Quincy's Quiet Contemplation Chapter 30

Ma Sheng and Xing Zulu returned to the courtyard of the old county government, which is now the farmers' association office. Ma Sheng said to Xing Zulu: Do you have tea at home? Xing Zulu said: How can we not have tea if we don’t have anything else? ! Just go home and get tea. But there was nowhere to find tea at Xing Zulu's house, so he got some young bamboo leaves from the bamboo bushes outside the west city gate and came back and said: Let's drink something that can relieve the fire. Just when they were about to light a fire and boil water, Zhang Gaogui's wife came. Zhang Gaogui's wife asked Ma Sheng why he didn't allow the tomb to be excavated. Ma Sheng also said that the land would be divided, and the two of them couldn't get along with each other. Ma Sheng got angry and said, "Don't spit, you just cry." Crying like a river, if you can’t bury it, you can’t bury it! Zhang Gaogui's wife said: I won't cry, I have no tears for a long time! If you don’t let my man rest in peace, I will hang him from the tree in the yard! Ma Sheng said: Are you threatening me? Hang up, I'll give you a rope. Literally threw a twine from under the table. Zhang Gaogui's wife threw the hemp rope onto a tree branch. After throwing it once, it didn't catch. Then she threw it again, but it still didn't catch. Shuanlao came in from outside and grabbed the hemp rope. Zhang Gaogui's wife hugged Shuanlao's leg and said, "Suanlao, when you were a child, you fell into a urine cellar and it was your uncle who fished you out. Why don't you let your uncle bury you in peace?" ! Shuanlao said, "Can't we bury it in that land?" Zhang Gaogui’s wife said: The land belongs to my family, why can’t it be buried? Shuanlao said, "That's the wetland. If you dig down a foot, you'll find water. Do you want my uncle to soak in the water?" Zhang Gaogui’s wife said: It’s none of your business whether you want to drink or not. Shuanlao said, "It's none of my business, but the land must be divided, and it's my responsibility to divide the land." Zhang Gaogui's wife said: Isn't the land divided now? If the land had been divided, I would throw your uncle into the ditch and let the dogs eat it. Since the land has not been divided yet, I will bury him in my land! Shuanlao said: I can't tell you clearly! Let's do this. You go back first, and our Farmers' Association will study it again and give you an answer before dark. Let Xing Zulu send Zhang Gaogui's wife home. Xing Zulu pulled Zhang Gaogui's wife out and said, "Why are you so cruel?" Zhang Gaogui's wife said: Why am I so mean? All the things in my house have been taken away. How can I be so mean? ! Shuan Lao waved to Xing Zhulu and said: You must send it to her house before you come back!

Xing Xingluo arrived at Zhang Gaogui's house. The relatives who came to Zhang Gaogui's mourning hall were wailing loudly and lowly. Xing Xingluo said to Zhang Gaogui's wife: I sent you home. If nothing happens to you, I will leave. Zhang Gaogui’s wife said: Why don’t you kowtow to your uncle? ! Xing Zulu said: Your family is a landlord, and the landlord is the enemy. I will not kowtow. Zhang Gaogui's brother-in-law was crying in the mourning hall. He stopped crying and got up and cursed: He was not an enemy more than ten days ago, but he will be an enemy more than ten days later? What kind of enemy is he? Have you robbed your family of food, stolen your family's money, or prostituted your family members? ! Xing Zulu said: Are you scolding me? I gave my brother-in-law a shove. The brother-in-law also pushed him away and threw Xing Xingluo to the ground. Unexpectedly, Xing Xingluo fell to the ground and fell into a coma. His eyes were closed tightly, foaming at the mouth, and his whole body was shaking as if he was sifting chaff. Some people said: He has epilepsy? Pinch people, pinch people! Before the people were pinched, Xing Zulu was shouting: His mother, his mother! The voice was not Xing Xulu's at all, but Zhang Gaogui's. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Xing Xinglun said Zhang Gaogui's voice again, saying: Damn! I called you, are your ears stuffed with donkey hair? ! This is Zhang Gaogui's tone. This is how Zhang Gaogui scolds his wife on weekdays. Everyone knew this was happening. Taoism says that after a person dies, his soul is attached to another person and speaks what the dead person wants to say. Zhang Gaogui's wife burst into tears and said: He died without leaving a word for me! Cui walked over to Xing Zulu and said, "Do you want to explain something to me? I know you want to be buried on 18 acres of land. Now I am going to have someone bury you in 18 acres of land!" What else do you have to say? Xing Zulu said: It seems that the eighteen acres of land cannot be saved. When they divide the land, you go dig down at the four corners of the land. I have placed four stone braves there. You have to take them back! Zhang Gaogui's wife said: Did you bury the stone Pixiu? Xing Zulu said: The stone Pixiu suppresses evil spirits. Zhang Gaogui's wife said: I will get it back. What else do you have to explain? Xing Zulu didn't say anything. He suddenly opened his eyes, sat up, looked at his brother-in-law, and said, "Did you beat me to the ground?" The voice became his, and he wanted to get up, but he was so exhausted that he had no strength at all, and there was a layer of sweat on his head and face.

The brother-in-law immediately ran to the 18-acre field and dug in the corners, and indeed he dug out four stone-carved Pixiu. The villagers laughed and hummed: "The cows were taken away by someone, but you couldn't bear to part with the reins!"

Shuanlao and Ma Sheng were still discussing a solution in the office. Shuanlao meant to let him be buried. Since Zhang Gaogui was already dead, if someone else died, how would the land be divided? Ma Sheng said that the dead person was not strangled by us. If someone was buried in the 18 acres of land, would Wang Caidong also dig the grave in his family's land? The superiors emphasized class struggle. Now that there are classes, you don't fight? ! The two had a quarrel. Shuanlao said: Who has the final say, you or I? At this time, Xing Gulu came back. Ma Sheng scolded Xing Gulu: You sent the person to the provincial capital and you are coming back now? ! Xing Gulu told him what Zhang Gaogui said. Shuanlao and Ma Sheng were silent and pale. After a while, Shuanlao said: What should we do? Ma Sheng said: Are you the director? Shuanlao said: Zhang Gaogui is still a ghost? ! Ma Sheng said: Then let him be buried, but I have something to say in advance. I will never allow Wang Caidong to dig the grave again. Shuanlao and Xing Gulu went to inform Zhang Gaogui's wife.

Ma Sheng was still sitting there and cursed: Ball! The wind picked up outside the window, and a puff of dust was picked up and stood up like a snake and swam towards the office. Ma Sheng was startled for a moment and asked you to bury it. Just lie down and lie down! The dust snake softened and disappeared, but the Yao family's daughter-in-law passed by with a calico papa on her head.