I was about to pack up the ladder when I heard a shout from the opposite yard, and I immediately leaned over and listened.

The one who shouted was the village chief of our village, and Grandpa Liu is from his own family, also surnamed Liu, called Liu Naisheng, who is older than my grandfather, and we all affectionately call him the old village chief.

I will definitely not mishear his hoarse and somewhat vicissitudes of life: "Everyone, today the old Liu Tou went, and you have all seen it, and I invited you to come today to help the boss of the Liu family to do his best and handle the future."

I discussed with the boss of the Liu family and the old Ou Tou, invite everyone to dinner tonight, and get up tomorrow morning to go up the mountain. ”

As soon as the old village chief's words fell, they immediately caused a wave of surprise.

"So fast? Isn't it going to be stopped for more than three days? ”

"yes, why so fast?"

"Alas, the Liu family has lived a hard life in the past two years, and it's okay to get rid of it quickly."

In the midst of discussion, the old village chief Liu Naisheng waved his hand, sighed and said, "Yes! I said something I shouldn't have said,

Liu Quan's bastard Wang Balamb didn't waste a lot of money when he was alive, you look at our village now, whose house is not a brick house, only Liu's house is still muddy walls.

Although it has slowed down a lot in the past two years, these days are still very tight, and this is encountering such a bad thing, and it is uncomfortable for anyone to put it on anyone.

Now the days in our village are getting better day by day, and the villagers in the big hometown are all stretching out their hands and pulling each other.

Okay, let's stop talking, this matter is settled, I have eaten this meal tonight, and everyone will get up early tomorrow morning and go up the mountain.

Old Outou has calculated, tomorrow morning at half past five is an auspicious time, and please come and help when the time comes. ”

Sure enough, the coffin was only stopped for one day, and the spirit would be raised tomorrow morning, which was too hasty.

According to the rules, the coffin has to be stopped for three days to get by, but Grandpa Liu's coffin only stopped for one day, did he commit something?

I wondered in my heart that I had only heard of the day of the Spirit's election, but I had never heard of the time of the Spirit. At half past five, it will be six o'clock when the various procedures are completed, just in time for the point before Grandpa Liu dies.

And looking at the posture of the old village chief and my grandfather, is this to get the coffin away within the whole day? Could it be that Grandpa Liu was really scared to death by something?

Although I am young, I have been with my grandfather since I was a child, and I still know a lot about these rules, and I found out the problem very easily.

"Well, the old village chief has spoken, how can he not help!"

"That's it, Brother Liu Tai also helped our family carry the coffin last year, this favor, we must help."

"Don't worry, I'll be here tomorrow morning."

The people in the village are relatively simple, a few men you say a word, all of them are angry, and others naturally have no objections, after all, they are all from the same village, everyone looks up and doesn't look down, and everyone can understand this kind of thing.

"Come on, let's start the banquet, today my Lao Liu has prepared a box of Red Star Erguotou for everyone, and I will be full of food and drink for everyone."

The old village chief tore open the wine box at his feet and laid it out with my grandfather one by one.

During the whole process, the old village chief and my grandfather were busy, and Liu Tai and his daughter-in-law never showed up, which couldn't help but make me feel strange again.

It stands to reason that this kind of thing should be handled by the filial son himself, so what kind of thing is it to let the two old men serve the guests outside?

What's more, my grandfather is still wearing a Taoist robe!

What he should have done now was to chant mantras around the coffin, instead of greeting guests outside.

Could it be that Liu Tai's guy is a Taoist priest in the house, and my grandfather and the old village chief are filial sons outside?

Phew, what am I thinking?

While I was pondering, someone over there was already asking.

"Hey, old Outou, what about Liu Tai when I said that? We're all ready to have a feast, and we haven't seen anyone else, so who are we giving this gift to?

Where did his daughter-in-law go? How can I look at it, except for a coffin in the hall, there is not even a person, this is not right! ”

He shouted Liu Dazhuang, and he was the first batch of people in our village to make a fortune by buying and selling mountain goods in the town.

At that time, there were 35,000 people in their hands, all of whom were small rich families. 10,000 households, they are all rich families.

Liu Dazhuang is as his name suggests, he is five big and three thick, tall and mighty, and looks simple.

Don't look at him as simple, if you take him seriously, then you are purely a fool.

My grandfather once said that big guys have great wisdom.

This Liu Dazhuang is the kind of person with great wisdom, and in some details, he is clearer than a girl.

Otherwise, how can people know about running mountain goods in the town, and others won't know?

And Liu Dazhuang asked very well, saw that something was wrong, and spoke directly with gift money.

In fact, whether it was that era or now, rich people have enough confidence to speak, this guy suddenly asked, and other people also saw that something was wrong, there was a dead person in the family, where is the reason for the absence of filial piety?

You can not entertain guests outside, but you always have to keep a watch in front of the coffin, right?

This is good, the filial son didn't see it, only saw a coffin, which is too unreasonable.

You must know that these people are also ready to come with gift money, but there is no one to receive gifts so far.

Everyone knows that Liu Tai's mother-in-law is a stingy ghost, how can there be no such thing as receiving gifts?

But now such a strange thing has happened, no one in the host's family is at home, but two outsiders are helping to handle the funeral, how can it not make people suspicious?

Everyone had doubts in their hearts one by one, and began to talk quietly again.

"yes, where did Liu Tai go? Did you see that? ”

"Where can I see it? His daughter-in-law doesn't seem to be there. ”

"No one accepts gifts, his daughter-in-law is definitely not here, how can Mei Zhi's girl not be there when she collects money?"

"Haven't you heard? When Liu Quan died in the first year, the Liu family was haunted? ”

"Don't mention it, who in our village doesn't know about it? Do you still need to say it? ”

"I mean, shouldn't this old Liu Tou also come back to make trouble like Liu Quan?"

"It is estimated that if the old Liu family didn't stop the coffin for one day? I guess I'm afraid that something will go wrong. ”

As soon as these people said it, I immediately remembered that when Liu Quan died two years ago, his eldest brother Liu Tai held a funeral for him under the strong opposition of Grandpa Liu.

I still remember that the Liu family was poor at that time, but Liu Tai sold his three loads of rice to Liu Quan's funeral.

Liu Tai said, Liu Quan is my own brother, what he did during his lifetime was no longer right, after his death, every qiē is gone, I just smash the pot and sell iron, and I have to send it to him.

The coffin is not a good coffin, it is also bought with money, the shroud is also seven-layered, and even the expensive items such as crossing the brazier and chanting the Dharma have been done.

At that time, Liu Tai was crying, which showed how deep the relationship between the two brothers was.

It's just that this funeral was ready, and when it was about to rise up, something happened.