Chapter 122: Ritual Matters
After the relatives finished crying, Xiao Yu found a bowl of noodles from the kitchen, then bowed to the coffin, and then picked up the noodles with a pair of chopsticks, and then placed them on the offering table above the brazier.
The name of the noodles is inverted rice, noodles and rice can be used, changed once a day, and it is also the last food that the deceased received in the yang world, so it is called inverted rice, after pouring rice, it is necessary to open the light to the square bucket with incense candles, the square bucket is a thing used to measure rice at home, every family has it, and most of it is fine sand, but the newly dead people do not have a fixed yin land, so they must open the light to Fang Sheng, so that the dead can receive incense, otherwise it will not be received.
After Fang Sheng opened the light, it was a brazier, that is, an ordinary clay pot, which could be bought in an incense and candle shop, and the name of the deceased should be written under this pot, otherwise the deceased would not be able to receive the money.
Xiao Yu and his grandfather have rushed through a lot of fields, so these processes have long been familiar with the heart, and he knows what to do at what time, so it is easier to do, but the Taoist people do things, and at dawn, they have to do the ritual of inviting the gods, this process is more complicated, and it must be in the second half of the night, at dawn,
So this is a very hard thing, some Taoists live far away, and they have to stay here for a day or two, so the fee charged will be higher, but fortunately, Xiao Yu's house is relatively close to Grandma Wang's house, so he doesn't have to wait here for a night.
After the death of the woman, the general family will buy a sedan chair, as well as the sedan chair man, after the death of the man, most of them are high-headed horses, as well as gold and silver mountains, etc., for these things, they must be opened, otherwise it is useless.
Everyone stood in the distance, looking at where Xiao Yu was holding the paper figure, with words in his mouth, and three incense sticks in his other hand, constantly comparing on the ears, nose and mouth of the paper man, as well as his hands, feet, etc., all the paper figures took steps, and after understanding the facial features, Xiao Yu came to the half-human-high sedan chair.
took out the cinnabar pen, Xiao Yu put a little on the top of Jiaozi, and then drew a few talismans on the four sides of the sedan chair, which is the matter, and then the house, the paper houses are basically the same, the two-story building, it looks very beautiful, but it is difficult to say whether it is like this when you go to the sedan chair.
After some hard work, it was already eleven o'clock, and then those who sang filial piety began to sing, and some of the children had already been taken home by adults, leaving behind either old people or some young people playing cards.
Xiao Qiang waited until Xiao Yu finished finishing it before he hurriedly greeted him and said, "What's the matter, it's okay, right?" I knew that it was so troublesome, so I asked Bai Dao Chang to help, and the two of them got it faster."
"Dad, it's okay, it's done right away, you go home and sleep, just leave the door" Xiao Yu looked at his masterpiece and nodded with satisfaction.
At this moment, Xiao Xue came out of nowhere, grabbed Xiao Yu with one hand, and then raised his hand to hit Xiao Yu, but fortunately, Xiao Yu was not so weak, one sideways avoided the other party, but the clothes were still grabbed by Xiao Xue.
All this came too suddenly, Xiao Qiang didn't understand what was going on, so he saw that Xiao Yu was going to beat Xiao Yu, so he hurriedly went up to stop him, "Xiao Xue, what's wrong, Xiao Yu is doing things, I have something to say."
"Uncle, it's not that I want to beat him, it's that he scolded me today, and I have to take revenge."
"The gentleman doesn't move his mouth, why are you a girl like a shrew all day, who beats whom," Xiao Yu said angrily.
"Uncle, listen to what he said, I ...... it."
When Xiao Qiang heard this, he immediately glared at Xiao Yu and said, "How can you speak, Xiao Xue is your sister, how can you talk casually, apologize quickly."
Xiao Yu glared at Xiao Xue, and saw that the other party was angry like a little hen, and his heart suddenly blossomed, but on the surface, he still pretended to say, "Sister Xiao Xue, I said the wrong thing to me."
"Oh, Xiao Yu, did you peek at something again? Otherwise, how could Xiao Xue want to beat you? A group of young people around him coaxed.
"That's it, but Xiao Xue hasn't seen her for half a year, and her anger is getting bigger and bigger, if you go on like this, who would dare to marry you."
"Shut up, no one will marry you and won't marry you, be nosy" Xiao Xue grabbed Xiao Yu with one hand and pointed to the man who spoke, with a face full of unkindness.
Grandma Wang's son heard that there was a quarrel outside, and immediately ran out, only then did he see Xiao Xue grabbing Xiao Yu, and couldn't help frowning, "Xiao Xue, Xiao Yu is a mage, are you making such a fuss, don't you want your grandma Wang to rest in peace?" ”
This sentence suddenly frightened Xiao Xue to let go of her hand, but her face was still unkind and said, "Uncle, he is a liar, don't be deceived by him."
When the people around heard this, they were immediately happy, and some people couldn't help but joke, "Xiao Xue, why do you say that, could it be that Xiao Yu still lied to you?" ”
"You..." Xiao Xue was speechless for a moment, and then glared at Xiao Yu and said, "You wait for me, I'm not done with you" Dropping a sentence, Xiao Xue came to Grandma Wang's spirit, knelt where she kowtowed three times, and then left angrily.
Xiao Qiang saw Xiao Xue leaving, and hurriedly turned his head and said, "Xiao Yu, what's the matter?" When did you provoke her? ”
"It's not about the cornfield, he scolded her today, and he heard it!"
"Okay, hurry up and go back to sleep..."Xiao Qiang urged.
Then Xiao Yu pressed some yellow paper on the coffin, added some oil to the oil lamp, and then went home to sleep, but he greeted Grandma Wang's son and asked him to call him at dawn, and the matter of asking God to be done still has to be done.
Xiao Yu went home and just took a nap, Grandma Wang's son came and knocked on the door, Xiao Yu went to Grandma Wang's house, at this time in Grandma Wang's house, sitting are some old people and Grandma Wang's family, after all, the wake is a draining job, so many people stay until the second half of the night, and then go home to rest.
Xiao Yu wore a robe, took a handful of incense candles, inserted them on all sides of the courtyard, and then went home and took a roll of banknotes, lit them on the incense, and then stood at the door and said, "One invites the gods of the four directions, guards the people of the four directions, the second invites the mountain god land, and the third invites Guanyin of the South China Sea, and purifies all living beings to accompany the souls of the dead ................."
There are a lot of gods, basically the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the sky, and the gods will invite the immortals again, this is just something left over from the practice of the older generation, Xiao Yu actually doesn't believe it, let alone invite the gods of the Quartet, it is estimated that it is the black and white handsome of Yin Cao, and people don't have time to come, not to mention Guanyin, Guanyin is busy, so there is time to accompany a small mortal.
After finishing the work of inviting the gods, this ritual is half done, and before the spirit, it still needs to be sent to the gods, so this is not over yet, but today can be regarded as a good rest.
After doing something, Xiao Yu ate something at Grandma Wang's house, and originally wanted to continue to take a nap, but in the end he didn't sleep, but went directly up the mountain, like asking the mountain gods, how they cultivate, and where are the places in the mountains where the aura is more abundant.