Chapter 8: Funeral

After arriving at Wang's house, the mother's family was first led to the funeral shed and cried. As soon as Chen Zimin saw the flying white flags, tears fell like rain, and snow was like a few children following Li to mourn and cry. Whether the rest of the Chen family is really crying or fake crying, Chen Xuejiao doesn't care.

After crying for a while, I went down to see my aunt for the last time under the guidance of Jing Hao. Chen Xuejiao was nervous in her heart, although she learned from her parents that her aunt loved her before her death, but she was a fake after all, and she was extremely frightened and nervous at the thought of seeing a dead person. Passing through the mourning shed is where the aunt is parked, who is lying on a bed covered with a white cloth. Chen Zimin staggered forward and trembled his hands to uncover the white cloth, Chen Xuejiao held her breath and closed her eyes, and then opened it to see a thrillingly beautiful face appear in front of her. Although that face has lost its temperature and breath of life, its glamorous demeanor has not diminished at all. Oh, my God? Chen Xuejiao shouted in her heart, what a beauty her aunt should have been when she was alive.

"Eldest sister" Chen Zimin, who has always been gentle, didn't care about Xiucai's image, knelt down and cried bitterly: "Eldest sister, eldest sister's mother was like this when she went, lying quietly on the bed, I thought my mother would wake up when the sun came out, but I didn't wait for tomorrow's sunshine." Now the eldest sister is lying here, and your face is like the mother in your memory. You, you've all left me. Chen Zimin muttered like a child, his voice filled with infinite sadness.

The aunt looks like a grandmother, and you can imagine what kind of woman a grandmother should be. Chen Xuejiao secretly thought to herself, the night before she heard Mrs. Chen say that her grandmother was an official lady, so how could an official lady marry her grandfather, a country horseman. Chen Xuejiao's thoughts flew far away, and she didn't come back to her senses until she was pulled by her younger brother Qi Ping.

Suddenly, a pretty woman rushed in with tears on her face and cried: "Eldest sister, eldest sister, you just leave like this." ”

"Second aunt." Qi An, Xue Ru, and Qi Ping shouted in unison, and Chen Xuejiao guessed that the woman who arrived was Chen Wenying, the sister of her father's half-mother.

"Big brother, sister-in-law." Chen Wenying cried and threw herself into Li's arms.

Li Shi held Chen Wenying's back and persuaded him in pain, Chen Wenying saw Xue Jiao in his arms and cried bitterly: "A few days ago, Xue Jiao fainted, I rushed over to see that I was afraid to die, and I went to the temple to burn incense every day. What kind of sin did Heaven have caused my niece to suffer such a great sin, and to take the life of my eldest sister. ”

Chen Wenying said while crying, Chen Xuejiao's heart was warm and she couldn't help crying, and the snow around her was like tears.

"Mr. Question" Wang Baoshan and his daughter-in-law came over and persuaded them carefully. The person who presided over the red and white ceremonies in the countryside of Xuzhou Mansion was called "Mr. Asking Things", Wang Baoshan was a capable person, and he was basically invited to be "Mr. Asking Things" when there were red and white ceremonies in ten miles and eight townships.

Wang Baoshan led the male guests, and Baoshan's daughter-in-law led the female guests, and they came to the main house and met the Wang family one by one. Wang Baozhu lost his father when he was a child and was raised by a widowed mother. Mrs. Wang sat upright, her silver hair was oily and slippery, her face was wrinkled, her eyes were squinted, and her face was gloomy. Wang Baozhu sat on the left side, looking obscene, and a mouthful of yellow teeth made people sick. Old Man Chen and Old Lady Chen sat on the top respectively, with the same gloomy face, and next to Old Lady Chen was a middle-aged woman with a goose egg face, who must be the old lady's only daughter, Wen Yan.

"Mother-in-law, eldest sister is going, thank you mother-in-law for being thoughtful." Chen Zimin arched his hand at the old lady Wang, who was sitting on the top with a gloomy face.

"Chen Da Xiucai, I don't dare to thank you like this." Mrs. Wang's face turned, her mouth twitched, and she blurted out mean words.

"It's already a good fight." Chen Zifu asked "Mr. Question" Wang Baozhu.

In Xuzhou Mansion, when people die in mourning, they should ask Mr. Yin and Yang to choose the burial date and determine the location of the cemetery, which is called "" in the countryside of northern Anhui. The whole Xuzhou Mansion attaches great importance to the choice of the Yin House, and there is a common proverb that "the descendants are out of the grave, and the wealth is out of the door", which means that the choice of the cemetery is important. When choosing a cemetery, the eldest son of the deceased should lead Mr. Yin and Yang, and he should survey them one by one in the field. In the past, cemeteries were generally chosen in the "old camp", that is, in the plot where their ancestors were buried, and the cemetery was slightly higher than the surrounding land, with a wide view. After the cemetery is selected, Mr. Yin and Yang will mark the line and drive the pile, and then ask the grave digger to "break the ground and dig the grave". Tombs are generally 4 meters long, 3 meters wide, and 2 meters deep. Grave beaters are generally four, and choose the ten-year-old young man whose parents are still alive to do this errand, and the folk have the saying that "the person who is born in the year does not hit the grave" and "does not hit two tombs in a year". After the tomb is completed, it is necessary to ask the mother's family and Mr. Yin and Yang for guidance, and it is not appropriate to repair it.

"There is no son, who leads it, but the pillar leads the men of the clan. He was still hanged, and he didn't have the face to see his ancestors in the underworld, so he asked me to say that I didn't care where I was buried. With a caustic female voice, a woman in a light gauze royal blue dress walked in, this woman had high cheekbones, suspended eyes, eyebrows towering into the sideburns, and a pair of thin lips like an old lady Wang.

This woman was the eldest queen of the old lady, and her words were silent to everyone, and in ancient times it was a shame for a woman to die without a son, and even if she died, she would be scorned. Chen Xuejiao felt sad for her aunt, a beautiful and abnormal woman.

"I've seen the grandmother of the Wang family, and I've seen my uncle." Chen Xuejiao suddenly stepped forward and said: "The third uncle, as the younger brother and mother's family of the eldest aunt, should ask a question about the strength of the fight, why should the aunt of the Wang family attack the third uncle." ”

Mrs. Chen was also dissatisfied with her niece's sneering at her son, no matter what Wenxiu was, Chen Zifu was her own son in the end. Thinking that only two people came to cry and mourn, his mother's family obviously lost face, and he was dissatisfied with his eldest sister-in-law and nephew.

"Big girl, your rich brother just asked for nothing, and you robbed him for nothing." Mrs. Chen said lightly, then turned her head to Wang Baozhu and said, "You are also big now, and you will also throw your face at me." You are dissatisfied with Wenxiu's death, and you can't slap my old face, just take the crying today, why are there two people, how do you let the people of Lao Wangzhuang look at me. I don't know, I think I, the aunt, have done a heinous thing to you. ”

Chen Xuejiao thought that Mrs. Chen could change her temperament and say that she had lost her own son and nephew, although it was for her own face, as long as she didn't count the dead aunt with the Wang family, she would achieve her goal.

"Auntie, it's really a mother's idea." Wang Baozhu muttered.

"The people have gone, all of them are for the good of the deceased, and the dead are the greatest, and there is no point in arguing about these small things, I hope that the eldest aunt can be buried in peace." Qi Anlang said. "My mother has gone, and although she did not give birth to a son, she gave birth to Jinghao, and Jinghao is willing to serve her grandmother and father in the future." Jing Hao held back her sadness and said.

"Jing Hao understands something, no matter how good you are, you are just a little girl, and you can't inherit the lineage for my Wang family. Your mother is a sinner of our Wang family, and if she can't give birth to a son, no one dares to stop her if she divorces according to the seven sins. Yun Niang's thin lips closed and snorted contemptuously.

"It's not up to you to say the rest of the water, the daughter who got married spilled the water, where do you now call the people of the Wang family to put your husband's family, is it possible that you were divorced by your husband's family." Chen Wenying said indignantly.

"What are you excited about, the water spilled by the daughter who got married, Wenxiu married the Wang family, of course my Wang family has the final say, even if she dies, she can still be divorced according to the seven sins, so as not to enter the ancestral tomb and dirty the eyes of the ancestors." Yun Niang glared angrily at Chen Wenying.

"Aunt Wang, you keep saying that you have divorced my aunt, is this respectful to the deceased? As the sister-in-law of the eldest aunt, which one is the one who disrespects the eldest sister-in-law. You said that my aunt has committed the sin of seven outs, and my aunt has been serving her mother-in-law wholeheartedly since she married into the Wang family for many years, treating her sister-in-law well, having a harmonious neighborhood, having a good character, and treating her aunt wholeheartedly. The childlessness that the aunt of the Wang family keeps saying is not necessarily true, the eldest aunt has a good sister, how can it be regarded as childless, don't you say this to separate the father-son relationship between Jinghao and the uncle? If you don't believe it, let's invite the leaders of the neighborhood team to come, if you can find out any mistakes in my aunt, it is my Chen family who is sorry for the Wang family. Chen Xuejiao said.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Chen Xuejiao, only to see a little girl about eleven or twelve years old, with a thin body, a snow-white face, and a pair of big eyes that were surprisingly clear and full of perseverance.

Wang Yunniang, who refuted the words, was silent. Xue Jiao knew that a storm was coming, and it was the usual method of the Wang family to reverse black and white unreasonably. 's father is a showman, gentle and elegant, and can only be reasonable, but it doesn't make sense for the Wang family, so Chen Xuejiao will follow them to mess around, isn't there also Aunt Wenying to help.

"The Wang family treats us as dead, how did my eldest sister die, everyone here seems to know it in their hearts. If you can't give birth to a son, you will be ruined by your Wang family, and it will be just done in normal times, but now that you are dead, you are still ruined by the Wang family, you have the wrong idea, I Chen Wenying will try it in you. Chen Wenying wiped away her tears and said.

Mrs. Chen was already unhappy when she heard Chen Xuejiao accusing her niece, but when she was a child, she couldn't say anything, and now she was angry when she saw Chen Wenying's accusations from the Wang family. In Mrs. Chen's heart, the Wang family is her mother's family after all, Wang Baozhu is her own nephew after all, and Wen Ying accused the Wang family of not being able to get along with her.

The Zhao family, who was sitting next to Mrs. Chen, pursed the corners of her lips, and Chao Wenying, who was smiling, said: "The second sister can't help but say too much, what is the Wang family's Chen family, Brother Baozhu is the mother's nephew, and the eldest sister is the eldest girl of our Chen family. ”

"Don't give me any kissing words, I don't know the good things you do, the Lord who is in charge of turning things upside down and instigating trouble. For the sake of your eldest son's future, let my niece Xuejiao go to change parents, isn't it your idea? Xue Jiao is not the daughter of the Chen family, not your niece, why didn't you think about kissing and kissing when you exchanged her for relatives, but now she is proposing to me to kiss and kiss. I'm bah, the eldest sister and the eldest brother are honestly bullied by you, and if you run into me today, you don't want to pour you out with bad water. Chen Wenying pointed at Zhao's nose and scolded.

Everyone had different expressions when they heard this, Zhao's face turned purple when he was poked in the sore spot, Chen Zimin and Li's faces turned white when they heard this, and Mrs. Chen's face turned red with anger.

"I always say that it is not easy for you to be a stepmother, you are married and speak so presumptuously, you can imagine what kind of life you have lived in the Chen family." Mrs. Wang sighed to Mrs. Chen.

"How did the eldest sister die, Wang Baozhu, I respect you brother-in-law, you are a man in vain, your mother and sister instigated the eldest sister, and married another, and even the person who married another person was chosen, it was your brother-in-law's cousin of the dead man. The eldest sister will fight to death if you don't follow you, how can it be all the eldest sister's fault if you can't give birth to a son, I think it's your old Wang family who injured the yin vulture. Chen Wenying continued to scold.

"Presumptuous, the old Wang family is up to you to arrange." Old Lady Wang trembled angrily, and said loudly: "Originally, I thought that I would hold back for Baozhu's face, but now I have to say in front of the old Chen family, Chen Wenxiu did not have the face to enter the ancestral tomb of the Wang family not only because she could not give birth to a son, but because she fornicated with others. ”

"Fornication? No, a grandmother cannot slander a mother. Jing Hao's eyes widened, his face turned pale in an instant, and he was about to faint when he subconsciously shouted.