Chapter 19: Complicated Afterlife
Outside the hall, someone had already set up the mourning hall according to the previous instructions of the White Crane Daoist, and got a straw mat and a brick, which was strange to say, Chen Chengzu hung a sigh of relief, and waited for the White Crane Daoist to fold the placket of the Tang Dynasty shroud, bring a black hat with a hemp edge, wear black cloth shoes, tie the two legs with hemp rope, and put the road ingots, plugged copper coins and other things one by one according to the rules, and then kicked his legs and returned to the west.
As soon as this person died, although the things behind him were handled by his close relatives, but there were many rules, just dressing up, all of which were different from usual, no matter what kind of clothes he wore before his death, the shroud after death should be in a traditional style, and the top of the hat was sewn with red cloth bumps, which were used to drive away evil spirits, and the rest were like shoes, mortuary mats, which were quite exquisite.
After Chen Chengzu lost his breath, the others in the room couldn't see it, but the White Crane Daoist and Chen Kexin, who had opened their eyes in the sky, saw that a transparent soul floated up from Chen Chengzu's body and fell on the smoke crane made of rune paper.
seemed to sense that Chen Chengzu's soul had come, and the little crane wings made of yellow runes waved again, and then they became bigger in the air, as the crane became bigger, Chen Chengzu waved his hand at Chen Kexin, and arched his hand at the white crane Daochang, and actually floated up, and glanced at Chen Kexin with nostalgia, and then drove the crane away.
"Woo, grandpa...... Don't go, don't go......" Until the figures of Chen Chengzu and the crane disappeared, Chen Kexin thought of what the master had said, and immediately sat on the ground, looked at the direction of the disappearance, and cried bitterly, no matter how much the neighbor's aunt coaxed.
After changing his clothes, seeing that Chen Chengzu's soul was also taken away by the guide Fu He, the White Crane Daoist moved the corpse to the cloth on the spiritual bed, in fact, according to the rules, a rooster is also needed here as a soul attraction, but because there is a more advanced Fu Crane than the rooster, this procedure can be saved.
There was the woman with quick hands and feet, and in the room next to her, she took out the paper ingots and tin foil that Chen Chengzu had asked Chen Kexin to buy back a long time ago, and let Chen Kexin, who had finally stopped crying, burn them with a brazier, which was regarded as floor paper, and then the white crane Taoist asked people to light the lantern, and took out the photo of Chen Chengzu that had been framed before and put it in front of the lantern.
After all, Chen Kexin is still young, although he has learned a little Maoshan Taoism, he doesn't know anything about these things, but fortunately, everything has his own White Crane Daoist for him, but it also saves a lot of worry and trouble, after all, there is a White Crane Dao Chief, and those who have received the favor of the Taoist and those who want to seek help in the future also rushed to the front one by one.
The White Crane Daoist did not treat them badly, he did not pay less than the money he should pay, everything came according to the rules, and even invited a famous old man in the town as a steward, this is the money of the White Crane Daoist himself, although Chen Chengzu has been making incense for a long time, but after the changes, he did not save any savings.
The head of the White Crane Road has Chen Kexin's relationship, so he naturally doesn't worry about being nosy, everything is going on in an orderly manner under his control, and because of the head of the White Crane Road, there are few things in charge, and there is no need to ask someone to watch the time and the bad luck, all of them are decided by the white crane.
I have to say that although Chen Chengzu said that he had a mixed reputation, he really taught a good granddaughter, and it was precisely because of this granddaughter that he let the White Crane Taoist take action and clean up the affairs after his death, and even chose a cemetery to shelter his descendants, which is also the biggest wish.
It is difficult when people are alive, and it is a hundred when they die, Chen Kexin has been wearing linen and mourning for a few days, although he is young, but he is very strong, so that the kind neighbor is red-eyed at a glance, and many people see the sensible little girl, and they have more and more headaches for the children in their family who only know how to play and have fun and are not obedient.
Chen Kexin didn't care about these things at all, she only knew that her grandfather who loved her the most was dead, and this busy crowd, except for herself, would slowly forget her grandfather, and when she thought of this, she was a little afraid, for fear that as she grew up, she would forget her grandfather.
So whenever there is a vigil at night, Chen Kexin lies on the ice coffin, staring at her grandfather's quiet and peaceful face for a long, long time, she wants to remember her grandfather's voice and appearance deeply, but this scene is a little weird in the eyes of others, so in addition to the master and apprentice at night, those who are busy helping people basically go back to their homes.
The White Crane Daoist didn't care about this, and at night, Chen Kexin guarded the spirit, and he meditated there with the Maoshan secret method, and he was still in good spirits the next day, but Chen Kexin looked at the White Crane Daoist at one time, but he was not old, and he inexplicably thought about what he would do if the master also died.
So that the more I thought about it, the more sad I became, and finally I couldn't control the ice coffin and cried, the white crane Taoist heard the movement, opened his eyes and asked a few words, and after learning about Chen Kexin's worries, he was first moved, and then he was a little inexplicably moved, and a Dao heart with no waves in the ancient well was instantly filled with that kind of warmth.
Chen Chengzu lived to be more than seventy years old, which can be regarded as a joy and mourning, and the White Crane Daoist knew that Chen Chengzu had the help of the guiding crane, and there would be no more things about the first seven souls, so in addition to the previous cumbersome things, the coffin was only stopped for three days, and the others were eager to get less white things, and the main family agreed, and there was no objection, and soon they buried the selected auspicious points under the control of the White Crane Daoist.
After dealing with Chen Chengzu's funeral, Chen Kexin didn't care about it at all, and simply sold the house, and the money obtained made up for the expenses of the funeral held by the White Crane Daoist, and then moved to the Maoshan Daoist Hall of the White Crane Daoist, and the master and apprentice depended on each other.
After that, every year or two, the White Crane Daoist would close the gym for a few months and leave Heyin County with Chen Kexin, and no one knew where he went, but gradually, some careful people had discovered that Chen Kexin, who was originally thin and weak, seemed to have grown into a big girl unconsciously.
The eighteenth change of the female university, although Chen Kexin is only a teenage girl, her temperament has changed too much, and what is even more amazing is that the old and eccentric little girl is not only getting older, but also getting stronger and stronger.
In fact, according to the original intention of the White Crane Daoist, after Chen Chengzu's death, he was ready to leave with Chen Kexin, but somehow he changed his mind later, so he stayed, and stayed for six years.