When I rushed to the foot of the mountain with incense and candles, the men who were resisting the coffin were still holding the coffin on their shoulders. Their waists were as tired as cooked shrimps, urging me to hurry up. If I didn't come back, they would leave the coffin here and leave it alone!
Grandma took the incense candle from my hand, looked at me with a bad look on my face, and asked me why I was standing alone on the road talking to myself just now? What time was it, and there was still time to mess around on the road.
Am I talking to myself?
——I told my grandma that I just met a very strange actor on the road. I thought he wanted to take my things, so I stopped. I was afraid that grandma wouldn’t believe me and took the peach-shaped box on my chest.
In hand:
"That's it. I thought the actor just wanted to take my stuff, which contains the human skin masks I bought yesterday!"
With that said, I opened the box smoothly, but as soon as I opened it, I was dumbfounded. The box was empty and the dough was gone!
Grandma worshiped the mountain god devoutly and did not listen to me. She put incense and candles and got up from the ground, and then our funeral procession went up the mountain road.
On the way, my grandma lost some of her anger. She saw me holding the peach blossom box in a daze and asked me if I had dropped something.
I didn’t want to trouble my grandma about this matter, so I quickly shook my head and said no. My grandma probably felt that the tone she spoke to me just now was a bit harsh, so she explained to me that this is the custom in the town. If someone dies,
, must be buried before the sun comes up, otherwise, the little ghost guiding the way in the underworld cannot see grandpa, and grandpa will not be able to find his way to the underworld.
It's a custom, and it's always strange. I didn't ask too much. After finishing my grandpa's funeral, it was already after 10 a.m., and my phone still had some battery. I received a call from my dad, who said he was already at Yanzhi
It's in town.
When someone dies in the town, there will be a funeral ceremony. The people in the town will be invited to drink and eat for a whole day. However, these are all arranged by the people in the town, so you can just pay when the time comes.
The conditions in the town were really bad. When we went home at night, my grandma sent my dad and me to the intersection. She tremblingly handed me a bag of eggs and told me that they were from their own chickens and could be used in the morning.
Eating it with boiled water is more nutritious.
Looking at my grandma's frail figure outside the car, I felt a little uncomfortable. My nose felt sour and tears flowed down. I told my grandma that I would visit her often.
I don’t know how many left-behind elderly people like grandma are there in China, with gray temples. Every night, their lonely figures will be swallowed up by the night. Perhaps they are also afraid of the rats scurrying around at night.
They are also afraid of dying alone, but they have always refused to tell us about this kind of loneliness, just like we did something embarrassing when we were young and dared not tell them.
Therefore, if you haven't been home for a long time, no matter how busy you are, you should take time to go home and visit. Our loved ones at home are always the calmest harbor in our hearts.
Thinking about this, I even felt that my father, who was good at eating, drinking, prostitution and gambling, became more amiable.
When I got home, I told my dad that I would go to my grandma's house in a few days to stay with her while he watched the store by himself.
When my dad heard what I said, he was so happy that he shamelessly told me that as soon as I came home, his best friend would not dare to come. If I wanted to go, he would send me back now!
I rolled my eyes at my dad and asked him if he still loves me? Then I teased him about the woman from the massage parlor next door!
My dad had a sincere look on his face and swore that she was not the woman she was now, she was definitely a good woman. She had met a widowed woman on the way to the countryside before. As he was talking, he seemed to be thinking of something and brought me a package from the house.
,say to me:
"By the way Caiwei, this is something your grandfather asked someone to bring you before he died. I don't know what it is? You open it first and take a look. I'll take a bath first."
Something from my grandpa? I strangely took it from my dad's hand. It was not big, but it was carefully wrapped in black cloth. I sat on the sofa and slowly opened the package.
In the past, my grandpa would ask people to bring some things over, but they were all home-made oranges and noodles. He was afraid that we wouldn’t have enough to eat, so he sent a lot of them as soon as they came over, but this time the portion was very small. I don’t know.
What is it.
I peeled off the last layer of black cloth of the package, and a dazzling light quickly shot into my eyes. My eyes hurt, so I quickly covered my eyes with my hands, and then carefully looked at the contents of the package.
——A white and translucent jade seal appeared in front of me. The surface of the jade was as bright as a mirror. Carved on the jade seal was a dragon flying up into the clouds. The carving of this dragon was extremely fine and polished so brightly that it made the top of the head shine.
The light refracted and spread out in all directions, like diamonds, it was so strange!
I slowly stretched out my hand and held the jade seal as big as a small bowl in my hand. I turned it over and saw that underneath the jade seal was engraved:
"If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life!"