But there was one person who was different. She was crying. She was Azhu next to me. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: the grave sweepers came here to commemorate, but she was facing an eternal farewell.
The person we were waiting for came. He turned out to be a Taoist priest. He was wearing a black Taoist robe, his hair was tied up in a bun on the top of his head, his beard was very long, and he was dark and thin. I felt that this man looked uncomfortable because
He gives people a very dirty look.
He actually has an office! Now, A-Zhu and I are sitting in his office.
"Pay the money first," the Taoist said.
"How much?" I asked.
"Three hundred. This is a cemetery. The place where dead people are buried cannot be even numbers." He said.
I didn't care about it and immediately gave him three hundred yuan. I thought it would be good now. But he continued: "I still need five ancient copper coins, the best ones from the Yongzheng era. I need to use such coins to set the price."
tomb."
I suddenly understood: it turned out that I had to charge money again. So I asked, "How much does it cost?"
"Fifty yuan a piece, a total of two hundred and fifty yuan," he said.
Yes, give it.
"I also need a rooster. A big rooster." He said, "I have it here. You can buy it yourself."
I felt a little bit cheated, but I still asked patiently: "How much does it cost?"
"One hundred dollars. The roosters here are different. They are so roosterous. Only in this way can evil be suppressed." He said.
This time I paid attention, "What else do you need? Just tell me."
"Money paper, incense candles. These are very cheap. Fifty yuan is enough." He said.
"Do you need anything else?" I asked again.
"That's all. I won't charge money randomly." He said to me seriously. So I gave him another hundred and fifty. Then he went out with his things, carrying a box on his back and carrying a bag in his hand.
Holding a big rooster. Azhu held her mother's ashes, and I held her father's urn in my hand. We followed closely behind him.
Now, I finally understand why the cemetery makes so much money. When I think about Song Mei and Si Weimin, I sigh. At the same time, I also feel that things are unpredictable: Si Weimin went to jail for the cemetery project, and Song Mei died.
But it was Ning Xiangru, Kang Demao and I who benefited.
The Taoist priest's words let me know how crowded this place is. He said: "The tombs here have been almost sold out for a long time. This tomb was ordered by someone else a few years ago and was recently withdrawn. It is said that this person settled abroad.
Already."
I see. It seems that Ning Xiangru’s project will be very profitable in the future. I thought to myself.
In front of the tomb, the Taoist priest began to practice. He was chattering in front of the tomb, like a monk reciting sutras. He then placed five coins at the four corners of the tomb, and the last one in the middle, and then killed the chicken.
Azhu was a little scared, and she grabbed my arm tightly. "Don't be afraid, there are so many people around during the day," I comforted her.
Immediately, the Taoist priest put the ashes in the urns respectively, and the two urns were close to each other. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: I hope they won't quarrel anymore, let alone hurt each other.
The Taoist priest plucked a feather from the rooster's neck, dipped it in the rooster's blood and sprinkled it on the urn in the tomb. He was mumbling words that I couldn't understand. After the Taoist priest finished doing this, he immediately put a cement lid on it.
board, and then took out a jar from the box. After opening it, I found that it was filled with cement mixed with water. He used cement to paste the edge of the cover board, exactly like a mason, and his movements were very skillful.
"Okay. You can burn the money paper and burn incense yourself." The Taoist priest said, and then he picked up the big rooster and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute." I called him immediately.
He looked at me in confusion.
I looked at the rooster in his hand and said to him: "Since we spent money to buy this chicken, it should belong to us, right?"
He suddenly became embarrassed, "I thought you didn't want it anymore."
I said, "Who said we don't want it? You put it here. We will take it away later."
He reluctantly put the rooster down. If it weren't for seeing Ah Zhu's sad look, I would have laughed.
Ah Zhu lit the incense candles and kowtowed in front of the tomb. She burst into tears. The people sweeping the tomb around were all looking at us, because we were the only ones crying.
It was already past three in the afternoon when I left the cemetery. I was holding the big rooster in my hand. Azhu asked me: "Do you really want to take it back?"
"Why not? With such a good chicken, our family can have a big meal." I said.
"Feng Xiao, don't take it back. It's used to honor my parents." She said in a low voice.
I thought to myself: The Taoist priest almost took it away just now. Who knows if he took it back and cooked it for himself? But I felt that it was not right to take this thing back, so I said to her: "Well, just now
When I came here, I saw a beggar in the town ahead, let's give this chicken to him."
She said nothing more.
When I drove into the town, I saw that the beggar was still there, so I gave him the chicken in my hand. The beggar looked surprised and then grinned. I thought he must have found it strange, because giving a chicken to a beggar was like this.
Things are too incredible.
"I'm hungry." Azhu said to me. Then I remembered that we hadn't had lunch yet, and I suddenly became hungry. "Let's just eat something in this town. We'll have dinner soon," I said.
She nodded and said, "Yeah."
I saw a noodle shop and got off the bus.
"Azhu, can I eat noodles?" I asked her.
She came to me and looked at me but said nothing. I asked her in surprise: "What's wrong?"
What I didn't expect was that she hugged me suddenly and kissed me deeply on the lips. I was stunned. Although she had left my lips, I was still stunned.
Standing there, because my lips and my mind were filled with the taste of her kiss just now.
"Feng Xiao, what's wrong with you?" She stood in front of me, looking at me in panic. I suddenly woke up, "Azhu, you..."
Her face immediately turned red and she said softly: "Feng Xiao, I'm very grateful to you."
I immediately breathed a sigh of relief: it turned out to be just gratitude to me. But the ripples in my heart caused by her kiss just now still existed, so I said calmly: "Come on, let's go eat noodles."
Azhu is very beautiful, and her beauty has an exotic flavor. Because she looks like her father, she has a straight nose, big and slightly sunken eyes, big lips, her skin is as white as snow, and she is nearly 1.7 meters tall.
She looked like that, so when she gave me a fierce kiss just now, it really moved my heart. But I immediately reminded myself: She is the daughter of your tutor, and she has the character of a high school girl.
Don't have any other ideas.
But I am still embarrassed and still worried in my heart, because I know that I am the kind of man with very weak willpower.
Fortunately, her words made me feel relaxed immediately. She was just grateful to me.
Now, she and I were sitting face to face at a small table, and I said to her: "Azhu, you should go back to work early after the Spring Festival. Recently, you should think more about your future life."
Her eyes suddenly turned red and she whispered: "Yeah."
"You go back in two days and clean up your things at home." I said again.
She was very obedient and well-behaved, "Yeah."
I laughed immediately and said, "That's right."
"Feng Xiao, would you please accompany me to my home now?" she said suddenly.
I looked at the time and said, "Okay, I'll go back with you and take a look first."
Everything in Ah Zhu's home was as before, but there was already a thin layer of dust on the tables and chairs. Ah Zhu stood in the center of the living room and looked around, looking a little at a loss.
"Azhu, let's do this. Take your mother's diary and take a good look at it first. In a few days, ask someone to come and help you clean it." I said. Because I found that it was already getting late, and I was thinking about the evening.
I'm a little anxious about the reunion dinner.
But she suddenly burst into tears, "Feng Xiao, I don't want to come back and live here... Oooh! I feel so uncomfortable."
I was stunned for a moment, "How can that be done? Where will you live if you don't live here from now on?"
"I'll stay at your house," she said.
"No. My parents will go back after the year. How about you staying at my place?" I said.
"Isn't Su Hua going to your home?" she said while crying.
"She works at my house. She has to take care of Chen Yuan," I said.
"I, ugh! I don't want to live here anyway. I feel bad when I see everything here," she said.
I was immediately embarrassed, because I felt that the problem she mentioned did exist, "Maybe we can rent a house to live outside. Then we can talk about it after the year, okay?"
She glanced at me and said, "I don't want to live outside alone. I'm scared."
I felt that it was of little significance to talk about this matter at this time. Because I didn’t have much time to convince her, and the effect of persuasion was not necessarily very optimistic, so I said to her: “Azhu, let’s go back outside. Chen Chen will be there tonight.
Yuan’s parents are coming over to have a family reunion dinner with us. Don’t make us wait.”
"Do you agree for me to live in your house?" she asked, looking very happy.
"I mean we can wait until after the Spring Festival. Azhu, please understand me. Look at my current home. Chen Yuan is in a coma and the child's condition is not good. Aren't you causing trouble for me?" I said.
.
"I just saw the situation at your home, so I wanted to do something for you. Feng Xiao, I know you are usually very busy and have a lot of social activities. If you are too busy in the future, don't you still have my help?" She
But he said this.
"Su Hua is here. She and the nanny are taking care of her, that's enough." I said.
She suddenly stopped crying and looked at me with a very special look, "Su Hua is a divorced woman, and your wife is like this. I am very worried about you two."
I didn't expect her to suddenly say such a sentence, and I felt embarrassed immediately, "Azhu, where did you think you were?" (To be continued)