Leyun is very strange. She and her family have already discussed how to bury her aunt. It was only a few months ago. It is impossible for her father to forget. Why did he suddenly ask again?
She felt that her father might have heard some gossip, and his mind was shaken, but he did not dare to make full decisions, so he asked her.
Le Yun looked at Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan. If there was any big disturbance in the village, the two elders and Mr. Li should know about it.
Yanlao Yan did know why the man of the Le family suddenly asked the little girl how to bury her aunt, but since the man of the Le family had already mentioned it, they didn't need to say more.
"Lele, this... your Grandpa Man and your Grandpa Cheng Wu said that your aunt was wronged. You and your brother are your aunt's juniors. She has descendants and asked you to organize a funeral for your aunt. Let you
A grand burial for my aunt will also comfort your aunt’s spirit after her death, and allow your grandparents to rest in peace under the Nine Springs.”
Dad Le hesitated, fearing that the little cotton-padded jacket would be unhappy.
"Dad, Grandpa Man and Grandpa Cheng Wu's suggestions are good, but every village has an agreed custom that the coffins of people who died in vain are not allowed to enter the village.
I also want to hold a lively funeral for my aunt so that she can go out decently, but if I want to hold a funeral, the funeral can only be held outside the village. In my opinion, it is better not to do it. If my aunt is still alive, she will not want to see it.
To that scene."
"You can go to the village and do it at home."
"Dad, with your girl's current wealth, if I forcefully challenge the customs, even if the villagers complain, they will not dare to confront me head-on. But in this case, our family will have to rely on our money to establish authoritarianism in the village.
If someone has something bad going for them, our family will be blamed."
"I know, your grandpa Man and the others also said it," Le's father listened to the girl's analysis and nodded frequently in agreement, and then explained: "It's not that dad has too many things to do, it's because the villagers said that you built a library for the village and the countryside.
What you do is a good deed that accumulates negative virtue. You are a good person who accumulates virtue and good deeds. You can suppress all evil tendencies.
Besides, your aunt is also from Plum Village. She was killed by someone, not by suicide. Even if she died early, she would still be a poor person. The people in the village felt that she should be given a funeral, and they sent her up the mountain in a lively manner, which also affected the whole village.
Fate with her.
The old man in the village said that your aunt should do a land and water dojo before going home to the village. Your grandpa Man also helped ask the masters who did the amphibious dojo, and they also said it was okay."
"That's it. I'll discuss it with Grandpa Man later. If I want to do it, I'll do it as a funeral." Le Yun nodded. She didn't hold a funeral because she had violated the customs and set up a tent outside the village to hold the funeral.
Tell everyone that the deceased is a short-lived ghost. It is said that death is the most important thing. People who die outside can't even enter the house, which is desolate enough in itself. When doing funerals, the living people eat and drink, and the dead are miserable and cold. Doesn't this make the deceased miserable?
The patient and his surviving family members suffer even more.
I didn’t want to set up a tent outside the village for the funeral, so I simply sent my aunt to the mountain for burial. If my aunt’s remains could be brought into the village, holding a funeral would also end the fate of my aunt being born in Plum Village. I think my aunt’s spirit would know about it one day.
That’s it, no regrets.
"It's a happy funeral? What's the reason?" Mr. Yi finally interjected and asked what he was wondering about. According to the custom in Jiudao, if an old man is over ninety or there are four generations in the family, the funeral after his death is a happy funeral.
Come and do it.
In normal funerals, filial sons and grandsons wear hemp belts, that is, wear white filial piety clothes, a white cloth on the head, and a straw rope with twine tied at one end of the waist. This is a funeral rule in the countryside that has been passed down from ancient times to the present. It is also the only ancient rule that has not changed for thousands of years.
Customs.
If I had to pick out the changes, it would probably be that only the linen filial piety is slightly different. Rich people would wear white clothes all over their bodies with hemp silk and straw ropes tied around their waists, while most people would wear a filial piety cloth on their head and tied with hemp threads and straw ropes around their waists.
As for the so-called happy funeral, the entire funeral process remains the same, except that the white cloth on the heads of filial sons and grandsons is changed to red cloth, and they still wear white clothes tied with straw ropes at the waist, which is called wearing red and hanging in white.
A filial son and a filial grandson wear red and white clothes, and others will know at a glance that the old man is a person who lives a long life or has many children and grandchildren and is blessed.
"When I found my aunt's remains, I asked an expert to help my aunt to be saved. The expert said that my aunt's soul had not been found. It was possible that she had been reincarnated and had performed rituals for her salvation. Now only one was buried.
Accessory remains.
Although my aunt's soul was not found, I regard my aunt as reincarnated, and this belated funeral is a farewell party to celebrate my aunt's new life."
After her aunt's soul has been nourished, Le Yun is going to be sent to another time and space to find a suitable place for her to practice the Tao of Immortality with peace of mind and strive to ascend.
You can't tell the truth about that kind of thing, you can only say that you speculate that your aunt has been reincarnated, because your aunt's soul is still there, so naturally you have to treat the funeral as a happy funeral.
"This is quite appropriate." Both Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan agreed. Although they were not sure whether Aunt Le's family had reincarnated, it was a bit comforting to treat her as a good thing to send her to reincarnation.
Le's father was very sad when he heard that he had not found his sister's soul. The little cotton-padded jacket said that he would organize a funeral for her aunt, and he felt very sad.
After he finished talking about the business, there was nothing left for him to do, so he immediately ran to the kitchen to work as an errand boy for his wife, helping to light the fire and deliver things.
When her father ran away, Le Yun knew that he had said that he wanted to talk to her about business matters, which was about her aunt's funeral. She didn't catch her father and asked him anything else. She directly asked Mr. Yi Lao Yan how the people in the village viewed her.
My aunt’s funeral.
Yi Laoyan always went to look around when he had nothing to do, and there were old people such as Cheng Wu and Zhang Laosan from Zhouman Village who often visited Le's house to talk about the gossip in the village. Naturally, they knew everything about it.
Most of the people in Meicun are very talkative, and there are only a few who like to stir up trouble. The one who used to be the most playful was Chen Wu, and the one who was the most talkative was Zhang Ke and his mother Zhang Zhang. There was also a talkative one before.
Brother Zhou’s wife Liu Tong and Zhang Ke’s wife Wu Lingling.
Now Liu Tong and Brother Zhou are divorced, and Wu Lingling is already Zhang Ke's ex-wife. The gossipy woman is gone, and the other few in the village can't stir up trouble even if they are a bit gossipy.
Grandma Zhang and Chen Wu were also in the queue. Chen Wu's eldest grandson was disabled. Chen Xiang was frightened by his brother's incident and became more honest in Meili. Chen Lei, Zhu Gaizi and Ma Maqiao used to be led by Chen Wu.
They are roaring from behind and cannot make a difference.
The most trouble-making guy in Meicun Village has either gotten into trouble or is shrinking his neck and acting like a quail. Without those troublemakers, most of the other villagers in Meicun Village know what is going on and are grateful. They are grateful to the Lejia girl for building teaching for the village's primary and junior high schools.
The building of the library provides a good reading environment for children and does not object to Leya entering the village to pay his respects to the Le family.
Veteran Yi Laoyan told the little girl the gossip he heard, telling her everything he knew.
After understanding the general reaction of the villagers, Le Yun also determined that letting her aunt enter the village was basically not a problem. She went directly back to the study on the second floor, took a piece of white cloth and red cloth, and planted several sets of mourning clothes and twenty centimeters wide red cloth strips.
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The Le family has few relatives and friends. The only family members that can be counted are Grandpa Zhou Man’s family, Grandpa Zhou Man, and Aunt Pa’s grandma. The grandchildren of Grandma Zhou’s family can also be regarded as their aunt’s nephews. If they want to, they will be there in red and white clothes.
It stands to reason that if they don't want to, no one will say anything wrong about them.
Leyun bought a set of mourning clothes for each of her four members, and prepared a few more sets. If the grandchildren of Grandpa Zhou Man's family were willing to wear mourning clothes for her aunt, they would not be in a hurry.
After planting the clothes, I took a handful of twine and went downstairs. I went to the second floor of the livestock building in the backyard to find straw to use for the rope.
The straw rope used to express filial sons and grandsons also has its origins. The straw rope means "knotting a ring with straw", which means that if the deceased has not repaid the kindness in this life, his descendants may not know that they have not repaid the kindness to their predecessors.
, or if they are unable to repay the kindness, then let them tie a grass ring in the next life to repay.
The theory of knotting grass with a ring in rural areas does not refer to "tying a ring with a ring of grass" as literati call it, forcing the grass into a rope to rescue a benefactor, or holding a jade ring in one's mouth to repay a favor. What rural people call a ring with a ring of grass means
"Be a cow or a horse in the next life" in return.
The reason for this is that in ancient times, cows and horses used sharp tools to pierce a hole in their nostrils, and passed a rope made of palm bark through the nose to make a bridle. When the cows and horses were led, a long rope was tied to the bridle;
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Or you can wear a ring through the nose of the cow and horse, and tie a long rope to the ring when you need to lead the cow and horse to work or move.
The reason why bridles or rings are pierced in the noses of cows and horses is also to domesticate cows and horses. When the cows and horses are led with a rope, the cows and horses are disobedient and pull the rope hard. The bridle or ring will naturally cause pain when the meat is pinched. The cows and horses will feel pain.
Be honest.
The ancient farmers had little culture and could not explain the truth. They were unable to repay the kindness they received from others, so they promised to repay the kindness by being a horse in the next life. This is why it evolved into the tradition of filial sons and filial sons tying a straw rope around their waists after the elders in the family died.
Expressing his willingness to replace his elders and be a benefactor in the next life.
In rural areas, when an elderly person passes away and a filial son or grandchild is tied up, the straw rope is also very particular. It must be rubbed in the opposite direction, that is, with the backhand, not in the opposite direction.
Leyun found a handful of straw, carried it back to the main room and sat rubbing it. Yi Laoyan had lived for such a long time and was well-informed, so he naturally knew the customs, so they also helped to rub the straw.
Each straw rope is tied with a small amount of white linen silk at one end.
After Lan San sent the helicopter to the village office building, he returned to Le's family. He also listened to the conversation between Le's father and little Loli about organizing a funeral for Le's aunt. He was the audience throughout the whole process.
It wasn't until the little loli was twisting the hemp rope that he had any use for it. He also understood the reverse twisting and smooth twisting. After all, most of the brothers in their group came from the countryside. They would get together to talk about the customs and habits of different places. Every place has its own customs.
There are different customs, but they are almost the same when it comes to holding funerals.
The four of them rolled dozens of straw ropes and were finished just before dinner time.
Leshan came downstairs after class. He almost ran back to the north building, threw himself into his sister's arms, hugged her neck and never let go.
Even when eating, he would sit unswervingly close to his sister, refusing to say anything to his father, and even complained that his father was always clinging to him like a child.
Dad Le: "..." Sure enough, a small cotton-padded jacket is better. A small jacket will leak air.
Zhou Qiufeng and Yi Laoyan learned about Yueqing's little secret of sticking to children and silently held back their laughter.
Her father is a woman-controller, and her younger brother is a sister-controller. Le Yun calmly served her brother a few dishes and successfully coaxed her brother into a happy mood.
After lunch, Le Yun originally planned to go find Grandpa Zhou Man after noon, around when Grandpa Zhou Man took a break and woke up. However, not long after her family finished eating, Grandpa Zhou Man came to Le's house.<
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Village Chief Zhou rushed to the Lejia main room in a hurry. As soon as he sat down, he received red beans and barley stems from the little boy. He drank a bowl of sweet dessert and felt extremely comfortable.
When a person feels comfortable, he naturally feels energetic. He caught the little boy and asked, "Lele, did your dad tell you about organizing a funeral for your aunt at home?"
"Speaking of which, I originally thought it would be better not to have a funeral outside the village. My dad said that the people of Meicun Village would not mind letting my aunt's remains come into the village to mourn at the Le family. I was just thinking of asking Grandpa Man what your opinion is in the afternoon.
, I never thought that you would come here without even taking a break, but you would be so tired that my grandpa would be running around all over the place."
"Isn't it tiring? I have seen many foreigners. I just want to let you do it. Your aunt is from our village and she was killed. She has been trapped in a family like Shishi for decades, so she can't have a family.
Reply, pitiful,
There were two murderers in Plum Village who helped others to kill her, which was also a shame for Plum Village. Speaking of it, Plum Village also felt sorry for her. Now that she is returning to her roots, she should be treated as a person from Plum Village to make amends.
What happened to your aunt also taught the people of Meicun a lesson, letting everyone know that only by having a correct heart can one stand on his own feet. God is watching what one does. If a person's heart is not right and he does evil things, he will be punished sooner or later."
Village Chief Zhou is the village chief, and both publicly and privately he feels that Leya's coffin should be brought into the village and returned to Leya's family for mourning, so that Leya can return to his hometown and serve as a warning to future generations.
"If that's the case, let's do it. I'll take my brother in the afternoon and invite the masters to come to my house to do the dojo tomorrow morning. I'll take my aunt's remains home tomorrow. We'll have a wine party on the evening of the 2nd and a funeral on the 3rd."
Le Yun didn't say anything more because she was afraid that the villagers would blame her family for any misfortune in the future. Most people in Plum Village felt sorry for the two deceased elders of the Le family. Back then, her grandparents had good deeds and helped the villagers a lot. It can be said that the whole family
Everyone in the village has received grace from grandpa.
In the past, the people in the village were all poor. If they had a cold or a headache, they would not go to the hospital for medical treatment. After all, it costs money to go to the hospital to see a doctor and buy medicine. They all came to Lejia to find grandpa. Grandpa helped people find herbal medicines and never got any money.
But when something happened to the Lejia family, many people forgot that they went to the Lejia family every year to seek medical advice, alienated the Lejia family, and even stepped on others.
She doesn't care about everything now, but that doesn't mean she doesn't remember.
"Okay, Lele, pack up. I'll take you to invite Master. A few days ago, I told the most famous Master Lei in our town and his team about your family. If you want to hold a funeral, invite them. They also agreed.
That's it." Village Chief Zhou was very pleased that Xiao Lele had her own opinion and she was quick and neat in doing things. If Leya had a soul and knew that her niece was so smart, she would surely be able to smile.
A master is a mage, a funeral director who engages in funeral ceremonies. The skills of those people are passed down from generation to generation in a master-to-disciple manner. In some places, they are also called "gong and drum teams". Rural people do not call the mage a master, but call him a master.
And for teachers, being called "Master" is also a recognition of their abilities.
This chapter has been completed!