Shi Dayong was chatting with his brothers when he saw his mother rushing out and sitting barefoot at the door: "Dayong, look at your dad!" As soon as he finished speaking, tears burst out and she couldn't hold back her tears.

Beating the ground and crying: "Old man, old man, you can't leave me alone!"

Seeing his mother like this, Shi Dayong immediately felt a thump in his heart, stood up, and ran into the house. When the other brothers saw her, they all stood up and followed Shi Dayong.

Shi Youtian lay there quietly, his face was like gold paper, his eyes were tightly closed, and although his lips were open, his chest no longer rose and fell.

"Dad -" Shi Dayong yelled heartbreakingly and threw himself in front of the bed. He couldn't believe that his father was still talking and laughing during the meal, so why did he leave so quickly!

He first felt his father's breath and then felt his father's pulse. The absence of any fluctuation made him finally believe the fact that his father was gone. He leaned on his father and cried loudly: "Dad——"

The brothers gathered around one after another and surrounded the bed tightly for a while. Rui Quan even cried and stamped his feet and beat his chest: "Dad, why did you leave just after you came back? My dad——"

He Xiaoxia found shoes and helped her mother-in-law put them on, while her mother-in-law cried together.

Ruiqiang couldn't squeeze in from the outside. He looked around, turned around and ran home to report the news to his father.

Shi Gengtian and his wife are old. They get up early in the morning and wake up before dawn. They don't get enough sleep. They must take a nap at noon. When they came back from their brother's house, they lay on the bed and sighed: "My mother, my child."

." Shi Gengtian turned over and faced his wife: "I don't know how many more days Arita can last like this? It makes me miserable just looking at it! You don't know, I feel...I feel uncomfortable." Shi Gengtian beat his chest several times and sighed heavily.

He took a breath and said, "Oh...it's not easy for my brother."

"His father." Zhou Ronghua comforted him: "Don't be too uncomfortable. Each person has his or her own fate. God is in charge of who can live as long as he wants. It's useless for us to just feel uncomfortable. Go to sleep and hurry up when you wake up.

Go over and stay with his second uncle. I see that his second uncle is like this, just letting him live... Oh, don't say any unlucky words, just go to sleep."

The old couple chatted for a long time and finally fell asleep. They were sleeping deeply when they heard a bang on the door, which made Shi Gengtian tremble. Before he could wake up completely, Ruiqiang's loud voice sounded.

He came over: "Dad! Mom! Quick! Get up quickly, my second uncle is dead!"

Who's dead? Second uncle? Second child? He's going to die soon?! Shi Gengtian was in a hurry. He got out of bed, pulled on his shoes and walked out. After walking a few steps, he came back and woke Zhou Ronghua up: "My dear, mother,

Get up quickly, my second brother is dead!"

Ruiqiang took three steps at a time and ran towards his parents' house. He happened to bump into his father. He grabbed his father's arm and walked out: "Dad, my second uncle is dead, hurry up!"

Ruiqiang pulled hard and dragged his father to stagger. Shi Gengtian couldn't stand his son's panic and rash behavior, so he slapped his son on the back of his hand and shouted calmly: "Don't pull me.

I'll go with your mother, you go to your eldest brother's house and call him eldest brother."

"Oh, oh." Ruiqiang threw away his father's arm and ran to call his elder brother in a panic.

Zhou Ronghua bent down to pick up her shoes as she walked. She held Shi Gengtian's arm and picked up her own shoes. When she lowered her head, she saw that her husband's shoes were still on her feet. She squatted down and helped Shi Gengtian pick up his shoes and stood up.

Holding his wife's arm: "Dad, don't worry, don't worry, we'll go right now."

Shi Gengtian thought his son was in a panic when something happened, but in fact he was also in a panic right now, and his arms were shaking uncontrollably on his wife's hand.

The old couple supported each other and ran to Shi Youtian's house. They stumbled along the way. If Zhou Ronghua hadn't supported him, he almost fell down several times. It was still far away from his brother's house, and the loud crying was enough.

Passed over.

"Dad——"

"Old man——"

Sun Xiufang was still sitting on the ground beating the ground and crying. He Xiaoxia tried to pull her up several times but could not get up. She had no choice but to hold Xiaolan and cry with her mother-in-law. Xiaolan had never seen such a scene before and was so frightened.

Howling at the top of his lungs.

Sun Xiufang saw her eldest brother and his wife walking in hurriedly, and hurriedly took two steps forward: "Brother, sister-in-law, Yong's father... Yong's father is not good!"

"Brother and sister, don't panic, let me take a look." Shi Gengtian hurriedly bent down and helped Sun Xiufang: "Brother and sister, get up quickly, the ground is cold."

Sun Xiufang had no strength at all and almost turned into a puddle of mud. Shi Youtian tried to help her twice but failed to get up. He signaled Zhou Ronghua to take care of his brother and his wife, and he hurriedly walked into the house.

"Brother, our uncle is here." When Ruimin saw Shi Gengtian, he quickly stepped aside to make room for the uncle.

Dayong was still crying on his father's body. Shi Gengtian patted Dayong on the shoulder: "Dayong, get up and let me take a look."

Shi Dayong wiped away tears and straightened up: "Uncle, my father..."

Shi Gengtian stroked his brother's face, and was choked up and speechless for a while: "Second brother, second brother, why did you just leave when you said you were leaving? I just took a nap, and I promised to wait for you to wake up.

I'll come to see you again, why can't you just leave as soon as you say, why can't you wait for me for a while, brother -"

The old man cried for a while, but suddenly found that his brother was still wearing the same clothes he had come back from, and he had not changed his clothes at all. He was anxious and asked Shi Dayong dissatisfied: "Why haven't you changed your father's old clothes?

If you wait a little longer, you won’t be able to wear any new clothes when you’re hard, so why don’t you still expect your father to leave without any new clothes?”

Dressing up in old clothes? Although Shi Dayong knew about this, he had never experienced it personally, so he never thought of changing his father's clothes. He didn't know if his father was wearing old clothes, so he hurriedly said: "Let me ask."

My mother."

Sun Xiufang got better after Zhou Ronghua's persuasion, and several women sat on small benches and cried.

"Mom, where are my dad's old clothes?" Shi Dayong stood at the door and asked loudly.

"Pretending to wear old clothes?" To be honest, Sun Xiufang had forgotten this matter in the back of her mind and had not prepared any preparations in advance. When Dayong asked her, she became a little anxious and stood up quickly: "Dayong, I forgot to prepare preparations for your father.

What should I do if I get off the ground?"

"What else can I do? Go buy it quickly! This is a big deal. Let's go, let's go, I'll take you there." Zhou Ronghua said as he took Sun Xiufang's hand and started to walk out.

"Auntie, I'll go buy it. You just need to accompany my mother." Shi Dayong walked out quickly: "Auntie, tell me where to buy it."

"It's not far away. There's one in our town. Dayong, you have to hurry up. I don't know when your father left. If your father gets hard after a while, you won't be able to wear these clothes."

The town is not far from the village. It only takes about ten minutes to walk quickly. Fortunately, Dayong drove back. He found an open place and turned the car around. It only took ten minutes to buy something in the town and come back.

Come minutes.

He took the clothes and entered the house. The brothers had already given him a simple cleansing under the command of Shi Gengtian. A simple bed was built with corn stalks in the middle of the main room. After Shi Youtian put on his clothes, Shi Dayong was responsible for holding his head.

Together with his brothers, he carried his father to the simple bed.

It's not that Shi Dayong can't hold his father by himself, it's mainly because there is a saying in his hometown that when the family leaves, the eldest son and grandson are responsible for holding the head when the family moves.

Shi Youtian lay down with his head facing the door and his feet on the wall. Shi Gengtian found a piece of paper to temporarily cover his brother's face, and then carefully arranged the follow-up matters for his nephews.

There is an old saying that once a person dies, he will miss his body and will keep going in and out of his body. Although the person is dead, his soul has feelings. At this time, the human soul is extremely sensitive. Every time it is touched,

It will be very painful, and it will not be until three days later that you gradually realize that you have passed away. At that time, you can be considered as a person who has truly passed away. Therefore, when there is a funeral in your hometown, the mourning usually lasts for three to seven days.

Shi Gengtian summoned his nephews together and started making arrangements. Dayong was the eldest son of the family. He asked Shi Dayong for his opinion in advance: "Dayong." Shi Gengtian said: "Your father hasn't bought the longevity materials yet, so we have to hurry up and make the arrangements."

It’s best to have ready-made ones, but it’s troublesome if you don’t have ready-made ones. It will take you who knows how many days to make fresh longevity materials, and your father can’t just leave them to dry like this.”

"I'll go buy it, uncle. Don't worry. If one family doesn't have it, I'll find two families. Try to get longevity materials back today."

Shi Gengtian nodded and suggested: "Dayong, sending your father away will cost a lot of money. You and your brothers should discuss how to share it."

Shi Dayong interrupted the uncle: "Uncle, there is no need to share, I will take whatever you spend."

Shi Gengtian originally thought that Ruicheng was already married and had a lot of food this autumn. Selling part of it could help Dayong share the burden. Since Dayong was willing to bear the burden himself, it was hard for him as an uncle to say anything in front of his nephew.

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"In this case, Dayong." Shi Gengtian continued to ask: "Are you going to make a score for your father to tie up the ox-horse sedan or something?"

"Piece, pierce whatever you have. Uncle, my father has not enjoyed much happiness in his life. We can't let my father continue to be poor when he goes there. House, sedan, maids and servants, Jin Yuanbao, as long as there is something, we will pierce it."

"Okay." Shi Gengtian turned to Ruicheng and the others: "Your eldest brother will pay, and you brothers will run errands."

Ruicheng hurriedly expressed his position: "Uncle, it's your arrangement."

"You brothers should divide the work among you. Who will go to report news to relatives, who will go shopping with your elder brother, and who will receive guests at home."

The Ruicheng brothers had a brief discussion and each of them performed their duties. Since Ruifu was more familiar with the city, he volunteered to go shopping with his eldest brother. Ruiquan was the youngest. He wanted to spend more time with his father, so he arranged for him and Ruimin to go shopping.

Together they received the guests who came to express their condolences at home, while Ruicheng and Ruisheng were responsible for reporting to relatives and friends.

Longevity material stores are usually custom-made or processed with supplied materials, but some stores will place several finished products there to deal with people who are in a hurry and have no time to customize longevity materials. Ruifu led Shi Dayong in the first store

They had already found suitable longevity materials. With the help of the boss, they loaded the materials into the car. They also asked for a bunch of wreaths, paper horses, etc., and loaded a cart full of things. The two brothers walked back in a hurry.

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The crying alarmed the neighbors, and gradually everyone in the village knew about it. Those who had just left at noon still couldn't believe it. How could a good person leave just like that? Everyone was still talking at noon.

The village is not big, and the people in the village are getting along well. Everyone is shaking their heads and sighing. Poor Shi Youtian passed away when he was young and not too old. Those who have interacted with each other must go and reciprocate, and those who have not interacted with each other should also spend a few minutes.

The money bought half a knife of paper to send Shi Youtian on his last journey.

I asked why I bought half a knife of paper. It’s not expensive. Even a knife of paper doesn’t cost a dime. In fact, the custom is like this. If one of the couple passes away, they buy half a knife of paper when they express condolences. If both of them are gone, they will buy half a knife of paper.

, then you can buy a piece of paper to say goodbye.

The two Ruitao brothers also arrived. Together with Rui Quan and others, they and Shi Dayong carried the coffin into the house. Fearing that the coffin would be hard and hurt their father, Shi Dayong found a quilt and spread it on the bottom while carrying the stone.

When there was a field, Shi Dayong clearly felt that his father had begun to suffer from rigor mortis. Shi Dayong was in great mourning and his tears couldn't stop falling.

After covering the coffin board, lighting the lantern, putting on linen clothes and a filial piety hat, Shi Dayong cried hard again.

As the eldest son of the family, his behavior is a benchmark in the eyes of his brothers. Shi Dayong cannot just cry and do nothing. After crying, he starts to get busy, including hiring a cook, setting up a stove, renting tables and chairs, shopping, reception, tea, etc.

There was no detail about everything, he was so busy that he had no time to feel sad.

There is a custom in my hometown that if people don’t do anything big when they leave, they will do something big three years after they leave, commonly known as “three years later”. Three days later, the coffin is sealed and the coffin is raised. Shi Dayong carries the coffin and the brothers hold the coffin.
Chapter completed!