Meng Yan's Transformation

After the memorial service for Mr. Cao, the production team leader organized the setting up of the mourning tent, the mourning hall, and the arrangement of people to keep vigil.

The mourning shed is in Mr. Cao's courtyard, and Mr. Cao's body is placed in the main hall. The ancients kept vigil for three days as the basic period. In the "Book of Rites: Questions about Funerals", it is recorded: "Those who bury the body after three days are waiting for the body to come back to life. If the body does not come back after three days, then it will never come back to life again." This means that people bury the body three days after death in order to wait for the body to come back to life. If the body does not come back after three days, then it will never come back to life again.

Zhan Ziqiang was the first one to sign up to keep vigil for Mr. Cao. How he hoped that Mr. Cao would be alive while he was keeping vigil!

"Captain, I also want to sign up like Zhan Ziqiang to keep vigil for Mr. Cao!" When Zheng Fu heard that Zhan Ziqiang was keeping vigil for Mr. Cao, he didn't want to be left behind, so he also went to the captain to sign up.

"Captain, my Zheng Fu cannot keep vigil for Mr. Cao! He is weak, and he is just a child! Our family has already provided the best coffin for our old lady. Since we have contributed financial resources, we should not provide manpower..." Zheng Fu had just signed up to keep vigil for Mr. Cao when his mother came to the captain and said.

Finally, the production team leader, Zhang Jingrui, Zhan Ziqiang, Liu Fukang and others kept vigil for Mr. Cao.

Zheng Fu cried and made a fuss because his mother Lan Ying ruined his wake for Mr. Cao.

After Zhan Ziqiang finished his dinner, Yunqing found him a thick cotton-padded jacket and said to him, "Ziqiang, your injury is not healed yet, otherwise you should not go to the vigil for Mr. Cao tonight. I will let your father go instead of you!"

"Mom, I want to stay with Mr. Cao for a while longer. Please help me. Besides, I don't believe that such a good person like Mr. Cao would die. Don't you see that he is lying there peacefully as if he is sleeping? Maybe he will wake up tonight! I think the first person he wants to see must be me..." Zhan Ziqiang replied.

"Yes, Mr. Cao will definitely wake up. I saw that his eyes were very clear, and his expression was as kind and gentle as a mother's. So Mr. Cao must be a good man, and good people will never die. Brother Ziqiang, take me to keep vigil for Mr. Cao! Let's wait together for Mr. Cao to wake up, and wait for that beautiful moment together..." Xiao Mengyan pulled Zhan Ziqiang as she walked out of the house.

"How can a little girl like you go to keep vigil? Aren't you just causing more trouble?" Yunqing said as she pulled Xiao Mengyan back.

"No! No! I want to follow Brother Ziqiang to keep vigil for Mr. Cao!" Xiao Mengyan insisted on following Zhan Ziqiang.

"I think you are really 'if you don't keep your temper for three days, you will tear the tiles off the roof'! Zhan Ziqiang went to keep vigil for Mr. Cao and he was representing the Zhan family to apologize to Mr. Cao. Xiao Mengyan, you are too young and unqualified to be the representative of the Zhan family! Stay at home honestly and reflect on your mistakes. Don't follow Zhan Ziqiang to make trouble in the future. Would Mr. Cao have died if it weren't for you bunch of ignorant children! Now you have killed a good Mr. Cao, and you haven't learned your lesson yet?" Zhan Yu scolded Xiao Mengyan.

"Wow wow" Xiao Mengyan burst into tears. After days of regret and heartache, Xiao Mengyan could no longer hold back and let her tears flow freely...

"Because of Mr. Cao's death, you beat him and scolded him. Are you done yet? Look how scared the children are? Do you want to force all the children to death and bury them with Mr. Cao?" Yun Qing said to Zhan Yu angrily.

Zhan Ziqiang, with a sense of inexplicable sadness, coaxed Xiao Mengyan, asking her to stay at home obediently, while he walked towards Mr. Cao's mourning hall.

The mourning hall of Mr. Cao was filled with smoke: there was smoke from offering incense, smoke from burning paper money, smoke from the big pipes smoked by the production team leader and other people keeping vigil, and smoke from candles... As soon as Zhan Ziqiang entered the mourning hall, he was choked and started coughing.

The captain arranged for everyone to take turns to keep watch. Zhan Ziqiang chose the second half of the night. The so-called vigil is actually mainly to look after the candles and incense. The candles and incense cannot be turned off or extinguished.

People are very sleepy in the second half of the night. To relieve the sleepiness, Zhan Ziqiang planned to go to the door to get some fresh air. However, he was shocked by the cold wind as soon as he went out. At this moment, Zhan Ziqiang found that the light in the room became dim and the candles on the altar were extinguished. Zhan Ziqiang saw that the portrait of Mr. Cao had changed from the original kind smile to blurry. A closer look revealed that his face was expressionless and even a little rigid. Zhan Ziqiang did not think much about it and sat back on the stool. However, within ten minutes, another cold wind blew in from the door and the light in the room dimmed again. Yes, it was the candle again. It was blown out again. Zhan Ziqiang had no choice but to light it again. At this time, a strange scene appeared. The portrait of Mr. Cao changed again. The expression on the portrait had completely turned into an angry face, and his eyes were staring at the door. Zhan Ziqiang felt his scalp exploded and ran out of the door, but his legs were completely out of control. Instead, he was tripped and fell to the ground. Zhan Ziqiang was subconsciously screamed when he fell. The production team leader happened to get up to relieve himself at night and was startled by Zhan Ziqiang's scream. Zhan Ziqiang's tense nerves calmed down a little, but he wanted to say something to the production team leader, but his mouth didn't listen to his brain and he didn't make it clear after talking for a long time. He hurriedly pointed to the direction of the altar. The production team leader was also stunned when he saw the portrait of Mr. Cao. He could see the obvious panic of the production team leader, but after all, the production team leader had lived for half his life, so he was not so afraid soon. At this moment, there were suddenly a few coughs, and Zhan Ziqiang and the production team leader saw the appearance of Mr. Cao behind the curtain of the mourning hall. Zhan Ziqiang became excited again from panic, and was about to step forward when he was stopped by the production team leader...

Mr. Cao had an only son. Before he died, he told the production team leader that his greatest wish was to see his son again.

The production team leader understood Mr. Cao's thoughts and explained the situation of Mr. Cao's son, and told Mr. Cao not to scare Zhan Ziqiang.

Perhaps the production team leader's words worked, the shadow behind the curtain stopped coughing, and gradually became blurred and disappeared. Zhan Ziqiang and the production team leader turned around to see that the portrait of Mr. Cao had returned to its original appearance.

"Meow meow" a big black cat suddenly jumped out from somewhere. The sharp and shrill cry of the big black cat almost scared the production team leader and Zhan Ziqiang to death.

Zhan Ziqiang and the production team leader were still in shock. The production team leader hurriedly asked Zhan Ziqiang to catch the big black cat. The big black cat was glowing green in the dim light, staring at the production team leader and Zhan Ziqiang alertly, arching its back towards them, and making a "whoosh, whoosh" sound from its mouth. Just as Zhan Ziqiang was about to reach out his hand, the big black cat's "whoosh, whoosh" sound turned into a shrill cry, and it flew onto Mr. Cao viciously. Mr. Cao suddenly sat up straight...