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93. go home

When Meng Zijun and Meng Qingqing arrived at the funeral home, the old lady had already changed into the clothes they sent. Inside were two sets of new clothes that she usually wears, and on the outside were big red old clothes bought by grandma herself, and her hair was neatly cut. , with makeup on, grandma looked peaceful, as if she was asleep.

Seeing grandma wearing red clothes made Meng Qingqing very uncomfortable. Generally, old people wear bright red clothes after the end of their lives. It looks festive? Consummation, but grandma is only 60 years old, and it is not the end of her life, she is mad at her own children. of. But she bought this dress herself. She didn't expect that she would wear the clothes she bought that day!

The funeral home placed flowers around the old lady in red, with mourning music inside.

Meng Qingqing felt a little strange to Meng Qingqing, who was wearing a red dress and lying among the flowers. Grandma had never worn such bright clothes in the mountain village all her life.

Meng Zijun and his daughter stayed with the old lady for a few hours in the end, and they just stayed beside her quietly, feeling endless sadness in their hearts.

At noon, a large group of people came outside. Both Meng Zijun and Meng Qingqing thought that they had no relatives in this city. They ran away, made a few phone calls later, and then there was no news, so they thought that the person who came had nothing to do with them, and they might be relatives and friends from other people's families.

But the visitor came directly to the old lady and stopped. Meng Qingqing and Meng Zijun both looked up. It turned out that it was Lao Yu and his wife, as well as Dr. Ling, Wang Qingxia, Ling Yunfeng, and Li Yahui.

I didn't expect them to make an appointment to send the old lady off together. Meng Zijun's father and daughter's red and swollen eyes became moist again.

The visitor bowed to the old lady's body, burned incense, burned some Ming coins, and came to Mencius Jun's father and daughter to comfort them.

The Taoist master came here, in his fifties. A man and a woman, who seem to be a couple, have an extra 500 yuan, and they quoted the price first. Meng Zijun nodded, expressing his approval of the price, and they knelt down and knocked on the wooden fish, and each of them began to recite scriptures to a scripture.

Because while doing transcendence, you have to keep burning ghost coins. Everyone is busy folding paper silver coins, the sound of wooden fish, the long sound of chanting scriptures, the smoke is lingering, and the fire of burning ghost coins flickers on and off.

Looking at her grandma in a red dress lying among the flowers, Meng Qingqing would rather believe that there is a heaven in this world, and grandma is going to go to heaven after passing through the salvation. It's warm and friendly there. peace.

After doing a four-hour super-duplication, after reading a scripture, the super-duplication is considered complete. The two Taoist masters rubbed their numb knees, then packed up the scriptures, took the five hundred yuan from Meng Zijun, and left.

Next, the funeral home made a simple memorial ceremony and prepared to push the old lady into the furnace for cremation.

When grandma was about to be pushed into the stove, Meng Qingqing couldn't help crying, and tried desperately to stop grandma from being sent into the stove. Grandma will be turned into a wisp of smoke, it is too cruel, even though she has experienced the pain of losing her grandma again, Meng Qingqing still cannot accept this reality. Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui on the side held her tightly, and even Li Yahui covered Meng Qingqing's eyes with his hands.

By the time Meng Qingqing calmed down, grandma had already turned into a handful of ashes. Meng Qingqing couldn't help crying again.

Meng Zijun and his daughter took the ashes of the old lady home. Early the next morning, Meng Zijun was going to drive his mother back to his hometown in a van borrowed from a friend. Meng Zijun and his daughter opened the door. They found Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng sitting outside the door.

Why are you here so early? We are going to send grandma back to her hometown today. Meng Qingqing said.

Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng got up from the ground, each carrying a bag.

We'll accompany you back! Li Yahui said, rubbing his numb feet.

Ling Yunfeng also nodded, Yes, we will accompany you back.

Meng Zijun didn't refuse, just one word, OK.

It's good to have them accompany and talk all the way, which can relieve a little sad atmosphere.

Meng Qingqing said: Thank you!

Ling Yunfeng grinned and said nothing, Li Yahui took Meng Qingqing's bag, Let's go!

I already said a lot of comforting words yesterday, and now, Li Yahui and the others tried their best to talk about other topics to distract Meng Qingqing and his daughter.

After getting in the car, Ling Yunfeng asked: Uncle Meng, I think you are very skilled at driving. When did you learn how to drive?

Meng Zijun drove the driveway: Three years ago, when I was doing business, I bought a van to carry goods for convenience. Later, when I fell ill, I transferred the business and sold the car. Now that I am in good health, I plan to Buy a new one, it will be convenient for travel and so on.”

Dad, you don't mean to start a business, do you? In half a year, okay? Meng Qingqing said anxiously.

Qingqing, I'm in good health now. I can't stay at home all day long. I'm not busy with investment. I just want to buy a car and drive it for a walk before making plans. I know. I don't care about it. No matter what you do, I will not use my body to fight, I will cherish myself, I promise to grow up with you well, we have pulled the hook, I keep my word.

Meng Qingqing stopped talking after hearing this.

Ling Yunfeng said excitedly: Yes, yes! Uncle Meng, after you buy the car, we can go outside to play on weekends.

Meng Zijun readily agreed, Yes! During holidays, wherever you want to go, I will take you there.

Meng Zijun drove fast and steady. After five hours, he had driven more than 600 kilometers, which was almost half of the distance. Because it was noon, everyone was hungry, so he stopped in a small town to find a car. I went to a restaurant to eat, drink water, rest for a while, and continued on the road.

When the car arrived at their hometown county, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. They had dinner in the county, and drove for more than 40 minutes to the town, because no one lived at home for a long time. The two girls can make do with it, but with Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui around, it's impossible to live at home, so for this night, they can only stay in the best inn in the town. It is said to be the best, but it is not much better. There are only two standard rooms with bathrooms, and the others are large miscellaneous rooms with five-person and six-person rooms. So it just so happened that they asked for those two standard rooms.

After settling down. Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui were very interested in this remote town and suggested going out for a walk. Meng Qingqing took them to the street to have a look.

This small town has only one east-west street more than 600 meters long, a pharmacy, and a barber shop. Two restaurants, three grocery stores. Two inns. Because it was evening, the street was deserted, and the east end of the street was the middle school.

Meng Qingqing pointed to the dilapidated school and said, I went to school here before I transferred.

Ling Yunfeng remembered the first time he met Meng Qingqing. Her rustic clothes and ugly hair matched the environment here very well, but Meng Qingqing now is completely different from Meng Qingqing half a year ago. people. From her body, there is no shadow of her previous Tutu.

PS: Sorry, it's late, I have a lot of things to do when I go to work today.

93. go home

Meng Zijun and Meng Qingqing arrived at the funeral home. The old lady has already changed into the clothes they sent. Inside are two sets of new clothes that she usually wears, and on the outside are the big red dragon and phoenix clothes that grandma bought herself. She has neatly cut her hair and put on makeup. His expression was peaceful, as if he was asleep.

Seeing grandma wearing red clothes made Meng Qingqing very uncomfortable. Generally, old people only wear bright red clothes when they are at the end of their lives. It looks festive? Consummated, but grandma is only sixty years old, and she is not dying, she is mad at her own children. But she bought this dress herself. She also didn't expect the clothes she bought that day. Put it on today!

The funeral home placed flowers around the old lady in red, with mourning music inside.

Meng Qingqing felt a little strange to Meng Qingqing, who was wearing a red dress and lying among the flowers. Grandma had never worn such bright clothes in the mountain village all her life.

Meng Zijun and his daughter stayed with the old lady for several hours in the end. They just stayed beside her quietly like this, with endless sadness in their hearts.

At noon, a large group of people came outside. Both Meng Zijun and Meng Qingqing thought that they had no relatives in this city. They ran away, made a few phone calls later, and then there was no news, so they thought that the person who came had nothing to do with them, and they might be relatives and friends from other people's families.

But the visitor came directly to the old lady and stopped. Meng Qingqing and Meng Zijun both looked up. It turned out that it was Lao Yu and his wife, as well as Dr. Ling, Wang Qingxia, Ling Yunfeng, and Li Yahui.

I didn't expect them to make an appointment to send the old lady off together. Meng Zijun's father and daughter's red and swollen eyes became moist again.

The visitor bowed to the old lady's body, burned incense, burned some Ming coins, and came to Mencius Jun's father and daughter to comfort them.

The Taoist master came, in their fifties, a man and a woman, they seemed to be a married couple, and it cost 500 yuan to do a transcendence. They quoted the price first, and Meng Zijun nodded to express his approval of the price. Kneeling down and knocking on the wooden fish, everyone began to recite scriptures to a scripture.

Because while doing superduplication, everyone has to keep burning Ming coins, everyone is busy folding paper silver, the sound of wooden fish, the sound of chanting sutras is long, cigarettes are lingering, and the fire of burning Ming coins flickers on and off.

Looking at her grandma in a red dress lying among the flowers, Meng Qingqing would rather believe that there is a heaven in this world, and grandma is going to go to heaven after passing through the salvation. It's warm, friendly, and peaceful.

After doing a four-hour super-duplication, after reading a scripture, the super-duplication is considered complete. The two Taoist masters rubbed their numb knees, then packed up the scriptures, took the five hundred yuan from Meng Zijun, and left.

Next, the funeral home made a simple memorial ceremony and prepared to push the old lady into the furnace for cremation.

When grandma was about to be pushed into the stove, Meng Qingqing couldn't help crying, desperately trying to stop grandma from being sent into the stove, grandma would be turned into a wisp of smoke, it was too cruel, even though it was already After experiencing the pain of losing her grandma once, Meng Qingqing still couldn't accept this reality. Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui held her tightly, and Li Yahui even covered Meng Qingqing's eyes with his hands.

By the time Meng Qingqing calmed down, grandma had already turned into a handful of ashes. Meng Qingqing couldn't help crying again.

Meng Zijun and his daughter took the ashes of the old lady home. Early the next morning, Meng Zijun was going to drive a van borrowed from a friend to take his mother back home. When Meng Zijun opened the door, they found Li Yahui and Ling Yun. Feng sat just outside the door.

Why are you here so early? We are going to send grandma back to her hometown today. Meng Qingqing said.

Li Yahui and Ling Yunfeng got up from the ground, each carrying a bag.

We'll accompany you back! Li Yahui said, rubbing his numb feet.

Ling Yunfeng also nodded, Yes, we will accompany you back.

Meng Zijun didn't refuse, just one word, OK.

It's good to have them accompany and talk all the way, which can relieve a little sad atmosphere.

Meng Qingqing said: Thank you!

Ling Yunfeng grinned and said nothing, Li Yahui took Meng Qingqing's bag, Let's go!

I already said a lot of comforting words yesterday, and now, Li Yahui and the others tried their best to talk about other topics to distract Meng Qingqing and his daughter.

After getting in the car, Ling Yunfeng asked: Uncle Meng, I think you are very skilled at driving. When did you learn how to drive?

Meng Zijun drove the driveway: Three years ago, when I was doing business, I bought a van to carry goods for convenience. Later, when I fell ill, I transferred the business and sold the car. Now that I am in good health, I plan to Buy a new one, it will be convenient for travel and so on.”

Dad, you don't mean to start a business, do you? In half a year, okay? Meng Qingqing said anxiously.

Qingqing, I'm in good health now. I can't stay at home all day long. I'm not busy with investment. I just want to buy a car and drive it for a walk before making plans. I know. I don't care about it. No matter what you do, I will not use my body to fight, I will cherish myself, I promise to grow up with you well, we have pulled the hook, I keep my word.

Meng Qingqing stopped talking after hearing this.

Ling Yunfeng said excitedly: Yes, yes! Uncle Meng, after you buy the car, we can go outside to play on weekends.

Meng Zijun readily agreed, Yes! During holidays, wherever you want to go, I will take you there.

Meng Zijun drove fast and steady. After five hours, he had driven more than 600 kilometers, which was almost half of the distance. Because it was noon, everyone was hungry, so he stopped in a small town to find a car. I went to a restaurant to eat, drink water, rest for a while, and continued on the road.

When the car arrived at their hometown county, it was already five o'clock in the afternoon. They had dinner in the county, and drove for more than 40 minutes to the town, because no one lived at home for a long time. The two girls can make do with each other, but with Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui around, it's impossible to live at home, so for this night, they can only stay in the best inn in the town. It is said to be the best, but it is not much better. There are only two standard rooms with bathrooms, and the others are large miscellaneous rooms with five-person and six-person rooms. So it just so happened that they asked for those two standard rooms.

After settling down, Ling Yunfeng and Li Yahui were very interested in this remote town and suggested going out for a walk. Meng Qingqing took them to the street to have a look.

This small town has only one east-west street more than 600 meters long, a pharmacy, a barber shop, two restaurants, and three grocery stores. Two inns. Because it was evening, the street was deserted, and the east end of the street was the middle school.

Meng Qingqing pointed to the dilapidated school and said, I went to school here before I transferred.

Ling Yunfeng remembered the first time he met Meng Qingqing. Her rustic clothes and ugly hair matched the environment here very well, but Meng Qingqing now is completely different from Meng Qingqing half a year ago. people. From her body, there is no shadow of her previous Tutu.

PS: Sorry, it's late, I have a lot of things to do when I go to work today. (To be continued.)