When Wang Chuyao heard me say this, she was shy and said, "You are really interesting to talk about. ”

I smiled bitterly, didn't say anything more, and began to grill the rice, the dishes were not dripping, and the taste was not bad.

After the meal, I asked her, "What's going on with the filial piety?" ”

Her face froze, and she said, "None of my aunts and cousins want to come. ”

After speaking, she sighed, as if she was a little sad, thinking about it, the deceased gave birth to so many children, but the funeral was as cold as it was. Sometimes, I have to say that a mother can raise nine sons, and nine sons do not raise a mother.

Later, we talked a few more words, most of them about the funeral, I asked her where Wang Xi and her father went, and she said that while she was free, she went to the river to find the body again.

For Wang Xi's father and son, I really admire a little, people live in the world, one is a parent, two is a child, and three is for themselves, they can be called great filial piety by doing this, but I don't know what the situation of the deceased is.

I asked some questions about the deceased, intentionally or unintentionally, and the answer she gave me was only two sentences, either I didn't know or I didn't know, which made me depressed.

After chatting for a while, she sent the dishes and chopsticks home, and then ran to the hall to sit next to me, and nothing happened during this time.

Until 9 o'clock in the evening, Wang Xi and his son returned to the hall, their faces were a little tired, sighing, and they knew that they had not found the body when they saw this expression.

I comforted the father and son a few words, and then I couldn't wait to ask Wang Chengcai about some things about the deceased, he said: "I don't know much about the old mother's affairs, and the 'Grandma Fushaw' listened to the old man in the village to say that it was indeed the old mother who made it, and after she finished that thing, her temperament changed greatly, and later, it seems that she did some immoral things." ”

"Huh? Do you know that she has done something immoral? I hurriedly asked.

He nodded and said, "Yes, I remember when I was a child, people often came to my house with sticks to find my mother, saying that they were looking for revenge on the old mother, but I don't know what it is." ”

I was stunned, Wang Chengcai was a child, that was the matter of six years, and the year 62 seemed to be three years of natural disasters, widespread drought, and many people died of starvation.

I think so because, in the past three years of natural disasters, many people have done something that violates human ethics in order to fill their stomachs, and they have only one purpose, to eat enough and live.

And, the deceased had six or seven children at that time, and if she wanted her children to live, she would definitely not be able to arrange flowers as she should, after all, people were dying of hunger, so how could she be in the mood to arrange flowers, which cut off her financial resources.

Thinking of this, I immediately asked Wang Chengcai, "What did your father do before?" ”

He was stunned, embarrassed, and said, "My father was an honest farmer, and not long after I was born, he caught a lot of smoke and committed suicide by jumping into the river across the village. ”

Hallucination? In the river? Suicide? How can it be so coincidental that the deceased also fell into the river and drowned, is there something to do with this? Does 'Grandma Fershaw' have something to do with this?

I thought it was a little strange and asked him, "What is the relationship between your father and your mother?" ”

He was silent for a while, as if reminiscing, and said, "I heard from the old people in the village that my parents used to be model couples, and the town gave them red flowers. Later, because the old mother never gave birth to a boy for the Wang family, the relationship between the couple broke down, and they often quarreled constantly, so the old mother invited 'Grandma Fjourn' to give birth to me. The world makes people. ”

After speaking, he took out a cigarette and sent one to me, hesitated for a while, and sent one to Wang Xi, saying, "Chen Baxian, is it really in line with the funeral to hold a well-dressed mound for the old mother?" Don't let the old mother go wrong. ”

I took the cigarette, lit it, took a deep breath, and my brain involuntarily remembered Qing Xuanzi's words, I was really dumb and ate Coptis chinensis, and I couldn't say anything about my suffering, so I had to tell him: "Don't worry, in ancient times, there was a shortage of soldiers, and you often made clothes and mounds, as long as your filial piety to the deceased is there, there will be no problems with the cloak mounds." ”

After saying this, I sat down at the table of the eight immortals, glanced into the coffin, the clothes were lying there quietly, and there was no change, I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and I didn't care about what the deceased had done, so I wanted to carry the coffin up the mountain and bury it as soon as possible.

So, I asked Wang Cheng to ask for the deceased's birthday, pinched his fingers and calculated, and the auspicious time for the burial of the world after tomorrow. However, Qing Xuanzi said that the silver talisman could only hold 'Grandma Fuxiao' for 24 hours.

This made me very distressed, on the one hand, I hoped that Qing Xuanzi would overdo it, and on the other hand, I wanted to carry the coffin up the mountain and bury it while Yinfu was calming 'Grandma Furshaw'.

After thinking for a while, I said to Wang Chengcai: "Uncle, in my opinion, I will carry the deceased up the mountain tonight, I don't know what you think?" ”

"Nope." He calmed his face and said: "The deceased on my side will be buried in the hall for at least three days, how can there be a reason that if he died yesterday and be carried up the mountain today, what does this make the villagers think of our family?" They will say, my king is a big rebel, and I can't do that unfilial person. ”

Hearing him say this, I smiled bitterly, the funeral custom is indeed like this, the deceased should be at home for at least three days, which is commonly known as 'warm corpse', no special circumstances can not be less than three days, otherwise it is regarded as unfilial piety. (Note: In some remote areas, the same day of death is the same day of burial, which will be mentioned later.) ）

However, I have my own reasons for saying this, one is that the mound can be exempt from this restriction, and the other is that I am afraid that 'Grandma Fershaw' will really come back to life and cause a plague.

However, since the main family said so, I can't refuse, after all, the task of our eight immortals is to be responsible for the deceased and the main family, if it goes against the will of the main family, it will violate the rules of our eight immortals.

Sometimes, I have to say that the Eight Immortals are a chore, thinking about this, thinking about it, but not thinking about your own safety.

After a short period of consideration, I dispelled the thought in my heart and was about to speak, when Wang Xi interjected on the side and said, "Dad, before the funeral, we promised Brother Jiu that we need to listen to him for everything. ”

"You know a fart, I listened to him at the funeral ceremony, the time of the funeral must be set by ourselves, since ancient times, how can there be such a burial, I believe Chen Baxian will understand." Wang Chengcai glared at his son.

"But, let's agree to listen to Brother Jiu in advance, you... Right now? Wang Xi said unconvinced.

"No offspring." That Wang Cheng scolded Wang Xi, and raised his hand to hit him, so I hurriedly stopped and said: "What the old uncle said is right, there is no reason to be buried like this, I just calculated it, the day after tomorrow is the auspicious time for burial." ”