Parents are busy farming

It was still dark before the sound of several firecrackers woke up all the Lu clan members.

The grown men and women rushed to Lu Lizheng's home.

The sound of firecrackers tells everyone that the meal is ready and they should eat quickly. After the meal, they will be busy.

Everyone came and took their bowls to eat.

These bowls and chopsticks were brought over by the people in the village on their own initiative after dinner last night, and they were marked with the marks of their respective families.

The food on Baoshi are all big pot dishes, stewed so badly that you can't even see the original appearance of the dishes.

But no one cared about this. During this period, people from the mourning band came to eat.

After the meal everyone stood and waited. The funeral band was waiting at the entrance of the village.

Suona remembered that the descendants of Uncle Lu Lizheng's family sent sacrifices to officially start the funeral.

It is a rule not to hold a funeral without offering sacrifices.

The general manager took Lu Lizheng's filial son and grandson to the Tutu Temple at the west end of the village.

After returning from the temple, the entire Lu clan expressed condolences together.

Because Ye Yongwang did not belong to the Lu clan, after their condolences were completed, he mourned alone.

Everyone understood his position, and Lu Lizheng's son and grandson kowtowed to Ye Yongwang to express their gratitude.

Thank him for his contribution to Lu Lizheng's funeral.

Ye Yongwang also knelt down and kowtowed in return. He had also received help from them, and reciprocity was expected.

Then the people of the Lu clan were assigned as grave diggers, and they followed Lu Lizheng's eldest son to the Lu family's ancestral grave.

This acupuncture point was inspected by a master from the Taoist temple two days ago, and the place that best matched Lu Lizheng's horoscope of life and death was selected.

There had long been marked there, which is called a point. (This point is not the other point, don’t misunderstand.) Lu Lizheng’s eldest son took the shovel, placed the first shovel on that point and left.

He still has more things to do, and the rest will be left to the young adults in the clan.

They need to dig a big pit to hold the coffin before noon, and there can be no mistake in the direction.

Ye Yongwang's duty today is to pick up guests. Whenever a guest arrives, Ye Yongwang will first notify the funeral band to play the tuba.

The first guest to come was a member of Lu Lizheng's ancestral family. They came with the sacrifices, but the sacrifices came first. When the inside was ready, the Lu clan came to inform them to enter the village.

The trumpet sounded, and the person responsible for setting off firecrackers set off a firecracker.

Show that you value your visitors.

Ye Yongwang took the burning paper from their hands, took them to the shrine, bowed three times and nine times, and lit a handful of burning paper.

The filial sons knelt down, resting their heads on the backs of their hands on the ground, burying their heads in mourning.

When the guests were ready, Ye Yongwang saluted them with his hands clasped in fists.

They also clasped their fists and bowed in return.

Ye Yongwang stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation to the filial sons.

Visitors bow to filial sons (those who are younger should kneel down and kowtow).

Ye Yongwang will also shout "thank you", and the filial sons will straighten their waists and kowtow to express their gratitude.

On top of the funeral, the most tiring thing is that of filial sons and grandsons, who spend the whole day either kneeling or kowtow.

After the whole funeral is completed, not only will the person lose a lot of weight, but his back and legs will definitely hurt, especially the eldest son.

Having said that, this is also the reason why people insist on having children, but the funeral is extremely desolate.

Like Ye Dazhi and his parents, without Ye Yongwang supporting them from the front, the funeral would have been ugly.

Among the many guests, the most important one is the son-in-law. When the son-in-law comes, a big sacrifice will be held.

After the sons-in-law arrived, they waited at the entrance of the village. The sons-in-law were not allowed to enter the village until the sacrifices entered the house.

At this time, Ye Yongwang led the Lu clan members to carry two tables to the entrance of the village to pick up the sacrifices.

Of course, when receiving the sacrifices, the filial sons need to go along with them and kneel down to receive the sacrifices.

When the table is filled with offerings, the tribe members will carry the table through the village to show it to the people in the village.

This represents the respect that the son-in-law's family has for the deceased. Of course, it is also related to the issue of face and the wealth of the family.

Lu Lizheng's daughters all married well, and the sacrifices they laid out were quite good, with everything flying in the sky and running on the ground.

The flying dragons and dancing phoenixes carved from various vegetables are really beautiful.

The most important thing is to look at the number of sesame seeds in the end and the sesame seeds stuck on them.

There is a saying that goes, "If you eat one sesame for three years, the more sesame you have, the better the life of people in the other world will be!"

Of course, sesame seeds are often included in the offerings that people make when visiting graves.

As soon as the sacrifices are served, the funeral fun continues, and firecrackers are set off continuously.

It doesn't stop until the sacrifice has entered the house.

People in the village would gather around to watch the offerings and praise Lu Lizheng's daughters for their filial piety.

He said that Lu Li would live a good life down there and advised his family to be at ease.

After the sacrifices entered the house, Ye Yongwang took the funeral band to take his son-in-law into the village again, and there was another sound of suona all the way.

In front of the door, the suona is changed to a large size.

The sons-in-law came into the house with their waists bent and their heads lowered, crying. After crying for a while in front of the spirit, they could solemnly pay homage.

The length of this crying time depends on their own wishes.

Of course, when several sons-in-law are together, their tacit understanding will also be tested.

If one person stops crying and starts praying, and the other person is still crying, it is also a joke and will be laughed at by the people in the village.

In addition to the sacrifices, they also need to prepare paper bundles.

Wreaths, sedan chairs, building signs, golden boys and girls, etc.

As for horses, carriages, etc., the children usually pay for them together.

After the worship, Ye Yongwang took them to the guest table, where there were people dedicated to accompanying the guests.

When there were no guests, Ye Yongwang came to the account table and handed out paper gifts and money. He didn't put more money on it. He paid as much as the villagers put on them.

However, in private, he gave the eldest son ten taels of silver in the name of Lu Lizheng's children.

And said: "This is Zifen's intention. The timing is not coincidental. She is traveling far away. Don't blame her. This is the same as paying the account, but... I won't pay the account."

Several people did not lose sense because Ye Yongwang took out so much money, and they all nodded.

All guests must arrive before noon, because the paper bundles will be burned at noon.

Lu Dashan was happy about Lu Lizheng's death, and he was even happier when he heard that Patriarch Lu was also not well.

But his happiness didn't last long. Lu Li was shocked when she went out to watch the sacrifices brought by Lu Lizheng's son-in-law.

After I came back, I learned it vividly from Lu Dashan.

Lu Dashan's face turned colder every time he heard it.

When I think about my future, compared to Lu Lizheng, I suddenly feel sad.

Judging from the situation of the Lianhua family, they will definitely not be able to give him glory after death.

Ye Yongwang has already organized the funeral of the Ye family. It would be nice to be able to pay more for paper gifts after his death, but it is impossible for him to wear mourning as his son.

The only child he could count on was Lu Zili.

Thinking of this, Lu Dashan became even more determined to build a house as soon as possible.

Originally, he had his eye on the house that Ye Zifen built, but since they let the second family live in it, no one would be able to give the house to the Lu family in the future.

The Lu family could only build their own house.

Zili's current salary is more than enough for Ziyi to study, and their savings will be used to build a house.

However, he still wanted to go to Ye Yongwang's place to try. If he could give them some money, the house could be built better.

It's a pity that he still doesn't know the decision of Patriarch Lu. It's sad...