Chapter 219 The Simplest Filial Piety [3000]

Although, rushing back is a foregone conclusion.

But here, the work that needs to be arranged still needs to be arranged again.

The first person Lu Yang called was Deputy Mayor Xu.

apologize.

Please leave.

This opportunity at the Canton Fair was given to me by others.

I have to leave early, and I happened to choose the day after the opening ceremony. If I leave without saying anything or even saying hello, it would be too offensive.

Snap.

He slapped Deputy Mayor Xu in the face.

Deputy Mayor Xu didn't offend him.

On the contrary, people helped him.

So this phone call is very necessary.

"Mayor Xu, it's like this..."

Lu Yang explained the situation.

Sure enough, Deputy Mayor Xu not only did not blame him on the phone, but also praised him very much for his behavior of rushing back thousands of miles to attend the funeral despite being only the nephew of the deceased.

"Boss Lu, I'm so sorry. Don't worry, just go on your way. I'm here, and there won't be any problems with the safekeeping of your booth."

"I'll leave this to you. Mayor Xu, don't worry. The people who stay here are all professionals. There will be no problem with management or interaction. It will not affect the signing of foreign trade orders."

Lu Yang assured the other party on the phone.

He plans to take Lao Liu back first tomorrow, but Ping An and Da Jun will stay. With the two of them, plus Sister Wei Shu, Xiaoxiao, Qian Youyou, and those female college students.

Just sign the order.

It actually doesn’t make much difference whether the boss, Lu Yang, is there or not.

The difficulty lies in whether we can complete the delivery of the order on time according to the contract in the later stage.

Lu Yang took Lao Liu back early this time. After he finished taking care of his uncle's funeral, he could increase the production scale of the factory earlier.

By the way, winter clothes also need to be prepared.

Lu Yang did not forget the verbal agreement with Mou Qizhong.

The second call was made to Jiang Wanli, the father of VCD and current general manager of Anhui Modern Television Electronics Company.

First of all, I have to give the other party an explanation for the verbal agreement we made this morning.

Merchants value reputation the most.

Don't break your promise.

Ten sets of color TV subtitle equipment are nothing to Lu Yang, and the total cost is less than 70,000 or 80,000 yuan.

But for Chief Engineer Jiang and Deputy Mayor Xu, it has extraordinary significance.

Deputy Mayor Xu didn't mention it on the phone just now.

That's embarrassing to say.

But Lu Yang couldn't pretend, this was no longer happening.

"Don't worry, brother. I trust you. Just go ahead. When I'm done with my work these few days and the Canton Fair is over, I will personally bring a professional team to Baoqing City, Hunan Province, to help you install and debug our color TV subtitle display equipment. You don't have to pay if you're not satisfied."

"Well, I'll wait for you in Baoqing."

Without signing a contract, based on only verbal agreement and without paying a deposit, he dared to promise that after the Canton Fair, he would bring a team and equipment to install it in person across provinces.

This does require a lot of trust.

Otherwise, if you happen to meet a villain, it would be a big joke.

Lu Yang was very grateful.

After hanging up the phone, he made one last call.

As expected, the call was made to the front desk of the hotel.

As expected, Lu Yang's guess was correct. At this moment, both Ping An and Da Jun were standing in front of the phone at the front desk.

In fact, there is more than that.

After sending the woman they loved upstairs, the two men tried every possible means to keep her a little longer, but were eventually kicked out.

After going downstairs, I found that both the boss Lu Yang and the boy Lao Liu were gone.

After finding out the reason, I realized what had happened.

At this time, according to their own personalities, the two of them would have rushed directly to the train station if they knew Lu Yang had already gone there. Even if they had to walk on their own two legs, they would have rushed to Lu Yang's side overnight.

It was Qian Youyou who reminded them at this time.

"Why don't you think about it more? Why did your boss only take Manager Xiao Lu away and keep both of you?"

yeah why?
It's obvious that the two of us are the bodyguards, and there is also the driver.

"Call up."

"Go to the front desk and call."

The two said in unison.

Then he ran all the way downstairs and came to the hotel front desk.

Call Lu Yang.

But the line was always busy. At that moment, Lu Yang was also calling Deputy Mayor Xu and Jiang Wanli, the "Father of VCD".

After waiting for a long time, just when they both got tired of waiting, the phone at the front desk rang and Lu Yang called them.

"To make a long story short, my uncle, that is, the sixth kid, his father died. According to custom, both of us need to go back immediately to attend the funeral. This is left to you, brother Ping'an. I'm going to give you the 50,000 yuan in cash in the bag for safekeeping. You give it all to your future wife, my sister Wei Shu. During the Canton Fair, you all have to listen to her. She knows how to spend the money."

No time for ink.

Lu Yang did not trust Sister Wei Shu more than Gong Ping'an and Da Jun, two rough men, but he thought it was more cost-effective, practical and efficient to use Sister Wei Shu, a female college student.

As long as Ping An doesn't betray me, there's no need to worry about his future wife having second thoughts. He hung up the phone.

Over there, the sixth brother Lu Youzhi finally queued up and bought a ticket.

Fortunately.

The ticket shows that the next train will depart at 5:45 am tomorrow morning.

Lu Yang thought about it for a moment.

I took the train for two days and one night to make arrangements for my eldest cousin's funeral. I probably won't be able to make it in time for the small coffin, but I will still be able to make it in time for the big coffin.

That's okay too.

In Lu Yang's hometown, if a relative passes away, the coffin will usually be kept for three to seven days. In the hot summer, the funeral will be kept as short as possible, but the day must be chosen. If the day is good and auspicious for future generations, then even in summer, it is not impossible to keep the coffin for four or five days and postpone the funeral until a good day.

Before the funeral, there will be two rituals. The first one is called the small coffin-carrying ritual, and the second one is called the big coffin-carrying ritual.

In short, invite a group of monks or Taoist priests to set up the mourning hall, chant sutras, play suona, gongs and drums, and other music...

When future generations wear mourning clothes, there must be someone present.

First, recite a passage of scripture.

The monk or Taoist priest who presides over the ceremony will arrange for the coffin to be circled, that is, they will chant sutras in front, and the descendants will wear mourning clothes and follow them, circling around the coffin.

This is to send our ancestors to the afterlife.

Secondly, after the host family’s mourning hall is arranged, neighbors and relatives will come to the coffin to worship their ancestors.

The worshiper bows three times or kowtows three times.

The descendants of the host family need to wear mourning clothes and wait in front of the coffin. After the guests have finished paying their respects, they should kowtow and return the greetings to express their gratitude.

At this time, if there are elders among the guests, they will come forward, help the descendant who kowtows in return, and say, "I am very sorry for the loss."

In this way, the ceremony is considered complete.

This set of rules has been used for thousands of years and has been passed down from generation to generation.

If there is an unfilial son who does not show up on this occasion, he will be criticized.

Lu Yang's eldest cousin was in a hurry to make this call today.

Notifying Lu Yang is one thing.

Lu Yang is his uncle's only blood relative, nephew. Apart from several biological sons, he is the closest relative to him. But even so, a nephew is just a nephew after all. He can go back or not to attend his uncle's funeral thousands of miles away. If he goes back, he will naturally be praised by everyone. If he doesn't go back, no one will do anything to him and there will be no pointing fingers at him.

The real purpose of this phone call is to ask Lao Liu to go back, and he has to hurry. Not to mention catching up with the small coffin, he has to at least catch up with the big coffin, otherwise it will be too late.

In the second half of the night, there are two more steps to this big coffin: opening the coffin and closing the coffin.

To open the coffin is to open it again.

Let relatives take one last look at the deceased.

Wait until relatives have finished reading it.

There is also a set of cumbersome procedures, such as stuffing a piece of jade or a gold ring into the mouth of the deceased, or placing some gold and silver utensils used by the deceased during his lifetime in the coffin.

These need to be done.

The family members have to finish the work quickly during this period of time.

Because the next step is closure.

Closing the coffin means closing the coffin lid again, nailing the coffin nails, sealing the coffin, and then moving the coffin out of the mourning hall to an open space outside to prepare for the funeral the next day.

That is to say, if Lao Liu can't get back within two days, even if he can make it to the funeral, he won't be able to see his father for the last time.

"Wow, cousin, I don't have a father anymore. I'm so unfilial. I didn't even get to see him for the last time. Woo woo ...

The tickets have also been bought.

The necessary preparations have been made.

Now all he had to do was wait until the time came to get on the bus. Since he had nothing to do anyway, Lao Liu looked around for a while, covered his mouth, and started crying again with a "wow".

……

capital.

Hot summer.

Just as Lu Yang and Lu Youzhi, the sixth brother, boarded the train from Yangcheng back to Zhao County.

At the same time, at noon the next day, in the girls' dormitory of Yenching University.

"My God!"

"Sister, come and see what this is."

Xu Siqi was dressed lightly, holding a newspaper in her hand, and ran into the dormitory with her arms and legs bared.

Yin Mingzhu was lying in bed reading a book.

Hearing this, he frowned and asked, "What newspaper is that in your hand?"

Xu Siqi continued to speak aggressively: "News about the Canton Fair. Such an important event, don't you pay attention to it?"

“Pay attention!”

“Why don’t you pay attention?”

"But it's too far away from us. Even if we want to get first-hand information, there is no chance."

"This is……"

Speaking of the Canton Fair, not only Yin Mingzhu was interested, but the other girls in the dormitory were also talking about it.

Xu Siqi was even more proud at this time.

"Don't you want to know what newspaper this is?"

"Ding ding ding ding, this is the Yangcheng Evening News from three days ago. Isn't it amazing? I asked my dad to send it to me from Yangcheng in the south. Let's take a look at the news."

"Especially you, classmate Yin Mingzhu, please put on your shoes now and get up and come here immediately. I'm going to surprise you later!"

(End of this chapter)