The funeral table is also particular, to put an even number, generally six tables or eight tables.

After the leisurely family arrived home, Qin's father was nervous about Miluo's arrival to prepare the sacrifices on the sacrifice table, because Qin's mother was too sad yesterday, leisurely reached out and pulled Qin Yanran and said to Qin's father: "Daddy, my mother is too tired, let her rest a little more, how about we prepare together?" ”

"That's good, of course." He also feels very sorry for his wife, and now that his children are automatically invited, how can he be unreasonable.

Father Qin wanted to get eight tables at the sacrificial table, and the first table was a big pig's head, and he also had a pig's tail and a few coriander in his mouth; The second table is a big live rooster, and the third table is a big live fish, so that the three animals are complete.

The fourth table is the wine table, which prepares a whole jar of fine Huadiao wine; The fifth table is for the five grains, and rice, millet, soybeans, wheat and sorghum are prepared leisurely; Put dim sum on the sixth table, and leisurely prepare for people to go to the county's own dim sum shop to pick up a few things.

"Daddy, the third great-grandfather loved to eat the pastries made in our shop the most when he was alive, why don't you choose a few more?" At this time, those brushes recorded the names of the pastries that could be used as sacrifices on paper.

"yes, okay. But be sure to choose an even number! Father Qin sat aside and discussed with Qin Haoran what else to put on the table? After all, there are only six tables with dim sum now.

"Okay, I remember." Leisurely brushing on the paper, while thinking about what else could be placed in my head?

"Dad, do you want some white fabric? I think it was called 'hanging the tent' or something? Qin Yanran thought about it for a long time, and finally remembered that it seemed that something was missing.

"Oh, yes, yes, I almost forgot about this!" Father Qin's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly instructed the two family members waiting on the side: "When you go to the county seat to get snacks, go to the Zhen Embroidery Workshop by the way, and let the shopkeeper help pick out four pieces of cloth suitable for white things and sacrifices, remember to pick them."

"Yes, sir, the minions remember." The two housekeepers bowed and nodded in response.

"If the merchant is in the shop, tell him that I will finish the fabric money in a few days, and then go and give it to him. If he wasn't there, he would tell the shopkeeper that it would be deducted directly from the dividends in the capital. Qin Xianran added.

"Yes, young master."

Seeing that they had all finished explaining, he stopped writing leisurely, picked up the paper and blew it lightly, so that the handwriting on it would dry faster, then got up and walked to Father Qin and said, "Daddy, I chose twelve, how about you take a look?"

"Well, that's good!" Father Qin took it and looked at it carefully, it was all the snacks that Xiuyun asked the family to send to Qingxi Village the most, indicating that these old people love to eat.

Then he handed the paper to the family who had been waiting for a long time, and said, "Go quickly, return quickly."

"Yes, sir." After the two of them finished saluting, they hurried to Nancang County.

"Dad, is there still a table left? Why don't I take Wanyun and Wanxue to Zhuangzi to pick fruits and come back, and make a big fruit basket? When he saw that his father and brother were still frowning and thinking about what to put on the last place, he asked.

"Fruit basket?" Father Qin was stunned when he heard this. Oh, yes! How did he forget his fruit? Their own fruits, that is a rare good thing in the entire Nancang County and even the entire Dajing Dynasty!

"Yes, then you can go!" Father Qin immediately nodded in agreement, "Yan'er, go with your sister too!" Help her carry some heavy loads. ”

"I see, Dad." Qin Haoran nodded in agreement, stood up and bowed with Youran and retreated, preparing to go to Zhuangzi.

The Youran brothers and sisters quickly picked out several fruits and came back, because the bamboo basket used to pick fruits at home was too small to put so many things down at the same time; So leisurely found Uncle Dali, he was skillful and could do anything, so she asked him to weave a large square bamboo basket with bamboo strips as quickly as possible.

Why not braided the round one?

That's because the square ones can be loaded more than the round ones, and the square yards are more stable on the fruit; Unlike the round yard that will fall off if it is not high, and now there is no plastic wrap that can be used to fix it, if you want to put more fruit, of course, it is better to choose a square one.

Soon the bamboo basket was braided, and then the size and color of the fruit began to be stacked into the basket as quickly as possible. When it was done, she checked left and right to see if it was beautiful? I found that it was not bad, so I nodded to myself.

"Yo~ It's pretty good! Wait a moment to show your mother, she will be happy to see it. Father Qin didn't know when he came over, and said with a relieved expression.

After hearing it leisurely, she turned around and tilted her head, blinked a pair of clear and good-looking apricot eyes, and asked her father and brother, who were already standing behind her, "Is it really good-looking?" ”

"Well, it's really pretty." Qin Haoran was adored by her sister's inquiring little appearance, and her sister's physique appeared wildly, and she kept nodding in response to her good looks.

I leisurely looked back and admired it again, and I thought it was very good! Clapped his little hands, looked proud of his great achievement, and said, "Let's go, take it to my mother."

In the main house of the main courtyard, after Qin's mother returned home, her husband and children didn't let her interfere with anything, and let her go to rest.

She was very obedient, and she knew that her situation at that time was very bad, and if she insisted on intervening to help, I am afraid that she would be the one who would not be able to help. After some rest, I feel much better in my spirits; I looked at the time again, and felt that it was almost time, so I thought that after freshening up, I went to find Father Qin and Youran to see how the preparations were?

"Mother, are you better?" Leisurely followed Qin's father and Qin Yanran into the house together, and saw that Qin's mother had already gotten up, and her face was much better, so she hurriedly walked over and pulled Qin's mother's arm and asked coquettishly.

When Qin's mother saw her delicate daughter, no matter how sad she was, she smiled at her shallowly, reached out and touched her fair and smooth cheeks, and said, "Mother is much better, don't worry."

"That's good." He smiled and nodded.

"Xiuyun, your daughter has made a beautiful big fruit basket for the third uncle! Would you like to take a look? You like it guaranteed! Father Qin walked over with a gentle smile on his face and said to his wife.

"Fruit basket? What is it? What did Yoo do? Mother Qin was a little curious for a while, and the sadness was alleviated a lot.

"Well, You'er used a lot of fruits, and put them in a bamboo basket, and the colors matched them, but they looked good, just like a painting." Qin Haoran naturally understood that his father wanted to use this to divert Qin's mother's attention and prevent her from always thinking about some sad things, so he actively cooperated.

"Really? Okay, I'll take a look......" Qin Mu replied with a smile. At this time, the smile was much more real, and it seemed that the attention of the three of them was successfully diverted.

Leisurely eyebrows and eyes curled to glance at Qin's father and brother, and they all saw a look of 'reassurance' in each other's eyes.

They took Qin Mu to see the sacrificial table they had prepared, and there were a lot of things, all of which were high-quality goods, and Qin Mu was really happy. This means that her husband and children respect her relatives in the same way, and this is a way to appreciate the extent of their love for her.

It's called 'Love House and Woo'! Only when you love you again can you 'love what you love'.

When it was almost time, they returned to Qingxi Village with the sacrifices they had prepared.

Unlike when I came yesterday, I got off the carriage as soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village today. Because Qin's mother, as a niece, had to set up a sacrificial table for the condolence ceremony, and she had to walk there at the entrance of the village.

The Qin family got out of the car and instructed the family to place the wooden planks used to carry the sacrifices one by one in a vertical row, and each wooden board was carried by two people, and walked to the mourning hall step by step.

"Here, this is the sacrificial money, and it's all collected." The housekeeper Yu Bo took out sixteen big red envelopes and distributed them to everyone who wanted to carry the table, which was a custom and must be given.

"Thank you, old lady, for the tip." Several people saluted and thanked them.

"Alright, let's put the sacrifices in the order they were ordered!" Father Qin nodded and continued to command.

"Yes."

Then the big guys got busy together, unloaded the offerings from the car, and put them on the sacrificial table in the arranged order. There were many of them, and they quickly completed the task.

"Okay, listen to my command, carry the sacrificial table, and get up—" Yu Bo gave the order, and the family members took their places and raised the sacrificial table.

"Madame, you're all ready." Yu Bo walked past the long dragons placed at the eight sacrificial tables, but they reported to Father Qin behind them.

"Well, let's go!" Father Qin nodded and said.

"Yes." Yu Bo saluted, and then shouted loudly, "Go-"

The first pig's head table started to walk, and followed one by one.

The Youran family followed closely, led by Qin's father and Qin's mother, followed by the four Youran brothers and sisters, and finally the family members who came to help from the Qin Mansion.

When they were not far from the door of the Su family's house, they shouted loudly from the praise of all the rituals of the white affairs: "The family of the Qin family's nephews and grandmothers has arrived-"

"The sacrifice begins...... "The salute begins " the salute unfolded the list of offerings handed over by Yu Bo, and read: "The sacrificial table has a table of pig's head, a table of roosters, a table of fresh fish, a table of fine wine, a table of grains, a table of various pastries, a table of fresh fruits, and four tents, a total of eight tables."

This table was carried in the mourning hall in the courtyard, and the things placed on it were enough to withdraw the wealth of the Qin family. Look at the sacrifices on that table, they are all made goods! In particular, the fruit and cloth were not seen much by the people of the village. Whether it is the people who come to mourn in the courtyard or the people who come to watch the excitement outside the courtyard, they are all dazzled by these offerings.

"Perform the worship ceremony—" When all the Qin family members entered the mourning hall, Zanli shouted loudly.

Qin's father and Qin's mother knelt down with the family and bowed three times and nine times.

"The family returned the gift." The sons and daughters-in-law of the three great-grandfathers, grandchildren, and daughters-in-law, men and women knelt on both sides of the coffin, and every time there was a condolence person, they had to return the salute as family members.

After the salute, the condolences ended.

Then there was nothing to do, and Qin's father accompanied Qin's mother to the leisurely grandmother's house to see the third great-grandma; And Youran and Qin Haoran found Su Jing and a few brothers and sisters, and stood with them to watch the whole condolence ceremony.

The third great-grandfather has no daughters, only two sons, the eldest grandfather and the second grandfather, so the unmarried daughter sets the sacrificial table, and the grandchildren are in addition to her mother, and there is a daughter born to the eldest grandfather.

Standing on what they watched was the sacrificial table set by Su Xiutao, the eldest grandfather's married daughter. Although it is not as good as the Qin family's sacrifices, it can also be seen that it is very carefully prepared.

"Hey, Brother Jingtong, why are there only so many people at my aunt's house?" It stands to reason that everyone in my mother-in-law's family should come over to offer condolences? leisurely has a hint of curiosity about this.

"Shhh-" Su Jingtong stretched out his index finger and put it to his mouth, warning Youran not to be heard, then approached her slightly, and whispered: "My brother-in-law is very unfavored at home, his mother went early, and later his father married his stepmother and gave birth to the following younger siblings, so his status at home has become dispensable."

"Oh......" nodded leisurely.

Turning his head to look at the couple who were still very young over there, kneeling in front of the mourning hall with their two sons, worshipping with a sad expression, a trace of ripples in his heart, and a mood called sadness gradually surfaced.