After the sons-in-law hung their filial piety, they entered the mourning hall and cried again in front of the spirit, which was the son-in-law's intention. A son-in-law is half a son, kneeling in the mourning hall is the son's practice, and the son-in-law comes in and kneels, which means that he is willing to be a son, and there is no need for Han Deku to go out to thank guests.

They discussed the funeral with Han Deku, and then went back to prepare. The girl has to stay and keep a watch, and go back to her mother-in-law's house early tomorrow morning wearing filial piety and kowtow to her in-laws. There is also a saying: it is to ask for supply.

A shed was also built on the west side of the courtyard, in which two large cauldrons were supported, and the cook was replaced by a rammer, he was the chef in the village, and he was asked to cook for red and white ceremonies. There were also a few half-sized lads who followed him to help.

The pots and pans are all in the village, and the tables and benches are first used by the lord's own family, and there are many banquets on the day of the funeral, and then they go to other people's houses to borrow.

Usually the deacons and helpers eat at his house, and there is no need to set up a table, and the big pot of dishes is a bowl for each person, and the main family also eats with them.

The women are in charge of steaming buns, which is still the old village rule, wreaths of white noodles and mixed noodles. There are many noodles for funerals, and people are specially arranged to go to the Xiangyang Brigade to make noodles.

In the afternoon of the same day, Han Deku's family killed the pig. He said that he couldn't use up the banquet anyway, so he killed it in advance, and put some meat in the big pot of dishes, which was freezing in the cold, so that everyone could eat better.

Pig blood and intestines are in the water, and they can't be served, so they are made and eaten in advance. The ten bowls of square meat offered on the offer were chopped, boiled in water, and the blood was cut out. The deacon bought roosters all over the village, and finally gathered enough ten, and was ready to kill them.

Early the next morning, two people were arranged to go to the market with a row of cars, mainly to buy fish. The deacon told them that it was best to buy fried fish from the restaurant and come back to save trouble.

Relatives are here, today first hang filial piety. After the man hung his filial piety, he asked the deacon what he had arranged and what he should do. The deacon answered clearly, and then asked them how many men and women would come, and that they might arrange the table tomorrow.

The second grandmother doesn't have a maiden family, which saves a lot of trouble. In general funerals, the most feared is the mother's family, looking for idle things is one thing, the key is that there are many people. Sometimes, I hate people who can't come to half the village.

There is a joke about the funeral banquet of the mother's family: there is a village, which is similar to Hantun, and the whole village has one surname. The old aunt and grandmother in the village died, and the two villages were also close to each other, with a mile of land. On the day of the funeral, all the people from Zhuangzi went, the people in front arrived, and the people in the back had not left the village.

The funeral mother's family is the host and guest, although a table is brought, but there are a lot of people who come, and they all have to sit at the table, and the mother's family alone has to prepare ten seats and eight seats.

At the funeral banquet, the dishes are good and no one competes (cares), but the buns are full. In these years of food shortage, this is a big burden.

Therefore, many people's funerals are not big, the main family prepares a table of bottom offerings, relatives will carry a basket of steamed buns, and use the bottom offerings to make a big pot of dishes at noon, one person and one bowl, and the buns brought by each family are enough to eat. If the mother's family doesn't make offerings, there will be no more people.

In fact, the real relatives of the mother's family will not compete to find trouble. Only the people at the side door came to mess around, just to have a good meal and get a box of cigarettes to smoke. The mother's strong family will never do anything to disturb the funeral of their own girl.

There are rules for relatives who carry baskets, and there are rules for people to come, generally four people, and at most one child. There are three men and one woman, and most of the men are mainly for the sake of saluting and looking good.

A steamed basket contains 24 steamed buns, 4 are pressed back, and the remaining 20 are enough for people to eat.

Han Deku's family has few relatives, and there are only two daughters who should be offered to the seven relatives, and one table is usually for two tables. The other five relatives were all bun baskets, with a maximum of twenty-five people.

Funerals are all on board tables, and a maximum of six people can sit at a table. In this way, the relatives are eight tables.

Han Deku killed the pigs, and the meat and vegetables were abundant, so he asked twenty tables to be set up, and those who helped in his own village also sat down at the tables.

The deacon disagreed, and said to him: "This is not your family's business, the rules of our village are there, and you have to follow the following rules, or follow the old rules." ”

The "little old mother" insisted on saying: "The pig I specially killed, the meat alone is more than 200 catties, and I have to use it." ”

Han Daowei said: "Otherwise, let's also learn from Shimiao Village, their village will do things, and the people in their village will pay a scattering gift, 2 yuan per person, and sit at the table." ”

But the deacon said: "Our village is different from them, their village is not the same surname, the people who pay the salute are all of the opposite sex, we all have the surname Han, what is the solution?"

Han Daowei said: "Be willing and respect your wishes. ”

Speaking of this with everyone, there are really a lot of people who pay the dispersal ceremony, and basically every family participates, so that there are six more tables.

After the relatives hung their filial piety, the people who should have been seen have also been seen. The burial began, and the coffin was already ready, and it was also refreshing, and it was completed quickly.

The third day was the main event, early in the morning, Han Deku followed to open the pit, his father had died, right next to his father's grave, Han Deku drew a general outline, and everyone dug out the grave.

When relatives come, hang a filial piety first, and then go out to the funeral when they are all here. Now it is advocated that funerals should be done simply, and those who do not tie paper, do not have a blower, and do not look at the time. If there are more relatives, it will be later, and if there are fewer relatives, it will be earlier, which is much simpler than before.

Eight strong men carried the coffin out into the street, stopped the coffin and began the road sacrifice. The road sacrifice is the focus of the funeral, and the offerings of each family are placed here for everyone to watch. Relatives worship here.

First put the main family's offerings, Han Deku led the people of his family to perform the filial piety ceremony, thirty-six bows, Han Deku was erected by someone, and it was completed.

The "little old mother", as a daughter-in-law, stepped forward to break the confession. Everyone in his own village has seen it, and his relatives in other villages don't know about the big offerings in his family.

When it was put on the table, it caused an exclamation: "I haven't seen such a big offering for many years, the old lady is blessed, and she has a useless one on the stall." Otherwise, it doesn't take too many to say that it's good, one is a nest. "Youyou was stunned when you heard it, this son can still talk about nests.

Then someone said: "A good son is not worth a good daughter-in-law, but she is still a 'little old mother', she has been angry all her life, and she has bought such a good offering for the old man, which has given everyone a good start." ”

Then there is the offering of the two daughters, and the two sisters seem to have discussed it, and they are all flower offerings. At this time, everyone's statement is not very good.

"The old man is considered to be long-lived, and he is in a hurry, and he doesn't need them to serve for a day, so he will make a flower offering, which is not worth it.

The second grandmother is famous for her daughters, and in order to take care of her daughters, she also divided her family one by one, saving rations from her own mouth to help them. It seems that the girl can't have it, it's really in response to the old saying, the girl who goes out is outgoing. ”

Then someone sneered: "I don't even understand this, my son-in-law always cries and calls the donkey to fart, you see the two sons-in-law crying very loudly, and you don't see tears." ”