"When I woke up, I didn't see my second brother anymore."
The four of them gathered in the main room, holding bowls and drinking hot rice porridge.
Hua Xiao said in a hoarse voice.
Hua Shi frowned, turned around and looked at the empty house. It was dark and deserted.
Going out again?
At this moment, there was also silence in Li's room.
The breakfast was tasteless and the atmosphere was gloomy and depressing.
Hua Xiao and Hua Li both had bitter faces, lowered their heads dejectedly, and looked listless.
Neither of them wanted to look at the body in the yard that was half buried in the snow. After eating breakfast, they retreated into the house and refused to come out again.
Judging from yesterday, Li was also hit hard and became a little crazy. It seems that she will not be able to handle Hua Ciyuan's funeral for the time being.
Leaving the body in the yard is not a solution...
Hua Shi said something to the two of them, then went out in the light snow.
She has never held a funeral for anyone...
According to local customs, after a person dies, the body is cleaned, dressed in funeral clothes, placed in a coffin, and then carried to the burial site...
Hua Shi thought about it and found a carpenter in the village and paid him to make a coffin.
The carpenter had heard that someone had died in the village and expected that someone would come to him to make a coffin, so he made preparations early and told Hua Shi that someone would bring the coffin to her in the evening.
Hua Shi chose the worst wooden boards, and just this pair of boards cost one or two taels of silver.
When a person dies, it is like a light going out. Hua Ciyuan had done nothing good or bad to her during his lifetime.
On the surface, she still wanted to continue living in the village, so she had to do this in a very respectful way...
When Hua Shi returned to the Hua family courtyard after going out, he saw from afar that the gate was wide open and he could faintly hear the voices of several men talking in the courtyard.
As she stepped into the door, Hua Tingjing, who had been waiting for a long time, heard footsteps, turned around and saw Hua Shi walking into the yard.
"Niece, you're finally back? Where did your grandma go? Why can't I see her?"
Hua Ting came forward respectfully and asked questions repeatedly.
Hua Shi looked up and saw seven or eight tall and strong men gathered in the narrow courtyard, talking in a loud voice.
The yard became messy as more people gathered, and Hua Ciyuan's body, which was originally lying on the wooden board in the yard, disappeared.
"Oh, I had your father carried back to the main room, washed him, and changed him into clean clothes. He is in the main room now."
Hua Tingjing noticed her gaze and hurriedly explained.
Hua Shi paused and said hesitantly: "What are you doing...?"
She didn't expect Hua Tingjing to bring people to help take care of Hua Ciyuan's funeral, and her expression was a little surprised.
Hua Tingjing raised his hand and said, "We are all from the same clan. We should help each other. After your father passed away, your family has orphans, widows, the elderly, the weak and the disabled. We should help them if we can."
Hua Shi nodded without saying anything.
"By the way, where is the woman you are nursing?" Hua Tingjing asked, turning his head and looking around.
Hua Shi shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
Hua Tingjing recalled how Li acted like a madman yesterday, and now no one knew where she had gone... Could she really be crazy... ?
Thinking of this, Hua Tingjing couldn't help but reveal a hint of sympathy when he looked at Hua Shi.
Dad is dead, mom is gone too, and if grandma goes crazy now, these children will be the only ones left in the family... Oh, by the way, he remembers that he also has a sick and disabled grandfather.
"Where is your grandfather?" Hua Tingjing thought and asked again.
He remembered that only Mr. Hua's leg was injured, and the rest of his body was fine. If someone helped him sit up, there should be no problem...
Hua Shi lowered his eyes and said, "Inside the house, he should still be sleeping now."
She was also a little confused...
Mrs. Li has now disappeared, and Mr. Hua, who is locked in the house, looks a little crazy...
"Uncle Hua, we're all done here, just waiting to put the coffin in."
A man walked out of the main room, waved towards Hua Tingjing and said.
Hua Tingjing responded, then looked at Hua Shi and asked, "Have you found someone to order a coffin? Do you have enough money? Do you want your uncle to take you there?"
There was no way. Li was missing. He looked around and found that Hua Shi was the only one who could make the decision on this matter.
Hua Shi nodded: "It's enough. They said it can be delivered tonight at the earliest."
Hua Tingjing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that Hua seemed to be in a low mood and looked a little confused, not knowing what to do, he felt very sympathetic and told her in detail what she should do.
"Once the body is in the coffin, we will carry it to our clan's ancestral hall. It will be kept there for seven days. You and your brothers and sisters will go to keep vigil together. Someone will be there for seven days. After seven days, I will bring people to carry the coffin to the ancestral tomb for burial."
Originally, during these seven days, they would prepare a feast, call the tribe members to come and offer sacrifices, and then when the time came, carry the body for burial...
Pursed lips when spending time.
She roughly understood that she would take her younger brother and sister-in-law to stand by the coffin and mourn for seven days. Only on the seventh day would the body be lifted up and buried.
After the subsequent matters were almost dealt with, Hua Tingjing asked the extra people to go back, leaving only four people carrying the coffin. He himself stayed there and showed no intention of leaving.
Judging from the situation, he seemed to have to wait for the coffin to be carried over, watch over it being loaded, and then personally deliver it to the Hua family's ancestral hall.
After a few people left, the noisy atmosphere in the yard suddenly became quiet.
Perhaps realizing that the atmosphere was not right, Hua Tingjing kept talking to Hua Shi.
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