Hearing this, I was stunned, raised my eyes and looked around, and the snow on the ground had been cleared. It's really strange that with Guo Fatzi's lazy nature, he would clean up the snow near the other coffins.

Just as he was about to ask him why, he heard a 'squeak, squeak' sound, and turned his head to see that the door of the ancestral hall was open.

As the door of the ancestral hall opened, there were many people at the door, all of whom were metaphysical masters who had a relationship with me, and it is worth mentioning that Joyce was among them, and she glanced at me and ignored me, with a hint of disgust in her eyes.

"Brother Jiu, come to a cigarette!" Seeing that I didn't speak, Guo Fatzi pushed me.

I came back to my senses, took out a cigarette, gave him one, and said with a smile: "Guo Fatzi, why are you so diligent today?" ”

He smiled and said, "The old hero is an anti-Japanese hero, I don't know where he is lying in a coffin, so I have to clear all the snow." ”

I nodded, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Fatty, no matter how you usually behave, this funeral is a good thing. ”

"Okay!" He laughed and agreed.

Subsequently, a few of us were busy next to the coffin, because the location was very narrow, it was impossible to place the Eight Immortals Table near the coffin as a dojo, so I found three low wooden square stools, and used this wooden square stool to represent the Eight Immortals Table.

I placed the three wooden stools on the left side of the coffin, and placed some burned coals under the wooden stools to put incense and candles.

After doing all this, I looked at the time, at half past seven, the whole venue was a little lively, I roughly looked at some coffins, those metaphysical masters were very well prepared, it was really eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers.

Take the sixth coffin next to me as an example, the soul banner they made is made of gold threads, which looks golden and luxurious. And then there was the offering table, which was inlaid with twenty-eight pieces of gold, on which were depicted the images of the gods of the twenty-eight constellations.

On the whole, except for the seventh coffin, the other coffins are very luxurious, and all kinds of magic utensils and Taoist utensils on the table can be named, especially the ninth coffin, even the dust of Taishang Laojun was taken out.

Seeing this, Guo Fatzi pulled me and muttered: "Brother Jiu, are we too shabby, you look at their offering table, and then look at us, it is an ordinary funeral utensil." ”

I smiled and said, "The important thing in the funeral is not the thing, but the heart, and the sincerity will make everything go well, otherwise, even if you put a thousand catties of gold, it will be in vain." ”

"But... But..., in terms of pomp, we have already lost. Guo Fatzi said unconvinced.

I shook my head and said, "Losing in the pomp and circumstance only shows that our economic strength is not as strong as theirs, and it doesn't mean anything." ”

After speaking, I didn't pay attention to him anymore, and looked near the ancestral hall with my eyes, it was almost 8 o'clock, and the funeral was about to begin, why hadn't the nine sons of the Lu family appeared yet? If they don't come, the three animals on the table and the black and white photos of the old heroes will not be able to be put on display.

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, the nine sons of the Lu family finally appeared at the entrance of the village, followed by a large number of people, all of whom were women and children.

"Brother Jiu, why didn't Mrs. Lu come?" Guo Fatzi stretched out his hand and pointed at the group of people and whispered.

I looked along the place of his finger, and I really didn't see Mrs. Lu, but after thinking about it, according to the funeral custom, the husband and the wife are keeping, which means the husband's funeral, and the woman can only stay at home until the husband is out of the funeral, and then she can step out of the house.

I'll tell Guo Fatzi about this statement.

When he heard this, he didn't speak again, but went on with the work at hand. I stared at the son of the Lu family, holding a blank piece of paper in his hand, if I guessed correctly, the white paper should be 'open book'.

To be honest, I'm curious to see whose signature the 'Open Book' will be. So, I beckoned to Guo Fatzi and said, "Let's go to the door of the ancestral hall and wait, and the 'open book' will be posted there." ”

"Good!" Guo Fatzi answered, followed me, and walked towards the door of the ancestral hall.

When I came to the door of the ancestral hall, I glanced into the ancestral hall, and there was a strong smell of firewood, and in the innermost position, there was a table of eight immortals, on which were placed black and white photos of old heroes and some tributes.

It is worth mentioning that in the four corners of the ancestral hall, four red stones were placed, and three pillars of incense were inserted next to each stone.

Guo Fatzi seemed to have found those stones, and asked softly, "Brother Jiu, is that a Taoist formation?" ”

I nodded and didn't speak.

He asked again, "It seems to be very powerful, what kind of formation?" ”

I smiled bitterly and said, "I'm just a coffin bearer, and I'm not a person who learns the Tao. ”

Just as we were talking, the nine sons of the Lu family walked towards the ancestral hall, and those metaphysical masters also came over, greeting the nine sons of the Lu family with a flattering face, and between the words, there was a kind of sycophancy.

I usually don't like these people the most, but remembering that they are all members of the Metaphysical Association, it is difficult to say anything, so I calmly put my face aside, and waited for the Lu family to post 'open the book'.

The nine sons of the Lu family are worthy of being businessmen, and in the area of communication, there are indeed two hits, but in less than two minutes, those metaphysical masters were dismissed.

Immediately afterwards, the son of the Lu family walked into the ancestral hall, took out some rice cereal, and pasted the 'open book' on the left side of the ancestral hall.

I raised my eyes to look at the 'open book', and I saw that on the left side of the 'open book', there were some words written vertically, and the Shaoyun of the Chinese Shuode Lufu enjoyed his longevity.

Speaking of these words, we have to mention the meaning of these words, Zhonghua is China, Shuode is the meaning of Confucianism, it is an elegant name for the deceased, and there are also some places where it is written, priests, citizens, if the deceased is a woman, it is written as 'Confucian' or 'Shude'.

Many people may not understand what Yishou means. There are many details in this 'opening book', such as this longevity means that the deceased is over 96 years old.

If the deceased is under the age of fifteen, it will be written that the age of 16 to 25 is weak, the age of 26 to 35 is the strong life, the age of 36 to 45 is the strong life, the age of 46 to 55 is the longevity of Ai, the life of the elderly is 56 to 65, the life expectancy is 66 to 75, the life expectancy is 76 to 85, and the life expectancy is 86 to 95.

If the deceased has a descendant, regardless of age, it will be written as a prince, and if a son and a half daughter are not born, a girl will be written.

This is the life planning table of 'open book' left over from the Tang Dynasty, and I don't know why, even now, when writing 'open book', it is written according to this life table.