The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 284 Passing (Part [-])
"Grandma—"

Xiao Nan and Cui Youbo cried out together, and the two brothers Cui Shouren who were guarding at the side also hurriedly got up and came to the bed.

Seeing the elder coming, Cui Youbo had no choice but to pull his wife and push him aside, and continued to look at the old man who had stopped breathing with tears in his eyes.

Cui Shouren tremblingly held a bundle of brand-new cotton silk, and gently put it under the old lady's nose, and when he saw that the soft cotton did not move at all, he burst into tears and said: "Ah, sister, sister— —”

Cui Shouyi lifted up the old lady's clothes, turned towards Bo Ling, and called out the old lady's name one after another. Inevitably, his voice became a little trilled.

This is called 'recovery', also known as 'calling on the soul'.

According to the ancient rituals, after the "recalling of the soul", if there is still no movement, it is considered a real death.

After shouting several times, Cui Shouren took the cotton again, and continued to test the old lady's breath, and when it was finally confirmed that she was really not breathing, Cui Shouren cried out, "Brother, sis, sister really went! "

Cui Shouyi hugged the old lady's clothes, turned back to the bed, looked at the familiar face of the elder sister, and couldn't help crying, "Sister, sister!"

It wasn't until this time that Cui Youbo and his wife fell to their knees and cried bitterly: "Grandma, grandma, don't leave Dalang/Qiao Mu..."

The people sitting in the main hall heard the crying and knew that the old lady had gone, so they fell to the ground and cried loudly.

Brothers Cui Ze and Cui Run especially beat the ground and cried bitterly, and even their wives beside them hurriedly increased their crying.

The maids and women who were serving all around also knelt down when they heard the cries of the masters, rubbing their faces with their hands and sobbing.

Mother Qiu in the dormitory door had already cried to the point of tears. Compared to the true or false wailing outside, Mother Qiu's silent crying was more heart-rending.

Cui Youbo cried for a long time, and then he remembered the proper etiquette. He got up, took the clothes Cui Shouyi was holding, and folded them back to the front of the kang. Xiao Nan also got up and helped the old lady change the clothes. The burial towel was carefully covered on the old lady's body.

After crying for a while, all the relatives stood up one after another. The female relatives took off all the hairpins, rings and jewelry on their bodies, and the little maids who got the news outside also prepared plain clothes, and each changed into their own masters.

And the men also took action one after another, and some ordered the housekeepers outside to set up a "book inscription" in front of the hall, that is, to set up a banner on the west steps in front of the hall, and the old lady's surname was written on the banner, which is a good name. Outsiders know who died.

Some people also ordered the servants to build the mourning hall. The mourning hall was built in the main hall, and the wooden signs were all prepared together.

After the first round of mourning is over, all the family members proceed to the following steps in an orderly manner.

First of all, it is to wash the body of the old lady. In ancient times, reincarnation was emphasized, and people should be cleansed and returned to their original body after death. This is called "washing the body" in ancient funeral rites.

The old lady is a woman, so naturally the close female relatives will perform this ceremony.

Xiao Nan had already changed into mourning clothes that were worn out, that is, mourning clothes made of the roughest raw sackcloth, without any decoration on the seams, which looked a bit worn out.Her hair was also combed into a mourning bun with raw sackcloth, she didn't wear half a piece of jewelry, and the light makeup on her face was washed away by tears.

As we all know, beheading is the heaviest among the five clothes. Cui Youbo is the heir and grandson of the old lady, which is equivalent to the grandson of bearing the weight.

The second old lady, the eldest lady and others also came to help, helping Xiao Nan clean up the old lady's body carefully.

After cleaning, Xiao Nan gently put a pearl the size of a thumb into the old lady's mouth, which is called 'Fan Han'.

In fact, if you strictly follow the ancient etiquette, the old lady is not qualified to have pearls, "The emperor eats jade, princes eat pearls, doctors eat rice, and scholars eat shells."

But the requirements for this are not so strict nowadays, the old lady is of high grade, and she is dying (no disease, no disaster, not a guest death, not a sudden death, not a sudden death), and there are occasional arrogance, and others will not say anything.

It was getting dark, the candles in the mourning hall were already lit, various offerings were placed on the tables in front of the hall, and an empty coffin was placed in the back.

The old lady had just passed away, and the Cui family hadn't delivered letters to relatives and old friends, so only the Cui family was busy in the entire Rongshou Hall.

In the early morning of the next day, the old lady was mourning, and the deacons specially recruited by the Cui family also rushed over.

With the help of all the female relatives, Xiao Nan changed the shroud for the old lady. At that time, the shrouds were jackets or cotton clothes, including the quilts used to wrap the corpse. They were all prepared in advance, and the size was also relaxed a lot. Xiao Nan It is not very difficult to put a shroud on the old lady.

After changing the shroud, Xiao Nan and all the female relatives retreated to the bed, covered their faces and wept loudly together. At this point, the small funeral was considered complete.

After the small funeral is the big funeral.

The old lady left a message before her death, saying that now is an extraordinary period, and the funeral should be kept simple.

Cui Shouren strictly abided by the eldest sister's last order, and did not follow the ancient rituals for three or five days for a small funeral, and then stopped for a few days for the big funeral, but after the small funeral was finished, the big funeral was carried out the next day.

The person in charge of the funeral was the head mistress, that is, Xiao Nan.With the help of the deacon, she carried the body wrapped in a quilt to the mourning hall, and put it into the coffin that had been prepared earlier.

Cui Youbo put some of the old lady's favorite gadgets in the coffin.

After the funeral was completed, all relatives surrounded the coffin and wept loudly again.

To be honest, after crying for three days in a row, no one could cry anymore.

People's physical strength is limited, even if Xiao Nan is truly sad, her voice is hoarse from crying, but when there are no tears, she just can't shed them.

In desperation, I could only follow everyone's example, sprinkle ginger juice on the handkerchief, and use external force to force myself to 'cry'.

After the big funeral, it is "funeral", which means that it has been buried but not buried.

At this time, relatives and old friends who received the obituary began to come to pay their respects. Cui Youbo and his wife, as heirs and grandchildren, wore sackcloth and wept in front of the hall.

Kneeling on the straw mat, Xiao Nan was crying unconsciously, he just listened to the order of the deacon, saluted... mourning... mourning... saluting...

It's late autumn and early winter now, the door of the mourning hall is wide open, and except for the inner garment, she is wearing a hard and torn hemp mourning gown, and kneeling on the cold straw mat, Xiao Nan feels that her body is about to freeze.

The only good thing is that her two sons and daughters are still too young, and they just need to be carried by the wet nurse to the mourning hall to cry sooner or later, so they don't have to suffer like her and Uncle Cui.

However, no matter how hard it was, she had to hold on.

Why are there seven out of three in ancient times?Why is there a "Yugeng Sannian Mourning" in Sanbuqu?
Isn't it for the word 'filial piety'? !
Now that Xiao Nan has successfully become a "virtuous woman" praised by everyone, then next, she must also be a "filial woman" recognized by everyone.

Perhaps modern people can't understand why ancient people valued fame so much, but as a time-traveling woman who lived in the Tang Dynasty for two lifetimes, Xiao Nan is very clear about the importance of fame to a person.

You know, in modern times, there is no such thing as dismissal for being unfilial to parents, but in ancient times, as long as the crime of unfilial piety was fulfilled, he would never want to be an official in his life.

Fame is more important to women, and it even affects their own children.

In terms of patriarchal law, the old lady is the only direct elder of Xiao Nan and his wife. Now that she has passed away, the couple must grieve excessively and even look haggard. As for the filial piety period in the next three years, the couple must strictly abide by ancient rituals and keep filial piety .

Xiao Nan thought about it, once the old lady's funeral was over, she and Cui Youbo would personally send the old lady's coffin back to Luoyang.

It just so happened that the repairs to the Cui family's cemetery in Luoyang had been completed, so they went there and built a thatched hut in front of the Cui family's cemetery.

Thinking about the matter in his heart, Xiao Nan didn't find it difficult to keep the spirit.

Soon, at night, the guests had dispersed, and the monks and priests invited by Cui Shouren also went to rest.

Qin's mother helped Xiao Nan up with a heartbroken expression, and she couldn't stop nagging: "...the old lady has gone, I know the princess is sad, but you should also pay attention to your body. Princess don't forget , the little lady and the little man are still counting on you!"

Xiao Nan had been kneeling for too long, her legs were both cold and kneeling, she couldn't stand up at all right now, she leaned on Qin's mother's arms, and said hoarsely: "I'm fine, Ah Yuan and Changsheng can Fortunately, you were not surprised, right?"

Seeing that Xiao Nan was standing in a strange posture, Qin's mother knew that her legs were numb, so she half hugged and half pulled Xiao Nan to the side room on the west side of the mourning hall, then helped her sit on the big kang by the south window, and bent over by herself. The waist rubbed Xiao Nan's knees and calves vigorously.

While rubbing, Qin's mother said: "Little lady and lord are both good. Thanks to Si Niang, since the old lady passed away, Si Niang took the initiative to help. If it weren't for her to sit in charge, how could the inner courtyard be so smooth?" ?”

There was a big funeral in Rongshou Hall, Cui Youbo and his wife were busy in the mourning hall, and there was no one to take care of the backyard. Although there were Tie Niangzi and Yu Zhu, they were maidservants after all, and some things were really difficult for them to handle—such as Receiving the ladies who came to pay their respects.

Si Niang is an unmarried girl, fortunately she has already engaged, and now she is here to help her sister-in-law preside over the wedding ceremony. Those women who came to pay homage to Cui Heng couldn't help but praise Cui Heng.

There are also some noble ladies who have become close friends with the Wei family, and they sighed silently in their hearts: Concubine Wei really found a good daughter-in-law, she is capable and intelligent, and she is not rude at all when she is greeted and sent, let alone the slightest timidity.

Qin's mother massaged for a while, Xiao Nan felt that her legs were finally feeling, she let out a long sigh of relief, and said: "Well, this time I'm bothering my fourth sister again, when she gets married, I will definitely give her an extra big gift .By the way, where is Mr. Lang, is he okay?"

As soon as the guests dispersed, Cui Youbo was called away. At that time Xiao Nan was thinking about something and didn't pay attention.

Before Qin's mother could speak, the door of the side room was pushed open, and Cui Youbo walked in with a tired face.

Qin's mother hurriedly saluted him.

Cui Youbo waved his hand, "There is no need to be polite, you go down first, I have something to say to my lady."

Qin's mother took a look at Xiao Nan, saw her nod her head slightly, then gave another blessing, and then backed out.

Xiao Nan hurriedly called Cui Youbo to come and sit down, and asked by the way: "Lang Jun, what happened?"

After being busy for the past few days, Cui Youbo also lost a lot of weight, his whole body was out of shape, and a cyan color appeared on his white chin.

He sat down on the bed, sighed, and asked without answering: "My lady, do you know why grandma left so early?"

PS: Well, the funeral in the article, a certain Sa wrote it with reference to the ancient funeral, if there is anything wrong, please forgive me, (*^__^*) hehe...

(End of this chapter)