Chapter 3437 Condolences
According to rural customs, when hosting a banquet at home, there will be ten bowls for the main meal, regardless of whether it is a wedding or a wedding. The ten bowls are hard dishes and side dishes. The total of all the dishes is naturally more than ten bowls.
Dinner at Liu Wu's house was a formal meal, and the dishes were served in several rounds. The guests who expressed their condolences also ate and drank slowly, and those who did not drink and only ate waited until they had finished the last dish before putting their bowls away.
All the dishes at the banquet were served within half an hour. Guests at some tables ate quickly and finished the meal within five or six minutes after the last dish was served.
The waiters who helped with the errands ate last, and the women who were responsible for sending and receiving the dishes and chopsticks immediately went back to work after finishing the meal. They moved the pots, bowls, etc. from each table back to the kitchen area, and then sorted and washed them.
Zhu Chaozi wanted to go home quickly after eating, but no one around her left first, so she had to bite the bullet and mix in with the villagers to make up for it.
Chen Wu's family hadn't finished dinner yet, and most of the children in the village had already gathered with their friends and went to Liu Wu's house to look around, waiting to take a seat to distribute snacks in the evening.
The children couldn't wait to explore the way to Liu Wu's house. The villagers had not yet gone off because the firecrackers for the representatives' banquet had not yet gone off, and those who planned to go to Liu Wu's house in the evening did not move either.
Dinner at the Liu Wu family started around 6:30, and as it approached 7:40, the slowest eating tables finally finished their meals.
The errand boys quickly cleaned up the tableware and moved away the tables and stools where the rice pails were placed or the baskets and basins where the bowls were placed. The sanitation staff also quickly did a rough cleaning and cleared away the garbage.
The errand boys in charge of the tables and seats also moved quickly to remove the tables from each table on the floor in front of Liu Wu's house, leaving the braziers to make the staff more compact. They then vacated a large amount of space and placed additional braziers and benches.
There are also benches and a row of braziers placed along the walls of the Liu family's eaves corridor.
After the errands had finished cleaning up the main room and the front floor of Liu Wu's house, Village Chief Zhou ordered people to set off firecrackers and salutes, and told everyone to disperse.
After the firecrackers that marked the end of the banquet went off, many hangers-on rushed to take their seats under the eaves of Liu Wu's house and on the ground.
All the filial sons and virtuous people of the Liu family have also gathered together. The women are preparing to mourn in the main room of the old house, while some of the men are staying at the reception banquet for relatives and some are outside the house.
The villagers who were going to Liu Wu's house to accompany Liu's family in mourning also went to Liu Wu's house in twos and threes.
Because the banquet had just ended, both the host and the mourners needed time to rest. It was not yet time for the funeral, and the gongs and drums team had not started to have fun yet.
When Yan Shao and Liu Shao finally heard the sound of firecrackers and salutes from the Liu family, the two brothers jumped up in excitement, hurried to the bathroom, and then stood at the door like doorkeepers.
The Liu family was holding a funeral, and there were so many people that it was inconvenient to run to the toilet. Le Yun also went to the latrine first, then took a handful of paper, a handful of incense, and a flashlight and set off.
Heilong sent the young lady to the intersection in front of the South Tower to Liu's house.
Hei Jiu and Lan San didn't move. Little Lolita and team leader Liu Dui went to Liu's house to sit for a few minutes and then came back. They wouldn't stay up all night, so there was nothing to be reluctant to leave.
Yan Shao and Liu Shao were very discerning. One walked in front to clear the way, and the other was behind the apse, turning on the flashlight to light the way for the little Lolita.
The two handsome guys didn't know where Liu Wu's family was, but they had ears and walked along the road in the direction of the noise. Sometimes the little loli would remind them when they needed to change paths.
After walking along the winding road in the village, I met several villagers who were also going to Liu Wu's house.
When the villagers saw the Lejia girl being protected by two young men in sunglasses, they greeted her and asked the Lejia girl to go ahead while they walked behind.
Liu Wu's family is in the area where the older generation of Liu family live together. The distance between the houses is relatively wide, and they are not crowded close together.
The two families on the left and right of Liu Wu's family have the same surname as Liu. A few meters away from the front of the house is the branch road of the village road. On the other side of the road are several narrow vegetable fields and piles of rocks, and further east are several old graves.
There were two large rows of four-corner tents set up on the ground in front of Liu Wu's house. There were also bamboo poles with lighting lamps hung on them. Several hundred-watt electric lamps illuminated the surrounding area.
A small pile of rubble in the north direction of the east side of the road facing Liu Wu's house was sorted out, and a rainproof four-corner tent was set up. Tables, chairs and a fire pot were placed on one side of the road, and firecrackers were piled on the other side.
The salute cannons are placed in the open air.
Members of the salute team guarding the intersection would set off firecrackers to notify the owner of Liu Wu's house during the day whenever someone came to pay homage.
At night, the members of the salute team also stayed in the tent after eating, warming themselves by the fire and staring at the road.
When the Lejia girl approached, protected by her bodyguards, the salute team members quickly lit a string of firecrackers and fired off the salute.
The salute team fired cannons and firecrackers, indicating that there were mourners coming to pay homage to the old man. The gongs and drums team chatting with people on the ground played their instruments and played music.
Village Chief Zhou shouted and ordered his filial son Xiaoxian to line up on the roadside outside the ground, ready to kneel down to greet the mourners.
The villagers who were sitting at the house of the same clan named Liu and the villagers who were at the house of Liu Wu's eldest son were also curious about why there were still guests coming to express their condolences so late at night, so they all flocked to Liu Wu's house.
They ran quickly and furiously to the roof of Liu Wu's house or to the ground, stretching their heads and looking around.
Zhu Chaozi didn't want to go out, but everyone else ran to watch the fun, so she had to follow the crowd.
When he walked to the tent near the salute team, the lights were bright. Young Master Liu Shaoyan also turned off the flashlight and stuffed it into the small sling backpack he was carrying.
The salute team fired cannons to greet them, and Young Master Liu Shaoyan cleverly asked the little Loli to go ahead, while they followed behind. She came to pay homage to the deceased. Le Yun nodded to everyone in the salute team without exchanging greetings. She crossed the tent and took a few steps to turn towards the road to Liu Wu's house.
Liu Wu's family processed the road to their home and paved it with cement, which can accommodate a cart.
Village Chief Zhou stood in front of the floor. Seeing that Xiao Lele was here, he felt very comforted and hurriedly said: "Elder Liu is riding a crane to leave. The mourner came with sadness after hearing the news. If there is an old favor, he must remember it, as The old grievances were resolved, and when the guests came to the court, Liu’s filial son and grandson kowtowed!”
The filial son and grandson of the Liu family also saw the girls from the Le family being protected by two tall and powerful men. One by one, they got shorter and knelt down to greet them.
The villagers sitting on the ground were also looking around. When the hanging visitor stepped onto the cement road in front of Liu Wu's house, they recognized him and understood. No wonder the salute team fired a cannon to greet him. It turned out to be a girl from the Le family who came to pay homage!
Zhu Gaozi recognized Diao Ke as Xiao Changming from the Le family and was so frightened that he hid behind the crowd and did not dare to move.
Before she arrived at the door of the Liu family, the filial son and grandson of the Liu family knelt on the ground. Le Yun took a few steps quickly and approached. She held the paper incense in one hand and reached out to support the eldest son of the Liu family, who was the first in line: "The ceremony has arrived. , A filial son and a filial grandson are promoted.”
Liu Wu's eldest son was the eldest. He was helped on the shoulders, raised his head, and kowtowed again, but still did not get up.
Le Yun stretched out her hand to help the first filial son, and continued forward without saying hello to Grandpa Zhou Man or the villagers, and went straight to the main room of Liu Wu's family.
People sitting on the floor and people sitting under the eaves all looked at the Lejia girl in ancient costume and the two tall young men in black wearing sunglasses behind her.
Most people in Mei Village and the villagers in neighboring villages did not originally know the news that the Le family girl had returned to the village, but almost everyone learned the news while having dinner at Liu Wu's house.
The Lejia girl just returned to the village this morning. Her bodyguards rushed to Jiudao in the afternoon to protect her. This shows how much the superiors value her. She came to Liu Wu's house to pay homage to the deceased, and the bodyguards stayed close to her. They seemed more worried about her than before. Security Question.
Many people saw that Lejia girls were still the targets of public protection, and immediately looked for those gossips around them who had been talking bad about Lejia girls in the past two years, and wanted to see what those people's expressions looked like now.
It's a pity that those who gossiped didn't seem to come to Liu Wu's house, and everyone couldn't see the excitement of those people.
Village Chief Zhou watched Xiao Yao Zai and her bodyguards walking across the ground, and stood up calling his filial son and filial grandson.
The filial sons and grandsons of the Liu family stood up and stood sideways, looking into the house.
Everyone from the Liu family who was waiting at the thank you table beside the coffin also fell to the ground when they saw the girl from the Le family walking to the door of the hall.
Amidst the sound of mournful music, Le Yun walked across the threshold of Liu's house. After entering the main room of the master's house, she took a few steps forward, turned to the tufts parked in front of the coffin on the right side of the entrance, knelt down, took incense, lit it, and burned it. A handful of paper, kowtow to pay homage to the deceased.
Liu Shaoyan stood behind the little Lolita and bowed.
Zhu Gaizi, who was hiding behind the crowd, saw Xiao Changshou of the Le family walking into the main room of Liu Wu's family. He quietly bypassed the crowd and went back to sit in the main room of the Liu family next to him.
After worshiping the deceased according to the rules, Le Yun stood up and walked to the relatives' thank you table on one side, stretched out her hand to help her: "A filial son and a filial grandson will be promoted."
The mourners paid their respects in front of the coffin, and the filial son and grandson sat up as instructed.
Since she was paying homage to the deceased, there was one step she couldn't skip. Le Yun bypassed the relatives' thank you table and went to the coffin to view the remains of the deceased.
Most of the mourners burned incense in front of the coffin and then left. Few of the mourners approached the coffin to look at the deceased.
When there are mourners to view the remains of the deceased, relatives can accompany them.
On the first day after the girl from the Le family returned home, she not only came to the Liu family to pay her respects, but they were also not afraid of getting close to the coffin and getting bad luck. The women from the Liu family gathered around and watched the deceased with the girl from the Le family.
Everyone in the Liu family was worried that Mrs. Liu Wu was too sad, so they sent the old man to her eldest son's house. Elderly people from the same clan of the Liu family accompanied and comforted her, but were not present at the scene.
After Liu Wu's death, the Liu family rented an ice coffin to store the old man's body and wait for an auspicious time to move the coffin.
Le Yun approached the ice coffin and looked at the deceased.
After death, the skin will quickly change color and cadaver spots will appear.
The deceased Liu Wu had a gray complexion. Because he was well-dressed, no body spots could be seen on his neck. There were only age spots on his face. Looking at his face alone, the old man did not suffer from any serious illness or pain before he left.
After viewing the remains of the deceased, Le Yun comforted the Liu family: "We are all sorry. The old man was not sick or in pain when he passed away. He passed away in his sleep and passed away peacefully."
The Liu family's daughters-in-law, nephews-in-law and others knelt down to thank the Le family girl, and then accompanied the Le family girl to sit at the table in the main room.
There is a table in the main room that is used for the procession that plays funeral drums at night. No one can occupy that table. In addition, brothers of the same clan who are older than Liu Wu or relatives who are close to Liu Wu's family can sit in the main hall.
Since she was not among the relatives and friends of Liu Wu's family, Le Yun resolutely refused to occupy a seat in the main hall of the main family. She declined the main family's invitation to stay and walked out of the Liu family's main hall to find a seat on the floor or under the eaves.
The gong and drum troupe had stopped playing. Master Lei saw the girl from the Le family and invited her to come to his table.
There was an empty seat at Master Lei's table, and Le Yun didn't show any pretense. She walked over with two handsome boys, greeted the masters, and then sat down to chat with the masters and the surrounding villagers.