Chapter 1244: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 1244: Finally Found an Opportunity for Revenge

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

That night, Wang Xiaohua kept vigil beside Li Jianjia's clothing all night long.

Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai both kept him company.

They waited until after six o'clock the next morning.

The one-stop funeral banquet boss Wang Zhanggen had hired arrived driving an Isuzu.

Several middle-aged uncles and aunties in the flowing-water banquet business hurriedly unloaded all kinds of supplies from the vehicle.

Nowadays, whether it's a celebration or a funeral, people who run flowing-water banquets prepare very thoroughly.

For example, tables, chairs, bowls and chopsticks, food ingredients — they prepare all of it.

It can truly be called one-stop service.

Wang Zhanggen hurried over to welcome the banquet boss, subconsciously reached into his pocket wanting to pass him a cigarette, but then discovered that due to his health he hadn't smoked in a long time.

It was the banquet boss who, at this moment, nimbly fished out a cigarette and handed it to Wang Zhanggen:

"Please accept my condolences, please accept my condolences!"

Wang Zhanggen nodded, received the cigarette:

"Boss, you've worked hard!"

He licked his lips, really wanting to smoke this cigarette, clearly his nicotine craving had kicked in, but in order to live a bit longer he ultimately restrained himself.

He stuck the cigarette behind his ear, then went to direct those banquet uncles and aunties — how to move tables and chairs, where to wash vegetables, where to cook.

He had already planned all these things; they couldn't be done randomly, otherwise it would be bad if the family's feng shui got ruined.

The banquet people brought out the tables and chairs, then started prepping dishes.

As for how to arrange the tables and chairs, they let Wang Zhanggen find people to handle it.

Otherwise they were afraid they wouldn't be able to keep up.

Villagers arrived in a steady stream.

Everyone who came said "please accept my condolences," then with smiles on their faces — those helping with work helped with work, those standing aside smoking and chatting smoked and chatted.

Actually, rural funeral banquets aren't as sorrowfully intense as imagined; this is more just a procedure — attendees lend a hand, eat a meal, that's all.

While the deceased's relatives are busy running east and west, they simply have no time to grieve.

Wang Xiaohua had already put on mourning clothes, guarding the coffin in the side room; when someone came to offer incense, he would say a word of thanks to them.

Usually this procedure is just the deceased lying on a broken bed; after it's done the broken bed gets burned too.

But this time was different — there was no corpse; after discussing with the yin-yang master they decided the guests' incense-offering procedure would just be offered directly toward the coffin containing the clothing, no need to view the remains.

More and more people gathered.

The clamor outside grew louder and louder.

Bustling and lively, exactly like the market on market day.

The hour had arrived; firecrackers sounded, and the farewell ceremony began.

The pallbearers got into position and began carrying the coffin out of the house.

Wang Xiaohua walked in front holding Li Jianjia's final edict, cooperating to complete this procedure.

Strings of firecrackers went off one after another; gongs, drums, and suona pierced the small village's silent sky.

Because there was no need to go to the crematorium to cremate a body, the funeral procession carried the coffin directly up the mountain to the designated feng shui treasure land and conducted the burial ceremony.

Meanwhile, at the village entrance.

Liang Xinghua brought his daughter, stepping off the bus with faces full of exhaustion.

Naturally, he wasn't here to attend Wang Xiaohua's wife's funeral this time — because they had already fallen out completely before, the Wang family hadn't notified him at all.

He had returned this time because he wanted to change his daughter Liang Ailan's name; now that Lan Menglian had run off and he no longer loved Lan Menglian long ago, he naturally couldn't let his daughter keep being called "Liang Ailan."

Changing the name required the village committee here to issue a certificate proving their father-daughter relationship.

He didn't know yet that Shanggou Village no longer had a village committee — it had long since merged into the Changjiang Village Committee.

So he made a trip back to Shanggou Village.

"Whose family is holding a funeral?"

Liang Xinghua had just reached the village entrance when he happened to run into an old village woman going to work in the fields.

This old village woman had originally also planned to attend this funeral, but because of a zodiac clash she ultimately didn't go; after she said so, the Wang family understood.

"Wang Zhanggen's youngest daughter-in-law passed away, Xinghua, you didn't know?"

The old village woman answered like this.

Liang Xinghua was instantly stunned; the immediate first reaction in his subconscious was actually feeling happy.

Retribution — the Wang family's retribution has finally come!

You Wang family people bullied me so miserably; now you've got your comeuppance, right!

Liang Xinghua thought this in his heart.

"Wait, why are they carrying the coffin straight up the mountain? Don't they have to go to the crematorium?"

After gloating for a moment, Liang Xinghua suddenly asked this question.

"That I don't know; I didn't go attend."

The old village woman said this and left.

Liang Xinghua stood frozen in place pondering for a while; the conclusion he finally pondered out was — could it be the Wang family has audacious gall, directly burying without cremation?

Given Wang Zhanggen's stubborn nature, that possibility really does exist!

And Wang Xiaohua is so capable, he's probably long since pulled some strings!

But!

How could he, Liang Xinghua, possibly let them succeed!

He must ruthlessly retaliate!

Not long ago, he had barely managed to receive Huo Zhi Hui's invitation and return to work at Li Guoshan Decoration Company; he thought his life was about to clear up, and even felt this was the greatest affirmation of his ability!

As a result, on the very first day after signing the contract, he ran into Wang Erhai at the company, and the next day, after working only a morning, the company's HR department actually notified him not to come in the afternoon.

At that time, Liang Xinghua was instantly dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked for the reason; in the end, Huo Zhi Hui told him with a beaming smile that because he had stepped into the company with his left foot first, which did not conform to the company's philosophy of honoring the right, he had failed his probation period.

Hearing this reason, Liang Xinghua directly exploded with rage.

He hurriedly questioned:

"Is it because of Wang Erhai!"

Huo Zhi Hui said with a beaming smile:

"That's also part of the reason."

Huo Zhi Hui did not lie.

He spoke the honest truth.

But he did not further explain this honest truth, did not explain that the reason he had sought him out to return before was because he wanted to use this favor of his to bribe Wang Erhai, and also did not explain that the reason they didn't want him now was because no matter how they persuaded Wang Erhai, Wang Erhai simply refused to come back.

Huo Zhihua doing this was very obviously deliberately toying with Liang Xinghua, and also deliberately making trouble for Wang Erhai.

As a result, Liang Xinghua hated Wang Erhai even more because of this matter.

"Wang Erhai, do you really have to drive me to extinction!"

On the day Liang Xinghua was fired, he howled at the sky, furious beyond measure.

At that moment he even thought to immediately go buy a watermelon knife, then go stab Wang Erhai! Not only stab Wang Erhai! But also stab Wang Zhanggen! Stab Wang Dashan! Stab Wang Xiaohua! Stab Li Xiulan!

Stab the entire Wang Family to death!

But lowering his head, he saw his precious daughter looking at him pitifully, her innocent eyes asking:

"Dad, what's wrong? Dad, don't be angry? Lanlan is very good, you mustn't leave me, okay?"

Liang Xinghua instantly deflated, then endured it, and didn't go do anything stupid.

He merely buried the hatred deep in his heart.

And now, at this very moment, he has finally found an opportunity for revenge!

He immediately dialed the reporting hotline:

"Hello, over at Shanggou Village, someone is illegally conducting an earth burial..."