Chapter 16 Strange Events at the Funeral
We each took a willow stick in our hands and walked towards the Land Temple.
It is very strange that there are a lot of black cats and black dogs in the Land Temple.
They screamed one after another, as if they were grieving for the death of their grandfather.
After making a big salute and lighting the spiritual seat, paper horses, paper figures, etc., I knelt on the ground and refused to get up for a long time.
When I came back from the Land Temple, I saw a shrine erected outside the door (the coffin was placed on top of it, carried by sixty-four people).
"Seal the coffin. The steward shouted with a blank face.
I saw forty-nine coffin nails, nailed to the coffin, but they were not nailed.
Everyone saluted and sent Yang Gong Weiyong. ”
The steward shouted again.
A group of people followed behind the coffin-carrying procession, which consisted of sixty-four people, and walked towards the back mountain.
It is said that grandpa's coffin has been dried and will not be very heavy, but look at these sixty-four people, they are sweating profusely and gritting their teeth.
"Take a break. ”
I don't know who said a word among them.
I saw sixty-four people stop and put the coffin on the ground.
After a pause, everyone was ready to lift it again, but despite the strength of the sixty-four people, the coffin was thrown without moving.
Suddenly, a black dog rushed out in front of it, no matter how it hit it and scared it, it lay there, unmoved.
In this way, there has been a stalemate, and the black dogs and black cats gather more and more from all directions.
They let out a wail.
Several black cats jumped onto the coffin, their paws scratching at the coffin in the shape of a plow.
At this time, my father stood up and shouted with a sad face, "It's not good, there is a situation in the coffin." ”
I looked at the coffin and saw blood dripping down the rope on the coffin.
The father went to the steward and consulted with him about something.
The two talked for a few minutes.
The steward shouted, "The filial son tidies up his clothes, Yang Gong's body has changed, and he is ready to open the coffin"
The steward looked uneasy.
Those black cats, seeing that we found something strange inside the coffin.
As the crowd walked towards the coffin, the black cats felt like they had jumped off the coffin.
"Dingding......
There was a crisp crash, and all forty-nine coffin nails were removed.
They lifted the lid of the coffin.
A pungent stench wafted from the coffin.
I stood up and walked towards the coffin.
I saw streams of black blood flowing from my grandfather's mouth, nose, and ears.
I secretly screamed in my heart, it's not good to have evil things to haunt me, I'm afraid that my grandfather's corpse will cheat the corpse.
I looked at the three hemp ropes under the corpse, they were already stained red with blood, and the hemp rope below my grandfather's navel had been broken in his right hand.
At this time, everyone looked panicked. Seeing that the auspicious time was almost over, I didn't notice anything unusual except for the bleeding from my grandfather's corpse.
"I really can't do it, so I will carry my grandfather's body out and see if there is anything under him. "I was amazed.
"This is unfilial piety. ”
"In the coffin, the body should not be moved. ”
Relatives and friends discussed separately.
My father discussed with my second uncle and aunt for a while.
In the end, it was decided to carry out the body.
When several men lifted the grandfather's body, everyone's mouths opened wide.
I saw that under my grandfather, there was a red centipede, which was redder than blood and dozens of centimeters long.
"How could there be such a thing?" said my aunt with a look of surprise.
I reached for it, but I was bitten by a centipede.
Then the centipede, crawling out of the rope, was very fast, ran into the grass and disappeared.
At this moment, the black cat and black dog blocking the front of the coffin slowly walked to the side of the road.
They flashed out a path for the coffin delivery procession.
Originally, when the grandfather was buried in the ground, the coffin lid would be opened for future generations to admire.
I didn't expect this to happen, and it was unanimously decided to nail the coffin and bury it directly.
Sixty-four people lifted the coffin and headed for the back hill.
I looked back and was amazed by what I saw, the black cats and dogs following behind the coffin procession.
All the way to Grandpa Houshan's grave.
"Woo ......"
"Meow ......"
I saw those black cats and black dogs looking up to the sky and wailing, and after a few sounds, they scattered and disappeared.
After dealing with my grandfather's funeral, I felt exhausted.
My right hand, bitten by a centipede, hurts.
I remembered all the love my grandfather had for me when he was alive, and tears welled up in my eyes.
I thought to myself, grandpa doesn't want it either, I feel sad for him! What did grandpa say to my father before leaving?
What is the secret of the jade pendant he gave me, and why is the centipede in the coffin?
I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't find the answer.
Before I knew it, I fell asleep. In my dream, I saw my grandfather, who was standing on the lookout platform, looking in the direction of home, and was reluctant to leave for a long time.
"When...... When ......"
I was woken up in a daze, and when I saw my father, sorting out the relics in my grandfather's room, I went over to help.
"Dad, I'll clean up!" I said, my voice choking.
"Okay, I'll go to your grandfather's cemetery to have a look......" The father's voice seemed particularly vicissitudes.
I watched my father go out with a shovel. I was busy, packing up what my grandfather had left behind.
"Hey, what is this?"
Suddenly, a palm-sized notebook fell out of the clothes.
With curiosity, I picked it up.
It turned out to be Grandpa's Codex.
I saw that the book was very thick, densely packed with many words.
I read a few pages and there was nothing special.
I began to flip through absent-mindedly, and suddenly I was drawn to a page.
I saw that it was written, "Today, I am happy to have a grandson, named Yang Xi, the baby's eyes are slightly open, and the ground is accompanied by colorful auspicious clouds." ”
I looked at the date on the codex, it was exactly twenty-five years ago, the day I was born.
What is the heavenly eye that grandpa is talking about? Could it be that I was born with a heavenly eye?
With doubts, I continued to scroll down.
I saw one of the pages, and it was painted with a jade pendant.
It's just that this jade pendant looks a little familiar.
"Ah, I remember! It's the jade pendant that my grandfather left me before leaving......"
After saying that, I took out the jade pendant in my pocket.
I saw that the codex read, "Today, my grandson is full moon, and someone from outside the door will give me a jade pendant." This jade pendant is divided into yin and yang, yang is in my grandson, where is yin?"
"Xiaoxi, your father asked you to accompany me to the cemetery. ”
I turned my head and it turned out to be the second uncle, only to see him staring at me with blank eyes.
"Oh, come on. ”
I answered my grandfather's codex and put it in a drawer.
Then he walked to his grandfather's grave with his second uncle.
On a late autumn day, it was a little cold, and the fallen leaves rattled under your feet.
Along the way, the second uncle talked about his grandfather's various difficulties.
Far away, you can hear my father scolding: "Who is so lacking in morality." ”
I followed the prestige, only to see my grandfather's grave, who had sprinkled a thick layer of lime powder.
I thought to myself, this is the rhythm of raising corpses.
I walked over, picked up my father's shovel, and began to clean up the lime powder.
For a while, white dust filled everywhere.
Clean up the lime from my grandfather's grave.
I remembered that today was the seventh day after my grandfather's funeral.
According to custom, this day is Grandpa's Soul Day.
The eldest son, to prepare a banquet in his grandfather's room, fruits and some snacks, of course, his grandfather's favorite food, and sprinkle a layer of white flour outside the room.
Everything was ready, I, the second uncle, and the second uncle's younger brother, knelt at the door, waiting for my grandfather to return to his soul.
At about four o'clock, a gust of wind struck.
The rooster in the tree became restless, and a cockroach on the ground crawled through the white face like a wine table.
Father stood up.
He looked at us and said, "Get up, your grandfather is back." ”
We followed my father and sat down at the wine table.
The cockroach was lying on Grandpa's stool.
My brother's mouth was wide open, and he pointed to his grandfather's stool with his right hand, and I made a shushing gesture to him.
"Dad, you loved to drink milk powder before you died, don't drink it today, drink some wine with our brothers. ”
After speaking, the second uncle stood up, he held the wine bottle in his right hand and poured the wine into the cup in front of his grandfather's position.
I saw that the wine glass that the second uncle had just poured was instantly missing.
Since I had opened the Eye of Heaven, I could clearly see Grandpa sitting there.
He was still so kind, but his face was pale and his eyes were blue.