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"Hurrah..."
"Filial son, filial grandson, filial nephew and filial daughter-in-law, come and build soil for the old lady."
On the side, Uncle Xu, who put down his suona, also greeted the rest of the people, and moved.
In front of the cemetery, it suddenly seemed a little lively.
A group of people either piled up soil or burned paper,
As more and more ashes of paper money filled the surrounding air, the tomb was gradually filled up and covered with earth.
"Build more, cover the front with more soil..."
"Hey, don't stand on the head of the old lady, be careful."
"Little boy, come and build more soil for grandma, let grandma take good care of my little boy..."
Finally, with all the people working together, a new grave appeared in front of them.
"Okay, stop it all,"
"Get ready to light the cannon. When the cannon rang, everyone ran home. Did you hear it?"
It's the last step of the funeral ceremony, so Lian Ge didn't omit it any more. Following the traditional steps, the presider,
"Uncle Xu, light the cannon."
"Crackling... bang bang..."
"Run away..."
This is the only two more cheerful part of the whole funeral ceremony.
After completing the burial ceremony and building the grave, a group of people scrambled to be the first to run in the direction of Hu's yard.
Lian Ge and Uncle Xu followed behind without haste,
"Uncle Xu, I'm sorry to bother you this time. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be able to enjoy such a funeral."
"There is no trouble or no trouble. It's all work. You can pay enough, Master Lian. Besides, I'm just a showman. Unlike you, Master Lian, I have real skills. Just now, Master Lian, you cast a spell to save this old man. ma'am?"
"Don't worry, Uncle Xu, you won't be short of money."
Lian Ge couldn't help laughing,
"If it's overkill...it counts."
Hearing this, Uncle Xu couldn't help feeling a little emotional,
"This Hu family is really lucky to be able to invite Master Lian to save their old lady."
"There's no such thing as good luck, so what if it's superseded? People are gone."
"Too……"
After thinking for a while, Uncle Xu nodded.
Hearing this, Lian Ge smiled, then turned his eyes away, looking at the crowd who were scrambling to the front and running towards Hu's yard.
……
time flies,
After the funeral and burial were completed, the bright sky also fully opened.
The group of people who returned to the Hu family's yard from the cemetery also began to have breakfast arranged by the host's house after the last simple ceremony.
As before, Lian Ge and Hu Xianshou were sitting at the same table, and Uncle Xu was sitting beside him,
"Master Lian, do I transfer the fee directly to you?"
After taking a few mouthfuls of food, Hu Xianshou put down the bowl and took the initiative to mention it.
"Transfer this account."
Lian Ge was not polite, he took out a bank card from his pocket and put it on the table.
"Crack." Hu Xianshou picked up his phone and took a photo of the card number.
"Then I'll go to the bank and transfer it to Master Lian after dinner." Hu Xianshou said solemnly.
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded, took back the bank card, did not say anything more, picked up the bowl, and continued to eat.
……
After a while, breakfast is over,
A group of relatives and friends in the Hu family's yard began to leave one after another.
After asking Uncle Xu to follow the traditional customs and give the Hu family some instructions, Lian Ge didn't intend to stay any longer, and got up to leave.
……
"Master Lian, Master Xu, I'll drive you off, and I'll go to the bank by the way."
At the gate of the courtyard, Hu Xianshou said aloud.
"Okay, it's troublesome." After estimating the distance between Xiajiashan Village and Lianjia Village, and drawing on the experience from last time, Lian Ge responded unceremoniously.
"No trouble, no trouble..." Hu Xianshou opened the car door with some graciousness.
"Uncle Xu, are you together?"
"Then I'll take a ride," Uncle Xu put the suona on his waist again, and replied with a smile,
Immediately afterwards, Uncle Xu turned around, looked at the few people who came with him,
"You go back first, I will go back later, and I will call you again."
"Okay, Uncle Xu...Master Xu..." Several people responded one after another,
Seeing this, Lian Ge didn't stop any longer, walked straight to the car, and sat down in the back row of the car.
Uncle Xu followed closely, and sat next to Lian Ge in the back row.
"Crack..."
The door was closed again, and the car started, heading towards Lianjia Village.
……
After the car started, the car fell into silence.
Lian Ge looked out the window, regardless of the passing scene, Hu Xianshou was driving the car around the winding mountain road, and Uncle Xu didn't make much noise,
a long time,
Hu Xianshou sounded hesitantly,
"Master Lian, the funeral is over now... Is there anything else that needs attention?"
Hearing the sound, Lian Ge withdrew his gaze and looked at Hu Xianshou sitting in front,
"The old lady is dead, so is the living." Lian Ge looked at Hu Xianshou, and continued, "The old lady has passed away, so let's focus more on the living."
As he spoke, Lian Ge paused slightly,
"For example, your son, please pay more attention to him. I'm afraid he won't be feeling well during this time."
"As for the deceased old lady, even if you were inconsiderate, can she still blame you if you are her son?"
Hu Xianshou heard the words, fell silent for a while, nodded,
"Thank you, I understand, Master Lian."
Hearing this, Lian Ge nodded and didn't say anything more to Hu Xianshou.
Withdrawing his gaze and turning his head, Lian Ge looked at Uncle Xu who was sitting beside him,
"Uncle Xu, please give me your card number too."
"What's the card number, Master Lian, please forward it to my WeChat." Uncle Xu said with a smile,
Hearing this, Lian Ge couldn't help but smile,
"Uncle Xu, you are quite fashionable."
"What's so fashionable? Vegetable sellers at the entrance of the village also use this thing now." As he spoke, Uncle Xu took out a smartphone from his pocket. After lighting it up, the lock screen interface was a QR code.
"Sweep me."
Lian Ge couldn't help smiling, took out his phone from his pocket, added Uncle Xu's WeChat,
"Are you sure to add 'Happily Blowing Suona' as a WeChat friend?"
I couldn't help smiling again, clicked send, and after Uncle Xu passed through, Lian Ge directly transferred 2 yuan to Uncle Xu.
"Crash..."
The sound of gold coins colliding sounded, and Uncle Xu didn't hesitate to accept the 2 yuan.
"Master Lian, I won't be disrespectful for this money. Next time you have such a job, remember to ask me again." Uncle Xu raised his head and said with a smile.
"Okay." Lian Ge also nodded with a smile.
……
As time passed, the car carrying Lian Ge and others drove through the winding mountain road without haste.
In the second half of the journey, after the exchange between Lian Ge and Uncle Xu, the car became quiet again.
Finally, after another twenty minutes, the car stopped at the gate of Lian's old house.
"Crack."
The car door was opened by the attentive Hu Xianshou, and Lian Ge got out of the car.
"Master Lian, the funeral has really troubled you for the past two days..."
Hu Xianshou said gratefully to Lian Ge,
"Okay," Lian Ge waved his hand, "It's fine when things are done."
"I won't keep you anymore, Mr. Hu, go and do your own business, and help me send Uncle Xu back by the way."
"That's fine, Master Lian, I won't bother you anymore, you rest first, and I'll visit you again another day."
……
Seeing the car that Hu Xianshou was driving gradually out of sight, Lian Ge withdrew his gaze and turned around.
While walking towards the yard, he looked at the system interface again.
Chapter 46 Departure
"Random task: save the Hu family, complete the burial, the task has been completed.
Get seven points of merit and three points of karma.
Obtained the task reward: "Elementary Technique""
Lian Ge had already heard the system notification tone during the previous burial, but now that he was home, he had the time to take a closer look.
After scanning the entire reminder content, he paused slightly on merit and karma.
"There is a lot of merit and karma. Could it be that the old lady of the Hu family has a lot of karma in her life?"
Lian Ge closed his eyes slightly, and whispered to himself,
"But fortunately, merit is better than karma, so it's not too bad..."
Shaking his head, he briefly brushed aside the matter of merit and karma, and looked at the task reward,
""Elementary Technique", another designated textbook for elementary qualification assessment..."
Lian Ge walked into the yard while looking at the system,
After kicking the courtyard door halfway closed, he went straight to the table under the eaves by the courtyard and sat down again.
"I don't know, how many subjects are required for the primary qualification examination for Taoists, the same as the basic examination, or more..."
Lian Ge thought about it, stretched out his hand to close the task completion prompt, and clicked on the 'Professional Title Column' on the system interface,
"The current title is the basic title of Taoist: Dao Tong. Are you sure to start the 2020 version of the primary title assessment?