After finishing reading, Uncle Ma waved his hand and asked Sun Liansheng to step forward and use the shovel.
There is a rule when moving a grave. The eldest son must dig the first shovel of soil at the grave before others can start digging and destroying the grave.
This time nothing unexpected happened. After Sun Liansheng moved the shovel, everyone stepped forward and dug the grave easily.
But the grave was very deep. It was dug almost half a person's height before the thick cement slab underneath was revealed.
It seems that Mrs. Sun is really cruel. Not only did she seal the soul with iron nails, but she also used a cement board to press down the coffin, turning Yao into a zombie and unable to get out.
This time it took a lot of effort for everyone to finally open the tomb and reveal the coffin underneath.
At this time, Uncle Ma asked someone to open the prepared cloths to block the sun.
This cloth is divided into red cloth, white cloth and yellow cloth, a total of three colors.
When the helpers opened the coffin, there was a skeleton with white bones inside. The clothes on the body were well preserved, and there were some gold and silver jewelry buried with him. It looked like a good standard.
It's a pity that these are all deceptive. It can be seen that Old Mrs. Sun is really not a good person.
Next, Uncle Ma asked Sun Wei to put on red gloves and go down to pick up the bones.
There are rules for collecting bones. Generally speaking, male bones must be picked up by sons, and female bones must be picked up by daughters or wives.
Sun Wei is the granddaughter, so it's just right for her to pick up the bones.
Sun Wei originally didn't want to go, but she was the only one present who was the most suitable.
There was no other way. Accompanied by several young men, Sun Wei gingerly got off the coffin and picked up the bones while Uncle Ma continued to chant auspicious words beside her.
"My neighbors are praising me because I have a distinguished family. I invited the sages to live in my new home. I have a head and a toe, a golden body, a heart and lungs, and I have the right bones."
I have to say, the last two sentences are a bit scary.
Sun Wei's calves were trembling. She squatted there crying and picking up bones. She didn't know whether she was sad or scared.
There are rules for picking up bones. Generally speaking, the first thing to pick up is the hand bones of the deceased.
It has two meanings.
One is to ask the deceased to stand up, just like shaking hands when people meet, to show courtesy and respect.
Second, in order to avoid losing bones, a certain order must be followed, picking up the palms and arms first, then from the feet up, to the calves and thighs, to the upper body, and finally to the skull.
Under Uncle Ma's guidance, Sun Wei picked up the bones one by one, and Uncle Ma took them over and put them in the coffin.
Because it was a tomb relocation and only the bones needed to be contained, a small coffin was purchased.
The pendulum bones are also particular. They must be placed according to the normal physiological structure of the human body. The left hand must be placed on the left and the right hand must be placed on the right. The front, back, left, and right cannot be placed randomly.
Soon after the bone collection was completed, Sun Wei climbed up. Uncle Ma took a radish and placed it in the grave pit, and placed nine copper coins. This means that one radish tops the pit.
Sun Liansheng filled the first shovelful of soil back into the grave pit. Uncle Ma asked me to grab a handful of sorghum and sprinkle it in. The process was basically completed.
After the tomb is filled, the old coffins and shrouds are burned in situ. These items cannot be left behind and cannot be taken to the new grave. They must be burned.
Finally, everyone lifted the coffin and raised the coffin. The Sun family held up the coffin flags, threw money for the trip along the way, and rushed to the new grave.
To bury a new grave, it is necessary to paint the city and break the ground.
After arriving at the place, Uncle Ma first began to draw the city according to the direction of the new tomb.
"The gate of heaven opens in one painting."
"The second floor is closed."
"The three-painted ghost road is blocked."
"Four paintings of human nature and benefit."
After painting the city, he began to read Potuwen.
"The sky is round, the law is nine chapters, today the earth is broken, great auspiciousness is achieved, the golden hoe is lifted, the hills are filled with auspiciousness, the ghosts and evil spirits are far away, they are gone to other places, the golden hoe is lifted again, peaceful and peaceful, eternal wealth and prosperity forever."
Generally speaking, after doing this, Mr. Yin and Yang will drive the dragon to drink from the mountain, which is also called Hulong.
This word is a bit long, and it is different in many places, so I won’t go into details. In short, after Uncle Ma called the dragon, he shouted loudly.
"We sincerely welcome the ancestors of the Yao family in our grand family to ascend the dragon throne. The Dragon God is flourishing and shades the ancestral graves. The ancestors of the Yao family shade their descendants. Ding is rich and prosperous. The civil and military talents are respected from generation to generation. The ancestors of the Yao family sit in the dragon hall, and the dragon god fills their shade. Tens of thousands of years have passed, Ding's fortune has been prosperous, his house has been prosperous, and his civil and military talents have been prosperous from generation to generation. I am as urgent as the law and order from the Supreme Lord!"
After this tedious procedure, the formal burial began.
In fact, Sun Wei once mentioned whether the Yao family's tomb should be moved to the city and into the Sun family's ancestral tomb.
Because although Mrs. Yao is said to be a concubine, she is actually Sun Liansheng's mother, the ancestor of this family, so she cannot be left outside.
But we thought about it again and felt that this was still inappropriate.
First of all, if this is done, there will be too many implications. I don’t know what role the late old man of the Sun family played in this matter. If the Yao family moved the grave to the city and met the old man, there would be no fight. ?
Secondly, after all, Yao died unexpectedly, and according to the rules, he could not enter the ancestral grave, otherwise there would be disaster.
The burial process was quick, and Uncle Ma finally said a few auspicious words.
"With your back against the mountain and your feet on the river, the generations of children are extraordinary. The earth is pressing on the head of the coffin, and there are princes in the descendants of Fuyin. The blue dragon is probing its claws, and the red bird is looking back. The wind is calm, the auspicious time is good, and the earth is peaceful!"
At this point, all the tomb relocation procedures are completely completed.
We burned a lot of ingots, paper money, clothing items, buildings, cars and home appliances in front of the grave.
This matter was settled, and then according to Yao's words, he gave the Huangxian a watch and sent money to the temple. This is not mentioned anymore.
After doing all this, we returned to the city, and the first thing we did was to see the old lady.
For the past two days, the old lady and her daughter-in-law have been at home, anxiously waiting for news from us.
Sun Liansheng felt very embarrassed. After all, he had called his mother all his life, but now he suddenly knew the truth. It turned out that it was Old Mrs. Sun who killed his own mother.
No one else would be able to overcome this hurdle in their heart.
Should he continue to regard Mrs. Sun as his mother, or should he regard her as a murderer?
In the end, Sun Liansheng decided: since he is not going back, let us explain the whole story to the old lady clearly.
Let God decide what happens next.
When we went to see the old lady, Sun Wei took us there.
Sun Liansheng couldn't speak, and Sun Wei couldn't say either. The matter finally came out of Uncle Ma's mouth.
After hearing this, Mrs. Sun was surprisingly calm, but she couldn't help but speed up the twirling of the beads in her hand.
She neither denied nor admitted what happened back then. She closed her eyes and kept chanting the Buddha's name, and kept saying the word "injustice".
We told her all the ins and outs and then left.
Decades have passed since the incident, and we cannot seek justice for anyone. This is not what we should do.
We just collect money from people and do things for them.
But I believe that good and evil will be rewarded.
That night, the old lady sat in the Buddhist hall all night, no matter how much her daughter-in-law tried to persuade her, she did not move.
In the morning, the old lady got up, changed her clothes, combed her hair and washed her face alone.
When the daughter-in-law got up and came to the Buddhist hall, she didn't see the old lady, so she looked around for her.
As a result, something happened.
When the old lady was washing her face, she buried her face in the washbasin, whether intentionally or not, and she drowned.
When her daughter-in-law found her, her body was already rigor mortis.
