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Chapter 88: Back

Let me take a look at this world for the last time.

Early this morning, a very noisy sound woke up the whole village, including the sleeping father and mother. Although my mother didn't understand very well, the sound of the cannon made my father jump out of the bed. The first sentence he said was:

"It's broken, there are dead in the village!"

In my hometown, if there is a sudden sound of cannons, it means someone has passed away. My father carefully calculated that today is not a big day. The fireworks must be what he thought. Moreover, the place is very close to the courtyard. My father quickly put on his clothes and followed the sound of firecrackers as anxiously as other villagers to find the family where someone died. Finally, everyone heard the crying of a man and a woman and found the family.

It was the worst place in my hometown except for people from other places. This place was the poorest family in the village: the Lao Liu family. The reason why the Lao Liu family was so unbearable is because Lao Liu's ancestors were not from here, but a foreigner who came here a long time ago. His father and mother fled to the famine and took root in this village. Since then, they have lived there for decades. However, when Lao Liu was young, Lao Liu's father died of illness, and there was only one mother in the family who was still bedridden all year round. When he was young, he married a widow from the next village and gave birth to a son. He has lived until now.

In fact, Lao Liu is a miserable person. He was born with a poor leg and foot and couldn't go to the factory to work and earn money to support his family. He could only rent the land that belonged to our family to farm to support his wife and children. Because Lao Liu is a weak person who is often bullied by his fierce wife, but he has been living with all the pain. The only comfort for him is the mother who loves him and the son he loves. But at present, his mother may have...

Since childhood, Lao Liu often came to discuss the rent on the field. Grandpa was not a stingy person. He didn't see Lao Liu coming pitifully, so he would charge less rent for him to stutter. He often played with his father, teaching his father to touch lobsters and catch frogs. In other words, Lao Liu was also one of his father's childhood playmates.

Because of Lao Liu's personality, he rarely interacts with the villagers and doesn't play cards or chess, so his mother squeezed outside and the person she knew most about Lao Liu was her father. Of course, my father, as a smart person, also knew this very well, so he immediately ran in wearing sandwiches.

As expected, a man and a woman in the room were kneeling on the ground. On the bed in front of her, a white-haired old man lay on it without saying a word, his eyes were closed, his chest was not undulating at all. There was also a boy playing with mud beside the bed. He should be Lao Liu's son...

In fact, the owner of the shop was earlier than his father. When Lao Liu found that his mother died, he hurried to the boss to ask for a firecracker. After all, the rules must not be missing. When Lao Liu saw his father coming, he stood up with tears in his eyes and held his father's hand:

"Minfeng, you have also seen that my mother has passed away. Our family has been living by your family for so many years. Your family has helped our family for many years. I am very grateful to you. But now I have something to ask you."

The father looked at this poor man with pity:

"Old Liu, tell me if you have anything to do. I will definitely help you if I can help you!"

Unexpectedly, Lao Liu knelt in front of his father and took out some scattered banknotes from his pocket:

"Minfeng, my old Liu is a useless person in this life. This family is relying on your family. Now your family has become like this. To be honest, my life is not easy. I have no more legs and feet without land. I also have to take care of my family. The little money I saved is really not much. My mother has been worried about me in this life. Now that she has passed away, I can't find a place to bury it. I want to have a funeral for my mother. I still have some money upstairs. I know that you, Minfeng, are a smart person. I don't have much money. Please help me with some money. I'll send my mother away. You can make me a cow and horse for you."

My father quickly mixed up Lao Liu:

"My father told me since I was a child that if I inherited the family business one day, I would always take care of your family. Although my family is not rich now, I will definitely help you with this. My uncle is the captain of the brigade. I will discuss it with him to see if the brigade can help you. Don't worry, I will definitely do your mother's funeral."

After saying that, Lao Liu was asked to stay. My father took three days off in the factory and hurried to my grandfather's house to discuss the money in the brigade to help Lao Liu. Although they are not locals, their household registration is also in this brigade. Now something happened to the family. Are the villagers in the village watching so coldly? Finally, the young grandfather agreed to his father's method.

Let the paper-making shop on the street prepare paper money and urns, the shop prepare firecrackers and drinks, and invite the chefs on the street to cook. The villagers in the other brigade come to attend the funeral and provide support according to the family situation. Even if the family has no money to send some yellow paper, you can come to have dinner as long as you help. The monk from Taiping'an came to chant scriptures and salvation to the deceased people. The same is also provided with catering. The tribute team will let the village committee's tribute team do it. Although it is not as glorious as the wealthy family, at least you must have everything you should have. Of course, if the money is not enough, several families with a little money in the village must help. This situation is also a blessing that the villagers in the village are kind enough to do it.

My father's plan was implemented very successfully. At that time, people were not very interested in money. Everyone helped Lao Liu's family with the heart of doing good deeds. Although everyone usually couldn't stand the widow's behavior, Lao Liu's character was very clear about Lao Liu's character, and many people helped. Lao Liu also saw it and thanked it in his heart.

The father and the young grandfather have been organizing funerals, and even the mother carries the children to help register the people who have helped them write them on a big red paper and paste them on the door. Even when contacting the funeral home, people there are willing to provide crystal coffins to ensure that the body lasts for a day of funeral.

However, Lao Liu's wife has been sitting in a cool place eating melon seeds and watching all the busy people, enjoying the gains without any effort, which makes everyone present feel a little uncomfortable.

Soon, Lao Liu's home was arranged. Lao Liu wanted to kneel down and thank his father again, but his father took him directly to help set up a tent.

My father, who was sweating profusely, lit a cigarette while sitting by the well. In fact, it is said that the wellhead in the countryside should be the coolest place and the water in the well is also the coolest, but my father, who was sitting by the well, felt that this place was hotter than any place in the yard of Lao Liu's family. Perhaps because he was too busy or smoking, his father snatched out the cigarette butts and arranged other things.

...

A gray-haired old man limped and slowly walked to a road that seemed endless. There was a light in front of him guiding her direction and telling her where to go.

But she vaguely felt that there seemed to be someone in front of her blocking her way:

"Young man, please give me aside, I'm going forward."

A white-haired man stood in front of her and said sissyly:

"Grandma, I was forced to offend me too..."

...

After the arrangement was completed, everyone was in place. The monk reminded him that firecrackers would be set off and chanted scriptures, and asked all the family to kneel in front of the coffin. The father asked the old Liu family to do what the monk said, and knelt next to the old Liu's mother and started sobbing, but everyone could hear that the widow's sob was fake.

But at this moment, a low voice scared everyone present, and the widow even ran out of the door with her child in her arms. Only Lao Liu knelt down to his mother's bed.

Liu's mother, who had clearly confirmed death before, raised her right hand and snorted in her mouth!

In this way, an old man who was lying on the bed, who felt dead, stretched out a hand in front of everyone and pretended to be a zombie!

It was this action that scared everyone present, as well as the awesome monk. They thought that Liu's mother might have been too resentful and cheated on the zombie. What's more, they thought that Liu's mother had not breathed a sigh of relief before she died. After all, her actions at that time were indeed very similar...

When Lao Liu touched his mother, he realized that his mother had body temperature, so he quickly grabbed her hand, and tears on his face couldn't stop flowing:

"Mom, you finally survived, but you scared your son to death. I thought you had passed away. You can't just leave your son like that, my mother..."

Hearing Lao Liu's voice, his father and grandfather decided to go in and see what was going on.

It turned out that Lao Liu's mother did not die. Maybe she had an emergency before, which caused her to fake death. Now she is alive, with a heartbeat and a pulse, and she is indeed a living person.

But no one who helped did not dare to stay there, and they ran home in shame after leaving the things. Old Liu quickly found some food for his mother, while the widow hid upstairs with the child in her arms and did not dare to come down.

My father and my grandfather thought it should be nothing, so they left after saying goodbye and talked to their mother about this misunderstanding.
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