There was a white incident in the village, and as usual, it was necessary to find a coffin bearer to do it. But I really didn't expect that the white affairs of Aunt Gu's family would also find my door.

This is not because I have any conflicts with Aunt Gu's family, in fact, although Aunt Gu has a pungent personality, it is also because she lost her husband when she was young and raised her son alone, and it is not enough to be pungent and start a household. Aunt Gu is still a very good person, even the people in the village who often suffer from her temper all praise her for being indeed a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and she is a kind-hearted person.

The reason why I said that I didn't expect their family to come to me for the funeral was that according to the custom in our village, children would not be allowed to do anything after they died, and they would not even leave a grave bag after death. There is no need to find a coffin bearer to do it, your family can handle it.

But since people have found me, of course I can't just say no.

As soon as he entered the door, he said to me, "Little coffin, this matter is still going to be entrusted to you." My mother and my sister-in-law, you also know, because of the death of the child, I can't cry, and I really can't come at home. For the sake of us all folks, you must help with this! ”

I can help, but I don't know what they want to do, after all, the funeral of a child is different from that of an adult. According to tradition, it is generally not a big deal, so should you prepare a coffin? If you want to prepare a coffin, how many people will be required to carry the coffin? This must be discussed with the Lord's family, not by me.

Therefore, although I nodded in agreement, I immediately said to Brother Gu: "They are all villagers in the township, and I am eating this bowl of rice, if something like this happens to your family, it is reasonable, of course I should do a favor." It's just that I don't know what you want to do about this? ”

"This ......" Brother Gu hesitated for a moment and said to me, "Little coffin, I don't know if you have heard of any funeral ceremonies specifically for children?" My family just feels very sorry for the child, and hopes that he can be reincarnated as soon as possible and join a good family. As for how to arrange it, we will listen to you. ”

Listen to me?

That's what I'm most afraid of, 'Listen to you.'"

It was the first time for me to do a child's white affair, and I had never done a funeral for the child in our village before. I can understand their feelings, but now that they 'all listen to me', if something happens in the future, won't they also 'blame me'?

It's not that I'm not really afraid of taking responsibility, but I'm afraid that if I make my own decisions and do something unprecedented, I'll really mess things up.

"Okay, I'll think about it first, and when I have the result, I'll go to your house and discuss it. Don't worry, I can understand your feelings, and I will do it as soon as possible. ”

After I agreed, Brother Gu was satisfied.

Thank you very much, and it didn't take long for me to get up and leave my house and go back. After all, there are still two people in the family, waiting for him to go back to take care of and comfort him, at this time, if he is stimulated by something and can't think about it, their family's white affairs are not just that.

After sending away Big Brother Gu, I sat there and thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't come up with a good solution.

It was Jiang Yifeng who came to remind me, and I remembered the book my grandfather gave me.

It was then that I remembered that there was indeed a record of these things in that book. When I first got the book, I read it carefully, but after a long time, I forgot some things that I didn't think were important at the time.

But now it seems, where is that not important? It's clear that when you don't use it, you don't think it's important, and when you use it, it's really 'the book is used when you hate less'.

After all, it was something I had seen before, and it was not so difficult to look it up, and soon, I found what I was looking for.

"What is this?" Jiang Yifeng leaned over, looked at the picture in the book in my hand, and asked me.

I looked at the text next to the pattern, and explained to him without raising my head, "It is called an urn coffin, it is said that our ancestors have practiced this kind of funeral rites since before the dynasty, mainly until the Han Dynasty, but until the time of this book, there are still some places in the southwest where people are practicing this kind of urn coffin burial." ”

"Urn coffin?" Jiang Yifeng was puzzled, so he asked me suspiciously, "Such a big person is buried in such a small jar?" Shouldn't it be a ruthless move that you want to make someone never overborn? I heard that in the Han Dynasty, Empress Lu was very ruthless, and once cut everyone into a human stick, put it in that urn, and put it in the toilet, is it the same as this? ”

"What a mess!" I closed the book in dissatisfaction, glared at him, and said, "Can you use your brain?" Isn't your brain usually pretty good, right? I ask you, what am I doing now? ”

"Look up the books." Jiang Yifeng said.

"Then what am I looking up books for?" I then asked.

Jiang Yifeng was stunned and replied, "You are looking for a way for the Gu family to bury the baby!" ”

"That's right!" I stood up, took the book and put it away, and said to Jiang Yifeng, "Since I'm looking for a way to bury the babies who died in other people's homes, what do you mean by talking about human sticks or something?" Could it be that I can still harm others? ”

"Well, too." Jiang Yifeng immediately nodded approvingly, but then, he was puzzled again, "Then you should tell me, what is the point of this urn coffin?" ”

Hearing Jiang Yifeng ask this, I told him what I had learned.

There is almost no such thing as an urn coffin in our country, and in this era, almost no one takes that kind of burial method anymore.

But before the Han Dynasty, there were still many people in the Central Plains who carried out this kind of burial ceremony for children.

The origin of this ritual is when people were just beginning to produce pottery, and the mortality rate was high. Not only natural disasters due to climate reasons, but also wild beasts, diseases, etc., at that time, people who could live to the age of thirty were considered to be long-lived, so the death of young children and teenagers was not as unlucky as imagined now, but a normal phenomenon.

But at that time, people were already very respectful of the dead. Death is called the afterlife, and death is like life.

No one wants their family or their loved ones to be eaten by wild beasts after death. That's why this kind of urn coffin evolved, in which the human body was packed in an urn to avoid being attacked by wild beasts after death.

The reason why urns are used as coffins is because children and teenagers are relatively weak, and one urn is enough to fit it; Second, it is also because children are not adults, so they cannot be buried in adult cemeteries, but must choose another place for collective burial. Therefore, the urn coffin gradually became popular and became a unique form of funeral.

After listening to me, Jiang Yifeng also roughly understood the meaning of the urn coffin, and then, he laughed, "Since there is a way, let's go and discuss it with others, so as not to delay their affairs!" ”

I laughed in my heart, he is also a warm-hearted person after all, and he is even more anxious than me.

I nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go to the Gu family now and explain the matter to them." You don't want to come with me, do you? ”

Jiang Yifeng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then said: "This kind of thing, there is really no need for two people to go together, then you can go by yourself, go early and return early." ”

"Then I'm leaving." As I walked towards the door, I pointed to the place where I put the book, and said to Jiang Yifeng, "I'll go and discuss with them, and they will agree to me seven or eight times out of ten." Then let's not delay here, you first follow the picture and make an urn coffin. ”