magic eye doctor

Chapter 3437 Condolences

According to rural customs, when a banquet is held at home, whether it is a funeral or a wedding, the main meal must have ten bowls. The ten bowls are the main dishes, and there are also side dishes. Naturally, all the dishes added up will be more than ten bowls.

Liu Wu's family's dinner was a full meal, and the dishes were served in several rounds. The guests who came to pay their respects ate and drank slowly, and those who didn't drink and only ate would wait until the last dish was finished before putting down their bowls.

All the dishes for the banquet were served within half an hour. The guests at some tables ate quickly and finished their food within five or six hours after the last dish was served.

The waiters who help with errands eat last. The women who are in charge of collecting and distributing dishes and chopsticks go back to work immediately after eating, moving the pots and bowls from each table back to the kitchen area, sorting and washing them.

After finishing her meal, Zhu Aizi wanted to go home quickly, but no one around her left first, so she had no choice but to join the group of villagers to make up the numbers.

Chen Wu's family hadn't finished their dinner yet, but most of the children in the village had already called their friends and ran to Liu Wu's house, waiting to reserve a seat for the evening snacks.

The children couldn't wait to go to Liu Wu's house to explore the way, but the villagers who were planning to go to Liu Wu's house in the evening did not take any action because the firecrackers indicating the end of the banquet had not yet sounded.

Liu Wu's family's dinner started at around 6:30, and around 7:40, the slowest tables finally finished their meals.

The errand runners quickly cleaned up the tableware and moved away the tables and stools for lunch buckets or the baskets and basins for bowls. The sanitation staff also hurriedly did a rough cleaning and cleared away the garbage.

The errand boys in charge of the tables also moved quickly, removing all the tables on the ground in front of Liu Wu's house, leaving behind the braziers to make the space more crowded, and then freeing up a large area to place the braziers and benches.

There were benches placed against the walls and a row of braziers along the eaves corridor of the Liu family's house.

After the errand boys had cleaned up Liu Wu's main hall and the ground in front of the house, Village Chief Zhou had people set off firecrackers and salutes and notified everyone to leave the party.

After the firecrackers signaling the end of the banquet rang, many mourners ran to the eaves and the ground of Liu Wu's house to reserve seats.

All the filial sons and virtuous people in the Liu family gathered together. The women were preparing to cry in the main hall of the old house, while some of the men were waiting at the relatives' table to pay their respects, and some were outside the house.

The villagers who were preparing to go to Liu Wu's home to mourn with the Liu family also went there in groups of three or four.

Because the banquet had just ended, both the host and the mourners needed time to rest. It was not yet time to celebrate the funeral, so the gong and drum team did not start playing.

When Yan Shao and Liu Shao heard the sounds of firecrackers and salutes coming from the Liu family, the two brothers jumped up in a hurry, went to the bathroom, and then stood at the door as door gods.

The Liu family was holding a funeral, and there were many people, so it was not convenient to go to the toilet. Le Yun went to the toilet first, then came back with a handful of paper and incense, took a flashlight, and set off.

Heilong sent the young lady to the intersection in front of the South Building leading to the Liu family.

Heijiu and Lansan did not move. The little Lolita and team leader Liu would go to Liu's house and sit for a few hours and then come back. It was not like they would stay up all night, so there was no reason to be reluctant to leave.

Young Master Yan and Young Master Liu were both good at seeing. One walked in front to lead the way, while the other followed behind and turned on the flashlight to light the way for the little girl.

The two handsome guys didn't know where Liu Wu's house was, but they had ears, so they walked along the road in the direction of the noise. Sometimes when they needed to change the road, the little girl would remind them.

After walking along the winding roads in the village for a while, I met a few villagers who were also going to Liu Wu's house.

When the villagers saw the girl from the Le family being protected by two young men in sunglasses, they greeted her and asked her to walk in front while they followed behind.

The Liuwu family lives in the area where the older generation of the Liu family live. The distances between houses are relatively wide and they are not crowded together.

The two households on the left and right of Liu Wu's family are from the same clan, and a few meters in front of the house is a branch road of the village. On the other side of the road there are several narrow vegetable plots and piles of rocks, and further to the east are several old graves.

There were two large rows of square tents on the ground in front of Liu Wu's house, and there were bamboo poles with lighting lamps hung on them. Several hundred-watt electric lamps illuminated the surroundings.

A small pile of rocks on the north side of the east side of the road facing Liu Wu's gate was cleared out, and a rainproof four-cornered tent was set up. Tables, chairs and fire basins were placed on one side of the road, and firecrackers were piled on the other side.

The salute is placed in the open air.

The members of the salute team guarding the intersection would set off firecrackers to notify the host family whenever someone came to Liu Wu's house to pay homage during the day.

At night, after dinner, the members of the salute team also stayed in the tent, warming themselves by the fire and staring at the road.

When Miss Le approached accompanied by bodyguards, the members of the salute team quickly lit a string of firecrackers and set off a salute.

The salute team fired cannons and set off firecrackers, indicating that mourners had come to pay their respects to the old man. The gong and drum team that was chatting with people on the ground started playing their instruments.

Village chief Zhou shouted and directed the filial sons and daughters to line up on the roadside outside the ground, ready to kneel down and welcome the mourners.

The villagers who were sitting at the Liu clan's house and the villagers who were sitting at Liu Wu's eldest son's house were also curious about why there were guests coming to pay their respects so late at night, so they all flocked to Liu Wu's house.

They ran quickly to the eaves or the ground of Liu Wu's house, and stretched their heads to look around.

Shorty Zhu didn't want to go out, but everyone else was running to watch the fun, so she had no choice but to follow the crowd.

When they approached the tent of the salute team, the lights were on. Liu Shaoyan turned off the flashlight and put it into the small cross-body backpack he was carrying.

The salute team fired cannons to welcome them. Liu Shao and Yan Shao also cleverly let the little girl walk in front, and the two of them followed behind. She came to pay tribute to the deceased. Le Yun nodded to the salute team without greeting them. She walked past the tent and turned a few steps to the road leading to Liu Wu's house.

Liu Wu's family renovated the road to their home by paving it with cement so that it could accommodate a cart.

Village chief Zhou was standing in front of the ground. Seeing that it was Xiao Lele who came, he felt very relieved and said hurriedly: "The elder Liu has passed away. The mourners heard the news and came with sorrow. If there is any old favor, please remember it. If there is any old grudge, please let it go. When the guests come to the courtyard, the filial sons and grandsons of the Liu family kowtow to them!"

The dutiful sons and grandsons of the Liu family also saw the girl from the Le family being protected by two tall and mighty men, and they lowered themselves one by one and knelt down to greet them.

  The villagers sitting on the ground had been looking around, and only when the mourners stepped onto the cement road in front of Liu Wu's house did they recognize the people. They also understood why the salute team fired cannons to welcome them, it turned out that it was the girl from the Le family who came to pay their respects!

Shorty Zhu recognized the mourner as Le's short-lived son and was so scared that he hid behind the crowd, not daring to move.

Before she even arrived at the gate of the Liu family, the filial sons and grandsons of the Liu family were kneeling on the ground. Le Yun took a few quick steps and approached, holding paper incense in one hand and reaching out to support the eldest son of the Liu family who was in the first place with the other hand: "The ceremony has arrived, and the filial sons and grandsons will be promoted."

Liu Wu's eldest son was the oldest. He was supported by the shoulders, raised his head, kowtowed again, but still did not stand up.

Le Yun reached out to help the first filial son and continued forward without saying hello to Grandpa Zhou Man and the villagers, and went straight to the main hall of Liu Wu's house.

The people sitting on the ground and those sitting under the eaves all looked at the girl from the Le family who was wearing ancient costume and the two tall young men in black wearing sunglasses behind her.

Most people in Mei Village and villagers in neighboring villages did not know the news that the girl from the Le family had returned to the village. However, almost everyone learned the news when they were having dinner at Liu Wu's house.

The girl from the Le family just returned to the village this morning, and her bodyguards rushed to Jiudao to protect her in the afternoon. This shows how much the higher-ups value her. When she came to Liu Wu's house to pay tribute to the deceased, her bodyguards followed her everywhere, and they seemed to be more worried about her safety than before.

Many people saw that the girl from the Le family was still the focus of protection in public departments, and immediately looked around to see if there were any gossipers who had been saying bad things about the girl from the Le family in the past two years, wanting to see what those people's expressions were now.

Unfortunately, those gossipers seemed to have never come to Liu Wu’s house, so everyone couldn’t see the excitement of those people.

Village chief Zhou watched the little girl and her bodyguards walking across the floor, and called on the filial sons and grandsons to stand up.

The filial sons and grandsons of the Liu family stood up, stood sideways, and looked into the house.

When the people from the Liu family who were guarding the coffin for a thank-you banquet saw the girl from the Le family approach the door of the main hall, they all prostrated themselves.

Amid the sound of funeral music, Le Yun stepped over the threshold of the Liu family's house, entered the main hall, and then walked a few steps forward to the pile of cattails placed in front of the coffin on the right side of the door. She knelt down, lit incense, burned a handful of paper, and kowtowed to pay tribute to the deceased.

Liu Shao and Yan Shao stood behind the little Lolita and bowed.

Zhu the Dwarf, who was hiding behind the crowd, saw the short-lived boy from the Le family walk into the main hall of Liu Wu's family. He quietly walked around the crowd and went back to the main hall of the Liu family next door to sit down.

After paying respects to the deceased according to the rules, Le Yun stood up and walked to the side where the relatives were thanking her, and offered her hand to support them: "May the filial sons and grandsons be promoted to high positions."

The mourners paid their respects in front of the coffin, and the filial sons and grandsons sat up as they were told.

Since it was a ceremony to pay tribute to the deceased, there was one step that could not be skipped. Le Yun bypassed the relatives' seat to express her gratitude and went to the side of the coffin to look at the deceased's remains.

Most mourners leave after burning incense in front of the coffin, and very few go close to the coffin to look at the deceased.

There are mourners who come to view the deceased's remains, and relatives are allowed to accompany them.

On the first day that the girl from the Le family returned home, she not only came to the Liu family to pay her respects, but was also not afraid of being unlucky by getting close to the coffin. The women from the Liu family gathered around and accompanied the girl from the Le family to watch the deceased.

Everyone in the Liu family was worried that Mrs. Liu Wu would be too sad, so they sent the old woman to her eldest son's house, where she was accompanied and comforted by elderly people from the same clan as the Liu family, who were not present at the scene.

After Liu Wu passed away, the Liu family rented an ice coffin to store the old man's body and waited for an auspicious time to move the coffin.

Le Yun walked closer to the ice coffin and looked at the deceased.

After a person dies, the skin will quickly change color and develop corpse spots.

The deceased Liu Wu had a gray complexion, and because he was dressed tightly, one could not see whether there were any corpse spots on his body. There were only age spots on his face. Judging from his face alone, the old man did not suffer from any serious illness or pain before he passed away.

After viewing the deceased's remains, Le Yun comforted the Liu family: "Please accept our condolences. The old man was not sick or in pain when he passed away. He died in his sleep and passed away peacefully."

The daughters-in-law, nieces-in-law and others of the Liu family knelt down to thank Miss Le, and then accompanied her to sit at the table in the main hall.

There is a table in the main hall for the team that beats funeral drums at night. No one can occupy that table. Only brothers who are older than Liu Wu or relatives who are very close to Liu Wu's family can sit in the main hall.

Since she was not one of Liu Wu's relatives or friends, Le Yun resolutely refused to reserve a seat in the main hall of the host's house. She declined the host's invitation and walked out of the Liu's main hall to find a seat on the floor or under the eaves.

The gong and drum team had stopped playing, and Master Lei saw Miss Le and invited her to sit at his table.

There was an empty seat at Master Lei's table, so Le Yun didn't act pretentiously. She walked over with the two handsome guys, greeted the masters, and then sat down to chat with them and the surrounding villagers.