Chapter 7 A wave of unsettled
I thought I would see a lot of friends and family, but there weren't.
The owner of this family should be very wealthy and live in a small western-style building, but the funeral is a simple mess.
The coffin was not placed in the house, nor in the center, but in the dam to the right of the main entrance, and a tent was erected with a very bright lamp.
When we arrived, the second brother was sitting at the small table in front of the coffin with a serious face, knocking on a copper ruler.
As for Wu Qian, he still had his back to the coffin and wrote something on the table at the gate.
Since there are no people, it is not noisy.
It's the quietest funeral site I've ever seen.
Put things away, I don't have anything to do, and I'm embarrassed to disturb their work.
I walked outside the courtyard and called Rosie to say we had arrived safely.
I thought I didn't like noisy funerals, but now I realize that I definitely don't like quiet funerals either.
This feeling is even more depressing.
"Woo woo, woo woo......" Hearing this cry, I was shocked, I damn it, don't be a ghost.
I was about to turn around and go back to the courtyard when I saw a little girl standing next to me, wearing a white dress, standing in the shadow of the courtyard wall, crying.
Thinking of the little girl in red I met in the courtyard in the far north, my scalp was numb, and I took a hard look and found that this little girl was much more normal, and I was relieved for a while.
"Children, what are you crying about, don't cry, don't cry." I crouched on the ground and looked at her.
"Woo, mom is dead." The little girl was only there crying.
I looked at the coffin in the yard and sighed, it was so miserable that there was such a young daughter.
"And what about your dad?" I asked, I hadn't seen the man of the house until now, only two elderly people in their fifties to receive us.
"Dad doesn't know where to hide, Mom misses him very much, woo woo, I can't find Dad." The little girl cried and said, "Mom misses Daddy......"
Well, I'm still looking at the coffin, and I'm a little shocked when I hear the little girl's inexplicable words.
At this moment, Wu Qian glanced at me, and then waved his hand.
"Ahh I sneezed again, and when I turned my head, the little girl was gone.
Children are always like this, jumping up and down and disappearing at any time, I sighed and stood up.
Did you catch a cold? I tightened my clothes.
The six of us had dinner with the owner of the house, and when they got back to work, I simply snooze off on the sofa in the hall wrapped in a blanket.
In a trance, I saw the old man go upstairs with his things.
It's clear that you've eaten, who else will you serve it to?
I remembered what the little girl said, "Daddy is hiding,"
Hide it when you eat, such a father still lets his daughter go outside, and he doesn't come out to comfort him.
I felt heavy eyelids and fell asleep like that.
Until a cool breeze blew, I woke up suddenly, and when I opened my eyes, the lights were still on.
Not a single one!
What about the watchers?
I lifted the blanket and walked a few steps into the courtyard, where I saw that the candles were still on.
It is said that after a person dies, the family members should keep vigil all night and not let the lights go out, and Taoist priests will not do these things for them.
The house I went to before was also a few people taking turns to keep vigil.
This family looks wealthy, can't you ask for a night watchman?
I sighed, took out a new pair of incense and wax from the side of the coffin, and replaced the one that was about to burn out in front of the spiritual seat.
I took out my phone and looked at it, it was four in the morning, and in a little while someone should be up.
I didn't feel sleepy, so I was playing with my phone in the hall and helping the family keep a vigil.
I look at the coffin from time to time, mainly to see if the candle is out.
I put away my eyes and continued to look at my phone, but I saw the door and the little girl I saw earlier was waving at me.
"Come in," I beckoned to her.
She shook her head, and I made my way to the door, crouched on the ground.
"Kid, why did you get up so early?"
"I didn't find my father, and my mother was angry." The little girl was about to cry again as she spoke.
"Shhhh I touched the little girl's head, it felt strange to the touch, it was wet, and I didn't care.
"Brother, can you help me find my father, my father lost my mother, my mother wants to find my father, but I can't find my father." The little girl stamped her foot and pouted in a pout.
I really don't understand what this kid is saying.
"Where is my brother going to find you dad." I'm a little helpless.
"Hehe, is it good for that brother to be my father," the little girl was still standing in the shadows, and this was inexplicably weird.
Just when I didn't know how to answer, the little girl laughed excitedly.
"Mom, Mom, this is Dad, okay!"
She's looking at my back, yes, behind me, it's the coffin!
My vest is cold, this is not a real ghost.
Tong Yan Wuji, her mother, isn't she the master in the coffin?
Phew, before I could react, my collar was grabbed from behind.
As soon as my body moved, my eyes turned, and I appeared in the hall.
Wu Qian was cloaking his hands, looking at me condescendingly with a displeased face, and his voice was cold, "What are you doing here without sleeping at night." ”
"No, I woke up, changed the wax, and chatted with the youngest daughter of the family for a while." Looking at Wu Qian, I always have a feeling that I can't hide my words.
After listening to my words, Wu Qian leaned on the sofa and said word by word.
"There is no little daughter in this family, the wife died in childbirth, and the baby girl was not saved."
I just felt that thousands of grass and mud horses were running wildly overhead, and my head was booming.
I looked at the hand that had touched the little girl's head, it was slimy and bloody.
This......
"Pay more attention to everything, don't always get involved with unclean things, use your brain, otherwise you won't know the Tao." Wu Qian straightened up.
"If you are so reckless, you will lose your life sooner or later, so you can do it yourself." Without saying anything more, Wu Quan opened the door and disappeared behind the door.
I got up from the floor, went to the toilet to wash my hands, rubbed my face, returned to the couch, wrapped the blanket, and began to meditate.
God knows why I'm always a ghost, if you don't come up with a solution, forget it, and threaten labor and management.
I suddenly felt that if I was exposed to such a thing again, I would probably break into more ghosts, and I was afraid that I would really lose my life.
My thoughts were chaotic, and I really couldn't sleep, so I washed up early, and watched Wu Qian and them start to get busy.
Today is the day of the burial.
Finally, a few people came, and they were not from this village, but said that they were young men who had paid to carry the coffin.
After some gongs and drums, the hour came, and the eight men began to lift the coffin.
"It's so heavy!" The first big man did not choose to speak, and said this big taboo.
I didn't know it at the time, but I only saw Wu Zhen frowning.
The second brother instructed the eight men to put the coffin down.
If you keep carrying it, something will definitely happen.
The owner of this house was not happy.
"What are you doing, why don't you hurry up and carry this mourning star out, what are you rubbing! Lack of money? The old woman spoke very harshly.
"If you miss the auspicious time, it is not appropriate to go to the funeral." Wu Qian's explanation is very simple.
"My son spent tens of thousands of dollars to invite you here, is this how he did things? Hurry up and carry it away! "The old woman has a hard attitude.
"Yes, if something happens, our Taoist Academy will not be responsible." Wu Qian was cold.
"! Hurry up and carry it away! "The old woman has a provocative posture.
Wu Qian held a stack of paper money in his hand, chanted words in his mouth, pointed it on the candle, and then threw it in the basin.
I watched him step aside and said in a deep voice, "Get up." ”
Eight strong men lifted the coffin, and just as they moved away from the bench where it was placed, the rope that tied it to the coffin suddenly broke.
With a thud, the front end of the coffin slammed to the ground.
At this moment, a person hurriedly ran outside the courtyard, and he was not afraid to see this scene, and ran straight towards us.
"Dao Chief, please go and take a look, my second brother is not good, he has fallen into evil!"
The big man gasped and ran in a hurry, "Quick, please, Dao Chief!" It's over there! Evil! ”