One morning at work, Xian Yaodong told him that Lin Guangwei, Ou Jing, Li Hai, Lai Jihua, and Ke Hongxing had escaped.

Nan Yi just replied calmly.

The earth was badly damaged, and he had to participate in emergency repairs today, so he had no time to listen to stories.

Another afternoon, another news came: Lin Guangwei was arrested, Ou Jing and Li Hai were deported, Lai Jihua successfully escaped, and Ke Hongxing... died.

"Uncle Xian, we are acquaintances after all. Let's go out to sea."

"It's okay, people have to be buried in the grave after death."

Ke Hongxing was lucky, Nanyi still found her.

A rope was tied around her waist, and the other end was on the boat. The boat drove toward the shore.

On the shore, Liu Zhen was waiting there holding a black umbrella, and beside her stood four coffin heads.

When the boat docked, the coffin leader went into the water and fished Ke Hongxing out, untied the rope around her waist, tied a straw rope around her waist, carried the "person" to a door panel and placed her there.

"Captain, what are the regulations?"

Old Coffin asked Xian Yaodong what the coffin leader said.

"Nanyi has the final say on this matter."

"Uncle Coffin, she is dying in a foreign land, and her family can't come over, so let's keep everything simple. However, you still need a coffin. Do you know where there is a ready-made one?"

"There are ready-made ones, but if you want them, not only will you have to spend a lot of money, but you will also have to kowtow to the owner. Raise the coffin and make a fortune. You are taking away your luck."

"Whose family and how much money should be prepared?"

"Prepare two hundred."

"Okay, I'll get the money."

"Put it in red paper, insert a cypress leaf, and six pairs of eggs."

"good."

It took several hours to borrow red paper, buy eggs, and borrow cypress leaves to get everything done.

"Uncle Coffin, it's done."

"Forget it, don't go, let me step in. This kind of thing is unlucky. You are still young, so I'll do it." The old coffin gritted his teeth and said.

"Zhen'er, give me the umbrella. You go to the brigade to beg for tea. You can beg from a hundred families and buy 81 eggs."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Liu Zhen handed the black umbrella to Nan Yi and left.

"Not bad, young man, he also knows Baijia tea." said the old coffin.

"If you understand a little bit, Uncle Coffin, I will trouble you about the coffin."

"No trouble, this can be considered a good deed. You guys can watch here while I go get the coffin."

"Uncle Coffin, wait, you take this."

Nan Yi took out six packs of cigarettes and gave one pack to the old coffin, one pack to each of the other three coffin leaders, and one pack to Xian Yaodong. He kept one pack for himself and handed it to his right hand with his left hand.

Everyone accepted the cigarettes and refused politely.

These are all rules and what the family members of the deceased should do. Not giving them is unethical, but giving them is what they should do.

By giving the left hand to the right hand, Nan Yi has fulfilled the roles of family member and helper.

Holding an umbrella to block Ke Hongxing from the sun, Nan Yi looked at her face, which had become swollen. Nan Yi sighed, lit a cigarette, and his eyes became blurred.

He didn't like Ke Hongxing, but death was a big deal, and she didn't do anything harmful to nature. She died in a foreign land and was still floating in the sea. He really couldn't bear to care about it.

There was no suitable place to bury the body, so everything was kept simple. Ke Hongxing was buried early the next morning.

He was buried on a beach not far from the sea.

Nan Yi carved an epitaph for her: Facing the sea, spring flowers are blooming, I am stranded on the shore running towards happiness, the world is very good, I will not come in the next life.

"This is Ke Hongxing's relic, Nanyi. Should it be burned to her, or should you keep it for her?"

In front of Ke Hongxing's grave, Zhao Hongzhuang asked while holding a box.

"I'll keep it safe. She still has her parents, so she has to leave some thoughts for them."

Ke Hongxing walked quietly. Nan Yi had prepared a vegetarian meal, but no one from the brigade came to ask for it.

After everything was completed, Nan Yi and Liu Zhen returned to Nanzhai each holding a washbasin.

"Brother, a good person died like this?"

Liu Zhen gave Nan Yi a bowl of rice, a spoonful of soybeans, and a few pieces of kelp.

"Life is fragile, so we must be strong inside."

"Um."

The two of them ate the fasting meal in silence. After finishing the meal, Nan Yi poured tea made from tea leaves collected from hundreds of families, poured it from the head down, wiped it dry, and went to the ground as usual.

…

Ke Hongxing's death did not cause many ripples.

The Educated Youth Affairs Office came to understand the situation, and soon the matter was over.

One day, a tiger ran into Wenchangwei.

This tiger could speak human words. From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, he shouted "Beijing of Autumn, Beginning of Autumn" over and over again.

"Howl like hell, I'll smash you to death with a mooncake."

What could the tiger do? Nan Yi howled away and ran away.

September 27th, the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, is the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The cool breeze has its nature and the autumn moon is boundless.

Nan Yi fumbled for the pull-rope switch on the wall, and with a click, the round moon was turned on.

In the yard.

Liu Zhen picked up the mooncake and took a bite, her eyes immediately narrowed again.

"Okay, if you squint well, squint your eyes, you will be admitted to Qingda University." Nan Yi slapped the shorter ones and shouted, "Little girl, you will definitely be admitted to Qingdao University."

"Keke, brother, you are laughing at me."

"Who are you kidding me? Didn't I give you test papers? As long as you maintain your current grades, you will definitely have no problem getting into Tsinghua University."

"Brother, where do you want to take the exam?"

"Your brother and I have lofty aspirations. As the saying goes, if you have a big ambition, you must be a good student. Of course I am a good student."

"Ah, aren't you going to take the exam and go back to the capital?"

"Let's talk about it then. My first goal is to become a big sheep, so that it will be easier to do things in the future."

"Oh, then I'll go with my brother."

"No matter which university I go to, you will go to Tsinghua University."

"Then I don't want to separate from my brother."

"The reason for separation is to get together better. Don't worry, even if I am not in the capital, I will go there often. Besides, I will be very busy when I go to university."

"Will it be busy?"

"Yes, you have to learn three years' worth of work in two years. In your junior year, you have to seek government funding to study abroad. When you come back from studying abroad, you will be a top talent and will be assigned to the most needed and best positions."

"Brother, is this the route you designed for me?"

"Isn't it good?"

"Very good, what about you?"

"Stay in school, or come back and become an accountant, cashier or something."

"How is that possible? Didn't you say that the country is in short supply of talents? After graduating from university, you won't be assigned back to the brigade, right?"

"Haha, it's unlikely. Then it's basically detention."

Whether to stay in school or not, that's what Nanyi said. What will happen at that time depends on the development of the situation.

"Brother, do you think I'm fat?"

"No, you are called Zhu Yuan Yu Run." Nan Yi took a look and said: "But you have to control your food intake. If you put on more meat, you will really be called fat."

"I eat stewed pork ribs, stewed pig's feet, braised pork, and stir-fried pork over and over again. I like eating meat and can't control my mouth."

"You have to take care of yourself even if you can't help it. Last time at the beach, Uncle Xian almost asked me who you were. Others can hardly recognize you. You are nothing like when you first came here."

"It's not the same, but it's still the same."

"It's really different. Look at your hands."

Liu Zhen showed her hands. The original chicken feet were gone. Now her fingers were still slender, but the palms and backs of her hands had become fleshy and fair.
To be continued...