Chapter 230: Summer Burial

As the business of the "Green Bamboo Inn" got better and better, the originally sparsely populated place in the east of the town gradually became another market center.

Bordering the "Qingzhu Inn" is a cloth workshop, the owner of the cloth workshop is surnamed Li, who is older than Shi Yi, almost fifty years old, and is known as "Li Laosan".

The business of the Li family's cloth workshop was not good at first, and at the beginning, they still relied on the guys in the inn to buy a few rolls of cloth for their families.

Gradually, because Li Laosan is honest and sincere, he will never cut corners on the cloth, and the price is also very fair, so there are more people.

More importantly, the people in the neighborhood admired him as a person, and he had an old mother in his family, and he was injured when he was young, and one foot was disabled, and he did not find a partner for so many years, so he relied on him to serve his old mother alone.

Everyone says that filial piety comes first, Li Laosan is such a filial son, how can the people around him not believe in him!

When the Qingzhu Inn was opened for the fifth year, in the winter of this year, Li Laosan still came to the inn every day to make a pot of wine, but his face became more and more heavy.

Li Laosan loves to drink, and everyone in the neighborhood knows that he lives alone, with an old mother, if he doesn't order some wine, it will really be like a year.

It's just that in ordinary times, Li Laosan comes to drink, with a smile on his face, and he will say hello to the guys in the store.

But this winter, although Li Laosan will still come to drink every day, the look on his face is becoming more and more ugly.

"Third child, what's wrong, why don't you look good lately!" a guy who was familiar with him at the inn asked kindly.

Hearing this, Li Laosan sighed and said, "Recently, the old mother has been coughing, and the doctor said that most of this winter will not be able to survive!"

After speaking, Li Laosan paid for the wine and limped out of the inn.

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After the people nearby learned the news, they all felt sorry, Li Laosan is a filial son, if his old mother dies, then he may not have a good time this winter!

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This winter, in addition to going out to buy wine every day, Li Laosan's business in the store was also handed over to two guys, and he basically stayed by his mother's side every day and took care of him carefully.

Perhaps God was also moved by Li Laosan's filial piety, his mother miraculously survived this winter, and her body slowly hardened.

That smile reappeared on Li Laosan's face, and he would come to the inn every day to make a pot of wine, he was not greedy for a cup, a pot every day, and he would still say hello when he saw the guys in the inn.

Spring passed, and just when summer came, there was a sudden high temperature, and the whole Hailiu Town was in those days

As if it had been placed on a stove, the air was filled with unbearable heat, and even the nearby rivers had halved in half for a few days.

In the hot days, a bad news happened to Li Laosan's family, and his old mother finally failed to survive the high temperature in the past few days and passed away.

After Li Laosan grieved all night, he also put away his grief and was busy dealing with the old mother's funeral.

Because the weather was too hot, the body couldn't be kept for too long, so Li Laosan also wanted to bury his old mother as soon as possible.

But because he has no heirs, and his branch has been away from his hometown for too long, there is no relative who can come to help.

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"Second Brother Yu, you can help us talk to the shopkeeper, if he doesn't agree, forget it!" said a few guys in a low voice, pushing Yu Er into the tea shed as he spoke.

Yu Er had no choice but to sigh and walk in with new tea and wine.

"Shopkeeper!Li Laosan's mother has passed away!" Yu Er said with a sigh after pouring a new cup of tea.

"Hmm!" Shi took a sip, then put down the teacup, birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, the life of ordinary people is really different from that of immortal cultivators.

"That, the shopkeeper, Li Laosan has no relatives in the family, and no one helps with the burial, so a few guys in the store want to help, let me ask if you agree?" Yu Er said with some embarrassment, who would take this kind of thing on himself, especially when opening a store to do business, it is taboo to do nothing, after all, it is unlucky.

Shi Yi glanced at Yu Er, pondered for a while, and said: "It's rare that Li Laosan has a filial piety, so let them go! If you need to buy a flowing water seat, you can do it from next to our inn!"

Hearing this, Yu Er showed gratitude, he knew that with Shi Yi's temperament, he would most likely agree, but he didn't expect to help Li Laosan buy a running water seat, and he was also happy for Li Laosan.

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" Yu Er thanked respectfully.

"Well, let's go!" Shi nodded and said casually.

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On the day of the burial, the weather was as hot as ever, and there were only a few people on the side of the road, and most of them basically hid in their homes to escape the heat.

Li Laosan looked at a group of people who specialized in dealing with this matter, four black-clothed people carried the coffin, and several guys in the store, like Li Laosan, wore linen and filial piety, and walked in front.

"Oh! How uncomfortable it must be for the death of the old mother of Li Laosan's family!" said a couple on the road, one of whom said sympathetically.

"Yes, his mother is gone, and there are no relatives at home, who will be able to send him to the end in the future!" The husband also sighed and said.

"Brother Wang, where did all these people come from? How did I hear that Li Laosan has no relatives in his family

Two men dressed in gorgeous clothes met on the street, and when they saw Li Laosan delivering the coffin, one of them also said suspiciously.

"That's right, Brother Li, you've just arrived in Hailiu Town, so you haven't seen them yet. These people are all guys from the "Green Bamboo Inn", and they usually have a good relationship with Li Laosan, so they also got together and came to help!" the other explained softly.

"I see, no wonder you see everyone around you pointing fingers!"

"Who knows what the innkeeper thinks, this kind of thing is still mixed in, how far away others are to hide!"

"Hey, I also pity this Li Laosan, from now on he will be alone, what should he do when he is old!"

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For Li Laosan, the road from Li's cloth workshop to the cemetery seems to have been walked for too long and too long, and his legs and feet are not good, so it takes a lot of time to walk.

On such a hot day, several guys in the inn also deliberately slowed down in order to take care of Li Laosan.

The sweat has already soaked the sackcloth on the body, but these guys who help really have no resentment in their hearts, in contrast, their own parents are alive, the two daughters are both complete, plus there is a good shopkeeper, the salary is also a lot every month, they are already extremely content.

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"Kneel !!," a white-haired elder shouted at the top of his voice.

Li Laosan and several guys from the inn knelt down.

The elder said a lot of words about introducing Li Laosan's mother, and then shouted again at the top of his voice: "Knock !!"

Li Laosan took a few people behind him and knocked down heavily, knocking his head three times in a row.

The white-haired elder said a few more words of mourning for Li Laosan's mother, then turned around, turned his back to the cemetery, and shouted, "Cry !!"

With the sound of the word "crying", Li Laosan could no longer hold back the tears that had been suppressed for a long time, and cried for a while, and the miserable cry made the people around him couldn't help but count their noses and turned around.

Li Laosan cried for half an hour, and in the end, if it weren't for a few inn guys holding him, I'm afraid he wouldn't even have the strength to stand up.

It was 10 o'clock in the middle of the day, and the weather was at its hottest.

The white-haired elder glanced at it, and when the hour had come, he shouted again: "Bury!"

The four black-clothed men carried the coffin and slowly walked to the side of the cemetery, and when Li Laosan watched one end of the coffin fall into the cemetery, he couldn't help crying again: "Mother, my mother!"

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On a hillside behind everyone, there was a white figure, as if transparent, and the hot weather had no effect on this figure at all.

"Birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows......" the white figure muttered.

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