All Hail Cousin Brother

The grandmother worships the Buddha, and the coffin is made of high-quality sandalwood.

Sandalwood is relatively rare. The new material has a pungent fragrance and fishy smell. If it is put on hold for a period of time, the smell of sandalwood will gradually become calm and mellow.

The longer the time, the more warm and pure the fragrance.

The texture will also be finer and smoother.

Large families with elderly people at home prepare boards in advance and store them at home. Once the elderly go, they put the boards into coffins and use them immediately.

Yu Youyao knelt down in front of the grandmother's spirit and bowed three times before getting up to light three incense sticks and put them in the stove.

Because the people from the clan hadn't come yet, Yu Zongzheng and Yu Zongshen kept watch at night and went to work on their own affairs during the day. Yao shi stayed in the mourning hall expressionlessly.

Yu Shanyan took his younger siblings and burned paper money around the brazier in front of the mourning hall, crying softly.

Yu Youyao pursed her lips lightly: "Second aunt has been busy all night, so I will go to the nearby yard to rest for a while. There are people from the clan, and I will send someone to let you know."

Yao Shi nodded, got up and left.

Yu Youyao's expression faded, Yao shi felt resentment towards her grandmother, and she even perfunctory about her grandmother's funeral.

Yao Shi's mind, she does not judge.

After all, the bridge will return to the bridge, and the road will return to the road.

The most important thing right now is to do your best to handle grandmother's funeral.

It wasn't until noon that Xia Tao came over to report: "Someone from the clan has come, first send a servant here to report, and it's time to enter the house in a while."

Yu Youyao hurriedly arranged for someone to tell everyone who should be informed, so as not to lose the etiquette.

After another half an hour, a maid came to report: "The elders in the clan are here."

Yu Shanyan and Yu Youyao took their younger siblings and hurried to the door. The men and women stood on the left and right, and hurriedly greeted the elders.

The head of the clan supported the old clan master, Yu Zongzheng supported the fifth uncle, the eldest wife supported the second old lady, Yao Shi supported the fifth old lady, followed by a few males of the "Zong" generation, and a few daughters-in-law.

A group of more than a dozen people entered the mourning hall in a mighty manner, worshipping the spirit one after another, and entering the incense.

The second old lady's eyes were wet on the spot: "While the coffin is not sealed, let me take a look at the old concubine again." Before finishing a sentence, she choked her throat and began to cry: "I won't see you in the future. "

The fifth old lady and the old lady Yu are in the same line, and they are usually close, and while patting their legs, they screamed: "My old concubine, you can leave as soon as you say it, and you won't let us even the last time. See, you stubborn donkey, you grit your teeth and hold on to everything..."

Several elders of the "clan" came to open the coffin.

The two old ladies lay on the coffin and looked at Mrs. Yu in the coffin, unable to hold back their tears.

The daughters-in-law who came to help with the funeral were all close to the Yu residence, and they all went to see the old lady.

There was crying in the mourning hall.

The two uncles showed grief on their faces and called the elders over to discuss the grief.

The old uncle looked at Yu Zongzheng: "Have you discussed Ding You's matter?"

The Great Zhou Dynasty clearly stipulated that if parents were mourned, if they concealed themselves and did not report them, they would be punished once they were found out.

Yu Zongzheng looked ashamed: "I should be filial to my mother Ding You, but the second brother handed Ding You Zhezi to the palace at dawn today."

It was as if the two brothers were fighting for their mother Ding You, but Yu Zongshen took the lead, as if he was filial.

Yu Zongshen lowered his head and said nothing.

The old uncle glanced back and forth between the two brothers, frowned, and then said: "Your mother is a widow, and she has kept festivals for your father for most of her life. It was through suffering and hardship that she raised you two brothers. When you grow up, you two brothers should be more careful about her funeral."

I don't know how the brothers negotiated.

Why did the old man worry about it?

It was not long before the second son took over as the first assistant, and the court and the opposition were also troubled by internal and external troubles, so it was time to settle the cabinet and assist the Sheji.

On the other hand, the boss seems to have power over the government and the opposition, but his foundation is vain. If he can borrow Ding You to settle for three years and have a filial name for his mother Ding You, he will be steady in his official career in the future, and he can go further.

For the second child, Ding You is a hundred harms without any benefit, and for the first one, it is the only good opportunity to go further.

The boss did not make much achievements in the Ministry of Personnel, but instead, the censor of the provincial court made a lot of achievements.

The eldest has spent ten years in the Superintendent's Court, and he has qualifications, so the emperor let him also serve as the thirteen supervising censors, and he has also made great contributions to disaster relief before.

There are left and right censors in the capital court.

Mr. Qi, the censor of the left capital, is very prestigious in the court, but the court of the right is mediocre, and his age is not too young. The boss may not have no chance to go further in the court.

The power of the Supreme Court depends on the emperor.

The eldest eldest had already received a mighty favor from the emperor, and then he played steadily and had a good official voice and great filial piety. When he arrived at the Ducha Yuan, it was like a duck to water.

The second child was in the cabinet, and put the power of the overhead court in the hands of the boss. The two brothers, one inside and one outside, complement each other, and most of the dynasty is in control.

Isn't that better than a thirteen-path supervisor censor?

But Ding You's account has already been published, and it is useless to say more.

The second child wants to be filial to his mother, but he cannot stop him from being filial.

It's just that he was a little disappointed in his heart, and felt that the two brothers were a little too reckless. For such a big matter as Ding You, the two brothers could discuss it first, and then wait until someone from the clan came to negotiate.

It is short-sighted to make the second child worry.

Yu Zongzheng and Yu Zongshen nodded in unison.

The old uncle said: "The coffin will be sealed in the afternoon, and each person should prepare a few items for the funeral. When the items are ready, take them to the second old wife to see if they have violated taboos. How many days will the funeral take?"

Yu Zongzheng quickly asked, "How many days does my uncle think are suitable?"

The old uncle said: "Your mother is a widow, it's not easy to raise you two, her funeral should be done well, but now the government and the opposition are not peaceful, and the north is dry, so it's not appropriate to make extravagances, so let's take three or seven days for the funeral. "

Twenty-one days, neither long nor short, Yu Zongzheng glanced at Yu Zongshen, and seeing that he had no intention of opening his mouth, he had to say, "Just follow Uncle's will."

The group discussed for an hour, and then they agreed on the funeral matters.

It's getting late.

Yu Youyao ordered someone to prepare a meal and invited the elders of the clan to have lunch.

Seeing that her eyes were still swollen, the second old lady took her hand: "Your grandmother is gone. In the future, this family will depend on you, the eldest daughter, for support. You have to think about it."

Even after Concubine Jiang straightened up, this concubine couldn't get past the eldest daughter.

Yu Youyao also sealed the county head, and when he has the title of clan, he will respect it every time.

Yufu and the clan exchanged news.

Everyone in the clan also knows that Mrs. Yu raised Yu Youyao well, with a temperament like Mrs. Yu, who is a family director.