The result is just like a black hole. Someone came from my hometown where I invested nothing but got no feedback?
When Xiang Lili and her friends were young, they didn't understand why they had to pay the 20 yuan. It was a month's salary for a regular employee, which could make the family much more well-off.
But no one dared to ask. Xiang Lihua was brave enough to ask once, and his parents beat him with thin paper strips with bamboo brooms and he couldn't get out of bed for three days.
Having learned from past mistakes, the children were no longer curious about their hometown.
Now a cousin suddenly appears?
The key point is that his name is really based on the name of the boy in the Xiang family, all with the character "Li" in the generation name, which sounds like he is from the same family as Liguo, Lidang and Lihua.
Xiang Lili was confused. She didn't know how to face her strange cousin, so she had to invite him to her house and wait for Zhang Jidi to come home.
Xiang Ligong, who was in heavy mourning, waved his hand: "No, I can't enter during this period of mourning according to the rules."
This man was quite well-behaved, so Xiang Lili and Xiang Mianmian had no choice but to stand outside the door and talk to him.
During the chat, the two sisters learned about the Xiang family.
Grandpa Xiang is a farmer in the countryside. He has some land to support his family and they live a decent life.
She had four boys with Old Lady Xiang, namely Xiang Hongwen, the father of Xiang Ligong, Xiang Hongqi, the father of Xiang Lili, the third son Xiang Hongwu and the youngest son Xiang Tiezhu.
They also had a girl named Xiang Yaomei, who was the youngest. Unfortunately, one year the harvest was poor, and she was sold to human traffickers in exchange for two bags of grain. Her whereabouts are unknown.
One time, the old man went up the mountain to work and encountered a landslide. He and his third uncle Xiang Hongwu died together. When they were found, they were no longer recognizable as human beings.
Old Lady Xiang was very superstitious. A wandering Taoist priest insisted at the mourning hall that Xiang Liming, who was born three days ago, had a strong horoscope and was unlucky for the Xiang family. If he continued to stay there, his family would be destroyed.
She planned to sell the child to a Taoist priest. Xiang Liming was the sixth child, a boy born after the twins, but his biological mother, Zhang Jidi, was naturally unwilling, so the plan did not go through.
As a result, just two days after the old man's seventh day of death, he slipped while feeding the chickens to the old lady and twisted his ankle, which became severely swollen.
Before the 49th day was up, the youngest son hit his chin against Tiezhu and almost broke his front teeth.
This made Mrs. Xiang extremely anxious. She didn't even want any money and insisted on sending Xiang Liming away for free, the farther the better!
Zhang Jidi was reluctant to send his own child away and never see him again, so he fought with the Taoist priest for the child. However, he lost his grip and the child hit his head on the ground and died on the spot.
Although the Taoist priest was caught and beaten half to death by his tribesmen, Xiang Liming could not survive.
Hearing this, the two sisters gasped at the same time. It turned out that there was a brother named Xiang Liming between the twins and the youngest sister, but he died when he was only two months old.
Xiang Lili sighed, "No wonder Dad never mentioned going back home."
Who can face the pain of losing a child calmly?
Xiang Ligong was a little embarrassed. Even though he didn't say what happened next, everyone guessed it.
Zhang Jidi and Old Lady Xiang had the biggest quarrel ever, which attracted the whole village to come and watch the fun.
Finally, the family split up. Zhang Jidi and his wife left home and moved to the county town. He sent 20 yuan of alimony every month back to his hometown, and the two sides did not disturb each other.
While the three of them were looking at each other in silence, Zhang Jidi came back after negotiating the completion of the OEM business.
As soon as she saw Xiang Ligong, her smile turned into a frown, changing her face faster than the Sichuan Opera.
Walking up to him, Zhang Jidi said coldly: "Why are you coming to my house? We agreed not to have any contact until we die. Is the old lady dead?"
Even after more than ten years, she still couldn't let go of that innocent child.
A bit bewildered, Xiang Ligong looked at his second aunt's face and said cautiously, "No, my father passed away. I asked my second uncle to go back and take care of the funeral."
Zhang Jidi sneered, "No, if the old lady dies, I'll go back and see her dead face for joy. Other people have nothing to do with me."
Xiang Ligong had no choice but to persuade her: "Second Aunt, my father has passed away. The dead are the greatest. After all, my father and Second Uncle are brothers. He must go back to see them."
No matter how big the grudge is, it is a trivial matter in the face of life and death. It is unacceptable not to go back after the person has died.
Zhang Jidi stared blankly into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
She seemed to have lost all her strength and remained silent for a long time. Finally, she asked Xiang Ligong in a low voice to wait a moment.
After settling his eldest nephew, Zhang Jidi went to the master bedroom to wake up Xiang Hongqi who was catching up on his sleep. Xiang Hongqi was still half asleep, so he told him about the funeral in his hometown.
Xiang Hongqi forced himself to turn on the phone and was stunned for a while. Then he put on his clothes and walked out of the house with red eyes.
Xiang Ligong acted like a filial son. When he saw people coming out, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to his second uncle, and cried in his hometown accent to announce the death to him.
My children all grew up in the county town, so I didn’t feel anything when I heard it.
Xiang Hongqi immediately recalled the difficult childhood times he and his elder brother had spent together. The two brothers had a very good relationship and used to chop wood and herd cattle all over the mountains. Now they are separated by life and death.
He couldn't help but feel his eyes moisten, and he helped his eldest nephew up from the ground: "Go back, Second Uncle will keep watch over your father on the seventh day."
Zhang Jidi did not comment on his decision. He just quietly gave Xiang Hongqi money to go back home and said, "I will ask for leave for you from your factory."
She made her attitude clear and was determined not to go back to her hometown.
Every time Zhang Jidi saw that place, he would go crazy, but she respected Xiang Hongqi's brotherhood and did not stop her husband from going back to attend his eldest brother's funeral.
This was already the maximum limit of a mother's tolerance. Xiang Hongqi understood her husband's pain and did not force him.
The uncle and nephew returned to their hometown together.
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