Chapter 65 Chapter Two Country Banquet

Xiao Jing and I have been tossing and going for almost a whole day, and we basically didn’t eat anything on the way. I am in good health and didn’t feel anything. Xiao Jing was already frowning, feeling uncomfortable.My second aunt hurriedly led us to the kitchen to eat oil tea.Sitting in the smoky kitchen, drinking oil tea, my mood is relieved.There are many things to be busy about the funeral. Although my parents were very reluctant to part with me, they just said a few words with me and went to work. Putting on white filial piety clothes, Xiao Jing and I sat on a low bench in the kitchen and ate oil tea, surrounded by several relatives, some of the same generation and some of the previous generation, asking questions.Someone also asked me where the car came from, is it mine?I shook my head and said I borrowed it. Xiaojing was a child at heart, and proudly said that Brother Zuo borrowed it from a friend who was the captain of the police station.

Others were amazed and said wow, there are friends like this... A distant cousin of mine handed me a cigarette, I waved my hand and said no, he laughed and asked, did he think my cigarette was too skimpy (meaning rotten)?I said I don't smoke, I really don't, and Xiao Jing knows it too.He was still puzzled, so he lit the cigarette by himself, saying that you are a big boss and don't even smoke.Then I began to talk about how difficult it was for me, saying that the baby below had to study, the old man above had no pension money, and the daughter-in-law quarreled every day and thought he was incompetent... and so on.

I nodded and said it's nothing to do, just help if you can-this distant cousin is a well-known lazy man in my second uncle's village, and he just wants to see the sky.For this kind of people, Sheng Mien and Dou Michou, I just talk about it, and don't take it seriously. I sat for a while and came out to catch my breath.Grandma died, so many relatives and friends came. Our family is big, and people from every household came, so it was very lively. Mahjong tables were set up in the yard, and a bunch of people were pushing mahjong there. The smog was lingering, the noise was loud, and everyone had a great time.Relatives and neighbors who were farther away, smiling and beaming, felt that this was not a funeral but a funny party.I was very uncomfortable in my heart, but this is a custom, and I cannot change it alone.

My uncle came over to discuss with me, and said that we need to buy some things for the wine today and the funeral tomorrow, and there is only one small truck in the village, so let me help and run around.I said yes, this is what I was supposed to do when I drove here.He was very happy, patted my shoulder and said that he was promising. In the middle, my mother ran over to me, pulled me aside, and asked me what I had been up to lately. I'm wondering, isn't it just opening a restaurant with Adong from Shengtun in Hongshan in the south?It's all normal business, and you won't be ashamed.My mother raised her hand and hit me on the forehead, cursing that you have grown up and your wings are stiff, right?That's not what I'm asking, it's about you and Huang Fei.Last year, Huang Fei, this little girl, often came to see me at home. This year, since you came back last time, there has been no news.What's going on, it's not that the girls dislike you for not having a serious job and don't want you, right?

Although my mother is old and good, she doesn't spoil me. She should be beaten and scolded, and she is not ambiguous at all. I was very helpless and said where and where, your son is now providing a serious job to others, why worry about this?The matter between me and Huang Fei was due to her family's objection, so we temporarily separated for a while to think about it calmly.My mother handed me something, and I took it over and saw that it was a bunch of keys.My mother said that it was sent by police officer Yang, let me take it, and she can't take care of my affairs, but she must be able to hold her grandson when she is dying, otherwise she will live the rest of her life, which is really meaningless.

I nodded hastily, and said that when the time comes, I will give birth to a group of grandchildren for you, which will annoy you to death. My mother just laughed and said you son of a bitch, do you think I don't understand?The family is a working person who violates the family planning, the state does not agree, and he will be expelled. I'll be busy the next time.Friends who have participated in funerals in the countryside know that obituaries, greetings, purchases, mourning, mourning, wreaths, elegiac couplets, and site selection for cemeteries are all messy and complicated.And we also have a "new custom" there, which is to invite some grass-roots troupes to sing operas, not traditional singing operas, but older popular songs, such as "Mother's Kiss" and the popular Daolang nowadays, to make it lively.

This thing has also become popular in recent years. People who are a little better off will invite them, otherwise people will say that their descendants are too poor and poor.Of course, people who play trumpets, suonas and gongs are also indispensable.This is a matter of face and comparison. Although I don't like it very much, I still endure this vulgar thing. The cemetery was visited by a famous Feng Shui master nearby.The old man used to be a primary school teacher. After retiring, he picked up the compass and erected a signboard with a few books of Yi Xue Za Tan.I went to see the cemetery, and the choice was quite satisfactory, not fierce, but it is pure nonsense to say how rich and prosperous it is.I've done this at home before, and I'm considered a colleague. When I talk to him, I can often understand a little bit. After the exchange, he repeatedly begged for mercy, saying, Mr. Xiao, you are a brilliant person, why bother the old man?If I had known it was your grandma, the old man would not have accepted the job, adding to the joke.

I waved my hands and laughed, saying that there are specialties in the art industry, and I only understand a little about the way of Fengshui and Kanyu. I spent a short period of time in my hometown helping people tell fortunes, only two months, but the impact was great. Many people who knew me called me Mr. Lu and Mr. Xiao when they saw me, and they respected me very much.The villagers' education level is limited and their knowledge is superficial, but there is one thing, if you think you have the ability, they will be respectful and respectful, which is very good.I was busy all afternoon, and when it was time for dinner, my uncle came to invite me to sit on the table, so stop busying.

In the evening, there was the main banquet for the funeral, and there were about twenty people at the table. The so-called upper table was the table where a few well-connected elders of our house clan and a few heads of the village sat.I don't like to get together with a bunch of old guys, and I also have friends I know who need to greet, so I can't refuse.Just as he was talking, two police cars came not far away and stopped in the open space on the side of the road.The car door opened, and Ma Haibo, Yang Yu, and several members of the criminal police team all came out. The aura of these guys was a bit weird. The lively scene that was about to start the banquet suddenly fell silent. Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that some kid had committed a crime and provoked the police to arrest him.

Ma Haibo led the people over, my uncle saw them coming towards me, panicked, and said Zuo, did you commit a crime?As I was talking, Ma Haibo came over to shake hands with me, and said that if Yang Yu hadn't heard about it, my brother really didn't know you were back.Really, I didn't say hello earlier, causing us to rush over in a hurry.Oh sorry... I shrugged my shoulders and said that I just came back and I didn't have time.Thinking about going to see you again in a few days. Ma Haibo said that when the old man went, he always had to give a gift.Yang Yu next to me and a few policemen I knew greeted me, saying that we should tell everyone about this matter.My uncle was a little surprised when he heard this conversation, and hurriedly greeted him.Ma Haibo insisted on taking Yang Yu and others to pay homage to my grandma in the mourning hall, and then handed over the gift money to the table responsible for registering gifts.

A total of six of them came, and my uncle immediately arranged a table in the back room, and refused to let me go to the table, so he ate with this group of friends.Some friends who were young came from my side. After saying hello to them, I came over to drink with Ma Haibo and the others. In fact, I am not surprised that Ma Haibo and others will come, they are all friends, but what makes me sad is that it is actually six rough men, Huang Fei did not come.Although there was a one-year agreement, the death of my grandma was obviously much more restrictive than her father's. Even Ma Haibo and Yang Yu came, but she didn't come. This situation is really abnormal! I have a sense of foreboding. But in front of these people, it's inconvenient for me to ask in detail, and I'm just chatting with them right now.I also asked about Yang Yu's promotion. He was a little embarrassed and said that he invited me to dinner alone for a few days.The banquets in the countryside are very simple, and they are all big pot dishes of chicken, duck and fish, which are cooked in pots and scooped up.The wine is the corn wine brewed by the farmhouse. It is spicy and sweet. After drinking a few cups, several of them stopped talking. Coincidentally, I was thinking of looking for you. As soon as I heard what he meant, I asked if I had encountered any difficult cases again? Ma Haibo looked outside the door, hesitated, and said, "It's not a case, it's just a little strange, remember the last time we went to Qingshanjie to encircle and suppress the dwarf mules together?"I said, remember, how can I not remember this.Ma Haibo said, do you still remember the serious illness that Wu Gang had?My head suddenly became a little confused, and after thinking for a long time, I realized that it was not Wu Gang, the guide from Myanmar, but Captain Wu, the armed police leader who led the team when the siege of the dwarf mules was carried out. I said, the last time he was haunted by that little ghost who died, I even went to the southern part of Shonan to get rid of that resentment.What the hell happened to bring this up all of a sudden? Ma Haibo and Yang Yu looked at each other, hesitated to speak.I tapped the wine glass with my chopsticks, making a crisp sound, saying that I have something to say, and I have to fart.Brothers came here today to pay respects to my dead grandma, to give me Lu Zuo face.It's a brother, just say it directly. Ma Haibo nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Lu Zuo, I came to you today to ask for your help. The thing is like this. When I went to encircle and suppress the short mules, two brothers under Wu Gang died inexplicably. Two days. And Luo Fuan—do you still remember the fat man under me?—He also suddenly became seriously ill in the first two days, and he couldn’t be cured when he was sent to the hospital. He said that he would live well in a few days..." Yang Yu said embarrassingly: "Your grandma will be buried tomorrow, and your filial son and virtuous grandson will definitely be there during the funeral, but if Luo Fu'an doesn't save her, he might die, so, so..." I opened my eyes wide and slapped my thighs: This happened to me as soon as I got home, how could it be such a coincidence?