Chapter 66 Filial piety

After Deng Xun's death, the emperor personally issued an order to send a mourner to mourn on behalf of the Son of Heaven. Liu Qing naturally also knew the news and brought Li He to see Deng Sui.

The leaves have not yet fallen, the autumn has not yet been barren, but the wind has been blowing, with coolness, embracing the early autumn morning tightly, tossing and turning.

Liu Qing saw that there were many people gathered in the mourning shed, everyone saluted to the tablet, and saluted to the Yin family sitting in the corner and Deng Sui kneeling in front of the spirit. She was wearing a snow-white filial piety dress, and her filial piety hat was pressed low, covering her flower-like beauty.

Liu Qing also saluted according to the rules, Sui'er didn't look up, and she couldn't hear her crying, only Yin sobbed and cried sadly. He walked up to Sui'er, looked at her affectionately, and said in a low voice: "Sui'er, don't be sad, if you have any difficulties, come to me, I will come to help you." ”

Sui'er still didn't look up, kowtowed to thank him, and only said lightly: "Thank you, sir!" ”

Liu Qing saw that she didn't look at herself, so she was a little anxious, and just about to speak, Li He grabbed his hand and pulled him outside the spirit shed. whispered, "Lord Wang, what are you going to do?" ”

Liu Qing's tears burst into tears, and his voice was choked, "I know Sui'er is sad, back then, Lord Deng also saved my life for me, I wanted to talk to her, comfort and comfort her, but she didn't even look at me." I, me and her, I-"

"Lord Wang, she is right, if I guess correctly, this Sui'er is the woman you mentioned back then. It's really rare to be so smart and polite, at such a young age. She is keeping filial piety, how can she fall in love with you? Lord Wang, Li He persuaded you back then, and he still wants to persuade you today. This woman is not a mortal, you have to let go! Li He's voice persuaded sincerely.

Liu Qing lowered his head and silently looked at the thin and thin Sui'er in front of the spirit, feeling distressed for a while, but he had no choice but to sit in the spirit shed like everyone else.

More and more people worshipped. The steward Deng Shunlai asked Yin, "Madam." There is no place to sit in the crowded shed, what should the lady do? ”

Yin Shi cried so much that he wiped a handful of tears when he heard this, and said, "Several children have gone to Sai to bury adults. I'm a woman, but how good, this, my life is hard! Tears welled up as he spoke. and wept bitterly. Deng Shun sighed, knowing that it would be useless to ask any more. I had to come to Sui'er and say, "Miss, look, what should I do?" ”

Deng Sui looked up at the scene in front of her, and her heart was full of sadness. It's just that now is not the time to cry, my mother has no idea when she sees it, and the old motherland is old. He was sick again, and several of his brothers went to Biansai. Now that the family only has his own little girl's family to support, if he has no opinion, how can this funeral continue.

So he sighed and said, "Don't worry, have several of my uncles arrived?" ”

Deng Shun replied: "When you get to the fifth, they are all accompanying the old lady in the back hall!" ”

Deng Sui stood up and walked to the back hall, and when he entered the door, he saw several uncles sitting on the left and right of the old lady, talking with him, so he gave a salute and said, "Uncle Uncles, Sui'er is polite." ”

Deng Zhen said: "Sui'er, hurry up!" ”

Deng Sui didn't get up and said, "Sui'er has something to ask your uncles!" ”

Deng Hong hurriedly came over and helped her up and said, "Sui'er, if you have something to say, if you can use a few of our old places, you will definitely help you." ”

"Sui'er is precisely for this, my mother and I are both women, it is inconvenient to show up, my mother is too sad, Sui'er is still young, it is really difficult to maintain. There are more and more visitors in front, and there are too many things to be entangled, so Sui'er begs the uncles to help maintain it in the front hall and arrange all the things. Sui'er and her mother are grateful! As he spoke, he choked up, and everyone felt a pang of misery in their hearts.

"Where is this talking, don't cry, my baby Sui'er, several of you are Xun'er's own brothers, at this time is the time for the family to borrow strength, how can you hide behind to accompany me, an old mother, go quickly, I am also old, I didn't expect so many things." When the old grandmother heard this, she was already in tears, urging her sons one after another.

"Whoa! Mother, don't worry, let's go. Sui'er, what do you think we are doing? Deng Zhen asked.

Deng Sui thought for a while and said, "The spirit shed is not enough, and two need to be built in the garden, so the third uncle and the ninth uncle asked helpers to do it." and the money shall be paid to the account. The eldest uncle and the second uncle have been in the palace for a long time, and people know a lot, so they help Sui'er to receive them. Uncle Thirteen helped buy some things, and seeing that it was noon, he also arranged for everyone to eat something. If you don't know anything, you can find me, or you can find Deng Shun, who is in charge, my mother is heartbroken now, and she really has no heart to take care of things. ”

That's all she can think of, but even so, it's very rare. Deng Zhen nodded and said, "Sui'er, it's arranged properly, let's go and get busy, no matter what, we can help maintain it for three days!" ”

At this time, Deng Sui felt as if he had let go of his burden, threw himself into the arms of his old grandmother, and began to cry mournfully.

Three days later, the funeral was over, the mourners had left, and the empty Deng Mansion fell silent again, Deng Sui arranged to clean up the house, and then came to the mother and grandmother's hall to say goodbye.

The old grandmother said, "Sui'er, can you not go?" How can you endure this hardship as a girl's family, I'm afraid that filial piety has not been kept, and people have only one breath left. ”

Yin's tears have dried up in the past few days, and when he heard this, the tears rolled down again, hugging Deng Sui and crying: "My daughter, my mother is reluctant to let you go, this filial piety is better to wait for your brothers to come back, how can this delicate daughter stand it!" ”

Deng Sui smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, my daughter has sworn in front of her father's spirit that she will keep her filial piety for these three years. The daughter hasn't even seen the last side of her father, she is already unfilial, how can she violate filial piety again, these hardships are nothing, and the daughter can stand it. I have asked Deng Shun to prepare in the suburbs, and tonight, I will go over. ”

"Oh my God, what's going on!" Yin screamed, and then wept again.

Deng Sui gritted his teeth, ruthlessly disobeyed his mother's wailing and grandmother's call, and returned to his room to pack his things. In fact, there is nothing to clean up.

In terms of food, parents are not allowed to eat anything for three days after their death, only a small amount of water is allowed to drink. She has already survived this, and in the next hundred days, she is only allowed to drink some porridge in the morning and evening; After 100 days to one year, only vegetables are allowed, and no seasonings are allowed to be put in vegetables; Fruits can be eaten after a year; After two years, the porridge can be seasoned. Must be absolutely vegan for three years.

In terms of living, before the funeral, you must live in a thatched hut that is not as good as a kennel, the more dilapidated the thatched hut, the better, the wind blows in, the rain can be drenched, and when you sleep, you are only allowed to lay a thin mat and use clods of soil as a pillow, of course, it is better not to have a pillow. She didn't do these because she had to hold a funeral, but after the funeral, she must do it. She instructed Deng Shun to build such a thatched hut in the suburbs, but the sleeping conditions were better, and thick cushions were added, but the girl's house still loved to be clean, and she asked Zhao Yu to make pillows with mats; After two years, you can go back to the house and sleep, but you still can't sleep in the bed; It takes three years before the previous sleep conditions can be restored.

Not to mention what to wear, only white filial piety clothes are allowed to be worn for three years.

Zhao Yu knew that she loved cleanliness, so she wrapped five filial piety clothes for her at one time. While wrapping it, he cried and said: "Miss, you just let Yu'er serve you, besides, you are alone in the suburbs, and you are so beautiful, in case there is any disciple or something, Miss is so delicate, how can you get it?" Yu'er is here, and there is a bold one. ”

Deng Sui said: "Sister Yu, you can send me food sooner or later." I don't go out of the hut, I only cry in the house, and there are few people in the suburbs, so it will be fine. ”

Zhao Yu sighed helplessly: "When Li Xia comes back, I will let him guard you!" ”

Deng Sui didn't speak, just looked at the furnishings in the room, and said, "Sister Yu, go to the study and get a few books that I often read. ”

In the suburbs, the autumn color is thicker, the fallen leaves have been seen flying in the air, the autumn breeze with a hint of coolness, blowing into the windy grass shed on all sides, Sui'er sat in front of his father's spiritual seat, and said in a low voice: "Father, Sui'er will accompany you, don't you like Sui'er to read?" Sui'er reads it to you. ”

Outside the grass shed, Zhao Yu stopped and refused to leave, only to hear her soft voice whispering: "Although there is wisdom, it is better to take advantage of the situation; Although there is a base of rhodium, it is better to wait for the time to ......" (to be continued)