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233 Mystery is not mysterious

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    My words still play a role.  The client finally guaranteed that in the whole process, there were only two times when money had to be paid.  Since my sister has already talked with others, I can't go too far.  Under the condition that the other party has already compromised, I emphasize again that each person is only given five yuan each time, and after giving, they cannot ask for more.  When the client thought that I had also compromised, he readily agreed.

    In the afternoon, relatives and friends began to come over one after another.  Reciprocity is naturally indispensable for such a big event, therefore, every relative and friend who comes here comes with gift money.  Although we have a saying here that "red things don't start and white things don't end", relatives and friends are not in a hurry to register gift money after they come.  Because, at the beginning, we haven't been able to arrange the accountant, even if they want to register, they can't find a place.

    According to the usual practice, I naturally still wait by my father's side.  Whenever relatives and friends come over, in fact, no matter whether there is a place to register, it will not affect their worship of their father.  Worship is also the first thing that every relative and friend who comes here should do.  As long as someone worships, I will bow down and light yellow paper in the jar.  The more people came, the harder it was for me to leave.  Therefore, since my father closed his eyes safely, I was the one who stayed with my father for the longest time.

    In the afternoon, since the first relatives and friends came over, I noticed the problem of not having an accountant.  Firstly, my duty is to stay by my father's side every step of the way, so there is no way to leave; secondly, for a while, I don't know who to find to be the accountant.  Although I have been thinking about how to solve the problem of the accounting room, but because of these two obstacles, I have not been able to find a solution.

    Near the evening, our family has already gathered many relatives and friends who came to attend the funeral.  Among them, one was my mother's aunt (the name given to the younger son of my aunt's family). After he knelt down and worshiped, he sat next to me and chatted with me without saying a word.

    While chatting and chatting, I heard a "pop".  It turned out that the live fish that had been placed in front of the ice coffin jumped out of the water tank.  At that time, I was printing yellow paper, so my mother's uncle stepped forward and caught the crucian carp that was jumping around and put it in the water tank again.  This crucian carp was placed before the ice coffin when the whole pig and sheep were enshrined.  Since it is a live fish, it is not used for worship.

    Of course, according to the customs here, even if whole pigs and sheep are not enshrined, then this live crucian carp is a must.  At that time, we did not prepare live fish, and a very enthusiastic old man behind my house caught it for us just before the offering.  In rural areas, although the economy is backward, the people are simple and honest, and there are many people who are eager to help others, and such help is often without any return.  Therefore, I often have the feeling that people living in high-rise buildings with rich material life but cold people in the city may not necessarily live warmer than people in our village.

    What moved me the most was that when my mother gave fish money, the old man refused to accept it no matter what.  The old man said that he didn¡¯t spend any money on this fish (what the old man didn¡¯t know was that the price of such wild crucian carp in the city¡¯s vegetable market is much higher than that of artificially raised crucian carp), so how could we  What about the money at home?  Later, when my mother emphasized that this kind of thing (white things) must be received in red envelopes, the old man reluctantly took 50 cents.

    I have not investigated the specific role of live fish.  In my understanding, it seems to be used to place the soul.  Because, in the end, the crucian carp was not released, but was placed under the wooden coffin when his father was buried.  This fish has become a very unfortunate living sacrifice in modern civilized society.  However, I think that the people who carried the coffin did not seem to regard it as a sacrifice.  From their cautious appearance, for fear of killing the crucian carp, I can detect that there must be a deep meaning in it.  Maybe, my understanding is wrong.  In feudal superstition, after death, the soul will come out of the body.  And under the guidance of the soul lamp, some lost souls will eventually find their way home.  The soul needs a body.  Otherwise, there will be such unexpected problems.  Therefore, before the burial, people will put a live fish in front of the spiritual tablet.  When the soul of the dead returns, it will temporarily attach to the living fish under the attraction of the flesh.  Of course, the departed soul cannot return to the original body that has been cut off from vitality.  Otherwise, it wouldn't be a dead body!  Then, the soul parasitic on the living fish will always coil around the body and refuse to leave.  When buried, people will put the living fish with the soul of the deceased in the tomb together with the water jar.  Don't worry, the fish must not die during the whole process.  Otherwise, the soul will lose its sustenance and will inevitably drift away. At that time, the soul that cannot reunite with the body is very likely to die.?Become a wandering ghost.

    It seems a bit mysterious, but many feudal superstitions are originally mysterious and unrealistic things.  I don't believe in feudal superstition, but based on feudal superstition, I have a certain personal understanding of this phenomenon.

    Not to mention, that fish seemed to be possessed by the soul of his father at that time.  Since the morning worship, until now, this crucian carp has basically not made much trouble.  However, after the arrival of the mother's uncle, it seemed to have changed its sex, and began to toss endlessly.

    Initially, crucian carp jumped from the pitcher to the table, but this was just the beginning.  After my mother's uncle put the crucian carp in the water tank, and before we had a chat, the crucian carp jumped out again.  There were two times that caused serious consequences, one was jumping into the crock of oil (the soul lamp needs to add oil from time to time, so for convenience, we brought the crock with oil directly) and put the altar on the altar  There was oil splattered all over the place.  Of course, the first thing we have to deal with is not the oil splash, but the culprit of "serious damage" - the fish.  Quickly take the fish to the well, rinse it with clean water, and put it back into the tank as quickly as possible.  Because, at this moment, it must not die!  The last time, the crucian carp suddenly jumped up, and then unexpectedly fell into the jar of burning yellow paper.  This time, it scared us enough.  Fortunately, of course, I didn't burn the yellow paper, otherwise, this one would directly become a grilled fish.  Under timely rescue, this noisy crucian carp miraculously survived again.

    The noise of the crucian carp seemed to be my father's constant reminder. Finally, I finally realized that the person I was chatting with in front of me happened to be the best candidate for the accountant!  Because my mother's aunt is a primary school teacher who is about to retire, and for him, being an accountant is just a piece of cake.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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