Chapter 279: Rest in peace
In the real world.
?Wu Xian once heard about a custom called abandoning the old. When the old man reaches a certain age, he will be driven to the deep mountains and old forests to wait for death. What''s more, the old man needs to seal his own tomb.
Lao Tang said it this morning.
Those who come to the Burialless Village are all people waiting to die.
It’s not that the old people like to eat moldy pancakes or drink dirty water, but they have no other choice. Their only mission when they come to Burialless Village is to die quietly in this place where there are no young people.
If so.
?It is quite normal for these old people to hate young people, because part of the suffering they suffered was caused by young people.
So Old Tang only had a good look towards the elderly Wen Chao.
So the old people in the village dismissed Wu Xian''s inquiry...
…
?Wu Xian let out a long sigh.
He picked up the old woman''s body, dragged it out of the room, and covered it with a rag.
?Then he walked around the village and found a rusty shovel in the corner. After waving it for a while, he found that the shovel was quite strong.
??While the old woman was coughing in pain, the doors and windows in the village opened their cracks one after another, and pairs of eyes stared at Wu Xian''s movements.
When they saw Wu Xian carrying a shovel and trying to leave the village, Old Tang, wearing a long gown, came out and stopped Wu Xian.
“What are you going to do?”
?Wu Xian was stunned for a moment.
"What else can we do? Dig a hole and bury her. She is already dead. At least let her bury her in peace. I think the weather is quite hot. I am afraid that insects will grow over time."
Lay in peace…
Lao Tang looked shocked.
?The old people in the room also started talking secretly. They had not heard these four words for a long time.
??If Wu Xian also chooses to go out and explore, he will find that outside the burial-free village, there are human bones that have been randomly discarded everywhere, and there are no burial bags at all.
“Put down the shovel, take Granny Wang’s body farther away, throw it down and come back...”
??Wu Xian was keenly aware that Old Tang''s attitude towards him had softened. He immediately realized that the key information was coming, so he retorted loudly with a puzzled look on his face.
"No, it must be buried. Since ancient times, the coffin has been sealed and the posthumous title has been determined. How can we let her body be exposed in the wilderness?"
?Lao Tang was speechless and spoke after a moment.
“Silly boy, didn’t your parents teach you that doing this will bring disaster?”
?Wu Xian shook his head and replied disdainfully: "What kind of disaster can there be? Can it be caused by ghosts?"
“Don’t talk nonsense!”
?Oo Tang turned pale with fright at these words. He wanted to cover Wu Xian''s mouth, but he was too far away, so he could only stamp his feet angrily.
“I have said all I have said, if you still want to die, that’s up to you!”
??Old Tang hurriedly returned to his room with a cane, and the doors and windows that had been opened secretly were closed, as if Wu Xian was an ominous person, and they would be contaminated by the ominousness if they looked at him twice more.
?Wu Xian scratched his hair in distress.
“I wanted to get more information, but it seems that the word ‘ghost’ just broke a taboo.”
?Wu Xian got a lot of useful information just from the performance of the old people.
The ultimatum says that the world has lost its funeral.
??Wu Xian originally thought that what was lost was something formal, such as complex ceremonial performances, but now it seems that the lost funeral is something more basic, and even the simplest digging of a hole to bury someone is taboo.
Once a taboo is violated.
You will suffer revenge from the ‘ghost’.
The terror of ghosts is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that these old people remain silent and unwilling to say anything... The things that the old people are afraid of should be the enemies that the new people will face in this blessed land.
?In addition, Wu Xian also thought of an evil way. If they really can''t know what the correct funeral is, they can ask the elderly about the taboos, sort out the taboos, and maybe come up with a funeral process.
…
In the center of the Unburied Village.
A small fire was built with dry wood.
?Those who went out to explore all came back before dark and gathered around the fire to tell their stories.
??Wu Xian kept everyone''s gains in mind, and his understanding of this blessed land became more comprehensive. Among them, the news that surprised Wu Xian the most was brought back by Du E.
?Like Wu Xian, she chose to ask the old man, but what she asked about was more and more detailed than Wu Xian.
??The town that everyone saw on the east side of Sanxian Bridge was originally called Yaocheng. It was the most prosperous town nearby. The elderly in the village were all from Yaocheng.
As for the current name of that city...
?It’s called the Immortal City!
The behavior of abandoning the elderly in the real world is usually due to material shortages.
But the reason why the old people in the Burialless Village are waiting to die here is because death is not allowed in the Immortal City!
Whenever someone is about to die, or is judged to be dying at any time, they will be driven out of the city, and the only place nearby that can accommodate them is this unburied village.
?There is a practical reason why death is not allowed in the Immortal City. There are too many taboos about the dead. If old people die in the city, no matter how they deal with it, they may violate taboos.
?Hence, the safest way is to drive the person out when he or she is about to die, so that there is no need to worry about the trouble caused by handling the body.
After Wu Xian heard this, he asked Du E in surprise.
"Those old people hate young people very much. They almost spit in my face when I asked. How could you ask for this information?"
?Du E bowed her head shyly.
?Wu Xian looked at her well-behaved appearance and then touched his curly hair. To the old man, someone like Du E was more lovable.
In addition to information.
Those who went out to explore also brought back some supplies.
?For example, brother and sister Wei captured a small wild boar. Wild boars are omnivores and should have eaten humans as well, but there is no better choice of meat than wild boars.
?Wen Chao, Jiang Chun and Ran Qiuhua.
? I brought back a lot of odds and ends, including some dry firewood, hemp grass, mugwort, and some wild vegetables.
Even though Aunt Miao and the other five people found no food, they cleaned and filled up several large tanks in the village. As long as there were no more corpses to contaminate them, there was no need to worry about drinking water for at least a few days.
Then there is Jian Lingyu, the eldest sister in a long skirt.
?She went out alone and brought back a basket of various kinds of "weeds". She spread the weeds on the ground and pointed them out to everyone one by one.
Which can be used to eat?
Which kind of thing can be crushed to stop bleeding?
? Which one looks edible but is poisonous and must not be touched...
This information alone has benefited everyone a lot.
Even Wen Chao was a little surprised.
In order to survive better in the blessed land, Wen Chao took the initiative to search for a lot of information, but the environment in the blessed land is different from the real world. Many things are not poisonous in the real world, but may be poisonous in the blessed land.
?Hence, he could only confirm the efficacy of some plants, but Jian Lingyu was much more comprehensive than him. It seemed that she was not lying when she said that she was good at assisting.
Information exchange and supplies have been completed.
Then…
It’s time to consider how to deal with Granny Wang’s body.
(End of this chapter)