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Listening to the scolding, Chen Maoren looked at his wife Sapo, her face turning blue and turning pale, and the fists in her hands were clenched and then released.
The expressions on the faces of the guests sitting at the banquet table at the side changed after hearing this, and many of them simply got up and left the table, and walked out of the courtyard.
In the center of the wedding banquet venue, on the rostrum, the master of ceremonies tried his best to enliven the atmosphere, using his voice to cover up the scolding in the courtyard, and the groom standing aside looked a little embarrassed.
At the end of the red carpet, the bride's face was also a little embarrassed, and the bride's father, who was being held by the bride, also looked a little worried.
At the side, at the wine table, Lian Ge watched with a smile while listening to the shrew's swearing.
"...Okay, Chen Maoren, Chen Maoren, do you still want to beat me...Come on, beat me to death, anyway, I can't live this life..."
Cursing, the middle-aged woman Tao Jiahui wanted to lie down on the ground,
"enough!"
At the wine table next to Lian Ge, an old man couldn't help standing up, and interrupted angrily,
"Tao Jiahui, can you separate the occasions for your mischief, pay attention to the timing, look at your son, look at the people around..."
As he spoke, the old man patted the table angrily.
"...Okay, you are just working together to bully me, a woman. You just want to force me to death, but you just don't like me, I'm not going to live anymore, I'm not going to live..." Tao Jiahui was stunned for a moment, and then she cried even more He howled loudly.
Seeing this, the old man's face became more and more angry, and he patted the table again, but he didn't speak to Tao Jiahui again, but turned around and said something to Chen Maoren,
"...Mao Ren, I can't eat the wedding banquet old man today, so I'll leave first."
After speaking, the old man turned around and walked out of the yard.
Chen Maoren heard the words, looked at the old man, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.
At the wedding banquet, seeing the old man leave, the rest of the guests got up and left the banquet one after another, leaving halfway in a short while.
"...Let me welcome the bride's father to bring his most precious daughter into the venue...she is his most beloved baby, and he watched her grow from babbling to adulthood...and today, he will hold the jewel in his palm with his own hands, The most precious treasure, handed over to another man..."
The master of ceremonies noticed the weird situation at the wedding scene, so he could only work harder to stir up emotions,
It's just that a group of guests either left the venue one after another, or just watched with cold eyes.
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"...Let's go, let's all go, you just want to force me to death, don't give me a way to live, I won't live, I won't live..."
"...Let my handsome groom come forward to welcome our beautiful bride to the rostrum... After taking the bride from the hands of the bride's father, the groom tightly holds the bride's hand, this is his promise to her to stay together for a lifetime..."
Mixed with the sound of splashing, mixed with the sound of mourning music in the distance, the wedding march sounded. The father of the bride dragged the bride across the red carpet with a sullen face, and then stepped off the rostrum without saying a word.
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Glancing at the wedding scene, and then at the snarky woman in front of him, Lian Ge smiled slightly,
"It seems that I can't drink this glass of wedding wine, so I'm bothering you."
After speaking, Lian Ge walked out of the courtyard.
Behind him, Chen Maoren hesitated to speak, raised his hand to persuade him to stay, but in the end he didn't say anything, he just let out a long sigh.
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Stepping out of the courtyard where the wedding banquet was being held, the sound of the wedding march faded away like the splashing sound, and the mourning music from another place became more and more clear.
Beside the village road, Lian Ge paused for a moment, then looked towards the village along the road.
On the road, most of the guests who left the wedding banquet walked towards the house where the funeral was being held.
Moving away again, Lian Ge walked slowly along the road,
The wedding banquet gradually moved away behind him, and the family holding the funeral gradually approached in front of him.
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Before reaching that house, the old man who scolded the woman at the wedding banquet before appeared beside Lian Ge,
"Mr. Xiao, I'm sorry. You passed by our village, and the villagers failed to entertain you warmly. You let Mr. Xiao watch such a farce. It's really neglectful."
Seeing Lian Ge's figure appearing beside him, the old man turned his head while walking slowly, and apologized to Lian Ge.
Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled and shook his head,
"I'm just a passer-by, so I don't want to be negligent. It's just that I can't drink the wedding wine. I don't know if I can ask for a glass of the funeral wine."
"Of course there is no problem." The old man replied, "The Deyi family are both generous people. Besides weddings and funerals, if passers-by are willing to attend, naturally there is no reason to refuse."
While talking, Lian Ge and the old man walked towards the house where the funeral was held.
"The old man is the head of this village?" Lian Ge asked casually while looking at the passers-by along the way,
"It's not the head of the village, it's just that I'm getting older, and I can help you with anything in the village on weekdays." The old man shook his head slightly and said.
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.
……
While speaking, Lian Ge walked with the old man to the house where the funeral was held.
In the courtyard, there was also a banquet, and some villagers were whispering, waiting, or helping.
The main room facing the courtyard, with its door open at the moment, was set up as a mourning hall. Some filial sons and grandsons knelt down in front of the body, following the words of an old man in Taoist robes, or kowtowed or burned paper, A funeral ceremony is in progress.
Beside the courtyard, there was also a middle-aged woman who was receiving condolence guests. She was dressed in plain clothes and wore a filial piety cloth on her head.
Seeing the old man stepping into the courtyard, she wanted to meet him,
"...This kind of thing can't be welcomed or accepted." The old man shook his head and dissuaded him.
While talking, Lian Ge and the old man walked up to the middle-aged woman,
Before Lian Ge could speak, the old man took the initiative to introduce Lian Ge,
"...Xiaqin, this little gentleman is a traveler passing by and wants to have a drink."
"If you don't mind, sir, please find a seat." The middle-aged woman glanced at Lian Ge, nodded her head and said,
"The deceased is dead, and I hope the mourning will change." Lian Ge nodded and said to the middle-aged woman.
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman nodded and thanked her.
Then, Lian Ge and the old man stepped into the courtyard.
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"...Hey, this old lady of the Chen family is also suffering. She has never enjoyed the blessing of children for a few days in her life."
"Who says it's not... I guess this old lady is really mad."
Stepping into the courtyard, Lian Ge casually found a place beside the courtyard and stood quietly, the discussions of the villagers around him could be heard clearly.
On the side, the old man in the village also stopped beside Lian Ge, looked around the yard, and couldn't help shaking his head.
"Sir, please stand here for a while, old man, I will go in and offer incense to this old lady." The old man turned his head and said to Lian Ge.
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded.
The old man moved his feet again, and walked into the temporary mourning hall in the main room beside the courtyard.
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Stopping at the edge of the yard, Lian Ge quietly watched the yard in front of him.
The villagers scattered in the courtyard were still talking in low voices, the cook who was organizing the funeral banquet was busy at the temporary cooking stove and chopping board, and some cold dishes were being gradually served to each dining table.
From time to time, people who left the wedding banquet stepped into the yard, most of them were alone. After stepping into the yard, they walked towards their respective wives, children, and husbands.
Apparently, each family in the village went to the wedding banquet and the funeral banquet separately.
"...Old Qian, why are you here? Aren't you having a wedding over there?"
"I really can't eat that wedding wine, and that woman is messing around again."
"Isn't her son getting married today, and she's still messing around at this time?"
"Oh, that woman still has different occasions? No one in the village knows, she doesn't care about you when she gets crazy, she's crying, her son wants to get into the cracks in the ground on that stage, I saw I'm ashamed of her... I don't think the wedding banquet tasted right, so I came here."
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"Hey, whoever has such a daughter-in-law will lose ten or twenty years of life."
"...that is, the old lady has already gone. Otherwise, seeing this scene, I would probably die of anger again... The funeral is held here, and she is married there. Fortunately, she can really do it."
At the side of the courtyard, listening to the voices coming from all over the courtyard from time to time, Lian Ge glanced at the villagers in the courtyard, and then through the open door of the main room, at the filial son and grandson kneeling in front of the coffin. , withdrew his sight.
On the side, the old man who had entered the mourning hall to offer incense walked back to the courtyard and stopped beside Lian Ge.
"Sir, I've been waiting for a long time." The old man said politely to Lian Ge.
Lian Ge glanced at the old man, shook his head slightly, and looked away,
"Old man, are the people who do funerals and the people who do weddings at the entrance of the village a family?" Lian Ge looked at the villagers gathered in the yard and asked calmly.
"It's a family. The man from this family and Mao Ren from the village entrance are two brothers." The old man answered first, then shook his head while talking, "...Brothers."
With that said, the old man sighed,
"...Today's funeral is for the mother of their two brothers."
Hearing this, Lian Ge looked at the old man again.
"...Little Mister, the people in the village are unfilial, I'm making you laugh." The old man raised his head again, looked at Lian Ge and said.
Lian Ge shook his head upon hearing the sound, but didn't say much.
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While speaking, the funeral ceremony in the main room also temporarily came to an end, and several people kneeling before the coffin got up one after another and stepped out of the main room.
"...Everyone sit down, let's eat first..."
The middle-aged man, who seemed to be the host's family, and the woman beside the yard greeted people from all over the yard and took their seats at the banquet.
"Sir, let's sit down too."
The old man greeted Lian Ge and said aloud.
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded, and sat down at the nearby dining table with the old man.
Soon, the dining table where Lian Ge and the old man sat was full of people.
The villagers at the same table couldn't help looking at Lian Ge, a stranger, but no one asked.
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Glancing at the guests sitting at the table, Lian Ge turned his gaze to the table next to him.
At the side dining table, the old gentleman who presided over the funeral and the couple who were the main family were seated.
Looking at these people, Lian Ge paused slightly,
The old man looked like he was an octogenarian, his eyebrows were already white, his beard hadn't been grown, and the loose skin on his face had some age spots.
At this moment, he has taken off his Taoist robe, and he is dressed like an ordinary old man.
There is no mana in the body, but it is not ostentatious, pretending to be mysterious, just following the local customs and confessing some words to the host family.
The couple sat next to the old man, wearing plain clothes and temporarily coiling up the filial piety cloth on their heads.
"...Although the old lady is gone, don't be too sad. After all, the old lady is old, and people have to go this way..."
The old gentleman comforted the couple,
"...For us living people, the most important thing is to live a good life, so that the old lady won't worry about it, right?"
The couple listened to the words, a little silent, just nodded from time to time.
The old gentleman was talking, paused, looked at the man in the couple, and continued:
"I know something about your brother...but after all, your mother is gone. I think you should go and invite your brother. As for his troubles, it's his business. You should go and invite him." Please let him come over and send your mother off, so that your mother can feel at ease under the Nine Springs, "
"Someone else is organizing a wedding for his son, how can you come over here when you have time." Hearing this, the man replied calmly.
Hearing the words, the old gentleman shook his head slightly, and didn't try to persuade him any more.
"Think about it again. The time for the burial is the morning after tomorrow. If he wants to come, let him hold the coffin..."
Listening to the old man's words, the man was silent and did not speak again.