The mourning hall was quickly set up. Yang's parents and Yang's mother were busy, while Yang Dongxu and Yang Wenchen knelt in front of the mourning body and kept throwing burning paper into the brazier in front of them. Two people have been staying here all night.
When daybreak comes, people from the same village first come to mourn. The way of mourning is basically divided into families, surnames, or villages. They buy cannons and yellow paper and come to mourn.
Those who come to mourn will first set off cannons when they approach the deceased's house, and then someone from the host's house will come up to them and kneel down to salute. The people who come will help the kneeling person up, and the helpers next to them will go up to catch the other cannons. and yellow paper.
Mr. Xuan is Yang Dongxu's master and is the same generation as Yang's father and Yang's mother, so Yang's father and Yang's mother can help here, but they cannot be the person who greets and kowtows.
Yang Dongxu was kneeling in front of the soul, so it was Yang Dongjie who went to greet the guests. The newlyweds who were originally planning to spend the Spring Festival in Kunming, after hearing that Mr. Xuan passed away, directly booked the nearest flight overnight and flew back.
Although there are no explicit rules about welcoming guests, usually the men in the family go to welcome guests, and the women follow behind. Of course, if there are no men in the family, women can come forward.
Visitors first go to the deceased's coffin to salute, and someone next to them will shout: "When guests come before the coffin, light some paper in front of the soul!"
Then the guest salutes, and after the salute, the people next to him will continue to shout: "filial son, virtuous grandson, kowtow to thank you."
After the ceremony, the visitor will send a representative to the nearby accounting place to make the account. The money has been exchanged before coming, usually 50 yuan per household. After excluding the money for buying cannons and yellow paper, the remaining money will be recorded in On account.
This account must be repaid in the same way as a gift at a wedding. In the future, if an elderly person dies in other families, they will be repaid according to this specification.
"Sister-in-law, you and Dong Yao go to the back and do your work. I can come from the front." Yang Dongjie said after welcoming another group of people.
"Wait a minute, Wu Xue and the others are coming soon. I'll greet them first." Zhou Ya said.
Like Zhou Ya, Wu Xue grew up under the watch of Mr. Xuan. From the earliest days, she followed Yang Dongxu to the temple to eat and drink.
Although Mr. Xuan didn't teach her anything, he sincerely liked this cute girl. Even after Wu Xue left Yanjing due to her parents' job transfer, she didn't contact the old man for a long time.
The old man still thought about this girl and prepared a generous dowry for Wu Wuxue. It's a pity that Wu Xue never got married, and the dowry was never given out.
Sometimes Mr. Xuan gets angry when he sees another woman around Yang Dongxu. Part of it is to avenge Zhou Ya, and part of it is because Wu Xue is still unmarried.
When Yang Dongxu informed Wu Xue of the death of Mr. Wu Xue, Wu Xue was not in Magic City but in Yanjing. There happened to be no direct flight from Yanjing to Zhucheng, so Wu Xue first flew to Magic City at night, and then left from Magic City Then transfer to Zhucheng over there.
The time it takes to transfer back and forth like this is a step slower than Yang Dongjie's direct flight from Kunming to Zhucheng.
So after Yang Dongjie came back, he welcomed several waves of guests before seeing Wu Xue. Wu Xue didn't come alone. Her parents came together.
Wu Xue's parents also knew the old man, and were very grateful to the old man for taking care of his daughter when they were busy at work.
So after hearing that the old man had passed away, he and Wu Xue hurried over. Wu Xue's face was very haggard and her eyes were a little red and swollen.
After seeing Zhou Ya, the tears that had been held back fell from her face again like broken beads.
"Sister" Wu Xue lay on Zhou Ya's shoulder and couldn't help sobbing.
"Let's go see the old man first." Zhou Ya patted Wu Xue on the shoulder to comfort him.
When an old man dies, if there are relatives who are out of town, the coffin will not be sealed when the old man is packed up and put on his shroud, so that the relatives who come back later can take a last look at the deceased man.
"Brother!" Wu Xue, whose eyes were blurry with tears, shouted when she came to the coffin.
Yang Dongxu, who was kneeling in front of the soul, had a slight fluctuation in his dull eyes. He looked up and saw Wu Xue opening her mouth as if she wanted to say something. In the end, she said without saying anything, "Let's take a look at the old man first."
"Sister-in-law!" Wen Chen, who was kneeling next to him, greeted Wu Xue.
Yang Dongxu has always regarded Wu Xue as his sister, and since she is about the same age as Dandan, Wen Chen usually calls her sister-in-law.
Wu Xue walked towards the coffin and Zhou Ya accompanied her to support her. In fact, Zhou Ya was also very sad at this time. But as a sister-in-law, she has to become stronger at this time so that she can comfort her sister.
Wu Xue's parents did not follow. After bowing in front of the coffin, they stood aside and looked at their daughter with worried faces, and then looked at the coffin with sad faces.
Although I haven't met him face to face, I don't have much feelings for Mr. Xuan other than gratitude. But people you know just disappear, which always makes people feel inexplicably depressed.
Looking at Wu Xue who was crying uncontrollably, Yang Dongxu said, "Take her to the back to rest first."
Wu Xue wanted to see the old man one more time, but waves of guests came to pay their respects before the funeral. She couldn't keep crying beside the coffin, so she could only leave first with Zhou Ya's support. Seeing their daughter coming out, Wu Xue's parents rushed to greet her.
Someone came to burn the plain paper, so the Yang family arranged a running table. After the guests finished the ceremony, they would be seated and then the banquet would begin. After one wave of people finished eating, they were replaced by the next wave.
Usually, the deceased is buried in the afternoon when the flowing water mat is held on the same day, but some families want to hold a large flowing water mat and hold the flowing water mat for three days.
The Yang family didn't want to make a big deal, but there were indeed more guests, and the burning of vegetarian paper would only be in the morning. There was no rule about burning plain paper at night in Yangjia Village, so people came more intensively, so even if they didn't want to make a big deal, The scale of this flowing water table is really not small.
It was almost noon and Du Fei and others rushed back. Fortunately, it was a chartered flight and Yang Dongxu had the ability to coordinate the route for a direct flight. Otherwise, it would be impossible to fly back from the Middle East in such a short time.
Especially with the current status of Du Fei and others, if it were someone else to coordinate, let alone a direct flight, whether they could enter the customs would be a problem. Even if they entered the customs from the air and landed on the ground, they would be detained by the local police. After all, these days All of them are real dangerous elements.
"Let's take a look at the old man first." Yang Dongxu said to Du Fei and others who rushed back.
Du Fei and Jie Chengwu glanced at the old man first, and then knelt down beside him in mourning clothes.
"Does the old man have a granddaughter?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.
He was with the old man when he died, so he clearly remembered what the old man said before he died. He clearly remembered that when the old man was dying, he seemed to see Wu Xue as a child and mentioned his granddaughter.
"This." Jie Chengwu paused for a moment, while Du Fei looked confused, obviously not knowing about this.
"Really?" Yang Dongxu asked immediately.
"I just heard that I don't know the details. After you send the old man to his grave, you can ask Brother Du Suo. He knows more." Jie Chengwu said.
(End of chapter)
