When Wang Linshan's grandmother came out of the funeral, Lan Yi felt that she had been stripped of her skin in the past three days, her knees were painful, and her throat was about to cry and smoke.

In order to show the reluctance of relatives to go out of the funeral and enter the earth, crying is necessary, and the more fiercely the relatives cry, the more filial piety to the deceased. In the funeral procession for the grandmother, the one who cried the most fiercely was the aunt of the Hua family, she cried all the way from home to the cemetery, after the old man's coffin was buried, she ignored everyone's pulling and obstruction, cried and jumped on the coffin and cried bitterly, not allowing everyone to cover the soil and bury it, so repeated three times, Lan Yi was dumbfounded.

When returning from the burial, there are rituals such as crying on the way, crying at the door, crying at home, etc., until the end of the ritual of kneeling and crying in the ancestral hall of the god is over.

For such etiquette, Lan Yi doesn't know how to judge, it is normal for people to cry bitterly after the death of their relatives to express mourning and reluctance, but when this common sense is transformed into a etiquette that must be observed, it makes her feel a little formalistic. Along the way, the crying went straight to the sky, but there were few people who were really sad, after everyone cried and ended, the tears wiped their expressions were still the same, as if the grief-stricken person just now was not himself at all.

Even the aunt of the Hua family is the same, when she returned to Hua Zhanyuan's house after serving the gods, she was very calm, only her eyes were red and swollen, and her voice was hoarse, and she constantly instructed her daughter and son to collect funeral supplies, and wrapped them up to take them back to her home, "It is also good to use them to make beds and quilts."

Second Uncle Wang, father and son followed Lan Yi back to Hua's house, Second Uncle Wang's face has been pale, it is said that after the old man enters the soil, they can drive the ox cart back to Beigou Village, but Hua Zhanyuan said in advance that the old man has something to say after entering the soil, let Lan Yi not go back first, and the three of Wang Second Uncle will naturally not leave first.

The straw mats and white sails in the mourning hall have been removed, and they have returned to their normal appearance, and a large family of twenty or thirty adults has gathered in the house, and there is not even a place to plug in the feet. Hua Zhanyuan sat on the main seat, and the uncles, aunts and aunts of the Hua family also sat down separately, and Second Uncle Wang sat on the seat with a calm face, and behind him stood Lan Yi and his two sons, without saying a word.

Seeing that everyone was coming, Hua Zhanyuan coughed and said, "My mother has entered the ground safely, and we should also talk about the rest of the things." This time my mother can enter the ground safely, thanks to everyone's help, I am here for her old man's thank you, the old lady's round grave, the first seven o'clock, we still follow the rules. After the grave, I built a straw hut next to the grave to guard my mother's filial piety—"

After the death of his parents, Da Zhou had the custom of filial piety by the grave for three years, but most of the time he only built a grass hut, and lived in the past on the critical day, usually at home. After Hua Zhanyuan finished talking about filial piety, tears fell involuntarily, and his sadness was unbearable, and it could be seen that he was still difficult to accept the sudden death of his mother.

The fourth uncle of the Hua family held a posture of reading the sage book for a long time, and said in harmony: "Sage Yun, 'The son is born for three years, and then he is free from the arms of his parents. The funeral of the husband for three years is also the mourning of the whole world. 'When the mother dies as a son, he should be filial piety for three years to thank his mother, and the eldest brother's behavior is good, and the younger brother should take the eldest brother as a model to follow him. The saint is cloudy-"

The aunt of the Hua family couldn't stand the tone of the fourth brother the most, and directly interrupted him, "Okay, everyone knows that the fourth brother is filial, and the grass shed naturally has to be built. Big brother, you can talk about the expenses this time, so that we can have a number and know how much to share. ”

After speaking, she deliberately glanced at Lan Yi, who was silent.

The fourth uncle of the Hua family snorted coldly, flicked the sleeves of his robe, "Ignorant woman-"

The fourth aunt next to him hurriedly pulled his sleeve and didn't let him say any more.

Hua Zhanyuan wiped his tears, turned his head and asked Hua Po: "Brother Po, how much is the cost this time, you can tell me first." ”

Hua Po nodded and took out the account book from his arms: "When my aunt died, the pots, bowls, stoves and chairs and stools used were all from the clan, and they were not counted as silver as usual." Buying meat, vegetables, noodles and white cloth and inviting people, etc., a total of fifteen times, five times for the coffin, and three times for the gifts on the hangings of relatives, how to divide this gift money? ”

"Let's follow the rules." The flower show yuan should arrive.

Hua Po nodded, "Okay, this gift money Zhanyuan brother and your four brothers will divide it equally." ”

Aunt Hua pouted.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Hua Po continued: "According to the rules of our Hua family, the material money is paid by yourself, and the rest is sixty percent from the clan, this time it is nine times out of the clan, and the remaining 11 pieces are made up by yourself." In addition, the cost of the round tomb and the first seven days also needs to be taken out by yourself, and the clan will not care. ”

For the first time, Lan Yi heard that the cost of the funeral could be reimbursed by the clan, and she couldn't help but be a little curious. The family has an important position in the social organization of the Great Zhou, but the second uncle Wang's family in Beigou Village is an outsider and does not live with the clansmen, so Lan Yi has never experienced such a scene.

Hua Zhanyuan nodded, "Ten is indeed not much, the four of us brothers are two for one person, and the second sister and one person from the Lin Shan family are always five hanging." ”

Aunt Hua jumped up, "Why? We haven't split up yet, so this part of the money should be out of the gang, and I will get another dime in the gift money, but I have to spread the money of fifteen hangings, which is unreasonable. Besides, I also prepared a wrapping for my mother, how can a suit of wrapping clothes have fifteen hangings, so I don't have to go out. ”

Hua Po frowned, "Brother Zhanyuan, what kind of stall is it?" ”

Hua Zhanyuan sighed, "Then let's have four stalls for our brothers." ”

Hua Po nodded, "This part of the money was advanced by the clan first, and I will come over tomorrow to get it." Everyone has worked hard these days, as for arranging the return gift, Brother Zhanyuan, you can distribute it yourself, and I will go back first. ”

Hua Po stood up and wanted to leave, but the aunt of the Hua family stopped her: "Brother Po, in addition to this, we still have something to say." ”

"Sister-in-law Zhanyuan, one yard is one yard, let's talk about it later, there are still a lot of things to be placed in the yard waiting for me to put them back." Hua Po shook his head and was about to leave.

The eldest aunt of the Hua family disagreed, "Brother Po, let's finish discussing the things in the yard, everyone will carry them back together, it won't take much effort, it's not easy for us to get together, let's take advantage of the fact that everyone is explaining things." ”

Hua Po sat down again helplessly.

The eldest aunt of the Hua family looked around at everyone, especially at the face of the second uncle Wang, and said: "Everyone knows that our merchant ship has an accident, three of the four big ships have sunk, we not only have to compensate for the goods, but also the injured shipwrights also need to be resettled, this is a lot of money, when the merchant ship made money, everyone did not share the silver, and now that something has happened, none of us can fall back, and what should be calculated today." Brother Po, the clan rules say that we must help each other, in previous years, our branch should have paid nothing short of money, but now that something happens, the clan can't ignore it. ”

Hua Po nodded, "What my sister-in-law said is that the clan will definitely help." But how much and how to come out has to gather everyone to discuss, I will first make a statement here, and I will definitely do my best to help if I can. ”

After Hua Po finished speaking, he smiled very frankly, "But how to help, you have to ask your brothers to say something first, and we don't have to say anything about sending people to work." ”

Just don't give up money! R1152