After the first seven days, according to the custom of Daniu Village, it is to be buried in a coffin.

Due to its remote location, although the Civil Affairs Bureau explicitly prohibits burials, burials are still more popular than in Daniu Village.

Lin Daxiong asked someone to transport a willow coffin from the city overnight, and ordered a more decent set of shrouds, and prepared some necessary items for the funeral.

Early in the morning, perhaps because they were afraid that Mr. Liu would come to the door, the funeral villagers came to Nobita's residence early and paced back and forth in the snow.

Inside the house, Nobita prepared the things for the next burial and was about to leave, but at this time the second dog woke up.

This little guy has been asleep since last night, and it is no wonder that adults are bothered to be put on the body once, not to mention that he is only twelve or thirteen years old.

"Teacher Lin, I'm going too." Ergou held his body strongly, and regardless of Nobita's willingness or not, he quickly got up from the bed and put on a cotton coat.

Lin Daxiong shook his head and said, "No, your body is still very weak." ”

"Teacher, she's my only relative." Ergou said with a crying voice.

Da Ambition's heart was sour, he stepped forward and patted Ergou on the shoulder, and said: "Ergou, some things don't happen if you close your eyes, what should happen will still happen, crying can't solve the problem, only bravely face it." ”

"It's snowing a lot outside, and when you wake up, it's all over." Lin Daxiong sighed, pinched a trick casually, and circled it in front of Ergou's eyes, and suddenly Ergou's eyelids sank.

Seeing this, Nobita covered the quilt, turned around and put on a backpack with a drum on his back, and pushed open the door.

"Mr. Lin, I don't know if this old Mr. Liu's funeral can be arranged?" An old woman wrapped around her neck leaned up and asked.

"I have informed his heirs that this should be the time, and I will only be responsible for the funeral of Ergou's mother." Lin Daxiong said truthfully.

The old woman asked again, "Are you ready for the soul-attracting chicken, the soul-attracting firecracker, or something?" Is there anything I can do to help you? ”

Nobita felt a burst of disdain when he heard this, listening to the old woman's words, he dared to take care of the aftermath for Ergou's mother, it was his business, but he responded: "It's all right, you don't have to be busy, just do what you do." ”

Bypassing everyone, Zhang Zhengming and the rest of the teachers were already standing in an open space not far away, waiting, seeing Nobita coming, Zhang Zhengming said: "The eight immortals are already waiting in the mourning hall, and the coffin has also been transported, when will you change your clothes and raise your spirit?" ”

"Let's go to the mourning hall first." Lin Daxiong nodded.

The so-called eight immortals are the eight people who carry the coffin. There is also a special emphasis on this, first of all, it must be a man, with great strength, otherwise it will be bad luck if he can't lift it halfway, and secondly, these eight people must have the same surname and the same clan, in addition to carrying the coffin, they are also responsible for wearing longevity clothes for the deceased.

At the entrance of the village, the eight immortals were leaning on the coffin and smoking leisurely, while several brightly dressed people walked around the door of the mourning hall.

"They are?" Lin Daxiong asked.

Zhang Zhengming responded: "They are the heirs of Mr. Liu. ”

Nobita nodded, buried his head and walked into the mourning hall, and the eight immortals also rushed up one after another when they saw this.

As soon as I entered, a large rooster stood near the end of the bed and started to crow.

Since there is only this simple mourning hall in Daniu Village, last night, Lin Daxiong had to send someone to temporarily place Mr. Liu's body next to Ergou's mother, and so far, there has been no movement.

Seeing that there were several wreaths on the right side of the mourning hall, and the wreaths were written with the words "Old Mrs. Guo's Day Mourning", Lin Daxiong frowned unconsciously, and Zhang Zhengming pointed to several other teachers behind him, indicating that they sent them.

"A few of you have a heart." Nobita said, unloaded the backpack he was carrying, unzipped it, and distributed the firecrackers inside to several teachers, signaling that when he accompanied him for a while, a string of firecrackers would be set off at each intersection along the road.

At this moment, a black car stopped at the door of the mourning hall, and Liu Lao's heir stepped forward to talk to the driver, and several people turned around and entered the mourning hall.

"A few of you have worked hard, come, smoke a cigarette." A middle-aged man in his fifties with glasses stepped forward to hand out cigarettes one by one, and then the others behind him began to carry Mr. Liu's body.

"Don't touch it!" Nobita stopped him.

Hearing this, several people glanced at Nobita with hostile eyes, and the middle-aged man who had handed the cigarette before came up and said, "What does this friend mean?" ”

"That's not right." Lin Daxiong shook his head, took out a big red umbrella from his backpack, and then opened the umbrella to cover Mr. Liu's face, explaining: "Even if you act in a hurry, you can't miss what you should have." ”

Being able to get on the body of the second dog shows that Liu Lao has accumulated grievances for a long time before his death, and he has gathered some resentment after his death, if the etiquette is not counted, Nobita is worried about the regeneration of variables, but he didn't say it thoroughly, because he saw Zhang Zhengming beside him and didn't dare to look at Liu Lao, obviously what happened yesterday, he was still worried.

"Thank you, brother, come on, smoke." The middle-aged man said as he handed a cigarette.

Nobita pushed his hand away and refused: "No need, get in the car and bring the umbrella back, you need to use it here." In addition, make a phone call to the people at the funeral home and ask them to prepare a red umbrella and cover it when they get out of the car. ”

A trace of contempt flashed in the middle-aged man's eyes when he heard the sound, obviously Nobita didn't take his cigarette, which made him very uncomfortable, and then glanced at the person next to him, took the red umbrella, covered Liu Lao's face, and sent him to the car.

After seeing everyone leave, Lin Daxiong shook his head again and again, he could see that the other party didn't take his words to heart at all.

"Can we begin? The Eight Immortals were all in a hurry. Zhang Zhengming said.

Lin Daxiong glanced outside the house, at this time the heavy snow had been falling, the sky was gloomy, and the road was muddy, but the auspicious time had arrived, and it must not be delayed.

"Okay, let's get started." Nobita said, took out a small bottle of alcohol from his bag, put a box of cotton balls on the head of the bed, and slowly opened the curtain.

Ergou's mother died of heart and brain disease, and she went very accidentally, her expression was not painful and peaceful, as if she was sleeping quietly. Because it is a poor mountainous area, the people in the village are not very particular, and at this time she is still wearing the clothes she wore before her death, which is an ordinary gray cotton clothes, and she has not changed her shroud.

Zhang Zhengming said with a heavy expression: "The Eight Immortals have prepared their clothes and are ready to change their clothes." ”

The Eight Immortals, who had been waiting for a long time, hurriedly stepped forward, and several people had a meticulous division of labor, four of them were responsible for removing their tops, and the other four were responsible for their bottoms. When the clothes were completely removed, patches of purple corpse spots appeared on the exposed skin, and since it was winter, there was no odor.

Soon, the Eight Immortals changed into a sky-blue shroud for Mrs. Guo, looking dignified and gentle.

According to the rules, Mr. Yin and Yang should consecrate the deceased before the spirit, and then enter the coffin, attract the soul, and bury. And this Mr. Yin and Yang was replaced by Nobita.

Nobita dipped the cotton ball prepared in advance into some cotton balls, wiped the face of the old woman Guo, first the eyes, then the bridge of the nose, and the cheeks.

At this time, the big rooster in the corner of the wall crowed more happily, the sound was exciting, Nobita stepped forward and grabbed the chicken paws, and held it in his hands, and the big rooster struggled in his hands several times, and found that he could not break free, so he stopped moving.

The rest of the people walked out of the mourning hall with the front and back feet of the eight immortals, and outside the mourning hall, a thick layer of snow was piled up on the coffin lid of the coffin that had been shelved for a long time.

Seeing this, the accompanying teachers hurriedly stepped forward and pushed open the coffin lid together, and with a dull sound, the coffin lid responded, and a yellow futon and a gold wire headrest were placed inside.

"Brothers, a ...... Two...... Three! The eight immortals shouted slogans in unison, carrying Mrs. Guo's body into the coffin.

After the body was settled, Lin Daxiong looked into the coffin, the position was just right, and he couldn't help but cast an approving look at the eight immortals.

Closing the lid, the eight people each held the eight tripods of the coffin, east, west, north and south, snorted, and carried the coffin on their shoulders.

"Get on the road!" Nobita greeted him, walked up to the person, carried the soul-attracting chicken in one hand, and sprinkled the paper money handed by Zhang Zhengming in the other, and shouted as he sprinkled: "Please collect the soul of the deceased from the sins of the underworld!" Old Mrs. Guo rest in peace! ”

In the heavy snow, paper money flew all over the sky. Led by Lin Daxiong, everyone walked towards the cemetery in the back mountain, followed by the teachers at the end of the road, every time they reached an intersection, they would tear down a string of firecrackers, light them with matches, and go with them, bringing a crackling sound.

Every time I went to a house, some villagers looked at each other, silent, but they were not saddened by this.

Da Niu Village, only those who have a solid family can be so beautiful and buried, ordinary people are a coffin, and even people have not passed away to start preparing plates, once they are not complete, they have to save money several times, in order to piece together a complete coffin, therefore, there is a "coffin book" passed down by word of mouth.

"Mr. Lin, did you say that Ergou was really possessed by Mr. Liu last night?" Zhang Zhengming asked curiously.

Lin Daxiong glanced at him when he heard the sound, threw away the last pile of paper money in his hand, and said truthfully: "Yes." ”

"Then what's the point of us teaching and educating people?" Zhang Zhengming said with a depressed face, obviously witnessing Ergou being taken on the body, it was a great blow to him who believed in science, and what about the former Nobita?

Lin Daxiong thought for a while and responded: "Knowledge is used to arm the brain, not to bind the mind. In fact, you see, the origin of the ghost is old, and people have passed it on by word of mouth, and we will not consider its authenticity for the time being, just if it can survive to this day, it must have its value. ”

Zhang Zhengming was obviously not satisfied with this vague answer, and asked: "Yesterday, I saw that you were not afraid of danger when facing Mr. Liu, have you encountered this kind of thing before?" ”

Nobita's words reminded him of what happened three years ago, and it all seemed to stem from that email from twenty years ago, and he smiled wryly and nodded yes.

"In this way, there are so many unknowns in this world!" Zhang Zhengming saw that Nobita was silent and sighed.

Looking at his eyes, Lin Daxiong felt a wave in his heart, and then said: "The world is so big, there are no surprises, I still say that knowledge is used to arm the brain, not to restrain the mind." If a person is imprisoned because of the content of the book, he is purely brainwashed, what is the use of learning it? ”

After a few conversations, everyone came to the foot of the back mountain, and the mound-like mounds appeared in front of them, and a cold wind drifted by, and everyone shivered coldly.