Chapter 2200 You must have misread it.
Chapter 2200 You must have misread it.
Xie Nan held the urn in his left hand, picked up two shovels with his right hand, placed them on the ground, and closed the trunk.
Dongchan stepped forward, picked up the two shovels from the ground, and followed Zhang Ran toward the cemetery.
When villagers encountered someone who knew Zhang Ran, they avoided him as if he were a plague.
Children playing together are called home by their parents, who then close the doors and windows.
Who in the nearby villages doesn't know Zhang Ran's name? She's cursed all her relatives on both sides to death; who isn't afraid?
When Zhang Ran passed by, the village dogs that usually barked wildly at people all obediently lay down on the ground and dared not bark anymore.
Granny Chen and Chen Guangzong were buried in their own family cemetery, which was very close to the village; it didn't take long to get there.
Xie Nan then chose a spot next to the two graves and began digging a pit.
Dongchan picked up a shovel and stepped forward to help.
In mid-May, wild strawberries (raspberries) grow all over the mountains and fields, and they grow best on the graves.
They dug holes, and Zhang Ran, with only one mouth, went around picking wild strawberries. This was the only fruit she could eat her fill of when she was a child, and it was also her favorite fruit.
After Xie Nan and the others finished digging the pit, she had almost finished eating. She picked a large handful of the best and reddest fruits and took them back, placing them in Dong Chan's palm.
Dongchan threw away the shovel and slowly savored the food.
Xie Nan looked at him with envy and, without saying a word, found some nearby and tried it himself. Although it was very sweet, he still felt it wasn't as sweet as the handful Zhang Ran had given to Dong Chan.
Zhang Ran picked up the urn and placed it into the dug pit.
Dongchan and Xie Nan were responsible for filling the hole again.
Looking at the newly piled-up grave mound, Zhang Ran said she was leaving, and Xie Nan then realized that they hadn't bought gold leaf or yellow paper.
Seeing Zhang Ran leave without looking back, Xie Nan quickly chased after her.
We got in the car and left Chenjia Village, and a few minutes later we drove into Luojia Village.
While Xie Nan and his group were digging up graves in Chenjia Village, someone in Chenjia Village had already told Luo Laowu that Zhang Ran had returned.
The car stopped near the village entrance, and the three of them got out and walked a few steps before they met Luo Laowu, who was hurrying out of his house.
"Xiaoyue!" Luo Laowu excitedly rushed forward and blocked the car. "Some people said you were back, but I didn't believe it. I didn't expect you to really be back!"
Seeing the vegetable jar in Zhang Ran's hands, he seemed to realize something, and the smile on his face vanished instantly. He tentatively asked, "Did you come back this time on business?"
Zhang Ran touched the urn containing ashes in her arms. "My mother is gone. I've come back to handle her funeral arrangements."
"Ah, oh." Luo Laowu smiled ingratiatingly, "Your mother is unlucky and can't enjoy the blessings you have. Come on, let's go to my house and sit for a while. I'll cook for you."
Zhang Ran gave him a deep look, nodded with a smile, and said, "Okay." She walked to Luo Laowu's side and chatted with him intimately, "It's been a long time since we last met. You've lost a lot of weight."
Luo Laowu, with dark circles under his eyes darker than a panda's and looking extremely thin, gave her a bitter smile. "I recently had a serious illness."
"Oh," Zhang Ran said casually, "No wonder you've lost so much weight."
Without a woman to maintain it, a home becomes dirty, messy, and littered, with nowhere to step.
Luo Laowu felt no shame at all. He led them into the main room, asked them to sit down, and went to the kitchen to boil water and cook.
Dongchan had been here before. When she saw Luo Laowu go to the kitchen, she turned and left the hall.
In the blink of an eye, only Zhang Ran and Xie Nan remained in the main room.
Xie Nan frowned and looked at Zhang Ran: "Your fifth uncle looks like he's been drugged."
Zhang Ran smiled and shook her head. "You must have seen wrong. We have a hard time even buying a pack of cigarettes in this poor mountain village. Where would we get drugs for him to smoke? Please sit down first. I'll go put the urn away. We'll go to the cemetery after we've eaten."
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