In fact, they may regard death as more important than survival.
Life is just endless suffering, while death means a new beginning.
In this case,
So Luo Xuan simply respected their wishes and finally decided to give Bai Fugui a generous burial and pay a high pension to his family.
Doing so can appease Bai Fugui's family members.
In fact, the more important reason is
This is for the production team, for other members to see.
It is to allow members to put down their mental burdens and solve their worries.
This is equivalent to telling all members: Just work with confidence and boldness!
What if something happens or members suffer personal losses?
In the end, there will be a large collective called the production team, who will take care of everything for everyone.
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Wait until the day of Bai Fugui's funeral.
After all the members of the production team ate glutinous rice noodles in the yard of Bai Fugui's house, the production team dispatched elite soldiers and generals.
Start seeing Bai Fugui off.
As the old saying goes:
There is no one who doesn’t cry while playing the erhu,
There is no soul that the suona cannot lure away.
The song "Crying at the Fifth Watch" sounded, and the high-pitched and passionate, but slightly monotonous suona sound penetrated into the pit of the heart and penetrated into the seams of the bones.
It makes one's heart tremble and the whole body feel numb.
Therefore, those who cry will cry more sadly.
People with a heavy heart will be filled with even more depressed clouds.
The filial son and grandson walked in front, holding flags and throwing basins, kneeling every three steps and knocking every five steps, crying so miserably.
Looking at the man on the hot bed, he has now turned into a cold corpse lying in the coffin.
Auntie Bai Fugui, whose charm was still there, even cried so much that she fainted several times on the way to the funeral.
As for the rich and white old lady, now she has a white-haired person to give to a black-haired person.
Her shoulders were constantly shaking, but not a single tear fell from her cloudy eyes.
Perhaps the days that were too long and extremely difficult had already erased her sadness.
There is only a heart as hard as a jujube tree stem, as wrinkled and as cold as ice.
Among the dozens of people who came to help, no one complained about Bai Fugui's ruthlessness and indifference.
Perhaps in this barren land, it is precisely because of thousands of ordinary people with such incomparable tenacity.
This is why this vast land has never succumbed to the iron hoofs of the barbarians for thousands of years.
The sound of the suona penetrated the sky, and Bai Fugui's family members cried loudly.
A strong feeling of sadness permeated the ravines.
When the funeral procession arrived at the plateau, where the ancestral tombs of the Bai Fugui family were located.
I saw that Bai Fugui's tomb, which had been built for him in advance, had been opened by the helping members.
The funeral customs in northern Saibei are different from those in the south:
In the south, just dig a pit and build a mound on top.
As for the grave in Saibei, it was dug very deep. For example, to bury Bai Fugui this time, it was necessary to dig a shaft about 3 meters deep in front of his grave.
Then dig sideways in the direction of the grave. Only in this way can the pre-dug grave be opened.
Many people here would often stay next to their ancestral graves when they were young and strong.
Then according to the order of seniority, he dug his own grave early.
Moreover, there is an empty tomb next to Bai Fugui's tomb built with stone walls.
——This is what Bai Fugui prepared for his mother-in-law.
It's just that if the married daughter-in-law wants to hide in the ancestral graves of the Bai family, she has to be particular.
——That woman cannot remarry halfway.
People here are accustomed to digging their own graves before they die.
If they wait until one day, when they really have that ultimate need, they will dig up the pile of loess to reveal the underground tomb.
This tomb is very deep.
It can be seen that Bai Fuguier pays great attention to his own affairs.
"Fugui. Dad, you can go in peace. The cadres in the production team are different now from before.
They can take good care of our family, so you can go with peace of mind."
——This is what Aunt Bai Fugui said.
But Bai Fugui's focus is obviously not on these aspects.
I saw the old woman sitting on the pile of loess.
The look on her face has changed from the previous confusion to a look of determination: "You from a wealthy family, come here."
Aunt Bai Fugui came over quickly and asked, "What can I do for you, Mom?"
The old woman shouted sharply: "Kneel down!"
"Plop——"
The daughter-in-law did not dare to disobey, so she had to kneel down obediently.
"Today I will swear it in front of my ancestors and the wealth of my family."
The old woman said word by word, "You must support me for the rest of your life. Do your best to raise the two children!"
You must swear that you will not remarry for the rest of your life; you must not do anything that is sorry for our Lao Bai family. Did you hear that?"
Bai Fugui's mother-in-law was startled: "Mom, you are my mother-in-law.
Be filial to your bedside, this is what I should do.
Bai Yuzhen and Bai Yuqing, two siblings, are my biological children. I will definitely do my best to raise them.
These are all things I should do, why do I need to swear?"
"No way!!"
The old woman was as tough as iron, "Today in front of the ancestors of our Lao Bai family and the wealth of my family, you must swear that you are not allowed to remarry in this life!"
"I'm a mother, I'm only 27 years old this year!"
Bai Fugui's mother-in-law choked and said, "I try my best, save money and money to provide for them to study, and take good care of you, mother."
A hundred years from now, Yuqing and Yuzhen will have their own families and start businesses. Am I the only one sleeping on a cold kang in a cold kiln?"
The old woman was furious: "What's wrong? Do you still think you are suffering?
Old woman, haven’t I been a widow for decades since Bai Fugui’s father passed away?”
"You are a frivolous and unruly woman!"
The old woman picked up a locust tree root on the ground and prepared to hit him: "This man! His whole life is like a wheat seedling.
Some wheat seedlings can grow ears of wheat.
But some wheat seedlings, if they are cut off during weeding, are destined to become fertilizer for other wheat seedlings. It’s all fate.”
Bai Fugui's mother-in-law's face turned blue and purple.
Originally, according to her vision, it would take another 10 years.
Bai Fugui's old lady should have almost left Hexi.
By that time, if the son and daughter left behind by Bai Fugui are promising, they should have finished technical secondary school.
Technical secondary school students!
This level of education makes him the most educated person in the entire Shilipu production team.
For technical secondary school students, the state will allocate work.
In that case,
A pair of children is considered to have a future.
Bai Fugui's mother-in-law was only 37 or 8 years old at that time.
We want her to become a widow at this age, living alone in a production team.
It's indeed a bit unrealistic.
Because everyone knows: in the production team, a woman cannot earn many centimeters.
Moreover, it is easy for her to get into trouble in front of and behind her house: she should not interact with people in the village, others say she is withdrawn.
If she interacts with others too much, she will be said to be unseemly.
What's more, Bai Fugui's wife is actually quite pretty.
It's just that her background is not very good, so she partners with Bai Fu, who also comes from a bad background, to live together.
When I think about the long second half of my life, I will be alone, suffering alone in the village.
Bai Fugui's wife couldn't help but convulsed, "Mom, I promise you: before you come a hundred years ago, I will definitely abide by my duty and fulfill my filial piety to you."
"And before the two children get married, I will definitely try my best to earn more for them. Mother, do you think this will work?"
The old woman shook her head,
Then she pointed to the two empty tombs with the tree root in her hand.
He opened his mouth and said: "Look at my rich family, your position has been taken care of. If you want to make progress, you can't change your surname in the ancestral graves of my Lao Bai family."
"mother!"
Bai Fugui’s wife refused, “But now we advocate freedom of love and independence in marriage.
You can't force me to suffer alone for the rest of my life! I can marry a man casually, even if he has no hands or feet.
As long as others know that there is a man in my family, your daughter-in-law and I will have a much easier life, and no one will gossip about me."
After talking about Bai Fugui's wife, he kowtowed to the old woman!
The loess in front of the grave was scattered, and the scattered dust gradually spread.
"snort!"
The old woman slapped her daughter-in-law on the back with a stick, "No! You may be destined to only be used as fertilizer for other wheat seedlings in your life. Make an oath quickly! Don't waste time."
Bai Fugui's wife turned her head and looked at Dou Jiande who was helping, hoping to get some help from him.
It's a pity that Dou Jiande is also a very traditional and conservative person.
At this time, he
He only focused on cleaning the loess in the shaft and did not turn to look at Bai Fugui's wife.
Bai Fugui's wife turned helplessly to look at the women's captain Wang Chunhua.
"As a woman, I can't help you with this matter."
Wang Chunhua actually sympathized with Bai Fugui's wife's experience.
——I am also a woman, and I still have a long time to spend in the future.
How could anyone be willing to live as a widow for the rest of their lives?
But in the Shilipu production team, or even in this entire area, it is difficult for anyone to change this traditional custom.
Accountant Li saw this and quietly pulled Luo Xuan aside.
He lowered his voice and said: "You must not get involved in this matter! Traditional conservative ideas are far more powerful than you think.
If you step forward to help her, you're probably going to be a rat in the bellows and suffer from both sides."
Zhang Xiaoli on the side was obviously in a bad mood at this time.
She gently touched Luo Xuan's back with her fingers, "That elder sister is so pitiful! Can't you help her?"
Peng Yong quickly stopped him: "We are outsiders, we just need to do our own business and help develop the economy here.
Don’t get involved in this kind of thing. Otherwise, I’m afraid it will become the target of public criticism among commune members from all over the country.”
Zhang Xiaoli naturally knew that if she forced herself to do something like this, the consequences would be unbearable.
As a woman, Zhang Xiaoli saw that Bai Fugui's wife had already made so many sacrifices.
And now she has made such a serious promise in front of so many people.
But it can't be exchanged for others to let go.
How could this make Zhang Xiaoli feel better?
Luo Xuan stood up, walked slowly to the old woman and asked her in a low voice: "Auntie, do you believe that 'the sky is bright, the earth is bright'? There is a man who cries at night in my family. A gentleman passing by will recite it three times, and he will sleep until he is old."
Skylight'.
What about this kind of toothache curse? Or do you prefer to believe in the letter of guarantee written in black and white, with the cadres coming forward and testifying?"
The old woman replied without hesitation, "As the old saying goes, words are nothing but words. It's not easy to regret something written in black and white."
"Then do you want to believe that I can give you a written evidence; or do you prefer to believe in your daughter-in-law's oath?"
Luo Xuan asked her, "If you don't want to let someone from a wealthy family remarry, I can give you a written document and we will supervise her.
Anyway, if your grandson or granddaughter goes to school, I need to pay for the tuition and miscellaneous expenses.
Moreover, their annual rations also need to be provided by the production team."
Luo Xuan looked at the old woman and said, "As you know, it just so happens that I am the one in charge of the production team's granary."
The old woman thought about it carefully: "Hey, I'm an old woman, I'm afraid I won't live for another three to five years! Originally, I asked people from wealthy families to swear an oath in front of their graves, just for peace of mind."
This old woman,
She can obviously weigh the importance: if she insists on letting her daughter-in-law swear in front of her today.
So after the old woman gives up and goes west, will the rich woman regret it?
Who can say it clearly and who can guarantee it?
But when the old woman clearly saw it, there was a look on Luo Xuan's face: If he had to force his daughter-in-law to swear today.
Most likely tomorrow,
Luo Xuan would make things difficult for his family when it came to sharing food or arranging work for wealthy aunts.
It is even possible that Luo Xuan will break his promise and become fat.
I no longer want to provide tuition and fees for my children and grandchildren.
Even the oaths and oaths made by my family members do not count.
What's more, Luo Xuan is an outsider!
Why should people provide tuition and fees to wealthy children?
The old woman carefully weighed the pros and cons, and finally she felt that it would be more secure to get the guarantee letter written in black and white from the production team cadres.
Luo Xuan is a cultural person.
Since he has made a written guarantee, he will supervise that the aunt from a wealthy family will not be allowed to remarry in the future.
Moreover, this guarantee letter also has the signatures of the production team cadres as witnesses of this matter.
Think of it this way.
The old woman thinks: It is more reliable than a wealthy aunt swearing by her, right?
Production team cadres, don’t lie!
Subsequently,
Luo Xuan wrote a letter of guarantee to the old woman as promised:
【Guarantee】
[Today, there is a production team in Shilipu, Zhimi County. Luo Xuan, an educated youth who jumped in the team, made the following guarantee to Mr. Bai Li:
Out of respect for the folk customs, Luo Xuan promised to take all measures to ensure that Bai Fugui's wife would never remarry again in this life.
If there is any violation, Luo Xuan promises to compensate the Bai family 500 yuan in cash; and the guarantor, Comrade Luo Xuan, will never be an official in this life!
Witnesses: Dou Jiande, Wang Chunhua, Li Zhiqian
A certain day, a certain year, a certain month]
The old woman took the letter of guarantee written by Luo Xuan and asked Accountant Li to read it carefully in front of everyone.
The old woman was not at ease about this, so she asked a literate person in the production team whom she trusted to read it to her quietly.
Although this old woman may look like she is uneducated, in fact, she has a clear mind: what Accountant Li read just now, the old woman has firmly memorized in her heart.
Now ask others to read it again according to the contents of the pledge.
When the old woman confirmed what the two people had read, she found that it was indeed word for word.
Only then did a satisfied smile appear on the old woman's face: If someone bullied her for being illiterate, what the two people said would be inconsistent.
That means there is definitely something wrong with this guarantee!
Now the old woman is finally relieved: if her daughter-in-law remarries in the future, Luo Xuan will not only lose money.
And he should curse himself for not being able to become an official??!
This is good!
The cadres in the production team themselves are not serious officials.
But who doesn’t have a desire to make progress?
Seeing that Luo Xuan, a young, promising, energetic and educated man, actually cursed himself for not being able to become an official because of the possibility that his daughter-in-law might remarry?
The old woman said: She is very relieved about this.
With this poisonous oath, Luo Xuan will definitely try his best to prevent his daughter-in-law from remarrying in her lifetime.
Accountant Li saw that Luo Xuan was taking this kind of bad thing that had nothing to do with him on him.
She couldn't help but feel distressed and came up to her, lowering her voice and asking: "Why are you doing this?
This kind of thing will go away if you just turn a blind eye or close your eyes. What does their family's housework have to do with everyone? Why should you take the responsibility? "
Luo Xuan smiled slightly.
But he didn't say anything: Anyway, I have no intention of becoming an official in this life.
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