Chapter 50 Chapter 9 Preparations before Digging

Grandpa said: "If the living zombie is closed in the coffin, everything will be fine. After a year or so, the living zombie will become a pile of rotten bones if the body rots. But if the coffin is opened now, it will be just given Its chances of escape, if not checked, will have dire consequences." But the pawnshop owner refused to listen to the persuasion, insisting that Chen Shaojin was a tomb robber and wanted to send him to prison.Chen Shaojin swears that there is no tomb robbery, but the inability to produce the gold medal is not a strong proof that it was not stolen.And government officials couldn't think of a better way.

"The coffin must be opened to make a decision." They all agreed. Grandpa said helplessly: "It's fine if you want to open the coffin, but can you wait for a few days? After five days, there will be no moon on the fifth night. I will go with you to perform rituals. It's best if nothing happens. Well, there is a way to save it. Do you think it will work?" Seeing that Grandpa's request was not too much, the others agreed to dig the grave and open the coffin on the fifth day. And on the fifth day, I happened to have a vacation, so I could go with my grandpa. On the fifth day, Chen Shaojin, the owner of the pawnshop, carried his son, my grandfather and I, three grave-diggers, two government officials and two witnesses, and took two vans to Mount Mengjia.

Grandpa brought a mahogany sword, a bag of lime powder, and a few yellow paper talismans.The mahogany sword was used when catching water ghosts, and the original mahogany smell has disappeared.The lime powder was newly bought. I originally wanted to borrow the leftovers from other people's construction, but I was afraid that it would affect the feng shui of the new house, so I gave up.The yellow paper talismans are divided into two stacks, one stack is carried by Grandpa himself, and will be used in the practice; the other stack is kept by me, just in case, and distributed to everyone. We set off very early, and the sun had not yet set when we reached Mount Mengjia.We had to wait until it was dark and the kids were home from school to make sure there were no people on the road.

It was completely dark, and there was no moon, but there were barely a few stars that were neither bright nor dark, so I couldn't see anything clearly.It's just that the wind is relatively strong, making a whining sound similar to crying. Guided by the pawnshop owner and Chen Shaojin, we walked halfway up the mountain.I only heard Chen Shaojin's narration earlier, and I didn't come to Mengjia Mountain in person.This time, the old trees were deformed and the grass was knee-deep. After stumbling around in the weeds for about five minutes, we came to a grave.The handwriting on the bluestone tombstone is not clear. In front of the tombstone are two square meters of ceramic tiles, just like the steps of ordinary residents.Surrounding the grave are wild grasses.

The three laborers stepped on the soil on the grave, tried to dig where to start, spat and rubbed their palms, picked up their hoes and started digging.The two government officials and two witnesses seemed not very enthusiastic about this matter. They opened a bag of ripe melon seeds and chatted and joked while knocking. The pawnshop owner and Chen Shaojin stared at each piece of soil that was dug up, as if if one hoe was dug, the next hoe would hit the coffin. Grandpa placed yellow paper amulets around the seven meters of the grave and pressed them down with stones.I took the time to pick a fist-sized stone for Grandpa.If the stone is small, the yellow paper talisman will be blown away by the wind, and if the stone is too big, it will cover the yellow paper talisman.

After the yellow paper talisman was pressed around the tomb, the tomb was almost dug.The head end of the coffin was exposed.When it comes to the coffin for burial, we have to talk about its shape and burial method.The two ends of the coffin are not the same size, but the end where the head of the corpse is placed is much larger and taller than the end where the feet are placed, and its shape is like a wooden wedge.Burial is not placed in a pit and then filled with soil, but a brick hole is made in advance, which is called Shuangjin Cave in dialect.Because two holes are usually dug next to each other, one for the husband and the other for the wife.

When a person is old, he must prepare double golden caves before he dies.When waiting to be buried, you only need to stuff the coffin into the double gold hole, such as a drawer box into a drawer, and then block the hole with bricks. However, due to the infiltration of rainwater, the double golden cave is easy to collapse and press down the coffin inside, so when excavating, it is still necessary to find a good place to start digging. After a while, the laborers used hoes to remove the soil and stone bricks pressed on the coffin, revealing the whole coffin.