Chapter 30: Fang Tu

The next day, I went on the road with Uncle Yi. Although it is said to be a neighboring village, it is still not far away, and there is a lot of farmland to walk. At this time, the farmland is full of rice that is about to ripen, and the small ponds between the farmlands are also sparkling in the sun, which is a good row of farmhouse scenery.

After walking for a while, we came to the neighboring village, which happened to be the village of Mr. Yin and Yang that Uncle Yi had said. There are not all people with the same surname in this village like in our village, there are several surnames in a village, and this time it is the third child of the Liu family in this village who will do white things.

Uncle Yi led me and walked towards the third family of the Liu family. Just on the way, we met a fat-headed and big-eared guy, who looked at me and Uncle Yi with hostile eyes from afar, and looked as if he had a blood feud with Uncle Yi.

Uncle Yi was not afraid, but walked up directly and said: "Fang Tu, I still remember what happened at the beginning, as a cultivator, I didn't expect you to still not be able to let go of this matter, if your temper is better, how can there be such a thing when you remember your duties?" ”

After that Fang Tu heard Uncle Yi's words, he didn't ease up, but said very impulsively: "Yi Heng, what does Lao Tzu want, that's Lao Tzu's business, don't rush here to be a good person, Lao Tzu is also forced out by you now!" ”

Then a strange smile suddenly appeared on Fang Tu's face, and he said to Uncle Yi: "Yi Heng, it was the third child of the Liu family who asked you to come, hehe, this white matter depends on how you get it, Lao Tzu is waiting to see a good show!" ”

Uncle Yi said with an unchanged face; "I can naturally do a good job, I just hope you can settle down, I don't want what happened back then to happen again!"

Fang Tu just smiled and walked away, but I looked at his smile and suddenly felt bad, that smile looked too treacherous, it was completely the standard smile of those villains on TV before they did bad things!

I looked at Uncle Yi, Uncle Yi just looked at the direction Fang Tu was walking, sighed, and then walked away with me thinking about the third child of the Liu family.

When we arrived at the third family of the Liu family, a dark and honest middle-aged man walked out to greet us. His face was full of sadness, and he kept saying to Uncle Yi please, and Uncle Yi promised to walk into the house with the middle-aged man.

At this time, there are many people in the house who are busy, and in the countryside, red and white ceremonies are not only a family affair, but the whole village will come to help, so often red and white ceremonies are the most lively things in the countryside.

I walked in and saw that the mourning hall had been set up, and it was the mother of the third child of the Liu family who died, and the old lady was lying in the coffin in front of the mourning hall at this time, and there was also a small table in front of the coffin, on which various tributes were placed, and incense and candles were lit.

The family was filled with a sad atmosphere, and Uncle Yi and I went to the side to prepare things. We need a lot of things to do white things here, first of all, a lot of paper money, but also to write many gods, incense candles and corresponding tributes on red paper, and also to three tables of eight immortals.

Choose a better time, let the other people go aside, and then stack the three Eight Immortal Tables, and place four gods on each one, and the four gods are facing four directions, most of these gods are the gods of the Sanqing Patriarch, the land god and the city god.

After everything was done, the loyal middle-aged man was called aside by Uncle Yi to burn the prepared paper money, and Uncle Yi took out the yellow robe and a peachwood sword he was wearing from the things he brought, and I also stood aside.

Then it is a brief recounting of the deceased's place of origin and life deeds, as a report to the city god, followed by the recitation of the ode on those Taoist classics.

First of all, the verses on the Taoist classics are not only long, but also very twisting to read in many places, and when singing these verses, they must be spoken at a very fast speed, and there must be no interruption and forgetting of words in the middle of the song.

After all, this kind of chanting can be regarded as reporting the situation to the invited god and overtaking the dead, if it is broken or forgotten, it will cause the dissatisfaction of the gods or the resentment of the dead spirit, and when chanting, it is necessary to beat drums and gongs, and also wield a mahogany sword.

Although I've seen it before, but this time I really feel that it's hard to do white things, but it's not completely unbeneficial, first do a white thing, you can get a lot of money, and there will be some cigarettes and alcohol and other things, and the people who ask to do white things will also be very respectful to Mr. Yin and Yang.

That's why that Fang Tu resents Uncle Yi like this, if there is no Uncle Yi, he can get a lot of rewards and things.

This ritual is usually done for a short time, and often after doing a ritual you are sweating all over, your mouth is dry, and you have to rest for a long time. In addition, the dead here will be mortuated at home for three days after that, and each of these three days needs to be practiced, so that the deceased can be overtaken as soon as possible.

The first two days were relatively peaceful, and after doing the Fa, I watched others prepare, and from time to time I helped them with both, which was completely normal, but something happened on the night of the third day.

Three days after the mortuary on our side, Mr. Yin and Yang, who was doing the funeral on the third day, stayed at the deceased's home to prepare for the funeral the next day, making sure that everything was okay with the deceased. However, this was in the past, and now due to the compulsory cremation implemented by the state, the first day of death is to be sent to the crematorium for cremation, and the funeral will be performed after the cremation.

The daytime on the third day was also very normal, and he accompanied Uncle Yi to complete the last ritual ceremony, as long as he kept the spirit at night and helped prepare all the things that should be prepared.

Soon the time came to night, and the summer night still had a relatively high temperature, and often the room was like a steamer, but I accompanied Uncle Yi to guard in front of the coffin, not only did I not feel the heat, but I also felt a burst of coldness.

There were only me and Uncle Yi in the entire mourning hall, and everyone else was gone, and all the family members of the deceased during this time could no longer be here, which was to prevent the ghost of the deceased from being reluctant to leave his relatives.

Uncle Yi smiled after seeing my face and said, "Xiao Jiu, you must be bold in our business, so that you can deter those yin spirits, and the dead are actually just soulless bodies, there is no need to be afraid!" ”

I only calmed down a little after listening to Uncle Yi's words, but I still have some fear of the dead. Uncle Yi didn't say anything more, but just told me to keep an eye on the immortal lamp in front of the coffin, and I must not let the lamp go out, and if the incense is burned, I must add it.

He took the paper money to the side to burn, which was very boring during this time, but also very helpless. I can only wait for dawn, although I don't feel very good in the mourning hall, but I don't have anything to worry about with Uncle Yi here.