I went home with my uncle and helped him with everything I could. Since there were no constraints, the day passed very quickly. Chen Mo, Chen Lin and Lin Hai never came to look for me, Chen Weiguo came to help early in the morning, and when he saw me, his expression was very ugly, and he opened his mouth babbling, but he didn't say anything.

I didn't pay attention to Chen Weiguo's behavior, and cooperated with the superordinate Taoist priest Chen Sandao to do my duty as a grandson. And just like that, the day passed.

The next day was my grandmother's funeral day, and I was woken up early in the morning by my uncle. The weather is still very good, the sun is still gorgeous, the air is still very fresh, and it is refreshing to breathe.

When I came to the side house, I found that my relatives and friends had already come, but they were chatting with a few elderly people in the village. I walked over to them, got closer, and pretended to be casual and eavesdropped, wondering what they were talking about.

Of course, they are not saying that the weather is not sunny enough, but on the contrary, they think that for a person's funeral, such too sunny weather is not good, which indicates that the deceased will have more bumps on the Huangquan Road, or the reincarnation will not go well, and there may even be a series of problems such as resurrection and corpses.

Actually, in my opinion, this is nothing more than unfounded fears. It is no wonder that the villagers here are backward in their thinking and their knowledge is relatively narrow. In addition, my grandmother has always been relatively low-key in Xiwang Village, and she rarely shows her dew. On the contrary, it is the gods like Chen Tianding and Meng Po who like to play tricks and confuse the public, which has misled the villagers, and it is reasonable for them to talk about this.

I was called over by my uncle, and he said to me: "Xiaoyuan, your sister is still young, and you are also your grandmother's eldest grandson. ”

I nodded in agreement and said, "Uncle, don't worry." I'm that old, I know. As I spoke, I observed my uncle's reaction, and he looked at me with a blank look, the corners of his mouth twitching. He seems to have something to say, but he can't.

"Uncle, what's wrong with you?" I asked him.

Uncle was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Remember, your grandmother loves you very much, and you must not do anything out of the ordinary today." You know? ”

I think my uncle must have discovered something about last night's incident, and he is trying his best to cover it up for me now, right? I understood my uncle's good intentions, and promised, "Don't worry, I promise you." After my grandmother went up the mountain to settle down today, I will leave tomorrow and will not come back. ”

Only then did the uncle be satisfied, and said, "That's good, remember what I said, wait a while, you take the statue and walk at the front of the funeral procession, don't miss and drop grandma on the ground." ”

I nodded my head again, and my uncle left to do the rest, while I sat back and listened to the gossip of my relatives, friends, and the elders of the village. However, although what they said seemed fantastical and nonsensical, I found it interesting. Their hearts are still pure!

At nine o'clock, the funeral team set off on time amid the wails and cries of a mountain and a tsunami.

I don't know if you've ever seen a funeral procession in the countryside, in addition to the descendants of the deceased elders, there are also villagers who spontaneously come to the funeral, resulting in a huge funeral procession, as far as the eye can see, a white expanse, and the crying movement is very loud, and the mourning is everywhere. I don't know when it has been handed down, it is customary to cry loudly when crying and mourning, as if this is the only way to express the palpitation in the heart and the regret for the deceased.

Of course, I was at the front of the line, and because I was infected by the loud cry in my ears, I gradually entered a mood of pathos, and I could not help but think of my grandmother, the kind and kind old man, who brought me up with all her might, but when I could repay her, she gave up.

I think of the days when she told me to read and write when I was a child, I think of the days when she called me metaphysical feng shui when I was a child, I think of the days when she fed me food and vegetables one bite at a time, I think of the days when she bought rock sugar gourds for me and bought me new clothes, I also think of the despair of being tied to the bed fifteen years ago, and I also think of the loneliness when she looked at the door of the room before she died.

Grandma, Grandma. Did you really just leave?

Grandma, Grandma. You've made it all the way!

As I thought, I found that the funeral party had entered the mountains, and then through the orange grove to the burial site of the Shuilong Canal.

As I walked in front, I could clearly see the dense mounds of graves, like small hills crowded together, some of which were covered with dense weeds, and I could tell at a glance that this was an old grave. And those graves with broken wreaths and scattered offerings on them look like new graves.

"Grandma, you're not in the coffin, so where have you been?" I looked at the funeral team behind me and kept thinking.

Uncles, aunts, and cousins, as well as all the relatives, friends, and helpers who carried the coffin, as if they didn't know, still hobbled around and stopped behind. I know why I stop and go, it is because I want the deceased to know the way and know her origin, otherwise she will become a lonely ghost, and the ghost of Hades will not accept it.

After resting for a while, I walked further after seeing the funeral procession coming from behind. After about an hour of stopping, I finally arrived at my grandmother's pre-dug grave. I stood motionless, holding my grandmother's portrait facing the funeral procession.

After the funeral procession has stood still, the grandmother's coffin is placed on a single wooden stool prepared in advance. The coffin is not allowed to touch the ground, this is because the coffin containing the corpse is afraid that the corpse will change after it lands, so some coffins are erected, and the 4 legs of the rack used for the coffin must be padded with a small dish of water underneath.

Chen Sandao did another ritual next to the cemetery, and soon it was time to settle into the ground. Chen Sandao said to everyone: "If the zodiac is a snake, a sheep, or a monkey, please turn around and avoid it." "My zodiac sign is a horse, and it is not in the category of avoidance.

Chen Sandao lingered for a while, and then said: "When you are buried, the descendants of the deceased should also avoid it." ”

I was about to ask a question, but I thought that my uncle, aunt, and other relatives of about the same age as me had turned away from me, so I had to turn around.

After a while, when Chen Sandao asked us to turn around, the coffin had already been placed in the tomb. The uncle and aunt immediately cried, and Chen Sandao instructed others to take good care of the uncle and aunt. Then, after casting the method for a while, he said: "Fill in the soil, Feng Xilian will go all the way-" Then, the helper filled in the soil while Chen Sandao sprinkled the spirit money and the dark coin.

Before the burial was finished, I was called by Chen Sandao, and he said to me nervously: "You are Feng Yuan?" ”

I nodded.

Chen Sandao frowned and said, "This place is not for you, you leave quickly." ”

I replied, "I'll leave tomorrow and won't be coming back." ”

Chen Sandao said: "No, you have to go now, and the faster you go, the better." At this moment, a dark cloud suddenly floated into the originally clear sky, obscuring the brilliant sunlight. And in the jungle next to the water dragon canal, there are also many wild birds flying out.

Chen Sandao pinched his fingers and said, "It's not good." He walked to the altar, took out three sticks of incense, lit them one by one, and inserted them in front of the tomb. Chen Sandao took out a piece of talisman paper and read words in his mouth. After a while, the spirit talisman in his hand ignited and threw it towards the tomb, but the spirit rune failed to touch the ground and was blown away by the wind blowing up.

"What's going on?"

"It's too evil. Let's go, let's go. ”

The people at the scene were frightened by the wind and fled to the water dragon canal.

Chen Sandao said sadly: "I thought about it for so long before I thought that this time was the most suitable time for burial, but I didn't expect it to be a bad move." Alas. ”

Uncle walked up to Chen Sandao and asked, "Master Chen, there won't be an accident, right?" ”

Chen Sandao was also very confident, and said, "Don't worry, there will be nothing wrong now." He turned to look at me, "Feng Yuan must leave now, and he must go far away." ”

"Why?" I asked.

Uncle also said, "Master Chen, it's not too late, right?" ”

Chen Sandao said: "No, you have to leave now." Otherwise, if they knew that your Ma family still existed, they would not spare Feng Yuan. ”

When my uncle heard this, he immediately came to my side and persuaded me to leave.

Of course I didn't want to go, so I said, "Why? What are you hiding from me? Give me a reason, okay! ”

"No reason!" Uncle angrily rebuked, "You must go now, or your grandmother will be in vain," he said.

"How the hell did my grandmother die?" I asked him, "Was she killed by the Ma family's enemies?" ”

My uncle was anxious, slapped me in the face, and said, "If you don't leave, I'll kill you now!" He picked up his hoe and stared at me angrily.

Chen Sandao came over to persuade and said, "Feng Yuan, your grandmother has taught you a lot of kung fu, even if you know how your grandmother died, what can you do?" Your ways are of no use. ”

"But I can't be a turtle with a shrunken head." I said.

"You go now, it's not a turtle with a shrunken head." Chen Sandao enlightened me, "If you leave now, it is good for the people of Xiwang Village and Dongwang Village, and it is good for all people." That's what your grandmother meant, you know? ”

I know, of course I do. When I saw my grandmother in my dream that day, she told me the same thing. Well, if you want me to go, I'll go.

Still unconvinced, I threw my grandmother's portrait to my cousin, and then turned around and walked out of the mountain.