According to the local funeral customs of Chengjia Village, the next morning he had to send the dead old man out of the village to the crematorium, and then take the ashes back to the mountain to be buried.
That morning, everyone carried wreaths and wore mourning clothes to send the old man away from the village.
According to the old customs in the village, women are not allowed to send them out of the village entrance. Xue Ling and his daughter and daughter-in-law can only follow the customs of the countryside, and can only send them to the village entrance and go back, and they must not violate them.
When the meal started at noon, all the older people in the village came, and many elderly people even brought two or three children together.
Under the shade of the trees in front of the ancestral house, there were twenty tables added, but more than thirty tables were still not enough to sit.
Xue Ling hurriedly asked his eldest son and son-in-law to quickly chase more ingredients and drinks for the chefs to arrange them. Instead, he shouted with a loudspeaker and arranged for the elderly over 60 to take their seats first, and the others would wait for an hour before giving their faces.
Cheng Tianyuan kept giving cigarettes and candies to everyone, shouting apologies and being sorry, asking everyone to patiently go into the ancestral house, etc., drink water first and smoke first, and change to another one after eating.
The meal started from around 10 o'clock and it ended until two o'clock.
Everyone was exhausted, but they didn't care about resting and hurriedly followed Cheng Tianyuan up the mountain.
Cheng Tianyuan wanted his mother to get down to the soil earlier, so he chose to go up the mountain that afternoon. Fortunately, there were small hills here, and it only took more than half an hour to reach the back mountain.
The weather in the afternoon was very hot and the sun was hot.
Cheng Tianyuan and Xue Ling led a group of children up the mountain and insisted on sending the old man on his last journey. They were all sweating profusely.
After the burial, everyone burned incense and paper money, and then prepared to go down the mountain.
Unexpectedly, a large cloud surged from the sky, and suddenly lightning and thunder roared!
Cheng Tianyuan frowned: "Let's hide in the cave first. Such thunderstorms fall quickly and go quickly, at most half an hour. It's dangerous to walk on the mountain road when thunder and lightning strikes, and you must find a place to hide."
"Dad!" Xue Yang smiled bitterly and looked around: "Where are there caves? Either trees or grass!"
After all, Cheng Tianyuan is from the village. How could a person who grew up strolling around the mountains since childhood not recognize one or two caves?
"Come on! Come on! Come on!"
So, Cheng Tianyuan quickly walked ahead to lead the way.
The sky became darker and lightning slashed around, and the thunder rumbling.
Cheng Huanran shouted: "Everyone turned off all their phones! Each of us has a cell phone, and the signals come in and out - it's too easy to attract thunder!"
"Yes, yes! Close!"
"Close now!"
"It's closed, safety is the first priority."
Xue Xin was frightened and hugged Chen Xinzhi's arm: "It's so terrifying... I feel like the thunder sound is above my head!"
"Not afraid." Chen Xinzhi held her hand and protected her by his side: "We are now on the top of a mountain at a high altitude, so the thunder sounds closer. There are many thunderstorms in the south in summer. It's so hot these two days, so it's going to rain
The heat is gone.”
Cheng Huanchong walked behind them and joked: "If you don't do anything bad, why are you afraid of thunder!"
"Shut up!" Xue Xin hummed: "Be careful I'll kick you down the mountain!"
Xue Yang stopped and shouted: "Don't joke! The rain has begun! There are so many leaves on the mountain road and it is easy to slip! Be careful!"
Cheng Tianyuan, who was leading the way at the forefront, couldn't help but turn back: "Look at your mother! Ranran, hold your mother! Carry her when you encounter a rugged place!"
"Oh!" The eldest son at the end answered.
Xue Ling was worried about her husband and shouted, "Be careful of your feet! Don't walk too fast!"
Cheng Tianyuan shouted: "It's coming soon! Just bypass this mountain side!"
The rain started to rush and hit everyone, densely packed like a rain curtain.
Xue Ling hurriedly supported the parasol and blocked his son beside him.
Cheng Huanran didn't care about himself and held his mother's arm.
"Mom, be careful."
Everyone found that it was raining and instinctively ran faster.
Fortunately, the whole family has long legs and is equipped with all the equipment to go up the mountain. They are all well-equipped running shoes or sports shoes on their feet. They are also downhill roads to go down the mountain, so they run very quickly.
After all, Xue Ling is old and has no more legs than young people. She can't keep up after running for a short period of time.
Cheng Huanran discovered it and quickly reduced the speed.
"Mom, I'll carry you."
Xue Ling shook her head: "No, no, I just need to walk slowly."
Cheng Huanran was already half wet and chuckled: "I kept sweating today and I had to change my clothes at noon. This heavy rain came unfortunately and it happened to be a coincidence. It was just right when the rain took a shower in time."
Xue Yang and others were still there and shouted, "Mom! It's a bit steep down! I'll carry you!"
"No." Xue Ling gasped: "It should be coming soon! It's so dark on this mountain road, be careful--Oh!"
Before she could finish her speech, she was tripped by a dead branch lying on the mountain road!
"mom!"
"mom!"
Cheng Huanran had only time to grab her umbrella and couldn't hold her mother's body in front of her.
Xue Yang in front was shocked and rushed forward - unexpectedly, Xue Ling ran too fast and rushed to the ground, barely missing the hand that his second son reached out.
Everyone was frightened and didn't care about the raucous rain, so they picked Xue Ling up and walked over the mountain to hide in a dark cave.
Chen Xinzhi quickly turned on his phone and turned on the flashlight.
The cave is not big, a few meters deep, maybe it is made up of rocks gathering, and it is deep and cool inside. Fortunately, the rain still has not yet penetrated, and the soil and the cave walls under your feet are dry.
"Hurry! Put your mother here!" Cheng Tianyuan pointed to a small black rock: "Hurry her to sit down!"
Xue Ling was wet all over and her hair was wet, but she had no discomfort at all.
"It's okay. The ground is full of leaves and soil. I didn't feel any pain after I pounced on it, but my body was a little dirty."
Cheng Tianyuan was still not relieved and asked: "Where are the feet? Where are the knees? Doesn't it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt." Xue Ling shook his hands and feet and smiled bitterly: "It's just that I was shocked by myself, nothing else."
Cheng Huanran helped his mother clean her hair and explained: "There are fallen leaves on the mountain road, and a thick layer is accumulated. With them, they can have buffers, so my mother should be fine."
"Yes!" Xue Yang pinched his mother's knees: "The pants are not broken. It's okay, I shouldn't have broken my skin."
Xue Ling gave everyone a comforting smile: "I'm really fine. Hurry up, find some tissues to wipe it, so that you don't catch a cold."
Cheng Huanchong hurriedly handed over the tissue, "Mom, wipe it quickly!"
Then he quickly pulled out the tissue and handed it to the others.
Everyone wiped their faces, hands, and hair, while chatting while watching the heavy rain outside.
Cheng Tianyuan smiled slightly and said warmly: "According to the old traditional idea here, if it rains heavily after the relatives are buried, it means that the descendants are blessed and are a good sign of blessing."
"Grandma has always been a lucky old man! Haha!"
"This is definitely a heavy rain! It has been almost ten minutes, and it is still crackling!"
"Grandma can finally get what she wants and be buried with her grandfather. Maybe she is happy at this moment."