Chapter 50 Chapter 50

After Yuyan left, the old worker saw that Zhu Ziqiang's face was too bad, and he was afraid that he would be too sad, so he began to tease him intentionally or unintentionally. "After decades of life, sooner or later there will always be death. When the time comes, ashes will return to ashes, and dust will return to ashes. No matter whether you are rich or poor, you will come and go naked, and some will be full of sins." , some with endless worries, alas, but once a person dies, everything disappears, young man, I think you have knowledge, think about it." Zhu Ziqiang heard that his conversation was not like those uneducated idlers, nodded and said: "The old man is right, but it is not easy to see through life and death. Life is precious, and death has value. It’s my son’s unfilial piety to endure hardships and never enjoy a day of peace and happiness!” For some reason, Zhu Ziqiang felt that the red-eyed old man was quite amiable, so he opened his heart unconsciously.

The old man lit a dry cigarette and took two puffs of "ba chi, ha chi": "Young man, this life is like a circle, from birth to death, a circle, happy, life seems complete, what is perfection?" ?Longevity, good luck and wealth, full of children and grandchildren, and no worries about food and clothing. The unfortunate circle has some twists and turns, but it still has to return to the end, and no one can escape the great luck! This kind of regret, when the generation of interests dies, they may betray their relatives, and the cold-blooded people may live alone all their lives. Alas, the key to a person in this life is to be worthy of one's conscience, and one should not lose one's conscience in dealing with others. When Premier Zhou passed away, the whole country Who doesn't cry? That's because he has great achievements, loves the people like a son, and is high-spirited. To be a man, he must be a person like Premier Zhou. , I don’t understand those old people, and I don’t bother to understand them. I think your mother endured hardships, but her legacy is good. This is an auspicious sign that she died with a smile. She shouldn’t have any regrets in her heart, right?”

Zhu Ziqiang's heart was lifted. His mother's regret was that he could not see himself admitted to university!I lowered my head and thought silently, what should the university do?There is no problem with taking the exam, but the key is where does the money for college come from?Oh, it's money again! The old man looked at Zhu Ziqiang, smiled and said, "Is the young man in high school?" Zhu Ziqiang nodded, the old man rolled his red eyes, his eyes looked a little cloudy, and the gums in the corners of his eyes became more and more obvious. "Hehe, then work hard to get into college and make your mother's life more fulfilling. Young man, I think you are quite a good person, with a good-looking talent and a dignified appearance. It is rare to see a tall person like you! You will definitely have great achievements in the future. If you It would be a pity to give up, all roads lead to Beijing, and the living will be bloated to death?"

Zhu Ziqiang smiled wryly and said: "The old man is right, now we have to take one step at a time. I don't know how the old man came to work here?" The old man knocked on the cigarette rod and said with a happy expression: "Others are afraid of the dead, but I am most afraid of the living. The dead are not scary. They have no thoughts and no anger. Just lie there quietly. You can tell him anything. You know What? What is the most powerful thing in the world?" Zhu Ziqiang couldn't help thinking of what the cotton craftsman said when he was teaching his skills. The worst thing in the world is natural disasters, so he replied: "Natural disasters."

The old man laughed loudly and said: "Wrong, wrong, natural disasters are not terrible, the most terrible thing is the human heart, alas... no matter how knowledgeable you are, don't try to understand the human heart! The human heart is terrible, greedy, poisonous, selfish, cruel, Since ancient times, have more people died of natural disasters, or have more died of self-killing?" Zhu Ziqiang was stunned. He hadn't thought about it. He had read a lot of history books, and there were countless deaths caused by wars since ancient times.Not to mention far away, how many people died in a single Anti-Japanese War?No one can come up with an exact figure.

The old man looked at Zhu Ziqiang, and smiled proudly: "So the most terrifying thing is people. If we call you brothers and sisters today, tomorrow we may stab you in the back for money, official position, and women. Hehe, so I would rather stay here." Here we deal with the dead." When Zhu Ziqiang heard this, he thought of his own brother, pig head, this is the truth!It happened in my own home, on my own body. The old man said again: "It's a lot of fun to fight against the sky, and it's a lot of fun to fight against the ground... Hey, it's really a lot of fun to fight so many people to death? Now there are too many people like me who are afraid of fighting, who are those cadres? Do you have the kind of drive, drive, and courage that you had when you were just liberated? Although the cultural level of the people at that time was not high, they were dedicated to the people. Things? The less you do, the less you make mistakes, the less you make mistakes, the faster you get promoted, even if you don’t get promoted, you can still sit on the Diaoyutai! This is not a good thing to do. What is the result of being full of warmth and lust, and everyone is safe? Hehe... that is corruption , Corruption from top to bottom! Alas, although there will be no chaos for the time being, how can the common people's hard life end!"

Zhu Ziqiang nodded, his thoughts were driven by the old man, and he fell into a kind of fog. What the old man said had some truth, and it always sounded a bit specious.But he couldn't find any reason to refute it. The old man was a little bit interesting. The two of them talked for about two hours, when the pig liver rushed in, Zhu Ziqiang was frowning and trying to digest the old man's words. "Mom... my mother! My mother! You left because of Nan..." The pig liver knelt behind the pork belly, where there were scented wax lit by Zhu Ziqiang, and a few balls of roasted rolls Paper money, a few neighbors from Dog Street came in one after another, all of them were strong and strong, and they usually had a good relationship with his family, Fu Lei and Luo Yong were among them.

Several people rushed up to pull Zhu Gan up, and tried to persuade him, asking Zhu Gan to express his condolences and get the person back first, and Zhu Gan also knew that it was not the time to cry, so he took out two packs of cigarettes from his trouser pocket and handed them to the old man: "Thank you, old man! You keep this cigarette, it's the wish of the younger generation." The old man didn't refuse, nodded, and began to help wrap the pork belly's body. Before leaving, the old man sent everyone out, patted Zhu Ziqiang on the shoulder and said: "Come here to find me when you have any troubles, alas, remember: the dead are sometimes the living, and the living are sometimes the dead. Take care! "Zhu Ziqiang read it twice in his heart, but he didn't fully pay attention to it.

*** Ten kilometers from the county seat to Dog Street, there is a custom at this time, and it is not allowed to transport by car, because I am afraid of bringing bad luck to the owner of the car, so I have to make a simple shelf to carry it back. There were many people and many ideas, and it was quickly implemented. The pig liver was transported back to Dog Street. Zhu Ziqiang and Luo Yong went back first by car. Yuyan on the Dog Street had already organized people to build a funeral hall. It started to be repaired. As soon as Luo Yong and Zhu Ziqiang came out of the hospital, Luo Yong pulled his sleeves: "Ziziqiang...your book..." Zhu Ziqiang patted his head, how could he forget this: "Xiao Yong, you should read the book first Help me store it at home, and move it after finishing this work."

Luo Yong shook his head and said: "No, no, alas...you listen to me! That..." Luo Yong was in a hurry, Zhu Ziqiang was a little surprised, did he take the wrong medicine?Luo Yong slapped himself hard, and said like a cannonball: "Your book is in my car, I remembered that there was a fucking guy who collected these antiques, isn't it still short of money? You go to him, maybe these things of Crazy Wu are worth some money." Zhu Ziqiang looked at Luo Yong with some surprise, hey, stop stuttering, it turned out to be a slap in the face: "No, Mr. Wu likes these things the most. It's unjustifiable for me to sell his old house. These books are absolutely worthless." They can’t be sold, and what kind of antiques are those? Aren’t they the four old things that have been preserved? What’s their value? Well, since the books are in the car, move them to my house.”

Luo Yong thought about it too, said to go, and went quickly under his feet.The two moved the books to the house. Zhu Ziqiang hadn't come back to this room for several days. When he entered the door, he saw that Yuyan really cared. , good daughter-in-law! Finding a dark red wooden box from under the bed of pork belly, Zhu Ziqiang put the books one by one, and then closed them and put them under the bed, while Luo Yong frantically packed the clothes of pork belly. "Xiao Yong, what are you doing?" Luo Yong stammered and said, "I want to take Na Na... go and burn it for Auntie." Only then did Zhu Ziqiang remember this incident, and he also collected all the clothes worn by the pork belly, leaving no shoes or socks. Luo Yong pointed to a black and white photo of the pork belly and shouted: "Take it...and more Please ask someone for that painting." Zhu Ziqiang understood that this was to be a portrait of his mother. His eyes turned red when he thought of this, so he put the photo in his shirt pocket and pressed it to his chest, and said in his heart: "Mom, are you cold? San'er put you in the What about the chest?" The two of them rushed to the station with three big bags. This guy Luo Yong was really a natural driver. He drove fast and steadily. Not far from the county town, he overtook Zhu Gan and the others and honked the horn a few times. , surpassed the funeral procession, and when they arrived at Goujie, the mourning hall had already been set up in the courtyard of the Goujie Township Government. Seeing Zhu Ziqiang coming, Yuyan wiped her sweat and shouted, "Ziqiang, come here quickly. They asked about a coffin, so go and have a look with someone." Zhu Ziqiang jumped out of the car, greeted the helper, and left with the guide. Now the grave is being repaired, and the key is that the coffin has not yet been found. The man started to explain the situation as he walked. This man's name is Sun Lao Er, an old classmate of pig liver, and the seller is his second uncle. The coffin, but now his second uncle has gained weight, and he heard that the bereaved family is in a hurry, so he is willing to help. Sun Laoer is a typical mountain farmer. His home is on the mountainside behind Dog Street. When he was studying, he was always bullied. Later, Zhugan helped him beat those guys. Sun Laoer was grateful. Working as a farmer at home, I always wanted to repay the pork liver. This time I heard that the pork belly had passed away, so I rushed here in a hurry. The two of them kept stepping, and soon reached the mountainside. Sun Laoer's second uncle was called Sun Laohong. After a hasty greeting, he immediately began to look at the coffin. Qinggangmu, Shen!This pair of coffins is equivalent to the weight of two pairs of pine logs. I feel cold, the price is too high!Green steel wood is the hardest kind of wood. Zhu Ziqiang loved playing with green steel sticks when he was a child. Of course he knew the hardness of this thing. Sun Er Er said, "Second Uncle, I brought him here. Do you see the price?" His second uncle has a big belly, a toothy mouth, and his voice is like a broken gong: "Hey, it's your buddy anyway, and I can recognize pork belly, my coffin was cut out of a whole green steel tree , the labor alone is not enough, but I bought it cheap for many years, without painting, I spent 400 yuan, I heard that your family is only your brother now, alas, your father died early, he is a good man One, forget it, I'm not cheating, eight hundred yuan, I didn't mess around with this price, right?" When Zhu Ziqiang heard the price, he bent his knees and was about to kneel down for him. Sun Laohong supported him: "Boy, a man has gold under his knees, and I did not lose your kindness back then. When father died, I went to your father to buy half of the pork on credit, but your father didn’t say a word, now that your family is in trouble, can I be black-hearted?" Zhu Ziqiang kept nodding his head. Let alone eight hundred coffins, even one thousand and eight would be too little. This is a whole green steel tree. It will take at least three or four hundred years to grow this big, not to mention now, it is usually Even if you look for it, you may not be able to find it.Never thought that Sun Laohong would buy half and give half away. "Second Uncle, I will ask Second Brother to deliver money to you later! There are not many polite words, and if I, Zhu Ziqiang, have a promising day in the future, I will definitely repay your old kindness!" "My baby has a heart! Just take care of the younger generations of the Sun family in the future. Hurry up and organize people to move." At that moment, Zhu Ziqiang and Sun Laoer hurried down the mountain to find someone to carry the coffin down.