Even if the old man has passed away, he cannot continue to put it on the kang, but must carry out a small burial. Sending the elderly, that is, to treat the elderly with funerals, generally, don’t do many things by their own family, but ask for help from relatives and friends.

This is a need and a custom. It is a need, because at this time, the bereaved family is usually overly sad, and there is no spirit to pay attention to malfunctions. It is a custom because it has been like this throughout the ages. It is also a fine tradition of neighbors helping each other, which is full of a strong sense of humanity, and the living respects the dead and the death itself.

Needless to say, Wu Yuchang took the initiative to become a guest. Next to him were Wu Yugui, the manager Han Zhong, and the experienced elderly people in the village, such as Chunzhu Dad, who helped to organize the program.

The first thing is to cleanse Mr. Lian and put on old clothes. This matter cannot be delayed, because when a person dies, his body is still soft and it is easier to wear clothes at this time. If the time goes on, it will be difficult to deal with. With the reminder of Zhike and others, Jiang has already boiled a large pot of warm water, put it in a basin, and placed it on the kang.

Lian Man'er, Xiao Qi, Lian Ye'er and a few children were sent out first.

Zhou naturally presided over the matter of cleaning up Mr. Lian and dressing up. However, she is the only one who can’t do it, and someone needs help.

"I, I'll wash my father's body and put on clothes." Lian Lan'er volunteered.

"No need for you." Lian Shouxin, who had been airing, suddenly spoke, and reached out to stop Lian Lan'er who was about to come forward, "You can stay in the house. Here..."

Lian Shouxin said, then glanced at Zhang.

"There are Goro's mother, and Ye'er's mother, and Jizu's wife is also helping her." Lian Shouxin decided to choose the candidate for Mr. Lian to wash and wear clothes.

Among the people, this candidate is very particular. If the husband dies and his wife is still alive, then the matter is of course done by his wife and helps his biological children. And the children who can do this for the elderly are naturally promising in the family, loved by the elderly, and are also filial to the elderly.

In this era when filial piety is important, being able to do such things for the elderly is very respectful, and it is a very important filial piety.

Originally, Lian Lan'er could do this as a eldest daughter. But now, she does not have such qualifications. Obviously, Lian Shouxin has determined that Lian's death is related to Lian Lan'er. As one of the culprits of the anger of the old man, Lian Lan'er no longer has the face of filial piety.

Lian Lan'er looked panicked, and of course she knew what Lian Shouxin thought. When Lian Shouxin came home, she did not have an attack with her, but because she had to do the matter of Mr. Lian first, this did not mean that Lian Shouxin would not pursue it. So Lian Lan'er hoped that she could add weight to herself by cleaning up and dressing her, and at the same time she would weaken Lian Shouxin's disgust towards her. She looked at Zhou pitifully. She hoped that Zhou could speak for her at this time. As a vain, Zhou's words were quite important at this time.

However, unexpectedly, Zhou did not speak for Lian Lan'er this time. Zhou did not seem to have heard the dispute between Lian Shouxin and Lian Lan'er, and she did not look up at this point.

Lian Man'er heard the inner room talking in the outer room, so he hurriedly told Xiao Qing a few words. Xiao Qing turned around and entered the room again. In a while, two wives half-helped and half-mopped the floor to take Lian Lan'er out of the room and headed to the west room.

After a while, He was also sent out. Obviously, she was also deprived of the honor of cleansing and dressing Mr. Lian.

Inside the house, everyone else left, there were only Zhou, Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi, Lian Shouli, Lian Shouxin, Zhang, Zhao and Jiang. These were all the people who sent Mr. Lian the last trip to Mr. Lian.

Although they were asked to serve their daughters-in-law, with so many sons, they would not really let their daughters-in-law do the work of cleaning up Mr. Lian.

Zhou sat on the kang and took off his clothes for Mr. Lian with his four sons. While he carefully wiped his body with a wet veil and combed his hair with a comb. Zhang, Zhao and Jiang gathered at the end of the kang to sort out Mr. Lian's clothes.

There are several sets of old clothes from the inside to the outside. The common practice is to wear them one by one first, and then put them on them, rather than on them from the inside to the outside. The three of them are neat people who are used to doing work. After a while, they neatly tidied up the clothes. Zhou took a few sons and took advantage of the softness of old clothes on the old clothes to wear on them.

Afterwards, the crowd burst into tears again. At this time, the people outside carried the spirit bed into the house. Everyone helped him and lifted the body of Mr. Lian to the spirit bed and sorted it out. Someone set up a table and a tool to apply it. Only then did the small burial be completed.

After the small burial, I received the condolences.

The news of the Zhuanghu family is said to be a word of mouth. People from all over the village will know about it in a blink of an eye. Without anyone reporting the funeral, people who are polite will come to pay their respects automatically. However, in the common sayings of the Zhuanghu family, the words of mourning are generally not said to be polite, and they generally call it hanging paper.

Holding a funeral is different from other things. The merchants value gifts very much, but due to material resources, they cannot bring out heavy gifts. Generally, they can only pay a large piece of paper to mourn. Generally, merchants also take this gift, so they call it hanging paper.

Of course, there are also white cloths and gifts. However, there are very few households in general. Only wealthy families, or relatives who are very close to each other, will do this.

The villagers nearby do not need to report the funeral notice, but relatives in the distance have to send someone to report the funeral.

Wu Yuchang and Wu Yugui came to ask Lian Shouxin if they had any relatives to notify them.

"My father-in-law has to send someone to say that Han Zhong will arrange this." Lian Shouxin said. As for other relatives, Lian Shouxin thought about it and then asked Zhou.

"Everything is gone, no one!" Zhou said hard and honestly.

Everyone looked at each other.

"Brother, are there any relatives and friends who want to report to you?" Wu Yuchang asked Lian Shouren.

Lian Shouren didn't speak, just looked at Lian Shouxin. Even Shouxin didn't speak. After a while, Lian Shouren shook his head.

"That's it." Wu Yuchang made the decision.

There is no relative relationship between the old man, and the only ones in the Zhou family, the Great Zhou family and the Xiao Zhou family are in contact. There is no need to tell them specifically in the village. As for Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi and Lian Shouli’s Yue family, they have long since disappeared.

Although Wu Yuchang and Wu Yugui brothers took the initiative to take charge of the visitor, they still had to make a charter for some matters.

"Second Aunt," Wu Yuchang spoke to Zhou carefully, "My second uncle is gone. What should I do about this big thing? You still have to keep talking."

Wu Yuchang is the only one among all the juniors of Zhou, including her many children and grandchildren. Apart from Lian Lan'er and Lian Xiu'er, he is the only one who can get close to Zhou and let Zhou talk to him calmly. This shows how smart and versatile Wu Yuchang is.

"I am a lonely old woman, I can say it." Zhou thought for a while and said, "I have no penny left in my hand, and I have all stolen that little boy Silang. What do you want to do? Tell them."

After saying this, Zhou didn't say anything.

Wu Yuchang had no choice but to turn to the four brothers Lian Shouren, Lian Shouyi, Lian Shouli and Lian Shouxin. Although Lian Jizu, Erlang, Wulang, Liulang and Qilang of the grandchildren, were also present, their voice in such matters had to be behind their fathers.

After a while of silence, even Shouren, even Shouyi and Shouli did not speak.

"I'll bother the two brothers about this matter. I'll just arrange and send the old man to use money, and I'll pay for it." Lian Shouxin said.

"Fourth brother, I know that your character is really nothing." Wu Yuchang said, "My brother and sister are also cheerful. I just said I wanted cloth, and this has been sent to someone."

Not only Wu Yuchang and Wu Yugui, everyone had long guessed that even the old man's funeral would have to bear the burden of keeping the trust. Wu Yuchang asked in particular, following the rules, not taking it for granted, and also making a shame for keeping the trust.

Such a major event decided that Wu Yuchang and Wu Yugui would be even more relaxed in their arrangements.

The curtain was taken off, and everything of color was put away. The mourning hall was arranged according to the customs of the village households. White banners were hung on the door stacks of the main doors. The west wing was opened, cleaned up, burned the kang, and gathered the brazier. Several wives who came to help sat on the kang, quickly cut white cloth and sewed mourning clothes and hats.

This white cloth was naturally what Wu Yuchang mentioned just now, and Zhang sent someone to take it from his home.

The custom of the merchants is that the elderly are gone, sons, daughters-in-laws, and daughters are all wearing mourning clothes, that is, they have to wear a whole set of mourning shirts and mourning hats. The grandchildren wear mourning hats, and the male grandchildren wear a white cloth belt, and the eldest grandchildren wear a whole set of mourning shirts and mourning hats, just like the sons, and the ones that have a farther relationship, there is only a mourning hat, and the ones that have a farther distance are only a white cloth belt.

Several wives kept busying themselves. After a while, they sewed all the filial piety clothes and hats of even the direct descendants of their families, and everyone put them on them one by one. Even Lan'er had to wear filial piety shirts, but she only got a filial piety hat. Luo Baocai, Jinsuo, Jinsuo's wife, and Yinsuo had only a white cloth belt.

This is because even Shuxin has always refused to do anything. If it were a great person, they would probably not have these things.

Zhou also wears mourning according to the rules.

Since the old man was so angry that Zhou had sat on the kang and never got off the ground. At this moment, the little Zhou and the big Zhou had arrived long ago, accompanying Zhou on the left and right. The two of them were about to help Zhou put on filial piety, but they were pulled down by Zhou.

Zhou didn't speak, but just refused to wear mourning, so he just made ordinary costumes.

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