The three fucked-up things that Uncle Wu mentioned were truly worthy of their name. When Uncle Wu called for people to come out, none of them dared to move and huddled together on the sofa. The person who came out was actually Master Lang.
"I'll do it, okay?"
This person always has a cold air in his speech, and his accent is a little different. It doesn't sound like he's from our area. His standard Mandarin sounds pretty good.
Uncle Wu looked at him several times before he said, "Yes, yes, you can. Take off the things around your neck before entering the funeral shed. Burn the paper money and don't touch the children's toys and small clothes. In addition, just watch the incense candles stay on."
become."
Master Lang moved very quickly. He didn't ask why Uncle Wu knew there was something hanging around his neck. He quickly took it off. Even I didn't see clearly what it was. He put it in the pocket of his coat, walked in and squatted down.
With his body, he began to burn the paper money and gold and silver ingots one by one.
What I was thinking was that this man was very courageous. He had made such troubles before. He had also seen the female ghost and Zhu Xijie with his own eyes, and now he dared to walk in and squat down less than 20 centimeters away from the female corpse's head in a straight line.
He is a cool person who burns paper calmly.
The rest of the matter was obviously not over yet. Uncle Wu brought another basin of willow leaf water, and also prepared a thick pile of yellow straw paper that was not marked with money holes and placed it in the funeral shed. There were also clothes, scissors,
White towels and other things.
Like a fool, I sat on the ground outside the funeral shed and watched him work. Finally, the big makeup box he had carried all the way was placed on the small table set up next to the female body.
"Sanman, how are you resting?"
I knew that Uncle Wu was about to start putting on makeup. The words "dian" and "zhuang" are interpreted separately and have two meanings. Now together, they are simply putting makeup on the body, cleaning up the remains, etc. No need to doubt it.
"It's almost...almost..."
Now I have to be careful when answering Uncle Wu's questions, for fear that something else might come out and embarrass me.
Uncle Wu saw that I was a bit timid, didn't say anything, and walked back into the house.
I don’t know where the old man moved a screen from. It seemed to be valuable and a good thing. When he moved it, the muscles in his arms were tangled and the veins were exposed. It looked like it was very difficult.
In the end, Master Nalang stood up and helped, and he successfully placed the screen between the altar table and the bed board under the woman's body. It was directly pulled open, blocking most of the inside of the tomb.
"Stop looking, get ready to go in and deliver the baby. All these things must be completed tonight. Once the coffin arrives tomorrow, the mother and son will be buried."
After all, I didn't hide away. Uncle Wu's voice came, and I knew that another test was waiting for me inside.
I, a girl who is not yet an adult, actually have to help deliver a baby, and I am still a dead person...
The only worry-free thing is that no one will be killed, and there will be no chance that the old man who fell while being helped will be strangled, because both the women inside have been dead for a long time.
Uncle Wu watched me slowly stand up and walk into the funeral shed with heavy steps. He had a sad look on his face and patted my shoulder, "Don't be afraid. We are doing good deeds. Come on over. Master Lang and I will be with you outside the screen."
, Uncle Wu will also tell you step by step how to do it."
This was indeed much better than carrying the body downstairs and suffering it alone. I could only nod my head, turned to the screen, lowered my head and looked at the female corpse lying on the door panel, wearing a wedding dress and wide eyes.
"Sanman, clean your hands with willow water and use a white towel to wet your hands!"
Uncle Wu's voice from outside came to me, which made me feel a little reassured. I have already carried this back, and now these are not difficult tasks. I saw Uncle Wu doing makeup.
I washed my hands carefully in the basin of Liuye water and wiped them with a clean white towel. I stopped and waited for Uncle Wu's instructions.
"Change into old clothes..." Uncle Wu's voice was long and drawn out. I followed the instructions step by step. Changing out of this wedding dress had always been Li Mengting's original intention. I believed there would be no surprises in this process.
As expected, what was prepared for Li Mengting was a skirt. The top and bottom skirts were separate. The skirt was made of elastic bands and was easy to wear. There were no buttons on the clothes. This was also a rule. No buttons should be worn on the clothes for burial. Buttons, buttons, buttons.
The meaning of the next generation of heirs is considered unknown.
The whole shed smelled of burning paper and burning incense candles. I was a little clumsy and moved around in a hurry. Finally, I changed the clothes for Li Mengting, including the shoes and the one on her head.
Phoenix crown, I was told to throw it aside on the ground.
There is another saying here: the clothes of the living cannot be thrown on the ground, but the clothes of the dead must be thrown on the ground. Putting them elsewhere will not work.
Therefore, when many elderly people see their children throwing their clothes everywhere, and some of them are on the floor, they will immediately ask them to pick them up and put them where they should.
Hearing that there was no movement inside, Uncle Wu continued to give instructions on the next step.
"Cover the death quilt, hold copper coins in your mouth, put on makeup..."
The whole process of Uncle Wu applying makeup to Grandma Cai was right in front of my eyes. I remember clearly that I followed the procedures that Uncle Wu had done, from cleansing to combing hair, applying powder to lip oil, rouge, drawing eyebrows, and setting makeup, all in one go.
It's strange to say that when I was putting on makeup, I was very focused, thinking only about how to make her look better. When I got to the eye position, I just touched it casually. After I put on the eye shadow, the female corpse's eyes were gone.
When he opened it again, it was like the first time he saw her on the second floor. She was dressed in white and looked like a stranger.
"Three layers of red rope stabilize the soul, and both sides of the weight stabilize the evil stars."
This operation was never done when Grandma Cai was preparing the dowry. I knew both the meaning and the operation. It was written in my grandfather's book that this was a method to prevent corpse fraud, as it could prevent the corpse from getting up.
I took out three pieces of red rope wrapped in rules from the third layer of the makeup box. There was a small weight hanging on both sides of each one. It was not big, only weighing five kilograms at most.
The first section of the red rope was untied. This was the section that was to be placed on the neck of the corpse. The rope was of a very long length and hung just on both sides of the door panel to ensure that the weight would not fall to the ground.
The remaining two sections are placed on the chest, pressing the upper arms on both sides, and hanging down.
The other one is roughly on the thigh, just about to press on the wrist, and then hangs down.
"Sanman, explain it to the deceased clearly. Cover your lower body with white silk, wash your hands with willow leaf water, and deliver the child with the yellow paper between them."
Is this...really going to deliver a baby?
How should I deliver the baby to a dead person who has not been obviously pregnant for only a few months? Should I tell the dead soul to exert force and cooperate with her? Should it be a natural birth or a caesarean section?
I stretched out my hands in a panic, at a loss. I blamed myself for not asking Uncle Wu about these more professional and related knowledge before coming in...
Just when I was hurriedly preparing what I could, I had just laid out the white silk, washed and dried my hands, and was about to ask questions, when a horrifying scene appeared.
The female corpse, which had been put into a birthing position, now has its eyes open again. What's even more terrifying this time is that it even raised its head and looked at me blankly. It made me want to call Uncle Wu but my voice was stuck.