Le Yun was very strange. She and her family had already discussed how to bury her aunt. It was only a few months apart. It was 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 the final decision, so she 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
I will give you a grand burial, so that I can comfort your dead spirit and let your grandparents 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 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, nodded frequently in agreement, and 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 have a funeral, and they sent her up the mountain in a lively manner, which also caused the whole village to die.
and her fate.
The old man in the village said that your aunt should do the water and land dojo before going home to the village. Your grandpa Man also helped ask the masters who do the water and land dojo, and they also said it is okay."
"That's it. I'll go to Grandpa Man later to discuss it. If it's necessary, it should be done as a wedding or a funeral." Le Yun nodded.
Not holding a funeral is due to customs. Setting up a tent for a funeral outside the village is tantamount to telling everyone that the deceased is a short-lived ghost. They say that death is the most important thing. Those who die outside can't even enter the house. This is inherently unfair.
It's already desolate enough. During the funeral, the living eat and drink, while the deceased are miserable and cold. Wouldn't it make the deceased and the living family members even more miserable?
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 the doubts in his heart. According to the custom in Jiudao area, when an old man is over ninety or there are four generations in the family, the funeral after 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.
custom.
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 with straw ropes tied around their waists, which is called wearing red and hanging white.
A filial son and a filial grandson wear red and white clothes, and others will know at a glance that the old man has 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 could not be found. It was possible that she had been reincarnated and had performed rituals for her salvation. What is buried now is just
A set of remains.
Since my aunt's soul has not been found, I will treat my aunt as reincarnated, and this belated funeral will be a farewell party to celebrate my aunt's reincarnation."
After her aunt's soul has been nourished, Le Yun is going to send it to the Different Space and Time Gang to find a suitable place for her aunt to practice the Tao of Immortality with peace of mind and strive to achieve ascension.
You can't tell the truth about that kind of thing, you can only 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 one.
"This is quite appropriate." Both Mr. Yi and Mr. Yan agreed. Although they were not sure whether Aunt Le's family was 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 his sister's soul had not been found. The little cotton-padded jacket said that he would organize a funeral for her aunt, and he suddenly 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 around when he had nothing to do, and there were also old people such as Zhou Village Chief Cheng Wu and Zhang Laosan who often visited Le's house to share gossip about the village. Naturally, they knew everything about it.
Most of the people in Meicun Village are very talkative, and there are only a few people 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 Zhang Ke's ex-wife. The gossipy woman is gone, and the other few in the village can't make 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 either got into an accident or cowered his neck and acted 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 helping the village build teaching facilities for primary and junior high schools.
The building of the library provides a good reading environment for children, and there is no objection 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, they will be there in red and white clothes.
Logically speaking, if they don't want to, no one will say anything wrong to them.
Le Yun bought a set of mourning clothes for each member of her family, 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 on 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 may not have repaid the kindness to their predecessors.
, or are unable to repay the kindness, then let them tie a grass ring in the next life to repay.
The theory of tying grass into a ring in rural areas does not refer to the "huan-huan-huan" spoken by literati, of tying grass into a rope to rescue a benefactor, or holding a jade ring in one's mouth to repay a favor. What rural people say about tying a grass-huan to hold a ring is
"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;
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 strangled. The cows and horses will feel pain.
Be honest.
The ancient farmers had no 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.
It expresses the willingness to replace the elders and work for the 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 backwards, that is, with the backhand, and cannot be rubbed in the opposite direction.
Le Yun found a handful of straw, carried it back to the main room and sat rubbing it. Yi Laoyan had lived so long and was well-informed, so he naturally knew the customs, so they also helped rub the straw.
Each straw rope is tied with a small piece of white linen silk at one end.
Lan San took the helicopter to the village office and 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. Each place has its own customs.
They have 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 tried not to laugh.
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.
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 desserts 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 resting for a long time, but you would be so tired that you would be running around all over the place."
"Isn't it tiring? I've 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, it's pitiful,
There were two murderers in Plum Village who helped others kill her, which was also a shame for Plum Village. Speaking of it, Plum Village also felt sorry for her. Now that she was allowed to return to her roots, she should be treated as a person from Plum Village to make amends to her.
What happened to your aunt also taught the people of Meicun a lesson, letting everyone know that only by having a correct heart can you stand on your own feet. God is watching what you do. If a person's heart is not right and he does evil things, he will be punished sooner or later."
Chief Zhou was the village chief, and both publicly and privately he felt that Leya's coffin should be brought into the village and returned to Leya's family for mourning. This would allow Leya to return to his hometown and also 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 our house to do the dojo tomorrow morning. I'll take my aunt's remains home tomorrow. We'll hold a banquet on the evening of the 2nd and the 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 kindness from grandpa.
In the past, the villagers were all poor. If they had a cold or a headache, they would not go to the hospital for treatment. After all, it costs money to go to the hospital to see a doctor and buy medicine. They all came to Lejia to see 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. They 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's affairs. If you want to hold a funeral, please invite them, and they 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 to be called "Master" is also a recognition of their abilities.
