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Chapter 109: Leisurely Days in Dongfengmen Lane

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    [1] "Listening to the Rain" Yu Ji. Poems

    Steward Yu Fu came to the middle room.

    Madam Yu roughly told Yu Fu what his wife, Cook Lin, had seen, and asked him to find a way to resolve the matter as soon as possible.

    Yu Fu said: "First send a maid to supervise them."

    Madam Yu asked: "Who is it safe to send there?"

    "Let Xia Lian go, that girl is pretty smart, and she doesn't talk much."

    "What is the excuse?"

    "I heard that Mr. Wang is going back to Puzhou, and then he will go directly to Yunnan to suppress the rebellion. My wife once told me that Mr. Wang likes Miss Qiuju very much why don't you just give Qiuju to Mr. Wang? Madam thought  how?"

    "Does this have anything to do with Miss Supervisor?"

    "After sending Qiu Ju away, the position of Missy's personal maid will be vacant. Miss Ruyan is from Xiaoshu Liu's side, and she will follow the school secretary after all" Seeing Madam Yu's silence, Yu  Fu asked again, "Madam, do you want to replace Ruyan?"

    As soon as Liu Ruyan was mentioned, Madam Yu became inexplicably angry, and said angrily, "Change her? Hurry up and let that little maidservant go! The young miss is always let her lead you into troubleyou say this Wang Shouchang,  At such a great age, I don¡¯t feel shabby even if I have some alluring prostitutes by my side!¡±

    "Then I'll send Xia Lian over there immediately, and learn how to serve the eldest lady with Miss Ruyan as soon as possible"

    "You can't let Xia Lian learn from Ruyan, what can I learn from her?"

    "This is just an excuse, so to speak! Please rest assured, madam, I will tell Xia Lian what to do."

    "Well, let the butler deal with all of this um oh" Mrs. Yu hesitated to speak.

    Yu Fu saw that Mrs. Yu had something to say, so he asked, "Madam, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

    Mrs. Yu said: "What I'm worried about right now is you say, what if she miss she if gets pregnant what should I do?"

    "There is no chance!"

    Madam Yu asked again: "In your estimation, can my natal nephew marry early?"

    "The wedding date has already been set, so it's not easy to change it!"

    "Why can't it be changed?"

    "The last time I went to discuss marriage, my uncle's master said that it is not easy to get married from April to August[1], so it was set on the sixth day of September at the earliest."

    "Isn't it okay to let her uncle's family get to the capital first without holding the wedding?"

    Seeing Mrs. Yu's frowning look, Yu Fu comforted him: "Madam, don't worry, September will be here soon! Even if Miss has any 'inconvenience', I will let my wife handle it so that I won't notice it at all."  .¡±

    "Okay! Anyway, I don't worry about your work!" Madam Yu said again, "However, there is one more trouble."

    "What's the trouble?"

    "During Miss's wedding, is there any way to get Wansheng away."

    Yu Fu pondered for a moment, then asked: "Master's longevity?"

    Madam Yu said: "Originally, Elder Ming calculated July, but later he built a dojo, and asked for three months of Yangshou for the master."

    "I don't know how the Shengji[2] I made for my master? Can I send Mr. Wan back to take a look and let him supervise the construction in his hometown. 'Making Shengji' is a big deal, and it can't be done without someone watching.  !"

    "Is Wansheng one of our own?"

    The two were talking, only to hear Yu Ji reciting poems in the back room:

    The days of Dongfengmen Lane are leisurely,

    The emerald robes and cloud skirts cannot be pulled back.

    Sitting around the temples on the screen,

    The crimson wax shakes the light and is not intoxicating.

    ? Jingguo has changed his love for many years,

    Suddenly listening to the spring rain and recalling Jiangnan.

    Yu Fu said: "Ma'am, listen, my master's memoryis much better, and I know it's raining outside!"

    Madam Yu said, "What do you understand! Didn't you hear that he regarded the autumn wind as the spring rain?"

    Madam Yu and Yu Fu came to the back room.

    I saw Yu Ji half lying on his sickbed, listening to the sound of rain falling outside the window.  His hair has long been gray, sparse and almost fell out.

    Alone, looking at the candles in the room alone, and the shadows on the ceiling¡ªin fact, his eyes have already lost sight of anything, but he still stubbornly looks at everything in the sky

    Since Yu Ji came back from the capital, his temperament has changed a lot. He is no longer like Mr. Shao An in the past; now Yu Ji makes people feel old, lonely and lonely.

    heard??, increasing blessings and prolonging life, the truth is like burying the bones of ancestors in the dragon's cave to shelter future generations.  This is the Taoist secret feng shui method of improving luck.  However, the high cost of this method is not affordable by ordinary people.  However, it is very popular among wealthy businessmen in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia and other places to change the luck of life.

    In ancient times, Shengfen was called "Shengji", also known as Shouzang, Shoufen, Shouxue, Shouyu, Shouji and other names.  Records from the Tang Dynasty: Yao Chong built his own longevity tomb in Wan'an Mountain, and made a tomb for the end of his life in advance.  Until the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and many other dynasties, some geologists and feng shui geographers changed it into a "shengji" built for the living to pray for blessings, prolong life, or eliminate disasters.

    ?The 'making a living foundation' here refers to the longevity tomb built for Yu Ji.  That is to say, when a person is still alive, a tomb is built for him in case of emergency.

    [3] throw basin

    Perhaps, young people nowadays don't know much about funeral etiquette.

    With the simplification of modern funeral etiquette, many etiquettes have been removed as red tape, but in fact funeral etiquette is not an original creation of individuals, but a manifestation and condensation of Chinese culture for thousands of years, especially after the prosperity of Confucian culture.  The ruler has been advocating loyalty, filial piety and righteousness.

    So how to achieve loyalty, filial piety and righteousness?

    The most direct measure of the ancients is etiquette.  In ancient times, after the death of an old man, there was a custom during the funeral, which was to throw a basin.

    "Falling pots" refers to smashing or smashing the earthen pots used for burning paper before the funeral, or smashing them with sticks during the funeral.  Of course, the earthen basin used for burning paper also has several notable features: its diameter should be more than four inches, its depth is about an inch, and there is a round hole in the center of the bottom.

    After the death of an old man, the elder son and grandson of the deceased usually do the throwing of the basin. If the deceased has no sons, then a nephew who is closer in blood will take his place. Of course, asking the nephew to throw the basin will cost a lot.  It means that he has become the filial son of the deceased.  Therefore, all or most of the property of the deceased should be inherited by the nephew who threw the basin; if the family has no descendants, then no one will throw the basin for the deceased, so that the deceased will be reduced to the list of unsatisfactory deaths.  This was something very taboo in ancient times.

    Of course, there are a lot of specialties in the procedure of throwing the basin. It cannot be thrown randomly, and it must be distinguished according to various factors. For example, if the father passes away, the son should use the left hand to throw the basin, and if the mother has passed away, the son should use the right hand to throw the basin.  The more broken the basin is, the better, which means safe and sound all year round.  Of course, if the quality of the funeral pot is very good, if it is not broken once, don¡¯t drop it a second time. This is very unlucky for the elderly at home, and they should be crushed with their feet.  Although the procedure is complicated, it has a profound meaning. When the funeral basin fell, there was a burst of crying, followed by the funeral and sending the coffin of the deceased.

    Many young people may not understand, why do you have to throw the basin?

    In fact, the procedure of throwing the pot is very particular, and has a lot to do with the legendary Mengpo soup.  According to the tradition, after a person dies, his soul will go to hell.  At this time, the human soul is still in a chaotic state, not knowing that he has died.  After stepping on Huangquan Road, the first thing you have to pass is the Wangchuan River, and the Naihe Bridge stands on the Wangchuan River. There will be a mound next to the Wangchuan River called Wangxiangtai, and there is a Sansheng Stone beside the Wangxiangtai.  Each person's future life is engraved on it.

    Many souls revisit their lives here, including all love and hatred.  Although most souls are still reluctant to part with the human world, they have no choice but to continue walking until they cross the Naihe Bridge, drink Mengpo soup, and then reincarnate.  The purpose of throwing the basin is to hope that relatives in the underworld will not drink Mengpo soup by mistake and forget relatives in this life.  (Remember the site URL: www.hlnovel.com
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