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In midsummer of July, the sun is scorching. In Songzhu Village, under a large pine tree in front of the entrance of the village, three or four women sit together to cool off. On the right of the pine tree is a small ditch built. The water flow is not big, but it is very clear. On the left is a gravel road paved with gravel and the road opposite the village. Because at the entrance of the village, there is another ditch, and this huge pine tree covers the sunlight, every summer, this is the place to enjoy the coolness in the village.

"I saw Yue'e and Renguang back this morning. Why, has his father's illness cured?" Four women sat together, one of the slightly fat women whispered: "Didn't you say you might not be able to survive this time..."

"Who knows, but I saw Yue'e's father just morning. He was in good spirits and looked really good." Another woman next to him answered.

"Hey, say Yue'e's father, I just heard some things, but don't talk nonsense." Another woman spoke, shorter, but lowered her voice. As soon as she spoke, the other three women were attracted to her. She looked at the woman curiously. Seeing that the three of them looked at her, the woman spoke again, with a bit mysterious: "I heard that Yue'e, Yi Yun had a fight with his father in the morning. His father asked Yue'e to prepare incense paper and shrouds, and let Yi Yun clean the coffin..."

"Isn't this a preparation for future generations?" After the shorter woman finished speaking, the three women next to her were shocked.

"Not it, shrouds, incense paper, coffins, aren't these all prepared for the dead?" "What is Yue'e's father doing? Does he still know whether he is going to die?" "It's hard to say. Have you never heard of it? The old people say that Yue'e's father is impermanent, working for the King of Hell, and is specialized in seducing people. Now that he is old, he may really know that he is going to die..."

Under the pine tree, four women were talking in a low voice. The person they were talking about was Yang Tai, an old man in his seventies in the village. Yang Tai had a son and a daughter, and his son was Yang Yiyun. He was in his forties. However, he was still a bachelor, and he had not started a family. He had worked outside for many years and had no savings. So he gave Yang Yiyun a nickname in the village behind his back. He means nothing, and with a little mockery, his daughter was named Yang Yue'e, and she had married, but she had remarried once or twice. In the countryside, such things were not glorious.

So in the village, Yang Tai's children were gossiped by some women in the village behind their backs. However, in comparison, in the village, the one who really talked about the most was Yang Tai. This 70-year-old man, whether he was an adult or some old people in the village, had a distant attitude towards this old man, because there has always been a legend in the village that Yang Tai was impermanent, the souls of the underworld were impermanent, and the souls of the dead were all taken away by Yang Tai.

No one knows where this statement came from, but it is widely circulated in the village. Basically, some children of governors know that it is rumored that Yang Tai lives like them in the daytime, but at night, Yang Tai's soul will leave his body and enter the underworld, and work in the underworld. Some people die, and Yang Tai's transformation into impermanence and seduce the souls of these people.

No one can be the true nature of this statement, but many people believe it. Perhaps this is related to the general closeness of rural people, especially the older generation. Even though the reform and opening up is in 2018, many people in the village have a strange view of the elderly Yang Tai.

Especially this time, Yang Tai just came back from the hospital and looked even more energetic. In this case, Yang Yue'e and Yang Yiyun prepared shrouds, fragrant paper, coffins and other things for him. This was clearly a preparation for funerals for people, which made people think too much.

"Buzz...buzz..."

At this moment, the sound of the accelerator of the motorcycle sounded, interrupting the discussion of the four women. Looking in the sound, a young man rode a motorcycle all the way toward this side. The young man looked seventeen or eighteen years old, with a white short sleeve on his upper body and a white cropped shorts on his lower body, about one meter seven or eighteen meters long, with a slender figure and a particularly handsome long one, delicate facial features, fair skin, black hair, and especially a pair of dark and bright red phoenix eyes, which gave people a bit more beautiful than women.

"Isn't this Shao Jin?" "It's really Shao Jin. I heard that I went to my classmate's place a few days ago and came back today." "Jianguo and his third sister gave birth to a good son. This time they went to the college entrance examination in Beijing. I will enjoy the happiness when Shao Jin comes out."

When the four women saw the young man riding a bicycle, they recognized the person. Zhou Shaojin, the son of Zhou Jianguo and Yin Jinlian in the village, were also candidates who just finished the college entrance examination this year. The test scores were quite gratifying. The science subject scored nearly 700 points and directly entered the top university in China, such as Beijing University of Beijing. This made the four women a little envious, envious of Zhou Jianguo and Yin Jinlian for having a good son.

Women in rural areas know not much, but they are well-known institution of Peking University. China's top institution is now paying attention to the college entrance examination. It is the wish of almost all parents for their children to get a good college, especially in rural areas, the college entrance examination has almost become a way out, and even getting into undergraduate is a happy event. What's more, Zhou Shaojin was admitted to Peking University this time, so why is it not enviable? In their opinion, Zhou Shaojin has already walked into the bright road with one foot.

"Shaojin is back!" "How are you having fun at a classmate's house..."

Seeing Zhou Shaojin riding his bike in, the four women first greeted Zhou Shaojin with a kind tone.

"Auntie, second aunt, third aunt, sixth aunt." Zhou Shaojin also stopped the car and smiled and said hello. The four women were all from the village, and they were from his aunts and aunts. The slightly fat women and shorter women were both his third grandfather's daughters. One was Zhou Aihua, the third one, the other was Zhou Ailian, the sixth one. His name was Sangu and Liun, and the other two were his eldest cousin and second cousin's wives. He was called Auntie and Second Auntie. The aunt's surname was Tian, ​​Tian Hehua, and the second aunt's surname was Li, but he didn't know what his name was.

"How about going to a classmate's house?" "Fortunately, it's just too hot..." "By the way, Xiaochen and the others!" "Xiaochen and the others went to the river to take a shower." "That happens, I'll go to the river to take a shower and find them to play." "Then hurry up, they just went to the river not long ago, you can catch up with it." "Okay, then I'll leave first..." "Ride slower..." "Yes..."

Zhou Shaojin waved his hand, chatted with Zhou Aihua and the other two briefly, and rode his bike home to dare to go home.

"Shaojin is back." Why didn't I play for a few more days?" "Grandpa", "Cousin" "The weather is too hot. At classmates' home, they basically just watch TV and surf the Internet. They are a little bored, so they come back."

Along the way, I met many acquaintances in the village, and they all greeted them one by one. However, most of these people are Zhou Shaojin's uncles and grandfathers. In the current villages, they are basically just some older adults and elderly children. Young people have basically gone out to work, which is also a common rural phenomenon in China.

Songzhu Village is surrounded by mountains, surrounding the city with a small flat land where the village is located. A small river flows out from the mountains behind the village and runs through the entire village. Zhou Shaojin's home is located at the entrance of the small river flowing from the mountains into the village, which is the exit of the small river coming out from the mountains.

Through the village, Zhou Shaojin rode his bike to his house. The house was an old wooden house. The main hall in the middle divided the wooden house into two ends. On the left is Zhou Shaojin's family living in the family, and on the other end is his grandfather and his fourth uncle living in the other end. Because the family's financial conditions are not very good, and in addition, Zhou Shaojin and his younger brother Zhou Shaoxuan have also paid a lot of money to build a new house in recent years.

In fact, most of the seventy or eighty families in the village live in old wooden houses, and only two or three families have built new brick houses. However, it is not that only these three families in the village have the money to build new houses, but most of the money-making families in the village choose to buy houses in the city. Even if they are not enough to buy houses in big cities, they will buy houses in the county or town, as if they want to leave this backward village.

This is also the idea of ​​most rural people. When they have money, they have to buy a house in the city. When they think, only by leaving the countryside can they get rid of poverty. Zhou Shaojin doesn’t agree with this idea, but although he doesn’t agree with it, he doesn’t say it. Everyone has ambitions, and everyone has different ideas, so he has no right to interfere with others.

He rode a motorcycle along the gravel road and walked through the village, and bypassed almost everyone's house. His door could already be seen. However, when he was about fifty meters away from his house, Zhou Shaojin couldn't help but look at a wooden house on the left side of the road. It was the direction of the Yang family. Yang Tai was discharged from the town and returned from the hospital under the pine trees. He looked over. Sure enough, the door of the Yang family's main hall was open, and there was obviously someone at home.
Chapter completed!