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Chapter 85: Coffin Transport (Update !)

So, there was no conversation that night.

Because he had other errands today, Yi Dong didn't work too late last night.

His sleep quality is now guaranteed.

But, I still have to sleep...

It was just getting light, and there weren't many people on the streets at the foot of the mountain.

The sanitation lady has already started to get busy.

Yi Dong stood at the intersection, waiting for the car to pick him up.

After Yi Dong took another bored breath of the mountain air, he finally saw the old van.

The person who came was not Uncle Seven.

In a sense, we are each other's business partners.

Yi Dong didn't have much dealings with the other party.

I have seen him before, and his face is somewhat familiar, but I don't know his name...

After getting in the car, Yi Dong found that there were two other people in the car.

Their faces are tight, and they are all young men.

Getting up at this time is indeed a big challenge for most young people today.

They all slumped in their seats, bleary-eyed.

Even when the car stopped and people got on, there was no reaction.

The driver was Uncle Seven's business partner, a man of few words.

After seeing Yi Dong get on the car, he just said sullenly:
"There's mineral water in the back, get it yourself..."

So he continued driving.

The host's house is not far away.

Only after going around in circles and picking up two more laborers, we finally arrived at our destination at almost 2 o'clock.

There must have been fireworks yesterday, and there seemed to be a lingering smell of gunpowder in the air.

Yi Dong helped wake up the two grown boys and got out of the car.

Soon, someone called us over for breakfast.

Yi Dong symbolically made a plate of noodles.

Uncle Qi was also eating noodles at this time.

However, he didn't seem to have a very good appetite today and only ate a small bowl.

It was not until Uncle Qi led his men to seal the coffin that Yi Dong finally understood the reason:
The body in the coffin is not complete...

Or rather, some bits and pieces...

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Yi Dong did not have any substantial experience with the entire coffin transportation process.

And perhaps it is due to some taboo.

The cemetery is located in a mountain quite far away from here.

This is Yi Dong’s first time visiting this area.

It was also the first time that he discovered that there were some "somewhat decent" mountains around Orange City.

The two grown guys next to them were also doing this for the first time and were already a little overwhelmed.

Even strictly speaking, they are just a bonus in terms of effort.

But moving the coffin along the mountain path was a strenuous task in itself...

And Yi Dong probably knew why he and the two guys came to help:
This is a kind of established custom in Orange City.

Families that have died suddenly or violently always need to find a few people with stronger destinies to help protect the body when the coffin is taken out.

Some still need to keep watch...

Although fate is always a somewhat mysterious concept.

But if the whole family is dead, only one person is still alive.

Then there are some things that don't need to be studied...

It is difficult for Yi Dong to judge the reason behind this.

All I can say is that since this custom exists, it probably exists because of its simplicity.

In Yi Dong's opinion, the location of the tomb is actually a bit tilted.

He doesn't understand Feng Shui.

I don’t know whether the tomb should be located on the vein where the mountain energy flows.

But it seemed like this was an attempt to get closer to the veins of the mountain's energy, but it was a little off... But in Yi Dong's opinion, this was not a big deal.

He wouldn't do anything stupid like showing off for this purpose.

And if the so-called Feng Shui can really determine such distant things.

Then those emperors and generals wouldn't have ended up like that...

Although when discussing this, Feng Shui masters will definitely have corresponding, unfalsifiable statements...

The undead life encountered before and the suspected ghost existence in the kobold mines.

This gave Yi Dong a new perspective on the soul and death.

He stood in the crowd, looking at the host who was worshipping.

Yi Dong doesn’t know whether there are souls in this world.

Is it true that there is a dark hell filled with cruel punishments?

But until the end of the funeral, Yi Dong didn't notice anything special.

There is nothing unknown or ominous, and no thrilling movement.

Even the person in the tomb may not have died so peacefully.

But now, inside the coffin is just a mess of blood and flesh...

In this world, perhaps death means eternal relief...

Yi Dong bowed with the crowd and started his journey back.

The originally noisy cemetery suddenly became quiet.

A mountain breeze blew by, and the wreath trembled slightly, as if sobbing softly...

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"After all, there are no ghosts."

"It's just to make everyone feel better."

On the return trip, Uncle Seven, who also came back with the van, seemed quite talkative.

The two half-grown guys have already started snoring...

The guy driving the car obviously didn't want to talk to him.

So, Uncle Qi had to start chatting with Yi Dong in the back seat.

Perhaps it was because the inheritance had not yet been settled, or perhaps it was because he thought Yi Dong was a good candidate to guard the cemetery alone.

Sometimes, Uncle Qi still likes to talk about these things with Yi Dong.

Of course, Yi Dong didn’t have much interest in listening before.

After all, disbelief has its own strength:

When you really believe these, even if only a little bit - the cemetery at night will begin to restore its original folk deterrent effect...

This problem is often difficult to eliminate even if Uncle Qi is the first to apply a scientific patch to it.

As for now?

Yi Dong listened with great interest.

He knew that among these complex folk customs and beliefs, there must be some "real things".

But this is of little significance in the face of the vast amount of data that it would be difficult to fully study even in an individual's lifetime.

At least for now.

Even if he just read a few documents and hadn't even started to try, Yi Dong had already slaughtered the kobolds in the cave and made a river of blood...

Yi Dong didn’t know what happened next.

But he felt that ordinary practice or training would not be able to reach this speed...

"correct……"

As he was talking, Uncle Qi suddenly thought of something.

He turned around and looked at Yi Dong:
"You have to go back anyway, so help me and my seventh uncle burn some paper money."

"You should know his grave—the one on the left side of the entrance with a missing corner..."

"Originally I was going to go, but her third uncle's family needed help and there was no one in the store, so I had to ask you to help."

Yi Dong was slightly stunned when he heard this, and felt that his Seventh Uncle changed the topic quite smoothly.

Then Yi Dong nodded.

After seeing Yi Dong agree, Uncle Seven turned around and said:

"It was clearly burned during the Qingming Festival, I don't know what's wrong with the old man..."

(End of this chapter)