Chapter 223, build a cemetery and engrave a monument to leave a name, do good deeds and cover the corpse
The capital put it down in advance, and then talked about Situ Yan's side, boiled the eight-treasure porridge for Wu Jin, and put it in his own room in the west first, and put a piece of carbon on a small stove to warm it. Only then did they call the two aunts and began to boil eight porridge for everyone.
At noon, everyone held the laba porridge in their hands, their eyes were red, and even some children cried together, shouting for their father and mother, where would Situ Yan think of a bowl of porridge, but let things get out of control, so she had to persuade her, "Everyone, although I am five years young, my six-year-old biological mother has passed away, not to mention that I have experienced eight disasters and nine difficulties, but I am also used to seeing wind and waves." Although people are soft-spoken, I have to advise you, this person will not be resurrected after death, you are so sad now, the father and mother brothers who walked one step ahead of you, look at you in the sky and will not go with peace of mind! ”
Wu Jin also helped to persuade, "Parents who have suffered from the body, now that you are so sad, if you don't cry anymore and hurt your body, it is a great disfilial piety to your ancestors." And if you fall ill right now, there's nowhere to invite Lang Zhong! Don't be sad, everyone, quickly collect your tears and taste the laba porridge boiled by your sister! ”
"Yes, I look at this porridge and it is fragrant, don't cry, if the porridge is cold, it won't be so fragrant!" Lu Ming also helped persuade.
He Dazhuang's son took it first, but he muttered in a low voice with tears in his eyes, "But, now I am drinking porridge on the fire in the house, but my father and mother are still buried in the snow!" Isn't this unfilial piety? ”
Aunt Situ finally understood why these people were sad, "The feeling is that I think that my parents have not been able to settle down, and I feel guilty." Originally, she discussed with Wu Jin that she would wait for the spring to melt before being buried, in order to appease people's hearts. It seems that this time is going to be advanced, "It's not that your Uncle Wu doesn't help you bury your parents, it's just that the ground is still freezing right now." I wanted to wait for the beginning of spring before breaking ground, since everyone can't feel at ease, then we will choose a place tomorrow to bury our deceased relatives, and everyone will have a holiday with peace of mind today! ”
Situ Yan's words gave them more peace of mind than eating japonica rice for everyone, and the floating people's hearts calmed down again, and it didn't take a while. There are many people who have already started to drink the porridge with their bowls. Only then did Situ Yan pull Wu Jin and the bolt into her room, drinking porridge while discussing the next burial.
"Yan'er. This ground is frozen like this, how can we dig a pit and bury it? Wu Jin was a little overwhelmed by Situ Yan's sudden change of mind.
Although Situ Yan agreed impulsively just now, she also went through the feasibility of this matter in her mind. At this time, I saw Wu Jin asking. I discussed with him what I thought, "The frozen soil can be set on fire, but there are so many corpses, if everyone digs a pit, I am afraid that most of the firewood at home will have to be used, and I don't know how long it will be cold in the future." I thought it would be better to dig a big pit and bury these people together, and then erect a large stone monument. The names of these people are engraved on them, and not only the wishes of these people are fulfilled. It will not waste firewood at home. It's just that since everyone wants to be buried like this, then Master Wu is afraid that it will have to be like this, I wonder if my brother can agree? ”
When Wu Jin first heard it, he thought it was a very good idea, but when he heard that Wu De was going to be buried together, he still felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, "Yan'er, although my father has made mistakes in this life, but now that others are gone, will this damage the ancestral shade?" ”
Wu Jin's worries, Situ Yan understood, but for Wu De, she didn't expect this brainless father to speak for them when he arrived in the underworld, and she didn't believe these at all, but Wu Jin believed it, and she had to bother to persuade, "Grandmother was just buried on the side of the road casually, I'm afraid there is not even a monument here, and Master Wu can be buried in one place with these people, and we will leave in the future, at least the incense will not be broken." And if he is only buried, and everyone else is buried together, I am afraid that my brother's hard-earned reputation will be ruined, such filial piety and ancestral shade, isn't it putting the cart before the horse? ”
Wu Jin thought about it for a while, it really can't be like this, but let his father be buried with these military households, he still feels sad and can't let go, after all, the Wu family is also a scholarly family, and the noble family of the previous dynasty, "Yan'er, why don't you wait until the New Year to bury your father?" ”
"Brother!" Situ Yan is also very helpless about Wu Jin, he is not like the four brothers of the Li family, he can't be reasonable if he reads little, as long as she loses her temper or is coquettish, she can persuade her. For Wu Jin to be rational everywhere, he will be convinced, sometimes this show can be more difficult than soldiers, "The first person to be buried in this joint burial has to be the father, not my unfilial piety as a daughter, but the father did not do a good thing during his lifetime, now that the person is gone, if he can achieve a good thing, at least go down to the underworld, and suffer less suffering, and can be reincarnated as soon as possible, although he is buried with these military households, but these people are hereditary military households, and their ancestors will be here for generations in the future, and the father can get their incense, It can be regarded as accumulating blessings for yourself, so that there are only benefits, no harm, and this is not that you are unfilial, it is precisely because my brother cares about family affection and does not want my father to continue this incense, so I will have this plan, and I hope that my brother will focus on the overall situation! Situ Yan thought that as long as Wu Jinneng agreed, let her call Wu De a few times and she would admit it.
"Yan'er, are you willing to recognize your father, don't blame him?" Of course, Wu Jin was very excited when he heard that his little sister no longer called his father by Master Wu.
"Yes, my brother is right, death is great, since the other person is no longer there, I am willing to recognize him as my father again, but I still have the surname Situ, and I will never change my surname." Anyway, Wu De is dead, and she can do it with a few shouts, and she is willing.
"Okay, if my father has a spirit in the sky, he should be able to comfort him!" How did Wu Jin know, if it wasn't for him to nod, Situ Yan would not have recognized Wu De, but this is only superficial, in Situ Yan's heart, that Wu De is not on the same equal sign as his father at all.
After discussing this matter, Situ Yan discussed it with Sun Dabeard and the two boys of the He family, after all, these people have relatives who have died, and they are in the same family, they are closer than those others, if they can all agree, then others should have nothing to say.
Sun Dabeard was a little hesitant at first, but after listening to Situ Yan's explanation, even Wu Jin's father wanted to be buried with them, so he agreed, and the two babies of the He family also felt that this was good, first, so that their parents could be buried as soon as possible. The second is that if they also die on the battlefield one day, at least their parents' incense will not be broken.
These days, the bearded back injury of the grandson has been healed, so he took the initiative to ask to choose a stone inscription. His craft is ancestral, his great-grandfather used to be a stonemason, although he was a military household, but his craft was not lost. Situ Yan didn't stop him, but he was afraid that he would freeze, so he cleaned up a place in the west chamber and carved a monument for him.
The next day. Wu Jin took people to choose the land, ignited the frozen soil, and was busy for ten days. The big pit used for the joint burial was dug well, and during this time, only the dilapidated door panels and beams were cut down, and finally the matter was done without using the firewood at home. Situ Yan has not been idle these days. prepared a lot of paper money for Wu Jin. even asked Wu Jin to copy a mantra of the past, so that when he was buried, it would be more reassuring to everyone's hearts and make them believe that their relatives had ascended to bliss.
On the day of burial, the names were registered first, and then they were buried one by one. It's just that there is no coffin, and it is all wrapped in straw mats. In a hurry, no one thinks it's inappropriate. After all, even Wu Jin's father was buried like this.
Situ Yan still remembered that when Wu Jin pulled Wu De out of the collapsed snowdrift, Wu De opened a pair of eyes. Die with a grievance or everlasting regret. Wu Jin cried again.
And Situ Yan just watched coldly, and she didn't even have any sympathy for Wu De. The bodies of the fourth and sixth aunts were also dug up and buried together.
Those who can be called out of their names have all been registered, but some people who don't know their names have to be registered according to the location of the house at home, and keep them for future verification, and wait for everyone to be buried, Wu Jin also recited the mantra of the past life, and put on incense, burned paper money and incantations, but the stone tablet has not been carved at this time, so it has not been erected for the time being.
If Wu De really has a spirit in the sky, seeing that he is just wrapped in a straw mat, whether he will regret what he did before, these are unknown. In short, Situ Yan felt that Wu De's death was more valuable than living, at least he helped Wu Jin earn a reputation, but he sincerely no longer blamed him. And if Wu De knew that his daughter thought that he was better off dead than alive, it is known whether he would be so angry that he crawled out of the grave.
It's also a shame that these people are all from military families, and Situ Yan cooks three meals a day, so although it is sad to see the relatives who died in vain, no one is sick. Even the two aunts and a few small babies survived.
In fact, Situ Yan expected it right, this incident not only gave Wu Jin a good reputation, but also really calmed people's hearts, and even after burying their relatives, these people actually began to help Situ Yan to start the New Year together, and it was finally sunny after the rain.
The ancients were more accustomed to life and death than modern people, in this era of lack of clothing and medicine, war and strife, and power as the government, the relatives around you will leave you at any time, not to mention that they are from military families who need to go to the battlefield to fight, even if there is no snow disaster, their father and brother can live today, but tomorrow they may never come back to the battlefield, or they are carried down, that may be more uncomfortable than dying like this, after all, people who have no ability to work are guilty of living in this world. So their grief will soon be soothed, compared to Situ Yan, a modern person, who used to learn the educational concept of putting life first, which made her envious of these ancients.
And in the border city of Yizhuang, a hundred miles away, Duanmu Xuan also led people to dispose of corpses at this time, and when he entered Layue, more and more people froze and starved to death, grain and grass did not come for a long time, and even some livestock were frozen to death. And the living in order not to freeze to death, to pick up the clothes of the dead to wear, thousands of naked corpses are piled up everywhere, and now the New Year is coming, it is really inappropriate, if the disaster relief officials see it, being impeached is indispensable, so he has no choice, so he has no choice but to personally take the soldiers to Yizhuang to deal with it.
"Mo Feng, pile firewood and light a fire to dig a pit for burial, no matter what, these corpses must be buried, and they must not be kept until the New Year." Duanmu Xuan is used to seeing life and death, but it is only on the battlefield, these people are just ordinary people, and even most of them are children, women and children, which makes people worry when they look at it.
Mo Feng frowned, he couldn't bear to look at these dead people, "Young master, the firewood has been distributed to the victims, and now there is only one left in the house for burning kang and boiling water on weekdays, even if you take it out, it will not be enough!" ”
Duanmu Xuan also knew that what Mo Feng said was true, and after thinking for a while, he ordered, "Cut down all the trees in the mansion, if there are not enough in the general's mansion, go to the county government to cut them, and if they don't work, go to those big families to cut them, if they don't want to, let their family produce ten loads of firewood!" ”
"Yes, my subordinates will do it!" Mo Feng was busy chopping wood, Mo Yu led people to dig pits, and the other iron-blooded guards had already asked Duanmu Xuan to send them out to find food, whether it was hunting or looting, as long as they could get it back to eat.
Dig three big pits before burying people properly, but the trees of the big families are not used, but the trees in the general's mansion and the county government are enough, otherwise these people will have to make a note in Duanmu Xuan's hatred book, although it has no effect on this Dingyuan general, but the deepening of hatred is always harmful to him.
On both sides are the burial of the victims, but on the one hand, they have won the hearts of the people, and on the other hand, they are just barely complaining, but they are treated with ice and fire. In fact, it's not that Duanmu Xuan is more incompetent than Situ Yan, it's just that the number of people to take care of on both sides is different, and Duanmu Xuan doesn't have a space ring here.
Duanmu Xuan, who returned to the General's Mansion, was physically and mentally tired, and glanced at the black and blue ink wind and ink rain under him, "Okay, you two are also tired for a day, you don't have to stay here with me, go down and rest!" Don't worry, I won't run out of the house, the border city is in danger at this time, if there is another war, it will be a major event that will not be able to return to the sky! ”
Mo Feng and Mo Yu saw that the young master understood, so they retreated with peace of mind.
Duanmu Xuan and the others retreated, then took out the letter written by Situ Yan and looked at it again, "Little brother, if you can be safe this time, even if you don't save a horse, I will protect you and Zhongxian!" So, you must be well and never get sick! In Duanmu Xuan's heart, with Situ Yan's cleverness, he didn't hold his heart at all, she would be overwhelmed by the snow disaster, and he was more worried about whether the little brother would fall ill without food and drink. Where can I find Lang Zhong on this snowy day?
Duanmu Xuan's worries were superfluous at all, Situ Yan didn't even say that he was sick, he didn't even have a snort, but he was three points healthier than him, a general.
However, Wu Jin was a little sick, but with the presence of Situ Yan, a doctor, how could Wu Jin's condition deteriorate, he only burned for one night, and he was already able to go to the ground at dawn the next day. It's just that Situ Yan was afraid that Wu Jin's illness would recur, so he still let him stay in the house for three days.
Only then did Wu Jin know that his little sister not only knew how to cook and make clothes, but also could even see a doctor. However, Situ Yan explained clearly, she only said that she grabbed some commonly used medicinal materials in the pharmacy, and she didn't know how to see a doctor, and she gave Wu Jin a pulse when he was asleep, so naturally she didn't suspect it anymore.
The embolus is very glad that the eldest lady has saved these medicinal materials, otherwise the eldest young master will not know how long he will be sick with this disease, and there is nowhere to find Langzhong at the moment. Only Lu Ming knew that Situ Yan was a good man himself, but seeing that Situ Yan didn't want people to know, he didn't mention it. (To be continued......)