Under One: The Dragon's Wife

Chapter 376

Jiu'er came over and grabbed my hand and said, "Sister, don't be sad, I think the child must have been used to living with Yunli since he was a child, and he hasn't accepted the fact that he has parents. A child speaks ill of you, right? If he is willing to say that you are her parents, it means that he has given the child a chance to make a choice. Now that the child is still young, she will definitely feel that you are going to let her leave Yunli, and she will feel scared , that’s why she became hostile to you. It’s okay, when she is older and more sensible, she will definitely not be like this, and maybe she will come to you. You have never lived together, and you must have no emotional foundation. It means something different to her."

I looked at them and took a deep breath: "It's okay...it's okay...take your time. Chen Xiao, didn't you accept the business? Tell me all the information, and I'll prepare."

I can't always be like this and make everyone worry, I have to learn to control my emotions...

Chen Xiao told me the address and the information of the family where the funeral was done. I prepared some things needed for the funeral. Chen Xiao took care of the necessities of the dead person needed for the funeral. I helped her until five in the afternoon. After one o'clock, I started to rush to the house of the family who did the funeral.

This family lives in the urban area, and the funeral is done in the countryside, which is not convenient for the urban area.

When we arrived at the place, it was almost eight o'clock in the evening. The car drove directly to the entrance of the village, and we heard the sound of gongs and drums from a long distance.

It was agreed that we would come today, and someone was already waiting for us at the entrance of the village. The head of the family is Qiu Saner, and others call him Qiu Laosan. He is in his 50s, with a simple appearance.The one who died was his mother-in-law, who was 88, which is considered a happy and mourning age.

Qiu Laosan came here backwards. Speaking of which, he and I are still from the same hometown, both from Sichuan, so he also handles funeral affairs in accordance with the customs of Sichuan. His wife is not a person who can be the master of the house. From the beginning to the end, Qiu Laosan was busy.

Chen Xiao took out the paper house and other things prepared for the dead and placed them in front of the mourning hall. He was new here, and according to the rules, he should offer incense to the dead first.I went to the mourning hall, lit the incense and bowed three times, then inserted the incense into the incense burner.

Chang Chong and Chen Xiao also came over to offer incense. I stood aside counting the date of the burial. I accidentally glanced at the photo of the deceased in front of the coffin. The old lady did not look like a kind person. She must have been a demon Yes, looking at the black and white posthumous photos at night, I feel a bit chilly behind me...

The coffin hadn't been sealed yet, and the lid hadn't been put on, but a white veil was put on the old lady's face.

I felt a little uneasy, so I called Qiu Laosan and asked, "How long has it been since the old lady died?"

Qiu Laosan must have been busy these few days, and he was a little confused. After pondering for a while, he said: "I died the night before... I should remember correctly. I haven't closed my eyes these few days, and I can't remember it." Cleared up..."

I thought for a while and said, "Bury as soon as possible, and the funeral will be held at six o'clock tomorrow morning. Is the tomb well ready? Let's get it done quickly."

Qiu Laosan was a little worried when he heard it: "What's the matter? Is there something wrong?"

I shook my head: "There's nothing wrong. I'll finish the ceremony tonight, and you can sleep well after finishing your work tomorrow morning. Wouldn't it be nice for the old man to be buried early? Don't be sad, it's not easy at this age." Ah, happy mourning, the old man did a lot of good things in his previous life, so he can live so long in this life."

Qiu Laosan grinned and said, "Okay, then I will trouble Xiangu Tan."

I nodded and set up a chair to sit outside the mourning hall to enjoy the fire. This night I was so cold that my nose bubbled out. It’s okay, this is how I eat this bowl of rice. Those who beat the gongs and drums are no better than us.

The people who beat the gongs and drums didn’t stop until after ten o’clock in the evening. My ears were almost deaf. The moment I stopped, I suddenly felt that the roots of my ears were clean. .

After the people who beat the gong went to rest, I started to prepare for the ceremony. Ordinary rituals are just to help the dead to guide the way. Now the general burial will not wait until after the first seven. It is said that the ghosts of the underworld will be after the first seven. Come to collect the soul, and also let the soul go home to have a look when taking the soul to the underworld.In the seven days from the last breath to the first seven days, the soul of the deceased does not know where it will go, because the consciousness of the soul's separation from the body is vague at the beginning.
The function of guiding the way is to guide the soul to go to the underworld to report first, so as to avoid detours. It is not fun to accidentally become a wandering ghost. The underworld will still allow the soul to go home again in the first seven days, but At that time, he was accompanied by Yin Er, so there would be no accidents.

Chen Xiao put a lot of bundled paper money on the threshold of the luxurious-looking paper house, saying that it would be burned along with the paper house when he was buried.I asked her if she was particular about this convenience, and Chen Xiao started talking: "Of course, I have built this house for a long time. My father said that when this house is buried, it will appear in the underworld and become a real house when it is burned. People's souls live there until they are reincarnated, and the house will disappear. You see, there are still a few paper maids in this house. The dead are better off than the living. These paper money are used to manage the underworld. Yes, if you give more paper money, the location of the house will be better. If you don’t give money, some errands will not allow this house to be built in the underworld, and the dead will have no place to live. This is what my dad told me before , There are many details, and none of them can be missed.”

This is really very particular. I firmly believe what Chen Xiao said. To put it bluntly, a coffin is a container for a person's body after death. This paper house is where the soul belongs in the underworld. Those who can be reincarnated have to live in the underworld for a long time.

As soon as I sat down cross-legged and prepared to chant sutras, I heard a sigh. It was the voice of an old woman. My scalp was about to explode. There are only three of us here, Chen Xiao and Changchong. understood.

I took a look into the coffin, the soul of the old lady was no longer in the body, I don't know where she was hiding and sighing.I said, "Why is the old lady sighing? Your son-in-law is so filial, you should be happy, and everything is the best for you. I heard that there are hundreds of tables for funeral banquets."

One or two hundred tables for banquets held in the countryside is the norm, but Qiu Laosan seems to hold more than 400 tables, which is quite good, I don’t know why the old lady sighed.

"Filial piety! I'm just such a daughter. I've been worthless with this Qiu Laosan all my life. Although I don't have enough food and clothing, I don't live as well as others. I looked down on him a few years ago. He No matter how filial he is, I don't appreciate it, if he is really filial, he shouldn't let me go alone!"

It sounded like it was behind the coffin. I stood up and took a look behind the coffin. The old lady was tiptoeing into the coffin. There was a cloud of blue mist between her brows, and she looked disgusted, full of dissatisfaction with Qiu Laosan.

(End of this chapter)