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    After all, they belong to the same family, so the old man is still very concerned about my uncle who is more than 20 years younger than him.  Therefore, even though he was over eighty years old, he still rushed over early in the morning.  Age is also a kind of wealth. After more than 80 years of long years, the old man's knowledge is naturally very extensive.  Especially in today's rapid economic development, the importance of the status of the elderly, which has almost become a classic of folk customs, is becoming more and more significant.  Today's young people, including middle-aged people, mainly focus on getting rich. How can they have the leisure to pay attention to various customs passed down from the old?  However, some things have to be handled according to traditional customs.  Otherwise, it will be criticized by relatives, friends and folks.  For example, nonsense.  Therefore, under normal circumstances, whenever there are funeral matters, an elderly person will be specially invited to sit in the town.  Of course, the eighty-year-old man who arrived early in the morning came spontaneously.  Because the old man is very afraid that my son is young and doesn't know the customs.  Since I belong to the same family, the old man naturally doesn't want any mistakes in my funeral process.

    As soon as the old man came over, he bluntly reminded: "We need to deliver food since this morning!"

    After hearing about it, the wife immediately expressed her knowledge.

    The old man then emphasized: "This food delivery can only be done by the son!"

    "Then I'm going to wake him up now?" The wife seemed a little hesitant, "It's just that he went to bed too late yesterday."

    The old man naturally heard the distressed meaning in my wife's words, so he said quickly: "No hurry, no hurry! It's still early, and it's okay to wait a little longer. Alas, I believe he won't do it if something like this happens.  Waking up too late."

    After listening to the old man's words, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.  When I heard my wife say that I wanted to wake up my son, I immediately shouted anxiously in my heart: "No, never!" Because I was afraid that my son would hurt his body due to lack of sleep.  The author said that for the current son, only in his sleep can he best relieve the sadness in his heart.  I am not dead, but my son does not know.  Therefore, once he wakes up, the son will surely fall into the great grief of losing his father again.

    Although no one yelled, it didn't take long for the son to come down by himself.  The old man was very understanding and did not bother his son immediately.  After the son finished washing, the old man stepped forward.

    "Brother" Out of respect for the old man, the son greeted him first.  Judging from the sound, the son should have passed out a cigarette unskillfully.

    "Do you know, what is the first thing you want to do today?" The old man asked very kindly.

    The son replied very respectfully: "I don't know, can you please give me advice?"

    The old man's tone immediately became extremely solemn: "You have to remember, from now on, before the burial, every morning and noon, you must deliver food to your father before you eat!"

    Actually, I am very aware of this custom.  Before, I always felt very strange: Can the dead people who have become ghosts still enjoy the meals made by the people in this world?  It's just a pity that I am not really dead at this moment, otherwise, this time I can experience it myself to clarify this doubt.  Hehe, if I didn't lose control of my body, then I must have a feast.  Alas, because of the pain in my body, I really haven't experienced the taste of food for a long time.  It's just that, in this way, I'm afraid that I don't know how many people will be scared away.

    To my surprise, my son, who has never been superstitious about feudalism, agreed very readily.  "Brother, I will!" I could hear the determination in my son's words, "However, I don't know how to send it? I don't know where to send it?" Afterwards, the son asked with some doubts.

    "It's okay, everything is up to me!" After the old man comforted him kindly, he asked his son to follow him closely.

    At this moment, the effect of my special ability of hearing tracking is displayed to the maximum extent.  My attention followed the old man and the son closely, watching their every move.

    The old man first brought his son to the kitchen, and asked his son to put the steaming amaranth porridge into the pot with a bowl.  Then, the old man led his son to the ice coffin again.  Under the command of the old man, the son quickly put on sackcloth and filial piety.  Before that, the old man had already prepared mourning sticks and chopsticks for the undead.  I can't see it, but I can fully deduce the shape of the mourning stick and the chopsticks for the undead based on past experience.  The old man asked his son to put the bowl of hot porridge and chopsticks into the basket together, and then asked his son to go with the basket in one hand and the mourning stick in the other.

    Without his son asking, the old man took the initiative to tell the destination, the "earth temple" at the head of the village!  In fact, when there is no earth temple, filial sons are not?It is so troublesome, as long as the food is directly offered to the head of the dead.  I remember that when I was young, there was a social trend to break the feudal superstition.  At that time, almost all the earth temples were forcibly demolished.  However, now, with the rapid development of the economy, the phenomenon of unfair social distribution is becoming more and more obvious. Many people, especially the villagers in rural areas, are becoming more and more frustrated with cadres at all levels, so they pin their hopes on the illusory  Therefore, the earth temples that had been destroyed for a long time sprung up one after another like mushrooms after rain.

    What is enshrined in the "Temple of the Earth" is the father-in-law and the empress of the land, and they are in charge of a piece of land.  After the death of Bai Lao, according to the tradition here, they all have to be buried in the earth for peace.  Therefore, generations of ancestors believed that the souls of the dead after being buried in the earth are all under the control of the earth.  The emergence of the custom of sending food to the earth temple is due to the affiliation relationship on the one hand, and the good wishes of later generations to ask the land to protect the deceased ancestors on the other hand.  Therefore, as long as there is a land temple, the filial son will usually send meals to the earth temple in the village.

    Of course, but knowing the destination is not enough, because there are many things that need attention along the way.  Therefore, before leaving, the old man also asked each of them earnestly.

    "First, on this road, the mourning stick can only be put behind and dragged on the ground."

    I am clear about this rule.  "Crying sticks", as the name suggests, are used to help "crying sticks".  A filial son will naturally be heartbroken after the death of his ancestors, and he just uses the "mourning stick" to stabilize his figure when he is staggering from crying.  Therefore, the location of the "Weeping Stick" actually shows the sad drama of the dutiful son.  Later, this gradually evolved into a specific custom of sticking together.  Therefore, holding a mourning stick should never be lifted in the air.  Once Xuankong mentions it, people will be scolded for not being sad enough.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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