Chapter 2301

Le Yun was quite strange. She and her family had already discussed how to bury her aunt. It was only a few months apart. It was impossible for her father to forget. Why did he suddenly ask again?

She felt that her father might have heard some gossip, and his mind was shaken, but he did not dare to make the final decision, so he asked her.

Le Yun looked at Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan. If there was any big disturbance in the village, the two elders and Mr. Li should know about it.

Yi Laoyan did know why the man of the Le family suddenly asked the little girl how to bury her aunt, but since the man of the Le family had already mentioned it, they didn't need to say more.

"Lele, this... your Grandpa Man and your Grandpa Cheng Wu said that your aunt was wronged. You and your brother are your aunt's juniors. She has descendants and asked you to give them to you. Let me organize a funeral so that your aunt can be buried with great splendor. This will also comfort your aunt’s spirit after her death, and allow your grandma to rest in peace under the Nine Springs.”

Le’s father hesitated, for fear that The little cotton-padded jacket was unhappy.

“Dad, Grandpa Man and Grandpa Cheng Wu’s suggestions are good, but every village has an agreed custom that the coffins of people who died in vain are not allowed to enter the village.

I also want to hold a lively funeral for my aunt so that she can go out decently, but the funeral can only be held outside the village. In my opinion, it is better not to do it. If my aunt is still alive, she will probably not Those who are willing to see that scene."

"You can enter the village. Do it at home."

"Dad, with your girl's current net worth, if you forcefully challenge According to customs, even if people in the village have complaints, they don’t dare to force me to confront me. However, if this happens, our family will have to bear the reputation of practicing authoritarianism in the village because of our money. If something goes wrong with any family one day, Our family will take the blame."

"I know, your Grandpa Man and the others also said that," Le's father listened to the girl's analysis, nodded frequently in agreement, and explained: "It's not that Dad has too many things to do. , it was the people in the village who said that you built a library for the village and the township. What you did was a good deed to accumulate virtue. You are a good person who has accumulated virtue and good deeds, and can suppress all evil trends.

Let’s talk about your aunt. She was also from Plum Village. She was killed by someone, not by suicide. Even if she died early, she would still be a poor person. The villagers felt that she should have a funeral and send her up the mountain in a lively manner, which also ruined the village and her life. Fate.

The old man in the village said that your aunt should do the amphibious dojo before returning home. Your grandpa Man also helped to ask the masters who built the amphibious dojo, and they also said it was okay."< br />
"That's it. I'll go to Grandpa Man later to discuss it. If it's necessary, it should be done as a wedding or a funeral." Le Yun nodded.

The reason why no funeral is held is because of the custom, which is to set up a tent outside the village to hold the funeral., which is equivalent to telling everyone that the deceased is a short-lived ghost. It is said that death is the most important thing. People who die outside can't even enter the house. It is desolate enough in itself. During the funeral, the living eat and drink, but the dead are miserable and cold. , wouldn’t it make the deceased and the living family members more miserable?

If you don’t want to set up a tent outside the village for the funeral, you might as well send your aunt directly to the mountain for burial. If your aunt’s remains can be brought into the village, holding a funeral will also end the fate of your aunt being born in Plum Village. I guess my aunt's spirit will know about it one day and she will have no regrets.

"It's a funeral? What's the reason?" Mr. Yi finally interjected and asked about the doubts in his heart. According to the customs in Jiudao, the elderly are over ninety or there are four generations in the family living together. , the funeral after death should be done as a happy funeral.

In normal funerals, filial sons and grandsons wear linen filial piety, that is, they wear white filial piety clothes, a white cloth on their head, and a straw rope tied with twine at one end. This is a funeral rule in the countryside that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. The only ancient custom that has not changed for thousands of years.

If you have to pick out the changes, it is probably that only Mai Takabu is slightly different. Rich people will wear white clothes all over their waists with hemp silk straw ropes, and most people will wear them just above their heads. Xiaobu's waist is tied with twine and straw rope.

As for the so-called happy funeral, the entire funeral process remains the same, except that the white cloth on the heads of filial sons and grandsons is changed to red cloth, and they still wear white clothes tied with straw ropes at the waist, which is called wearing red and hanging white. .

If a filial son and filial grandson wear red and white clothes, others will know at a glance that the old man is a person who lives a long life or has many children and grandchildren and is blessed.

"When I found my aunt's remains, I asked an expert to help my aunt in salvation. The expert said that my aunt's soul had not been found and that she might have been reincarnated and had undergone salvation. Since my aunt's soul has not been found, I will treat it as my aunt's reincarnation, and this belated funeral will be a celebration for me. Let me go to the farewell banquet for my reincarnation."

After my aunt's soul has been nourished, Le Yun is going to send it to another time and space to find a suitable place for her to practice the Tao of Immortality with peace of mind and strive to ascend. .

You can’t tell the truth about that kind of thing, you can only speculate that your aunt has been reincarnated, because your aunt’s soul is still there, so naturally you have to treat the funeral as a happy one.

"This is quite appropriate." Both Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan agreed. Although they were not sure whether Aunt Le's family was reincarnated, it was a bit comforting to treat her as a good thing to send her reincarnation.

Le’s father was very sad when he heard that his sister’s soul had not been found. The little cotton-padded jacket said that he would hold a funeral for her aunt, and he suddenly felt very sad.

After he finished talking about the business, he had nothing else to do, so he immediately ran to the kitchen to work as an errand boy for his wife, helping to light the fire and deliver things.

When her father ran away, Le Yun knew that he had said he wanted to talk to her about business matters.The main business was about her aunt's funeral. She didn't catch her father asking anything else. She directly asked Yi Lao Yanlao how the people in the village viewed her aunt's funeral.

Yi Laoyan always went around when he had nothing to do, and the village chief Cheng Wu, Zhang Laosan and other elderly people often visited Le's house to share the gossip about the village. Naturally, they knew everything about it.

Most of the people in Meicun Village are very talkative, and there are only a few people who like to stir up trouble. The one who used to be the most playful was Chen Wu, and the one who was the most foul-mouthed was Zhang Ke’s mother, Grandma Zhang. Before that, there was Liu Tong, the wife of Brother Zhou who liked to talk a lot, and Wu Lingling, the wife of Zhang Ke.

Now that Liu Tong and Brother Zhou are divorced, Wu Lingling is already Zhang Ke’s ex-wife, and the garrulous woman is gone, and the other few in the village can’t make trouble even if they are a bit garrulous.

Grandma Zhang and Chen Wu are also in the situation. Chen Wu’s eldest grandson is disabled. Chen Xiang was frightened by his brother’s incident and became honest in Meili. Chen Lei, Zhu Gaizi and Ma Maqiao In the past, Chen Wu took the lead and they roared from behind, but nothing happened.

The favorite troublemaker in Plum Village either got into trouble or cowered up like a quail. Without those troublemakers, most of the other villagers in Plum Village knew what was going on and were grateful and thought of Le Jia. The girl helped the village build teaching buildings for primary and junior high schools and a library to provide a good reading environment for the children. She did not object to Leya coming to the village to pay his respects to the Le family.

Mr. Yi Laoyan told the little girl the gossip he heard, telling her everything he knew.

After understanding the general reaction of the villagers, Le Yun also determined that letting her aunt enter the village would not be a problem. She went directly back to the study on the second floor, took a piece of white cloth and red cloth, and planted several sets of mourning clothes and A twenty centimeter wide strip of red cloth.

The Le family has few relatives and friends. The only family members that can be counted are Grandpa Zhou Man’s family. Grandpa Zhou Man, Aunt Pa and Grandma Zhou’s grandchildren can also be regarded as aunt’s nephews. They It's reasonable to wear red and white clothes if they want to. If they don't want to, no one will say anything wrong about them.

Le Yun bought a set of mourning clothes for each of her family of four, and prepared a few more sets. If the grandchildren of Grandpa Zhou Man’s family are willing to wear mourning clothes for her aunt, then they will also No rush.

After planting the clothes, I took a handful of twine and went downstairs. I went to the second floor of the livestock building in the backyard to find straw to use on the rope.

The straw rope used to tie filial sons and filial piety to their grandchildren also has its origins. The straw rope means "knotting a straw ring", which means that if the deceased has not repaid his kindness in this life, his descendants will not be repaid. If you know that you may not be able to repay the kindness to your predecessors, or you may not be able to repay the kindness, then let them tie a grass ring in the next life to repay the favor.

The theory of knotting grass with rings in rural areas does not refer to the "huan-huan knotting of grass" as literati call it, tying grass into a rope to rescue a benefactor, or holding a jade ring in one's mouth to repay a favor. Rural people That's rightThe title ring means "being a cow or a horse in the next life" as a reward.

The reason for this is that in ancient times, cattle and horses used sharp tools to pierce a hole in their nostrils, and passed a rope made of palm bark through the nose to make a bridle. The rope is tied to the halter;

Or a ring is pierced in the nose of the cow and horse, and the long rope is tied to the ring when the cow and horse need to be led to work or move.

The reason why bridles or rings are perforated in the noses of cows and horses is also to domesticate the cows and horses. When the cows and horses are led with a rope, the cows and horses are disobedient and pull hard on the rope. The bridle or ring will naturally tighten the meat. It hurts. Cows and horses feel pain, so of course they are honest.

The ancient farmers had little culture and could not explain the truth. They were unable to repay the kindness they received from others. They promised to repay the kindness by being a horse in the next life, so it evolved into a filial son's filial piety after the death of an elder in the family. Sun tied a straw rope around his waist to express his willingness to replace his elders and make horses for his benefactor in the next life.

The straw ropes tied by filial sons and grandsons in rural areas after the death of an elderly person are also particular. They must be rubbed in reverse, that is, with the backhand, not in the opposite direction.

Le Yun found a handful of straw, carried it back to the main room and sat rubbing it. Yi Laoyan had lived for such a long time and was well-informed. Naturally, he also knew the customs. They also helped to rub the straw. .

There is a small piece of white linen silk tied to one end of each straw rope.

After Lan San was sent to the village office by helicopter, he returned to Le’s family. He also listened to the conversation between Le’s father and little Loli about organizing a funeral for Le’s aunt. He was the audience throughout the whole process.

It wasn’t until the little Lolita was twisting the hemp rope that he was able to use it. He also understood the reverse twisting and smooth twisting. After all, most of the brothers in their group came from the countryside, so they would get together to chat when they had nothing to do. Different places have their own customs and customs, but they are almost the same when it comes to funerals.

The four of them rolled dozens of straw ropes, and they were finished just before dinner time.

Leshan went downstairs after finishing class. He almost ran back to the north building, threw himself into his sister's arms, hugged her neck and never let go.

Even when eating, he would sit unswervingly close to his sister and refused to talk to his father. He also complained that his father was always clinging to him like a child.

Dad Le: "..." Sure enough, a small cotton-padded jacket is better. A small jacket will leak air.

Zhou Qiufeng and Yan Lao learned about Yueqing’s little secret of clinging to children and silently held back their laughter.

Her father is a woman-controller, and her younger brother is a sister-controller. Le Yun calmly served her brother a few dishes and successfully coaxed her brother into a happy mood.

After lunch, Leyun originally planned to go find Grandpa Zhou Man after noon, when Grandpa Zhou Man had taken a break and woke up. However, not long after her family had finished eating, Zhou Man Grandpa is looking forHere comes Lejia.

Village Chief Zhou rushed to the Lejia main room in a hurry. As soon as he sat down, he received red beans and barley stems from the little boy. After a bowl of sweet dessert, he felt extremely comfortable. .

When people felt comfortable and naturally energetic, they caught the little boy and asked, "Lele, did your dad tell you about organizing a funeral for your aunt at home?"

　"Speaking of which, I originally thought it would be better not to have a funeral outside the village. My father said that the people of Mei Village would not mind letting my aunt's remains come into the village to be mourned at Lejia. I was just thinking of asking in the afternoon. Grandpa Man, your opinion, I never thought that you would come here without even taking a break, but you are so tired that Grandpa Man is running around."

, I also mean to let it be done. Your aunt is from our village, and she was killed. She has been trapped in a home like Shishi for decades, leaving her without a home and unable to return. It's pitiful,
< br />There were two murderers in Plum Village who helped others to harm her, which was also a shame for Plum Village. Speaking of it, Plum Village also felt a little sorry for her. Now that she has returned to her roots, she should be treated as a person from Plum Village to make amends.

What happened to your aunt also taught the people of Meicun a lesson, letting everyone know that only by having a correct heart can you stand on your own feet. God is watching what you do. If a person's heart is not right and he does evil things, sooner or later he will be punished Those who have suffered retribution."

Village Chief Zhou is the village chief. Both publicly and privately, he feels that Leya's coffin should be brought into the village and returned to Leya's family for mourning. This will allow Leya to return to his hometown and also allow Leya to return to his hometown. It can serve as a warning to future generations.

"If that's the case, let's do it. I'll take my younger brother to invite the masters to come to my house tomorrow morning to do the dojo in the afternoon. I'll take my aunt's remains home tomorrow and have a banquet on the evening of the 2nd. The funeral will be held on the 3rd."

Le Yun did not say anything more because she was afraid that the villagers would blame her family for any troubles in the future. Most people in Plum Village felt sorry for the two deceased elders of the Le family. Her father had Nai has accumulated good deeds and helped the villagers a lot. It can be said that the whole village has been favored by grandpa.

In the past, the people in the village were poor. If they had a cold or a headache, they would not go to the hospital for treatment. After all, it costs money to go to the hospital to see a doctor and buy medicine. They all came to Lejia to look for grandpa. Grandpa helped people find herbal medicines and never collected them. money.

But when something happened to Lejia later, many people forgot that they went to Lejia every year to seek medical advice. They alienated Lejia and even stepped on others.

Today, she doesn’t care about everything, but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t remember.

"Okay, Lele, pack up. I'll take you to ask Master Lei. I told Master Lei and his team, the most famous in our township, about your family's affairs a few days ago. If you want to do something about it, I invited them for the funeral, and they agreed." Village Chief Zhou was very pleased that Xiao Lele had her own opinion, and she did things neatly and neatly. If Leya had a soul and knew that her niece was so smart, she would surely be able to smile.

The master is a mage who is engaged in funeral ritualsFuneral masters, whose skills are passed down from generation to generation in a master-to-apprentice manner, are also called "Gongs and Drums Team" in some places. Rural people do not call the master a master, but call him a master, and the masters are also called masters. A recognition of ability.