This table includes the own people of the Lian family who are guarding the spirit, as well as close relatives such as Zhang Qingshan and Shang Huaide, and the others are some villagers who help keep the spirit. The drumming stopped at this time, and several people took their seats.

The supper table is not as varied as during the day, but it is rich enough, especially the hot sauerkraut soup, which warms everyone's body as soon as they get into their stomachs.

Jiang accompanied Zhou to sit at a table on the kang. Lian Shouxin and Zhang Qingshan sat at a table, and there was a pot of wine at this table, Lian Shouxin accompanied Zhang Qingshan to drink a few cups, and Shang Huaide accompanied him. Zhang Qingnian also sat at this table, he didn't need to come here to guard the spirit of the old man Lian, but because he was worried about Zhang Qingshan, he also stayed.

After eating supper, he refused to let Zhang Qingshan stay in front of the spirit anymore.

“…… You are always worthy of my father, it's the middle of the night, and you are old, so you have to take a rest. There's a car outside, I'll ask someone to send you back to me, have a good rest, and come back tomorrow. Lian Shouxin asked Zhang Qingnian to help Zhang Qingshan go out with him.

"Well, I'm no match for you young people. I'm going to take a break. Don't bother to go back to that end, I'll just be here, just find a place to go for a while. Zhang Qingshan said.

Resting on the side of Lian Shouxin, of course, the conditions are good and quieter, but here, people come and go, I am afraid that the root will not rest well. Zhang Qingshan's request was not that he didn't want to trouble Lian Shouxin as he said, but that he wanted to continue to stay in the old mansion and be closer to the spirit of Old Man Lian.

People of the older generation pay more attention to old traditions and old etiquette.

Lian Shouxin persuaded him for a long time, but seeing that Zhang Qingshan really insisted, he had to obey his wishes. Fortunately, the west wing room was very well packed, and even the family did not have any distant relatives to stay, so Zhang Qingshan and Zhang Qingnian were arranged.

Zhang Qingshan went to rest. Then Shang Huaide and several other old people also left. Everyone else can go and rest, but even a few children and grandchildren such as Shouxin can't rest.

Lian Shouxin returned to the Shangfang Spiritual Hall, and saw that the three incense sticks in front of the old man's spirit were about to burn out, so he hurriedly replaced them with three notes, and picked the wick of the ever-bright lamp in front of the spirit to make the lamp brighter.

No one came to worship at night, and although the filial sons were all in front of the spirit, there was no need to kneel. Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi, Lian Shouli, Lian Jizu, Erlang, Goro, and Liulang were all sitting in the house, and Xiaoqi was young because of his young age. After nightfall, he was sent back by Zhang.

The house was brightly lit, and on the kang, even the old man's cover roll was placed on the kang head as before, Zhou sat next to him, and Jiang sat on the edge of the kang with an oblique body. Hang your head to accompany Zhou.

Zhou said that she would not leave the house for anything, but when it was night, she said that she was afraid, and even if her sons and grandchildren were there, it did not seem to give her a sense of security. But the big Zhou family and the little Zhou family are not good to stay in the mourning hall all the time, and now the two of them have gone home to rest, and even Lan'er is coming to accompany the Zhou family. But before she came from Westinghouse, Wu Jiaxing had already informed the Jiang family, and the Jiang family would accompany the Zhou family.

There was no one in the room who spoke. There seems to be an infinite amount of things on the mind.

The room was quiet, so the sudden snoring sound was exceptionally clear and harsh. The eyes of the people in the room followed the snoring. It fell on Zhou's body.

Zhou sat cross-legged and hung his head. It turned out to be asleep.

"Step-grandfather daughter-in-law, let your milk lie down and rest." Even Shou Xin said, "The old lady must not have rested well these days." ”

"Milk, you can lie down and rest." Jiang woke Zhou up, laid out the futon, and brought the pillow.

Zhou glanced at several children and grandchildren, "In the middle of the night, no one should cry." Cry what to cry, there is nothing to cry about. After speaking, Zhou was helped by Jiang to lie down in his kimono, and after a while, he snorted softly again.

"The old lady sleeps well, which is the appearance of longevity." Wu Yuchang, as a confidant, never left, and when he walked into the mourning hall at this time, he saw that Zhou was asleep, so he whispered.

Even Shouxin got up and asked Wu Yuchang to go home early to rest.

"It's been a busy day, and there's nothing to do now, we just need to stay here, you go and rest, and we have to rely on you tomorrow."

"There is always a person before the spirit, and whoever is sleepy, he goes to rest." Wu Yuchang came over, but he persuaded Lian to keep his word that they didn't have to keep it all the time, and they had to take a break while they were free.

This is human nature, and it really requires filial sons to stay awake, and it is estimated that no one can stand it.

Lian Shouxin sent a guy to send Wu Yuchang to rest, and after a while, Wu Jiaxing came over again and called Wulang away, and at the same time Lian Shouxin also sent Liulang to rest, and he himself stayed until the second half of the night, and he couldn't hold on, so he went to the West Wing.

Seeing that Lian Shouxin was gone, Lian Shouyi glanced at Lian Shouren. Just now, even Shouxin proposed to take shifts, and they all responded, but no one was willing to rest. Now even Shouxin has gone to rest......

"I'll take a break for a while, and I'll take your shift for a while." After Lian Shouyi finished speaking, he went to lie down on the kang.

"Uncle, big brother, you all go rest, I'll keep watching." Jiro said.

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Even the day after the old man stopped his spirit, sure enough, in addition to the villagers who had dealings with the old house, more people heard the news and came to pay tribute. In the evening, the Shen family and several official eunuchs in the city also sent people to worship and send funerals.

The third day is the day of the old man's funeral.

In this era, especially in Liaodong Mansion, funerals are generally simple. People who have no merit and fame are generally buried after three days, especially in the villages.

Even the old man's coffin had been prepared a long time ago, and it was placed in the courtyard early in the morning. Before dawn, the inside and outside of the old house were already crowded with people, Lian Man'er, Zhang's, Lian Ye'er, Zhao and others had already dressed their filial piety, spread the old man's clothes and mattresses in the coffin, and then stood solemnly in front of the coffin.

After a while, I saw Lian Shouxin, Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi and other children and grandchildren holding the body of Old Man Lian and slowly walked out of the mourning hall.

When they arrived at the coffin, several people worked together to gently put the body of the old man Lian into the coffin, and then, Wulang and Erlang took the quilt wrapped in the old man Lian from the hands of Zhang and Zhao, and handed it to Lian Shouxin and Lian Shouren, and the four sons of Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi, Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin covered the quilt on the body of the old man Lian.

Even the cloth that had been covering the old man's face was removed at this time, so that the relatives could see the old man one last time.

As soon as the cloth on the old man's face was removed, everyone began to cry, especially the loudest cries of several children and grandchildren.

Wu Yuchang took people and persuaded all the children and grandchildren to leave, and then covered the face of the old man with a cloth. All the children and grandchildren knelt down in front of the coffin of the old man and wept loudly.

In the cry, Wu Yuchang led someone to cover the coffin board, and then someone nailed the coffin lid with a long nail.

After Lian Man'er and the others cried, they kowtowed in front of Old Man Lian's coffin, and then slowly retreated. The time for the funeral has come.

Because it is carried out from here, it is directly buried in the cemetery of Nanshan, so the coffin cannot be pulled by a car, and must be carried up the mountain all the time. According to the customary rule of the Zhuang family, their own family members cannot carry the coffin, so even the men of the Man'er family have retreated to the back.

The big one is a solid wood coffin, and carrying the coffin up the mountain is a manual job. In this work, no one can be assigned, and people are asked to come forward voluntarily. The more people who rush to carry the coffin, it means that the better the popularity of the main family, and the more decent the main family is. Therefore, there is also the saying that curses people, which is called dead and no one lifts.

Lian Man'er and the others retreated from the coffin, and Wu Yuchang, Wu Yugui, and Wu Jiaxing led people to bring up the wooden poles and flat poles that had been prepared long ago, and then a few people rushed forward to tie the wooden poles and flat poles. This job requires some skills, and the few people who come up are used to doing it, and they are sure of it.

After tying the wooden pole and the flat pole properly, Wu Yuchang glanced at the sky. The burial depends on the time, and there is still a short road from here to the cemetery, so Wu Yuchang has to estimate the time to carry the spirit.

As soon as Wu Yuchang raised his hand and signaled that he could lift the spirit, more than a dozen young people rushed forward and stood up. Then, under Wu Yuchang's call, even the old man's coffin was slowly lifted.

The sound of drums followed, Lian Shouren played the spirit flag at the front, Lian Shouli followed behind and held the mourning basin, Xiao Qi and Liulang took a string of paper money and threw it, and the filial sons followed, and there were more than 20 young people who hugged wreaths, donkeys, shepherd boys and other paper ties, and in the crying and drum music, they hugged the coffin of the old man and went out of the door, and went straight to the cemetery in Nanshan.

Lian Man'er, Lian Ye'er, Zhang's, and Zhao's walked together. Zhang and Zhao both covered their faces and cried, and Lian Ye'er and Lian Man'er were supporting the two of them beside them.

Crying at a funeral is more of a ritual than a wail. Therefore, the crying at the funeral is different from the usual crying of ordinary people, and the crying at the funeral should be suppressed and frustrated. The more suppressed and frustrated, as if singing, the more praised it is.

"Why are you walking so fast?" Lian Man'er helped Zhang's family, and while stepping up her steps to avoid falling behind, she whispered to Lian Ye'er next to her.

"That's it, this time I go out, the faster I go." Even Ye'er stepped forward and replied.

"It's not too fast, I'm afraid I'll have to run for a while." Wu Wang's interface said.

"Is it in time?" Lian Ye'er asked.

"The hour is in time,...... It's that the coffin is getting heavier and heavier, and it can't be done if you don't run. Wu Wang said in a low voice.

Why is the coffin getting heavier and heavier, Lian Man'er's heart is shaking, and then looking at Wu Wang's low voice and mysterious appearance, he suddenly felt that the surrounding ghosts were full of spirits.

"Why, why is it so scary!" Lian Ye'er hugged Zhao's arm tightly and said.

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At the end of the month, I asked for support for children's shoes with pink tickets. If we can rush to the tenth, there will be two more o(∩_∩)o tomorrow