Chapter 158: Borrowing a Coffin
Seeing them go, I breathed a sigh of relief and instructed the Eight Immortals to set the coffin again.
However, the bottom of the coffin may be more seriously damaged, but it is not so easy to lift it. It's not that I can't lift it, but I slowly lift it up a little bit, and I feel that the bottom of the coffin is about to break.
"Little coffin, what can I do?" The Eight Immortals asked me.
What can I do? There's no other way than to make another coffin!
Sighing, I walked over to the village chief and said, "I'm afraid this coffin is unusable, let's see if I can make another one quickly." ”
The village chief thought for a moment, beckoned, and called someone over. I know him, the son of a carpenter in our village, and he is here for the funeral for their family.
The village chief said to him: "Liu Yunfeng, you go home now and ask your father if he can quickly make another coffin." I'll let the little coffin master and the eight immortals go with you. ”
I took the Eight Immortals and went to his house with Liu Yunfeng to find his father.
On the way, I heard Liu Yunfeng mention that his father may be old, and he has always been unwell recently, inexplicably, and he also gave himself a coffin.
Carpenter Liu is less than sixty this year, and it stands to reason that even if he is not feeling well, he is far from the time to prepare for the future in advance.
When our group walked to Carpenter Liu's house, Carpenter Liu was busy with the work in his hands. Seeing that the model has come out, it is a chest of drawers, and Carpenter Liu is carving with tools in the yard.
Seeing me come in with the Eight Immortals, Carpenter Liu was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stood up straight and said to me, "What? Something went wrong? Little coffin, didn't you go to help Liu Mazi with the funeral? What did you do with the Eight Immortals? ”
I listened and explained to Carpenter Liu: "Uncle Liu, it's like this, something went wrong with us, the coffin was broken, and it can't be used. Look, is there any ready-made wood to help make a pair? ”
"This ...... How can it be so fast! Carpenter Liu exclaimed, "You are going to be funeral today, I can't make another pair for Liu Mazi!" This...... How can this be a missed time? ”
Seeing that he was embarrassed, I hurriedly comforted him and said, "Uncle Liu, don't worry, if it really doesn't work, you can see if you can make it as fast as possible, and hurry up to make one for him to use." As for his body, it will be parked in the courtyard for now, and you will wait until you get the coffin out, and then you will do it again. ”
"That doesn't work, that doesn't work!" Carpenter Liu said again and again, shook his head and said, "Everyone has their own fate, and they have to be buried when they should be buried, if he misses the time because of this coffin." If the timing is not right, something will happen! Liu Mazi may not have time to go to the Hades Palace! ”
"Dad, is it so evil?" Liu Yunfeng said to Carpenter Liu.
When Carpenter Liu heard this, his eyes immediately widened and he scolded: "Nonsense! You are a bad thing, you have been learning from me for so many years! Why don't you even understand this little bit of truth? If I pass on these skills to you in the future, you will have to smash my signboard! ”
Liu Yunfeng was stunned by his scolding, shrunk his neck and hid to the side without speaking.
Carpenter Liu is usually quite kind, and I rarely hear of who he is red faced, but today I don't know what's wrong?
Seeing that he was angry, I hurriedly stepped forward to play a round and said to him: "Uncle Liu, everyone understands this truth, but now I want you to help Carpenter Liu reopen the coffin without missing the hour, isn't that what it is difficult for me to be strong?" Let's figure out a way to do this together, I'll find a way to stabilize Liu Mazi, try to help him set a good time, bury him in a treasure land, and let him enjoy happiness in the future. Uncle Liu, just help and try to get this coffin out as quickly as possible. ”
"Little coffin, you let me think about it, let me think of a way, okay?" Carpenter Liu suddenly became irritable, and I had to stand aside with the Eight Immortals, waiting for him to think about it.
Carpenter Liu was irritable in the yard, turning around, and after a while, he suddenly stopped, turned around, and said to me, "Little coffin master, I have a way!" ”
I heard that he had a way, so I hurriedly urged: "What way?" Uncle Liu, tell me about it. ”
Carpenter Liu explained to me: "I have a freshly finished coffin parked in my house now, and it is also lacquered, which happens to be black lacquer. People like Liu Mazi who died horizontally can just be used. Look, why don't you just carry it over and use it first? ”
As soon as I heard him say this, I was happy at first, but then I realized that something was wrong.
Let's not talk about anything else, just talk about this coffin, what it looks like in the coffin shop, I really don't know, I haven't seen it. But in our village, someone must order it, and Carpenter Liu will start to fight, and it will never be that someone has not booked it, and he will make the coffin first.
You must know that every coffin must represent at least one dead person. There are not many people in the village itself, how can there be so many coffins? Building too many coffins, in the eyes of those of us here, has the meaning of urging death, and it is not auspicious.
So who did Carpenter Liu's coffin originally want to give to?
Before I could ask, Liu Yunfeng had already preemptively said, "Dad, don't you want to ...... the coffin?"
"Shut up!" Carpenter Liu glared, interrupted Liu Yunfeng's words, and scolded, "You talk a lot!" Less for Lao Tzu! Lao Tzu's affairs, do you need to take care of it? ”
Hearing such an argument between the two of them, I immediately reacted in my heart, and hurriedly waved my hand and said, "Uncle Liu, let me ask, don't be annoyed!" I wonder, did you prepare that coffin for yourself? ”
Carpenter Liu sighed and said, "Yes, little coffin master, you are right, that coffin was originally prepared by me for myself." But isn't it urgent now? You just let the Eight Immortals carry it and use it first. It's a big deal I'll give myself another one, it's fine. ”
"No way!" Hearing him say this, I hurriedly shook my head and said, "Uncle Liu, you are also in this line of work, and you understand the rules of this industry." This borrowing a coffin is absolutely impossible! This is a very unlucky thing! ”
Carpenter Liu refused to listen to me, and he said to me: "Little coffin master, don't say it anymore, this is all something I am willing to do, you can answer me." Liu Mazi's coffin was made by me, and now there is a problem, of course I have to take this responsibility. Also, What is auspicious and unlucky? You're young, but you're in this business. I'm not a specialist in this business, but I've handled more coffins than you. Is there anything else to pay attention to here for our people? ”
After saying that, he raised his eyebrows when he saw that I was going to argue again, and said to me, "Don't hesitate any longer! It is important to bury Liu Mazi, don't miss things. Go quickly, I'll take you to carry the coffin!" ”
Seeing that Carpenter Liu was so stubborn and had made up his mind, I couldn't persuade him. Besides, he himself understands the truth of this, and lending the coffin to others is to get himself into trouble. Since he was willing, the matter was really urgent, and I had no choice but to do what he wanted.
In the dark, this may be the so-called providence.
I took the Eight Immortals to carry the coffin with Carpenter Liu, and when I commanded the Eight Immortals to carry the coffin to the door, I still couldn't help it, turned around, and said to Carpenter Liu: "Uncle Liu, think about it again?" It's no small thing! ”
Carpenter Liu waved his hand at me impatiently and said, "Go quickly, go quickly, don't say more." Yunfeng, you just stay at home and don't go with others. You kid, you know how to cause chaos for others! ”
I came out of Liu's house with the Eight Immortals, only to feel bitter in my mouth. Borrowing a coffin is not a trivial matter, it is a fatal thing. Maybe I really shouldn't have promised Carpenter Liu to use this coffin, but ...... Maybe it's really fate? I always felt that Carpenter Liu was wrong today, he seemed to be hinting at me, and he seemed to be hiding something.