Jiang Tian and Li Qing kowtowed and stood up, while Jiang Nan and Jiang Yu had to take three cigarettes. Those in the mourning hall were all of the same generation as Jiang Tian and Li Qing, so they only needed to kowtow once in return, while Jiang Nan and Jiang Yu

For rain, juniors must bow three times in return.

No conversation was allowed in the mourning hall. Jiang Tian just made eye contact with the people in the mourning hall, nodded, changed into linen clothes in the side hall, tied a white cloth strip on his head, and observed filial piety. The person who died was a member of the Zong family, counting three generations up.

, Jiangnan’s mother Li Qing and the person kneeling in the mourning hall are still the same ancestor, so it is necessary to observe filial piety.

However, keeping vigil in the mourning hall is not what the Jiangnan family should do. Jiang Tian led the family to the mourning shed in the yard. The mourning shed was full of people kneeling in white mourning clothes. The position of each person's kneeling was prescribed.

Those who have not returned will naturally be left vacant. For those who start a family, the head of the family will kneel at the front, followed by the family members according to seniority.

The mourning shed was built with colored paper. On an area of ​​tens of square meters, people were lined up to kneel on both sides according to their relationship with the deceased. These were all members of the clan, and their families were not allowed to enter. There was a tablet in the innermost part of the mourning shed, and there was also a memorial tablet.

In the photo of the old man, there is an Eight Immortals table in front of the memorial tablet. Various tributes are placed on the Eight Immortals table. On the right, direct descendants of the deceased elder are kneeling. There is a brazier in front of the person closest to the Eight Immortals table. The man keeps burning paper money in the brazier.

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An old man with half-white hair was holding a mourning poem in his hands, choking and reciting it loudly. He seemed to have never heard of Jiangnan's family coming to the mourning hall. There were four uncles in Jiangnan, and they were all kneeling on the left side, empty behind the four uncles.

After Jiang Tian and his family knelt down, he greeted the people next to him with his eyes. He lowered his head and began to kneel in the hall.

After the old man finished reading a large piece of elegy, the old man was already sobbing, holding on to the Eight Immortals table in front of the altar and wiping his tears. Next to the memorial shed were the direct descendants of the deceased elder. After the old man finished reading, the old man on the right hand side

The people collectively kowtowed to the old man. The old man trembled and bowed in return.

Jiang Nan was drowsy as he listened to the long and complicated mourning. Suddenly, a middle-aged man standing at the door shouted: "Separate the family and see us off!"

This is also the most painful place in Jiangnan. When families are separated to see off, as long as they are separated, people who have married must send men from the family to see them off. People in the mourning hall, according to their seniority, bow or kowtow. Juniors like Jiangnan must

To kowtow, there are no less than a hundred people from the branch family standing outside, and there are also those from other places who have not arrived, and all of them have to kowtow!

Every person from the branch family who comes in will hold a glass of wine, bow or kowtow according to seniority, and then pour the wine on the ground in front of the memorial tablet. Then the people from the mourning hall will bow and kowtow to thank, and the branch family will return the gift. Then the next one.

Jiang Nan was pretty good, and he knelt casually for a while. Jiang Yu behind him seemed very solemn because it was his first time to kneel down in this kind of mourning hall, and he knelt down on the ground for real every time.

It was just a shade of red, which made this girl named Jiangnan feel heartbroken.

After we finally separated and saw each other off, we began to cry in the hall. Regardless of whether we kissed or not, the people kneeling at the front all cried with all their strength, and some even passed out from crying. The more they cried, the more respect they had for the deceased.

There will also be good praise in the village in the future.

Jiang Nan's father, Jiang Tian, ​​was not even a member of the clan here. He was not even a branch of the family, but just the son-in-law of the family. Just like that, Jiang Tian cried so hard that he was finally dragged out by two people. Jiang Nan had to admire his father's performance.

Ability, I am ashamed of myself!

The person on the right kowtowed to Li Qing to express his gratitude. Li Qing and Jiang Nan brother and sister returned the favor. Jiang Nan sadly continued to kowtow three times, and they had to be real three.

When everything was done, the ceremony began. Jiangnan's family gave 446 yuan to the ceremony. Because it was a death ceremony, it had to start with four, and weddings and weddings had to be separated. That one dollar was still translated to Jiangnan.

After searching all over the space, I put it directly into my pocket, and finally it was my sister Jiang Yu who got a few pieces together as a gift.

After the ceremony, they began to have a meal, avoiding meat and wine, just some carrots and cabbage. After eating, the deceased continued to kneel in the hall to wait for the people of the branch family who had not returned. The mourning shed will be open for three days to observe mourning.

Keep it for seven days.
Chapter completed!