Filial piety comes first. If there is a problem with the village customs, it would be difficult for Xiao Chen to change it because he would not have time to change the village customs.
In the past, filial piety was passed down from generation to generation, but nowadays, money is valued more than anything else. In this case, money may be regarded as the most important thing, but filial piety is not passed down.
In the past, many children and grandchildren were born in ancient times, but it was not like now. What was important in the past was morality. Morality did not allow such unfilial children and grandchildren to exist, and they could not do anything no matter what.
However, nowadays, morality seems to be no longer important, it is all about the law.
However, law cannot completely replace morality.
Xiao Chen didn't even need to ask, he already knew why Sun Laowu was like that?
Of course, there must be problems with this and the other party's education.
"Poverty and education are the root of everything, how difficult it is!" Xiao Chen said.
Now he can temporarily help the villagers in Xiaojia Village to see what his abilities will be in the future. After all, there are so many people in this town, and it is impossible for him to change them alone.
This requires the country and government to change!
Now Xiao Chen doesn't need to continue walking around the village. Xiao Chen already knows the situation of the fifth child of the Sun family.
It was almost lunch time, and the third son of the Sun family came over and called Xiao Chen to come over for lunch.
In fact, during the Chinese New Year, no family has rich meals. When Xiao Chen thinks of the daughters-in-law of the Sun family, Xiao Chen has no appetite.
Now this neighbor is leaving Xiao Chen here to have lunch, and Xiao Chen won't go there.
Although it is already the fifth day of the Lunar New Year here, there is still meat and vegetables. We originally asked other relatives and friends to come over to visit us, but because the neighbor next door had just died, we called again to inform them that they would not come.
So, there is still a lot of meat and vegetables left.
Xiao Chen finished lunch here, and the fifth son of the Sun family had already held a meeting. Each family took out 3,000 yuan for the old man to use for his work, including the two daughters.
As for how much the other younger generations should pay, it depends on them.
Xiao Chen just watched there, but he didn't do anything.
Until around six o'clock in the evening, the temperature suddenly dropped a lot, mainly because it was colder now. Although it didn't snow, the temperature was almost close to zero degrees Celsius.
The night wind started to get stronger and stronger.
However, starting tonight, the sons, daughters-in-law, and even grandchildren of the fifth son of the Sun family will have to stay vigil here until the old man is buried three days later.
Moreover, I have to kneel here in this hall.
Xiao Chen sat there and watched.
In fact, this old man has nothing to do with him, but the will he made before his death does have something to do with it.
Now this Sun family member is wearing mourning, but in fact, he looks really sad. I'm afraid not many of them cry, and even fewer of them cry.
Xiao Chen found it hard to believe, why did this family behave like this?
Time passed quickly, and here in the hall where the candles were waiting, on the floor of the hall, there was the old man's body lying on the mat.
That coffin has been placed nearby. In fact, this coffin was prepared by the old man ten years ago. It seems that the material of the coffin is mahogany, and it has been painted many times with paint. Those insects cannot bite it.
Coffin board.
However, this scarlet coffin still looks very scary, especially at night.
Now, in addition to lighting candles, the mage invited to perform the ritual has set up a large tent outside the entrance of the hall, and these mage will be the mage here for three days and three nights.
From this point of view, these customs have not changed much, but people's hearts have long since changed.
While Xiao Chen was watching there, the Sun family members were kneeling inside to keep vigil.
However, Xiao Chen discovered that there were several Sun Laowu's daughters-in-law here just now, but now there are only two left, and no one knows where the others have gone?
"Where are those women?" Xiao Chen asked.
The third child knew that the little miracle doctor was asking about the elder sister-in-law and the younger aunt.
"They just said they were going back to their parents' home."
Back to your parents’ home?
It was obvious that they were ulterior motives and were afraid, so they left early.
Xiao Chen even shook his head.
It was past eleven o'clock in the evening, and the Sun family members who were keeping watch here felt drowsy. However, it was very cold, and the sounds outside were very noisy, so they could only kneel on the mat.
At twelve o'clock in the morning, suddenly strong winds blew in from outside, which made the mages who had just been doing things feel something was wrong. They put all the things they had arranged
They all blew to the ground.
It happened like this several times when they started doing it.
At this time, those mages always felt that something was wrong. Could it be that the ghost of the fifth son of the Sun family had returned?
"He's back." Xiao Chen said.
He is back?
"Could it be that grandpa's ghost is back?" the fifth grandson of the Sun family thought to himself.
However, for some reason, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He hurriedly came out of the hall, not daring to take another look at his grandfather's body, and ran back to his room.
As the saying goes, the more you fear something in your heart, the easier it is to encounter something, and now it all happens under the influence of your heart.
Think about it, how did grandpa treat them over the years, and how did they treat grandpa, forcing him to drink pesticides and die?
Xiao Chen was watching there.
I don't know what happened at several doors. Someone kept knocking on the door. However, when I went out and opened the door, I didn't see anyone at all.
Now except for the third and fourth children, the rest of the Sun family seems to be very scared.
Soon, Xiao Chen and these two were the only ones left in the hall.
In fact, these two people are also afraid, because they are strict wives. Usually the wife has the final say at home, and the wife has always bullied their father. However, the two of them usually dare not say anything to their wives, which leads to the wife's attitude of waiting for their father.
Getting worse and worse.
Therefore, now both of them feel guilty and are even more frightened.
However, now the two of them are just kneeling there, not daring to get up.
This continued until the middle of the night, and even the priests who performed the rituals felt very frightened. They had never encountered it before.
Now they are preparing to leave early, fearing that they will not dare to continue practicing here at all.
When Xiao Chen looked out, the priests had already taken away their belongings, including the gongs and horns that they brought with them, and they didn't dare to ask for anything, and left as if they were running away in the middle of the night.
Soon, it turned out that the sound of gongs and drums being beaten and people doing things in vain was very noisy, but now suddenly the whole village seemed to be quiet.
"Dad, I'm sorry for you, but I can't help it!" The third child suddenly kowtowed desperately and said.
The fourth child kept looking at Xiao Chen, as if asking Xiao Chen for help.