Hearing the master's words, the old man, who was called the second grandfather, hurriedly greeted respectfully: "It turned out to be Mr. Big from afar, just now please forgive us countrymen for not knowing the etiquette, snubbing Mr. Big, our village is called Feng'er Village, the little old man Li Qingchan, is the second grandfather of this Li Mu, his grandfather who just passed away, is my eldest brother, they are dependent on each other, and now my eldest brother is gone, there is such a hard-working child left, alas, by the way, I haven't asked Mr. Da for his surname?" ”

The master hurriedly said politely: "Yang Yuanshan is sent to Xiamaoshan, this is my apprentice, nicknamed Ergou." ”

"Hello Mr. Yang!" Old man Li nodded respectfully, and turned to explain to the master: "Mr. Yang doesn't know, the situation of Xiaomu's family is very special at the moment, and there is no way to do things without following the rules, and quietly sent his grandfather to the ground in the middle of the night. Indeed, as Mr. Yang said, it is not in line with funeral customs, but Xiao Mu recently married a family surnamed Zhang in Husquaogou, and it will be time to marry in three days. ”

The master nodded in a trance, and said, "I understand, it turned out that it was to avoid marriage, so it was simple to do nothing." But according to normal customs, no matter how simple the white thing is, there is always a custom of doing seven, right? ...... then"

Old man Li agreed again and again, and then explained: "It's this reason, but the Zhang family of the tiger squatting ditch is a local figure with a head and a face, and the family is well-off, compared to this small herd family, it is already very good to be able to marry his daughter to him." Speaking of which, this is also the baby kiss that the two of them originally set, and in the end, the Zhang family became rich, and the Xiaomu family became poorer and poorer, so they ended up with such a field, if it were not for the restrictions of the marriage contract, and the Zhang family broke up the marriage period for no reason, then the marriage of the two of them would probably be yellow. In order to prevent the Zhang family from picking out the reason, we have no choice, even if it is to welcome the newcomer into the door first, and worship it when it is seven. ”

Listening to what Old Man Li said, this is also the truth, as long as the marriage is completed, it is enough to worship Xiao Mu's grandfather in the future, after all, this is all arranged by Xiao Mu's grandfather before his death. Even if it doesn't meet the funeral number, you have to do it.

But the only thing I don't understand is that this is a very ordinary thing, even if it is more special and collides with a festive wedding, what does it have to do with me? Why do I dream about this scene so often in my dreams? And Xiao Mu's grandfather, who didn't blink his eyes, is this too weird? I...... I always felt that there must be something abnormal in this, at least I couldn't figure it out.

Moreover, this dream has been repeated since Niuwa Village, and it is not until now that this scene has happened, so didn't my dream foresee anything in advance? But why don't I understand the meaning? When I asked Master, Master was vague and refused to tell me why, and he didn't even want to talk to me about this dream. Could it be that Master knows but refuses to say it?

At this moment, Master continued, "It is a great kindness to work hard for your descendants. It's really hard for a child, and it's hard for a deceased person! ”

After Xiao Mu's last worship at the tomb, Old Man Li hurriedly persuaded Xiao Mu and said to everyone: "Since the deceased has been buried in the ground, our task is completed, everyone go back, Xiao Mu is leading your cow, and we will go back together." By the way, Mr. Yang, you have come thousands of miles in a hurry, you must be tired, besides, if you want to go to the direction of Yunju Mountain, you will have to cross the river tomorrow, if you don't dislike it tonight, you can go to my house for one night, how about it? ”

"That's what our master and apprentice mean!" Master politely clasped his fists and said, "As long as you don't bother." ”

As he spoke, our group walked back to Feng'er Village one after another, and everyone first returned to Xiaomu's house, according to the etiquette, the neighbors helped out, as the main family naturally wanted to thank them, nothing else, at least there must be a table of wine and food. No, in the remote and simple courtyard, several old women and middle-aged women were busy cooking and cooking, and when they saw a group of us coming back, they immediately brought all the food to the table.

One of the old women saw Xiao Mu holding the old cow in his hand, and hurriedly sighed: "Just now, we didn't pull this cow no matter how much we pulled, it just dragged the cowshed down and ran away with the rope." It's great to see Xiao Mu bring the cow back now, otherwise we will have to look for the cow for a while. ”

"It's okay, Grandma Liu." Xiao Mu bowed gratefully to Grandma Liu, and then bolted the old ox to the pillar, and then said: "The old cow went to see my grandfather, it has always been raised by my grandfather, maybe it is psychic, knowing that my grandfather died, he ran to my grandfather's grave and called a few times." ”

Hearing Xiao Mu's words, everyone looked at the old cow in amazement, and at this moment the old cow was tired on the ground, silently chewing the grass, it seemed that it was really spiritual, and it seemed that it happened to run to the grave of Xiao Mu's grandfather. But no matter what, it makes people look at these animals with admiration, and think about it, the crow still knows how to feed back, let alone a cow. As the saying goes, the poor are filial to the ghosts and gods, that is to say, don't look at the poor and poor, if you know filial piety and can move the ghosts and gods, the ghosts and gods from all over the world will admire the family and secretly bless them.

After eating, the neighbors were sent away, in the hall of the three thatched houses, that is, Xiao Mu and his second grandfather Li Lao Man, Li Lao Man said with a bitter face: "I was a bachelor in my early years, that is, my brother married a wife and had children, at that time the family was poor, and I couldn't marry a daughter-in-law, it just so happened that I am now light, homeless, and I will move in to live with Xiao Mu in the future, and I can't let the child have nothing to rely on, right?" ”

When Xiao Mu heard this, he was immediately moved to tears, knelt down in front of Old Man Li, choked up and said, "Second grandfather, I will definitely be filial to your ......"

Hearing Xiao Mu's sensible words, Old Man Li was even more tearful, first helped Xiao Mu up, and then said: "Good boy, we will be the two of you in the future...... Oh no, you will be able to marry a wife soon, maybe next year the second grandfather and I will be able to hold the grandson, and our family will live a good life in the future, hehe! Although there was a smile on his face, it was not difficult to see that there were tears hanging from the corners of Old Man Li's eyes.

The master looked at the warm scene of the two of them, nodded with a slight smile, and then glanced at the divine case in the middle of the hall, and then said: "No matter when Xiao Mu gets married, within seven days, a tablet must be set up for Xiao Mu's grandfather." In the first seven, it is better to welcome Xiaomu's grandfather back to the soul and worship, otherwise the soul will come back and have nothing to follow, which is not good. If it is not handled properly, I am afraid that something big will happen! ”

"Hmm!" When Xiao Mu heard this, he immediately nodded: "Thank you Mr. Yang for reminding me, I will go to the market tomorrow to find someone to write a tablet and come back, I am already full of guilt for my grandfather, and the rest of the things must not be settled!" ”

Old man Li saw it in his eyes, and just nodded silently and wiped his tears, as if he saw Xiao Mu's sensibility, but also seemed to be helpless about real life. After hesitating for a moment, Old Man Li continued: "Xiao Mu, tomorrow is not only about this matter, you must know that you will marry the daughter of the Zhang family in three days, and tomorrow the second grandfather will go to the city with you to the market to buy some things for marriage by the way, although our family is shabby, but the most basic household things, we still have to have, otherwise the Zhang family will not prepare anything when they see us, maybe they will not agree to marry their daughter to you!" This marriage has been delayed for two or three years, and if it drags on, the second grandfather is worried that the Zhang family will find someone else to marry off his daughter! ”

"Marry out, marry out!" I couldn't help but retort, and then said: "If the Zhang family is not sincere in marrying your Li family, even if you take out your heart, they may not appreciate it, rather than being so reluctant, it is better to ......"

"Two dogs! Don't talk nonsense! Before I finished speaking, the master suddenly glared at me and reprimanded: "Whether the Zhang family is willing or not is secondary, as long as the daughter of the Zhang family is willing to live with Xiao Mu, they can become a family, what a good thing, in case a family changes, Xiao Mu's family is surrounded by four walls, do you want him to be a bachelor for the rest of his life?!" ”

I was speechless for a moment, as if what Master said made sense, but I thought it was simple. I thought that even if the daughter of the Zhang family couldn't marry, it would be a big deal to marry someone else's daughter, but I seemed to ignore the poor plight of Xiaomu's family, such a family still lives in a thatched house, and there is no young and strong parents in the family, only a second grandfather is left, or such a large age, if Xiaomu's second grandfather dies in the future, the couple will definitely work a lot, if there is a parent at home, at least they can help the family buy some family foundation, so that people can rest assured that their daughter will be married.

However, a family like Xiao Mu is really, it is already rare to have a family willing to marry his family, if the marriage is yellow. I smacked my lips and said apologetically: "It's all because I didn't think about it, for Xiao Mu's marriage, Xiao Mu's grandfather has paid so much, I really shouldn't say those words just now, I'm sorry, Xiao Mu ......"

Xiao Mu suddenly smiled and said: "Brother Ergou, I know that you are also for my good, and you don't want my family to suffer from this nest, in fact, I have the same heart as you think, but, but my grandfather has already made such arrangements for my marriage, I can only obey my grandfather's arrangement, otherwise I will be too sorry for my grandfather." ”

Old man Li immediately said: "Actually, although the Zhang family is rich, the Zhang family still owes our Li family a favor back then, not to mention letting them pay it back, at least fulfill the marriage contract." Besides, doesn't the daughter of the Zhang family also look up to our family's Xiaomu? Komaki, don't you say? ”