After saying this, Wei Dezhen immediately ran to the brother, knocked a few heads at the brother, and said that she would wait for the brother to come at home tomorrow.
The brother gave up in disgust, and sent Wei Dezhen away.
After Wei Dezhen left, I immediately asked my brother what coffin Wei Dezhen was going to hit. He ignored me and walked straight to the second floor.
In the early morning of the next day, that is, on Monday, I was going to school, but the brother stopped me. He said, "Chuanzi, ask for a day off from school today, and I will go to Wei Dezhen's house with me later."
I was a little reluctant, as I was about to speak, the brother said: "It's so decided."
Hearing this, I was stunned, and I was extremely unwilling, but the brothers said so, what else can I say, eating and drinking Lazarus are at the brother’s house, I can’t refuse him, it’s too ungrateful, let alone My father originally sent me to learn art.
At the moment, I hummed and said, I'm going to school to ask for leave, but the brother stopped and said, "No, I asked for leave for you yesterday afternoon."
After that, I followed my brother and went out at about 7:30. It’s worth mentioning that the brother didn’t go straight out this time. Instead, he meditated for half an hour in front of the grand master. I kept muttering something, but I didn't hear it clearly. It seemed like I was reading a scripture, and it seemed like I was praying.
The village where Wei Dezhen is located is a little far away from the town. It is estimated that it is seven or eight miles away. I was thinking that the brother would definitely rent a motorbike in the past. Where did I know that the brother said that he could not use external force to hit the coffin, and it would compromise the owner’s fortune. , Must have to go step by step.
On the way, the brother told me a lot about the coffin-cutting skills. He told me that the coffin-cutting should not be fast and ignore some steps. He also told me that the coffin is a house in the underworld, and you can’t move nails on it. He said yes. The nail is gold in the five elements, and the yang is quite heavy. Moving the nail is equivalent to spraying a sun on the head of the deceased, which will break the fortune of the deceased in the afterlife.
I was puzzled at the time. I remember that some carpenters in our village used to make coffins, but there were no nails that could not be moved. Besides, after the deceased entered the coffin, they would rivet in a few longevity nails. Those longevity nails are also considered nails.
My brother explained to me that those things can only be done by inexperienced carpenters. Ghostsmiths like him would not do such inexperienced things. They would use a mortise and tenon (sun) to join the coffin together. .
When talking about the word ghost, the senior brother looked a little proud.
When we came to the village where Wei Dezhen was located, Wei Dezhen changed his attitude of yesterday and respected the brother. Even I was swayed by the brother. She first gave him a red envelope, and then gave me a red envelope. .
I squeezed it, this red envelope is a bit heavy, estimated to be dozens of dollars.
I don’t understand. I just took the red envelope before the start of work. This is a bit bad. Brother said, this red envelope is a start red envelope. Generally, the red envelope owner must give it to the coffin. As for the number of red envelopes, it depends entirely on the owner.
I didn't think much about it at the time, holding the red envelope and stuffing it in the back pocket of my butt.
Then Wei Dezhen saw that we put away the red envelopes, smiled, and hurriedly invited us in, and brought us two bowls of noodles. What made me depressed was that the bowl of noodles she brought to the senior had six eggs, and I There is only one egg in this bowl of noodles, which is very small.
I murmured, "This is too obvious!"
Senior brother gave me a look, scared me hurriedly lowered my head to eat noodles, then Wei Dezhen said to the side, "Don't be convinced, little bastard, Da Gong is treated like this. It would be good if I can give you some food."
After breakfast, Wei Dezhen sat down across from us and didn’t know what was going on. She seemed a little excited. First she stroked the hair that fell from her forehead, and then said to my brother with a solemn expression: "Master Wang , We met for a while, this time please be sure to hit the coffin with your heart."
"Don't tell me, you should call Wang Mazi better, and listen more smoothly." The brother was still angry at Wei Dezhen's behavior yesterday.
Then Wei Dezhen was taken aback, smiled embarrassingly, and said, "Master Wang, didn’t I have to do it yesterday? Seeing that you chased me before, don’t care about me. At most, I’ll just wait until the coffin is finished. marry you."
When I heard it, the noodles on my mouth spurted out and stared at them in amazement. The brother was even more exaggerated. He almost didn't jump up and said hurriedly: "No, no, absolutely no."
Wei Dezhen's expression withered, and he sighed deeply, "You really dislike me."
"No, nothing." The brother became a little flustered.
I watched all this on the side, and I was puzzled. The impression that my senior brother always gave me was that he was calm and gentle, and he rarely paid attention to something, but in this matter of Wei Dezhen, it was revealed that there are a few young men. Some were shy, especially the things that weren't in the sentence just now, they were so embarrassed.
"Since you don't dislike it, then you marry me." Wei Dezhen leaned over, staring straight at the senior brother, and said: "I know you haven't married a wife and had children all these years. You were waiting for me. Back then, I..."
Without waiting for her to finish, the senior brother seemed to be back to normal, and he quickly stopped saying: "If you don't mention this, let's discuss the coffin first."
After that, the senior man looked startled, and said in a deep voice: "Are you really sure you want to hit that kind of coffin?"
She nodded and said: "I'm sure, you also know that my man has been dead for almost three years, but in the past three years, I have often dreamed that he took a few boys and told me that they lived separately below, very lonely. ,I…."
Speaking of sadness, Wei Dezhen even wiped tears. I couldn't bear to see it, so I pushed my senior.
The brother turned his head and glared at me, and said, "But... once that kind of coffin is hit, you will be ruined in your life. You are still young, and there is no need to take the rest of your life for a dead person."
"Born as Liu's family, and died as Liu's ghost." Then Wei Dezhen spoke slowly.
This seems very light, but to me, it doesn't have any meaning in it. If Wei Dezhen gave me the impression of a shrew yesterday, she completely subverted my perception today. However, it's right to think about it, if Wei Dezhen is really such a shrew, the brother would not look down on her.
The senior sighed and nodded: "That's OK, since you have already confirmed, I won't stop you."
With that said, the brother slowly got up and pulled me a bit, "Chuanzi, follow me to the back mountain to find timber and lay a coffin."
I was taken aback for a moment and wondered: "Aren't all the coffins made of dried wood?"
He glanced at me and explained: "General coffins are indeed made of dried wood, but this coffin is different from ordinary coffins. Naturally, the material used cannot be ordinary wood."
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