rebirth all over again

Grandpa Xi's funeral took three days.

Father Xi asked a feng shui master to check the time and the location of Grandpa Xi's grave. It was a good time on the fourth day at [-]:[-] am.

At 08:30, Chen Bing and a group of stronger men lifted up Grandpa Xi’s coffin. Father Xi walked in front of the coffin holding the photo of Grandpa Xi’s remains. walking side by side.

The one in front of them was Xi Mohan, who walked at the forefront holding Grandpa Xi's rank.

A group of funeral bands in the back were beating gongs and drums, and Chen Xiaoyun's uncle sang funeral songs as he walked, singing a section and then yelling: "Brother Xi, have a good journey."

The people who came to the funeral, including Chen Xiaoyun, also shouted together: "Go all the way."

Singing all the way and shouting all the way to the cemetery, where is the feng shui master waiting? As soon as nine o'clock came, the feng shui master shouted: "Place the coffin"

The people carrying the coffin hurriedly put the coffin into the grave that had been dug before.

"Sealing the coffin" The lid of the coffin cannot be sealed before the burial. When it needs to be buried again, the Feng Shui master will flick the ink thread sticking cinnabar on the entire coffin once, and then seal the lid with copper ding.

"Send paper money" the feng shui master shouted.

Xi Mohan and Xi's father took the paper money in a basket and sprinkled it towards the sky. The paper money was meant to be given to all the little ghosts and ghost messengers, so that these little ghosts and ghost messengers should not bully Grandpa Xi on Huangquan Road.

"Burning paper money" this time requires Xi's father, Xi's mother and Xi Mohan to personally burn the paper money. This paper money is for Grandpa Xi, which means that it is for future generations to honor the elderly, even if it is underground, they are not afraid of running out of money to spend.

"Building the coffin" After burning the paper money, the feng shui master asked Papa Xi and Mohan Xi to bury the soil they dug before on the coffin. Papa Xi and Mohan Xi had to do the coffin covering, and Mama Xi couldn't touch it. Soil, she could only kneel on one side and burn the paper.

Seeing the entire coffin slowly being submerged in soil, Chen Xiaoyun suddenly couldn't control her tears. I will never see Grandpa Xi again, never see him teach him to write and play the erhu, and never hear him again. He told him the story of his youth fighting outside.

"Weeping" the feng shui master shouted after the coffin was completely submerged.

This time, the mourning requires the three of Xi's father, Xi's mother, and Xi Mohan to cry, accompanied by mourning music and mourning songs.

All the men present quietly wiped the tears from their eyes, and the woman couldn't help crying.

"Sacrifice" cried for a while, and the Feng Shui master asked people to start offering sacrifices.

Mama Xi burned all the clothes she brought to Grandpa Xi, and Papa Xi placed fruits and pastries on the side, as well as a pig's head.

"Sacrifice to Heaven and Earth" Xi Mohan poured a glass of wine to the side and sprinkled it between heaven and earth.

"Worshiping ghosts and gods" Xi Mohan poured the second cup and threw it on the ground.

"Sacrifice to the elders" Xi Mohan poured the third glass of wine and sprinkled it towards Grandpa Xi's grave.

"Light the ever-burning lantern," the Feng Shui master said again.

The ever-burning lamp here is not the real kind of lamp that burns all the time, but an oil lamp that needs to be lit for seven days, and within these seven days, the oil lamp needs to be guarded so that it cannot be extinguished.

The funeral is complete when the lantern is lit.There's nothing like a Feng Shui master.

After Xi's father handed him the Feng Shui master's red envelope, the Feng Shui master left.

A group of women went back to help clean up the leftovers of the past three days and borrowed pots, pans, tables and benches from other people's homes.

The men voluntarily stayed to help Xi's father and the others build the grave. Grandpa Xi's grave was 1.5 meters high, all built with green bricks.A tombstone was erected in front of the grave, and a photo of Grandpa Xi was pasted on the tombstone.

People around the tomb leveled the ground and built a half-meter-high fence around it to prevent children or animals from entering.

After the graveyard was finished, everyone went back to their respective homes and began to be busy with the farm work that had been delayed for the past three days.

Xi Mohan's family went home to clean up the follow-up, and returned the unfinished meat and vegetables to others, and the women who came to help each family took them home separately.

And these three days to help with the funeral, the people who carried the coffin and the group of people who beat the gongs and drums and sang the funeral songs needed red envelopes from Papa Xi.

Mother Xi will burn all the clothes and quilts of Grandpa Xi.

Xi Mohan has been sitting in Grandpa Xi's study since he came back from the cemetery, not eating or drinking.

He basically didn't eat much in the past three days. Chen Xiaoyun was very worried about him, so he went to the kitchen to make some porridge for him and took it to the study for him to eat.

"Brother Mo Han, eat something, grandpa definitely doesn't want to see you spoiling yourself like this." Chen Xiaoyun persuaded.

Xi Mohan saw that Chen Xiaoyun didn't speak, and stared at him for a while, then said: "Have you eaten?"

Chen Xiaoyun has been with him for the past few days, and he hasn't eaten much.

"I'll eat it later." Chen Xiaoyun scooped up a bowl of porridge for him and handed it to him.

"Let's eat together." Xi Mohan took the bowl and said.

"Okay" Chen Xiaoyun went to the kitchen to get a bowl and ate with him.

Xi Mohan only ate one bowl and stopped. Chen Xiaoyun knew that he was still sad, so he didn't force him to continue eating. He took the pot and bowl to the kitchen and put it away. When he came in, Xi Mohan was already leaning on the chair and fell asleep.

Chen Xiaoyun helped him to the bedroom to take off his clothes, shoes and socks and lay down. In the past three days, Chen Xiaoyun occasionally went to sleep for a while, and Xi Mohan knelt before the coffin from beginning to end.Looking at his entire eye circles are black and blue, thick black bags under the eyes, and his face is unshaven.

Chen Xiaoyun grabbed his hand and injected some vital powers into his body to alleviate his fatigue and the loss of these three days.

Chen Xiaoyun was also sleepy after doing all this, and he probably slept for a few hours in the past three days, so now he was also sleepy, and didn't want to go home, so he took off his clothes and lay down next to Xi Mohan, and covered the two of them with a quilt , and then fell into a deep sleep.

After the two of them fell asleep, Father Xi came in to look at the two sleeping people, knowing that the two children had worked hard for the past three days, so he didn't bother them, then he closed the door and went out.

After the affairs of Xi Mohan's family were settled, Chen Xiaoyun's family was going back to the county, and Chen Xiaoyun had to go to school.Xi Mohan went back to the county with him, and Xi's father and Xi's mother needed to stay here until the lights were lit before returning to the county.

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"Brother Mo Han, be careful all the way, don't be sad anymore, eat on time, sleep on time, Grandpa Xi is watching you in the sky, don't waste your body anymore, I will be sad if you do this." The waiting hall of the railway station Today, Xi Mohan took the train back to school, Chen Xiaoyun came to see him off, and persuaded Xi Mohan worriedly.

"Don't worry, I will take care of myself, and you too, take care of yourself, I will bring you back the roast duck during the winter vacation." Xi Mohan watched the child chattering, remembering the last time he promised the child to bring him a roast duck on New Year's Day , As a result, he didn't bring it when this happened, so he decided to make up for him during the winter vacation.

"Just bring yourself back properly." Chen Xiaoyun said mischievously.

"The train k1128 from Yunyang to City B has started to check tickets. Passengers who need to check tickets should go to the ticket window immediately." The announcement in the hall suddenly sounded.

"Hurry up and check the ticket." Chen Xiaoyun heard that the train on the radio happened to be the train that Xi Mohan was on.

"I'm leaving, you go back." After speaking, Xi Mohan took his ID card and train ticket and walked towards the ticket gate.

Chen Xiaoyun watched Xi Mohan enter the ticket gate to check the train ticket before leaving.

The days returned to calm, Chen Xiaoyun went back and forth between classes, cafeteria and library every day.

At the end of the month, the school will start this month's competition again. This time, Chen Xiaoyun is still the challenger. From the first month, only the English and physics in the first year of high school are strictly guarded, and the English in the second and third year is strict. The champion is changing players every month.

Time flies, and the first semester of the first year of high school is over.

In the final exam, Chen Xiaoyun was the No.1 perfect score in the whole grade.

The winter vacation is only for [-] days. After the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the students have to go back to class again, and they can’t spend the fifteenth day of the first lunar month at home. A group of students complained directly to the school’s leaders for being ruthless and unreasonable!

Of course, despite this desperate fact, the students are still very happy.

This year, Chen Xiaoyun and his family still have to go back to their hometown for the New Year.

Xi Mohan's family also had to celebrate the New Year in their hometown because of the first year of Grandpa Xi's death.

Moxuan Pavilion directly taught Yu Shu, and Grandpa Chen would not come back until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Grandma Chen also discussed with Chen Song to cook at the internet cafe on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Grandma Chen bought a lot of New Year's goods in the county early in the morning, and there were also New Year's gifts for Grandpa Chen's brothers to take back.

It was already the 27th of the twelfth lunar month when I got home, and Grandma Chen and Yang Mei were busy preparing the New Year's food when they got home.

Grandpa Chen and Chen Bing began to visit other brothers of the Chen family to give New Year gifts.

Chen Xiaoyun's task is to support and take care of the little girl Chen Qing.

Xi Mohan came back with him and the others, and he was the only one in their family who came back first. Xi's father and Xi's mother will not arrive until the 29th of the twelfth lunar month.

So these days, he has been eating at Chen's house. Grandma Chen and the others prepare a set of reunion dishes for their family. When the 29 mothers come back, they can directly cook the reunion dinner.

Chen Xiaoyun planned to take the little girl to Xi's house to accompany Xi Mohan.

When Chen Xiaoyun walked into Xi's house, he saw Xi Mohan sitting on the sofa holding a book, but he didn't see him, but his eyes were blank, and he didn't even notice that Chen Xiaoyun and Chen Qing walked in.

The room without Grandpa Xi's nagging seemed extremely quiet, and Chen Xiaoyun suddenly felt a dull pain in his heart watching this scene.

Chen Xiaoyun walked over and put the little girl in his arms.It was only when Xi Mohan suddenly realized that there was a little girl in his arms, he raised his head and looked at Chen Xiaoyun.

His usually sharp and mysterious eyes became melancholy, deep and lonely at this moment, and Chen Xiaoyun's tears fell unconsciously.

"Why are you crying?" Xi Mohan asked the little girl down, stood up and wiped Chen Xiaoyun's tears.

"The sand blown by the wind just blinded my eyes." Chen Xiaoyun demonstrated with a red face.

"Fool, I'm fine." Xi Mohan knew why the child was crying, and said comfortingly while touching his head.

"Shame and shame, my brother is so old and still give away the golden doudou." Chen Qing, who was next to him, watched Chen Xiaoyun cry, and teased with his hands shamefacedly.

"...." Chen Xiaoyun suddenly felt that her little girl was not so cute anymore.