Xie Bingrong nodded without hesitation and rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "After we settled down, we prepared a coffin for grandpa. Grandpa is old and there is no guarantee that one day...
A good coffin cannot be made in a short time. We prepare it in advance. Anyway, it will not be damaged in five or ten years. At most, the paint will peel off and be repainted."
Although the words don't sound good, and they still sound a bit unfilial, that's the truth.
He is also a centenarian. Look at this old man. He just leaves in the middle of the night without even a mental preparation.
Qi Kang'an is not that pedantic person, otherwise he wouldn't have a flat-headed knife.
Suddenly his eyes lit up: "What do you mean?"
"Before I came here, my grandfather said that if Mr. Qi didn't prepare anything here, he could take it away if he needs it urgently. Don't worry, the materials are all good, and it's a top-quality coffin."
Qikang Anxin, although he has never seen that coffin, Mr. Xie is also a centenarian. His age itself means that this person is blessed. As long as future generations are not stupid, the coffin will be nothing short of ordinary.
He patted Xie Pingrong's shoulder gratefully and said, "Thank you."
Here, coffins are not bought on the spot, they all have to be made to order, so Qi Liangyu would leave the village overnight, just to go to the city gate and wait for the city gate to open tomorrow morning and quickly go to the city to find a coffin shop to order.
The weather is cool in the morning and evening, but still a bit sultry at noon. The old man can't stay away for long.
"It's okay, it's okay, just don't dislike it."
He wasn't really generous. It was a coffin prepared for his grandfather. They carefully selected both the wood and the interior.
The Xie family didn't have much money on them when they fled. Like other people in the village, they borrowed money from Lao Qi's family. However, Mr. Xie hid a gold ring and a gold bracelet. After he settled down here, he asked his grandson to bring them to him.
Done.
After paying back the money to the village, apart from the money left to buy land and build a house, the Xie family used the rest to prepare the coffin, which cost more than fifty taels of silver.
If it were an ordinary person, the Xie family would really be reluctant to do it.
But this man is an old man from the Qi clan, and he is also a centenarian like old man Xie.
The Qi family respected the old and loved the young, and they were united.
Before going out just now, Mr. Xie said that Xie Bingrong was still not feeling well after letting the coffin out. But when he came here and saw the entire Qi clan's family members arriving at midnight, the discomfort immediately dissipated.
Although the Xie family, like everyone else, had to rely on the protection of Lao Qi's family to survive safely, they still had a foreign surname.
To the Xie family, coming out to ask for favors at this time will not do any harm in the future.
Even if you really suffer a loss, it is a loss in exchange for shelter.
Qi Kang'an didn't care what he was thinking at this time, and quickly turned to find Qi Kangshun, who then turned to Qi Wen's party, and finally Qi Wen'an made the decision to use the Xie family's coffin.
The Xie family was really helpful this time.
Qi Kang'an called another man and hurriedly chased Qi Liangyu back to the city gate. Even if he went to the city tomorrow to make an appointment, he might not be able to get it right away. It would be better to come back and arrange the old man's funeral first.
As for the coffin, after the old man is buried, the two families can discuss whether to pay back the money or build one and return it to others.
The people in Qijia Village were already extremely vigilant as they fled all the way. Li Zheng's family actually just went to call the old man from the Qi family's eldest house, but all the heads of every household came.
The old man is the oldest and most senior member of the Qi family. His death means a lot to the Qi family.
It is roughly equivalent to the death of one's own ancestors.
The courtyard, less than fifty square meters, was full of people kneeling.
Ye Sanni glanced at the group of people kneeling on one side and sneered softly.
Qi Baoer, who was following her: "???"
"Kneeling over there is the big family from the third room of the old man's house. They came later than us. Your father and you both went in to see the old man for the last time. I haven't seen any of them go into the old man's house until now.
Pass."
This is even too lazy to do superficial things.
None of the three bedrooms and one large family in the old man's house seemed to be able to help. Apart from kneeling in the yard, they never did anything that the family members of the deceased should do. Instead, outsiders like her husband-in-law were running around to help.
go.
Today I pray for health and safety and there is no excuse. This is not the time to care.
The old man's funeral cannot be simply arranged, and it does not mean just getting a coffin and burying it.
Qi Kaishan didn't wake up until midnight. When he woke up, he cried like a child and his whole body was shaking.
The old man Qi who was waiting next to him also had his eyes red, "Fourth uncle, the old man left with a smile. This is a sign of mourning. The old man looked at us and has hope for our future. This means he is relieved."
Third Uncle Qi also wiped away his tears and persuaded: "Fourth Uncle, the old man only left after eating pig meat. He is satisfied. We don't expect to be satisfied all our lives."
They are the only four literary generation. When praying, you have to kneel in front of the bed before the old man enters the coffin. Daye has broken his legs and cannot come, so the two brothers can only guard the praying mountain. The juniors further down,
He Qi Kaishan was speechless.
Sons and fathers can still talk to each other, but grandchildren, great-grandchildren and grandfathers dare to talk?
Fortunately, Qi Kaishan is a person with a strong heart. After crying for a while, he stopped, wiped his tears and said with a sigh of relief: "Please help me go see my dad."
The two brothers quickly helped him, one on the left and the other on the right, to see the old man for the last time.
In fact, at their age, it is said that they are more afraid of death than young people, but they are also more open-minded than young people. After all, several of them and the people around them of similar age have already stepped into the coffin with one foot.
Praying that Kang'an would be reliable in his work, he invited Taoist Master Ye from Yunhua Temple in the afternoon of the next day. Taoist Ye also brought two young apprentices with him.
This Taoist priest Ye is not here to choose a cemetery for the old man. It turns out that when Qi Bao'er was away, Qi Kaishan asked Taoist priest Li from Yunhuaguan to choose the ancestral grave of the Qi family for them. The one located at the inner and outer connection point of the back mountain
side peak.
It is said that it is a geomantic treasure land surrounded by mountains and rivers.
For people here, ancestral graves are very important. When fallen leaves return to their roots, they return to their ancestral graves.
Daochang Ye and the other three people came here to lay the old man to rest.
The three days of rituals were so complicated that no one could quite understand the words that Master Ye was mumbling, nor could they understand the steps he was walking on. All the descendants of the old man's family were tired enough to stand up and kneel down.
Get up, kneel down, get up and kneel down again, repeating this ad infinitum.
On the second day of the ceremony, Qi Baoer was led by Old Man Qi to offer incense sticks to the old man, but he only offered incense and did not perform the ceremony of kneeling down.
In the past, even if you were a Fuwa and a little god, the old man was also an elder. If Qi Bao'er didn't kneel down to say goodbye to the old man, he would be poked in the back.
But now, Qi Bao'er is the head of Anle County first, and then Qi Bao'er.
The king of heaven and earth is my teacher, and you are in front of me.
Even if she wanted to kneel down due to convulsions, the Li Zheng family would not dare to let her kneel down.
After sending the old man to his grave to pray for treasures, the child naturally followed him, and she followed very closely. She was the first one behind the old man and his family, wearing simple black clothes with white cloth belts tied around his arms.