The villagers also understood the husband and wife, and several people hurriedly stepped forward and helped them up: "Your child died strangely, the village chief also said just now, it is inconvenient for people to guard it, since this is the case, we will go first, otherwise, we are all here, and it is not easy for you two to talk to the child." ”

Later, the villagers, who said a word to me, comforted Liu Wang and Liu Wang's daughter-in-law one after another.

Although I can't bear to interrupt this warm scene, but the funeral of the child's early death should not be crowded, not noisy, seeing that it is dusk, so I said: "Okay, the child died early, the villagers have come to help It has been a big battle, as someone just said, don't stay together at night, it's not too early, let's go back." ”

"Everyone knows the rule of the early death of children in the village, and when the matter is over tomorrow, it is better to come to Liu's house to comfort him." Zhilan took my words and helped speak.

On our side, children under the age of eighteen die early, the younger the child's funeral must be simpler, like the one who died at birth, generally the straw mat rolled the body and threw it in the pile of dead children, like Liu Xiaobao, who is only seven or eight years old, is generally cremated, the urn cannot be buried in the ancestral grave, generally find a low-lying place, and find a mass grave to bury if you are alive.

It stands to reason that children under the age of 10 can't even notify the villagers, and it's right that they secretly hold a funeral at home.

Generally, it is cremated in the afternoon, and it is okay to send it to the closest person in the evening, and then the first seven burn paper and the later memorial can not be burned for the child, but some children die miserably, and it is too hard to burn the paper when they are alive.

Of course, everyone knows such customs, but why they do this, everyone doesn't know, but they have been passed down from generation to generation, so they have done it.

Liu Wang's daughter-in-law is not unaware of this custom, but she remembered that her son was in the village, without his parents to take care of him, and what a good life he had, she felt uncomfortable, and when she saw that the villagers were gone, she turned around and knelt down and begged me: "Village ......, you are still young, I don't know the mood of having a child as a parent, our Xiaobao has been obedient since he was a child, but we have no ability as parents, and we didn't let him live a good life in the city, and now that he is dead, it is better to let him be buried in peace......"

Liu Wang's daughter-in-law said, tears were falling down again, she had just come back for less than two hours, but her eyes were obviously red and swollen, and when she said this, she was a little choked, and she almost fainted from exhaustion.

said: "Yes, village chief, we adults still pay attention to the earth for safety, it is better to let my child be buried for peace, this will make me watch the child being cremated, we really don't have a taste in our hearts." ”

It's not good to preside over white affairs, you do things according to the rules so that their family doesn't cause trouble, but it's not wrong for people to be emotionally inseparable, on the contrary, it's a little pitiful, but if you obey them, let the yang people feel a little comforted, then the yin people's lives will not be easy.

Thinking of this, I could only say helplessly: "I understand your feelings, white-haired people send black-haired people, yin and yang are separated, how can you not be uncomfortable, but there are rules for white things in this white thing." ”

"Originally, I was thinking that I would be cremated tomorrow, and you would still have time to see the child and talk to him, but the tears of the relatives just now fell on the child's body, I'm afraid that the child's soul is restless, and he must return to the soul at night to cause trouble, so I will be cremated immediately, and now that you have seen the last side, don't be too sad."

"This child, after all, is not more than adults to experience more hardship, more experience, he does not have such a big life to bear the scenery that his father and elders gave him, the more atmospheric the funeral, in fact, it will ruin the child's good luck, and when the time comes, he will not be able to reincarnate into a good family, so he has to end it hastily in this way, in order to keep his blessings, and maybe he can be reincarnated as a man."

Since there is this custom, there must be a reason, I explain bitterly, and I also hope that they can endure the discomfort for a while and give this child a good reincarnation.

Hearing my words, Liu Wang and his wife nodded tearfully and promised to cremate the child now.

Just as I was thinking about how to comfort and comfort the couple, Zhilan called out to me urgently: "Brother, it's no good, Xiaobao's soul is back." ”