Closer to home, someone accompanied Hao Yunfei every day for the past three days. Zhang Qionian simply sent the empty hall bill from his house to a temple. After all, there were many wandering ghosts in that hall bill, and it always felt like a cool breeze was blowing on his back when he put it on his body.
And nothing happened in the past three days. Things like making cats and dogs get angry and causing corpses or deceiving corpses are all written in novels. According to the current situation, these things are impossible to happen.
People are frozen in large freezers. After being frozen for a few days, they are thrown into the furnace for refining without waiting for them to thaw. Even if they want to fake their bodies, there is no chance.
However, Zhang Qiaonian met an old man in the past two days. The old man was a yin-yang man named You Ziming. Although his name seemed formal, his personality was very similar to that old guy Zhang Cheng.
When we first met, we pretended to be a couple, but after saying less than three sentences, our true colors were revealed. He is a complete old pervert, and his talk is even more erotic than Zhang Cheng's.
However, this You Ziming also has real abilities. Although he does not have any help from Baojiaxian, he is like an encyclopedia of Yin and Yang magic. After the two left each other's phone numbers, they went about their own business.
Leaving each other's phone numbers is also a rule passed down from ancient times for those who eat food from the underworld. After all, no one is a god descending to the earth, there will always be things that cannot be solved, and they can still take care of each other in the future.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and it was the day of the old lady's funeral.
Since the old lady came three days ago, the cremation time must have been decided three days ago, so there was no need to queue up. Three days later, the old lady was cremated in the morning.
Before cremation, the corpse must be consecrated. To put it bluntly, the soul and body are completely separated.
Zhang Qionian kept touching the old lady's body with his hands, and kept shouting: "Open your eyes to see the world, open your ears to listen to all directions, open your nose to smell the incense, open your mouth to eat well, be happy." Shine brightly, grab money and food with open hands, and go to heaven with open feet."
After the body has been consecrated, it is time to take it away and be cremated.
Before cremation, place the clay pot in which paper money was burned for the deceased in the middle of the road on the only way to the cemetery. It's also called Mangpenzi here. It is said that one can tell what the deceased will be reincarnated into in the next life through the funeral pot.
For example, when the author's grandma passed away, a footprint that looked like a tiger appeared under the funeral pot. At that time, Mr. Yin Yang said that my grandma would be reborn as a tiger in the next life.
Hao Yunfei must have given money to the cremator. Normally, the body would be cremated in less than an hour, but the old lady practiced for a full hour and a half before the funeral home staff came to notify the family members to pick up the ashes.
There is also a saying for collecting ashes. You cannot put them all into the urn. In fact, what is left after the cremator is burned are bone fragments, which are not like flour in the TV series.
And there is a jingle for collecting ashes.
Human beings have bones and flesh connected together. Laojun walked around in the furnace and threw the body away to the west. He became an immortal above the west and left the bones in a box to ensure that future generations will be high officials forever, with heads, feet, arms and legs. Young man, the heart is the heart, the lungs are the lungs, the internal organs are correct, and I wish future generations good luck.
This work of picking up the ashes requires the hands of the flesh and blood relatives, that is, picking the ashes into the urn bit by bit from the feet to the head according to the general shape of the ashes.
Then pour all the ashes except the skull into the urn.
Finally, put the skull in and that's it.
Then there is the burial. In the past, when there was no cemetery, people would ask Mr. Yin Yang to choose a Feng Shui treasure place, because a good Yin Yang house can be prosperous for three generations. But now there are cemeteries, and you are no longer allowed to choose a graveyard privately, so you can just choose a suitable place to bury according to the birth date of the deceased.
Of course, if you want to choose your own cemetery, you will need to pay extra.
There is also a process for sending ashes to the cemetery. The filial sons and grandsons are required to wear sackcloth and mourn. Some hold the portrait and some carry the funeral. When they get to the funeral pot, the eldest son has to hold the funeral pot on his head and then throw it down heavily on the ground. The more broken it is, the better.
But for some reason, Zhang Qionian had a bad premonition when Hao Yunfei raised the funeral pot.
However, when Hao Yunfei dropped the mourning basin, for some reason he saw that the mourning basin was smashed against a stone, but the mourning basin did not break.
When Zhang Qionian saw this, he secretly felt bad. If the funeral pot is not broken, it means that the deceased is unwilling to leave. There are still worries in my heart, or I may say that I have unfulfilled wishes in the Yang world.
Zhang Qionian hurriedly signaled Hao Yunfei to throw him again.
This time Hao Yunfei seemed to have used all his strength, and the mourning basin broke into two pieces with a "pop" sound.
Although Zhang Qionian had an ominous premonition, the funeral process still had to go ahead.
Zhang Qionian shouted loudly, "Send the deceased back to his new home~"
A group of people continued to walk towards the cemetery.
Fortunately, nothing happened along the way. After burying the ashes, it was time to go back and eat.
After all, with so many old relatives and friends coming to help, a thank you banquet still had to be held.
The hotel side should also be prepared in advance. A basin of water should be placed in front of the hotel door. People who go to the funeral home to help should wash their hands when they come back. It is also important to place a few plates of biscuits next to the basin.
It is said that this biscuit represents the unfinished blessings of the deceased. People who go to the funeral home to help wash their hands will take a biscuit and eat it. This is called "sharing the blessings."
After dinner, irrelevant people can go home, but the relatives of the deceased have to stay because there are other procedures in the afternoon.
Here we call it "send money", and in some places it's called burning big paper.
Zhang Qiaonian returned to the funeral home at around two o'clock in the afternoon with his relatives who had paid the bills.
Based on the old lady's birth date, Zhang Qionian calculated that the auspicious time to send the money was 3:15 in the afternoon.
Zhang Qionian first directed Hao Yunfei's relatives to arrange the paper goods to be burned, and then consecrated the paper ox or paper man.
"Open your eyes, look to the west, and you will do the work for the deceased. Open your nose, and smell the fragrance of grass, and feed you fat with fine grass and fine food. Open your ears, and listen to all directions, and you will take the deceased to the west. Open your mouth, and eat the fragrance of grass. , you drink clear soup for the deceased. Happy light, really bright, you know the master's kind heart. Open the tail light, clear the intestines, you take the deceased to heaven. Open the feet, walk busy, the deceased rides to heaven." These are the words to consecrate the paper cow.
It would not work if the deceased was a man, because when a man dies, he burns paper horses.
Because women have to take care of housework, wash and wash, and have menstruation every month. The ancients believed that sewage will offend the gods. The underworld will keep the sewage used by women during their lifetime. If they do not drink up the sewage, they will not be allowed to reincarnate. Yes, so after a woman dies, she will burn a paper cow to help her drink dirty water.
Zhang Qionian took a new pair of scissors and shortened the legs of the paper cow, while chanting, "Today we open the cow's legs and stand in front of the Yellow Cow Hall. Come to the West to pick us up. The dead go to the West, where they will live in peace, and come back to protect their homeland."
Then it is to consecrate the paper man, "Open your eyes, look to the west, and be overjoyed when you see the Buddha. Open your nose, smell the fragrance, and escape from the six realms to realize the truth. Open your mouth, eat the fragrance, chant Amitabha and run to the west. Open your ears, listen to ten On the side, Amitayus of the Five Wisdoms collects the virtuous. The light of happiness, the lotus blooms, the light shines when seeing the Buddha and hearing the Dharma. The light of enlightenment, setting aspirations, letting go of all the fate and returning to the Buddha's homeland. The light of hands opens, twisting the incense of Buddha, leaving suffering and attaining happiness, great auspiciousness . With your legs bare, your three souls and seven souls can go to another country. With your feet bare, you can step on lotus flowers and ascend to the west."
Zhang Qionian had never been exposed to these consecration words before, but he didn't know why. When he needed to consecrate the paper man, all these words appeared in his mind, and he blurted it out without thinking at all.
Hu Tianhei told him that these things were taught to him in his dreams by the old Xian'er who used to talk to him every night while he was sleeping at night. Although he has no impression, as long as there is a need, this knowledge will appear in his consciousness.
After lighting these things, it was almost 3:15. Zhang Qionian told Hao Yunfei, "The sound must be loud when pointing out the way."
Hao Yunfei nodded.
When the time came, Zhang Qionian lit the paper cows and paper figures on fire.
"A filial son shows the way and sends the old man westward~"
Over there, Hao Yunfei stood on a stone pier, holding a big wooden stick in his hand, and shouted loudly, "Mom, we're on the road! Take the center of Southwest Avenue" and read it three times in a row.
Zhang Qiongian suddenly saw two expressionless children leading the ox, slowly walking toward the southwest, while the old lady was sitting on the ox, looking back from time to time.
Zhang Qionian also told his family members in advance that they should not cry at this time, and even if they cried, they should not cry loudly, and they had to keep their heads down. Because this is the last time the deceased spent in the world before embarking on the road to hell, the cries of relatives will make the deceased unwilling to leave.
It wasn't until the old lady and scalpers disappeared completely that Zhang Qionian said, "Burn the paper house."
Looking at the flames soaring into the sky in front of the grave, Zhang Qionian felt a little emotional. That's how a person's voice is, no matter whether it is glorious or miserable in life, it will be like a fire or a handful of earth after death.
No one has exceptions. The only difference may be whether you will suffer or enjoy happiness in the underworld.
This is exactly what the saying goes, “You can’t take away all your wealth, only your karma.”
After burning these paper goods, the old lady's funeral is completely over. The remaining first seven and thirty-seven can be burned normally.
Because the first seven and three seven are when the deceased goes to the underworld and passes through the checkpoints, it is inevitable to sort them up and down, so you should burn more paper at this time.
When Zhang Qionian was about to leave, he was stopped by You Ziming.
"Little brother, I saw your victim drop the funeral pot twice this morning."
Zhang Qionian nodded and said, "Yes, I have been thinking about this in my mind, and it always feels a bit unlucky."
You Ziming said, "Throwing the mourning pot means that this person will no longer be able to eat in the world. This is because the old man still has concerns and doesn't want to leave. Do you know what other concerns the old man has?"
Zhang Qionian said, "As far as I know, the deceased was very close to her grandson. She probably still misses her grandson."
You Ziming thought for a while and said, "Ask the victim to make a pillow out of his filial piety cloth and fill it with buckwheat husks. It must be done before the first seven months. Let the child sleep on this pillow in the next six months, otherwise the old man will Once you come back to see your children, they will inevitably be frightened."
Zhang Qionian nodded, "Okay, I understand. Thanks for the advice."
You Zi clearly waved his hands and said, "What's the point of thanking you? Just help me when I need something from you in the future. There are not many serious people eating food in the underworld nowadays. I can see that you are a serious disciple with many friends." It’s a road.”
The two chatted for a while and then separated.
Because the funeral of You Ziming's victim won't be held until tomorrow, he has to stay at the funeral parlor.
After Zhang Qionian returned to the store, he told Hao Yunfei that the old lady was thinking about her grandson, and also told him how to make pillows.
Hao Yunfei came to the teahouse at around seven o'clock in the evening and specially thanked Zhang Qionian for his busy work these days. To put it bluntly, he was just here to send money.
