I run faster than my teammates

Chapter 110 The Funeral
Liu Yusheng smelled the smell of meat, and his stomach started to growl.

Liu Yusheng was not disappointed, someone greeted: "Come on, everyone is tired all day, let's put on a bed first."

The lid of the pot was lifted, and the aroma of the meat became stronger. There were stews in the pot, a kind of messy stew with everything in it, winter melon pickled cabbage meatballs, white meat, heavy soy sauce, and the color was very bright.The white cloth on the basket was lifted, half of which was filled with bowls and chopsticks, and the other half was filled with steamed buns.

Everyone stepped forward to take bowls to serve food, Liu Yusheng hesitated for a long time, wondering whether he should go up, but fortunately Ergou suddenly appeared and grabbed him, "Hurry up and eat, what are you waiting for?"

Liu Yusheng hurried up to fill a big bowl, and grabbed two big steamed buns. He didn't care about washing his hands, so he squatted aside and started eating.I usually don't bother to look at the fat slices, but now my mouth is full of oil, not to mention the fragrance.

After everyone had finished eating, someone took away the bowls and chopsticks, and the filial sons and grandsons of the Jin family knelt down in their original places, so Liu Yusheng had no choice but to return to the old place to stay.

The main hall is mysterious, with thick black curtains hanging, and someone can vaguely hear someone talking inside, but they can't make out what they are saying.The curtain of the door was pulled open suddenly, and now Liu Yusheng could finally see what was going on in the room.

A pair of black coffins were placed in the middle of the main house facing north and south. The coffin lid was not closed. Several white-haired old men surrounded the black coffin, slowly putting something in the coffin. There was also a group of middle-aged people , kneeling obediently on the outside of the coffin.

There was a portrait hanging in the main hall, the light was a little blurry, but Liu Yusheng could see that it was a picture of astrology, with nine stars scattered in the sky like seven stars hanging on a ladle.The so-called seven-star hanging dipper is similar to the Big Dipper, but there are two more stars at the tail of the astrology. At first glance, it looks like a spoon with a ladle, which is very strange.

There are paintings on the wall of the main house, which is called the central hall. Most people will hang landscape paintings, or it will be the three immortals of fortune, wealth and longevity, for auspiciousness.There are also some families with a large family population, and the statues of the gods will be hung in the middle hall. What are the statues of the gods?Throughout the ages, regardless of Buddhism or Taoism, immortals with names and surnames have been crowded in paintings, which are called statues of gods.As for whether such a whole tube will work, hey, there are so many gods, what if there is a spirit.

There were no words on the astrology map, only a few stars, Liu Yusheng couldn't understand it when he looked left and right, but he saw another creepy thing.

An old man surrounded in front of the black coffin, holding a white skull, is really thick bones, the bone color is shining, and he is putting it into the coffin.The hands of the other old men were also full of bones, and it looked like they had assembled a human figure with bones in a coffin.

"Ji Shou naturally meditates on the endless Buddha storehouse, the Great Compassionate Venerable, and the southern world is filled with fragrant clouds... This is how I heard the Dharma for my mother, and there are countless worlds in the ten directions."

Someone recited scriptures in a low voice. The voice was very low, but it reached Liu Yusheng's ears very clearly.Someone started, everyone followed, and the voice of chanting scriptures gradually became louder.

While the scriptures were being recited, those old men kept putting bones into the black coffin. I don’t know how many times the scriptures were read, an old man clapped his hands and said, “It’s done!”

Feeling relieved, several old people raised the coffin lid tremblingly, and gently closed the coffin.At this time, after reading through the scriptures, someone shouted loudly: "This is a gift to the old lady of the Jin family!"

The people cheered and stood up, and the young and strong entered the main room. The shelves, ropes and bars were ready, and everyone carried the coffin and left the main room.An old man held a handful of yellow paper in his hand, pasted a piece on everyone, and whispered something in everyone's ear, but he didn't know what he said.

Someone came to Liu Yusheng's side, no matter who he was, he pasted a piece of yellow paper on his shoulder, "Remember, from now on, don't call anyone's name, and you must never agree to someone calling your name. When you get to the road, don’t look back no matter what.”

Liu Yusheng hesitated for a moment, and two mourning sticks were stuffed in his hand. He couldn't laugh or cry, and he couldn't find Ergou, so he had to carry the mourning stick and mix in the crowd.

I thought that the coffin bearer carried the coffin of the third grandma of the Jin family to the cemetery for burial, but in fact the coffin was carried outside the main house and parked in the center, where the coffin and sacrifices were placed before. There is a boulder directly in front of it, and the coffin is resting on the boulder.

The coffin did not go to the burial, but the funeral procession did not stop. The coffin bearers put down the coffin and turned to lift the huge altar. Not conspicuous at all in the crowd.

"The old lady of the Jin family is out!"

Someone yelled loudly, and there was a burst of crackling firecrackers outside the door, and the funeral procession filed out.

Liu Yusheng followed the procession and looked at Grandma Jin's coffin. He really couldn't understand what kind of operation it was. The mourners left, but the ones to be buried stayed?What are you going to bury?What is buried?
After following the funeral procession out of the gate in a daze, Liu Yusheng shivered violently, as if he was getting extra cold.After walking about 100 meters, the procession stopped suddenly. Liu Yusheng vaguely heard someone shouting in front of him, and then everyone knelt down and kowtowed towards the road. After the kowtow, a group of people joined the funeral procession.This process has been going on, and the team is getting bigger and bigger.

It was already late at night, but Xiaohe Village was as bright as day, and the streets were full of densely packed lanterns.The team walked around the street in the center of the village. At this time, they stopped saluting and no newcomers joined the team.

"Everyone is here, let's go out of the village!"

Someone shouted in front of the team, and the team began to move forward slowly. There were so many people rubbing shoulders, and it was strangely quiet. No one spoke, and even the footsteps were very light.

At the entrance of the village, it was pitch black outside the village.

Liu Yusheng was inexplicably astonished. He looked around and saw that the world outside the village was black and white. The difference between the two was very obvious, so obvious that it was unreasonable, as if there was a line separating the two.

"Don't look around, didn't anyone tell you just now? Be careful." Someone approached Liu Yusheng and warned Liu Yusheng in a low voice. There were people around, and he couldn't see their faces clearly, and he didn't know who said it.

Gradually, the people in front had already walked out of the village, and those who left the village seemed to have disappeared into the dark world, and could not be seen at all. Liu Yusheng followed the team forward, and when he reached the dividing line , It feels as if you have passed through a layer of airbags, and it seems that you have broken free from a bondage.

It was dark before Liu Yusheng's eyes, and Liu Yusheng had already come to the outside of the village, surrounded by shadowy figures, like ghosts and ghosts. Looking back, the bright Xiaohe Village was right in front of him, but it seemed to be separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, and he was not in the same world at all.

(End of this chapter)