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After Qin's father passed away, Qin Yufan notified all her relatives and friends of the news of his father's death. Then, with the help of her relatives and friends, she began to organize her father's funeral.

As Qin's father's funeral was approaching, relatives of Qin Yufan's family rushed to the Qin family one after another.

On the morning before Qin's father's funeral, after ten o'clock in the morning, all the relatives of the Qin family began to arrive at the Qin family one after another.

Qin Yufan's family has many relatives, and her family's relatives are mainly concentrated in Qin's father's hometown and Qin's mother's natal family.

Qin's father has only two direct relatives in City A. One is his eldest sister and her children's family; the other is his second sister and her children's family.

Qin's father's parents had three daughters and one son in their lifetime. Qin's father had two older sisters and one younger sister. His younger sister had the misfortune to be infected with the disease long before his parents led their three siblings to flee here.

He died of illness at a young age. His eldest sister-in-law also unfortunately passed away a few years ago. Early this morning, his two sisters and their children rushed to the Qin family to attend his funeral.

Due to the long distance, only a few representatives from each family of Qin's father's relatives in Henan Province came. The day before Qin's father's funeral, they took the train and rushed to Qin's house in advance to attend Qin's father's funeral.

Already.

Father Qin's father has many brothers and sisters. Except for one sister who married far away in Qinghai Province, the rest of his brothers and sisters all live in their hometown in Henan.

Qin's father is the second among his many brothers and sisters. He has an older brother and an older sister, and a second younger brother and younger sister. Among them, except for his fourth brother and his wife, and his wife who lives far away in Qinghai Province

Except for his sister who is still alive, the others have passed away. Due to the tight time and the long distance, several representatives from each of Qin's father's cousins' families came to attend his funeral.

Already.

Qin's father was a very important friend throughout his life. Although he and his cousins, brothers and sisters were thousands of miles apart, they never lost contact. Whenever there was a festival or "big event", they would still talk to each other.

Going back and forth. His relatives in his hometown, except for his eldest uncle and aunt when they passed away, were experiencing "turmoil" (Qin's father was imprisoned in the cowshed at the time, and Qin's mother gave birth to Qin Yufan shortly after).

, except for his eldest uncle who was unable to attend the funeral for some reason, he attended the funerals of all the others.

Just seven or eight years ago, after his third uncle passed away, he and his wife took Qin Yufan and his two sisters to attend the funeral. Because of this, after his death, his cousins ​​and relatives also traveled thousands of miles away.

People came here from their hometown in Henan to attend his funeral.

Qin's father's uncle's family was also a wealthy family, and they all lived in a village not too far away from his hometown. Qin's father's grandfather was a local rich man at that time, and he had several concubines in his family.

His mother is the child of a concubine of his maternal grandfather. His mother has two half-brothers and one half-sister. There is also a brother with the same parents. His mother has so many

Among the brothers and sisters, except for one of her half-sister-in-law and sister-in-law who are still alive, the rest have passed away. Therefore, after the death of Qin's father, several representatives from his uncle's family and his aunt's family came from each.

He traveled thousands of miles to come here to attend his funeral.

Among all the relatives who came to the Qin family today, the relatives from Qin's mother's natal family were the most numerous.

Qin's mother's natal family lives in a rural area only a dozen kilometers away from City A. Her natal family can be regarded as a "big family" in their village. The clan members are very large, accounting for about 100% of the people in their village.

More than seventy.

Qin's mother has many brothers and sisters. She has two sisters and one brother. She has one brother and two sisters. There are many cousins. Among her many relatives, except for her second sister's family, she has many brothers and sisters.

I was with a cousin out of town, and after failing to get to her house, the others rushed here.

Qin Yufan's grandfather was trapped by hunger due to living conditions in the early 1960s during the "national difficulties" of the last century. He mistakenly ate some poisonous wild vegetables and contracted "skin disease". Soon after,

She passed away prematurely. From then on, her grandmother worked alone and endured hardships to raise her brothers and sisters.

Early this morning, Qin Yuji's grandmother, with the support of one of her granddaughters, rushed here from the countryside more than ten kilometers away. Don't forget that this old woman is 83 years old, and she has already lost all her teeth. But

But she is neither deaf nor blind. Sometimes she can walk without anyone's support, so her body is strong!

Not to mention how filial Qin Yufan treats her grandmothers! Whenever it's her grandmother's birthday or during a festival, she will take her grandmother to live in her home for some time. The two sisters Qin Yufan

When she was young, during summer vacation or winter vacation, the two sisters spent most of their time at her grandmother's house. Her uncles and aunts also treated the two nieces from the city with special care.

They are treated in a different light. The two sisters receive special "preferential treatment" every day in their home. Several of her cousins ​​also treat the two sisters with great "love". They always let them go first when encountering anything.

Two sisters. The two sisters entered their home as casually as they entered and exited their own home since childhood.

They all rushed to Qin's house early this morning.

After 12 noon, Qin Yufan's relatives and friends basically arrived at Qin's house on time.

After seeing that basically all the relatives and friends of the Qin family had arrived, Qin's father's funeral began slowly with the order given by the host.

After the funeral began, first the female relatives of the Qin family, led by the band, cleaned Qin's father's grave. Then, the male relatives of the Qin family, led by the band, invited the Qin family's ancestors' spiritual tablets back.

After inviting the "spirit", they began to pay homage to Qin's father's spiritual throne, and then began to take the relatives' gifts back to Qin's father's spirit in order. That night, the Qin family's courtyard became even more lively.

.Almost the entire alleyway was packed with spectators.

In the alleyway not far from the gate of Qin's house, dozens of cars are parked neatly in a "one" shape. These cars have blocked the already very narrow alleyway, leaving only a small passage.

Pedestrians were passing by. Beside these cars, a dozen little urchins were climbing on the cars, playing and having fun.

Due to the relatively narrow alley, the Qin family's original plan to show movies in the alley was forced to move to the street outside the alley. At this time, the street was already crowded with people watching movies. They were already

The entire street was blocked. After all the passing vehicles got here, they had to turn around and take a detour.

After passing through the crowded streets and walking into the alley, they arrived at the gate of Qin Yufan's house. In the center of the gate of Qin's house, there was a paper flower cut from hemp paper hanging. On the walls on both sides of the gate were pasted a paper flower.

A piece of elegiac couplet written on white paper and black paper. The first couplet of the elegiac couplet says: The great ambitions are gone without preparation; the second couplet says: The regret for the children and grandchildren is full of tears. The banner says: Forever through the ages.

On both sides of the gate less than one meter away from the gate, two "dragon lanterns" made of cloth were hung. Inside the dragon lanterns were a string of colorful lanterns, which were shining brightly.

On the left and right sides of the Qin family's gate, there are dozens of wreaths of different sizes. At the front is a large wreath. It is a wreath collectively presented by Qin's father's unit during his lifetime. Behind the big wreath are placed

There are dozens of slightly smaller wreaths presented by Liu Jianguo, the general manager of Qin Yufan's unit, and several other leaders. Behind these wreaths are also placed wreaths presented by Qin Yufan's two sisters and Chen Yongfu.

On the right side of the gate are some wreaths presented by relatives of the Qin family and Qin's father's relatives in his hometown in Henan.

In addition, behind these wreaths are placed wreaths presented by some of Qin's father's close friends and friends before his death, as well as wreaths presented by some relatives of the Qin family.

There is a note made of white paper hanging on both sides of these wreaths, with some simple elegiac couplets and the name and unit of the person who dedicated it written on it. Around these wreaths, there are many people watching the fun. One of them

Everyone was commenting on the wreaths.

After entering the gate of the Qin family, they saw a lively scene. The entire Qin family yard was filled with people watching the excitement. In the center of the crowd, there were more than a dozen artists sitting. They were all shaking their heads and talking.

They sang "Zitan" like a broken voice. Among them were Qin Opera, which we Shaanxi people love to listen to, and Henan Henan Opera, which Henan people love to listen to.

These spectators almost filled the entire Qin family courtyard. Some of them, because they could not see the performance inside, stood on chairs and tables to watch the show.

After passing through the crowd watching the fun, we arrived at the door of the Qin family's upper room. To the right of the door of the Qin family's upper room is the place where Qin's father's funeral hall is parked.

In the innermost part of Qin's father's mourning hall, there is Qin's father's coffin. There is a flower quilt placed on top of the coffin. On the coffin lid near the front of the coffin, there is an oil lamp. The weak flame on the oil lamp is blowing in the breeze.

Shaking slightly.

The two ends of the coffin were covered with wheat straw. On the wheat straw, two sisters, Qin Yufan and Qin Yunan, were dressed in heavy mourning. One by one, they knelt on the wheat straw to guard their father's "spirit". Beside them, there were also several women kneeling.

He was crying for Father Qin. There was a lot of crying in the whole mourning shed.
Chapter completed!