Chapter 46-Wu Xiaolan is Dead
During the year of the Great Leap Forward, Maple Ridge was really a year where pigs cried and cows jumped. First, it was steel refining. Hundreds of men and women, old and young, went to work together. Some built furnaces, some demolished houses, some destroyed walls, some carried bricks and trees, and some saw Camphor trees. They burned thousands and hundreds of new and old trees. In the end, they still burned the stones into stones. Next was the grand canteen. Every household's stove, pot, and vegetable pot were offered out. Everyone was also willing to eat ready-made food in the canteen. The big pot of rice filled everyone's belly until it was smooth and smooth. Next was the construction of the Beijing-Guangzhou double line. The elderly went to the nursing home, the children went to the nursery, the children went to the kindergarten, and the young adults went to the construction site. They all lost the boundary between day and night. Day was day, and night was also day. The next step was to set up the people's community. Everyone turned from members of the advanced society to members of the community. After that was the construction of the Iron Mountain Reservoir, which meant the construction of a hundred or a thousand pig farms.
The Great Leap Forward and the People's Commune were like a pair of deformed twins born on the land of the Lower Lotus Pond. At this time, people learned a folk song: It's better to walk alone than to walk on a single-plank bridge. The mutual aid group is like a stone bridge, which is not strong in the wind and rain; Although the iron bridge of the cooperative was good, it could not be crowded with many people and cars. The People's Commune was the golden bridge, the road to Communism.
After learning this folk song, people began to joke around.
Kai Feng said,"The youngest is the golden bridge. Is this bridge made of gold?”
Xiu Lang said," It's made of gold. We have a lot of gold now, so we used it to build the bridge."”
Kai Feng said," That's good. If I run out of money, I'll go to the bridge and get some gold. Just a small piece can last me for a long time. Even if I die, I'll be buried on this bridge.”
Xiu Lang said,"You can't bury yourself on this bridge. People will throw your body into the river." Do you know that the golden bridge is used to make mows? It is used to walk. If people want to go to heaven, they have to walk this path.”
Kai Feng asked,"Where is heaven? Is it in the Ten Thousand Pig Farm?"”
Xiu Lang said," Ten thousand pig farms are ten thousand pig farms. How can a pig farm be heaven? This is ridiculous!"
Kai Feng said,"You don't know this. In fact, the pig farm is heaven." Look at how those pigs are enjoying themselves. They eat, sleep, sleep, and eat. It would be great if humans were pigs.”
Xiu Lang said,"If you want to become a pig, then go be a pig. I don't want to be a pig, and I don't want to live in this paradise."”
Kai Feng said," Is this up to you? You walked on the golden bridge just to become a pig."”
Xiu Lang was speechless. He felt that he could not win against Kai Feng. Kai Feng was his uncle, and he was older than him, so it was meaningless to say that he would win.
After this year, Lan Xin's family was miserable. First, her eldest son, Qi Bao, became someone else's son, and then her mother, Wu Xianya, fell ill. After the completion of the Beijing-Guangzhou double track, the Zhongjia Village nursing home and kindergarten were all dismantled. The elderly and children returned to their homes. The migrant workers on the construction site also returned home. At this time, Lan Xin also returned from the Tieshan Reservoir construction site. Everyone was back, and the family was reunited. This was originally a good thing, but the problem was that Lan Xin and the others had homes that they could not return to. Their home in the Refinement Hall had already been taken over by the Nature Squad as a warehouse.
Who would have such guts? It was Mei Yang's idea. That day, when Mei Yang was at the construction site discussing with Xiu Wo about sending someone home to harvest the crops, Xiu Wo said that there was no place to put them. Mei Yang said that they would put them at Lan Xin's house. Lan Xin's family was so generous that it was not a problem for them to store a few million catties of food.
After Lan Xin's family came back, they had no place to stay, so they went to Xiu Wo's house to look for Xiu Wo and asked him to fill in the warehouse. Xiu Wo spread out his hands and said,"Where do you want me to fill it? If I have a way, I will put the food in your house."”
Lan Xin said," Then what should we do? Where will our family stay? We can't possibly stay at your house, right?"”
Xiu Wo said,"I can't make the decision. You can ask Mei Yang."”
Lan Xin had no choice but to go to Mei Yang's house. Mei Yang glared at Lan Xin with one of his protruding eyes. Lan Xin felt her hair stand on end under his gaze. She was silent for a long time before saying,"We're back. We don't have a place to stay.”
Mei Yang said," I know, I know. Your house has been turned into a warehouse now. No one can live there anymore. If you move in, there will be less food in the warehouse. You will be suspicious."”
"I think so too. The problem is, where do we live?" Lan Xin said.”
Mei Yang said," Think of a way yourself. Aren't people allowed to live under the trees in the forbidden garden, in the bamboo garden, and in the pigsty? Didn't all the previous landlords live there?”
Lan Xin said," There are elders and children in my family. The elders aren't very old, but they're quite sick. How can they be exposed to the sun and rain outside?" How about this, Mei Jun isn't at home and his houses are empty. Can our family move in?”
Mei Yang said," That's good. You don't have to ask me. Mei Jun is from the Ying Xue Faction. You can make your own decisions." Your house will be returned to you after three to five years. The team will return it to you when they have a warehouse.”
Just like that, Lan Xin's family moved into Mei Jun's house.
This year, Wu Huanhuan was sixty-eight years old. When she was still in Zhong Jia Village, she fell ill. Lan Xin and Xiuhe had to carry her back in a sedan chair. When he returned home, the sedan chair landed in the upper hall of the Refinement Hall and could not enter the house. "Let's go in. Why are you leaving it here and not going in?"”
Lan Xin said," Oh my god, we can't go in. The house is occupied by the team."”
"Why did the squad occupy my house? Did it produce a brick or a tile? Did it sweat or bleed? Did it enter the cave and help my family plant a tree?"”
Lan Xin said," Oh my god, it's a society now. This society can be a commoner. The team will take whoever's house they want.”
"Mei Yang's family has a house, and so does Xiu Wo's family. Why don't they give their own houses to the team? Why do they have to occupy my house?" What's in this house?"
Lan Xin said," The food is locked in this house. If we move in, the team will blame us if they lose their food."”
"Tell them to take it away. I want to live in it!"”
Lan Xin said,"Okay, okay, I'll go talk to Xiu Wo and the others."”
After Lan Xin left, he looked for Xiu Wo and then Mei Yang. Naturally, he did not ask for the house back. Along the way, he was thinking of a way to deal with his mother. Before he could think of a way, he came in front of his mother.
"Have you agreed? When will they return the house to us?" Wu said.”
Lan Xin said,"I can't return it in a short time. There's a lot of food inside." They said that they would start repairing the warehouse the day after tomorrow. Once it was repaired, they would transfer the grain in and return the house to us.”
"Alright, then we'll stay in the central room. We can sleep on the floor."”
Lan Xin said," How can this be? You're always like this. What if your condition gets worse?!"”
"Then where are we going to live? To Xiu Wo's house?" Go to Mei Yang's house?"
Lan Xin said," Let's go to Mei Jun's house to stay for a few days. Mei Jun isn't at home. His house is empty."”
"Mei Jun's house is so run-down. It's so dark. Could there be ghosts inside?"”
Lan Xin said," There are no ghosts. There are no ghosts in this world. Don't scare yourself."”
After finally convincing the old man, Lan Xin carried her mother to Mei Jun's house. As soon as he arrived, he could not tell that Mei Jun's house was still like a home. The moldy air lingered inside, and there were rat holes everywhere on the ground. The furniture in the house was all over the place, and there was nothing good about it.
Lan Xin wiped a chair dry and helped her mother sit on it. Then, she and Ju Hua began to clean the room. After working for a long time, they finally settled the house.
Lan Xin placed his mother in a small house on the other side of the dark alley. This house was a little dark, but it had a floor, so it was a little warmer than other houses. The couple and their three children lived in a small house on the other side of the dark alley. There was a latrine on one side and a big house below, which was used for cooking and entertaining guests. The houses here couldn't be compared to those in the Refinement Hall, and Lan Xin's family couldn't live in them.
After Wu Xiaoxi moved into that house, she never got out of bed again. She hummed all day long and shouted, Lan Xin, I want to drink water."
Lan Xin went in and pointed at the tea on the chair.""The tea is on the side. You can reach out and get it. Do you want me to feed you?"
"That's right, that's right. I raised you so that you can feed me tea today." What did a person want? He just wanted to have someone to rely on when he was old.”
Lan Xin went to feed her mother tea. He fed her with a spoon and was very careful, afraid that the tea would drip onto her neck. As long as a drop of tea spilled out of the corner of her mouth, he would wipe it dry with his sleeve.
Lan Xin couldn't stay at home to watch over her mother. The song of the Great Leap Forward was blaring through the speakers. The whistle of work was blaring in the alley. He had to go to the production team to work. Chrysanthemum couldn't stay at home either. She had to go to the production team to work. Qike had gone to study. Only Qiying and Qiyun were at home.
"Qi Ying, Qi Ying, come and serve me."”
Qi Ying brought Qi Yun to Huanhuan's side. "Do you know whose house this is?" Do you know where our home is?”
"I don't know whose house this is. I only know that our home is in the Refinement Hall."”
"You're really a smart child," Wu said."Our home is in the Refinement Hall. There's a horse racing house, a door, a stone lion, a dragon and phoenix, and a strong man pushing a cart.”
Qiying said,"Why don't we live in our own house?"”
Wu Huanhuan said," Good child, you have to remember that our house is occupied by the Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers didn't occupy our house back then. That Xiu Wo and Mei Yang are not good people."”
"Who are the Japanese soldiers? Have I seen them before?"”
"The Japanese soldiers are bad people, robbers, and bandits. You weren't pregnant at that time. Even your parents were young at that time.”
"Who's Xiu Wo? Who's Mei Yang?" Do I know them?"
"Xiu Wo is your Brother Qibao's new grandpa. He's the captain. He's the one who occupied my house." Mei Yang is that blind man with bulging eyes. He was the one who asked Xiu Wo to occupy my house.”
"If only they were all dead, we could go back to our own home."”
"They can't die," Wu said."Bad people always live long. " Do you know who built the Refining Hall? Let me tell you. The Refining Hall was built by your grandfather and his brothers. When they made money from their business, your grandfather went to the cave to buy trees. Your grandfather brought your third and fourth grandfathers to dry the pond slope to make bricks and tiles. Then, they built this house.”
Qiying said,"Why do they want to occupy our house?"”
"Otherwise, why would they be called bad people? They don't make sense!"”
"Oh, I get it. Bad people are unreasonable people."”
"I'm going to die, I'm going to the Refinement Hall." If I don't die at home, my soul won't come back. I'm so tired when I wander outside all day long.”
"Where did my grandfather die?"”
"Your grandfather died in the Refinement Hall. He was a blessed man!" Your grandparents died in the Refinement Hall. They were all blessed people. I'm the only one who doesn't have the fortune. I'm about to die, and I can't return to the Refinement Hall. If it weren't for these people, they wouldn't have taken over my house and used it as a warehouse.”
The five-year-old Qi Ying naturally couldn't understand what he was saying. He didn't know what the Commune Team was, nor did he know what the word warehouse meant.
Wu Huanhuan said," Look at how good our Refinement Hall is. Do you see that plaque? It has been hanging there for almost forty years. Although it is dusty and heated, those words are still resplendent! Do you know who wrote these words? It was written by your fifth grandpa. In order to write these words well, your fifth grandfather has suffered a lot of whips from your first grandfather. When your fifth grandpa wrote these words, he was only thirteen years old.”
Of course, Qi Ying had seen that plaque before, but he still couldn't understand what Chenchen was saying. Many concepts seemed to be ambiguous and vague to him. Who was Fifth Grandpa?
"Fifth Grandpa is the white-bearded grandpa in the main room of Gaoshan Temple," Wu said.”
Qi Ying thought about it, but he still didn't quite understand who that person was.
Wu Huanhuan was tired of talking, so she didn't say anything. She closed her eyes and wanted to go over. The first thing she saw was her father-in-law. When she married and came to Maple Ridge, her father-in-law was still alive. He was always smiling. He didn't worry when there was no rice in the rice vat, no water in the water vat, and no firewood in the Chai Wan. He was always holding a book in his hand and reading while shaking his head. Then, he would say something that she didn't understand. The next person he saw was Old Madam Huang. She was really a capable woman. She was agile, quick-witted, and spoke clearly. She spoke like the wind and did things like the wind. She was clean and neat. There was no more rice in the rice vat, so she was the one instructing her sons to prepare rice. There was no more water in the water vat, so she was the one instructing her sons to fetch water. There was no more firewood in the firewood bay, so she was the one instructing her sons to get firewood. She brought her daughter-in-law with her and taught them how to work as a female worker and how to live in harmony. At that time, his life was so good. He was orderly and had a reward for doing something. Now, his life was not getting better, but it was getting worse by the day. He was getting old and had actually died without a burial place.
At the thought of this, Wu Huanhuan started to cry. Tears flowed out of her eyes and flowed down her face happily. When Qiying saw these tears, he said,"Huanhuan, why are you crying?"
"I'm going to die soon. Do you miss me?"”
Qi Ying said," You can't die, Huanhuan. I still want to eat rice crust. I like both yellow rice crust and rice crust.”
Wu Huanhuan said," Baby Eagle, Huanhuan can't walk anymore. I can't get out of bed. I can't take you to eat rice crust. Go to the canteen and take a look. If there's rice crust, ask for a piece."”
"I won't go if Chenchen doesn't want to. I'm afraid that Third Grandpa in the canteen will beat me up."”
"Third Grandpa won't hit you. He's one of us," Wu said.”
Qiyun, who was more than two years old, started crying. Qiying took Qiyun out. Wu Huanhuan was the only one in the room. She closed her eyes and entered the dream again. She saw a 12-year-old girl touching screws in the Xiushui River. Her feet were red from the cold, and so were her hands. Small fish that were more than an inch long swam around her feet. Sometimes, she could catch one or two small fish. After searching the basket full of screws, the little girl used the fire-breaking brick to smash the screws to get the meat. After working for half a day, she only had half a bowl of food. Who was this little girl? Wu Huanhuan took a closer look and realized that it was her.
Wu Huanhuan thought, Am I really going to die? All I think about is the past, and all I dream about is the past. Is it the past that attracts me?
Wu Huanhuan was sick. No one knew what kind of illness it was. Lan Xin didn't know either because he couldn't afford to hire a doctor or send his mother to the hospital. Ever since she joined the Advanced Society, Lan Xin had never seen money again. Her family had no assets, so naturally, she had no source of money. If he was sick, he could only drag it out. If he dragged it out well, he would be lucky. If he didn't drag it out well, he would die.
Actually, Lan Xin herself had fallen ill at the Iron Mountain Reservoir construction site. He carried soil in the ravine of the high mountains and climbed the levees dozens of meters high for two months. His bones were made of steel, and his illness was also grinded out. He kept coughing and spitting out phlegm. He was thinking, is there something wrong with my lungs? He didn't know how serious the problem with his body was because he still didn't have the money to go for a checkup. After working at the construction site of the Tieshan Reservoir for two months, in addition to getting a sick body, he also got the title of model worker. The headquarters rewarded him with an porcelain jar. He had never used this thing in his life, so he was overjoyed and showed it to this person, then to that person, so that his neighbors could share it with him.
Less than two months after Lan Xin's return, the dam of the Iron Mountain Reservoir was destroyed by the flash flood. The achievements of more than 10,000 laborers who worked hard for the entire winter were gone in the blink of an eye. The flash flood brought along loose mud and roared down, washing away the villages below and drowning some people.
The drum beats did not stop, and the bugle call continued. The people of Xiatang no longer made steel or built the Beijing-Guangzhou double-track. They were building the pig farm that they had started building a year ago. The Commune was building ten thousand pig farms, the brigade was building a thousand pig farms, and the small team was building a hundred pig farms. The male laborers were building pig farms, and the female laborers were sowing and harvesting in spring. There was no idle person, nor was there a moment of leisure.
Lan Xin could only sit and chat with her mother at night."Lanxin, I'm going to die soon. When can we go back to our own home?”
Lan Xin said," Soon, soon. The team's warehouse is about to be built. Once the food is transferred, we can move in. You should stay in the existing house."”
"You say that every day," Wu said."You always say that it's almost done, but it's not done yet.”
In fact, the Nature team did not build any warehouses at all. There were only so many laborers in the team. One of them was transferred to build ten thousand pig farms, two to build a thousand pig farms, and the remaining male laborers were building their own hundred pig farms. The female laborers were sowing and harvesting in spring. To build warehouses, they could only rely on the shadow.
Lan Xin couldn't tell him the truth, so he could only say,""It's really going to be soon. There's still a few days before the roof is covered.”
"It would be great if it's really fast," Wu said."I just want to die in my own home. Think about it, our family is so good. It was built by your master and his brothers. I saw it with my own eyes. It was a blessing for the family to have an old man die, not bad luck.”
Lan Xin said," Mother, don't always say that you're going to die. You won't die. You're not very old. Isn't it strange that you can still live for eight to ten years?"”
"Don't coax me, I know my own body." Your master has been dead for four years. He is waiting for me at Maojin Mountain. If I don't go, he won't have food to eat and won't be able to sleep well at night.”
Lan Xin said," I know that Old Master and I have always had a good relationship. Now that Old Master has left, I will naturally think of him. But it doesn't matter. If a person dies, he will die for many years. You don't care about these eight to ten years. Old Master will understand."”
"No, he'll get lonely if he waits there for too long." Besides, a man always needs a woman by his side. If I don't go, your master will find another woman. I don't want him to find another woman. I still want to be his woman. We still want to be a family.”
Lan Xin saw that her mother was so persistent and wanted to talk to Mei Yang. No matter what the result was, the process was important. He walked into Mei Yang's house as he thought about this.
Lan Xin said," Uncle Mei Yang, I'm here to talk about the house. I'm afraid my mother doesn't have many days left to live. She always wants to die in her own house. She doesn't want to leave her soul outside."”
Mei Yang said," Aren't you just spouting empty words? If you want a house, what about the team's warehouse?”
Lan Xin said," The team's warehouse is a problem. It's also a problem for my family to move in!”
Mei Yang said," Lan Xin, you're actually a pretty good young man. You've been working hard in the past and even joined the Youth League. Last year, you were evaluated as a model worker at the Tieshan Reservoir construction site. You should understand the situation! Do you know the current situation? Now that the whole country is in the midst of the war, don't think that the Refinement Hall belongs to your family just because it was built by your family. Death was everywhere. Wasn't it said that loyalty was buried everywhere on Green Mountain? Besides, I'm not asking you to change your mother's burial ground!”
Lan Xin said," What we know is what we know. It's impossible for me to know the same thing as us. She was born a century ago, so she only knows one thing. The Refinement Hall was built by us. It's our home. She should die there. Only when she dies there can her soul ascend to heaven!”
Mei Yang said,"If you say so, I'll tell you." If your family is a rich peasant, that is the property of the rich peasants. Do you think that the land reform will protect the property of the rich peasants forever? Who knows, your house might be changed at any time.”
Lan Xin said," If the land reform had changed my house, I wouldn't have said anything. But now, they've occupied my house for no reason. I don't understand." My mother just wants to die in her own home. Is her request too much? If I disobey her, wouldn't I be an unfilial son? Besides, my house wasn't stolen or robbed. It was built by my master and his brothers.”
Mei Yang said," Can you guarantee that there are no exploitative elements in the construction funds of this house? Where did your family's money come from at that time?" You said that you earned it from doing business, but didn't you exploit the money you earned? It's too arbitrary to say that this house was built by your master and brothers!”
Lan Xin said," You can't win when I'm talking big. You're a commoner, but I'm not. However, I only know one thing. This house belongs to my family. Even if it's a community, it should be everyone's community. It can't be just my family's property.”
Mei Yang said," Even if what you said makes sense, you should go and look for Xiu Wo. Xiu Wo is your relative now and he's also your family. He's the captain. He makes the decisions in the team.”
"It looks like that on the surface, but in fact, you're still the one making the decisions in the team."”
Mei Yang said," I'm the deputy secretary of the brigade. I can't worry about the brigade. Who cares about the matters in the brigade?"”
Just like that, Mei Yang still pushed Lan Xin out. He did not solve Lan Xin's problem. In the entire Maple Ridge, Lan Xin's house was the best place to live. Mei Yang was not the only one who was jealous. Everyone else was jealous. No one would sympathize with Lan Xin when the team occupied his house as a warehouse. Everyone would only be secretly happy.
Lan Xin came out of Mei Yang's house and was naturally unhappy. He thought that he should look for Xiu Wo again. Xiu Wo was already his relative, so he wanted to see if he could help him.
When he arrived at Xiu Wo's house, before he could speak, Xiu Wo's mother, Yan Xi, stepped forward and said,"This Qibao baby in your family has a big stomach and can eat a few bowls of food at a time.”
Lan Xin said,"Qibao's son is now your son. Why do you still say he's my son?"”
"We're still thinking about whether we should continue raising them!" Yan Xinxin said.”
Lan Xin said," You guys went to be children back then. Qibao's son has been here for a few months, but you guys are still thinking about whether to raise him or not. No wonder your family doesn't have any descendants."”
Yan Xinyan said," Lanxin, what are you chewing on? Didn't I give birth to a few babies? Didn't I give birth to a few girls? Aren't they the offspring?"”
Lan Xin said," There must be an empress behind the empress to be considered an empress. If my Baoqi's son doesn't come, will you?"”
Yan Xixi said," Your Qibao has more than one flaw. He's also very stubborn. He always asks for justice when things happen. He always thinks that he's right. He doesn't listen to the adults.”
Lan Xin said," Yan Xiayue, the two flaws you mentioned are not flaws. How can it be a flaw if he can eat? He's just growing. If he can eat, it means that he's growing rapidly. It means that he's in good health." Seeking reason when faced with problems meant that he must be very fair and would be a good seedling in the future.”
"That's your opinion," said Yan Xinxi."That's not what we think. The canteen can't be run like this for a long time. He'll have to make his own food. With such a huge amount of food, he'll eat everything in our house. If he always asks for reason, he will have no respect for his elders and will not put us elders in his eyes.”
Yan Qiaole was Xiuwo's mother. Because her husband died early, she raised Xiuwo's siblings and had always held a supreme position in the family. Yan Xi Xi was talking, so Xiu Wo and his wife couldn't interrupt. Lan Xin had read a lot, but she didn't say anything about winning this illiterate old woman. She pouted and walked out angrily. She hadn't said what she wanted to say or found what she wanted to find.
After walking around, Lan Xin didn't solve any problems and returned home.
Chrysanthemum said,"There's no result, right? You won't return the house to our family, right?"”
Lan Xin said," That's right. I'm really in trouble. I've been nagging about dying at home all day long. Home is right in front of us, but we have a home and can't go back. What can we do?!"”
Chrysanthemum said,"You have to say more good things. Ask your grandfather to tell your grandmother. You can't be arrogant."”
Lan Xin said," I knew I had to do this. I also warned myself this way on the way there. However, their words were too infuriating. I could only argue with them. I didn't expect that I wouldn't be able to win against them. It really angered me to death. Especially that Yan Qibao. She actually said that she hadn't thought about whether she wanted to raise our family's Qibao.”
Chrysanthemum said,"That Yan Qiaole is a roundabout person. If you argue with her, you will only be caught in her trap." She couldn't be blamed for this. Her living environment was like that. Her husband died early. Every word she said and every thing she did was for self-protection.”
Lan Xin said," I didn't expect a wife like you to understand it better than me. Now that you've said that, my anger has dissipated a lot. I can also forgive Yan Xi Xi."”
"Uncle Mei Yang didn't relent either, did he?"”
Lan Xin said," No, no. I argued with him for a long time. In the end, he pushed the blame away.”
Chrysanthemum said," What should we do? The old man is so obsessed with his home that he is dying at home."”
Wu Huanhuan wasn't moaning for no reason. She was getting worse and worse. At first, she could still go to the toilet to relieve herself. These few days, she couldn't go to the toilet and could only relieve herself in bed. Chrysanthemum took leave to serve her at home.
Wu Huanhuan said," I'm going to die. I want to die in my own home. This request isn't too much, right? Why can't I go home?" Chrysanthemum, go find Mei Yang and tell him. You're better at talking than Lan Xin.”
Chrysanthemum said,"Mei Yang went to the community for a meeting today and will only be back in the evening."”
"You're just coaxing me, right? I heard Mei Yang yelling just now."”
Chrysanthemum said,"He really went to a meeting. He just left."”
"Chrysanthemum, you're a good daughter-in-law. When I was the daughter-in-law of Old Madam Huang, I wasn't as obedient as you. At that time, we had a few sisters-in-law and had a little bit of balance.”
Chrysanthemum said,"You were also a good daughter-in-law back then. I've heard about it from the elders."”
"If I say you're good, then you're good. I said you're good because I want you to look for Mei Yang to plead for me." I want to go home. I want to die at home. I want to die. Your master is calling me.”
Chrysanthemum said,"I will definitely go to Uncle Mei Yang tonight."”
"How can you go at night? You can't go out at night as a woman."”
Chrysanthemum said,"Alright, alright, I'll go tomorrow morning."”
"I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until tomorrow. I'm afraid I'll die at night."”
Wu Huanhuan touched Qiying's head and said,""Qiying Yazi, you have to be good. Chenchen is about to die. You have to take good care of your brother. Your parents have to work. Chenchen will protect you.”
Qi Ying said," Don't die, Huanhuan. I still want to eat rice crust. I like both yellow and burnt rice crust."”
"Alright, alright, alright. I'll definitely bring you to eat rice crust. Tell your mother to cook rice crust."”
At night, when she was sleepy, Wu Huanhuan really died. She died in Mei Jun's small and dark house. She screamed for a few months, but her wish to die at home was not fulfilled.
Lan Xin called a few of her relatives to help her dress up, and then she parked the coffin on the east side of the ice house. Li Ren came, and so did the rain. They were the only two people left in their generation. In the rain, she said," Lanxin, this is going to make you unfilial. The fire and cooking at home are cut off. You can't treat us!"”
Li Ren said," I'm ashamed to think about it. When Fourth Brother passed away, the funeral was so grand. Our old mother passed away, and the funeral was so grand. Our days were actually getting worse.”
In the rain, he said,"Third Brother, a true man does not mention his past bravery!" This was the current situation, not anyone's problem, nor Lan Xin's incompetence. No matter how capable a person was, they would only be like this today.”
Tears streamed down Li Ren's face. He cried and said,""I'm almost seventy years old. I'll go see the King of Hell tomorrow or the day after. If I'm buried in such a cold and desolate place, I'll be unwilling!”
In the rain, she said,"Third Brother's health is good. You can slowly endure it. Endure until you're eighty or ninety years old. You'll get better in the future."”
The netherworld had long been prepared, and so had the coffin. The only thing Lan Xin lacked was a ceremony. If you didn't have anything to entertain the guests, you wouldn't be able to hold this ceremony. No matter how others called you Wisdom Star, it would be useless.
Wu Huanhuan's body stayed in the ice house for a day. On the third day, Lan Xin called a few relatives to bury her mother in Maojin Mountain. Lan Xin knelt in front of the grave and said," Mother, don't worry. When you're better in the future, I'll definitely hold another funeral for you. I won't let you die with regrets."”
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