Chapter 7 The Honor of Baile
After a little while of resting and preparing, in the afternoon, all the funeral matters were ready.
After the death of the people in Weinan Town, they are usually buried on a small hill to the east of the town, so Lu Shandian and his nephew's family are no exception.
"Ding tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick
Accompanied by a loud sound of gongs and drums mixed with suona, five rough men holding grass men came to the east of the town. Behind the five people, there were coffin carryrs and a large group of people holding musical instruments gongs and drums.
At this moment, I slept beautifully, and Chen Jin, who was about to wake up, happened to be clamored by the sound of the instrument.
"Gu~"
After getting up, he yawned a long time, and Chen Jin's stomach protested.
After sleeping, he sweated heavily, so now he is not as sick as in the morning, but is a little energetic.
Originally, he was going to go to the backyard to find a sweet potato to relieve his hunger, but after taking a glance in the empty backyard, he found that the one from last night was already the last one.
"Hey, it's so hard for me."
Standing in the backyard, Chen Jin walked to the main hall and opened his door.
As soon as the door opened, the five rough men in the town, holding straw men, appeared in front of his house. At the same time, he also saw the coffin carrying men and a large group of people wearing white clothes and holding musical instruments behind the five people.
Chen Jin, who had never seen such a scene before, couldn't help but feel curious after seeing this scene. He immediately walked outside the house and stood on the side of the road to watch the fun.
While watching, he began to mutter to the words he had seen before, but had never seen such a suitable way.
"All musical instruments, the suona is respected, either ascending to heaven or returning to the west, and the whole play ends with the sound of the suona.
The song was raised, covered with white cloth, and the whole town was waiting for the food, and they were walking, and some were lifting, followed by a piece of white, and the coffin was buried, and the soil was buried, and relatives and friends started to cry.
I didn’t know the meaning of the suona at first, but I heard that I was already a man in the coffin. I didn’t hear the external affairs of the coffin. I lay under the lid of the coffin and slept in the Netherworld Huangquan Hall. From then on, I never fell in love with the world…”
Just as Chen Jin was standing on the side of the road watching the funeral procession gradually fading away, a little girl of similar age walked out from behind a big tree not far away and walked towards him.
"Chen Jin, what were you muttering just now?"
It was obvious that when Chen Jin was chanting the lyrics just now, he was noticed by this little girl.
Hearing someone calling him, Chen Jin quickly turned his head and looked at the little girl, and immediately the memory of the girl appeared in his mind.
In his memory, the girl was named Li Xiaodie, and she was a childhood sweetheart with him, because she was the only playmate in the town who would not dislike him and would play with him.
"I didn't mind anything."
Looking at Li Xiaodie who was approaching, Chen Jin shook his head and was about to speak something when his stomach screamed in disgrace.
With the cries of his stomach, he swallowed a word he was about to speak.
"You haven't eaten yet, come with me. The sweet dates in my backyard are ripe. I'll pick some to relieve hunger for you."
"Okay, thank you."
Chen Jin did not refuse Li Xiaodie's kindness, because he was so hungry now. So he followed Li Xiaodie to her house.
"I haven't seen you for a few days, why do you feel like you have changed? The tone of speaking is different. By the way, where have you been going these days?"
On the way to the Li family, Li Xiaodie asked about the doubts in her heart.
Regarding the question of a ten-year-old girl, Chen Jin just made up a few answers casually and tricked the other party.
Soon, the two of them arrived at the entrance of the alley next to Li Xiaodie's house.
"My second mother sewed new clothes for my little brother in the main hall. You go to wait for me outside my backyard. I picked the dates later and opened the backyard door to you."
After saying that, Li Xiaodie went home, while Chen Jin went along the alley to the back of the house.
In his memory, the second lady in Li Xiaodie's mouth was not her biological mother, but an evil woman who was re-struck by his father.
The evil woman didn't treat her well, but because of her father, she didn't dare to show anything on the surface. However, in private, as long as Li Xiaodie did something slightly worse than her wishes, she would still be pinched with pain and no injuries.
Leaning against the exterior wall of the Li family's backyard, Chen Jin recalled some of his understanding of Li Xiaodie in his mind and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Not long after, Chen Jin heard the sound of bamboo poles hitting branches in the yard. He knew that it must be Li Xiaodie who was making dates for him.
Sure enough, after waiting for a while, the door of the Li family's backyard slowly opened. Inside, Li Xiaodie waved to Chen Jin, and then gave him a large cloth bag of sweet dates and a piece of dried bread.
"Thank you Xiaodie."
After taking the food, Chen Jin thanked him gratefully, but at this moment, in the Li family's house, a woman who looked about thirty years old walked from the front yard to the back yard.
"Hey, you damn girl, you're giving food to this little lunatic again. I must beat you to death as a spoiler today."
The woman was Li Xiaodie's second mother. After she yelled, Li Xiaodie smiled and nodded at Chen Jin, signaled him to run quickly, and then closed the backyard door directly.
Next, while Chen Jin was running away with food, he heard the crying sounds coming from the Li family yard. Then the yard door was opened and the yelling and scolding of the second wife of the Li family.
"You little crazy man, if you dare to come to my house to get food next time, I will chase you to your house and interrupt your dog's legs. You..."
The second wife of the Li family's scolding was very ugly and the scolding was extremely loud. However, Chen Jin actually felt familiar with this kind of scolding. It was obvious that before this, he had encountered many encounters like today.
That's the thing. Although this behavior is not very good-looking, as long as you can fill your stomach, why bother sticking to these small details?
After all, in life, living is the most important thing. As long as life is there, hope is there.
...
After returning home with the food given by Li Xiaodie, Chen Jin had a beautiful meal, then brought a small wooden stool and sat at the door of his house to bask in the sun.
Since I have been seriously ill in the house for a few days, being able to burn sun in the warm sun is also a pleasure.
While Chen Jin was enjoying this process, the teams who went to the hill east of the town to attend the funerals returned to the town one after another. After that, a topless donkey cart also drove into the town from the east of the town.
On the donkey cart, a middle-aged Taoist priest wearing a yellow Taoist robe sat.
From this point of view, my conversation with Old Man Zhang in the morning was not in vain. Even if the Taoist priest in front of me was not entirely due to his own words, it must have a certain factor.
The donkey cart was not fast, so when the car passed by Chen Jin's door, he carefully looked at the middle-aged Taoist priest in the car.
Chapter completed!