Now it's even worse, it's illegal to cut down large timber without permission, and even if you can find big material, the price has gone to the sea. Therefore, the wood of the coffin is generally spliced together with a few pieces of material through the dovetail tenon, and the reason why the mortise and tenon structure is also used is because of the attention to making the coffin, that is, the whole body can not be made of iron, even if it is the last tip of the coffin, it must be wooden.

Does Liu Wuye have any acquaintances in this place, yes, and he is a deacon.

In the past, there was always a person who presided, coordinated, and guided the red and white ceremonies in rural areas. This person must be familiar with the etiquette of the whole ceremony, understand the process of the whole ceremony, preside over and give a speech in the key aspects of the ceremony, and guide all the details. Such a person is called Mr. Zhibin, commonly known as Mr. Zhibin.

We all know that traditional weddings and funerals have a lot of red tape, and most families don't understand it. Even if you have experienced these rituals yourself, you will know at most a few things, and you can't understand them all. Again, there are too many things to be busy with, and some authorities are confused, so it is natural to have a special person to deal with it. Because this man knows everything clearly, it is also called the Great in some parts of the north.

In the old age, such a person, like Mr. Yin and Yang, is quite respected, firstly, there is always something in this life that people have to ask for others. Second, when you ask for someone's house, their position is to preside, and you all have to listen to him, and this status can be imagined.

Liu Wuye's friend is a guest, which is normal, Liu Wuye is in the coffin business, and the guest is in charge of white things a lot of times, and it is inevitable that there will be some intersections between the two. So this time, Liu Wuye brought his apprentices to work, borrowed a side courtyard to play longevity, three meals a day to eat and drink, and the deacon occasionally came to Liu Wuye to chat and drink two cups.

It is said that this night, Liu Wuye's coffin is basically ready, and there is only a little detail left to polish. This kind of fine work is the most suitable for grinding apprentices, and the shavings alone can keep him busy all day. It wasn't like now, the tools were primitive, and there was no sandpaper. If you want to sand, you have to take a planer first, then use fine green bricks or horsetail grass to polish, and maybe even fur at the end.

So Liu Wuye let the apprentice be busy there, cut some cooked food with the old brother and sister, made some wine, and set up a formation under the moonlight. What the two of them are talking about is nothing more than folklore, because both of them have special trades and can play the role of bards. You say a taboo and I tell a story, you come to a legend and I tell a secret, and the two of them drank very happily.

After drinking until the second watch, Liu Wuye's apprentice rested his hands and ran out to find the master to rub a piece of meat to eat. Liu Wuye is not bad for his apprentices, but you can eat meat, you can't drink wine, and you can't delay business. If a good guy gets a planer with a dizziness, he'll have to redo the whole board. The apprentice ate the meat, poured a large bowl of cold water, and ran to the dirt slope outside to relieve himself.

After a long time to come back, Liu Wuye scolded with a smile: "You are not too old, you are not too young, you want the urine river to come out." ”

The apprentice smiled: "No, I just finished it, and it was very funny to meet a little boy outside, so I teased him for a while." ”

Liu Wuye said straight and unproductive, he likes children so much, so hurry up and earn money to marry his daughter-in-law and give birth to one himself. The apprentice laughed, bowed his head and went back to the side house to continue working. Maybe it was because he heard the apprentice mention the child, and Liu Wuye's words also came up. He did this line of work, and he got married late, so of course, who would like to marry a coffin girl in an ordinary family.

finally got mixed up in his early thirties, and finally said that he came to the door, and the husband and wife were also loving and harmonious, and within two years, he added a little boy to him, that is, Liu's shopkeeper and his father. At this time, he was only seven or eight years old, which was the age when he could wander around the streets to attract cats and dogs, but he was also Liu Wuye's heart.

But while he was chatting, the deacon frowned, and Liu Wuye asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Zhibin rubbed his forehead, "Your apprentice said that he saw a little boy just now, but I can't think of whose child it is after thinking about it carefully." ”

"Hey, you don't have to figure out what you're doing here. ”

"No, you don't know, there are some children in the village, but many of the boys are already half the size of the child, about the same age as your apprentice. The ones who are too young are either milk babies or three or four years old, brother, this is the second watch, who can have a big heart enough to let such a young child out to play?"

Liu Wuye began to understand what Zhibin meant, "That... Is there really a boy who is five or six years old, or seven or eight years old?"

"Our village is not big, and there are really no children at that age. ”

"This..."Liu Wuye's voice did not fall, only to hear a "knock" sound from the room, he hurriedly got up and asked, "What's the matter, are you asleep?" If the board is broken, you can re-plane it for me. ”

But his apprentice did not reply, and there was no movement in the side room. Liu Wuye shouted the name of his apprentice twice, but it was still silent, he felt a little strange, and hurriedly pulled out his legs and walked to the side room, and the deacon also got up and followed. When the two entered the side room, they saw that his apprentice was lying upright on the ground at this time, and he didn't know what was wrong, the planer in his hand fell to the ground, and it should be this movement.

Liu Wuye hugged his apprentice's shoulders and shook them twice, "What's wrong with you, did you fall asleep or faint?"

The deacon came up to stop Liu Wuye, signaled him to put the apprentice down first, then reached out to probe his nose, and nodded to Liu Wuye, "It should have fainted, and there is still breath." With that, he reached out and grabbed his apprentice's hand to take the pulse.

"The pulse is not weak, but I don't know why I passed out. ”

Liu Wuye squatted aside and was a little at a loss, "What should I do? I'll get a wet towel for him?"

The corner of the deacon's eyebrows jumped, and he said that something was wrong, and then quickly looked at the apprentice's eyes and touched the temperature on his body. Liu Wuye made him feel relieved by this sentence, and asked him in a low voice: "What's wrong, brother, what's wrong?"

After confirming it, Zhibin said: "Brother Liu, we are also old friends, and I will say some things directly, it is absolutely impossible for your apprentice to faint like this for no reason, he should have collided with something." ”

Liu Wuye also became serious, "What do you think it collided with?"

"It's hard to say, his current appearance is very similar to one of the symptoms I heard the old man say, that is, corpse qi entering the body. ”

"Ahh

"The old man said that he was poisoned by the corpse, he was unconscious, his face was white and his body was cold. ”

"Well, what can I do now? ”

Zhibin signaled to Liu Wuye not to worry, "Don't be afraid of the corpse poison, it is not an emergency, as long as it is dealt with properly, it is not a big problem." I remember using ginseng as a guide and a few herbs, which were quickly removed. But if you want him to wake up quickly, there is another way. ”

"Since it's not an emergency, let's try home remedies first, what do you need?"

Zhibin got up and said with a smile: "It's really a coincidence, you have what you need." ”

"What?"

"The coffin is said to put the poisoned person in the coffin, and the coffin can be revived the moment the coffin is closed. ”

Liu Wuye looked at the courtyard of the main house, it should have been asleep, gritted his teeth, "Okay, take a hand, just follow this." As long as we don't let the main family see it, we will do a lot of work about lying in the coffin anyway. ”

The deacon helped carry the apprentice into the coffin and put the lid on it, and the two of them stood by him. After about a quarter of an hour, Liu Wuye opened the lid of the coffin, and his apprentice really woke up faintly, and he was startled.

"Division... Master, you... What are you going to do?"

Liu Wuye patted his head, "Wake up, come out quickly, and see the master's house carefully, otherwise I will really bury you." ”

The little apprentice helped the gang to get up, carefully walked out of the coffin, and said a little inexplicably: "Master, what are you doing just now? By the way, how did I get inside?"

"You don't remember anything, did you just pass out?"

The little apprentice shook his head, "I fainted? ”

The deacon patted the little apprentice on the shoulder, "Come on, come on, maybe you're tired, then don't work, come out and drink two glasses and eat meat." ”

The little apprentice was overjoyed when he heard this, and followed them back to the courtyard, and the deacon poured him a glass of wine, and only after the three of them drank it did they say: "Yan'er, when you went out before, you said that it was very interesting to see a little boy, how old is that child?"

"About five or six years old, I look pretty good, and I love to laugh. ”

Zhibin frowned again, according to him, there were no little boys of five or six years old in their village, and even if there was one of similar ages, it was impossible for him to be outside after nine o'clock. "Just a little boy?"

The apprentice raised his head and thought for a while, "Yes, I saw the child, but I didn't see the adult." ”

Liu Wuye also chuckled in his heart when he heard this, it was obvious that his apprentice had just been poisoned by the corpse, and he had nothing to do with this little boy who appeared inexplicably. As soon as he thought of this, Liu Wuye himself couldn't help but feel furious, and quickly took a sip of wine to suppress the shock.

The deacon asked again: "You said you two are playing, why are you playing?"

"When the boy saw me, he stretched out his hand to take me, but I wouldn't let him take it, so I teased him. Then I grabbed him and wanted to bring him back, and... And then..."

"And then what's going on?"

"Huh, what's wrong with that? Strange, I can't remember..."

Zhibin smiled: "You are not hysterical, where did you come from, little boy?" ”

The little apprentice argued: "Some of them are just a little boy of five or six years old, sitting on a stone on the dirt slope behind him. ”

"Then you can't remember what you're doing next, you can't just disappear for no reason. Besides, where will there be five or six-year-old children running to the dirt slope to play on their own. ”

"This—" The little apprentice was speechless, for he really couldn't answer the deacon's question.

The deacon didn't say much, patted him on the shoulder, "Don't think about it, come on, come on, have an extra drink, the work will be done anyway." ”

There is no mistake