When I returned to the hotel from Lu Quanyou, I found that Han Wanchun and Nie Baozhong were playing poker, Nie Baozhong was already very familiar with us, they often played poker when they had nothing to do, this was Han Wanchun's idea, he said, "Entertainment between master and apprentice is harmless and can also promote feelings", although it is said that there is no father and son in the casino, but since there is a request for this old guy, where does Nie Baozhong dare to win his money? So naturally everywhere, Han Wanchun was in a good mood that day, and after waking up for more than a hundred yuan, he patted Nie Baozhong's shoulder, and then said: "Xiao Er (Xiao Er), in fact, the world's avenues are the same, and the card is actually the same as the door of the note, you have to continue to work hard in this regard, you know?" ”

"Yes, yes." Nie Bao said helplessly, he is not stupid, and naturally he can understand that the old guy's words seem to be teasing him, the old guy saw me enter the door, so he put down the cards in his hand, and then asked me: "How is the class reunion, what is the 'idea'?" ”

He asked me who hired us to dance this time, and I also asked from Lu Quanyou before, this time we hired a rich man, the original wife has been dead for a long time, this time the daughter of the family is going to marry, this kind of place people's thinking is very feudal, so I want to find a big god, one is to know if his daughter-in-law is doing well, and the other is to tell it the news of his daughter's marriage.

It's as simple as that, there is no challenge to the surname, so when I told Han Wanchun this, he was also very happy, you must know that in addition to pretending to be a son and a grandson, he is more repulsive, pretending to be a grandfather and a grandmother or something is still very acceptable, this old guy is best at pretending to be a daughter-in-law, no matter the character's expressions, words and deeds are quite in place, the whole actor level.

I drank a lot of wine that night, took a shower and went to bed to rest, I decided to go home to see my grandmother after dancing this time, if there is nothing to do, I also want to go to Shenyang, but unfortunately the ticket is very expensive, why do you say that the train does not have a monthly pass or something...... Thinking about it, I fell asleep.

Some hangover, the next day when I woke up dizzy, and when it was more than four o'clock in the afternoon, I took Han Wanchun and Nie Baozhong with a backpack to Lu Quanyou's hotel, I and he set a dance yesterday tonight, but just arrived there and entered the hot pot restaurant, but saw Lu Quanyou hurriedly came over, he was dressed quite neatly today, with a white hat on his head, and a book in his hand, when he saw me coming, he met me and smiled, and after shaking hands with the old guy and Nie Baozhong, he said to me:" Yaozi, I'm really sorry, something happened to me. ”

"What's wrong?" I asked.

Lu Quanyou shrugged his shoulders, then shook the hardcover book in his hand, and said to me: "Someone died on the street, I have to send people to the funeral and recite the scriptures." ”

Lu Quanyou is an imam, he is in charge of a lot of things in this position, he also told me yesterday, he said that what he doesn't like to do the most is to recite scriptures to the dead, because the customs and habits of this nation are different from those of the Han people, the funeral is simple, there is no oil and water at all, but there is no way, he wants to do something in his position, so he does not dare to slack off.

I said to Lu Quanyou, "Then when can you get it?" ”

Lu Quanyou shook his head, and then said, "This is not certain, hey, why don't you go with me?" I'll take you to meet the family who is looking for someone to dance when it's done, how about it? ”

"This ...... Is it appropriate? "I thought to myself, I am following the dead people to join in the fun, although I am really curious, but I am afraid that it will cause impurity to the family of the bitter master.

Lu Quanyou smiled at me and said: "What's inappropriate, we have different habits, dead people are not a sad thing, it's just that it's not interesting for me to go by myself, let's go." ”

He is this surname, quite enthusiastic, I looked at Han Wanchun, the old guy also agreed, anyway, he has nothing to do, go and see back, the funeral of the clan can still be seen for a long time, and there will be more things to talk about in the future.

So, we went out together, the dead man's house was not far from the hot pot restaurant, in an alley at the end of the street, the deceased was an old man, who should be said to have died of natural causes.

That day, I finally saw what the funeral of the Hui people was like, it was indeed different from the Han people, whether it was at the mortuary or the funeral, when we arrived, the relatives of the deceased were already in the courtyard, although there used to be 'Hui women do not marry Han men, Hui men do not marry Han women', but what era is it now, Hui Han intermarriage is already a very normal thing, fortunately, there are really a lot of people, not only Hui, people, but also a lot of Han people, this can be seen from the clothing, after the death of the Han people, relatives pay attention to wearing linen and filial piety, but Hui and the clan are different, they just bathe and clean, and then dress neatly, in order to facilitate the identification of the identity, so bring a white hat.

For the first time, I didn't hear the cry in the place where the dead were killed, the courtyard was very quiet, everyone was talking in a whisper, only those immediate family members had tears in their eyes, and when they saw the imam in charge, those children came up, and they looked very respectful to Lu Quanyou, and after Lu Quanyou said a few words to them, he turned his head and whispered to us: "Yaozi, it's inconvenient for you to go in, wait here for a while." ”

I nodded, anyway, I was not in the mood to go to this funeral, then again, the people are very particular about cleanliness and hygiene, after the death of the descendants while chanting the sutra while wiping their bodies, after tidying up the remains, they will be wrapped in 'Kefan' (Arabic transliteration, for the meaning of funeral clothes), foreigners and people who have not bathed are not allowed to look at the appearance, this is disrespectful to the deceased, and the Kefan here is a white cloth, although later I know that this does not seem to be an orthodox Muslim custom, but it is true on my side.

After wrapping, it will be moved into a simple coffin by relatives, this coffin is not the coffin we usually talk about, but a large wooden box, rectangular, looks very simple and neat, but also in line with the habits of this folk custom, to say orthodox customs, they should talk about' Three said must be buried', do not talk about the time, and the funeral never feasts, but now the times are different, and people can't stop after death, so this time Lu Quanyou will come in such a hurry, and he said to me that after the funeral, the family will still set up a few tables in the hotel, I asked him why, Lu Quanyou smiled, and then said to me, where did you get the gift money if you don't feast guests, there is no gift money, so the gift money I gave to my friends and colleagues was not in vain?

What he said makes a lot of sense, it seems that this is really the case, you must know that this kind of thing is one in and one out, and how many people can come back anyway, otherwise it will really be very cost-effective.

After a while, I saw that the door opened, and the people in the courtyard quieted down, only to see Lu Quanyou walk into the courtyard with the families of the deceased, and then under the command of Lu Quanyou, he raised his hand to the sky and made a funeral ceremony for the people present, and then several people carried the coffin and slowly walked out of the courtyard.

I don't sprinkle paper money or cry, everything is so quiet that I feel a little weird in my heart, traditionally, the coffin has to be carried all the way to the cemetery, but now it is different, it is still a car, and the convoy drove directly to the Hui and family cemeteries.

After the death of the Hui and the clan, it is not allowed to be cremated, and this political axe can't be controlled, after knowing this incident, I remembered the grave digging incident that happened in the small village before, which makes me feel how can I not feel emotional? Is it true that everyone is equal in this society? It seems that reincarnation is really a technical job, if Mrs. Jiang is a Huizi, then who would dare to dig her grave?

She really had the wrong baby, I thought to myself.

This cemetery is very large, unlike the general cemetery that pays attention to what feng shui and what environment, and the graves are not divided into three, six, nine, etc., what 20,008 shades, 68,000 chaos, and 120,08 family forms of tombs, from a distance, those tombs are the same. In their customs, there are no funeral goods, and they pay attention to the equality of burial systems, no matter how rich you were during your lifetime, but after you die, you are treated equally, and there is not even a coffin.

The relatives dug a tomb-like pit, left the soil to make pillows, and then put the deceased flat inside, and then Lu Quanyou knelt on the north head of the tomb and began to chant the scriptures, he did not dare to be sloppy in his recitation, his expression was solemn, and his tone was low, and those family members knelt opposite him, and the funeral people stood without saying a word, and after reciting the scriptures and performing the ceremony, they began to fill in the soil and bury, and the funeral was over. Lu Quanyou took the time to walk up to me, and then said to me, "Wait for a hurry." ”

I shook my head, then said to him, "It's okay, it's just an eye-opener." ”

Lu Quanyou smiled and whispered to me: "What's so eye-opening here, I have to come several times a month, and I found that I am similar to Mr. Yin and Yang, I am suffocated to death every time, but fortunately, the environment here is good, so I have to check the birds to pass the time when I chant the scriptures." ”

I said why was his eyes blurred when he was chanting the scriptures just now, and he didn't take this to heart at all, I smiled bitterly, thinking that this kid is not afraid of retribution, but the environment here seems to be really good, there are a lot of bird nests on the trees, and the sound of birds is very good, and over there, over there, ............?!

Just when I casually turned my head to look at the environment on both sides, suddenly, I saw a figure passing behind a grave in the distance to the north, under the sunset, that person was a little hunchbacked, dressed in black, was walking around this cemetery, and this person, how familiar I looked.

Suddenly, my heart was beating faster, Ma Tianshun!!

I almost shouted, that's right, that hunchbacked guy wasn't the guy who tricked the old man into going to the Pure Light Tower to release monsters when he was in Shenyang last year! Later, I heard from Sister Xin that he was a traitor to the Northeast Ma family, why was it so coincidental that I was allowed to meet him here?

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