Chapter 34: Borrowing Breath to Restore the Soul

Sure enough, after a few minutes, a bunch of people who were supposed to fight temporarily died down under the persuasion of people on both sides. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Ren Feng sat helplessly on the stone on the side steps of the compound, the whole person seemed to be a lot haggard, his eyes were blank and his hair was unkempt. I didn't dare to go around, just look at the excitement.

What's more, when I was standing here, I suddenly felt a strange smell, and although I didn't know what it was, it made me very uncomfortable. Xiaohua also seemed to smell it, pinched his nose and said that he wanted to go back.

Children are meant to be lively, regardless of whether other people's homes are white or red. And now it seems that this matter of the Renfeng family is obviously not suitable for children to watch the excitement. Xiaohua and I had a surprisingly tacit understanding, and we turned around and came back together.

Who knew that when I just turned around, I suddenly saw a person sitting at the door of the Nineteenth Master of Yuewen, and my face turned a little pale with fright.

Fortunately, at this time, the sun had already come out, and when it shone down from the sky, it was sprinkled on that person's body, and I saw clearly that it was Yuewen Nineteen Niang. She was emaciated and pale, and sat there as if she were weak. Especially seeing that her eyes were a little deep-set, and her demeanor was fragile, I couldn't help but feel a little abrupt in my heart, and I pulled Xiaohua and ran back.

When we were about to arrive at the compound, we were panting and walking slowly, Xiaohua asked me how my father was, I was stunned for a moment and said I didn't know. Xiaohua didn't care, so he went into the house and went back.

Soon after I got home, I saw my father coming from my grandfather's side, and although he was walking slowly, his complexion was much better. And to my surprise, my father said that he would stay at home for two days, and I don't know why I wasn't particularly happy. When we had breakfast, the people in the compound came back one after another, and they also came out with rice bowls, and the biggest topic was nothing more than the affairs of the Renfeng family.

Because it's been a vacation, I basically don't have anything to do, and the main task is homework. In a frenzied continuous operation, I actually saw Shen Su at noon. I haven't seen her for a while, because she is no longer in our school, and she usually lives in the school and only returns to the village on weekends. But because her family has moved to a new house, it is very difficult to meet.

To my surprise, she came to the compound to play with her child, probably in a hot weather, wearing a skirt and a new shirt. She was indeed beautiful, and although I hadn't seen her in a while, I couldn't help but sneak a look at her. Especially when I saw her breastfeeding, revealing her white skin and breasts, I felt my heart pounding. She was chatting with Sister Huayuan, and she didn't seem to notice my feelings in the slightest.

The afternoon was spent chatting with everyone, of course I was doing my homework, but I was absent-minded, in fact, I didn't write much at all. A little later in the afternoon, the sound of firecrackers on the side of the promotion hall continued, and I heard that it was the main thing to mourn at the Feng family tonight, and invited the family members in the village to come over. I'm a little surprised.,Usually there's a family whose family is gone.,I won't invite all the families to go.,At most, it's the main house.,The rest of the people go to mourn and go through the motions.。

Later, when I heard someone say it, I realized that it was the Renfeng family who was afraid that Renfeng Hall Hakka would make trouble, and hoped that the men of the family would go over to support.

This woman doesn't say if she has drunk the medicine or not, even with her age, according to the customs of our Xiangchu locals, it is impossible for her to enter the hall of the promotion hall. It is said that the coffin was erected on the side of the national highway in front of the compound, and although it occupies half of the road, there is no need to worry about traffic jams at this time.

The originally good daughter is gone, and anyone will feel uncomfortable. What's more, after death, it can only be placed on the side of the road, which makes the woman's mother's family angry. But after all, it is not the family of Renfeng who lives in the promotion hall, there are other residents here.

A woman's maiden relatives, even if they are unwilling, and even some unreasonable relatives, do not dare to risk the world's condemnation.

It is said that a young man said this idea at the time, but it was immediately rejected by the old man there. Because they originally had some reason, and if they really asked for it, they were afraid that they would be driven out by the people in our village. But they didn't compromise on this, and finally discussed with the old man in the room of Renfeng's house, and asked the mourners to arrange for the mourners to sit outside the hall as much as possible.

It may seem like the mourning hall won't be so deserted, but maybe they've overlooked something important. Because it's summer now, it's definitely going to break down when the person is gone, not to mention that this woman has been at home for two days after drinking the medicine, in fact, everyone knows that it has begun to rot. By the time of the night of the condolences, it had actually been three days.

Not to mention a dead man who is gone, it is a piece of clean and good meat, which can be kept for three days in the summer season, but I am afraid that it will not be able to be wanted.

The local white funeral habit of the Xiangchu people, after a person dies, he will let her stay in the same place of death for a while, and then wipe the corpse and place it with a door panel.

It is said that this habit is to prevent the deceased from faking death, even if he knows that he is really dead, the family has some expectations, and this mentality of relatives is completely understandable. Of course, there is an important taboo in this step, which is related to the traditional imperial calendar and customs of the Chinese people. Legend of the Xiangchu people said that if the deceased died in a hurry, he might commit a heavy funeral, so he must not move after death.

The person who commits a heavy death means that if his body is moved, the wandering soul may cause a mutation, and the most terrifying thing is that it will immediately lead to the death of another person, and it is very likely that it will be a relative.

This terrifying legend has naturally shocked countless Hunan and Chu people since ancient times. Of course, if the deceased person does not have this taboo, then after the important relatives in the family have witnessed it, after parking it for a period of time, find a suitable coffin to put in the coffin.

A lot of people get bored, how can it be so complicated?

But from another point of view, who knows when they will die, it is impossible to buy a coffin first, right?

But the people of Xiangchu really have this habit, that is, some old people, especially some old people who have already lived, regard preparing a coffin for themselves as one of the most important things in life. Of course, if the children in the family are filial and have some money in their hands, they will also prepare it for the elderly first.

This is not to curse the old man to die, but in case the old man is gone, there is no suitable coffin to fit in. There is an old saying in Xiangchu, called "There is no place to put it when you die", which means that there is no coffin after a person dies.

If this posture is ready, the old man himself will feel at ease, and the child will not let people say that he is unfilial. In this era when materials are still relatively scarce, this can be regarded as a manifestation of the family economy.

So, in the countryside of Xiangchu, as long as there are elderly people in the family, you can basically see a coffin in the hall, and it is painted black.

I know of a few unexpected things, some families who do not have an elderly person at home, because they did not buy a coffin, suddenly someone died in middle age, so it caused a very embarrassing phenomenon. In the end, I had to find an unpainted coffin to pretend to be a person, and this kind of thing would be scolded by some clansmen and old people in the countryside.

Renfeng's family naturally prepared a coffin, because his mother and two aunts had already passed their birthdays and prepared coffins for the old man.

Renfeng's cousin was suddenly gone, and according to the old man's thoughts, he didn't want to give his coffin to his daughter-in-law. But seeing that this woman's mother's family was making too much trouble, I was afraid that something would happen again, so I finally put the coffin of Renfeng's mother on this woman first.

The black old lacquered camphor coffin is the best destination after the person is gone. At this time, the coffin lid was only gently placed on it, and it was not closed at all, because there was another important link, that is, the closed face when the funeral was approaching. The form of closed face is particularly important in the funeral culture of Xiangchu, firstly, it allows family members and relatives to see the last appearance of the deceased, and secondly, it is also the habit of Xiangchu, relatives in case the deceased is not really dead.

This habit is extremely important for the deceased's loved ones.

Because I knew that in the next Fengling Village, there was an old man who had died twice, but finally woke up again in the coffin. It's not a strange thing, after I became an adult, the old man died again, and he was actually examined by the doctor to die, but then he sat up in the coffin. It was a miracle in the township, and this man was in the village next door to me.

I'm also very supportive of this kind of magical thing.

I also heard that some cremated people actually sat up when they were pushed to the crematorium, but by then it was too late, and only came out of a pile of ashes. The national policy advocates cremation, although it is true that environmental protection is not wasted, but the Chinese have passed so many people in successive dynasties, and it is not the same as once annihilated in the long river of history, and there is no pollution of the environment.

However, the environment in which people lived was completely destroyed in turn, and there were very few people who really took care of it. This is an off-topic, but in the funeral culture of the Hunan and Chu people, there are a lot of feelings and sustenance for their relatives.

This woman has a good coffin, but because it has dragged on for a long time, although the coffin has not been opened, the body lying inside is afraid that it has rotted. So the smell coming out of the coffin made people want to be disgusted after smelling it. Later, when I heard people say it, I remembered the strange smell I smelled when I started to see the excitement.

It is said that not only those who mourn are far away, but even relatives do not want to come closer.

Later, someone still came up with an idea, saying that they went to the popsicle factory of the village committee to make a lot of large pieces of ice and put them next to the woman in the coffin. Although the speed of decay was slowed down by the suppression of ice cubes, there was still a beginning of the smell coming out. Then he burned a large number of various sandalwood and Buddha incense, and kept burning some paper money in front of the spirit, and the everlasting lamp that could not be extinguished, and finally the mourners did not feel anything abnormal.

In the evening, I was going to join in the fun, but the old man in the compound didn't let the children go to mourn, so I watched TV with Yonghui Huayuan and them at Niuye's house.

Mom and grandpa and uncle went to mourn, and my father was going to go, but my grandfather made him give up with a word. Grandpa said that it was a normal thing, but because there was a noise from the woman's mother's family, the relatives of the Renfeng family begged these people with their own surnames not to leave, obviously also wanting to cheer.

My father's body couldn't move much, he couldn't help when he went, and he was afraid that he would hurt his muscles and bones, so he gave up that idea.

But no one thought that a big event would happen this night, something that no one expected.

Normal condolences and other guests are almost there, and if the villagers generally have a white banquet, it will be around eight o'clock in summer. But on this day, because it was still the woman's mother's family, everyone dragged it on until almost nine o'clock. After Renfeng's mother's family, the clan elders of Renfeng's house, and the leaders of the village coordinated together, the other party was willing to have dinner before talking about the next thing.

Because everybody has something to talk about. It's nothing more than that the other party wants to beat someone, or it just makes Feng carry the woman's corpse up the mountain tomorrow.

If you want to really beat people, you have to distinguish between the right and wrong of two people, although there are many issues involved, but after all, you can make it clear. If you want to carry the corpse, this matter is a serious problem. Not to mention that Renfeng will be criticized by people in ten miles and eight towns at that time, I am afraid that the future will end and be ruined.

I was still watching TV, and some of my mother's women came back first, and I saw that the time was ten o'clock, and everyone was chatting while watching TV. Because Niu Ye also mediated at Renfeng's house, he never came back, and Mrs. Yi did not urge everyone to go home. Before I knew it, it was about twelve o'clock, and I suddenly heard a roar outside, and I didn't know what was going on.

When everyone was still stunned, they heard people running from the promotion hall, flashlights flickering, mixed with exclamations: "Fake the corpse, cheat the corpse!" ”