Because of the heavy wind and snow, it took time to go back and forth on the second day, so Cha Wenbin and others stayed at Liu's house and agreed to get up at four o'clock in the morning the next day.

The Liu family's house is very large, and they are crammed into a room, and there is a "woo" from the window outside from time to time

Listening to the older generation say that year was the coldest.

After the time, the guests dispersed, and the troupe also stayed at Liu's house to rest, and they had their last play tomorrow morning.

It's easy to go to the thatched house when it's cold, a little more kung fu fat man was suffocated by a burst of urine to wake up, the thatched house at that time was generally outside, but it was cold outside, the fat man was really reluctant to turn it up and close his clothes and go to open the door.

The snow in the yard had accumulated up to his legs and necks again, and it was still swept in the evening, so the fat man simply stood on the root of the wall and took out his work to draw a map.

At this time, a voice suddenly said: "You're going to pee on me......"

The fat man looked left and right, there was no one, could it be that he was confused?

So he was about to continue, only to take out the voice and say, "You're going to pee on me!" ”

This time the fat man listened to it really, and suddenly he was completely clueless, and suddenly he looked down and saw that there was a person on the ground looking at him...... This time, the fat man was scared out of two and a half souls, and he ran away without having time to lift his pants and turn his head, and rushed into the house to push Cha Wenbin and said: "Zha Ye help, Zha Ye help." ”

Cha Wenbin just fell asleep and was pushed by him, and his sleepy eyes asked him what the ghost was called, the fat man pointed to the door and said: "There is a person talking to me on the ground at the door, Cha Ye, you hurry up and take a look." ”

was pulled up by the fat man reluctantly, Cha Wenbin went out, the ground was white, he was also very tired, and asked the fat man: "Where is it, if you can't point out, I'm going to beat you." ”

The fat man looked at his shoe print at the door and said strangely: "It was obviously here just now, did I see the flowers......"

Cha Wenbin blamed him for not sleeping well: "Is it unusual to see a ghost in this kind of place?" You came out with me the first day? It's noisy to death, and the next time you see it, you shouldn't see it. ”

As soon as the two turned around, a head on the door beam was smiling at the two, and the smile was "clucking"

It made people feel that their toes were numb, and the fat man subconsciously hid behind Cha Wenbin and said, "Fuck, Cha Ye, there are really ghosts!" ”

Such a sudden sudden attack really frightened Cha Wenbin, people have the courage to be big, but they can also distinguish the occasion and time of haunting.

Cha Wenbin was angry and annoyed when he was shocked, how could there be something to make trouble at this time, and casually turned out a handful of cinnabar rice that he had done during the day and smashed it towards the door beam, and the head flew back in a hurry, but he was afraid that he turned his head and ran back.

Where will Cha Wenbin let it go, a three-clear spirit rune in his hand has been prepared, and the talisman in his right hand made a slight turn in the hollow, and suddenly the flames rose, and he read in his mouth: "The sky is clear, the earth is eternal, the people are immortal, and the ghosts are extinguished!" ”

With a flick of his wrist, the talisman turned into a fireball and flew towards the man's head, and the guy couldn't dodge being hit head-on, and immediately fell to the ground, seeing that his face was full of scorched black hair, smoking and weak.

Where did he feel sleepy after being stirred up like this, he suddenly stepped forward with a Tiangang step, turned out the big seal of the head and shouted at the head: "Where did the evil beast come from not to be reincarnated, but to come here to make trouble, see if I don't give you a ride, beat you and scatter!" ”

The head also knew his power, and begged for mercy on the ground again and again: "Master spare your life, master spare your life, Xiao Ke has lived in this mansion for more than a hundred years, and has sent away two generations of incense makers who have never made trouble, just because this time the old lady Liu passed away, we lonely souls and wild ghosts are more blessed by his incense on weekdays, and we have come to give him a ride, but there is King Kong in the house and we can't enter, so we have to wait at this door......"

"You guys?"

Cha Wenbin listened to what he meant, and it seemed that there was more than that.

The man said: "The lonely souls and wild ghosts within a radius of a hundred miles will visit this time, and all those who have received the grace of his incense are without exception. It's really because of boredom that I don't want to frighten my husband, and I hope to atone for my sins......"

It turns out that this guy and the fat man are also a virtue, people can't sleep in the middle of the night and pee, but this thing is running out to be scary, thinking that it is full of incense on weekdays, and I have forgotten what my identity is.

Cha Wenbin said again: "What about the other ghosts? ”

The man pouted and said: "There are already three hundred ghosts outside the house at the moment, and when you are in the coffin, we ghosts will accompany Mrs. Liu to the grave mountain to perform three bows and nine bows. ”

This is that humane people have affection, and ghosts say that ghosts are gracious.

This ghost is also the same as being a person, and receiving people's favor should be reciprocated by a spring, so this Liu family is indeed protected by the Yin Division.

Cha Wenbin has only heard of the living sending the dead, but he has never seen the dead sending the dead, fortunately, the funeral time he chose is not yet dawn, and he doesn't know what kind of scene will be made at that time.

The courtyard of the Liu family was full of wreaths sent by people from all walks of life, the heavy snow turned everything around it white, Cha Wenbin got dressed and roasted in front of the old lady's coffin, and only the girl in the house was still sobbing with the coffin.

According to Cha Wenbin's algorithm, this girl happened to clash with the master of Liutao, and she had to avoid it when she went out of the funeral, and the girl saw that she couldn't send the old man up the mountain, so she insisted on accompanying him on the last journey.

At three o'clock, the courtyard began to be sparsely busy again.

The four King Kongs in the middle are already eating the tofu banquet specially prepared for them by the chef, and the old man who has passed the age of sixteen in Jiangsu and Zhejiang must be indispensable to the banquet of tofu.

The origin of this custom has its own sayings, one is that during the Warring States period, people were filial and filial, and their parents liked to eat soft food, so Le Yi made tofu from soybeans for his parents to eat.

Parents eat it every day because they live a long life.

After the death of his parents, Le Yi invited the neighbors who attended the funeral to eat a tofu feast, wishing everyone a long and healthy life.

As a result, the custom of eating tofu soup was formed, which has been passed down to this day.

There is also a saying that Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, advocates the art of immortals and serves beans every day, hoping to lead to immortality.

During this time, he invented a way to make tofu.

Later, his father died of illness, and according to the etiquette, he had to stop cooking and turn off the fire within three days, so Liu An ate cold tofu for three days in a row.

The others did not notice, and saw him stuffing a ball of snow-white things into his mouth, thinking that he was eating some kind of phoenix marrow cheese, so they said that he did not observe etiquette.

Liu Annai held a vegetarian banquet after the three-day funeral to thank all parties for coming to pay the guests, and prepared a special dish of cold tofu during the banquet to tell the truth.

Since then, filial sons mostly use tofu as a cold food for funerals, and the custom of thanking and condoling guests with tofu after the funeral has also been formed.

In short, it is generally because the tofu is white, which is matched with funerals, and it is a vegetarian dish.

In traditional Chinese culture, filial piety is the most important, and the funeral ceremony takes this to the extreme.

Those who attend the funeral must eat a mouthful of tofu to show respect for the deceased, and the filial son of the Liu family must kneel to kowtow to the funeral guest, and according to the rules, he must be supported by a person of high moral character, otherwise he cannot get up on his own.

By the time they finished eating, Cha Wenbin had already changed into a yellow robe, wearing a gossip scarf on his head, holding a sword in his left hand and a bowl of water in his right hand.

Walk in front of the four King Kongs to be lifted, and use the sword to dip in water and flick it on the top of each person's head, which is the falling god water.

The four King Kongs each hold a single incense stick in their hands, and stand next to the coffin on the front and back sides, while Cha Wenbin is in the position of the head, lighting incense and holding it above the head, and the others are drawing scoops according to the gourd.

He opened his mouth and read: "Fu Wei Ri is auspicious, the heavens and the earth are opened, and incense is burned. The cigarette rises and goes straight to heaven. Bursts of cigarette smoke, please descend to the gods. The cigarette smoke is lush, please bless the gods. Cigarette smoke, please God! ”

It is said that only in this way can the King Kong be able to carry the coffin, the so-called dead weight, the man who is not hard is not allowed to carry the coffin, there are ghosts after the yin along the way, and the trouble is not good to recoil, only if the Taoist priest like Cha Wenbin is invited to personally point the god to the general can be called the real King Kong.

Then the descendants of the Liu family came forward to take a last look, Taoist priests generally do not collect corpses in person, and this kind of work is done locally.

The man was wearing a blue tunic suit, his face was flushed, he must have drunk a lot just now, and with a cigarette in his mouth, he put all the daily necessities such as shrouds and shoes, towels and washes that had been prepared long ago, and some of them were the personal belongings used by Old Man Liu before his death.

In total, it was a pipe, a jade pendant, a horn comb, a tea set and a pair of chopsticks.

After these are done, the sides of the coffin are sprinkled with some grains, which Chinese farmers believe will bless their children and grandchildren with a good harvest in the coming year, which is probably the most simple wish of farmers.

Cha Wenbin grabbed the copper coins on the tray next to him and sprinkled them on Old Man Liu's body in turn, these copper coins had to be taken out again later, and after an order, the children and relatives began to line up around the coffin and rotate counterclockwise.

The eldest son is in front, and he will go to the third circle according to his seniority, and Cha Wenbin will take out the copper coins inside in turn and wrap them in red cloth, one per person, which is about the last red envelope that the old man will wrap for the younger generations...... This is the money that is often said to press the bottom of the coffin, which entrusts the older generation to the last love and dedication of the younger generations, and this money must be taken back and pressed under the bed or in the box, saying that it can bring wealth.

Therefore, the orthodox rural white mourning is not all crying and sorrow, but also carries good wishes and expectations for the future