Chapter 57: Funeral, Burial
After returning to the Li family's old house, Li Qingshi led people to identify the location and let people dig the grave.
The young men who came to help in the town were already on standby, just waiting for the Li family to confirm the burial place of the old man. At this time, under the leadership of Li Qingshi, the neighbors rushed to the mountains to dig a grave for the old man Li Chu.
Among the neighbors, the only thing that can do their best is to help the Li family greet the banquet before and after, and dig the grave.
This kind of thing can't be done unless it's someone close to you, or if the relationship between the two parties is deep enough to a certain extent. Therefore, the matter of digging the grave for the old man, many neighbors competed for it, and only then did he get this qualification.
The people rushed to the mountain at three or four o'clock in the afternoon with their tools, and before six or seven o'clock in the evening, the cemetery had been dug up.
The cemetery was dug up, and only the last funeral remained.
Since then, I have never seen Old Man Li Chu again......
has been busy for several days, and the Li family is physically and mentally exhausted.
The old house of the Li family, the Li family entertained Mr. Feng Shui Zhong Libo. The older generation attaches great importance to Feng Shui, so the status of Mr. Feng Shui is extremely high.
"I came to the Li family on the order of my father, I wanted to do some modest efforts, but I never thought that the Li family had a master to worry about, and today I just did some errands. Ashamed, ashamed. ”
Facing the gratitude of the Li family, Zhongli Bolian claimed to be ashamed.
"We didn't know that there was a master in the family. It's a pity that this worldly master has never shown up, and our family, like you, Mr. Zhongli, wants to meet this master to express our gratitude. ”
When Zhong Libo, a feng shui gentleman, came down from the mountain, he said that he wanted to ask to meet the worldly masters who were helping the Li family. Hearing his words, Li Qi was also puzzled.
The death of my brother and the various visions that occurred all prove that there is indeed a master who secretly acted out. But Li Qi thought about it, but he couldn't find out where the master was, so Li Qi shook his head helplessly at Zhong Libo's request.
If he could, Li Qi would also like to meet the hidden master.
"It's not early, since I don't have the opportunity to see that master, then I will take my leave. Tomorrow morning, when the old man is at his funeral, I will come to see off the old man for the last time. ”
Knowing that the Li family didn't know where the hidden master was, Zhong Libo wanted to say goodbye as he spoke.
"It's embarrassing to let Mr. Zhongli go back and forth. If Mr. Zhongli doesn't mind, he will stay in the ancient town for a night to rest, and we will do our best to be the landlord. ”
Seeing that this feng shui gentleman was about to get up and say goodbye, Li Qingping hurriedly got up and said.
These days, he has been guarding his father's spirit, and Li Qingping rarely closes his eyes. Under the great compassion, Li Qingping's spirit was a little sluggish, but his mood was slowly calming down.
The deceased is gone, and the living must always be strong and take care of the aftermath. Otherwise, the old father may not be at ease when he leaves......
There was a last trace of doubt in my heart, I don't know where the dragon came from. At the same time, when the funeral is out tomorrow, you also need to do some feng shui matters on the side to send the elderly on their last journey. In the face of the Li family's gracious retention, Zhong Libo thanked everyone after thinking about it and stayed in the ancient town.
As the night deepened, I learned the news that Mr. Li Chu would be funeral early tomorrow morning. The ancient town didn't sleep well at night, worrying about the funeral of the old man early tomorrow morning.
Early the next morning, before dawn, many people had quietly gathered on the street outside the Li family's old house.
Even, when the fish in the east was white and hazy, the road outside the town was already a long queue of headlights that stretched for more than ten miles.
The time of the old man's funeral was confirmed through various channels, and relatives, friends, and neighbors came to wait early in the morning.
It's just that in the past few days since the old man passed away, the threshold of the Li family's old mansion has been smoothed out by a few points. Everyone knew that there were many relatives and friends who missed the old man's affection, and they were afraid that they would arrive at the Li family's old house a little later, and they would not be able to see the old man for the last time, so they all rushed to the scene.
In the mourning hall, before the coffin was raised, Li Qingping knelt down on his knees, holding the clay basin that burned paper money and cried bitterly, and then broke the clay basin to the ground.
The burnt paper paper is scattered, so that the deceased can take all the burned paper money to the underworld for use.
Crying bitterly and holding his father's coffin, Li Qingping was very sad, but he had to send his father out of the funeral......
The relatives and friends of the villagers who were guarding outside the old house waited quietly, and in the cries of Li Qingping and the children and grandchildren of the Li family, the coffin was finally carried out of the Li family mourning hall.
The descendants of the Li family carried the soul-attracting banner and turned left three times around the coffin in the drum music and turned three times to the right to show their attachment to the deceased.
Out of the gate of the old house, the people guarding outside put the coffin cover. The coffin cover is as long as a sedan body, with a tin gourd head and a golden top, and a four-cornered dragon head and dragon tail.
The heavy coffin, the huge coffin cover, 32 people carried the coffin slowly.
At this time, the sky was just white. Following the children and grandchildren of the Li family to protect the coffin of the old man Li Chu and slowly walked towards the West Mountain, Zhong Libo turned around and saw the mourners behind him winding slowly, and there was no end in sight.
Following behind the coffin, the people were like a long dragon, stretching until the town road still had no end in sight......
After leaving the village, he walked slowly forward for a long time before he came to the foot of the West Mountain.
The relatives and friends who sent the funeral stopped there. The rest of the journey was for the family and relatives to carry the paper and offerings to the cemetery.
As the eldest son, Li Qingping turned around and thanked Xie Xiao, the many relatives and friends who came to the funeral behind him, to send his father on his last journey......
With Xie Xiao, the son of the Li family, the long queue of funeral relatives and friends behind him cried loudly.
While everyone was crying, the whole ancient town was full of gloom, and the crying continued, and the sound spread for miles away.
After removing the coffin cover and stopping the guard of honor, Li Qingping and his family sent their father into the mountain for burial.
When the time came to the cemetery, when the time was about to be put into the coffin, Li Qingping and his wife and daughter held the coffin and wept bitterly, refusing to let everyone carry the coffin for burial.
"Dad! Dad, I can't bear to be your old man......"
Holding his father's coffin, Li Qingping cried bitterly despite the pull of the people around him.
Wen Shuzhi and Li Shulei, mother and daughter, also cried bitterly in the coffin, not wanting the old man to be buried.
Since then, the real yin and yang are separated, and the old man will never be seen again!
Chu Feng, who was quietly accompanying him, also had red eyes, and tears finally fell.
The auspicious time for burial has arrived, even if the relatives are reluctant, let the deceased rest in peace. Zhong Libo sighed beside him and reminded in a low voice, and everyone cried and couldn't bear to pull Li Qingping's family away. Then prepare to nail the lid of the coffin......
I haven't had a good rest these days, and Li Qingping's body is very thin. Pulled by everyone, he didn't know where to get the strength, broke away from everyone and rushed up, preventing people from closing the lid of the coffin.
"Let me take one last look at my dad, let me take one last look at him......"
People couldn't bear it and wanted to step forward and pull him away.
Li Qingping pushed the lid of the coffin, crying and begging.
People in their forties are crying like children at the moment.
Li Qi, who was an uncle, wiped away his tears and shook his hand gently at everyone.
"Qingping, take another look at your dad and his old man, don't delay his auspicious time......"
Gently patting his nephew's shoulder, Old Man Li Qi sighed.
Like a cub who leaves his parents, like a child who left his parents when he first went to school, for fear that they would leave him alone.
One last glance at his father, who was lying quietly in the coffin, his eyes closed and his expression serene.
The first time I can remember, I woke up hazy in the morning, the sun was shining outside the window, and my father was at the head of his bed, holding a bird to tease and wake up......
When he was sick and uncomfortable and half-asleep, he stayed by his side, coaxing himself to take medicine and injections. His eyes were kind and painful, and he no longer scolded and reprimanded himself so harshly......
It was raining, and he was held in his father's arms and carried on his shoulders, and he shielded himself from the wind and rain......
When I got out of school, I took his big hand and kicked him home......
I still remember that the food he cooked was better than that of his mother, and I remember my father's harsh reprimand when he did something wrong......
But now, with his eyes closed, he can no longer look at himself lovingly, and he can no longer reprimand himself harshly.
In the future, I can only see my father in dreams, only through old photos.
I want him to look at myself again, I want to look at him again.
However, there will never be a chance......
My father,
I've grown up, I've been sensible,
I regret that I made you angry and worried when I was young, and I regret that I didn't accompany you when I was young to earn money.
When I knew that I was filial and had the ability to take good care of you, you were old.
When I had children and forgave you for the hard work you had for me, you couldn't walk.
When I don't want to spend every moment with you, you don't have much time left.
Dad, I have always had a lot of words in my heart that I haven't said to you, and I have never been good at expressing my feelings for you. can only be impatient to nag, can only be speechless, to hide his feelings for you.
Dad, my son has grown up and has his own family business, so you don't have to worry about me anymore.
You're gone, I'm not worried about you. You have to take care of yourself and remember to dress when it's cold.
Dad, I can't bear you.
Dad, I cry like a child, why don't you open your eyes and look at me again, and reprimand me again to be like a man......
Holding the coffin, crying.
Weakly leaning against the coffin, he slowly slid down his body.
Seven "descendant nails" nailed the lid of the coffin.
The sound of nailing the coffin one by one smashed heavily on the bottom of the heart, and the whole heart was torn apart.
Piercing.