Chapter 219： funeral

Chapter 219 Funeral

When Zhou Huaimin was taken away, Zhou Guilan was only eight years old, and her younger sister was only three years old.

Nine years later, the Zhou family was in complete decline.

In order to marry Zhou Guilan's third elder brother, Zhou Ansheng, Jiang married her second daughter to Xu's family, a silver mine, and pawned a house for Xu Chenghou.

After changing a lot of gift money, he turned around and married his third son a wife.

Later, the devils withdrew and there was another war in Kuandian, so Jiang took her three sons and the youngest daughter to Fusong to join the eldest daughter.

A few years later, Xu Chenghou and his wife couldn't get along in the silver mine, so they received a letter from Mrs. Jiang asking them to go to Fusong too.

At this point, a whole family of brothers and sisters came here.

The team funded by Zhou Huaimin then became the Anti-Japanese League, and it is said that some people became big cadres.

So in the five or so years, the superiors sent down a working group to live in Zhou's house for half a year, to make contributions to Zhou Huaimin.

But at that time, the Jiang family and Zhou Anping had been terrified after experiencing the troubled times. How could they dare to believe it?

No matter how much people persuaded, they just refused to nod.

The working group stayed here for half a year without any results, and then left.

In the sixties or so, Zhou Anping did not know where he got a newspaper with the names of a group of cadres in the capital on it, and there was a man named Zhou Huaimin.

Now, Jiang is in a state of confusion, and must say that it is her husband.

It is said that Zhou Huaimin has developed, married another daughter-in-law in the capital and started a family, and abandoned his wife and children and did not want her anymore.

In this way, Jiang gradually became delirious, with good times and bad days.

When it’s good, it’s almost like a normal person. When it’s bad, don’t mention it.

What put chili peppers in the kang hole to burn, yell to smoke some yellow leather, or run around the street with disheveled hair, scolding her husband for being heartless while running, and leaving her to enjoy the blessings.

Anyway, in those years, Jiang’s work was very good. Zhou Anping and Zhou Anfu stayed by their mother’s side and suffered a lot.

Only Zhou Ansheng, he moved out of town, quieter.

Jiang has been working for these years, and he has done a lot of things to hang himself, but no one thought that he really died this time.

It sounds very mysterious, the house where Mrs. Jiang lives has a window, and two nails are driven into the two corners of the window frame.

Ms. Jiang took a sack string and tied it to two nails. When he put his head up, he lost his breath.

When Zhou Anping found out, he was so cold, how could he save him? I can only inform my younger siblings, let's do the funeral.

Zhou Guilan and the others cried for a while, and were persuaded to get up by the helper, and sat down beside them.

Hearing my brother and sister-in-law talk about the death of my mother, in the end, I can only sigh.

"Hey, this is fate. Who would have thought that a sack line could kill someone?"

Indeed, Jiang lived to be eighty-three, and it’s okay to hang himself all day long. How could he want to die on a sack line in the end?

Ms. Jiang passed away in the morning. In Northeast China, this is three days.

The weather is hot at this time, and the funeral for three days is really enough.

Fortunately, the birthday materials were prepared long ago, not to mention the shrouds. The Jiang family has been preparing for more than ten years.

Every New Year's Eve, she still wears it once.

Zhou Anping hired a carpenter to make long-lived wood, paint it, draw patterns, and make a big show. According to local customs, before every meal, he took the Zhou family's children and grandchildren to deliver soup.

Xu Shiyan and others kept watch at night, and had to help with funeral arrangements during the day. Just like that, two days passed.

On the morning of the third day, the body was buried, the coffin was sealed, and the children and grandchildren wept to see each other off.

Eight strong young men lifted the coffin, and carried the coffin to the mountain for burial according to the pre-selected location.

The Zhou family prepared a banquet here, thanking relatives and friends for their help.

After dinner, the friends who helped each other dispersed, leaving only the bookkeeper, Da Zhangluo, and the Zhou family to settle the accounts.

Brothers settle accounts clearly, my mother is gone, and things must be cleared up afterward.

These years, red and white weddings and weddings are held every month, and there are few people who give money, but they are all given things.

To do white affairs, the normal friendship is just a few knives of paper, and the better friendship, most of them have a tent besides the paper, which is black cloth and white cloth.

The bookkeeper collected all the gifts received in the past few days and all kinds of expenses, and reported to the three brothers Zhou Anping.

The money for the funeral was all taken from Zhou Anping. Now that the accounts are out, the three brothers must share them equally.

According to local customs, daughters are not divided into family property, and the daughters are not required to pay for the funeral of the elderly.

The only thing is that the money for the coffin digging has to be paid by the daughter.

Of course, this is not much money. Zhou Guilan, sister Zhou Guizhi, and younger sister Zhou Guiyun can pay ten yuan each.

The three brothers of the Zhou family were okay, and settled the accounts in a friendly manner.

The second child, Zhou Anfu, and the third child, Zhou Ansheng, both gave money to the boss.

At this point, the funeral of the old man has come to an end. Then there will be three days to round the grave and burn Wuqi.

"You brothers and sisters go back, you don't need to stay here with us, your mother and I are fine, we are all fine."

Everything was dealt with clearly here, Xu Chenghou called his five sons to him and told them to go home separately.

Boss, fourth, fifth, and sixth all go to work, so it’s not good to take too long leave.

The second and third children have to keep an eye on the farm, and the third child still has a lot of things to do, so it is not good to delay any longer.

"We will wait until the grave is completed before going back. Just now your uncle and the others also said that the first seven will not be burned, only the fifth and seventh.

Let’s come again when we wait for the five-seventh and hundred-day burns. "

According to local rules, when someone passes away, it is generally the funeral, round grave, May 7, 100 days, anniversary, and third anniversary. These are more important.

In some places, more emphasis is placed on the first seven, but most of them do not burn the first seven.

As the old saying goes, the first seven have to be done, and the next seven have to be done. No one can afford it, so most of them burn five sevens.

If there are five sons in the family, you can’t burn Wuqi, you have to burn Sanqi.

At this time, every household is busy, and no one can stay here for seven or eight days, and leave whenever they need to.

Xu Shiyan and the others are grandchildren, so it's good for this sake, no one cares about it.

"Father, mother, let's go back first, you two will stay here for a few more days, and it happens that my third uncle and aunt also rarely come back together.

Father, look at my mother, don't let her cry all the time, it's not good to cry too much. "

The six brothers and sisters of the Xu family saw that it was getting late, and there was no car to go back any later.

Everyone didn't hesitate, and they left together after exhorting their parents a few words.

The six siblings broke up at the bridge, Xu Shide crossed the river and headed north, and the remaining five siblings walked to Xianren Bridge.

At Xianrenqiao Railway Station, Xu Shiyan, Xu Shian, and Xu Shiqin went to buy train tickets, and the three of them took the train back to Songjianghe.

Xu Shixian and Xu Shixiang took the bus on Xianren Bridge to Fusong, and they arrived at the county first.

If there is a car to go to Xinglong, Xu Shixiang will go back directly, if not, Xu Shixiang will stay in the county for one night, and return to Xinglong tomorrow.

"Brother, Fifth, you two should pay attention on the road, it is not peaceful at this time, please be careful."

The past few years have not been the same. There is chaos outside, especially passenger cars. There are really road robbers.

Fortunately, the two brothers didn't bring much money with them, so there should be no problem.

The four brothers left, Xu Shiyan, his second brother and his sixth sister took the express train, and wandered back to Songjiang River together.

Xu Shian sent iron, Xu Shiqin went to the store, and Xu Shiyan went home.

"Second brother-in-law, you are back. Someone will always come to your house to look for you these days."

As soon as Xu Shiyan entered, Su Anhua hurriedly said.

(end of this chapter)