Chapter 119: The Evening Rite
Yu Xiao and the others watched quietly again, and the few filial teachers in front of them listened to their thick voices, and after one was finished, they sang another another, as if they didn't feel so tired. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
At eleven o'clock in the evening, the whole hall began to be lively.
Just because the host is more enthusiastic, a large number of suppers have been prepared, and they are basically within some rice noodles. But on the other side of the kitchen, on the rectangular table, there were seven dishes, all meat dishes. The host glances at it from time to time, as if it is very important.
"There seem to be more people, Yu Xiao, look at the gate." Lu Sheng looked up and swept around the hall, and found that the number of people had increased a little, so he couldn't help whispering.
But Yu Xiao didn't care, just turned his head and looked, and immediately looked at the place where the deceased was lying in the hall. I thought that since the master's family didn't invite a feng shui master, it was better to do something casually, and just think that the master's family would accept it.
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Soon, several young people, carrying six bowls of rice noodles with tea trays in their hands, walked into the hall and scattered on each side.
Yu Xiao and Lu Sheng took over two bowls, and solved them in three or two clicks. Stirring and eating, it was indeed delicious, but they found that they didn't seem to have eaten enough.
Then they got up and walked to the gate, where they stopped a young man around the corner, and ate six or seven bowls in a row.
Yu Xiao wiped his mouth and was about to go to the hall to sit for a while, but was intercepted by Lu Sheng, who stretched out his hand and motioned to look inside.
"Don't go in yet, the host's house has cleared out all the guests, depending on what you are doing."
As he spoke, Lu Sheng looked over and saw that the table in the middle of the hall was full of seven kinds of meat dishes. But not long after, from the door of the hut in the hall, seven men, women and children wearing white filial piety clothes and wearing white cloth on their heads came out.
I saw that each of them walked to the table, and after offering incense to the relatives of the deceased on the right, they took up the meat and vegetables, and walked around the house nearly seven times according to the instructions of the master's family.
But immediately the master's family was the first to go out of the hall door, and seven people came all the way to the open space outside the hall, and then began to walk around seven times.
"Yu Xiao, what are they doing, it's really a little hard to understand?" Lu Sheng, who had been staring, turned his head to look at Yu Xiao and asked casually.
When he saw this scene, his eyes began to be surprised, and he saw seven laps in the hall and seven laps outside the house. It seems that it has something to do with seven, and even the meat dishes are seven.
"I don't know, I'm seeing it for the first time." Whispering, Yu Xiao simply sat on the bench beside him.
Although everyone was staring at their movements, Yu Xiao felt that he was too tired to stand and watch all the time, so it was better to find a place to sit, even if you had other movements, I wouldn't be very tired.
Of course, Yu Xiao still noticed that there was no one around him who spoke, almost all of them watched quietly. I had to make a boo gesture to Lu Sheng and quickly shut up.
The master hurriedly scattered all over the field, arranged in a line, I don't know if it was the master who yelled, but the six people behind began to answer.
After this kind of action lasted for more than half an hour, the host removed the seven dishes, took a sip of tea, and immediately walked towards Yu Xiao and the others.
"Please go to the side room to eat, I have already paid tribute to my old man just now." As he spoke, the master stepped aside and stretched out his hand to invite Yu Xiao and the two of them to come over.
"Thank you host, we have already eaten just now!"
Yu Xiao was the first to speak, with a smile on his face. Only before someone came over with rice noodles, of course, you have to fill your stomach first.
"It's okay to not eat, why don't you go to a bar together!" The host showed enthusiasm, and as he spoke, he led the way in front and went straight to the side room.
The two of them followed behind the master's house, and as soon as they walked a few steps, Lu Sheng opened his mouth to ask. "I want to ask the master, what was your action just now?"
"This custom is prevalent in our side, where our relatives carry seven dishes in their hands, walk around the hall seven times, walk seven times outside the house, and call the names of the deceased, seven times in a row." I saw the master turn to look at Lu Sheng, and explained with a smile on his face.
Seven times inside and outside the house, it means that after the deceased is buried, he will have a place to live during these seven days, and he will not seem very lonely.
Of course, there are also indications that as soon as the deceased returns home, there will be sacrifices to be offered. It was also the night of the first seven days that the deceased came home and made a fuss when he saw that there was no satisfactory food.
Yu Xiao and the others lived on one side of the table, and when they saw that the table was full of dishes, their stomachs began to call again.
They looked up at the actions of the master in front of them, and saw that he had first toasted the deceased with a glass of wine, and then poured a full glass of wine for the people at the table.
At this table sat seven men and women, and one of the lords was empty. But what Yu Xiao noticed the most was that the slightly older middle-aged man opposite him was full of wrinkles.
The eyes look sharp, and there is a scar on the right side of the face, which is particularly conspicuous under the care of the light.
I saw the host raise his glass, ready to toast a glass of wine to the seven men and women on the table.
As soon as Yu Xiao picked up the wine glass, he was glared at by the middle-aged man with a scarred face opposite.
"Don't drink this yin and yang wine indiscriminately, so as not to hurt your body!"
He said something out loud in his mouth, and then he threw his head up and drank it into his stomach.
Hearing this, Yu Xiao couldn't help but be shocked.
He knew this yin-yang wine, that is, a large group of people ate with the deceased at the table, which can be regarded as the deceased's last friend and partner.
But the place must be vacant, and the wine on the table must be replaced by the host's house, helping the old man to raise his glass and drink.
However, at the same time, Yu Xiao also knew that although this yin and yang wine was very hurtful and not just anyone could drink it, the host's family put it out, which showed that people valued the old man's previous affection.
Yu Xiao turned his head to look at Lu Sheng beside him, his eyes met, and then they raised their heads and drank into their stomachs.
They only came to investigate, and were mistaken for distinguished guests by the host's family, so they warmly invited. So Yu Xiao was a little worried, if the master's family knew, their purpose would not be chased and beaten by the whole village, but they would be scolded half to death.
"It's so hot!"
Yu Xiao shouted in his heart, only to feel the sudden heat in his mouth, and his stomach seemed to be burning.
Not long after, I saw that the host once again poured a glass of wine for everyone at the table.
In the end, Yu Xiao drank a total of three glasses of this wine. My stomach hurt and I was hot as if it had been burned by fire.
I don't know what kind of wine this is in the host's house, although it can withstand the cold, but my stomach is a little unbearable.
Lu Sheng beside him was the same, holding down his stomach with one hand. Fortunately, there was a table to cover it, otherwise they would have been laughed at if they were seen by others.
However, the expressions on their faces were still very steady, and there was no change at all.