Fu Bowen nodded, no longer reluctant, he said: "That is the case, the junior brother cherishes it all the way, and I hope that the junior brother will tell me about the matter of Tianmen, and I will personally go to the appointment on July 14 of the next year." ”

"Okay, the junior brother will definitely bring the senior brother's meaning to the second elder, my master and apprentice will leave tonight, and I will leave!" Mao Daoren stood up and saluted.

The talented students on the side also saluted, and then the master and apprentice both left.

Zhang Tianduo looked curious, this Mao Dao has not left yet, why did he say goodbye to Fu Bowen first?

"Heavenly snatch."

"Yes."

"After cleaning up in a while, come to the mourning hall."

Zhang Tianduo was overjoyed in his heart, hearing this, Fu Bowen deliberately let himself follow.

He hurriedly said, "Yes! ”

Zhang Tianduo packed up the dishes, chopsticks and plates, and ran impatiently towards the mourning hall.

Fu Bowen had changed into a suit, wearing a gray robe and a black Taoist hat on his head, and was offering incense to the table in the mourning hall.

"Master." Zhang Tianduo stood aside and shouted respectfully, he didn't want to offend Fu Bowen at such a time.

Fu Bowen nodded, pointed to the paper money on the desk and said, "After dividing these into six points, press them with copper coins." ”

"Yes." Zhang Tianduo agreed, carefully divided the paper money yellow charm into six parts, and after pressing it with copper coins, he asked: "Master, Uncle Mao only left tonight, why did he just say goodbye to you?" ”

Fu Bowen said: "The corpse chaser can't send each other off, this is the rule. ”

"Why can't we send each other?"

Fu Bowen glanced at him and said: "They are in the company of the dead, they are walking the road of the underworld, crossing the bridge of the underworld, and the farewell is the end, understand?" ”

"I see." Zhang Tianduo suddenly realized, thinking that there are so many rules for chasing corpses.

Fu Bowen picked up six bamboo poles and a stack of Mao Tai paper, and said: "Now teach you how to make mourning flags, these Mao Tai paper should be cut into two sections, each piece is one piece, according to the age of the deceased, one for each year, plus one for 'heaven' and 'earth', and chiseled into three sections with semicircular paper." The first and second sections are divided into two columns, one column is two inches wide, and the other column is two inches wide, the length is equal to the width of paper, and all of them are chiseled with money marks; The third section, rectangular, chisel a hole in the middle below, knead it with green linen into a rope and connect it, and then pick it up with a long rod, can you understand? ”

After Zhang Tianduo's father died, under the guidance of the older generation, he and his brother and sister-in-law had personally made mourning flags, and the older generation told him that the production of mourning flags was generally made by relatives, and wealthy families could also find a shroud shop to customize.

I didn't expect Yizhuang to also contract this matter, which is unusual.

After hesitating for a moment, he asked, "Master, why are we ...... Our Yizhuang also makes mourning flags for the bitter master? ”

Fu Bowen's face sank when he heard this, and he said: "Don't talk nonsense, the mourning flags produced by your master here are more authentic, work quickly." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhang Tianduo didn't dare to anger Fu Bowen now, so he had to make a mourning flag.

Fu Bowen took out another blank piece of paper and said: "This is the birth date of the six deceased, cut according to the age of the deceased, don't be mistaken." ”

Zhang Tianduo borrowed it and looked at it, nodded and said, "Don't worry, Master, I know how to do it." ”

It is not easy to make a six-pole mourning flag, but fortunately, Zhang Tianduo has some experience, and Fu Bowen is on the side, and an hour later, the six-pole mourning flag has been made.

Fu Bowen looked at it carefully, nodded and said, "Well, it's plausible, it's reluctant, you can practice more when you're idle in the future." ”

As he spoke, he handed Zhang Tian a blank piece of paper and said, "Go to the front warehouse, and move the required items here according to what is written on the paper." ”

Zhang Tianduo opened it and saw that it was all filial piety clothes and paper items, among which filial piety clothes were divided into "five clothes", divided into five kinds of "chopping clothes", "Qi clothes", "big service clothes", "small service clothes" and "gill linen".

As worn by the loved ones, it is called chopping, and it is the heaviest mourning dress among the five clothes. It is made of the coarsest raw linen cloth, and the broken place is exposed and not edged, and the mourning dress is called "silk", because it is called "chopping hair". Every son is father and mother; stepmother, loving mother, adoptive mother, mother-in-law, biological mother; The latter is the father and mother of the latter; The same is true for the son's wife. The same applies to a woman who is in the room for her father or mother, and for those who are married and are reversed; grandchildren are grandfathers, mothers or great-grandfathers, mothers; The wife is the husband, and the concubine is the head of the family. The term of service is three years, so it is also called three years of filial piety.

"Qi Ying" is the second, ordinary husbands are wives, men are concubines, uncles and parents, brothers and sisters, married women are parents, grandchildren are grandparents, all take Qi Ying for one year, the length of service, each has its own regulations; Great-grandchildren are great-grandparents, and they are all in May; The great-grandchildren are great-grandparents, and they are in unison for three months.

Dagong clothes, also called "big red", are made of coarse linen cloth, and all cousins, unmarried cousins, married aunts and sisters, as well as married daughters are uncles and brothers, all take "Dagong", and the service period is nine months.

The small service is also called "Shanghong", made of slightly coarse linen, the service period is five months, all for the uncle and grandparents, the parents of the uncle, the unmarried grandmother and cousin, the married cousin, the brother's wife, the brother, the unmarried and the sister, and the maternal grandparents, maternal uncle, maternal aunt, etc., all take the small meritorious service.

Gill hemp is the lightest of the five suits, made of finer cooked linen, and all men who are great-grandparents, grandparents, parents, brothers, and grandchildren, nephews, sons-in-law, parents, cousins, aunts, etc., are all served. The service period is 3 months.

In addition to the five clothes, the relatives of the same five ancestors are exempt from relatives, that is, the so-called "plain clothes", which is to expose the left arm, and avoid using cloth to hand it forward from the neck to the forehead, and then wrap it around the bun.

Compared with the classification of mourning clothes, paper items are much simpler, and there are no more than four types of paper ties: one is a statue of a god, such as a large piece of paper tied products burned in front of the tomb during burial; the second is portraits, including boys and girls, opera characters, waiters, etc.; the third is the building, such as the mourning room, the gatehouse, the archway, the car car, etc.; Fourth, Ming utensils, including eating utensils, offerings and auspicious items, as well as Rui beasts, etc., these four types of paper products have been measured by the financial resources of the master, but the things contained in Fu Bowen, the amount of money made Zhang Tianduo secretly staggering.

Zhang Tianduo knew in his heart that Fu Bowen was teaching himself in a different way by recording in such detail.

It has been some time since he came to "Unloading Cloud Village", although Zhang Tianduo is not familiar with the way, he can also distinguish the items contained on the paper one by one.

After he moved everything to the mourning hall, a cry suddenly sounded outside the gate of Yizhuang.

Fu Bowen said: "Go and open the door, remember, don't talk to the family of the sufferer, the door is open for three points." ”

Zhang Tianduo nodded yes, walked to the gate of Yizhuang, and only opened the three-point door.

Although he couldn't talk to the family of the bitter master, he didn't pay attention to it, Zhang Tianduo peeked at it, okay, there can be dozens of people outside, and these dozens of people are divided into several groups, it seems that they should be relatives of the six deceased.

Suddenly, Zhang Tianduo saw Li Xiang's figure, and she was in the crowd.

At this time, Li Xiang was discussing something with several old men, and soon, one of the old men left and came to a group of people, and discussed a few words with a middle-aged man, who immediately put on a black veil and hurried into the gate of Yizhuang sideways.

The middle-aged man walked up to Fu Bowen quickly, and said in a bitter tone: "Third uncle, I saw my father coming." ”

Fu Bowen nodded, nodded three sticks of incense and handed them to the middle-aged man: "One respects the gods, the second respects the local land gods, and the third respects the immortals present." ”

The middle-aged man hurriedly took it, bowed three times, and inserted the three sticks of incense into the incense burner on the offering table.

Fu Bowen waited for him to finish worshipping, then led him to a coffin and said, "Call the old father three times, and come and knock on the son." ”

When the middle-aged man heard this, he immediately shouted "Dad" three times, leaned down and bowed his head three times.

Zhang Tianduo was excited and curious to watch, he had a stomach of questions to ask, but it was inconvenient to ask questions because of the scene, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

Fu Bowen helped the middle-aged man up and asked, "Is my father going to move to a residence?" ”

The middle-aged man nodded, "Yes." ”

"Hmm, can the widower come with me?"

"Here, just outside."

"Let them in."

The middle-aged man went out to greet the widower, Fu Bowen turned back to Zhang Tianduo and said, "Bring the paper money spirit talisman." ”

Zhang Tianduo did as he said, brought the paper money, and Fu Bowen said: "Put the paper money on the coffin, press it with copper coins, and stick the spirit talisman in front of the coffin." ”

Zhang Tianduo first folded the paper money on the coffin, pressed it with the copper coin, and then pasted the spirit talisman in front of the coffin, at this time he couldn't help it anymore and asked, "Master, why do you want to use paper money to press the top?" ”

Fu Bowen said: "Paper money is used to buy the lonely ghosts on the way. ”

"So that's the case, Master, the paper money is only pressed with copper coins, won't it be blown away by the wind after a while?"

Fu Bowen was about to speak, when the middle-aged man walked in with four widowers.