Chapter 22: Raising the Coffin
Of course, if you have to dig out the coffin, you have to be very particular about it. The first thing is to find a good Feng Shui master to choose an auspicious day and dig out the coffin within the specified time.
And generally the time will not be chosen in broad daylight, because after death, people belong to yin, and sunlight belongs to yang, and this kind of yin and sunlight are in conflict. If you open the coffin in broad daylight, let the sunlight shine directly on it.
On the bones, the descendants of the bones will be affected.
But if the chosen time is during the day, a pergola must be built above the corpse to block the sun. Of course, Zhang Wen also considered this reason and asked Zeng Zhenhua to lead the workers to wait for the coffin to be lifted.
Zhang Wen took out a requiem charm, murmured a prayer, and informed the descendants of the Yin people that they were going to move her grave back to her hometown to be buried with her husband.
Zhang Wen saw from the decayed remains of the coffin that he dug out that the coffin used by Zeng Zhenhua's mother was not made of good materials, and after such a long time, the coffin had almost completely decayed. And from what he had seen in the Yin-Yang Mirror just now,
From what I saw, Zeng Zhenhua's mother's bones had almost completely decomposed, leaving only the skull and some scattered bones inside.
Zhang Wen said, "After such a long time, the coffin and the body have completely decayed. You are now in the coffin. Be careful not to break the bones."
"Are you saying that where we are standing now is in a tomb?" Sanniu's expression suddenly changed, and a feeling of fear emerged from the bottom of his heart.
"Of course, where do you think you are now?"
"Now that we are inside the coffin, Boss Zeng, there is actually no use for so many people here. Just let Sanniu and the others go up, and I will just clean up here." Liu Laoer also knew that these nephews did not
If you have experienced something like this, you will definitely be scared, so you might as well ask them to go up and wait.
Zeng Zhenwei asked Zhang Wen, "Zhang Wen, what do you think?"
Zhang Wen nodded and said, "That's okay, you guys can come up."
Although no one has ever seen ghosts and gods, ordinary people always have the mentality of preferring to believe that they exist rather than believe that they do not exist, so they are unconsciously afraid of the bones of the dead. The thought of stepping on the bones of human beings now makes it so scary.
Several strong-blooded people also felt their scalps numb. After hearing Zhang Wen's promise to let them get up, the three brothers Sanniu immediately got up from the cemetery in a panic.
For fear of damaging the bones, Liu Laoer did not dare to shovel the soil hard with a shovel, so he could only push the soil aside with his hands.
Zhang Wen shouted from above, "Liu Laoer, be careful. Your current position is exactly at the head of the coffin. You should pay attention to the person's skull."
"Don't worry, I will definitely pay attention."
"Forget it, I'd better go down and look for it with you." Zhang Wen thought for a while and still felt uneasy, so he decided to go down and help himself.
After seeing Zhang Wen go down, Zeng Zhenhua was also very moved. In fact, he also saw that the Sanniu brothers did not dare to go down because they were afraid. He had already experienced a lot in life and death at this age, and besides, he was buried
The person below is his mother, so there is nothing to be afraid of.
"Zhang Wen, let me go down too." After Zeng Zhenhua finished speaking, he also jumped down.
"You guys give me a moment, I'll go down too." The eldest brother has already gone down. Although Zeng Zhenwei is a little reluctant, he can't watch from the side. His cousin paid for his wooden board factory, and he still wants to continue.
To expand the scale of the factory, I want to borrow money from this cousin. If I don't help in this situation, I will be embarrassed to ask my cousin about borrowing money in the future, so I can only jump on it.
"Okay, Uncle Zeng, you can clean up here. Uncle Zeng, you can take charge of this area." Zhang Wen pointed to the side and assigned them.
The three brothers of Sanniu who had just climbed up couldn't help but look a little ugly when they saw their boss jumping down. Moreover, their brothers all agreed to help, but their brothers did not go down to work, and the boss was down there.
Let's go to work. It would be terrible if the boss gets angry and fires his brothers. But now it's impossible to go down. The pit is only so big, and there are already several people crowded down there, and they can't squeeze in.
There were so many people coming in. And some of the brothers were really scared.
About ten minutes later, Liu Laoer fumbled for an object and shouted with a hint of fear, "Zhang Wen, come here and take a look, what is this?"
Zhang Wen turned around and saw Liu Lao'er holding a yellowed skull in his hand. At this time, Liu Lao'er's hand holding the skull was trembling desperately. Zhang Wen quickly said, "Liu Lao'er, you
Be careful, this is a skull, don't break it."
As soon as Zeng Zhenhua saw the skeleton, he immediately knelt on the ground and started crying.
"Mom, my son has come to take you back. My son is unfilial and has kept you out for so long without coming home." From ancient times to the present, China has been adhering to the custom of returning fallen leaves to their roots. When people die and are buried outside, they are wandering ghosts.
They are unable to enjoy the sacrifices of their family members. Therefore, the last words left by many people living in foreign countries after their death are to take their ashes back to their hometown for burial.
Zeng Zhenhua lost his mother when he was young. He has not been with her for decades. He has missed his mother very much since he was a child. Moreover, his father has been searching for decades, and now he has just begun to find her. He couldn't help but lose control of his emotions and burst into tears.
"Auntie, my eldest brother and uncle have been looking for you for decades, and now they have finally found you. But the uncle has already..." Zeng Zhenwei also began to cry bitterly.
Zeng Zhenhua cried for a while before he could control his emotions. He stopped crying and wiped his tears and said, "I'm sorry, Zhang Wen, uncle couldn't control himself and made you laugh."
"Uncle Zeng, it doesn't matter, I understand." Zhang Wen's eyes were also red. He also thought of his mother. He was raised by his father alone since he was sensible. When he was a child, he also asked his father
Regarding his mother's affairs, he was very sad to see his father suddenly become silent. From then on, he very wisely never asked about his mother's affairs again, although he was very curious about his mother's affairs in his heart.
At this time, Daniel suddenly remembered something and said quickly, "Boss Zeng, how about we go and move the coffin on the car?"
"Zhang Wen, what do you think?" Zeng Zhenhua turned to look at Zhang Wen.
"Go quickly." Zhang Wen continued, "Liu Laoer, please put the skull next to it first. You can also go up and lend a hand to carry the coffin with them."
It didn't take long for Liu Lao's second uncle and nephew to bring the coffin over, and Zhang Wen and the others also cleaned out many broken bones buried in the soil.
Zeng Zhenhua also unearthed a silver bracelet buried with Zeng engraved on it from the ground. He immediately started crying again. He had heard from his father that he did not wear his mother in his hands when he buried her.
He took off the heirloom bracelet. Seeing the bracelet, he no longer doubted whether the skeleton was his mother.
Several people finally found all the bones in the grave and moved them to the coffin that had just been moved. Zeng Zhenhua still held the silver bracelet and felt sad for a while.
Seeing that everything was ready, Zhang Wen called out, "Uncle Zeng, it's time for us to go back. If we don't go back, it will be dawn."
Zeng Zhenhua took a deep breath and stood up and said, "Okay, let's all go back."
Zhang Wen suddenly remembered something, "Uncle Zeng, you have to promise me that what I helped you with tonight will never be spread out."
"This is just a trivial matter, Liu Laoer, I don't want today's incident to spread. Do you know what to do?" Zhang Wen's strength was so shocking that he was able to find a tomb buried underground.
That is not something ordinary people can do. It is definitely good for him to maintain a good relationship with him, and Zhang Wen has just helped them, so he quickly expressed his good intentions to Zhang Wen.
"Boss Zeng, don't worry, our uncles and nephews will definitely not tell anyone." Liu Laoer quickly assured him. He threatened his nephews, "Have you heard this? If you brats dare to tell anyone,
If so, I will break your legs."
Their uncle and nephew relied on Zeng Zhenwei for their livelihood. If Boss Zeng fired them, their family would be in trouble. These brothers obviously understood this truth and quickly agreed together with assurance.
"That's good. I'm very satisfied with this matter. After I return, in addition to the original conditions, I will give each of you two more months' salary."
Zeng Zhenwei's words made Liu Lao's second uncle and nephew suddenly happy, especially the Sanniu brothers. Just now, the three of them had been worried that Zeng Zhenwei would fire them because of what happened just now. Now the boss said that they would be given two more months' salary.
Finally everyone felt relieved.
Zhang Wen ordered Liu Lao's second uncle and nephew to cover the coffin, tie the two sides of the coffin with two hemp ropes, insert two wooden sticks as thick as fists into the hemp ropes, and everyone grabbed one end of the sticks. Then he left.
When he got to the coffin, he took out a stack of Ming coins, murmured a prayer in his mouth, and then threw the Ming coins up. The Ming coins fell scatteredly in the air.
This is also an ancient custom. These ghost coins are specially used to sell money to some wandering ghosts. After a person dies, the soul will be attached to the skeleton and will be taken to the burial place by the people in the world. Therefore, people send funerals
There is always a Taoist priest walking in front who will give money to the wandering ghosts when crossing bridges or intersections. Otherwise, the ghosts may block the road and prevent the ghosts from following the corpses.
After Zhang Wen finished doing this, he shouted, "Okay, let's lift the coffin."
Liu Lao's second uncle and nephew, who had been prepared long ago, quickly lifted the coffin and followed Zhang Wen towards the direction of the truck.
Chapter completed!