I am too familiar with the smell of corpses, when I was seven or eight years old, Ma Laodao threw me in a coffin and slept with the dead corpse all night in order to train my courage, and now it seems that no one wants to interfere in the situation of Granny Wang.

The villagers saw that Lin Lao and I had nothing to do in the house, and slowly some bold people also came in to see the excitement. I thought I was the only one who smelled the smell of corpses, but who knew that Lin Lao would come to me and whisper to me after a while: "Guoqiang, I don't think it's right, why does this old lady smell of corpses when she just passed away?" ”

I shook my head and didn't speak, I carefully observed Granny Wang, except for the boss with her eyes, it was normal in other places, when I turned behind Granny Wang, I was stunned to find that Granny Wang's neck had a large corpse spot, seeing this, I came to Li Changgui's side and whispered: "Abba, who put Granny Wang's shroud on?" ”

Li Changgui also whispered to me: "Who else can it be?" Aren't all the old people in the village going to your Aunt Zhang? But I don't know why your Aunt Zhang ran away when she dressed your mother-in-law Wang, and later it was helped by other people in the village to finish dressing. ”

"Is there any birthday for Granny Wang?"

"At that table, the person in charge was scared away by such a fuss, and now I don't know what to do." Li Changgui said helplessly.

Picking up the birthday of Granny Wang on the table, I came to the outside of the house, found a vacant lot, I carefully recalled the notes left by Ma Laodao in my mind, and put a few small stones on the ground according to the calculation method of the I Ching, and slowly calculated.

When the results came out, I was puzzled, because according to the results I calculated, Granny Wang still had ten days to live, but according to the corpse spots on Granny Wang, Granny Wang passed away for at least three days.

Li Changgui saw that I was lying outside the house for a long time without speaking, so he had to come to my side and say: "Guoqiang, you see that no one dares to take care of Granny Wang's funeral now, have you learned this from Ma Daochang?" ”

I looked back at Li Changgui and said, "I did have a lot of contact with my master before I was ten years old, but I haven't done it before." ”

Li Changgui rubbed his hands and whispered to me: "You are the apprentice of Ma Daochang, this time the law will be handed over to you, otherwise no one will dare to do it." ”

After thinking about it for a while, I nodded, and Li Changgui saw that I agreed, so he asked me what I needed to prepare.

I thought about it for a while and told Li Changgui that everything was as usual, and everything that should be prepared was ready, and at the same time, I also thought in my heart that this Wang Granny was always like this, and she had to go into the ground as soon as possible, otherwise who would dare to come to help if she was sitting there all the time?

Thinking of this, I came to Granny Wang's side and tried to put her down, to my surprise, it was very easy to put Granny Wang flat on the plank, and I also closed Granny Wang's eyes, everything was so smooth and natural.

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, Li Changgui mobilized everyone to continue to handle Granny Wang's funeral, and promised that as long as the village that helped, they would give wages, and everyone came to Granny Wang's house one after another to continue to be busy.

Seeing that everything was back on track, I greeted Li Changgui and said I want to go back to bathe and change clothes, this is better to respect the deceased, Li Changgui nodded his acquiescence when he heard this.

Lin Lao and they didn't dare to go up the mountain to excavate the broken temple now, so they simply stayed to help, Li Changgui saw that there was a labor force that didn't need money, and he was naturally very welcome, and the villagers who joined them were also much bolder, after all, there was a leader.

After taking a bath at home, I also learned from Ma Laodao to change into a gray robe, wearing a gossip hat, this robe is not so gorgeous, only there is a gossip behind it, this is the Taoist robe that Ma Laodao changed when I was fourteen years old, I have been left until now, although it is a little ill-fitting, but it is also a little bit of that meaning, at first I didn't plan to dress like this, but I picked up the beam for the first time, I thought it was better to be pious.

Who knew that when I was going to Granny Wang's house, I met Uncle Li halfway, and Uncle Li came to me with his hands behind his back and asked expressionlessly, "Do you do that Granny Wang's ritual?" ”

I didn't understand what Uncle Li meant, so I had to nod.

Uncle Li circled around me and then said, "Later, when you go, prepare the sacrifices, worship to the West Mountain, and pray sincerely." ”

"Why is that?" I asked, a little puzzled.

"Hey, someone didn't let that princess die, so they just used the gas of our village to renew the life of the princess." Uncle Li sighed.

"Isn't Granny Wang dead? What's the deal with giving her life? I asked, puzzled.

Uncle Li looked at me for a while and said dissatisfiedly: "That bastard boy really didn't teach you anything? Don't you see such a simple thing? ”

I scratched my head in embarrassment and said with a smile: "My master only taught me some mental techniques and left me a notebook. ”

Uncle Li will stuff the dry tobacco bag with tobacco shreds, and he took two sips and said to me: "Don't ask so much, find out for yourself." Uncle Li paused for a moment and then said to me: "Don't let this princess go home for three days, I'm afraid I won't be able to let it go, so I'll send it to cremation early in the morning and then send it up the mountain, the sooner the better." ”

After Uncle Li said this, he left me and went home, but when he left, I vaguely heard him muttering: "I don't know which unlucky ghost is going to go with that old woman, I hope this little guy can handle it." ”

Looking at the back of Uncle Li leaving, I was wondering what is the identity of this Uncle Li? I just heard Li Changgui say that this Uncle Li's real name is Li Qingfeng, and he only settled in our village later.

This Uncle Li has no children and no daughters, and he rarely has contact with the people in the village, if it weren't for the statistics of the elderly population in the village, we would almost forget that there is such a centenarian in the village.

After Uncle Li left, I didn't delay, I came directly to Granny Wang's house, and the villagers whispered after seeing my dress: "Hey, don't say it, it's really a bit like Ma Laodao back then." "I ignored everyone's discussions, and directly found Li Changgui and asked him to prepare some worship items for me.

Don't ask me why I believe in Uncle Li so much, because he is afraid that he can't let go of his last sentence, I know that Uncle Li is definitely not simple, Lin Lao and I both entered Granny Wang's house before smelling the smell of corpses, and Uncle Li has never been to Granny Wang's house, so he knows that he can't let it go, I don't believe him, who do you believe? This is also one of the reasons why I doubt Uncle Li's identity.

After a while, Li Changgui prepared the worship things, and I asked people to put a rectangular table outside the house, and two big red candles were lit on both sides of the table, and an incense burner was placed in the middle, and three tribute incense sticks were lit in the incense burner, and a pig's head and pig tail were placed, plus two carps, a plate of apples, a plate of oranges, and a plate of bananas.

The villagers don't know what I'm doing, it's the first time they've seen the dead worship like this, I came to the table and made three prays sincerely, prayed sincerely and said: "Life and death are fate, since Granny Wang has gone, let him go with peace of mind, and it is she who suffers in the world." ”

When I was done, there was a sudden exclamation from inside the room: "It stinks, what the hell is going on?" ”

I came to the house for some reason, and glanced at Granny Wang, even I was taken aback by this look, only to see that the corpse spots on Granny Wang's face all emerged, and the eye sockets were deeply sunken, and the cheeks also showed a little sign of collapse.

Lin Lao also found out about all this, and came to me and asked me in a whisper what was going on, I just shook my head and didn't know how to explain it to him.

Seeing that Granny Wang should be completely dead now, I also breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the time It was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, I was a little puzzled to find Li Changgui and asked, "Abba, why hasn't the ice coffin been sent yet?" How long has it been? ”

Li Changgui was also a little puzzled and said: "I don't know, I'll call Xiangzi to ask what's going on, it stands to reason that it should have arrived a long time ago." ”

When Li Changgui went out to find Xiangzi, I saw that there was nothing wrong, so I came to Granny Wang's mourning hall, burned some paper money, and by the way, dialed the lantern placed in front of her head, and after doing this, I sat next to Granny Wang and read some scriptures to her, hoping that she could have a good home in the next life.

It didn't take long for the sky to gradually darken, Li Changgui found someone to set up a hundred-watt incandescent light bulb in the courtyard, and everyone also found a place to play mahjong after dinner, and by the way, they kept vigil here, and I was surprised why the person who sent the ice coffin has not come yet.

After a while, there was a sound of 'di-didi', I looked for prestige, and found that a small truck was really slowly driving towards Granny Wang's house, and when I came to it, I saw that it was originally an ice coffin.

Li Changgui couldn't help but step forward and complain when he saw that the ice coffin was finally here: "I said Ergou, why did you come now?" Do you know how long we've been waiting for you? ”

After Ergou got out of the car, he spit out the cigarette in his mouth and said angrily: "Wait for a fart, it's really evil today, a big girl on the way has to take my car to your village, and it's the first time I've met someone who dares to stop the hearse for a ride. ”

"Even if someone had a ride, it wouldn't have to be now, would it? At your speed, you can definitely reach our village in two hours. Li Changgui asked puzzled.

"Who knows what's going on, since the girl got into the car, I didn't drive a section of my car and had a flat tire, just changed it and didn't drive a few steps and burst a tire, grandma's today is really a loss to the family, and four tires in a row burst." Ergou said distressedly.

"Do you know anyone's girl?" Li Changgui then asked.

"Who knows, she got off the bus when she got to the entrance of the village." The second dog said without raising his head, turned to Li Changgui and continued: "Don't just talk about this, quickly find someone to help get the ice coffin down, I have to go back and have something." ”