Chapter 269: The Convoy of Condolences
Chen Dahe didn't sleep this night, she was keeping vigil for her grandfather. She asked Chen Xiaoxi to accompany Han Jiangxue to sleep together.
Chen Xiaoxi originally wanted to keep vigil here, but was finally persuaded by Pan Jinzhi. After all, the old man's body will be parked at home for a day tomorrow.
Chen Laiwang also wanted to accompany the vigil, Chen Dahe asked his father and mother to go to take a small rest, tomorrow night or even the day after tomorrow, it will be very tiring to be a filial son. These are all the rules of Chen Jiagou.
There are some aspects of Chen Dahe that can be replaced, but not all. After all, there is still a difference between filial piety and filial piety.
Only Chen Dahe and Chen Laiwang were left in the huge old man's room, and Chen Laiwang was lying on the bed where the old man died. He is also tired these days taking care of the elderly.
Chen Dahe has been burning paper money, and no one will know whether these paper money is useful when burned. But it's all down from generation to generation.
When it was almost dawn, Chen Laiwang came over to burn the paper and asked Chen Dahe to rest for a while. Chen Dahe squinted on the old man's bed for a while.
Early in the morning of the second day after the old man Chen Qiao passed away, the men in Chenjiagou went to work to help.
Some people began to go to the county to buy vegetables, some people to buy tobacco and alcohol, and some people went to the mountains to find cemeteries, cut trees and tidy up the roads.
Others are busy in the Chen family ancestral hall, and some people are boiling water at Chen Dahe's house. The women were busy in the kitchen.
According to the rules of Chenjiagou, in the past three days, more than 40 households in Chenjiagou have not turned on fireworks.
That is to say, in the three days of the old man's funeral, the men and women of Chen Jiagou at home, all of them ate and drank at Chen Dahe's house.
This is not for Chen Dahe's family, but also for the death of an old man from someone else's family.
Every household brought all their tables and benches to Chen Dahe's house, and Chen Dahe's house has a large yard and a large living room.
It was raining, so we brought in a simple shed to build it and put it on lighting.
Tomorrow night, all relatives and friends will come to send wreaths, and the people of Chenjiagou will help, and the guests will do it first. They help serve the food, and everyone starts eating after the guests have eaten.
If they all eat together, even if Chen Dahe's new house is so big, it is estimated that there will not be so many banquets.
Han Jiangxue also felt strange when she looked at this kind of funeral, this is too frustrating, right?
On the evening of the second day, Chen Jiagou from the same sect came to a few people who were about the same age as Chen Laiwang to help keep vigil. So that Chen Dahe and Chen Laiwang can take a rest, they also know that this day of doing things is the most tired time for filial sons and grandchildren.
On the third day, under the auspices of the presiding Taoist priest, the old man Chen Qiao began to be sent to the ancestral hall for the coffin. This also means that Chen Dahe's family will never see the old man again. From then on, it was really a world apart.
There was a lot of crying in the Chen family ancestral hall, which is also the rule.
The twelve Taoist priests began to overtake at noon on the third day. The ancestral hall is divided into three layers, and the old man's longevity is placed in the middle one.
The Chen family all wore linen and filial piety and began to kneel over there.
The Taoist priest was chanting and singing over there, and the sound of gongs and drums, firecrackers, and suona resounded throughout Chenjiagou.
The reason why Bai Xi is called Bai Xi is that the old man is already old and is dying. Although sad, in the end it is better than the death of a middle-aged person.
The ancestral hall of Chenjiagou is very lively, and the twelve Taoist priests are chanting and singing very hard, and some rituals are added. It's also very interesting to watch.
Even the Pan family and the Zhang family next door had many elderly people come to watch the excitement.
These people of the older generation, they have never been out of Xiaoshu Town, and they are very envious of such a scenery and funeral.
Don't think they are ignorant, in fact, too many people have an ordinary life, who doesn't want to be a sensation in the last time, even if they have closed their eyes and can't see anything.
They can eat poorly and dress poorly, but they will not be reluctant to do so. Chenjiagou is an authentic natural village, and many inheritances have been preserved.
Some of them are really dross, but now it seems that they are also very interesting.
Chen Laiwang and Chen Dahe have been kneeling, and they are much less sad in such a noisy environment.
On this night, many small cars came from Xicheng, all of them were people dressed in black, and they worshipped in front of the old man's coffin.
There are so many convoys, and some customers organized by Wei Xiaowang and Huajun came to condole. Of course, Wei Xiaowang has planned these people's arrangements in advance, and there is no need to trouble Chen Dahe.
These people from all over the world also feel very interesting to watch such a funeral. They didn't expect such a small place to have such a character as Chen Dahe. Chen Dahe knelt and returned the salute to everyone who came to send wreaths and condolences.
And so many people who look very classy drive such high-grade cars, and they come from thousands of miles just to mourn, and it is the first time in Xiaoshu Town. So whether this Chen Laiwang's son is an official or a businessman.
This kind of scene is really only a plot that can only be seen on TV. Those from all over the world stayed in the ancestral hall for a long time before leaving.
This makes the Chen family ancestral hall in Chenjiagou overcrowded, this may be the most lively time for the old man, but the old man can no longer see it.
At dinner in the evening, the food was hard enough and the wine was high-grade, which made everyone feel the courage of the richest man in Xiaoshu Town.
At night, the light rain continued, and the fireworks at the entrance of the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall bloomed in the sky, and finally people forgot about the light rain.
The old man has been dead for several days, and at this moment people have begun to transition from grief to reality. This is the truth that people cannot be resurrected after death.
Even Chen Dahe's family is much less sad than before.
This night stayed up all night, and the entire Chenjiagou was listening to the Taoist priest chanting.
At six o'clock in the morning of the next day, the three dog brothers took the lead, and eight men carried the old man's longevity to the back mountain of Chenjiagou.
There was another cry, and Chen Laiwang took the old man's spiritual seat and walked to the mountain.
The rule of Chenjiagou is not that the old man is buried directly in the grave for peace. Instead, it is necessary to build a small house for Shoucai, put the coffin inside, and finally put it into the earth after three years of weathering.
These are all Chen Jiagou's laborers, and the three dog brothers are the hardest. They are also the most expert in doing these jobs.
Han Jiangxue, as an authentic city person, really can't imagine why not be cremated?
It is indeed enough to toss the living and the dead in this way, but every place has its own rules, and there is no right or wrong.
After finishing all this, Chen Dahe and Chen Laiwang also slept all night after returning home. Those who came to mourn, Wei Xiaowang had already arranged it for him.
Life is slowly calming down. Although the old man occasionally appears in their minds, it can't change the fact that the old man is no longer there.
The funeral of the beautiful old man is well known in Little Tree Town. People had mixed reviews, some people said that this young man was too high-profile, and that this rule had been broken, and that he was afraid of raising the cost of the whole funeral in the future.
Some people also say that people are really filial, in order to let the old man leave in the last glory.
Different people look at the same thing and have different opinions. Chen Dahe would not pay attention to these words.
He waited until the first seven were over before he began to return to Xicheng.
A grandson like him is often used by the elders to encourage the younger generations in Chenjiagou.
In April, the sky is still raining lightly!