Translator: SJade, Editor: Dj22031
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“Xiao Ning, Xiao Lan, you two come here.” Ye Qingmei took advantage of the opportunity to let them come over, “Do you still remember what I told you last night?”
Thinking of what their aunt asked them to train last night, Ye Qingmei asked them to come over. Ye Ning and Ye Lan looked at each other, and they both saw the confusion in each other’s eyes.
In the countryside, after the death of their parents, daughters had to cry in mourning. The sadder and louder the cry, the more filial it was.
It was best to add words when mourning, such as: ‘My dad, why are you so pitiful? You left at such a young age. What should I do in the future?’ ”Dad, why did you leave? I haven’t been filial yet!” ”Dad, you have suffered so much in this life, and you must be reborn into a good family in the next life.” and so on, and they must be affectionate and cry rhythmically. Their aunt was afraid that they wouldn’t know how to cry, so she specially taught them how to cry.
Of course Ye Ning and Ye Lan were sad when Ye Qingshan died. It was normal to cry during the funeral, but how could they cry so well while singing and composing well? It was really difficult for them.
“I know you are young and don’t know how to cry in mourning, but you have to cry, otherwise the villagers will say you are unfilial, and they will say that your father does not even have a mourner.”
It seemed that they couldn’t help but cry, so Ye Ning and Ye Lan nodded, but it was still impossible to make them really cry like their aunt.
“How about we change those words?” Ye Ning thought for a few words, and Ye Lan added something.
As soon as the hour came, her uncle shouted to carry the coffin, and eight strong men lifted the coffin. They could not let the coffin fall to the ground during the process. If they really needed to rest, they had to put it on a stool.
“Dad, why are you willing to leave us?” Ye Ning couldn’t help but think of her own parents. Tears instantly fell down, and she started crying sincerely, “You haven’t seen Xiao Lan and I get married, and you haven’t seen Xiao An marry and have children, why are you leaving? What will we do if you leave? Dad, we can’t live without you!”
Ye Lan followed Ye Ning, although she knew what her sister was going to say before, but now she also burst into tears after hearing her words, “Dad, why were you willing to leave us behind? I still want to go to college and be filial to you. You haven’t seen me get married and have children. How can you be willing to leave me?”
Although Ye An didn’t cry in mourning, he cried loudly and called Dad from time to time. He was very sad.
People from the same village stood on both sides of the road, lamenting the unjust death of Ye Qingshan. They were extremely sad to see his three children like this.
“What will happen to these three children in the future? Their Mom is gone, their Dad is dead, and their Grandpa is not close to them. Oh, life is really hard!” some grandmothers in the same village whispered.
At this time, old man Ye came over with a cane, crying, “Qingshan, my son! Why did you die before me? You are trying to kill me!”
Ye Ning and Ye Lan ignored him. As long as he was not causing trouble, they didn’t care.
Old man Ye held the coffin and said sadly: “I couldn’t take care of you when you were alive. If you die, I will send you up the mountain no matter what.”
Seeing a grey-haired old man holding his son’s coffin, most people forgot about his previous partiality and began to feel pitiful for him, but Ye Ning didn’t feel that way. They knew best how biased Old Man Ye’s heart was. If he really wanted to take Ye Qingshan seriously, he should have come that night when she informed him of his death. Not only did he not show up that day, but this time Ye Ning and her siblings had been back for so long, and he had not come forward yet.
Not only did she not believe it, Ye Qingmei didn’t believe it either, and asked her eldest cousin and second cousin to stop him directly.
“You have never regarded Qingshan as your son, and you don’t need to act now. My brother doesn’t care if you come to see him off.”
“What can I do? My son is dead, Qingshan was my eldest son, and I, the white-haired man, is sending the black-haired man away, what else can I do?” Old Man Ye said sadly.
“I don’t know what your intentions are. These three children are the descendants of Ju’er. If you dare to bully them, don’t blame me for being rude.” When her uncle saw that Ye Qingmei didn’t follow him, he realized that old man Ye was coming and waved to let him go to the funeral. The procession continued, and he himself came to Ye Qingmei’s side, “If you want him to be buried, send him off properly. Don’t talk nonsense. If you don’t want to send him off, go back. Qingshan doesn’t care about you coming.”
Thinking of how his brother-in-law had kicked his leg off before, Old Man Ye couldn’t help but tremble. Since his brother-in-law was here, he hadn’t wanted to come. He came because Chunxiang said he would be poked in the spine if he didn’t come. He really didn’t have any other intention.
After being warned, he immediately became obedient and followed slowly with a cane, wiping his eyes from time to time, looking a little pitiful.
When the coffin was being lowered, Ye Ning and her siblings had to stop them from going down, and then they would be hugged by others while moving the coffin.
This was really a sad thing at first. Because of these customs, Ye Ning felt less sad and more numb. Anyway, it was an indescribable feeling.
The first handful of soil should be thrown by Ye An, followed by Ye Ning and Ye Lan, and then others will help cover the soil.
At this time, many people went back, leaving only their closest relatives and those close to them.
“Qingshan, I’m busy at home, so I’ll go back first. When I’m done, I’ll come to see you.” The tomb was finished and the stone tablet was erected. Ye Qingmei touched the stone tablet and said this.
“Dad.” Ye Ning took out the admission notice from her arms and said, “I have lived up to your expectations. I have been admitted to college.”
With that said, Ye Ning put the admission notice on top of the candle and slowly lit it.
“Xiao Ning.” The aunt was stunned for a moment when she saw the admission notice, and then shouted in confusion, “Don’t burn it. I believe your dad also hopes that you continue to go to college.”
“I told dad that I now have a job, I believe he will support me.” There were indeed many cadres who graduated from college, and most of them started at the grassroots level. They must become teachers after graduating from normal school. The salary of teachers at this time was not as good as that of state-owned enterprises.
The admission notice was burned and there was no chance of going to school. Her uncle and aunt felt it was a pity. If Qingshan was alive, she would definitely continue to go to school.
“Go back, the guests at home are waiting for us.” Ye Qingmei packed up her things and walked back, while the three children turned around every step of the way.
Although it was just a burial mound, the mood was completely different from before. It felt like their father had really passed away.
When they got home, the yard was very lively outside and inside. They had borrowed a total of twelve immortals tables. Each table could seat up to eight people, which made it a bit crowded. Usually there were six adults and two children. There were three tables of helpers, one for the coffin bearers, other relatives, and some friends that Ye Qingshan himself knew, so a total of 9 tables, and the remaining three tables would not be set out.
Four cold dishes had been placed on each table, but no one had started to eat yet. No matter whether the official or private events in their village, they had to choose the time to start the banquet.
When the time came, the third uncle set off a firecracker, and everyone knew that it was time to prepare for the banquet. About ten minutes later, another firecracker was fired, which meant that the banquet was officially open.
All the mourners had arrived, and they all picked up their chopsticks to eat.
After eating some cold dishes, after a while, four hot dishes came out one after another. Everyone saw that there were not only pig blood and tofu, but also large pieces of meat and pig offal. As soon as the chopsticks were taken off, the roast chicken and duck came out, most of them suddenly felt that Ye Ning was a little bright.
Some people thought it was good, while others thought it was bad. A few grandmas whispered that Ye Ning and the others didn’t know how to save and spent money blindly.
As they said this, they were not slow at all, carving up four chicken legs and duck legs in an instant.
“Don’t think so much, these people in the village are like this. No matter what you do, they will always have something to say. If there were no chickens and ducks today, they would say the same thing, which may be even more unpleasant.” Ye Qingmei and Ye Ning heard this when they were serving dishes, Ye Qingmei saw that her face was not good-looking and comforted her.
“It’s okay. I have nothing to argue with them. As long as I have a clear conscience.” Although she took over the body of Ye Qingshan’s daughter, her arrival prevented future tragedies. Speaking of which, Ye Qingshan should be thanking her.
After lunch, Ye Ning and Ye Lan had a casual meal and began to help clean up the mess. Most of the dishes on the table were eaten.
Fortunately, they prepared enough dishes, otherwise the two tables of wine would not be served at night.
At noon, she would treat guests to a meal, and in the evening, she would treat her close relatives to a second meal. Ye Ning planned to treat her uncle’s family and her third uncle’s family.
“You won’t invite your grandpa?” Even if the third uncle and Old Man Ye didn’t deal with each other, they were still brothers, so he couldn’t help but say something for him.
No matter what old man Ye had done before, he was Ye Qingshan’s father. He should be called to eat due to both emotion and reason.
“Then we can only invite him.” Ye Qingmei didn’t want to see Wang Chunxiang, let alone the two sons Wang Chunxiang gave birth to here. Each of them had more ambitions than the other, and the wife they were married were also not good people. Anyway, they didn’t interact with each other.
Neither sister was willing to call, so they finally gave this difficult task to Ye An.
They originally thought that Old Man Ye wouldn’t come over, but they didn’t expect Old Man Ye to come. Fortunately, he didn’t bring anyone over, otherwise Ye Ning would really drive him out.
It wasn’t because he didn’t bring anyone with him, but Wang Chunxiang and the others didn’t dare to come. If the uncle’s family hadn’t been there, they would have come long ago.
In the evening it was all family members. The banquet was not as formal as at noon, but the food was not bad either. Large pieces of pork, fried tofu with golden color on both sides, and stewed chicken and duck tasted even better than at noon.
“Come, come, let’s eat.” Ye Qingmei greeted everyone to sit down. The uncle and the third uncle sat separately. Old Man Ye followed the third uncle. He glanced at Ye Ning and the others from time to time, then lowered his head and said nothing.
“Xiao Ning, you will be the head of this family from now on. You must take good care of your younger brother and sister, especially Xiao An who is still so young. As a sister, you should take more care of them.” There uncle said seriously.
“Uncle, don’t worry, I will take good care of my brother and sister.” Ye Ning agreed to answer him solemnly.
There uncle nodded, glanced at Old Man Ye, and said to him: “I heard that you are thinking about this house?”
“You can’t accuse me unfairly. I have my own house, why will I be thinking about this house?” Old Man Ye hurriedly denied it.
“It’s not the best. I was also present when you separated your family. We agreed that Qingshan wouldn’t take a cent from you and that he wouldn’t have to take care of your children in the future. It doesn’t matter about our grandchildren. In the future, these few children will be here during the holidays. It’s just a sign of affection for you to bring something up, and it’s normal not to mention anything. If I hear someone slandering them outside, don’t blame me for being rude.” Their uncle’s majesty was still the same as before.
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