My master is invincible

Chapter 17
Old Wang gave me a clear look, and yelled, "Brothers, Baxian Chen said that we Baxian are reasonable people, not like some people who are arbitrarily grabbing business! Let's go first!"

I gave a wry smile, this old Wang didn't forget to advertise to us Eight Immortals before he left, which is considered the best.

After Lao Wang left with the Eight Immortals, I checked the time, and it was almost 3 o'clock, so I asked the host family to invite some relatives out, leaving two generations of direct relatives to prepare to seal the coffin.

Sealing the coffin is also called rivets, clasps, and closing the coffin. It means to cover the coffin completely and rivet it with five longevity nails.

Five longevity nails, four of which must be driven to the bottom, are riveted into the side of the coffin. If the deceased is a male, three nails are riveted on the left side and one nail is riveted on the right side.

Another longevity nail, called the main nail, was riveted into the midline of the head of the coffin. This main nail was three inches longer than the other four longevity nails.

There is also a custom in our side to rivet the master's nails. It is necessary to invite the uncle or uncle of the master's family. or uncle’s heir), the uncle or uncle at this time can take this opportunity to reprimand those unfilial children and grandchildren, and at the same time tell all the sufferings of the deceased. The children and grandchildren must kneel in front of the coffin and listen quietly. The elders reprimanded, once the elders are dissatisfied, they can ask the person who undertakes the funeral not to be riveted into the main nail.

At this time, it is necessary to invite the prestigious elders in the family to come forward to intercede with the uncle or uncle, and the filial sons and grandchildren kowtow to apologize, and they also need to offer a strand of green hair of their own to be riveted into the coffin with the master.

There is another procedure before sealing the coffin, which is the bedding for descendants mentioned above. On our side, bedding for descendants pays attention to quantity, which is not as important as some novels say. Our place is based on quantity. The more, it represents the quality of life of the deceased in the underworld.

However, the number cannot exceed nine, nor can it be five, because in ancient times, the two numbers of nine and five represented the emperor, the emperor of nine and five, so such a custom was left behind.

If the number of quilts given to the deceased by the descendants is nine or five, it must be done according to certain customs, with uncles (uncles), sons (arranged by age), daughters, nephews, nephews, (the deceased's Zhili relatives, The third generation cannot send bedding for their descendants, but the third generation of next-of-kin can.), Sometimes, in order to let the deceased cover the bedding given by their own descendants, many relatives turn against each other. Struggle, only the parties know.

After a while, the three brothers of the master's family brought three quilts for the descendants, and I covered the three beddings for the descendants of the deceased according to their age. I asked the master if anyone stopped the rivets, and the master said no.

I found five longevity nails and an ax that I had prepared in advance, and asked the three brothers of the master's family to help, completely closed the coffin lid, riveted three longevity nails on the left side, and riveted one longevity nail on the right.

Later, I was afraid that something would happen when the main nail was riveted in, so I asked the master to find some cinnabar, smear the main nail with cinnabar, and then rivet the main nail into the coffin.

All this is going very smoothly, there is not even a sign of trouble, but I always feel that something is wrong, I just can't tell the feeling, according to the funeral scriptures, if you encounter such a fatal funeral, it should be very difficult to deal with, but in fact Except for some accidents when wiping the dead body and encoffining, nothing strange happened.

After the coffin was sealed, the host family led a group of relatives to mourn in the main room for a long time. The scene was really sad, and they didn't stop until there was a glimmer of light in the sky.

Looking at the time, it was almost five o'clock. I asked the master to call the false immortals from Li Village to carry the coffin. The master didn't say much, and hurriedly called the eight false immortals over.

When they saw me standing in front of the coffin, my face sank, and the leading middle-aged man said, "Gua Yazi, I heard that you are the undertaker of this funeral. We are not greedy, 200 yuan per person, one penny less We won't lift it!"

My face turned cold, and it usually costs 100 yuan to carry the coffin, but now I am sitting on the ground and raising the price. It is clear that I am a person from another village who bullied me. I wanted to argue with them, but thinking of the fate of the deceased, I endured it. Just wanting to carry the coffin out earlier, I nodded in agreement.

The middle-aged man came over, patted me on the shoulder, and said: "You know how to flatter, much better than Lao Wang's one-eyed dragon. Why don't you live with us in the future?"

"Hehe!" I sneered, and said, "Old Wang brought me into the industry. I can't do such a treacherous thing!"

After finishing speaking, regardless of the reaction of the middle-aged man, let them tie the dragon frame to the coffin, because this time the coffin was only carried to the entrance of the village, not directly to the mountain, so I asked the relatives of the main family to bring the wreaths, Fireworks, firecrackers and other things are sent to the entrance of the village, and after breakfast, the funeral begins.

After they finished the dragon frame, I asked again, "Are you sure you want to carry this coffin?"

"What are you talking about, do you still want Lao Wang to carry you?" The middle-aged man yelled at me fiercely, "If you continue to grind, believe it or not, you will be kicked out of Li Village."

I smiled slightly and asked, "What if something happens? You won't blame me, will you?"

"Old people in their 80s, this is a funeral, what can happen, hurry up and shout, we have to go back to sleep for a while!" The middle-aged man said impatiently.

"Okay, if you are a man, remember your own words!" I gave up, and nodded to the master's house, indicating that it is time to set off firecrackers!
Immediately, the crackling sound resounded throughout Li Village, and the smoke from the firecrackers filled the main room, making it difficult to open one's eyes. I yelled at the top of my voice, "Li... the coffin!"

Following the sound of raising the coffin, there was the sound of gongs and drums, followed by the mourning of the immediate relatives of the deceased.

The whole scene was very lively, but compared to the deserted one when the coffin was lifted the first time, this time it was much better. I walked in the front with a mourning stick, scattered yellow paper, and prayed that nothing would happen.

The three brothers of the main family and their children stood by the coffin and cried, while their daughter-in-law kept beating the coffin, crying, "I'm a baby, it's too early for you to walk away, we still have to honor you , you left! The sky has no eyes, and the earth has no water!"

The wailing sound really made the listener feel sad. Even my emotions were affected by the wailing sound, and other relatives can imagine it.

"Chen Baxian, it's too bad, the coffin can't be lifted!" I was spreading yellow paper in front of me, when the master shouted urgently behind me.

(End of this chapter)