Chapter 15: The Closing Ceremony

Lao Yang is a highly educated college student, so he naturally doesn't believe this, but the speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional, but he reminded his mother. After the old neighbor left, Lao Yang's mother and his wife discussed whether it would be related to "that incident".

The "incident" they refer to refers to means that the entire Yang family went to the countryside to attend the funeral.

At that time, the old Yang daughter-in-law was seven months pregnant, and the Yang family had a mother-in-law in Bayuquan's hometown, and the Yang family's family rules were very strict, as long as a relative of the sect passed away, whether they were sick or in the field, even if they were on a business trip on Mars, they had to rush back, and all of them went out to attend the funeral. Originally, Lao Yang didn't want his wife to go, after all, he had a child in his belly, not to mention the hard work of long-distance travel, and let the pregnant attend the funeral to see the dead, how could he feel awkward, and the whole of China would avoid it. But the family rules can't be changed, and Yang's father is afraid of being poked in the backbone by the old family, so he grits his teeth and asks his daughter-in-law to go. In order to ensure family harmony, under the persuasion of Lao Yang, his wife reluctantly agreed. At that time, it was the beginning of the lunar month, and the countryside in Yingkou was quite cold, and the living environment was also poor. Lao Yang's wife felt very hard, but she thought that for two days at most, there would be a nanny to take care of her, and she would endure it.

The funeral has a whole complicated set of procedures, culminating in the "coffin" ceremony. It was to be done at twelve o'clock at midnight on the first seven days of the deceased, and it was presided over by a person in the village who specialized in this kind of thing, called the witch master (that is, the old god). Before the coffin was closed, the coffin was stored in the ancestral hall, the coffin lid was on the coffin, and the coffin was padded with thick yellow paper, leaving only a distance of about a palm's width at the front of the coffin. When the coffin is closed, all the people of the sect have to kneel in the ancestral hall, the coffin is placed on the incense table, and the witch master has to recite a lot of words first, just like the lines in the play. Two strong men stood at the end of the coffin, their hands on the lid of the coffin to prepare. The witch man put a black rooster on the lid of the coffin, slit his throat and spilled blood on the top of the coffin, at which point the two strong men had to exert force at the same time, put the lid of the coffin to the front, click the tenon tightly, and then nail the nail on the coffin, and it was over. During the closing of the coffin, no one could make a sound, not even cough.

Lao Yang's wife reacted very much to pregnancy, starting with morning sickness in two or three months, and only getting better in six months, tossing and suffering from neurasthenia, insomnia and bone pain. On the day of the coffin, she was very uncomfortable, uncomfortable, and there were no painless joints. Lao Yang asked his father if he could not let his wife follow the coffin ceremony at midnight. But Yang's father disagreed. At midnight, there were fifty or sixty members of the Yang family kneeling in the ancestral hall, and only one of Lao Yang's wives was pregnant. The witch pronounced the words at length, and she knelt for twenty minutes, very uncomfortable, her body trembling, and she gasped with difficulty. Lao Yang knelt beside him, looking at his wife like this, he was more anxious than anyone else. Lao Yang's parents knelt in the front row, although they didn't dare to move and turn back, they could hear that their daughter-in-law was uncomfortable, but the rules of their hometown were there, and they could only sigh secretly.

At twelve o'clock, when the witch had finished reciting, he grabbed the rooster tied in the corner, placed it on the lid of the coffin, and slit his throat with a knife, and the chicken fluttered so hard that blood was sprinkled everywhere, even on the face of the immediate family of the mother-in-law kneeling in the front row. After that, the witch made a look, and the two strong men finally waited for the time, but they were already impatient, and they worked together to pile the coffin lid forward.

The witch shouted: "No worries, reincarnation in the next life." Bless Yang Zong, safe and wealthy!" At this time, Lao Yang heard his wife scream, and his body fell to the ground, convulsions. The villagers standing in the courtyard found that something was wrong, and they all rushed forward to see the excitement, and the ancestral hall was in chaos. Lao Yang hurriedly picked up his wife, but there was no response to how he screamed. Lao Yang's father and son stuffed her into the car together, and the three of them drove from the village to the county hospital overnight. Rescued overnight, it didn't take long for her to regain consciousness, and the doctor said that there was no problem, but it was caused by mental tension and kneeling for a long time, and her body was weak.

When Lao Yang's family returned to the village, the same clan blamed them from top to bottom, especially the family members of the deceased's mother-in-law, saying that Lao Yang's daughter-in-law had ruined the coffin ceremony, and the mother-in-law would definitely die blindly, and she might not be able to bless the family with safety in the future. The witch also said that this thing had never been encountered, and it was too unlucky. Lao Yang was very angry, and drove away from the village in a fit of rage, letting go of the cruel words that he would never come back in this life. Lao Yang's parents didn't want to see it with his relatives in his hometown in the countryside, but it had happened, but fortunately, his daughter-in-law was in good health. The old couple went to the countryside twice to apologize to the mother-in-law's family and the same clan, and after a few good words, the relationship eased.

In October, the melon was ripe and fell, and Lao Yang's son was born, and I know everything after that.

"Oh, that's it...... You're in a tough situation. "I pretended to be a connoisseur and pouted my teeth.

Lao Yang said: "But isn't it, since the old neighbor reminded me, my parents began to start from this, first went to the countryside to worship and burn paper in front of the old woman's grave, and it cost more than 1,000 yuan just to tie the paper, and my wife also knelt down in front of the grave with the child and begged her to let it go, but it was useless." I went to the witch again, and he promised to be happy, and after seeing the child, he said that my son has unwillingness in his body, and I don't know what unwillingness is. The old man sat in front of my son, chattered for most of the day, patted and beat my son, charged me 2,000 yuan and left, but it didn't work at all. He also asked someone to go to Jixi, Heilongjiang to find a great immortal who specializes in watching things, and said that he could invite the snake fairy to check everything. That big immortal has two sons, and the invited immortal family can say that my son was taken up by the old lady, let us go back to our hometown to worship, and we have worshiped twice, and it doesn't work, alas!"

I hurriedly comforted him and said that I would contact the Thai partner and ask him to help you find a way. Lao Yang thanked me and asked me to call immediately, and if I could solve it, I would give me a big red envelope. I was very excited, saying that it was too late and there was no room for business, so I could only call again tomorrow during the day.

The phone hung up, and I sat on the edge of the bed and rubbed my hands together. I hate myself that this mobile phone card is just a local pass, and there is no international long-distance function at all, and even if there is, it is expensive. I didn't even eat breakfast when I was lying on the bed, so I went downstairs and went straight to talk and told Kaohsiung about the situation. There was silence for a while, I thought it was a broken line, and I had to call again, I was distressed about the phone bill, and I heard Kaohsiung say: "I really didn't expect that you were still on the road!"

"What do you mean?" I didn't understand.

Kaohsiung said: "Being able to contact a business that does business so quickly is faster than when I got started." Your college classmate's matter can be solved, does the other party have any requirements for quotation?" I said that this college classmate has been in business for many years, and he has a bit of a family background, and he has also found a lot of witches and gods, but he has not been able to solve it, and he should not be too picky about the cost, so I asked him how much he wanted by the way.