Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 267 Funeral
Spring Equinox didn't dare to bring the porridge over, so he steamed two bowls for his wife and young lady. No matter how much he tried to persuade them, neither of them had any appetite, but the tiger who was full of sleep saw them and ate them all in a few mouthfuls.Shuan Shuan saw that there was no sign of crying on his face at all, and when he thought of last night, he seemed to have only looked at him once before disappearing. He gave him two slaps with his hands.

Hu Zi still had a mouthful of egg custard in his mouth, so he cried loudly, which made everyone outside the courtyard wonder, this kid just realized the fact that his grandma can no longer survive, after all, how old is he? It's normal for a child who can't understand to die. Some young wives who have children at home even shook their heads in distress.

It's a pity that within a moment, a lot of cursing sounded in the room, which interrupted their imagination, what kind of child is this, she is simply a street shrew.There are no rules in front of the grandma who just passed away.Didn't he have a specially hired teacher to teach him?Could it be that Mr. did not fulfill his duty.

While working, the young daughter-in-laws peeked at Wang Shusheng, who was standing at the door of the East Wing, whose brows could kill flies.He breathed for a while, but finally he couldn't bear the appearance of his professor's student, so he walked up to the window of the upper room and said, "Li Hu, come out."

As soon as Huzi heard his voice, his fat and short body immediately trembled, looking for a place to hide, Xiao An and Xia Zhi could not stand it long ago, his wife couldn't do anything because of face, they are slaves Not afraid.Immediately, the two of them fought each other on the left and the right, and walked out the door. As they walked, they persuaded, "Young master, don't be too sad. You can't be resurrected after death. What's wrong with you crying? The old lady is in the spirit of heaven. Will remember."

When Huzi realized it, he was already standing in front of Wang Shusheng. Wang Shusheng said, "Go to the study, I have something to say as a teacher."

After several months of accumulating power, Hu Zi was very afraid of this stern young gentleman, so, knowing that he would not be able to escape for a while, he obediently followed Wang Shusheng into the study. Then came the cries and begging for mercy of the tiger in pain.

So the young daughters-in-law outside immediately muttered again, "This Mr. Wang looks young, but he is really strict." "Yes, yes, this tiger is too naughty, he can't be strict."

At the end of the time, the people who went to the city to buy came back, unloaded a lot of white linen, yellow paper incense candles, fine flour, vegetable oil, etc., and put a piece of food on the last flat carriage with the word "Yongshou" on it. The fir coffin was carried into the yard with the joint efforts of four young men. Guo Huai went forward and paid 180 taels of silver to the driver and sent them back to the city.

Then the people hurriedly set up the altar, and hung a long white flag in front of the gate, and moved the coffin to the center of the altar, with brocade quilts, embroidered soft pillows, bolts and wooden quilts inside. Ai changed into a linen robe, held back tears, took out the old lady's body, and put it in the coffin. According to the rules, the eldest son should hug the head, the eldest daughter-in-law should hug the feet, the second son, and the daughter should hug the waist, but Li Sheng's whereabouts are unknown. At that time, the Gu family was abandoned, the old lady had no other children, and the tiger who had only one grandchild was beaten again, hiding in the room and unable to come out, so the clan elders could only let their sisters do it.

On the old lady's head were her usual sewing baskets, makeup boxes, and brocade dresses, and at her feet were bright red lotuses painted on the bottom of the coffin.The oldest man surnamed Liu in the village personally held the red string to tie up the old lady's feet.Then he took the clear plate in Muai's hand, dipped it with his index finger, and while wiping the old lady's eyes, nose, mouth and ears, he said, "Open your eyes, it will be bright; open your nose, smell fragrant; open your mouth, eat." The fragrance of things; open the ears, listen to all directions; happy light, bright heart; open feet, walk around...

Then, he took a small mirror to take a picture of the old lady's whole body, then held it up high, and smashed it to the ground with force, indicating that the old lady would have bright eyes, eat, hear and smell all directions in the underworld.

Shuan Shuan wiped away his tears vigorously, making sure that the tears would not fall into the coffin, and then stepped forward and stuffed a piece of thick bread in the old lady's left hand and a thin wooden stick in her right hand in case she beat the vicious dog on Huangquan Road.

Finally, Mr. Liu stepped forward again, and covered the old lady with a piece of red paper.

After such a series of things are done, the incense table and incense burner are set up, offering sacrifices such as whole chickens, whole fish, pig heads, and various snacks. In front of the incense table, there are clay pots and futons. Before kowtowing, Mu Ai, Shuan Shuan and Hu Zi all knelt on the right side and returned the salute one by one.

In fact, Dayu, Simba, and Xinger are all children under the name of Mu Ai, and they can be considered as the younger generation of the old lady. According to the rules, they also have to come to kneel to the spirit, but Mu Ai doesn't understand these things at all, and even Fu and others don't know. It’s good to remind them, after all, those children are too young, if they come here and are frightened, it will be bad if they are resented by Mu Ai.Guo Huai, his wife and Chun Equinox also knew it in their hearts, but they were even more reluctant to let their little master come to kneel. You must know that kneeling for three days is too much for adults, and it is easier for children to get tired.Therefore, under the intentional or unintentional forgetting of everyone, the children did not show up.

The first day was spent on kneeling, kowtowing and burning paper money.

The next day, Tang Fa and Tang Cai, who received the news, arrived with several children and grandchildren, and they cried loudly before entering the yard. "My poor old sister, why did you go so early..."

Grandma Li came forward to persuade a few words, took incense candles, and asked several juniors to bow down. Tang Fa sat by the brazier and burned paper money while silently wiping tears. Tang Cai continued to cry, but not many tears fell. Those who knew something about the situation were full of disdain, and they watched it as a play while busy.

Mu Ai didn't have a good impression of the second uncle of the Tang family at first, and he didn't know what his intentions were when he acted like this, so he became even more disgusted. , the temples began to throb and throb.He raised his eyes and saw that he was pouted and was patting the ground. When his mind moved, a needle of ox hair pierced into his back well point.

Then, the old man who was playing Zhenghuan suddenly stopped and fell down.

Everyone was slightly startled, his two sons hurried forward, helped the old man up, pinched him, patted his cheek, but the old man just didn't wake up.Mu Ai said lightly, "Second Uncle is too sad and passed out, just help him to lie down in the West Wing for a while."

Chun Equinox and Guo Huai immediately stepped forward and helped carry the old man to the west wing, and the courtyard immediately became quiet.Therefore, throughout the whole day and night, the old man always woke up, and when he arrived at the coffin, he would faint again.The villagers didn't know the inside story, so they really thought that the old man and his sister had such a good relationship, so they praised it.Only Grandma Li was puzzled, and pouted in secret. She knew exactly what the two brothers of the Tang family looked like to Mrs. Li. They were people like blood-sucking insects. Without relying on, there is no place to hit the autumnal equinox to cry so sadly, right?
On the third day, according to the Chinese calendar, it was a good day for burial. At noon, when the yang energy was at its peak, Mr. Liu personally handed the strips of red silk and satin to a few younger students in the village, and they sandwiched them between the materials. Pin the lid and body of the coffin tightly on the nails.

A golden paper cow and countless paper money and ingots were burnt in the earthen pot, and finally only a pile of black ashes remained. Muai, Shuan Shuan, and Huzi came forward to kowtow again, and Huzi was terrified and confused. Yes, he took the earthen basin and lifted it up high and dropped it. With a click, it meant that the old lady was completely separated from Yin and Yang. The day was exaggerated by the environment, or because Wang Shusheng taught him something, letting him know how different the future would be without his grandma, so he also started crying.

A few younger generations tied a rope as thick as an arm around the coffin, and put it through the wooden poles. Mr. Liu shouted, "Don't get in the way of gods and ghosts, let's go on the road."

Huzi held the spiritual tablet and walked in the front, Aunt Guo and others supported Muai and Shuan Shuan and followed behind on the equinox, and behind were those who held the spirit banner, those who held the sacrifices, those who scattered paper money, those who carried the coffin, and a whole group of people. After going up to the ancestral cemetery in the middle of Dongshan Mountain, after another worship, the coffin was dropped in the pit next to Li Sheng's father's grave. This was dug when the old man of the Li family passed away. On this day, they will be buried together.Because of the thought for a long time, weeds grew in and around the pit, and Lian Fu brought someone to clean it up yesterday.

Muai, Shuanshuan and Huzi each took a shovel nailed with wood, shoveled down the soil piled up all around, and raised it on the coffin until it was filled and raised to form a round grave.

It was almost evening when everyone came down the mountain, leaving behind the women in the courtyard, they had already prepared meals, big white steamed buns, braised fish, stewed beans, roasted eggplant, stewed chicken with mushrooms, cucumber mixed with cabbage, and Mushu persimmons , and a spinach meatball soup.Of course, there were several jars of grain wine. After a busy day, everyone felt full after seeing how rich the food was.

During the meeting, Grandpa Li discussed with several elders of the clan. The old lady had already been buried and hadn't seen Li Sheng come back. It was simply heinous. The village could no longer tolerate such a person, so they unanimously decided to wait for him to come back. He was expelled from his clan and kicked out of the Li family village. As for Huzi, whether he was allowed to go with his father or not depended on Li Sheng's attitude of pleading guilty.

Unfortunately, Mu Ai and Shuan Shuan went on to worship three times a day and burned the paper money for seven days, but Li Sheng did not come back. This made the elders very angry.When he was thinking about sending someone to look for it in Siwai Village, someone came to report that in Mojiawan on the other side of Dongshan Mountain, a little doll herding cows found a dead body under a cliff, and ran back in fright. The village went to the village to shout, and the villagers gathered to watch. One of the sons of the Jin family jumped and cursed. This man still owed him a gambling debt, so why did he die?

Then, everyone knew that the dead body was Li Sheng, so they sent someone to report a letter.

　Haha, finally wrote the funeral, the world is so warm! !
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