My hometown is in a small mountain village deep in the Qinling Mountains, abandoned by my biological parents when I was born, but fortunately my adoptive father adopted me and raised me to this day. The adoptive father is a widower who lives alone in charge of the coffin, in addition to agricultural affairs, mainly responsible for carrying the coffin out of the funeral for the bereaved owner, commonly known as mixed white rice.
Rural customs are good for red and white celebrations, whether it is a red wedding celebration or a white celebration of ascension, the main family attaches great importance to it. When I was sixteen, a couple from a neighboring village committed suicide. It is said that the man suspected that his daughter-in-law was having an affair with someone next door, and after a drunken encounter, the husband and wife quarreled and fought. The man was too fierce, and when he lost his hand, he beat the woman to death. After the man woke up drunk, remorse and fear were mixed, so he drank pesticides to atone for his sins. Because the family was relatively poor, and the man's mother died at an early age, there was only a father in his sixties. After experiencing this change, the tearful coffin prepared for himself was used to house his son and daughter-in-law, that is, a cave with a coffin.
On this day, Mr. Yin and Yang calculated the time of the funeral, and then the adoptive father and the rest of the coffin bearers carried him out for burial. The coffin carryer is called the Eight Immortals, generally a team of eight people, and in some places there will be a team of sixteen or twenty-four people, in this team, the division of labor is clear, the senior coffin lifter is in charge of the coffin, and then the coffin and the coffin tail, and the adoptive father is the person in charge of the coffin.
The adoptive father shouted, "Eight immortals are in the queue, ready to get up!" So everyone was angry, and at the same time they made an effort to lift the coffin, but just on the shoulder, at this time, Zhang Er at the end of the coffin, but whistled, slipped the shoulder... The coffin's center of gravity was unstable, and it suddenly landed on the ground without moving, and everyone was shocked! The adoptive father became alert and scolded Zhang Er in a loud voice. Because the time of carrying the coffin is calculated by Mr. Yin and Yang, the time cannot be missed, and the coffin is not carried to the ground, which is the rule in the industry since ancient times. Today, Zhang Er, made this out, and simply lost the face of the coffin holder! The most worrying thing is that the people in this coffin are all dying unnaturally, according to the old rules, if the person with this method of death makes a slight mistake, it may cause some unnecessary trouble, and the adoptive father's face is very ugly...
So everyone worked together to lift the coffin, saying that this coffin is also too heavy, although it is a double coffin, but it is indeed heavy and abnormal, eight people lifted for a while without feeling sweaty, on the way, this Zhang Er slipped on the soles of one foot, suddenly fell to the front, pounced, the brain door slammed on the coffin, made a big hole, blood DC ...
The adoptive father was stunned, the soles of his feet were cold, and it seemed that this trip was indeed not smooth, and there were many mysteries. Hindered by too many people sending off, in order to avoid causing panic, no more words, just with the eyes to tell me to let me leave here as soon as possible, but the teenager was curious, I did not pay attention to my adoptive father's warning.
Until you reach the burial place, prepare to put the coffin into the cave. Zhang Er suddenly shouted, "Rats, rats... There are rats coming out of the coffin, open the coffin, open the coffin! "Then a butt sat on the ground, and the coffin fell to the ground at once, only to see several rats with bulging stomachs drill out of a hole in the coffin, and then more and more, it was a group of ...
This scene was creepy, and the Yin and Yang Master who was responsible for the soul induction of the method was even more astonished! Mr. Yin and Yang immediately circled around the coffin, and then took out a stack of paper money from the cloth bag that was on his shoulder, burned the paper money in the position of the coffin, and after prostrating his head three times, he chanted, "Yin and Yang open, the coffin falls, and the charm stirs the yellow spring boiling." The living go, the dead return, and the coffin asks Junhu if he is not returning? Then tell the women to avoid them all, and then gather everyone to prepare to open the coffin!"
The adoptive father and several coffin bearers, enduring fear, opened the coffin, only to see a coffin of rats fleeing everywhere... Under the guidance of the master of Yin and Yang, after driving the rats out, Mr. Yin and Yang put the burial paper man into the coffin, and then drew a spell and chanted a mantra, attached to the skull cover of the husband and wife, and buried it with the coffin lid.
It turned out that the coffin had been shelved for a long time. After this white tragedy, the couple was put into the coffin, but they were eaten by these rats, which was extremely tragic and the funeral was not smooth. In order to appease the two, Mr. Yin and Yang then did the 7749-day French style, surpassing the ghosts of the husband and wife, helping them to reincarnate as soon as possible, and also blessing the peace and hindrance of his village, immeasurable merit, and finally!