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    The next day, it was not until noon that the eldest son of his father's cousin's family arrived.  He gave us the impression that he was completely dusty and exhausted.  After arriving, he immediately reported the specific situation of "reporting the funeral" to his mother.  Most of them have been delivered, but there are also a small number of relatives who have no one at home, and no one has answered the phone.

    "Then what did you do?" My mother asked very nervously after hearing this.

    "Auntie, don't worry, I have already put the cloth, shoes and money in their neighbor's house. I have repeatedly told you to tell the truth about the date of Da Da's funeral. No one dares to do this kind of thing."  Delayed (the dead are the big ones, people here take funeral matters very seriously, if they accept such an entrustment, they will definitely pass it on in time, otherwise they will receive strong conscience condemnation, and even worse, they will feel  Doing so will bring bad luck to oneself).¡±

    After listening to the explanation of the eldest son of his father's cousin, the mother's nervous expression gradually relaxed.  "Every time you go to a house, do you remember to at least drink some water?" Finally, the mother still asked a little worried.

    "Thissome people are not prepared at all, so I might not be there waiting for them to boil water, right? If I do, then I'm afraid I may not be able to run all the people around in a whole day.  Isn't this not allowed by time!" The eldest son of his father's cousin's family defended with some embarrassment.

    Seeing my mother's increasingly ugly face, I hurried out to smooth things over and said, "Mom, forget it, forget it. From the perspective of time, it is indeed too late. Besides, rules are dead, but people are alive. After a while  After a few years, when it comes to the younger generation, how many people will follow these old rules?"

    Maybe I think what I said is reasonable; maybe I think that people are here to help us, even if there is something wrong, it is inconvenient to blame.  Anyway, in the end, the anger that my mother had raised at the beginning quietly dissipated without saying anything.

    The day of the funeral is the first day, and since the funeral has been "reported", it means that the time for the funeral is coming.  But funeral events are different from red events. Cremation is popular now, so relatives and friends can't be like red events, as long as they arrive on the first day.  All relatives and friends must arrive before dinner the day before the funeral.  That dinner, just like the lunch on the day of the red event, was the most solemn and formal meal.  The reason for this is that after this dinner, after a while, all relatives and friends will accompany us to the crematorium to send my father off for the last time.

    Since the day is approaching, we must be prepared.  Under the pre-preparation of my cousin, we have already made an appointment for a family dinner in advance.  Now, the purpose of inviting people over is to preliminarily determine the recipe for the dinner party, and the determined standard is of course "high quality and low price".  Spend as little money as possible while still being passable.

    On the morning of the second day, my cousin and the eldest son of his father's cousin drove to the vegetable market and went to buy vegetables according to the determined recipe.  Accompanied by his wife and aunt.  As the head of the family, the wife is responsible for paying the bill; the aunt is experienced and responsible for checking (food quality).  What I have to mention here is uncle and aunt.  After learning of his father's death, my aunt took her granddaughter back from the field early the next morning.  As soon as my aunt came back, she immediately took the place of the grieving mother, busy with various chores.  As my father's younger brother, my uncle wished he could rush back from the construction site immediately.  It's just that my uncle's construction site is in the northeast, and the distance is too far away. Therefore, although he left immediately after learning the bad news, it took two days before he arrived home.  After the uncle came back, the one who felt much more relaxed was the cousin.  In the words of my cousin, "There are many things that I can't handle, as long as the second uncle comes forward. After all, in our family, now, the second uncle is the highest seniority!"  The relationship between the uncle's family has just improved, but in terms of father's funeral, the uncle and aunt are generally quite hardworking.  At least, in my feeling, it is already very much like a family.  If my father had a spirit in the sky, he would definitely feel gratified to see such a warm scene.

    Among the many recipes, there is one that does not need to be bought, and that is pork.  Because, yesterday, my brother-in-law and sister had already ordered a pig with the family banquet (also in the pork business).  We have such a custom here that when the father passes away, the daughter and son-in-law will give away a whole pig and a sheep if conditions permit.  Those who can send whole pigs and sheep show that the family conditions are quite prosperous.  Therefore, this move is a kind of glory and glory to the daughter, son-in-law, and natal family.  After the reform and development, the living conditions have improved. Now who can afford whole pigs and sheep?  Therefore, up to now, it seems to have become a regular practice for daughters and sons-in-law to send whole pigs and sheep.  In fact, thisThe behavior of saving face is quite suspected of being extravagant and wasteful.  Fortunately, the neighbors, relatives and friends will be entertained that night.  At that time, just use the whole pigs and sheep that you bought directly in the family banquet.  So, in the end, the brother-in-law and sister decided to follow the rules as well.

    After nine o'clock in the morning, the whole pigs that had been slaughtered and cleaned up were delivered.  Of course, it cannot be delivered directly to our home, because there is still a normal procedure (ceremony) to go.  We stopped about 500 meters away from my house, and the sister and brother-in-law who received the news rushed over immediately with firecrackers and fireworks.  Whole pigs are real, but whole sheep are just for show.  In the countryside, sheep raising is indispensable. My brother-in-law and sister temporarily borrowed a live sheep from the neighbor's house.

    Before five hundred meters away, the whole pig and the whole sheep must be equipped first.  The main thing is to put a red flower on the head of the pig and the sheep.  At this moment, people regard the funeral as a happy event.  What's more, rouge will be painted on the pig's face and its eyebrows will be drawn.  Such a pig's head with heavy makeup looks even more festive.

    After everything was ready, the host of the family banquet drove his battery tricycle again, but at a very slow speed, so that others could follow.  The second uncle is responsible for pulling live sheep with small red flowers.  At the same time, firecrackers and fireworks blared together.  Amidst the deafening sound of firecrackers, the whole pig and sheep escort team slowly drove into my house.  The most innocent one was the sheep, completely confused about the situation, jumping up and down in fright amidst the sound of roaring firecrackers.  However, how can it escape from being tightly controlled by the reins?  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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