Chapter 2179 Funeral
The mourning hall was quickly set up, and Yang's father and mother were busy, while Yang Dongxu and Yang Wenchen knelt before the mourning, and kept throwing fire paper into the brazier in front of them. Two people have been here all night.
When it was dawn, people from the same village began to mourn. The way of mourning was basically distinguished by one family, one surname, or one village. They bought cannons and yellow paper to mourn.
Those who come to mourn will fire the cannons first when they are approaching the deceased’s home, and then someone from the host’s house will go up to greet them and kneel down to salute, and the people who come will help the kneeling person up, and the helpers next to them will go up to receive other cannons. and yellow paper.
Grandpa Xuan is Yang Dongxu's master, and Yang's father and Yang's mother are of the same generation, so Yang's father and Yang's mother can help him, but he can't be the person who welcomes and kowtows.
Yang Dongxu was kneeling before the coffin, so it was Yang Dongjie who went to meet the guests. The newlyweds who were planning to spend the Spring Festival in Kunming, after hearing that Mr. Xuan passed away, booked the nearest flight overnight and flew back.
Although there are no express regulations on the matter of welcoming guests, under normal circumstances, the male members of the family go to greet them, and the female relatives follow behind. Of course, if there are no male and female relatives in the family, it is fine.
Visitors first go to salute in front of the coffin of the deceased, and someone next to him will shout: "When the guest arrives at the coffin, order paper before the coffin!"
Then the visitor salutes, and after the salute, the people next to him will continue to shout: "Thank you, filial sons and grandsons."
People in Libilai will send representatives to the account keeping place next to them. The money has been exchanged before coming here, usually 50 yuan per household. After removing the money for buying guns and yellow paper, the remaining money will be recorded in On account.
This account is the same as the gift at the time of marriage. It has to be paid back. In the future, if the elderly in other families die, they will be returned according to this standard.
"Sister-in-law, you and Dong Yao can go to the back and work on it, I'll do it in the front." Yang Dongjie said after another wave of greetings.
"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 watchful eye of Mr. Xuan. In the earliest days, she followed Yang Dongxu to the temple to eat and drink.
Although Mr. Xuan didn't teach her anything, he really liked this cute girl. Even after Wu Xue left Yanjing because of her parents' job transfer, she didn't contact the old man for a long time.
The old man was still thinking about this girl, and prepared a generous dowry for Wu Wuxue. It's a pity that Wu Xue has never been married, and this dowry has never been given away.
Sometimes Mr. Xuan gets angry when he sees other women around Yang Dongxu, partly because of Zhou Ya's injustice, and partly because Wu Xue has not married yet.
When Yang Dongxu informed Wu Xue of his death, Wu Xue was not in Shanghai, but Yanjing. There happened to be no direct flight from Yanjing to Zhucheng, so Wu Xue first flew to Shanghai at night, and then flew from Shanghai to Beijing. Over there and then turn to Zhucheng.
In this way, the time to turn back and forth is one step slower than that of Yang Dongjie who flew directly from Kunming to Zhucheng.
So after Yang Dongjie came back, he welcomed several waves of guests here before seeing Wu Xue's figure. Wu Xue didn't come alone, her parents came together.
Wu Xue's parents also know the old man, and are very grateful to the old man for taking care of his daughter when they are busy at work.
So after hearing the old man's death, he and Wu Xue hurried over. Wu Xue's face was very haggard and her eyes were red and swollen.
After seeing Zhou Ya, the tears that had been suppressed and stopped falling down her face like broken beads.
"Sister" Wu Xue lay on Zhou Ya's shoulder and couldn't help sobbing.
"Go and see the old man first." Zhou Ya patted Wu Xue's shoulder to comfort him.
When the old man dies, if relatives are out of town, the coffin will not be sealed when packing up the old man's clothes and putting on a shroud, so that the relatives who come back later can see the dead old man for the last time.
"Brother!" Wu Xue, whose eyes were blurred from crying when he came to the coffin, shouted.
Kneeling in front of the coffin, Yang Dongxu's dull eyes fluctuated a little. He looked up and saw Wu Xue opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but finally he didn't say anything and said, "Look at the old man first."
"Sister-in-law!" Kneeling next to her, Wen Chen greeted Wu Xue.
Yang Dongxu has always regarded Wu Xue as his younger sister, and her age is about the same as Dandan, so Wen Chen usually calls her sister.
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 needs to become stronger at this time so that she can comfort her sister.
Wu Xue's parents didn't follow up, and after saluting before the coffin, they stood by and looked at their daughter with worried faces, and then looked at the coffin with a sad face.
Although we haven't met each other, apart from being grateful, I don't have much affection for Mr. Xuan. But people I know will be gone if they say no, it 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 still wanted to see the old man more, but a wave of guests came to mourn before the coffin, she couldn't cry on the side of the coffin all the time, so she had to leave first with Zhou Ya's support. Seeing their daughter coming out, Wu Xue's parents hurriedly greeted her.
Someone came to burn the plain paper, so the Yang family arranged a running water table. After the guests finished the ceremony, they would be seated and then the table would open. After one group of people finished eating, the next wave would be replaced.
Under normal circumstances, the dead are buried in the afternoon of the same day when the running water banquet is opened, but there are also people who want to hold a large running water banquet and will hold it for three days.
The Yang family didn’t want to make a big deal, but there are indeed more guests, and the burning of plain paper is only in the morning. There is no rule of burning plain paper in the evening, so people come more concentrated, so even if you don’t want to make a big deal The scale of this water mat is really not small.
It was almost noon when Du Fei and others rushed back. Fortunately, it was a chartered flight and Yang Dongxu was able to coordinate the route to fly directly, otherwise it would be impossible to fly back from the Middle East in such a short time.
Especially with the current identities of Du Fei and others, if someone else coordinates it, let alone a direct flight, whether they can enter the customs is a problem. Even if they enter the customs from the air and land, they will be directly detained by the local police. All of them are real dangerous elements.
"Look at the old man first." Yang Dongxu said to Du Fei and the others who rushed back.
Du Fei and Jie Chengwu glanced at the old man first, then knelt beside him in filial piety.
"Does the old man have a granddaughter?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help asking.
He was with the old man when he died, so he remembered clearly what the old man said before he died. He clearly remembered that when the old man was dying, he seemed to see Wu Xue when he was a child and mentioned his granddaughter.
"This." Jie Chengwu's expression paused for a moment, while Du Fei's expression was puzzled, apparently he didn't know about it.
"Really?" Yang Dongxu asked immediately.
"I just heard that I don't know the details. You can ask Brother Du Suo after sending the old man to the ground." Jie Chengwu said.