Chapter 2308: When celebrating or mourning
Le Yun was very 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 she 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.
Yanlao Yan 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 organize a funeral for your aunt. Let you A grand burial for my aunt can also comfort your aunt’s spirit after her death, and also allow your grandma to rest in peace under the Nine Springs.”
Dad Le hesitated, fearing that the little cotton-padded jacket would be 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 not want to see it. to that scene. ”
"You can go to the village. Do it at home."
"Dad, with your girl's current wealth, if I forcefully challenge the customs, even if the villagers complain, they will not dare to confront me head-on. But in this case, our family will have to rely on our money to establish authoritarianism in the village. If something goes wrong for someone else, our family will be blamed.”
"I know, your Grandpa Man and the others also said it," 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's because the villagers said that you built a library for the village and the countryside. What you do is good deeds. You are a good person who accumulates good deeds and can suppress all evil tendencies.
Besides, your aunt is 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 people in the village thought that she should have a funeral and send her up the mountain in a lively manner, which also affected the whole village. and her fate.
The old man in the village said that your aunt should do a land and water dojo before going home to the village. Your grandpa Man also helped ask the masters who did the amphibious dojo, and they also said it was okay. ”
"That's it. I'll discuss it with Grandpa Man later. If it's necessary, it should be done as a wedding or a funeral." Le Yun nodded.
Not holding a funeral was due to customs. Setting up a tent outside the village to hold the funeral was tantamount to telling everyone that the deceased was a short-lived ghost.
It is said that death is the most important thing. Those who die outside cannot even enter the house. It is desolate enough in itself. During the funeral, the living people eat and drink, and the dead are desolate and cold. Doesn't it make the deceased and the living family members even more miserable?
Because he didn't want to set up a tent outside the village for the funeral, he decided not to do it and sent his aunt directly to the mountain for burial.
If my aunt's remains can be brought to the village and a funeral can be held to seal the fate of my aunt being born in Plum Village, I think 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 what he was wondering about. According to the custom in Jiudao, when an old man is over ninety or there are four generations in the family, the funeral after his death is a funeral. Come and do it.
In normal funerals, filial sons and grandsons wear hemp belts, that is, they wear white mourning 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. It is also the only ancient rule that has not changed for thousands of years. custom.
If I had to pick out the changes, it would probably be that only the linen filial piety is slightly different. Rich people will wear white clothes all over their bodies and have a hemp silk straw rope tied around their waist. Most people will wear a filial piety cloth on their head and a hemp thread tied around their waist.
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 with straw ropes tied around their waists, which is called wearing red and hanging white.
A filial son and a filial grandson wear red and white clothes, and others will know at a glance that the old man is a person who has 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 to be saved. The expert said that my aunt's soul had not been found. It was possible that she had been reincarnated and had undergone salvation rituals. Now there is only one buried in the body. Auxiliary remains
Since my aunt's soul was not found, I assumed that my aunt had been reincarnated. This belated funeral was regarded as a farewell party to celebrate my aunt's reincarnation. ”
After her aunt's soul is nourished, Le Yun is going to be sent to the Different Space and Time Gang to find a suitable place for her aunt to practice the Tao of Immortality with peace of mind and strive to achieve ascension.
You can't tell the truth about that kind of thing, you can only say that you speculate that your aunt has been reincarnated. Because your aunt's soul is still there, it is natural 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 to 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 organize a funeral for her aunt, and he suddenly felt very sad.
After he finished talking about the business, he didn't have anything 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 here and there.
When her father ran away, Le Yun knew that the business matter he had mentioned before was about her aunt's funeral. She did not catch her father and asked him anything else. She directly asked Mr. Yi Laoyan how the people in the village viewed her. My aunt's funeral.
Yi Laoyan always went around when he had nothing to do, and there were also old people such as Zhou Village Chief Cheng Wu and Zhang Laosan who often visited Le's house to share gossip about the village. Naturally, they knew everything about it.
Most 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 talkative was Zhang Ke and his mother Zhang Zhang. There was also a talkative one before. Brother Zhou’s wife Liu Tong and Zhang Ke’s wife Wu Lingling.
Now Liu Tong and Brother Zhou are divorced, and Wu Lingling is already Zhang Ke's ex-wife. 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 were also in the queue. Chen Wu's eldest grandson was disabled. Chen Xiang was frightened by his brother's incident and became honest in Meili. Chen Lei, Zhu Xiaozi and Ma Maqiao used to be led by Chen Wu. They are roaring from behind and cannot make a difference.
The most trouble-making guys in Meicun Village either get into trouble or shrink their necks and act like quails. Without those troublemakers, most of the other villagers in Meicun Village know what is going on and are grateful. They are grateful to the Lejia girl for building teaching buildings for the primary and junior high schools in the village. To build a library and provide a good reading environment for children, we are not opposed to Leya entering the village to pay his respects to the Leya family.
Veteran 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 to the study on the second floor, found a piece of white cloth and red cloth, and cut several sets of mourning clothes and 20 cm wide red cloth strips. The Le family has few relatives and friends, and the only family members that can be counted are Grandpa Zhou Man’s family. Grandpa Zhou Man, Aunt Pa, and the grandchildren of Grandma Zhou’s family can also be regarded as aunt’s nephews. If they want, they will be there in red and white. It stands to reason that if they don't want to, no one will say anything wrong about them.
Le Yun cut out a set of mourning clothes for each member of her family, and prepared a few more sets. If the grandchildren of Grandpa Zhou Man's family were willing to wear mourning clothes for her aunt, they would not be in a hurry.
After cutting 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 with the rope.
The straw rope tied by filial sons and grandsons also has its origins. The straw rope means "knotting a ring with straw", which means that if the deceased has unfulfilled kindness in this life, his descendants may not know that they have not repaid their predecessors. Or if they are unable to repay their kindness, then let them repay the favor by weaving a ring of grass in the next life.
The theory of knotting grass with a ring in rural areas does not refer to the "huan with a ring 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. What rural people call a ring with grass is "Be a cow or a horse in the next life" in return.
The reason for this is that in ancient times, cows 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. When the cows and horses were led, a long rope was tied to the bridle;
Or you can wear a ring through the nose of the cow and horse, and tie a long rope to the ring when the cow and horse need to be led to work or move.
The reason why bridles or rings are pierced in the noses of cows and horses is also to domesticate cows and horses. When 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 cause pain when the meat is strangled. The cows and horses will feel pain when eating. Be honest.
The ancient farmers had little culture and could not explain the truth. They were unable to repay the kindness they received from others, so they promised to repay the kindness by being a horse in the next life. This is why it evolved into the tradition of tying a grass rope around the waist of a filial son and a filial grandson after the death of an elder in the family. I am willing to take the place of my elders and serve my benefactor in the next life.
When an elderly person in a rural family dies, the straw rope tied by filial sons and grandsons is also particular. It must be rubbed in the opposite direction, that is, with the backhand, not in the opposite direction.
Leyun picked a handful of straw, carried it back to the main room and sat down to rub it. Yi Laoyan had lived such a long life and was well-informed. Naturally, he knew the customs, so they also helped rub the straw.
Each straw rope is tied with a small piece of white linen silk at one end.
After Lan San sent the helicopter to the village office building, 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 Loli was twisting the hemp rope that he had any use for it. He also understood the reverse twisting and smooth twisting. After all, most of the brothers in their group came from the countryside. They would get together to talk about the customs and habits of different places. Each place has its own customs. They have different customs, but they are almost the same in holding funerals.
The four of them rolled dozens of straw ropes and were finished just before dinner time.
Leshan came downstairs after 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, refusing to say anything to his father, and even 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, Le Yun originally planned to find Grandpa Zhou Man after noon or when Grandpa Zhou Man woke up from his break. However, not long after her family finished eating, Grandpa Zhou Man came to Le's house.
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 a person felt comfortable, he naturally felt energetic. He 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 dad said that people in Meicun Village would not mind letting my aunt's remains come into the village to mourn at the Le family. I was just thinking of asking Grandpa Man what your opinion is in the afternoon. , I never thought that you would come here without resting for a while, but you would be so tired that you would be running around all over the place.”
"Isn't it tiring? Seeing so many outsiders. I just want to let you do it. Your aunt is from our village and she was killed. She has been trapped in a family like Shishi for decades, so she can't have a family." Come on, poor.
There were two murderers in Plum Village who helped others to kill her, which was also a shame for Plum Village. Speaking of it, Plum Village also felt sorry for her. Now that she was allowed to return to her roots, she should be treated as a person from Plum Village to make amends.
Your aunt's incident also taught the people of Meicun a lesson, letting everyone know that a person must have a correct heart in order to stand on his own feet. God is watching what people do. If a person's heart is not right and he does evil things, he will be punished sooner or later. ”
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 not only allow Leya to return to his hometown, but also serve as a warning to future generations.
"If that's the case, let's do it. I'll take my brother in the afternoon and invite the masters to come to my house to do the dojo tomorrow morning. I'll take my aunt's remains home tomorrow. We'll have a wine party on the evening of the 2nd and a funeral on the 3rd."
Le Yun did not say anything more because she was afraid that the villagers would blame her family for any misfortune in the future. Most people in Plum Village felt sorry for the two deceased elders of the Le family. Back then, her grandparents had good deeds and helped the villagers a lot. It can be said that the whole family Everyone in the village has received grace from grandpa.
In the past, the people in the village were all 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 see grandpa. Grandpa helped people find herbal medicines and never took any money.
But when something happened to the Le family, many people forgot that they went to the Le family every year to seek medical advice. They alienated the Le family and even stepped on others.
She doesn't care about everything now, but that doesn't mean she doesn't remember.
"Okay, Lele, pack up. I'll take you to invite Master. A few days ago, I told the most famous Master Lei in our town and his team about your family's affairs. If you want to hold a funeral, invite them. They also agreed. That's it." Village Chief Zhou was very pleased that Xiao Lele had her own opinion and she was quick and neat in doing things. If Leya had a soul and knew that her niece was so smart, she would surely be able to smile.
A master is a mage, a funeral director who engages in funeral ceremonies. The skills of those people are passed down from generation to generation in a master-to-disciple manner. In some places, they are also called "gong and drum teams". Rural people do not call the mage a master, but call him a master. And for masters to be called masters is also a recognition of their abilities.
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