Ba Zong's rural life [farming]

I got up the next day to inquire and found out that there was an old man in the next village who had frostbitten his heart and lungs a few days ago. After lying in bed for several days, he finally couldn't bear it anymore.

The villagers sighed for a while, but they didn't think this kind of thing was so strange. After all, the material conditions in the village were poor, and the life of the elderly in winter was not guaranteed. In addition, as they got older, their bodies began to weaken. From the beginning, winter can be said to be the season with the most deaths in a year.

Uncle Niu heard about this when he went to buy pork from the pork guy, and he was afraid for a while. He couldn't even imagine that if Lu Ze hadn't sent him to the hospital that night, he would have dragged on like that, would the funeral arrangements have changed now? It's him.

Although he always told others that it was okay and not afraid of death, but if he really got to that point, maybe he would regret it!Fortunately, he listened to Lu Ze's words and took good care of his illness, so that he could stand here and listen to other people's sighs.

Seeing Uncle Niu walking to buy pork, the villagers sighed and said to him: "Uncle Niu, you are lucky. Now that you are not sick or in pain, you can still come to buy pork to eat. If you insisted If you don’t go to the doctor, now pork is placed in front of you for nothing, and you may not be lucky.”

Uncle Niu knew he was wrong, and accepted the villagers' teasing with joy without saying a word. Indeed, living is much better than dying, and he has never seen many things in the world.Now, thanks to Lu Ze, he can be regarded as a person who has eaten luxury nutrition, and has also experienced the massage of the automatic foot bath. In the future, he will let his son be on par with Lu Ze, work hard, and strive to make him a hundred years ago. Learn more new things.

When he got home, he said to Aunt Niu with emotion: "The funeral music last night came from the village next door. Do you still remember the old lady next to the oil mill, who is a few years older than us, with gray hair, who goes to the gate of the oil mill every day I chatted with someone. I heard that it was her. Some time ago, when the weather was cold, her heart and lungs were frozen. It’s a pity that there will be no more people in a while.”

Aunt Niu also sighed after hearing this, and then felt lucky. Fortunately, Uncle Niu listened to Lu Ze's words and took good care of his health. Otherwise, it might be their family who are doing the funeral now.

It's not that everyone is cursing Mr. Niu, but this is the fact in the village. How many old people are reluctant to pay for medical treatment, so they boil people alive. When everyone says this, they are actually thankful that Mr. Niu is still alive and let him Learn to cherish blessings.

Ruan Xishi passed by the streets of the village after school and heard about it. When he got home, he put away the students' homework, went to the kitchen to help Lu Ze make lunch, and told Lu Ze about it.

After Lu Ze heard that there was an old man in the next village who was frozen to death in winter, he felt sorry for him. He could help one old man, but he couldn't help thousands of people like him. There are so many people in the world, and he can help But come here, if you can't see it, you can only ask for blessings.

But in the final analysis, the village is too poor, and the medical conditions are not good. If the hospital in the town can be larger, more well-equipped, and less expensive, maybe the old people can live longer.

Lu Ze began to think about the feasibility of investing in a hospital in the town.

Today is the funeral day for the old man in the next village, the sound of gongs and drums has been going on since the morning, and the village head heard it at home, and suddenly remembered to ask his wife: "Honey, is it almost time for Teacher Ruan to take off his clothes? "

The village head's daughter-in-law was reminded of this, she counted with her fingers, and said loudly, "It seems that after the winter solstice, it's time for grandpa to get rid of his clothes."

Removing obedience means taking off filial piety. In ancient times, it was three years to observe filial piety, but now people feel that the time is too long, so they changed it to one year. The customs of removing obedience are different in different places, and it does not have to be a full year.If a person dies at the beginning of the year, the man will have to take off his clothes before the end of the year, and the woman will have to take off the clothes after a new year. In addition to clothing.After the service is removed, there is no need to observe filial piety, and the family can do other important things, so this is a very important thing.

The village chief was afraid that Ruan Xishi would forget, so he went to Ruan Xishi's house after school in the afternoon to remind Ruan Xishi about it.

In fact, Ruan Xishi did not forget to take off the clothes. After his grandfather was buried, when he accepted the mage sprinkled talisman water to take off his filial clothes, the mage saw that he was a lonely child who didn't understand anything and had no one to help him, so he took care of some things, such as What should be done in the first seven days, what should be done in the third seven days, what should be done in the last seven days, when to take off clothes, etc., Ruan Xishi memorized them all, and strictly followed the master's instructions.

It’s just that it’s the first time for him to experience this kind of thing, and he’s still a half-grown ignorant child. When he starts to do it, the refugees will feel helpless, for fear that if he doesn’t do well, it will affect his grandfather’s life in another world.Before, he could only think about what to do by himself, but now the village chief came to him and told him that if he needed help, he could tell the villagers that Mr. Ruan was everyone's mentor, and he would definitely help if he could.

The village chief looked at Ruan Xishi as a child, not much older than his daughter, and looked very pitiful, so he couldn't bear to say, "Well, I'll talk to a few experienced villagers in the past few days to see how I can help. You do this, and then you can do it according to other people's experience."

Seeing that Ruan Xishi was very nervous, the village chief patted him on the shoulder to comfort him and said, "It's okay, there are everyone here, and someone will definitely come to help when the time comes. You should rest well these days, and you will be more tired on the day of taking clothes off." , The winter solstice is also a good time with Ah Ze. If you want to eat big fish and meat, you should eat big fish and big meat. If you want to eat dumplings, eat dumplings. The life of the living is definitely more important than the life of the dead. Your grandpa is in the spirit of the sky, and he must hope you can live a good life. "

Ruan Xishi nodded gratefully: "I will, thank you Uncle Gao."

Lu Ze listened to their conversation. He didn't know what kind of custom it was in the village to remove clothes, but it was related to Ruan Xishi's grandfather, so he took it to heart.After the village chief left, he carefully considered his words and asked carefully, "What is detoxification?"

Ruan Xishi explained to him: "When the period of filial piety expires, hold a ceremony for the deceased in the family, let the master do it, invite the soul of the deceased back home, and put the soul of the deceased in the high hall to enjoy the offerings of the family, so as to protect the safety of the family."

This statement must sound intrusive to outsiders, but it is the most common custom in the village. People in the village feel that their ancestors are on the mountain day and night, so they must not live comfortably at home.The tablet is not placed at home in the first year, because the soul of the deceased will be lingering at home and will not be willing to go to heaven. After a year, the soul of the deceased can be invited back and placed in front of the hall of the home to worship. Being able to enjoy the incense offered by future generations on the fifteenth day is indeed better than staying on the mountain and enjoying it every Qingming and Double Ninth Festival.

In fact, this kind of practice is also practiced in the city. The family members are reluctant to part with the deceased, so they enshrine the photos at home and burn incense every day. It's just that the city people do this simply to remember the dead, while the village has some superstitious colors. It is believed that the ancestors can bless the house.

After hearing this, Lu Ze said solemnly, "Then this must be a very important and solemn ceremony. Is there anything to be taboo about, or is there anything I need to do?"

Seeing his nervousness, Ruan Xishi burst out laughing, and comforted him by saying, "It's not time yet, we can live as we want, and when the time comes, someone will guide us."

Lu Ze nodded, remembering that Ruan Xishi mentioned the role of mage just now, and asked again: "Then what are the requirements for hiring a mage? How much does it cost?"

Ruan Xishi thought for a while and said: "There shouldn't be many mages needed to remove the clothes. After all, it's not as grand as a funeral. It should be enough to invite one or two. Grandpa still has a lot of money left, which must be enough to hire mages... "

Lu Ze: "Do you know the best mages nearby? Let's invite them to do it for grandpa, so that grandpa can live more comfortably."

Ruan Xishi said distressedly: "I'm not too sure about this, I have to ask the people in the village to know."

Lu Ze nodded and said, "Okay, I will inquire in the next two days, no matter how much it costs, I will hire the best mage for Grandpa, and the ceremony to welcome him home will be a splendid one."

Ruan Xishi also felt relieved for his grandfather when he saw how caring he was for his grandfather. Grandpa is in the sky, and seeing his grandson's partner respect and love him so much, he should be very happy too, right?

Before the winter solstice, Zhao Si brought his daughter-in-law and daughter back from the hospital. Because he was worried that the mother and daughter would suddenly have some adverse reactions on the way home, he specially invited the hospital's ambulance to send them back, accompanied by a professional nurse. It's so grand.

The road in the village was repaired, the ambulance drove smoothly, and soon drove into the village. At first, when the villagers saw an ambulance coming in, they thought someone was sick, so they asked around.It turned out that it was Zhao Si's daughter-in-law who was discharged from the hospital, and they specially asked for an ambulance to bring her back, and the villagers sighed again.

"Don't Zhao Si own a car? Why do you need an ambulance? How expensive is an ambulance? It's a waste of money."

"Hey, Zhao Si's car is a pickup truck, only the front driver's seat can accommodate people, and his wife is holding a daughter in the passenger seat, how can it be comfortable lying in an ambulance, Zhao Si loves his wife. "

"It's just a girl, what's the pain?"

"Hey, you can't say this in front of the Zhao family. Their family loves this girl. Be careful that they fall out with you."

The man said awkwardly: "Isn't it? It's just a daughter. She can't provide for the elderly in the future and can't carry on the family line. What is there to treasure?"

……

Amei is not yet confinement, she will be dressed thickly, so that the wind will not blow at all, holding her one-week-old daughter in her arms, and with the support of Mother Zhao and her mother, she enters the house. Zhao Si carried the mother and daughter's large and small bags of clothing and supplies to keep up. Zhao Si's father and father-in-law were thanking the driver and nurse of the ambulance and insisted on stuffing them with cigarettes and red envelopes. The staff of the other hospital were very embarrassed.

The nurse refused their red envelopes, and said quickly: "We can't accept this, it's a rule set by the hospital, if you accept it, if you are reported and exposed, you will be punished, sir, take it back."

The driver also said: "Yes, in order to keep the ambulance clean, our driver must not smell of smoke, and I can't accept this cigarette. Now that you have been sent to the hospital safe and sound, we should report back to the hospital. Let's go first."

Zhao's father called out to them regretfully and said, "I don't accept anything. Why don't you come in and have some water and something to eat? I'm sorry to bother you to go all the way. Why don't you entertain me?"

Wood... wood... tidy... manage... the nurse got into the car, stuck her head out of the window and said, "No need, this is what we should do. Go back to the house and take care of the mother and baby."

The ambulance quickly drove out of the village again, because the nurse didn't have to take care of the pregnant woman anymore, so the nurse had nothing to do, so she lay on the back of the driver's seat and chatted with the driver.

"The family just now was really enthusiastic. Those who didn't know thought they had twin sons."

"Yeah, I've been a driver in the hospital for so many years, and it's the first time I saw someone who gave birth to such a precious daughter. Look at the mothers who gave birth to daughters in our hospital, let alone ask an ambulance to take them home. After the child, the mother-in-law is willing to come and serve her, it’s not bad.”

The nurse also sighed: "Yeah, their family is good. Someone is there to accompany the hospital bed 24 hours a day. The mother-in-law cooks chicken soup at home and takes it to the hospital by car every day. The husband works hard. It can be said that it is a model of a family that does not favor boys over girls." .”

The driver smiled and said, "According to me, this baby girl must have accumulated good deeds in her previous life, so she got such a good pregnancy in this life."

The nurse sighed: "If every baby girl can be born in this kind of family, then everyone will be happy."

After Zhao Si and his family settled down with the mother and daughter, under Zhao's mother's instruction, they took out the wedding candy peanuts bought from the town, and prepared to give some to each household to tell others that their family had a baby.

Before leaving, Zhao Si returned to the bed reluctantly, touched his daughter's cheek, kissed his wife's hand, and said happily: "Honey, I'll go to announce the good news first, you and your daughter wait for me to come back obediently."

Amei's ruddy face was filled with joy, and she said hello to him.

Zhao's mother saw that he was so dawdling when he went out to do some errands, and he was still mopping the floor, so she hit him with a mop stick, and said angrily, "Hurry up, how long are you going to dawdle? I have to cook for Ah Mui and my in-laws."

Zhao Si, who was promoted from a wife slave to a wife and daughter slave, hastily slipped out with his hands raised.

When the villagers received Zhao Si's wedding candy, they felt a little strange when they heard that their family had a baby, and asked suspiciously: "Didn't your family give birth to a daughter? Why did it become a baby?"

After all, people in the village call the one who gave birth to a boy Tim Ding, and the one who gave birth to a daughter is called Tim Kou.

Zhao Si didn't care what others said, and explained cheerfully: "This is an old saying. Nowadays, big cities outside emphasize the equality of men and women. Both boys and girls are the same, and they are all called Tianding."

The villagers laughed awkwardly after hearing this: "So that's the case. It seems that our thinking is backward. Ah Si is indeed a person who has been outside, and his knowledge is different. Anyway, congratulations on becoming a father."

Zhao Si smiled and said: "Isn't it? It's a new era now, and girls are no weaker than boys. Many important figures on TV are women. We can't judge women by the old generation's words, and the women in our village don't want to judge women." Don’t underestimate yourself, everyone is doing well!”

What he said was so passionate and impassioned that all the village women present were cheered up, and they all echoed: "Even, we women can also go to work in the fields, why should we look down on women? Let's unite and attack him."

Zhao Si distributed wedding candies to them, and distributed them elsewhere, and finally went to Ruan Xishi's house on purpose.

He remembered Lu Ze's help to their family, so he came here to express his thanks, went to Ruan Xishi's house, saw their door was open, and yelled in with something.

Ruan Xishi heard the sound and came over, and seeing his radiant face, she knew that he was happy because of becoming a father, so she quickly smiled and said to him: "Congratulations, fourth brother, you're blessed with a daughter."

Zhao Si had just heard that so many people more or less disliked the fact that his family gave birth to a daughter. When he met Ruan Xi, he congratulated Ruan Xi on the birth of a daughter. He became even happier and kept saying, "Thank you." Shi Zai, thank you Shi Zai, come here, here is a piece of wedding candy and peanuts for you, everyone is happy and happy."

Ruan Xishi took it with both hands, and said with a smile, "Fourth brother is so generous."

Zhao Si also smiled and said, "It's my first time as a father. My daughter is healthy and cute. I am happy and I want everyone to be happy for me, so I bought more."

Ruan Xishi heard from Lu Ze that the Zhao family loved their newborn daughter very much, so she was a little worried, but now that she looked at Zhao Si, she knew that what Lu Ze said was true, at least Zhao Si must love her very much. His daughter's.

The pillar of the family loves her daughter, presumably other people will not embarrass the newborn girl too much, Ruan Xishi breathed a sigh of relief, and asked: "You guys came back from the hospital so soon, how are the fourth sister-in-law and the little niece?" ?"

Zhao Si said: "Well, I will provide your fourth sister-in-law with good food and drink every day. The milk is sufficient, and both of them are rosy and rosy. The doctors only allowed them to be discharged from the hospital after seeing how well they were. Confinement at home."

Ruan Xishi said happily: "That's good, I'll wait for the fourth sister-in-law to give birth, and then I will take some care to visit my little niece."

Zhao Si smiled and said: "Hey, what kind of intentions do you have? You can go directly, just go to my house for a drink on the day of the full moon wine, you are so smart, hug her and talk to her, maybe she can be as smart as you, Then you will be her mentor."

Ruan Xishi smiled modestly and said, "The fourth elder brother and fourth sister-in-law are also smart people, and my daughter will definitely be as smart as you."

Zhao Si chatted with Ruan Xishi for a while before he realized that he had something important to do when he came here. He looked around and looked for Lu Ze everywhere, but he couldn't see him, so he asked Ruan Xishi, "Shizi, why didn't you see Ah Ze?" ?”

Ruan Xishi didn't know where Lu Ze had gone. He didn't see anyone when he woke up from a nap, and he didn't come back until now. He couldn't help but feel strange that he also drove the motorcycle out.

He shook his head and said, "I don't know where he went, I guess he went shopping in the town again."

Zhao Si regretted: "Well, I still want to thank him in person. Last time, I asked him to drive my father-in-law and mother-in-law to the hospital, because Amei had just given birth, so I didn't have time to thank him."

Ruan Xishi quickly said: "You don't have to be so polite, folks in your big hometown should help each other, brother Lu Ze should understand, not to mention that you also gave red envelopes as a thank you."

Zhao Si scratched his head: "Hey, can giving a red envelope be the same as thanking you? It's better to say it in person."

As soon as the words fell, the sound of a motorcycle came from outside, and it was Lu Ze who had returned.

Ruan Xishi was the first to react, walked to the gate and waited for Lu Ze to come in, and quickly asked, "Brother Lu Ze, where did you go just now?"

Lu Ze didn't hide it from him, and told him: "I went to the next village to inquire about it, and I made an appointment with a mage with a good reputation, and gave him a deposit, and asked him to come to our house on the day when the server is removed."

Ruan Xishi was surprised that Lu Ze acted so fast, he was not as thoughtful as Lu Ze, and couldn't help feeling annoyed.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Si who was on the side suddenly realized: "I just remembered, it's almost time for Teacher Ruan to get rid of it."

Soon he became distressed again: "It's a pity that my daughter was just born, and the day of the service was not yet full, so it's inconvenient to come and help."

There is a saying in the village that a newborn baby who has no blood relationship with the deceased cannot participate in any ceremonies with the deceased, and family members cannot go to the deceased’s home. The superstitious saying is that the newborn baby’s soul is not complete, fearing that the ghost will collide and startle him. Babies, even possessing babies, so these are very taboo.

Ruan Xishi said: "It's okay, it's not a big deal, your family is the most important thing, fourth brother, you can take good care of your fourth sister-in-law and little niece at home, and then go visit after I finish my work here. they."

Zhao Si said helplessly: "That's the only way to go. It's really a pity. Teacher Ruan was so kind to me before he was alive, but I couldn't help him. My conscience is very difficult."

Ruan Xishi hurriedly said: "You can't say that. It's a good thing for your family to have children. If my grandfather sees you becoming a father, he will definitely be happy for you. You don't have to be ashamed."

Zhao Si took out his pocket, took out his wallet, took out a 100-yuan bill and handed it to Ruan Xishi, and said sincerely: "I can't come to help, but I still want to get it. You take the [-] yuan , buy more supplies for Mr. Ruan, and treat it as my filial piety. The money is not much, so don't dislike it."

Ruan Xishi was shocked, and quickly pushed the money back, saying: "No need, my grandfather knows what you want, you should keep this money for yourself and buy meat for the fourth sister-in-law. You have to take care of them at home during this time , and can’t go out to work, the money should be spent in useful places, don’t treat yourself and your wife and daughter badly, I have money to buy things here.”

Zhao Si smiled and said: "It's okay, Brother Si still has a lot of savings, you can take it, or my conscience will be troubled."

Ruan Xishi still wanted to decline, but Zhao Si suddenly straightened his face, and said uncompromisingly: "You take it, this money is for Teacher Ruan, it's up to Teacher Ruan whether you want it or not."

He spoke so seriously that Ruan Xishi was almost frightened by him. For a while, Zhao Si stuffed the money into his pocket, then turned around and left without hesitation. Don't forget to nod to Lu Ze to say thank you.

Leaving Ruan Xishi holding the 100 yuan, he said dumbfoundingly, "This fourth brother, my grandpa used to say that he is a person who values ​​love and righteousness."

Lu Ze bent his lips, went over and touched his head, comforting him and said, "Grandpa will be very happy."

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