Chapter 462 Worship
Manbao, who was standing next to him, was also very angry.
She wanted to move, but Old Zhou held her tightly, so she could only glare at the two of them fiercely.
Zhang Lao Er happened to catch her gaze and immediately shouted, "Look, look, cousin, you really don't know how to teach your children. This is your little girl, and not only did she not call me uncle when she saw me, but she also glared at me!"
He said, "If you ask me, such a child should be thrown away as soon as it is born, so as not to waste food when it grows up."
The village chief laughed angrily. This is Zhou Yin’s child, what the hell is he throwing away?
He was too lazy to argue with such people. After all, stingy Uncle Jin wouldn't really let them take advantage of him. The village chief turned and walked away, but he hadn't gone far when he heard Zhang Lao Da and Zhang Lao Er say, "Think about it yourself and think about whether what we said makes sense. At worst, we can stay here tonight and wait for you to think it through before leaving."
Old Zhoutou: ...You still dare to live here?
Zhang Lao Er said, "Cousin, you still have two boys who are not married yet, oh, no, if you count this money-loser, then there should be three."
Old Zhou's face darkened, and he slammed his pipe hard on the floor. He asked, "Who do you say is a money-loser?"
Zhang Lao Er was not afraid of him at all. He glanced at Man Bao with contempt and stood up. "Okay, cousin, think about it carefully. I haven't seen your new house since it was built. I'll go over and take a look."
The two brothers were about to go to the small courtyard, but for some reason, they slipped and fell to the ground with a thud.
Zhou Daliang, who was standing right in front, burst into laughter when he saw this and said happily, "Uncle, don't be polite, get up quickly, get up quickly."
The two were so angry that they scolded Zhou Daliang, "What are you talking about, you little bastard?"
Zhou Daliang shoveled the floor with his shoe, kicking up a cloud of dust with the tip of his shoe, making them all dusty before he laughed and said, "Who are you calling a stinky boy? My wife says I smell really good."
Everyone was laughing when the village chief suddenly came in from the gate, slapped Zhou Daliang on the head and said, "What are you talking about? A guest is coming."
"No, why are there guests at this time..." Zhou Daliang soon stopped talking because he saw Mr. Bai, Mrs. Bai and others walking in.
Old Zhou was sad and didn't notice it until Manbao pulled his hand. He came back to his senses and looked up to see Mr. Bai leading Mrs. Bai in.
And Old Lady Bai was holding Bai Shanbao's hand.
Mrs. Liu smiled at him friendly and then walked into the mourning hall.
Old Zhou came to his senses and immediately asked Manbao to light incense for them.
Manbao had done a lot of things like this today. He took a handful of incense, lit it, distributed it to them, and then returned to his seat.
Liu looked at the coffin in front of her, bowed her head sincerely, then looked at Bai Shanbao and said, "You are the younger generation, you should kneel down and pay your respects when you come to pay your respects."
Old Zhou quickly shook his head when he heard this, "No, no, just bow to me, young master."
But Bai Shanbao looked at his grandmother, then looked at Manbao who was kneeling beside him, and knelt down anyway.
Everyone who came to watch was extremely surprised. Liu smiled and explained, "This is our custom. Shanbao and Manbao are of the same generation. In the mourning hall, they are both juniors. How can we be disrespectful when paying respect to our elders?"
Everyone felt that scholars had so many etiquettes.
Mr. Bai also paid his respects. He placed the incense on the incense table, looked at the coffin for a long time without saying a word, and then he sighed softly after a while.
Last night, the people of Qili Village dug up the grave overnight. This matter could not be hidden from Liu, so naturally it could not be hidden from him either.
It should be said that this matter can only be hidden from outsiders, but it cannot be hidden from the people of Qili Village.
So he and everyone in Qili Village knew that Zhou Yin and his wife were lying in the coffin.
He glanced at the Zhang brothers who were still sitting on the ground and sighed again. They had been dead for so many years, but they couldn't rest in peace even after the funeral.
The two Zhang brothers stared at the three people from the Bai family with shining eyes. They looked different from others.
They got up and were about to go and talk to him, but suddenly many young people appeared in front of them. When they finally squeezed out, the Bai family had already left after leaving the funeral gifts.
The Zhang brothers were very angry and wanted to lose their temper, but when they met the gazes of the group of young men, their words became stuck in their chests.
Of course they weren't afraid, but they were old and their bones were fragile. They could tell at a glance that these were the hooligans from the village, so it wasn't worth it to bother with them...
The two of them comforted themselves in this way, then turned around and angrily went to settle the score with the people from Lao Zhou's family. After all, this was in Lao Zhou's family, and they were the ones responsible for it.
At this moment, the Taoist priests suddenly said, "Wulian Tianzun, the auspicious time has arrived. Please stand with your filial sons and grandsons. We are now ready to summon the souls."
Everyone retreated outside to make room for the Taoists, while the young people climbed up to the top of the wall to watch out of curiosity.
Everyone saw Taoist Shouqing take out a dozen runes. Zhou Dalang and the others had already prepared it and brought up the incense table and chicken, duck, fish and meat.
Even those who had already eaten couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Someone whispered, "The Zhou family is really generous. For such a big event, they must have spent five taels of silver, right?"
"Five taels? Are you dreaming? How many people are there in our village? We ate that much in one meal alone, not to mention that the bulk of it was on the coffin. His wasn't freshly made, and he bought a big one, so it must be three or four taels."
"He even invited a Taoist priest. Speaking of which, Ajin is quite good to Xiaoyin. With such a grand ceremony, he really summoned Xiaoyin's soul back. Now he has a home in the future."
A younger person also asked, "Didn't the Gangzhang family say that Uncle Jin treated Uncle Yin badly?"
"Tsk, can you believe what his family says? You're so talkative at such a young age, you little brat. Be careful not to become annoying like Zhou Sanqi in the future."
"...Didn't you guys say it first? And I never knew Zhou Liulang had a younger uncle before."
"That's because you were young," and who dared to mention Zhou Yin in the village at that time?
But it doesn’t matter now. As long as we don’t mention what happened seven years ago, it would seem strange if we don’t mention other things.
Therefore, he said: "The people in the Zhang family are not good people. The older generation is good, but they have raised this generation to be lazy and eat. When Aunt Zhang was around, they liked to come to our house to ask for money. After Aunt Zhang passed away, they liked to come even more. It would be fine if they just came, but every time they instigated Xiaoyin to quarrel with his sister-in-law. They are really stupid."
"That's right. Xiaoyin has been raised by his sister-in-law since he was born. When he first recognized people, he only recognized his sister-in-law as his mother."
"So, great-aunt, are you willing?"
We are talking about the Zhang family.
"Of course not. Dalang's mother had a hard time back then. It wasn't until Zhou Yin grew up a little that things got better."
"It's no wonder Dalang's mother loves Zhou Yin. When it comes to caring for others, no one in the Zhou family can compare to that kid. Don't look at Zhou Jin being henpecked now. When he was young, tsk tsk tsk...it was Zhou Yin who brought him up."
The gossipy boy got excited and asked, "How was it trained?"
"It's simple. Whenever he disobeys or bullies his sister-in-law, he rolls on the ground and tells his parents that his eldest brother bullies him. Zhou Jin gets beaten up every time."
"Yes, they all got beaten when they were little. Your Uncle Jin was just the opposite. He was an only child and was spoiled by his family. But after he got married and became a father, he got beaten from time to time. Tsk tsk tsk tsk..."
(End of this chapter)
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