303. Funeral (2/2)

303. Funeral (2/2)

Everyone in the Yinximai Zao team changed their clothes and went to burn incense in the mourning hall.

The mourning hall is usually located in the open space in front of the home or on the roadside.

Because of this, people think that

After death, the soul floats out of the body and no longer lingers at home, but goes to the outside world.

Set up the mourning hall outside the house,

It is also to invite the souls of the deceased to return.

In the mourning hall,

On the altar table stands a ranking of the deceased.

Meat cubes, uncooked rice, and uncooked chicken whose skin has been blanched in boiling water are served in front of the table.

Green smoke floats from the incense sticks in the incense burner.

Su Wu and his group walked into it, and the maid in plain clothes gently guided them to the front of the row and offered incense one after another.

The young man guarding outside the mourning hall nodded and bowed and invited the group of people to pass through the main door.

No funeral rites were given,

But he didn't even dare to fart.

It can be said that the attitude towards Landlord Cui’s family is completely different!

"Just a change of clothes,

Why do we seem to be a different person in their eyes? "Da Zhi couldn't hold back the confusion in his heart and asked softly to his mother who was holding his hand.

Thinking about Di Na Na for a moment,

I can't figure out the key to this either.

I don’t know how to answer my son’s question.

Su Wu, who was walking in front of her, stopped for a moment, turned around and glanced at Da Zi, and said: "How they look at people has nothing to do with you. You just need to remember that in the future, you must never judge others based on what clothes they wear." Others are overly attentive or look down upon others,

Otherwise, you will definitely suffer a big loss. "

"Um!

I can save it! "

Da Zi nodded vigorously, covered his mouth and snickered: "Uncle Cui's servants asked us to sneak in, because he only cares about clothes, so their family will suffer a loss - I must eat a lot of meat today,

Earn back the money you gave out! "

Da Zi is full of fighting spirit.

Su Wu shook his head and said nothing.

——The child thought they had gone through such trouble and trouble to come here,

Just to have a good meal...

Even Xiangdi may be thinking this way at the moment.

However, Su Wu would not deliberately say anything in front of them, so as not to frighten the two of them and make them unable to even have a good meal.

He just told the two of them: "Just walk faster."

Without saying anything else, he led the people to follow the fat old man who was walking swaggeringly and vigorously in front of him.

Walk into the main door and into the main hall.

Cui Dashanren, who was wearing linen and wearing filial piety, was chatting with other distinguished guests. When he saw that another distinguished guest was coming, he hurriedly said to the guests gathered in a group to talk: "Everyone, please wait a moment."

Then he turned to Li Yueshan's side,

"Young Master came here in person to participate in my mother's funeral. It really makes me very emotional!" Cui Daren, a short, fat man with freckles on his face, bowed to Li Yueshan and saluted Li Yueshan.

Li Yueshan nodded in return and said, "How could such a kind old man like Ling Ci leave just as soon as he said he was leaving? It's really a pity!"

Cui Daren heard this and took Li Yueshan's hand.

His eyes were slightly red and his lips trembled slightly as he said, "Have you seen Jia Ci before?"

“I’ve met a few times, I’ve met a few times.

Cui Dashanren,

Sorry, sorry. "Li Yueshan patted Cui Daren's hand and spoke warmly.

Where did he meet Landlord Cui's mother?

Now he lied in front of the other party's son without changing his expression.

after all,

The dead cannot be resurrected.

He is not afraid that the other party's mother will pop out of the coffin and confront him face to face.

"I'm really—" Cui Daren's face was filled with emotion, and tears were about to flow from his eyes. He looked past Li Yueshan and saw the young man with a calm expression behind him.

and two girls as beautiful as flowers,

The mother and son in the back...

Why is it that the clothes that the woman is wearing look very much like the satin clothes that belong to my concubine?

Cui Daren became suspicious, and a new guest came over there.

He had no choice but to let go of Li Yueshan's hand and said: "Guys, wait a moment, wait a moment, Li Gou, show the guests their seats!"

The servant Cui Daren called "Li Gou" hurried over.

When seeing Li Yueshan and his party,

His eyes suddenly widened!

This servant was one of the thugs who had been beaten with sticks by the Zao team before!

Fortunately, Cui Daren had already turned around to chat with the new guest, and the first thing he said to him face to face was: "Gong Neng came here in person, I would like to express my sincere gratitude..."

The great virtuous man has only been rich for a few years.

I have never read any books since I was a child.

Now that I think about it, I have temporarily memorized a set of literate words.

Under Su Wu's cold gaze, the servant finally came to his senses, quickly smiled at everyone, and led them to sit down at a big table.

At the end, he reminded in a low voice: "This table is for distinguished guests. There are top-quality dishes such as venison legs, roasted suckling pig, and deer antler and ginseng slice soup!"

"You bastard, you arranged it well!" Li Yueshan praised the other party and then ordered, "Let me know if you have any news!"

"Definitely, definitely!" Li Gou didn't dare to disobey Li Yueshan's wishes, so he nodded hurriedly and went on.

There are six people in the kitchen team,

Plus Xiangdi’s mother and son,

Eight people gathered around a round table.

There were no outsiders here. Li Yueshan smelled the aroma of meat in the air and exclaimed: "I thought that this kind man should ask about our origins, but I didn't expect that the other party would behave like a male and a female when we met.

I'm sorry, the old man has edited it now. "

Qingmiao and Zhuer pursed their lips and smiled when they heard this.

Li Yueshan looked at Su Wu again and asked: "You just went to get their clothes, but did you find out where the warehouse where this turtle son hides his money is? Take away all his money in a moment!"

He also enjoyed it for so many years,

It’s time for the people here to enjoy themselves! "

"I've found out everything."

Su Wu nodded.

More than just finding out? He had already transferred a large amount of money accumulated in Cui Daren's family to the shadow world in advance.

When you finish your meal and leave this place, you can start distributing money!

When Xiangdi and her son heard this, they looked at the two of them in shock. Only then did they realize that the true purpose of the Zao team and his party must not be just to have dinner at Cui Daren's house!

Most of the guests in the main hall have already taken their seats.

The hall was packed with people.

Su Wu was sitting next to the door. When she turned around, she could see the servants and maids coming and going outside the door, as well as a small piece of blue sky surrounded by a square courtyard.

The sun poured down from the sky.

The music that had been playing in the mourning hall outside the door seemed weak and sparse.

At this time, it suddenly became loud and neat,

The voice approached from outside the door into the main hall,

Like a rising tide,

Instantly filling the eardrums of all the guests in the hall,

Everyone involuntarily stopped talking and turned to look outside the hall——

I saw Cui Daren standing in front of the side hall under the guidance of two white-haired old men.

As the white-haired old man on the left handed him a glass of wine,

He took three steps back and raised the wine glass above his head.

He took another three steps in and out to the left, holding the wine glass in front of his chest.

After completing this specific set of steps and movements,

Cui Dashan spilled his wine on the open space in front of the side hall.

Bow down to the ground,

She cried out in grief: "Mother--"

The servants and maids who were guarding the yard fell to their knees one after another, and they all started wailing hard: "Grandma, alas——"

Such a strong cry,

Even if there is not necessarily some sincerity in it,

But with the combination of sorrow and joy, it also has a slight appeal.

In the main hall,

Some weak-tempered women took out silk silk, lowered their heads and wiped away tears.

In the backyard,

The members of the Cui family looked numb as they washed vegetables in the cold water. Occasionally, they looked up at the fragrant pots and stoves, and their eyes showed a little desire, and their expressions became more lively.

Cui Daren cried for a while next to his mother's coffin in the side hall.

His mother's body rested in the coffin,

at this time,

The coffin lid has not yet been closed.

The old corpse is wearing a shroud,

The body is covered with a thin layer of quilt,

Eight plates of nodding dishes were placed around the body, all of which were the old woman's favorite snacks during her lifetime.

Subsequently,

The white-haired old man on the left approached Cui Daren.

Whispered a few words in his ear.

Cui Daren nodded repeatedly,

Then he kowtowed to his mother’s coffin with bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang kowtows,

While kowtowing,

While crying: "Mother!

My dear, my son is in bad luck right now. The fortune teller said that if you go too far, it will not be good for your children and grandchildren. Your son is unfilial. For the sake of your grandchildren, your son can only bury you today!

Mother! "

He cried until his nose and tears came out,

With the help of his servants, he climbed up from the ground.

Go into the side hall,

He walked around holding the coffin.

He just cried bitterly and sadly, but did not even look into the coffin.

After doing these rituals,

He took the silk silk handed by the maid at the door, wiped the snot and tears from his face, and turned into a fat middle-aged man with a kind face.

"Too-ta! Ta! Ta! Ta!"

At this time, the musicians gathered in the courtyard played the trumpets, suonas and shengs harder.

That high-pitched but sad sound of music,

It seems to express the grief and helplessness of the separation between relatives and the elderly.

In the main hall,

Li Yueshan heard Cui Daren crying in front of his mother's coffin, grinned and said, "Does this person think that holding a seven-day funeral is too expensive, so he wants to finish it all in one day?

Hey!

He really took advantage of everything! "

The old Taoist priest was sitting next to Li Yueshan, wearing silk and satin clothes.

But he is more like a monkey wearing a crown than Li Yueshan.

He picked up the fennel beans on the table, threw them into his mouth, chewed them, and said in a loud voice: "When a person dies, there is nothing.

One day for seven days,

What's the difference? Good morning, good morning, good morning, good morning..."

"Don't you guys just rely on the funeral rituals to make money?

You still say such things? "Li Yueshan laughed endlessly.

The old Taoist looked at Li Yueshan and said,

Suddenly his eyes widened and he said: "He didn't ask me for help.

Isn't it just early morning? "

"..."

Su Wu found it quite interesting to listen to the two old men bickering.

Nothing unusual now,

He didn't notice the slightest hint of intrigue.

Just treat it as an ordinary funeral.

Cui Daren stood outside the door of the side hall, asked his servant to come over and said a few words,

When he handed the dirty handkerchief to the maid next to him,

The moment his palm dropped, he pinched the maid's ass.

Evoking an angry look from the maid.

No one noticed his actions like this.

Because at that moment, several shirtless strong men with red ribbons wrapped around their waists filed into the side hall.

Several people each plated a corner of the coffin.

Place the poles across the coffin and tie the ropes.

Then they all worked together to lift the coffin out of the side hall - while the coffin was leaving the side hall, four more people each held a corner of a black sheet and covered it at the door. As the coffin was carried out of the door inch by inch,

The black cloth also moved out inch by inch,

Always covered on the coffin,

Don't let the body in the coffin see the sun.

The servants brought two benches.

The coffin stood on the bench,

Someone carried the coffin lid,

Cover the coffin on the spot,

Use a mallet to wedge in foot-long coffin nails!