Entering the mourning hall, since I was the master of this funeral and couldn't move the hoe, I arranged for Chen Tiannan and those middle-aged men to start digging the grave on the side.

The process of digging the grave was quite easy, and in less than half an hour, a rough outline was dug out. Chen Tiannan said that he was tired, so he sat down next to me, asked me for a cigarette, and said, "Brother Jiu, the soil in this place is too loose, will the sandalwood coffin sink into it?" ”

I shook my head and said, "It's just that the dirt on the surface is a little looser, and it should be hard to dig any more." ”

At this moment, there was a crackling sound outside, it should be the sound of firecrackers at the beginning of the troupe, I said hello to Chen Tiannan, let him look at it, don't make the tomb too big, he hummed.

I got up and walked in the direction of the stage, ready to give the troupe an opening red envelope.

As soon as he came out of the mourning hall, he saw Lang Gao carrying a roll of firecrackers on the left side of the stage, and there were a few people standing not far from his right, the class master stood in the middle, holding a microphone in his left hand and a 24-open paper in his right hand, and when he saw me walking over, he smiled at me and didn't speak.

When the sound of firecrackers stopped, the class leader cleared his throat and read according to the paper, "Today, with a heavy heart, we deeply mourn a kind and good person, Miss Su Mengke. Ms. Su passed away at home on May 14, 2006 at the age of 18. ”

"Today, we mourn Miss Su Mengke because she shines with the spiritual light of kindness, helpfulness, integrity, diligence and thrift."

"Miss Su Mengke in the flower season era, like many peers, is diligent and studious, and takes her studies as a lifelong event, but Wenqu Xing saw her amazing appearance, and did not give her the talent to learn. Miss Su Mengke, who has been kind all her life, is diligent, kind, and good at making friends, but with her amazing business talent, her father has become the richest man in Phoenix. ”

"We mourn Miss Su Mengke, we want to turn grief into strength, learn from her spirit of kindness and helpfulness, and carry forward her spirit, Miss Su Mengke was once a good person, we must strive to improve and perfect her spirit, in order to comfort the soul of the deceased in heaven."

"Rest in peace! Miss Su Mengke! We will always remember you. ”

After saying the last sentence, the class leader led a few people around him to bow three times in the direction of the mourning hall, and then motioned to Lang Gao to light firecrackers.

Suddenly, a crackling firecracker sounded when I remembered.

When the sound of firecrackers stopped, the master of the class glanced at me and continued: "As soon as the master's family appeared, he knew that he was not an ordinary person, and his waist bag was so bulging, so he quickly made up for the red envelope. ”

I knew what he meant, this was asking me to ask for a red envelope, and I was not polite, I counted two thousand yuan, wrapped it in red paper, and handed it to him when I walked on the stage.

He took the red envelope, said another auspicious word, and then shouted to start the play.

Soon, the people he brought sang on the stage, even if there was no audience in the audience, those people sang very hard, which shows that this troupe has professional ethics.

Frankly speaking, I have no interest in watching the play, and after listening to it for two or three minutes, I gave the people in the theater troupe a hundred yuan each, and the opening red envelope is finished.

After wrapping the red envelope, I was focused on the tomb of the mourning hall, and walked towards the mourning hall without stopping.

"Wait!" Just then, a voice came from behind me.

When I turned my head, it was Lang Gao and the class leader, and they were walking towards me, and it was the class master who was talking.

I smiled at the class leader and asked him, "What's wrong?" ”

He nodded and pointed to Lang Gao next to him, "Listen to this brother, you are the Eight Immortals?" ”

I hummed and didn't speak.

His expression changed, he laughed, and said: "Little brother, I thought that you were eating dead people's food and doing the work of a song and dance troupe, but I didn't expect you to be the Eight Immortals who carried the dragon coffin, and now it is rare to see such a young Eight Immortals." ”

As he spoke, he brought me a cigarette and asked me, "I want to talk to you about the Eight Immortals, do you have time?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, why did he suddenly want to talk to me about the Eight Immortals, so he said, "Do you have an opinion on the Eight Immortals industry?" ”

He was slightly stunned, and immediately said: "I can't say what I think about it, but seeing that you are not very old, you should not be in the industry for a long time, and many things about the Eight Immortals, I guess you don't know, and I can't be idle, I want to teach young people when I see them." ”

As soon as I heard this, my intuition told me that this man had goods in his belly, so he told him, "The tomb is being dug in the mourning hall, my friend is a newcomer who doesn't know much, I'm afraid that there will be some accidents in digging the tomb, let's go to the mourning hall and talk for a while, okay?" ”

He nodded with satisfaction and praised: "Yes, everything is based on the dead, and he is a qualified Eight Immortals." ”

With that, I, Lang Gao and the class master entered the mourning hall.

As soon as he entered the mourning hall, Chen Tiannan was directing the group of middle-aged men to dig the grave, and when he saw us coming in, he said hello to us and continued what he was doing.

Seeing this, I am very relieved, this Chen Tiannan is usually very arrogant, but I didn't expect to be quite serious about the funeral, at least I won't stop the movements in my hands because of our arrival.

Afterwards, I led the class master to find an open space and sat down, gave him a cigarette, lit it for him, and asked, "I wonder what you think of the Eight Immortals?" ”

He took the cigarette, lit it, and said, "Little brother, do you know the origin of the Eight Immortals?" ”

I was stunned, the source of the Eight Immortals? When I entered the industry, Lao Wang didn't tell me, so he asked him, "What is the source?" ”

He smiled and said: "Some people say that the funeral is unlucky, for the sake of elegance, the person who carries the dragon coffin is given a nickname 'Eight Immortals', but in fact, it is not, the Chinese believe in Taoism, the extensive Eight Immortals refer to the eight Taoist immortals that are circulated among the people, and the people who carry the dragon coffin in the funeral are called the Eight Immortals, which are completely derived from the influence of Taoist culture, and legend has it that the eight immortals represent men, women, old and young, rich, noble, poor, and low, and the eight immortals in the eight immortals are all mortals, so their personalities are closer to the people. ”

At this point, he stopped, glanced at my face, and then at Chen Tiannan, but did not speak.

Frankly speaking, listening to his words, I was a little confused, I always thought that our Eight Immortals were carrying coffins, but I didn't expect that the origin of our names was actually related to the real Eight Immortals.

At that moment, I immediately asked him, "What is the relationship between these eight immortals and the other eight immortals?" Don't tell me that the Eight Immortals used to carry coffins? ”

That Lang Gao's interest also seemed to come, a pair of eyes stared at the class master, and said, "What are the Eight Immortals?" Where does the name come from? ”