Chapter 11 Funeral
I don't know if you have noticed that there are many funerals from July to August every year. Personally, I think there are many people who die before and after the Ghost Festival. There is also a saying that people who die on Ghost Day are the best, and they don't have to stay in the world.
There is also such a saying in Japan, which describes the day when the ghost door is opened as a night walk of a hundred ghosts.
I lived for more than 20 years and attended a funeral on Ghost Festival for the first time.
Sultry days are easy to make people forget and afraid, because it's really too hot, just keep looking for something to relieve the heat, and there is no time to discuss it.
The crematorium here is very lively every day, including at night. Maybe there are more people these days, and our crematorium is a better place to work. Good welfare and high income.
Only after attending a friend's mother's funeral this time did I know the Tao inside. For example, now it is cremated. If you want to burn the first furnace in the morning, it will cost 1688 yuan, the second furnace 1088, and the third furnace and the back is 888. I asked my friend what kind of furnace his mother is? He said that it must be the first furnace. The first furnace is so clean that the ashes are all his own. No matter how clean the back is, it is mixed with the ashes of the people burned in front. I get chills as soon as he says it.
The coffin usually stops for three days. Because he is a friend, he has no brothers or sisters at home, so I volunteer to help and do some work to welcome him.
We played mahjong all night when it was popular. The more lively the better. On the third night, there was really a table where I couldn't find anyone. In order not to be cold, I had to go to it. My skills can only be regarded as sending money.
Sure enough, 600 went into the water in less than half an hour, and the three uncles on the opposite side were not allowed to let me see my daughter. Is it good for three men to bully my daughter? He muttered in his heart, of course he can't say it, otherwise he won't lose the face of his friends.
took another round, and it was all unreliable. Just as I was about to play a random one, suddenly a black finger pointed to one of the cards. I took a look. Oh, my god, my friend's mother, only heard that the deceased loved the sport of mahjong before his death. I didn't expect to forget it when I died. Of course, I didn't dare to disobey. Sure enough, I sang all the way. In the morning, I made more than 4,000 yuan. In contrast, the faces of the three uncles opposite were green. At the end of the last one, I wanted to smile at the old man, but she was gone.
After the old man burned into the earth, I stayed with my friend until the end, and I finally went up to say goodbye. I meditated in my heart, "I wish you become a Buddha as soon as possible."
Green mountains and green water, what a good place. On the way back, my friend drove me in the passenger seat and chatted for a while. Suddenly, he said to me, "My mother has always wanted you to be my daughter-in-law."
Half speechless.