Where is the mourning hall located?
Nowadays, due to limited space, urban families can only hold funerals in funeral parlors after the death of an elderly person, and rarely hold funerals at home.
Mingzhai is very big, so there is no need to worry about the venue. If we just do it at home, it may affect the surrounding neighbors. If someone complains, it will be difficult to handle.
This matter can only be decided by the Ming family.
"No need to think about it. The funeral hall is at home. I don't want my wife to lie in a strange funeral parlor. If she wants to come to me, she won't be able to find her."
Speaking of this, Ming Liang burst into tears.
Octavia took a look at his condition and said:
"Xiao An, just do what grandpa said. Leave the neighbor's affairs to me. Later, I will visit the neighbors one by one and ask for their understanding in advance. I believe everyone can understand this kind of human thing."
Things in the mourning hall will be settled, and things will be easy to deal with later on. Just do everything according to Master Yang and Yin's instructions.
White events are different from happy events. There are many things to pay attention to and many rules. Not everyone can run the errands well. People who are smart and have some knowledge are the best.
At ten o'clock in the morning, under the auspices of Onmyoji, Feng Xiaoyu's body was placed in an ice coffin.
The funeral takes five days, and the body cannot survive without an ice coffin.
Xu Zhian is specially responsible for entertaining onmyoji and drummers. This is a very important job. If these people are not taken care of well, big trouble will happen.
To put it simply, whether the funeral goes smoothly or not is entirely in the hands of these people.
In order to do these tasks well, he found the two brothers with whom he had forgiven before and added a small nest to listen to his instructions and run errands for him.
Xu Cheng's sisters and juniors, whoever could help, came to help at his greeting without saying a word.
Even Xu Zhaocai and Zhang Ruihua came in handy.
According to the custom of Micheng, an old man with both children is required to pay filial piety to the descendants of the deceased.
There are no such old people in the Ming family, and they don't know how to do this job. Xu Cheng's parents meet this requirement best.
It just so happened that Zhang Ruihua knew how to break her filial piety, so she took over the job without hesitation.
It was not until this time that everyone realized the benefits of having more children at home.
It's really not possible to live such a big event with just a few people.
The mourning hall was built to the highest standards and was very cumbersome. The three onmyojis worked non-stop making paper goods. It was not until six onmyojis from Micheng arrived in the afternoon that the basic paper goods were built.
After that, once there are more people, things can be done faster.
At noon, Xu Zhiyi accompanied Mingrui to visit the neighbors one by one, bringing gifts. While asking for their understanding, he invited them to dine at Mingzhai at any time within five days.
Feng Xiaoyu's funeral does not require any guest gifts, and a banquet will be held at Mingzhai within five days.
Xu Cheng arranged for Su Jianguo and Xu Wei to take charge of the banquet.
The two of them have contacted the most professional banquet team with the best reputation for entry work.
When some of the older generation neighbors heard about this, they agreed that the funeral of an old man over eighty years old who died was a happy event.
Weddings and funerals are rare. If you have the opportunity to participate, you will accumulate blessings.
Of course, it doesn't matter if you are not particular about it.
According to Feng Xiaoyu's last wish, Ming Huaiyuan and Zhou Feng set off from Acropolis at noon and went to Micheng to visit Feng Xiaoyu's old uncle who was still alive.
Considering that the child was too young and Xu Zhiyi was only a hundred days old after giving birth, she was weak and not suitable for keeping a vigil. The Mingxu family allowed her to take the two children. The two-month-old sister-in-law returned to her parents' home and asked Li Zijuan to help them. look after baby.
After the hectic first day, by the second day, Xu Cheng had arranged everything properly and orderly.
Afterwards, under the auspices of Micheng Onmyoji, the funeral was carried out step by step.
In the afternoon of the next day, Micheng's old uncle was invited to the Acropolis.
As soon as the old uncle comes, the birth ceremony can be held according to custom.
It is said that this ceremony is the last contact between the dead and the living.
The so-called "drench birth" means that each living descendant buys a sheep and pours water on the sheep. If the deceased has no complaints or has nothing to do with it, the sheep will shake its whole body and shake off all the water.
However, if the sheep stands still after being poured with water and does not shake off the water drops, it means that the deceased had a grudge or was dissatisfied with it.
In this case, someone else will stand by and say the promise, and the showering ceremony will not end until something is accomplished and the sheep shakes off the water.
Sheep are temporary incarnations of the dead.
This kind of bathing custom does not exist in Acropolis, but it is a traditional funeral custom in Mi City.
Xu Zhi'an contacted the person selling live sheep early, and on the afternoon of the third day, he brought the sheep into the Ming family compound in batches according to the population of the Ming family.
Neighbors and guests from the Acropolis had never seen such customs and rituals. At five o'clock in the afternoon, they all gathered at Mingzhai to watch the ceremony.
Don't tell me, it's quite magical.
When Ming Shiyuan's family of three and Mingrui's family of four were giving birth, as soon as a little water was poured on the sheep, they started shaking happily without any hesitation.
Yin and Yang said that the sheep at this time represent the deceased. Obviously, the deceased did not have any dissatisfaction with them and accepted their wishes happily.
After hearing this, Ming Shiyuan couldn't help crying and kept crying "Mom, Mom, Mom."
There was none of the female mayor's usual reserve.
The problem is stuck with Ming Huaiyuan and Zhou Lan.
Strangely enough, two large pots of water were poured on their two sheep. The two sheep were shivering from the cold and would not shake off the water.
Everyone was puzzled and started whispering among themselves.
Ming Huaiyuan and Zhou Lan, wearing filial piety, knelt there, at a loss.
Things are kind of frozen.
Then, water was poured on the sheep, but the sheep still did not move.
At this time, Ming Liang came out of the mourning hall, hugging the sheep, crying, "Honey, I know what you are thinking. Before you died, did you tell them anything? They didn't agree, so now You're thinking about this, aren't you?"
As he said that, he looked at the couple and said, "You two think carefully about what your mother said to you the night before she died. You two didn't respond. Think quickly, something must have happened."
Ming Huaiyuan thought about it again and again, then shook his head firmly, "Dad, my mother really didn't say anything to me, I swear."
Ming Liang looked at Zhou Lan and said, "That's you, daughter-in-law. Your mother was not kind to you when she was alive. You can't lie at this time. Whatever she tells you, you have to accept it at this time, otherwise she will leave." Do not feel at ease."
Octavia was a little confused.
He doesn't believe in this. It's just custom, so he just follows everyone else's behavior.
Seeing Zhou Lan being held up and struggling to get off, he wanted to smooth things over for her.
Just when he was about to speak, Zhou Lan suddenly burst into tears, "Mom, Mom, I know what you can't let go of. I agreed to everything you told me that night. I agreed to it. I figured it out. I figured it out." Don’t worry. I will do what you say, so just go ahead.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the two sheep suddenly shook their bodies, and water splashed all over them.
Suddenly, everyone cheered and sighed at the magic of this thing.
Octavia was stunned.
