1
As it was still dark, Bangs got out of bed.
yesterday evening Lao Biao to grandson Liu Xiaodong said Yin wife, Lao Biao left, bang did not sleep a night steadfast, always afraid of missing the good time. At five o ‘clock, I sat on the edge of the bed and looked out of the window. After six o ‘clock, the sky was dim and bright, Liu Hai just got up and went outside to wipe his face carelessly and rode the electric motor to Xiangyun Town.
The snack bar just opened, bang came the earliest, after helping to set the table stool, sat down to a bowl of bean foam a deep-fried dough stick.
7:30, Lao Biao just riding an electric car from the east, Bang and the boss to the bowl with meat hu spicy soup and two youtiao, said to Lao Biao, “Preferential treatment you, add meat.”
At the dinner table, the old watch talked about the woman’s condition.
More than a decade ago, the woman was in her 40s and had just divorced her man. The reason is that her man outside to find a small, but also the two do business to earn hundreds of thousands of all swept away, a few years can not find the figure. The woman did not give birth to a boy and a girl. She was alone. She developed cirrhosis of the liver angrily and died soon after.
“At first, her family didn’t agree to tell her about the sex and wanted to bury the men together when they died. But it’s been four or five years since the man was found. The day before yesterday I touched her mother, in the village on generation I have to shout her aunt, talking about our little east thing. Say simply and small east marry, have a companion to each other, line of words let me take some money to give you old allowance point. That aunt did not object, today to see their family say.”
Liu followed the old watch to the supermarket at the edge of the village, also spent more than 50 dollars to buy a box of milk and two pounds of pork belly.
When she arrived at her home, the 70-year-old woman was very warm and said politely that she would come to pick up the things. When she had sat down, the old lady said, “For two years there have been suggestions of a shady marriage, but I have said no, thinking, after all, that she and the man were married, and that she would bury them together.”
A man around 30 said, “That dog has run away with all his money and hasn’t shown up for years. Do you think he’ll come back?”
“There’s something in that,” his watch added. “It shows the impossible. Ghost ghost of still be inferior to looking for a suitable somebody else to dismiss, your mother still be from the old idea of one’s whole life, but now is what age.”
The man said, “Yeah, keep up with The Times. Before someone also offered 30,000 yuan to buy my sister’s dry bones, my mother didn’t agree, but since it’s his cousin’s, I think it’s ok.”
The old watch hurriedly answer a way, “since say so, that say endowment money how much, give old lady a little allowance.”
As he was speaking, an old man in his 70s came in. The young man said it was his father.
The watch goes on to say to the young man, “Do you take five thousand?”
“There must be a decent coffin and some clothes for the bones to dry. Dead or alive, it is a marriage.”
“You bet.” ‘Said the old watch.’ Take it, of course. The coffin is dressed in full, and we can take nothing away from it, according to the rules of engagement. ‘
Then his father interjected, “By the way, how old is the man in your in-laws?”
Bangs picked up the finger pinched under, “last month exactly 16 years old.”
His father said, “Oh,” and remained silent for a long time. When his cousin mentioned the money, his father began, “I don’t think it’s the right thing to do, there’s such a big age difference, and besides, your boy’s a fish!”
Bangs listen to stand up, “reasonable, I see this matter we all discuss again.”
The old watch did not rise from his stool, but his bangs gave him a wink, and he got up and followed him out of the door.
Out of the door, the old table is not happy: “all said to betrothal gifts, walk what mile walk?”
“Our little East is only 16 years old, the light is anxious to give him matchmaking, also don’t think this age difference is really too big, that woman can be his mother, little East will be wronged. “No sloppiness,” bangs continued. “You have to find a suitable woman.”
On the way home, Bangs thought, today this thing is really not worth it, spent more than 50 yuan in vain.
2
Liu’s grandson died in a car accident in 2011 at the age of 13.
It was the dog days of August that year. Early that morning, Xiao Dong said to his grandma that he wanted to go to the town. Then he pushed his grandpa’s electric car, which he had bought for his junior high school two days before, westbound along the old Wen-Man highway.
Wenmeng Road was built in the 1950s. It is a one-way driveway with tall poplar trees on both sides. He along the road through zhaoxian town, continue to the West to an Le Zhai, but also got off to a noodle stall to bowl of noodles, pay when asked stall owners, “in front of the border from Wenmeng how far?”
“Two more miles and we’ll be out of Wenxian.” The vendor then asks, “Where are you going?” Small east ignored, ride a car to continue to walk.
In wenmeng junction, small east ready to make a u-turn when the force is too strong, do not die the handlebar electric car, oneself also follow fall down in the middle of the road. At this time, a four after eight of the big truck is passing, straight little East hit more than 20 meters away in the roadside ditch, the truck in a long brake sound and walked a few meters before stopped.
After 40 minutes, the ambulance arrived and the doctor diagnosed that Xiao Dong’s heart had stopped beating for a long time.
traffic police can not contact xiaodong’s family, had to pull his body to the county crematorium to freeze, and in the county television station in Turn broadcast the missing notice. Five days later, someone said to Banghai, TV broadcast is very like his grandson, at this time, Banghai has been anxiously looking for his grandson, a heard, immediately rushed to the county cremation plant.
Four days later, Liu buried his grandson in his field.
Xiao Dong’s father died of a work-related injury and his mother remarried. Xiao Dong has been living with his grandparents all these years. So, in a few years after the death of the small east, bangs in the heart of only one thing, is to give grandson said a Yin wife. To this end, also specifically set the target, do not ashes do not mummified, only to see two Mimi is a woman can be identified, the age can not be too old, a few years between the top and bottom.
This is more difficult than say daughter-in-law to living person, the result also can be imagined.
3
Since xiangyun town did not say three months later, to June.
One evening, bang nephew son-in-law rushed to find him, said our neighbor has a 10 year old girl, Bai Tianling her brother go out to play, I don’t know how come out in a big pond edge of the village, the little boy jumped into the water in the pond, whether by grassroots to mix or cramps, who went to water sinks and sister to jump while see, going to pull a younger brother, the result when she pulled his brother out, she was stuck in the mire drowning.
“I suddenly think of, you are not always looking for Yin wife to small east, you see this appropriate not?”
Bang is busy ask: “when is this thing happening?”
“Maybe three or four this afternoon. I just heard about it, so I came over and sent a message.”
“Although the girls are a little younger, the conditions are good for both men and women,” Liu said. But today just had an accident, somebody else still is in grief, go looking for somebody else to say not appropriate now. Give it a couple of days, then you can talk.”
Two days later, Bangs went to the girl’s house with his niece and son-in-law. On arriving at the gate, he saw a middle-aged woman coming out of the house and glancing at him as she passed by the gate. Bangs heart a heavy, hunch is probably someone ahead of him a step.
As soon as the niece and son-in-law entered the courtyard, they shouted, “Little red Mother, little red Mother.”
A young woman came out of the room, her eyes still red and swollen, and said to them, “Coming?” Put the small stool in the shade under the eaves, after sitting down, said: “Know you come to give small east match Yin marriage thing, but there is a thing to tell you, an uncle’s grandson died in a car accident five years ago, want to pull our small red past close the grave, both people calculate have a home to return to.
“With that, the woman’s tears came out,” You really don’t know how uncomfortable My heart is, the little red girl said how the day had died. Sobbed for a while and said, “The aunt of my mother’s home just left, you may also touch it at the door, that no, put down ten thousand pieces of endowment, this afternoon to pull small red.”
“Give her her money back, and I’ll take fifteen grand.” ‘said my niece and son-in-law.
“How can I do that? I said I would come this afternoon. If I go back on my word, I won’t be able to go back to my mother’s home. You’re in such a state of mind, and you live next door, that you can’t come and ask questions sooner, unless you’re ordered to?”
“I came early to make you sad. I thought I would wait until you were a little calmer. I didn’t expect…” He looked remorseful and continued to blame himself for his incompetence.
Although the bang regrets, but still wave a hand to say, “don’t blame you, is I don’t let you come.”
out of the door, bangs to son-in-law asked, after a message must immediately tell him.
Five years, bangs in the heart of only one thing, is to give grandson said an Yin wife. Five years, bangs in the heart of only one thing, is to give grandson said an Yin wife.
Said also strange, since 2014, and no one to mention the Yin marriage, which makes Bangs in the heart more uneasy. Unable to do so, Bangs went to a neighboring village and found a woman who had been saying that she was a vaginal for a long time and gave her 200 yuan as a down payment.
After a month, the woman from the neighboring village came to him with a pile of photos, “I see you are in a hurry. You should look at the photos first. These people are all selective, some are fat, some are thin, but I will make it clear to you that they are all cremated and the betrothed money is cheap.
Hearing this, Liu Hai got angry, “Your court (quo, Henan dialect, cheating) me? A pile of ashes who knows is male or female? To say the words not to listen to, is not the ashes of the people do not know.
The woman wasn’t angry either. “The most important thing in my line of work is honesty. Be a woman certainly, don’t believe me to say an address to be able to check registered permanent residence. Looks like you don’t want a woman’s ashes. Do you want a mummy? Want a wet corpse? But, to be frank, the endowment is too high.”
“As long as you can see long have two Mimi, expensive I also recognize.” Bangs said.
4
Early in the morning on the fourth day of 2016, Liu Hai went to visit relatives, is riding an electric car walking on the road, suddenly saw not far away, a girl riding an electric car was directly hit by a big trailer fly to 14 and 5 meters away.
Banghai leng once, hurriedly increase electric car accelerator, arrived at front, stop big trailer.
The driver seemed to be frightened by the sudden accident. “My legs are shaking,” he said. “Where are you going?
Bangs took off his jacket and covered the girl.
The police found the girl’s broken mobile phone in a ditch on the side of the road and used the phone card to locate her parents. It was not until noon that the family arrived from the village.
Bang has not gone, and county cremation plant people together to carry the girl on the car, but also together to the factory to do the procedures, back to the scene, the procedures to just arrived at the girl’s parents.
Even the traffic police are mistaken for bangs is the family of the dead, he will come to the county traffic police brigade to deal with the funeral tomorrow, bangs busy said: “have to say to her parents, I am passing to help.
The girl’s parents saw bangs busy back and forth, but also took off the clothes to cover her daughter’s body, repeatedly bowed to thank. Bangs asked for the address and said, “I’ll see you again tomorrow.”
Two villages are very close, the next day at 9 a.m., Bangs riding an electric car came to the girl’s home.
The girl’s name is Wang Xiaoying. She is going to graduate soon. She is going to marry her boyfriend who has been dating for many years after graduation.
Liu comforted him for a while and sat with him until 11 o ‘clock. Then he called Wang xiaoying’s father out of the house carefully and said to him from the side of the road: “I have a bad word to say. My grandson died in a car accident five years ago and is 17 this year. Think of the family daughter is not married to die, strange lonely. I mean, let them get married, and I’ll be happy if you ask me anything.”
Wang Xiaoying’s father is furious after listen to, “big ye ah, you help yesterday, today again comfort originally is to have selfish, you don’t see me now what mood!” Then he turned and went back into the house.
In the evening, the bangs came again. Saw Wang Xiaoying’s brother, “my sister’s body is not cold, the whole family is grieving, do you know no good or evil, only pick up the pain said?”
“I went through that when my grandson died, but you don’t think you’re going to have to bury her anyway,” Bangs said. I’m thinking for you. According to our custom, a big girl who dies suddenly can’t be buried in your grandfather’s grave. You give her to her boyfriend, who is unmarried and lives in a big city. Would you like to have her? Besides, no matter how good she was when she was alive, she is now a ghost, and when I take her away from my grandson and marry her, I have a home to return to. I have fame on earth as well as in the grave, and someone will take care of her.”
“Ten thousand dollars, and a cypress coffin village, and gold necklace and earrings, and five new dresses, and five tables of wine. What do you think?”
“Wang Xiaoying brother listened to did not refuse,” in, I go home to the ans to discuss next say.
5
Bangs couldn’t wait to go again the next morning.
Wang xiaoying’s brother said to Liu, “Last night a man came up with fifteen thousand yuan, and this morning another man came with twenty thousand yuan, trying to take my sister away with him. It was all in cash, but we didn’t agree. She is a graduate student and will go to work at the provincial People’s Bank soon. She is dead, but she must be worth what she is.”
Bangs listen, hurriedly handed a cigarette, “I know what you mean. In that case, in addition to my gold earrings, five suits of clothes and five tables of wine, I’ll take twenty-six thousand, and you can discuss it with your parents.”
“I think so, when the accident you at the scene, running before and after really hard, if you really want to pull her away, thirty thousand. She is a few generations of our family out of a high degree, if alive, do you think it is possible with your grandchildren? If you still think it’s too expensive, go home and stop talking about it.”
Bangs see his attitude is firm, on the spot agreed, “that we agreed, I go back to take money, before dark to send.”
“She is a graduate student ah, although is dead, but also get a worthy of her status.” “She is a graduate student ah, although is dead, but also get a worthy of her status.”
Bang at that time only ten thousand in cash, asked two relatives to borrow ten thousand, and went to find the village of liu branch secretary, planning to borrow ten thousand.
“Little east this matter is finally settled. His father died early, small east dead also have five years, I this be ye is dead also close eyes.”
Liu branch book asks: “how old is the wife?”
“Twenty-two.”
“Than za little East big 4 or 5 years old li, this zha medium!”
“Female big three hold gold bricks, in! I’ve been worrying about this for years, and I haven’t had a suitable one, just this one.”
Liu said with a smile: “We xiao Dong is still a minor, but this marriage is not protected by the marriage law.”
Bang put to wave a hand, “Yan Wangye that have no this marriage law, size all in! Sure!”
Subsequently, two people took ten thousand yuan to credit cooperative of xiang Yun town together.
On the road, Liu liu said, “You are the official, the villagers have something you have to be in the scene of the town, and I go together, in case there is anything there is a person to discuss.” Mr. Liu agreed.
Two people with thirty thousand came to Wang Xiaoying’s house. When everything was finished, Wang Xiaoying’s brother said, “Bring me your clothes and ornaments tomorrow. On the seventh day, let’s bury the wedding.”
The next day, Liu hurried to the county town with his two Cousins’ daughter-in-law. He bought three sets of skirts, two sets of shirt trousers, a gold necklace and a pair of earrings, and sent them to the county before noon.
6
According to the folk custom of Wenxian county, in the first seven li after the death of an adult, no matter what day to do business is auspicious day, Yin marriage is no longer a funeral event, has become a happy day for two people.
On February 19, Liu sent liu to call the village funeral team, paid 750 yuan, ready to dig a grave together. Only half of them were dug that afternoon, which is a matter of special importance. You can’t dig to the bottom that day. 20 in the morning more than six o ‘clock, the funeral team went to seven or eight people, two in a class, the speed is very fast, more than seven o ‘clock on the side of Liu Xiaodong’s coffin, dug out a coffin position.
At the same time, liu Hai’s two Cousins, sister-in-law and Liu Zhishu went to the county cremation factory, the clothes, shoes, headscarf prepared yesterday were taken to the freezer, to Wang Xiaoying dressed neatly. When she was dressed, she said it was to take her back to her husband’s house. Her husband, Liu Xiaodong, was a handsome young man with excellent personality. He would take good care of her in the future.
Wang Xiaoying’s family only her brother and a cousin came to the crematorium, two people standing beside watching the family will Wang Xiaoying fully dressed, came forward to put her feet straight, finally put the red scarf around the head under pressure, said, “This!”
Bang’s cousin quickly ran out, in the cremation factory outside the door put a hang of ten thousand firecrackers, behind a few people then carried Wang Xiaoying into the van, out of the cremation factory.
On entering the village, the van made a special circuit of the village, playing “On the Field of Hope” in a loop over its loudspeaker. Yin marriage is not allowed to take the door, passing bangs home, also only put a hang of firecrackers at the door.
The hour of Yin marriage is not at noon, but between two days. Liu called the crowd around the grave and said, “Today is a day of mixed happiness and sadness. It is the seventh day of wang Xiaoying’s death and also the great day of her happiness. She will officially marry Liu Xiaodong today. The families on both sides can rest assured for them.”
With a wave of his hand, he said, “Let the cannon play.” Two deafening firecrackers hung from ten thousand rings, the Caravan played “On the Field of Hope” again, and the caravan began to fill the grave with shovels until it turned the grave into a grave. The elders tore off the two white ribbons of the wreath, placed a single wreath on the grave, and drove off together in a tricycle.
In this way, bangs heart is at last.
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