Chapter 523 A Head

"It would be a waste of time to prepare clothes now." Du Lai patiently advised her, "Miaoxue, what you can do is actually very simple. Just try to remember everything you see, and then repeat it to me. That’s it for us.”

"No! I don't want to go in alone!" Fu Miaoxue insisted, "How much time are you wasting preparing clothes? Can't you just go and steal a few black clothes nearby? Anyway, everyone in the village came to attend the funeral, so there must be no one at home! "

It actually makes quite a bit of sense...

Bai Youwei thought for a while, took off her camel shawl, and said, "I'll go with her. You go and have a look around. It would be best if you can change your clothes and go in to express condolences together."

"That's it." Shen Mo took her shawl and turned to leave with Du Lai.

Without her shawl, Bai Youwei immediately felt the coolness of autumn. But looking at the two men walking away with their arms and legs exposed, she felt that her physical fitness still needed to be improved.

Fu Miaoxue bit the bullet and went in with Bai Youwei.

The crying inside was even louder.

Li Zheng's home is not as elegant as the old scholar's house. It is just a simple courtyard. When you enter the door, there is a square courtyard, and then there are three large blue brick houses in front, on the left and on the right. The son and his wife lived on both sides, and Li Zheng and Li Zheng's wife lived in the main house.

The coffin is placed in the main room directly in front.

There were people crying, singing, burning paper, and burning incense. It was very lively.

The woman named Ma looked about fifty or sixty years old. She was wearing a mourning cloth and was sitting beside the coffin. People in the whole room were crying, but the old woman did not cry. She seemed to be affected by this unexpected event. I was so scared.

Bai Youwei and Fu Miaoxue heard the condolences guests talking in low voices:

"Looking at Ma's condition, I'm afraid he won't live long."

"Yes, the same is true for Mrs. Li. First the man was beheaded, and not long after that, she also died."

Li's?

The first sentence in the prompt given by the inspector is: There is a female Mrs. Li...

Bai Youwei's heart moved, and she immediately came over and asked, "Did Mrs. Li be beheaded too?"

The guest who spoke replied: "How can it be possible? The person who was beheaded was Li Laizi. Mrs. Li was suffering from dementia. After her husband died, she began not to eat or drink. Naturally, she died soon. Well, just Just like Ma’s family now.”

As she was talking, she saw Ma's daughter-in-law bringing her a bowl of water and putting it to her mouth to dip it in. Ma didn't even open her mouth, she just stared at the coffin in a daze.

When the villagers who came to express condolences saw this, they all sighed and shook their heads.

"Mr. Ma will not survive..." Many people said so.

At this time, Li Zheng's son asked: "Have you prepared Daddy's rice bowl?"

The woman who fed Ma put down the bowl and replied: "Ready."

——After ancient people passed away, they usually had to hold something in their mouths. This was called "rice holding" or "tongue pressing" in some places. Rich people use gold beads and jade, while poor people use food, which means that the deceased will not starve and suffer on the road to hell.

The daughter-in-law filled half a spoonful of white rice, about the size of a mouthful, and pressed it firmly into the spoon. She handed it to her son. The son bowed and said to the old man in the coffin: "Dad, my son will give you some rice."

After saying that, he reached out and pinched the chin of the old man, and brought the white rice to his mouth.

However, the old man's mouth was tightly closed, and no matter how hard he pinched, he could not open it.

The son cried: "Dad! Just open your mouth. It's better than starving and freezing on the road to hell!"

He increased the strength in his hands and pried the rice spoon into the old man's mouth. Unexpectedly, the force was too great. The old man's head was lifted up by the force and flew out of the coffin!

It fell right in front of Ma!