong and Sister Zhu are here. ”

Lin Zhishu asked, "How did they know?" Did you notify? ”

Li Yunhai snorted: "I told Sister Zhu yesterday, and Sister Zhu called Sister Gong over again." ”

Lin Zhi said, "What did you tell Zhu Lin to do?" ”

Li Yunhai said: "Isn't she a big star?" I want to ask her to come over and sing a song to grandpa. ”

Lin Zhi didn't say more.

What is the relationship between Zhu Lin and Li Yunhai now? Of course she would like to come. If she came alone, it seemed very abrupt, so she pulled Gong Jie over.

The car stopped in front of the door, and the people who came were really Zhu Lin and Gong Jie.

The villagers pointed at Zhu Lin and shouted, "The king of the daughter country! The king of the daughter country in Journey to the West! ”

Zhu Lin's face is really charming and unforgettable.

But almost everyone who has watched Journey to the West will remember this face.

Gong Jie's popularity is actually higher, but she starred in movies, and the villagers watched her movies less, but some people recognized her.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi stepped forward and shook hands with them.

In the small slate village, there are actually two beauties of Beizhu Nangong who are beautiful and fragrant!

Although Shuangmei only wears simple black clothes and black pants, it is difficult to hide their peerless appearance.

Zhu Gong and the two went to the mourning hall to offer incense.

Li Yunhai invited them to the living room to take a seat.

Li Yunfang is a college student, of course she knows the two of them, if it weren't for the fact that this was her grandfather's funeral, she would definitely jump for joy.

Li Yunhai arranged for the eldest sister to accompany the guests.

Zhang Guifen is in charge of the tea along with several women in the village.

There are people who are particular about brewing not simple tea, but ginger and red date tea, which is nourishing and cold.

After a while, another car drove up.

Li Yunhai knew that it was Guo Wanhua and Guo Zhian's mother and son who came this time.

Sure enough, Guo Wanhua came with Xiao An'an!

Even Zhu Lin and Gong Jie came, and now that Guo Wanhua is coming, Lin Zhi doesn't feel surprised.

Lin Zhi saw Xiao An'an for the first time, because she was pregnant and didn't dare to hold the child, looking at Xiao An'an's cute appearance, she couldn't help but hug and kiss the child gently.

An An has a round head, big black eyes, and a small mouth, which is very cute.

Guo Wanhua said: "Lin Zhi, An An worshipped Yunhai as his father-in-law, did he tell you?" ”

Lin Zhi sighed: "Is there one?" Yunhai was very careless, and he was so busy that he forgot to tell me! But it's really good! I love An'an! ”

This was completely Guo Wanhua's temporary intention and deliberately said so.

Otherwise, how could An An give filial piety to his grandfather?

When Li Yunhai heard this, he immediately understood Guo Wanhua's intentions, glanced at her gratefully, praised her cleverness, and said, "It's my fault, I forgot to tell Lin Zhi about this." ”

Lin Zhi said: "You, you can forget such a big thing!" Then I'm An An's godmother! I have to give An An a big red envelope. ”

Guo Wanhua said: "An An is grandpa's great-grandson, right?" can bring red filial piety for his great-grandfather. ”

The red filial piety cloth can only be great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and people of the lower generation, that is, at least four generations in the same house.

Li Deming and Zhang Shuwen listened to it and of course agreed.

The family did not prepare a red filial piety shirt before, but it was difficult to stop people, Zhang Shuwen turned out a red cloth strip from the house and tore out a red filial piety shirt.

Guo Wanhua first dressed her son in a red filial piety robe, and then took An An to kneel in front of the mourning hall.

Lin Zhi whispered to Li Yunhai: "Sister Guo is so good, on such a cold day, she brought An An over to see off her grandfather." ”

Li Yunhai snorted, and felt a little more respect for Guo Wanhua in his heart.

The big drama was sung for three days, and the Li family was like a market.

The day before the funeral, Zhu Lin and Gong Jie also took the stage and sang a few songs.

Li Yunfang said to the eldest brother: "Brother, this is even more lively and beautiful than the Spring Festival Gala." If there is a spirit under Grandpa's Nine Springs, he will definitely be very happy. It's just a pity that he can't see it with his own eyes—"

She began to cry again.

Li Yunhai touched his sister's head.

On the morning of the funeral, the Li family held a banquet, with more than 100 tables.

Li Yunhai specially bought more than 100 briquette stoves and placed one under each table.

There are 18 dishes in the banquet, the Li family killed two pigs, slaughtered a cow, five sheep, chickens, ducks and geese killed dozens of them, and all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

Tobacco and alcohol are the best in the province, and the return gifts are also the most generous.

No matter how much money the villagers came, Li Yunhai always gave each person a gift package worth 50 yuan.

There were a lot of cars on the road one after another.

Shao Yuqing from the township, Commissioner Zhao from the city and others came.

Nyingchi's parents also rushed to see him off.

Mrs. Li's funeral was the most luxurious and face-saving one in the local area.

The snow had melted that day, and it was a sunny day.

Peng Luzi and the other seven strong men in the village became the Eight King Kongs and carried Old Lady Li up the mountain.

The funeral procession stretched for miles.

When you arrive at the grave mountain, you will go down to the coffin and cover the grave.

The guests left separately.

Li Yunhai and Lin Zhi stayed at home for two more days to accompany their families.

On this day, Li Yunhai and the others left their hometown and went to Xizhou.

The children are drifting away, and the parents are sad.

But no matter how far he goes, his hometown will always be the bright moon in Li Yunhai's heart.

Guo Wanhua took An An and lived in the best suite of Tianhua Hotel.

There are still more than ten days before the Chinese New Year, because Sihai Group has received a large number of orders in CES, this year's New Year will not be a holiday, to rush production, the company promises to give each person three times the salary.

Zhu Lin and Gong Jie also stayed in Xizhou temporarily, just to report to Li Yunhai.

At the same time, they will also participate in the upcoming dealer conference held by Sihai Group.

That night, Li Yunhai came to Guo Wanhua's room to discuss the overseas dealer conference with her.

He hugged An An and kept teasing him: "Call Dad!" ”

An An shouted crisply and loudly on the phone, but when he really saw Li Yunhai, he kept silent.

Li Yunhai teased for a long time, but he refused to speak.

Guo Wanhua patted An An's buttocks, made another phone call, and said with a smile: "An An, this is Dabi!" The dad you shouted when you called! ”

An An stared at Li Yunhai with extremely clear big eyes, and shouted: "Dabi! ”

Li Yunhai answered, hugged the child tightly, and kissed him on the forehead.

Guo Wanhua said faintly: "If you have a child, you don't want me, right?" ”

Li Yunhai grabbed her shoulders and said, "Only with you can we have children!" ”

Guo Wanhua smiled sweetly, she knew that it was impossible for Li Yunhai to spend the night here, and said, "Give the child to me, and I will coax him to sleep." If he doesn't fall asleep, how can we have a chance to play? ”

Li Yunhai snorted and handed the child to Guo Wanhua.

"Sister Guo, how are the preparations for the overseas dealer conference?"

"I sent out all the invitations by email."

"How many people replied?"

"Before I came to Xizhou, I only received a dozen replies from foreign businessmen saying that they would definitely come."

Li Yunhai sighed in his heart!

A dozen foreign businessmen? Are you kidding?

Can this also be called a dealer conference?

Doesn't it make people laugh off their big teeth? (End of chapter)