Tian Minyan was awakened by several gongs, and a grasshopper bounced up. She opened her eyes and looked out the window. The genius was just beginning to turn white, and the sun had not yet risen.
"Nanny, it's still early, let's sleep a little longer." Luo Shi also woke up and saw her sitting up stupidly, so he advised her.
"Mom, someone is old." Tian Minyan suddenly turned her head and said.
Luo Shi paused while putting on his clothes, looked at his daughter and asked, "What? Who is old?"
"I don't know." Tian Minyan shook her head, looking confused: "Someone is beating the gong."
Luo Shi listened carefully and quickly woke up Tian Huairen. The sound of the gong was getting closer and closer, clanging, clanging, and harsh.
Four gongs sounded in front of the front yard door, Tian Minyan got dressed, and Tian Minrui followed Tian Huairen out.
In the other rooms, Mr. Tian had woken up early and was smoking a cigarette in the room. He had also heard the sound of the gong and was walking out of the main room with his shoes on.
Mrs. Li stood in the north room, yawned and said, "Who will come to announce the funeral so early in the morning? It's bad luck."
At the door of the east chamber, the faces of Tian Huaide and Chen changed slightly. They looked at each other with panic expressions on their faces.
Tian Minyan noticed the expressions on the two people's faces and couldn't help but frown. Is there something wrong?
The family walked to the front yard and opened the door. They saw a rough-looking man with a dark face standing at the door of the house, holding a gong in one hand. His arms were tied with a black gauze, a white cloth strip was tied between his forehead, and a handful was tied around his waist.
White paper money.
"His second uncle, who is this?" Mr. Tian recognized him as his cousin who was not yet a member of the Chen family in Chenjiatun, so he could be considered a relative.
"Uncle, you are my grandma, from Chen Tang's family. I am getting old today, so I came to tell you good news, and also asked my aunt to go to my aunt's house to pay homage." The second uncle Chen replied with a smile.
In the South, when an old man reaches his old age and the Shouzong has gone to bed, when his family goes to report the funeral, they will say good news that the old man has been summoned by the Bodhisattva to serve him. This is a great thing, so it is commonly known as laughing at the funeral.
Yinshi, wasn't it not long after Tian Huaide and the others came back from there? Tian Minyan looked at her uncle and saw that both of them had shocked faces, and then their faces turned pale.
"Yinshi, wasn't my uncle still fine when our family came...?" Ms. Chen asked in shock. In the end, she obviously felt guilty.
"No, no." Tian Huaide said two sentences in succession.
"I don't know, my mother-in-law was always on guard, so she took a nap just thinking about it, and she was gone in the blink of an eye." Uncle Chen scratched his head and said, "I'm afraid my uncle would have come to pick me up a long time ago.
We just don’t know.” Come to pick her up, which means that the old man who passed away grandma came to take her away.
"This person is not sure even if he is old. If this Bodhisattva wants to be summoned, you have to go even if you don't want to go, and you have to send her off happily." Mr. Tian sighed, feeling a little thoughtful.
These are all old people. When I first heard that someone from the older generation had passed away, even though it was a happy occasion, it was still a bit emotional and sad, and I might not be that close.
Tian Minyan kept thinking in her mind, what's going on? Didn't it mean that Chen Xiaojuan secretly ran back to her parents' home and was picked up by the Tan family, but when she was picked up here, the grandmother on the other side died? What a coincidence, there could be something wrong inside.
?
Thinking of this, Tian Minyan looked at her uncle again, always feeling that there was something they didn't know.
"Then the second uncle, have you reported the funeral to my sister Xiaojuan?" Tian Minyan pretended not to know, and sighed: "This is too impermanent. It's not that the sister just returned to her husband's house, and the grandma... ugh
, I really can’t think of it.”
"They have all been sent to report." Uncle Chen said, "It was a coincidence. This girl seemed to know what was going on. She came back early to take a look at her uncle, and then she was taken back by the Tan family. She said she was inseparable from the family.
Drive her. Her front foot went off, and my aunt fainted. If it hadn't been for my aunt, she would have died on the spot. If she didn't survive until midnight, she didn't make it through."
Tian Minyan was shocked. There seemed to be some discrepancies in this statement. The uncle seemed to have no idea that Chen Xiaojuan had sneaked back. Thinking of this, she glanced at her uncle and Mrs. Chen again.
"I remember, the house seems to be in ruins, and there is only one girl." Mr. Tian thought for a while and asked: "Is it possible that a married girl should be responsible for carrying the flags and buying water?"
When an old man dies, one of his descendants will carry a banner to buy water. This is usually done by a man, which is commonly known as the farewell ceremony. The meaning of carrying a banner to buy water is that the man will hold the memorial tablet, take the bowl with the corner broken, go to the place where there is a river, and throw it away.
Two copper coins go in, and a bowl of water is spooned home. It is commonly said that it is to reward the ghosts on the Huangquan Road for the old man, and the journey is smooth sailing.
If Chen Xiaojuan was unmarried, it would be okay for her to carry the flags and buy water, but since she was a married woman, there was no such thing.
"How can this be possible? The clan leader has agreed that a grandson of the nearest house will carry the banner. In the future, that property will also be taken over by the clan, and the two acres of land left behind will be regarded as clan fields." Erjiu Chen said stupidly.
He explained with a silly smile.
"That's okay." Mr. Tian nodded in approval, and asked Jiang to prepare some things for the Yuanbao candle, and also ordered a piece of white cloth to be delivered.
"Then I have to go to another house to announce the good news, uncle. I'll go first." Because he was announcing the funeral, he didn't enter the house, so Uncle Chen only waved goodbye at the door.
"Go ahead."
After Uncle Chen left, it was already bright. Mr. Tian frowned and walked back to the main room. After sitting down on the kang, he looked at Tian Huaide and said: "Since you are the grandma in the sister-in-law clan and are related by relatives, you two can also
Go and burn incense."
"Dad, I know." Tian Huaide was obviously a little weak, as if he had been cramped and couldn't get up his energy.
"The boss is going to be a master soon. He's not a relative. It's okay for the sister-in-law to go. No bad luck." Jiang said displeasedly while pulling a piece of white cotton cloth.
Tian Minyan looked at her coldly, she didn't even want to pay tribute to the deceased, she thought the old man had made her prepare too much.
"Mom, my husband, he is my husband after all." Mrs. Chen said in a low voice.
"Sister-in-law, just go for it. You are not a relative of me. Your mother is right. The boss will take office soon, so it is not good to get frustrated." Mr. Tian changed his mind again. As long as it concerns the eldest son, he will
I am more nervous than anyone else.
"Tsk, tsk, one after another, it's all because of that family. Isn't it possible that the eldest brother, the official, was delayed because of this?" Ms. Li clicked her tongue twice and said with eyes hanging: "What's this called that? Hey, good things come in a long way, that's right.
, it’s just that good things come in vain.”
"Shut your stinky mouth." Jiang scolded her, glaring at her and scolding: "You haven't started making breakfast yet, huh? You're waiting for me, an old woman, to serve you, huh?"
Li opened her mouth, but was pinched severely by Tian Huaixiao, so she had to curl her lips and go out.
Tian Minyan looked at Tian Huaide and Chen with cold eyes, constantly thinking about the twists and turns inside, as if scratched by a cat, but she couldn't figure it out.
