The ultimate rebirth of the abandoned woman

Chapter 301 Burial (for Subscription)

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, it is suitable for burial.

After discussing with Cui Hong, Cui Youbo decided to bury the old lady in Cui's ancestral grave on this day, and wrote a letter to report to the old husband and husband.

Cui's ancestral tomb is located on a small hill in the Beiman Mountains. It is a geomantic treasure found by the famous Taoist Qingyuan Zhenren in Luoyang.

On the other side of the creek, there are rows of newly built farmhouses, where the Cui clan members who have just moved back live.

Because of the large number of people in the clan, and there are a large number of tenant farmers and tribes of the Cui family, the small mountain village near the unnamed hill has actually formed a large village. Because it is the place where the Cui clan lives together, it is called Cuizhuang.

But according to this, a mountain village not far away is also inhabited by some members of the Cui clan, also called Cuizhuang. In order to distinguish these two places, the original Cuizhuang is called Big Cuizhuang, and the newly formed Cuizhuang is called Xiaocuizhuang. .

Dacuizhuang, Xiaocuizhuang and several nearby small mountain villages are more or less related to each other because of the connection of Shuangxiang Cui's family, and gradually formed a new town, because the ancestors are all from Boling Anping.Therefore, the new township is called Anping Township, and Cui Yuan, who was originally the most popular in Dacui Village, served as the head of the village.

In fact, Cui Yuan is not only the village head of Anping Township, he is also one of the elders of the Cui clan, and he is also quite concerned about the old lady's burial.

The day before the old lady was buried, Cui Yuan came to see Cui Youbo——

"Da Lang, the epitaph of my aunt has been engraved, do you want to go and have a look!"

The epitaph of the old lady was written by the old husband himself.

As if to make up for the simplicity of my sister's funeral, the old man wrote the epitaph to a fairly standard size. It is divided into two parts: the epitaph and the inscription.

When it was time for burial, the two steles were buried in the grave together with the old lady's coffin.

When Cui Youbo heard this, he nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll go with uncle."

Cui Yuan also knew the importance of the epitaph, so he came to inform Cui Youbo as soon as the stonemason finished.

Hearing Cui Youbo's words, he hurriedly led Cui Youbo to the most famous stonemason's house in Luoyang, so that he could inspect it for himself.

The two inscriptions on the tomb are both engraved in extremely neat and beautiful official script, and the articles are even more colorful.

At the beginning, I introduced the old lady’s surname, family status and life story. At that time, the gentry wrote tomb texts and liked to show off their family status. They not only wrote the life stories of their great-grandfather, grandfather, and father, but sometimes traced back to their distant ancestors. The more prominent the better.

The old man is not immune, of course, the Cui family also has the capital to show off and the ancestors to be proud of.

"My wife is a taboo of chastity, and the people of Anping, Boling County... the Cui family was the first, from the Zhou Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the clothes were rich and prosperous. As for the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the accumulation is inexhaustible...Great Zuxian, the governor of Yanzhou in the Song Dynasty... …Zu Jin, Northern Qi Shangshu Pushe…Father Yun, Chen Xuzhou Inspector…”

It was a long paragraph, and praised the official positions of the old lady's great-grandfather, grandfather and father, as well as the achievements, talents, character, etc., which proved that the old lady came from a prominent family, and her grandparents were all virtuous officials and scholars.

Then, the conversation changed, and she began to praise the old lady, saying that she was "young and intelligent, filial and gentle", and that "virtue has spread to the six relatives, and filial piety has long been manifested in the nine clans".

Of course, I don’t forget to praise the old lady for her talents and learning, such as "you can belong to literature at a young age, and you are long and erudite in history", and "you can learn the truth in books, be diligent in clerical studies, and skillful in women's work".

The most important thing is to praise the old lady's contribution to the family, "Take care of my brothers and nephews, and marry Qi Yi... If you are a nephew or a nephew, a widow, an orphan, or someone who is far away, you must mention them and gather together to support righteousness and education." ...so it is praised both at home and abroad".

All kinds of words of praise seem to be free of money, and they are all piled up on the old lady. If it weren't for the limited space of the two steles, the old man would probably be able to write a lot of words to praise his elder sister.

Cui Youbo looked at it line by line, and made sure that there was no mistake in the old man's handwriting, so he nodded in satisfaction and said, "Excellent, I will order someone to take them back today."

Seeing that Cui Youbo was very satisfied, Cui Yuan heaved a sigh of relief.

Immediately, Cui Yuan thought of something again, and said: "There are still many old friends in Luoyang. I heard that my aunt will be buried tomorrow, and I want to come to see the old man for the last time. Some people set up a road sacrifice... Sanlang (referring to Cui Hong) has agreed Well, tell me to tell you again."

Cui Youbo has no objection to the matter agreed by the elders, besides, it is also a matter of embarrassing the old lady, as a grandson, he has no reason to refuse.

Nodding his head, Uncle Cui thanked Cui Yuan for his hard work, and then ordered people to carefully load the two stone tablets into the carriage, and went home to prepare for the burial tomorrow.

The next day, Cui Youbo, Xiao Nan, and the two children stayed in the temporary mourning hall, respectfully saluting every guest who attended the funeral ceremony.

When the auspicious time came, Fang Xiangshi recommended by the real person in Qingyuan opened the way, and the funeral procession left Cui's house in a mighty way, heading all the way to Mang Mountain in the north of the city.

Paper money was flying, elegiac songs were mourning, and in the snow-white, everyone came to the gate of the city. Cui Youbo thanked the guests who came to the funeral, and then sent the guests back. cemetery.

After the group arrived at the cemetery, Cui Youbo led the way, and all the young and strong men carried the coffin to the tomb that had been dug in advance, ready to put the coffin into the tomb.

The old lady’s cemetery was also surveyed by real people from Qingyuan. It is located in the middle of Cui’s ancestral tomb.

In accordance with the old lady's legacy, no expensive burial objects were allowed to be buried with her, and the grave was very simple, only the coffin could be put down.

Cui Youbo and his wife wept bitterly again, and Cui Hong and Cui Yabo on the side also burst into tears—the Cui family had complicated feelings for the old lady, including respect, love, reverence, or admiration, but no one could deny that there was no old lady People, there would be no Cui family today.

And those tribesmen who were revenged and neglected by the old lady couldn't help sighing in front of the old lady's coffin: This is a remarkable woman, and she can be regarded as a strange woman of the previous generation.

In the eyes of everyone mourning or sighing, Mrs. Cui kept her virginity and created the bipolar Cui family. Mrs. Cui finally slept in the ground and was reunited with her parents under the Nine Springs.

Brothers Cui Shouren and Cui Shouyi knelt in the hall in Rongkangjuli, the capital, and they also wanted to personally send my sister back to her hometown for burial, but the old lady refused.

The two brothers were facing the direction of Luoyang, with tears streaming down their wrinkled faces——Sister, have you seen Aye and Aniang?Sister, go all the way, sister, sister, sister...

After the old lady's coffin was buried, Cui Youbo and Xiao Nan planted pines and cypresses in her cemetery with their own hands, and even Changsheng, who was just able to walk, added a handful of soil to the young tree.

"Okay, Dalang, let's go back."

Cui Hong wiped away the tears from his face, and said in a hoarse voice to Cui Youbo who was kneeling in front of the tomb.

Uncle Cui shook his head and said, "Uncle, you and Seventh Brother should go back to the city first. From now on, my wife and I will be filial to Grandma in the thatched cottage."

Cottage?

Cui Hong's eyes fell on the two thatched huts that had just been built on the side of the hill, and he said worriedly: "There are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, why don't you come to the hut again after the Chinese New Year?"

It's freezing cold now, Cui Youbo and his wife live in such a thatched hut that is ventilated everywhere, so they won't be frozen.

It is a good thing to be filial to the elders, but it should not damage the body.

Cui Yabo also felt that Cui Youbo's decision was a bit inappropriate, following his father's tone, he persuaded: "Yes, Dalang, it's better to go back to the city first, and it won't be too late to come back after the Lantern Festival."

Uncle Cui got up from the tomb, bowed to Cui Hong and his son, and said firmly, "I have made up my mind, so there is no need to persuade Uncle and Seventh Brother. It is getting late, everyone, you should go back first. If it is later, you will be in the city." Curfew."

Xiao Nan also came to the front, and said softly: "Yes, uncle, Mr. Lang and I have already made up our minds. From now on, we will copy the scriptures of filial piety in the thatched cottage, and we will not go back to the city for the Spring Festival this year. We will guard grandma for the New Year. "

Cui Hong opened his mouth, wanting to persuade him, but seeing the young couple's firm expressions, he knew that he might not be able to persuade them, so he said instead: "Since you insist, it's okay to stay, but the hut is simple, you two How to live?"

No food or drink, you and your two children drink northwest wind.

Xiao Nan replied: "Uncle, there is no need to worry. This place is not far from Xiaocui Village. We also have farmhouses on the farmhouse. There are servants and everything in the farmhouse, and all the food we need for weekdays is also complete."

Seeing that his father was relieved, Cui Yabo couldn't persuade him anymore, but said worriedly: "Where are there two more children? They are still so young, living here, I'm afraid—"

Mrs. Wu also followed closely, persuading: "Yes, they still can't live without their wet nurses, there are only two thatched huts, how can you live in them?!"

Wu Shi really doesn't understand Xiao Nan more and more, she wants a good reputation, but she doesn't have to work so hard, right? !Now even the children have to suffer? !
Xiao Nan twitched the corners of his lips slightly, and said softly: "Thank you for your concern, Seventh Brother and Seventh Sister-in-law. The children go back to the farmhouse with the nurse at night, and only follow us in the thatched cottage during the day."

Xiao Nan saw the suspicion in Wu's eyes, she knew that Wu was still not sure how to blame her for being a cruel mother, for the sake of a false name, not to mention suffering and burdening herself, and implicating her two children.

In fact, Xiao Nan had thought about it a long time ago, since the husband and wife wanted to keep their filial piety, they had to do it with great fanfare.Living in a hut at the foot of Mount Mang is the best publicity.

Where is Mangshan? There is a well-known proverb: "Born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, dead and buried in Beimang."

Those who are buried here are either emperors or princes, ministers and celebrities, and the people who come and worship and travel are not ordinary people. What will they think when they see Cui Youbo and his wife who are still keeping their filial piety in the thatched cottage in winter?How to comment?

Although conscription is not popular nowadays, if someone spreads the reputation of "pure filial piety", even if he is just a humble scholar, he can be called into the court by the sage to be an official, let alone someone who was born in the imperial examination and was born in an aristocratic family. Uncle Cui is dead.

As for Xiao Nan, he can also get a filial wife, which adds a layer of brilliance to his reputation and protects her and the children.

PS: Well, the recent subscription is so pitiful, a certain Sa cried and begged for the support of the genuine subscription, ~~~~(>_<)~~~~
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