It should be around six o'clock at home."

"Hey, I got it"

Only the old man in the courtyard understands this, so Li Xuewu got up and started to get dressed and wash his face.

When Li Xuewu finished packing and left, he saw that the lights at Shazhu's house were on, the lights at Grandpa's house were on, and even the lights at Qin Huairu's house were on.

"Why did you get up so early?"

Seeing Qin Huairu come out of the house, Li Xuewu tightened his coat and asked.

"Help me clean up the rainwater. Can you take a bite of the meal that my aunt got up early to cook?"

Li Xuewu shook his head and said, "I got up too early. I have no appetite. Let's talk about it when we get back."

Qin Huairu carried two baskets and placed them on the stand in front of Shazhu's house.

Li Xuewu looked at it and saw that there were two cloth bags and a knife to burn paper.

"Are you going to give it too?"

Qin Huairu looked at Li Xuewu and said, "As a favor to Silly Zhu, Banggeng's grandma sewed two bags last night, containing fried rice and beans respectively."

While talking, the aunt walked out of the house, carrying two bags and placing them in Qin Huairu's basket.

The uncle came out of the hut in Yuyu, carrying two bundles of burning paper in his hand, took out one bundle and put it in the basket.

"I played another two hundred cards last night and brought you thirty. This pile is yours. Remember it."

"Thank you sir"

Li Xuewu nodded and thanked him. He originally planned to write 5 yuan as a memorial if he opened the account, but now that he has thought about it, it looks much better.

Although I went there on behalf of the public, after all, it was the Jing family's own affairs, so everyone attended according to public etiquette.

The uncle waved his hand and said, "Yu Li boiled water when she got up this morning. You go and add water. I'll help you clean it up."

Li Xuewu nodded and went to the back room to fetch water.

When they entered the upside-down room, they saw Yu Li scooping water into the bucket.

"How long did you get up?"

When Yu Li saw Li Xuewu come in, she put the ladle in her hand on the pot table and said softly, "Biaozi and the others are still asleep, please keep your voice down."

Li Xuewu carried the bucket and walked out. Yu Li followed behind and said, "I have filled one bucket. This is the second bucket. It should be enough."

I entered the garage, picked up the bucket, added it, screwed the lid on and locked the machine cover.

Yu Li took the bucket and said, "When the spirit appears, stand next to or behind it. Don't stand on the road or go in front of it."

Looking at Yu Li's serious expression, Li Xuewu frowned and asked, "Do you have so much talk?"

After tidying up Li Xuewu's clothes, he said, "It was a violent death after all. If anything happens, um, remember not to go home directly. They will go to a restaurant on the road to have breakfast with the rain and then come back."

Li Xuewu still knew this, so he nodded and said, "You can go back and sleep for a while after we leave."

"knew"

He patted Li Xuewu's coat, agreed and walked back.

When Li Xuewu drove the car to the gate of the west courtyard, the first man and others had already brought the basket and burning paper.

Yuyu also stood beside Aunt Ma, listening to what Aunt Ma explained.

Black cotton-padded jacket, black trousers, black cotton-padded shoes, all in black except for a white hairpin on her head.

The first man and Qin Huairu put the basket and burning paper in the back seat, and the first mother led He Yuu into the passenger seat on the side.

At this moment, He Yuyu stopped crying, but his eyes were swollen and his face was white.

After looking at his watch, Li Xuewu waved to the elders and others and drove out of the west courtyard.

The Jing family is not close to here, they live near Fuxing Gate in Xicheng City, and Li Xuewu drives for more than 20 minutes.

Fortunately, there weren't many vehicles on the road at this time, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get there.

Li Xuewu didn't say anything to Yuyu along the way. What Yuyu needs now is not comfort, but peace.

When they arrived at the alley where Jing's family lived, they saw Beixinqiao's bicycle parked on the side of the road. Li Xuewu also pulled over.

Li Xuewu jumped out of the car first, shook hands with the man in charge who came out, and told him his identity. The man in charge saluted Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu bowed slightly in return.

Yu Yu was crying while sitting in the car looking at the whiteness in the yard.

Li Xuewu looked back and asked the head of the house. The head of the house looked at him with some embarrassment, then turned around and walked quickly into the courtyard.

Perhaps after hearing the sound of the car, Duan Youting and Shen Fang walked out of the courtyard.

The three of them didn't say anything and lit cigarettes to each other.

Li Xuewu picked up the things he brought from the back seat and placed them beside the car. He did not go inside because the rain was still pouring on the car.

It's not that the rainwater doesn't want to go down, nor is it a physical problem, it's just that I don't know if the Jing family will let me in, and in what capacity.

This is what Li Xuewu just said to the head of the house who welcomed the guests. The head of the house didn't dare to make the decision, so he went back to the courtyard to ask for instructions.

Because he brought the rain, we have to wait for the rain to settle down before we can go in. We can't leave the rain here alone and wait.

Duan Youting and Shen Fang also saw what Li Xuewu meant, so they followed Li Xuewu and stood aside smoking cigarettes without saying anything.

After waiting for only a few minutes, I saw a middle-aged woman walking out of the courtyard, led by the head of the family, followed by two young women. None of the three were wearing mourning, just wearing black.

The middle-aged woman is Jing Yongjie's mother, and the two young women should be Jing Yongjie's sisters-in-law. One of them is holding a mourning cloth in her hand.

The middle-aged woman and her two daughters-in-law first held hands with Li Xuewu and made a woman's salute according to the introduction of the head of the family. Li Xuewu bowed slightly and expressed his condolences.

The middle-aged woman got up and went to the car, shouting "Rain! Wuwuwu".

When Yu Yu saw the three people coming out, he stood by the car and waited. When he heard the cry, he started crying too.

"mom!"

Jing Yongjie's mother hugged He Yuyu and started to cry. He Yuyu also hugged Jing's mother and cried.

After crying for a while, the head of the family first advised, "Auntie, please give me my condolences so as not to miss the next time."

Jing Yongjie's two sisters-in-law also persuaded him for a while, and then Jing's mother held He Yuyu's face and said, "It's not that Mom is cruel, it's that Mom doesn't want to delay you."

"mom!"

Seeing Yu Yu crying sadly, Jing's mother hugged He Yu Yu's head again and cried, "Now, Mom is cruel, just to treat you well. Remember, I will send Xiaojie away. When you come back, you will have nothing to do with our family anymore."

, don’t call me mom anymore.”

"Woooooo~"

"Do you understand?"

No matter how Jing's mother asked, He Yuyu just cried. Jing's mother took the filial piety hat handed over by her daughter-in-law and began to put mourning on He Yuyu.

No matter how much Xiu Yu looked down on Yu Yu's family and how picky she was about Yu Yu, today He Yu Yu could come. Last night, He Yu Yu's brother kept watch all night again. Even the most hard-hearted person was softened.

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Jing's mother couldn't bear to let her son go out like this, so she agreed to He Yuyu's decision.

He Yueyue was kind and righteous, and Jing's mother couldn't be wronged, so she told He Yueyue outside the door, saying that she would send him away, and the fate would be broken.

Li Xuewu saw He Yuyu being helped in by his two sisters-in-law. He finished smoking the cigarette in his hand and then entered the yard with the burning paper he brought.

The mourning hall was set up in the courtyard. Li Xuewu placed the burning paper in his hand on the table on the side, bowed in front of Jing Yongjie's soul, and helped Jing Yongjie's brother and several children who came forward to return the gift.

The child helped the female family member who was saluting.

After saying condolences, Li Xuewu left the mourning hall.

Shen Fang gestured towards Li Xuewu to the room on the side and said, "The accounting table is in that room."

Li Xuewu nodded and walked into the side room, "Colleague Li Xuewu, I would like to pay you a tribute of 5 yuan."

The person who wrote the account raised his head and looked at Li Xuewu. It was rare to see such a scene of memorial ceremony. He asked Li Xuewu and wrote on it.

He put down the five yuan in his hand and turned around and left the house.

In fact, it's not time to write the accounts yet. The guests should write the accounts after returning from the funeral. However, some guests may leave after the funeral, so the accounting table will be set up first.

When I came out, I saw Shen Fang and Duan Youting chatting with Zheng Fuhua, and Jing Yongjie's father was standing next to them.

Seeing Li Xuewu approaching, Jing's father bowed to Li Xuewu, and Li Xuewu returned the favor.

Sijiu City is like this, with many etiquettes. People from all over the world came to Sijiu City and settled down, bringing their customs and habits with them.

After hundreds of years of blending, no one in Sijiu City can explain it now, but the common people are mostly fools who read the boundary wall during the New Year.

So now, with the changes of the times, various customs that are in line with reality have emerged.
Chapter completed!