As soon as Chen Daji finished speaking, he heard the voice of his deaf mother-in-law behind him.
"Silly boy, this is not a funeral, this is a rice dumpling delivery."
"When you didn't come back, the wife of the old Sun family in the south of the village hanged herself and left."
"Calculating the time, I should be doing something today."
Chen Daji turned around and saw Hu Feier and Chan Ruyu helping the deaf mother-in-law walk out of the house.
"Grandma, grandma, why did you get up so early?"
Chen Daji ran to the old man's side in three or two steps and took over Hu Feier's support.
The deaf mother-in-law smiled, walked to the stone table and sat down.
Only Chan Ruyu helped put the thick cushions on.
"As people get older, they sleep less. It just makes these two girls sleep poorly."
When Hu Feier and Chan Ruyu heard this, they immediately smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, we don't need to sleep too much in the practice of aliens."
Chen Daji's curiosity exploded and he asked while beating his deaf mother-in-law's back.
"Grandma, grandma, what is 'giving meat dumplings'? Isn't it the same thing as a funeral?"
The old man explained with a smile...
"Sending meat rice dumplings" is also known as sending evil spirits or eating noodles.
Legend has it that the deceased who hanged himself would find a substitute because he was afraid that the deceased would be too angry and resentful.
Therefore, a mage must conduct a ritual to send the evil spirit of the deceased (represented by the rope used for hanging) to the wild and throw it away.
However, because of disrespect for the deceased, people do not call it "driving away the hanged ghosts", but call it "sending meat rice dumplings".
The reason why it is called "meat rice dumplings" is because the meat rice dumplings made during the Dragon Boat Festival are usually tied with thin ropes and hung on the wall, so binding the rice dumplings (wrapping the rice dumplings) is a metaphor for hanging.
There are many other rules when conducting rituals, so I won’t list them all.
Just a reminder to readers:
If you accidentally see someone "bringing out meat dumplings" at home in the middle of the night, you can avoid it by turning sideways and facing into the house, silently reciting the names of Taoist gods, Amitabha Ksitigarbha, etc. in your heart, and don't look directly at him.
If you have met directly, you must follow the team to complete the journey, which means sending the deceased a ride.
Before going home, go to Taoist temples and temples to ask for incense to protect yourself.
It is best to use the "Pure Talisman" to dissolve in water to cleanse yourself.
"Oh, that's it..." Chen Daji suddenly understood.
"Grandma, grandma, how did the old Sun family's daughter-in-law die? Was it caused by a ghost?!"
"Do you want me to take Ba Ye over and take a look?!"
Chang Baye: "..."
"You little brat, just stay here for a while and don't mess around. Will you die?!"
The deaf mother-in-law looked at Chen Daji who looked eager to try, and couldn't help but "laugh and scold".
"Silly boy, not every death is caused by ghosts."
"This life is full of difficulties. Who knows what obstacles we may encounter that we can't overcome..."
"Hey, forget it, go back to the house and take a nap!"
"Oh, by the way, before going to bed, go grab some ash from under the stove and smear it on the threshold of our house to ward off evil spirits."
"Although dirty things don't dare to come to our house and cause trouble, it's better to avoid things if they can."
The deaf mother-in-law stood up and walked towards the pine tree in the courtyard as she spoke.
I took out the handkerchief I brought with me and wiped it carefully one pine needle at a time.
She refused anyone's help during this process and just focused on cleaning up slowly by herself.
Although Chen Daji is not a fool, he always listens to the advice of his elders.
After grabbing a large amount of pot ash and smearing it on the threshold, I thought about smearing some on Master Ba.
After being whipped hard by the big tail, he calmed down and went back to the house to sleep.
Outside the yard, the team delivering rice dumplings carried paper statues of gods and hanging ropes and stopped at the mass grave.
After lighting these together, the crowd dispersed.
No one noticed that the fire was not burning brightly. Instead, it flickered for a few times and then went out.
Then a pale figure floated out from the fire... or rather from the hanging rope. It was the old Sun family's wife who committed suicide.
His eyes, all white, looked straight in the direction of the village, giggling.
Just as she was slowly drifting towards the village, another gust of dark wind blew.
Two ghostly figures floated in the dark wind and crashed directly into "Old Sun's Wife".
The Hanged Ghost seemed to be afraid of the two ghosts, and screamed and tried to escape, but was hit by a bone thrown by one of the ghosts.
The scream turned into a pool of fishy blood, seeping into the "sling" on the ground bit by bit.
The two ghost figures that appeared later picked up the rope and "walked" toward the mountains.
This night, the temperature seemed to be much colder than usual...