Chapter 305 Three Funerals


    ?Wu Xian was startled.


    Since they arrived at Wu Burial Village, Old Tang has been avoiding them. Only yesterday when he killed the water ghost, he came out and explained the cause and effect to everyone.


    ?Now that he can take the initiative to come over and ask Wu Xian questions, it shows that the family members'' kindness to the elderly has been rewarded since they came to the blessed land.


    ?So Wu Xian nodded: "Yes."


    Lao Tang continued to ask: "Then just hold a funeral. What are you waiting for?"


    “We don’t know what a proper burial looks like, so we need to bury the body to trial and error…”


    Lao Tang looked at the tall, rich and handsome man who was covered with cloth.


    “How many more are left?”


    ?Wu Xian looked a little confused. From what Old Tang meant, could he solve the corpse problem for everyone?


    “Two corpses, two corpses that died of old age and meant no harm to us.”


    ?Old Tang took a puff from his pipe, sighed, and looked away.


    “Lao Zhao, who lives in the same house as me, left after dinner this morning. He left peacefully and without any pain. I nagged him and he didn’t reply to me, and I found out...”


    "This old guy is sick. He couldn''t walk or sit up a few days ago. We don''t have the ability to take care of him. You were the one to let him go. He won''t hate you."


    ?Old Tang''s tone was calm, but his voice sounded a little trembling.


    When he chose to live in Old Zhaotou''s room, it was also because of his friendship with Old Zhaotou. The person who felt the worst when Old Zhaotou died was Old Tang. Perhaps it was the death of Old Zhaotou that prompted Old Tang to do what he did. The decision to take the initiative to help Wu Xian and others.


    “As for the second one…come with me.”


    ?Lao Tang knocked the ashes from his cigarette, stood up, led everyone to a thatched house and knocked on the door.


    “Sister He, I’m here to see you.”


    There was no reply from the door.


    ?Lao Tang opened the door directly. Lying on the wooden bed of this thatched house was an old woman with white hair and beard.


    The old woman was wearing silk clothes with high-grade fabrics and exquisite patterns. She looked like an old man from a wealthy family. Even such an old man was driven to the Burialless Village.


    ??The old woman stared at Old Tang, obviously dissatisfied with him for letting so many people in.


    “Sister He, haven’t you always wanted to return to the He family?”


    Hearing the word He family, the old woman suddenly became excited.


    "The He family...yes, I want to go back, they will come to pick me up. I don''t want to become a lonely ghost. I can only survive if I return to the He family and be buried..."


    ?Wu Xian and Du E looked at each other.


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    When they killed the water ghost, Wu Xian and others were sure that the world had become so weird and the He family must have played some role in it.


    Unexpectedly, this old lady is from the He family.


    ??This old lady is the oldest one in the Burialless Village, and she is also the one whose condition seems to be the worst. On the first day, she looked like she might die at any time, but she is still living well.


    ?Lao Tang and Mrs. He chatted for a few words, and suddenly their tone became serious.


    “Sister He, you can’t go back.”


    ?Old Mrs. He''s expression suddenly turned ferocious, but Old Tang ignored her and continued talking.


    “You are not dementia, you should know that they will not come back to pick you up, but these young men can send your ashes back, so that you can be considered to have died somewhere...”


    ??The old lady''s ferocious expression became normal, and she asked Old Tang in a child-like tone.


    “Will they?”


    "They are not from the Unburied Village. Sooner or later they will go to the Immortal City. They are just taking your ashes back along the way. If you don''t believe me, ask them..."


    Lao Tang turned to look at Wu Xian. Wu Xian exchanged eyes with several others for a few times before nodding.


    “We can help with this!”


    The old lady''s yellow face was filled with blood, and she was muttering excitedly.


    "Okay...Okay, I can finally go back to He''s house. I absolutely can''t die outside, I can''t..." Her words stopped abruptly, and the hand on the bedside drooped.


    Old lady He.


    Died.


    Lao Tang sighed.


    “I probably haven’t told you.”


    "Everyone in the Immortal City will be driven out of the city when they are about to die, either in the Unburied Village or in other villages, but He Jia is the exception."


    A flash of light suddenly flashed in Wen Chao''s eyes: "The He family is not afraid of taboos?"


    ?Lao Tang shook his head.


    "It is said that the head of the He family is favored by the ''Three Immortals'', so people from the He family can be treated differently after death. I have lived for so long and have never seen the He family who died outside, but recently I saw two of them one after another.”


    ?Du E said: "One is the water ghost."


    Lao Tang nodded.


    "The other one is Sister He. She was originally a married daughter of the He family. She should have returned to the He family when she got old, but her immediate family members were gone. The He family didn''t recognize her and kicked her out... "


    “Her health has actually failed for a long time, but her obsession with returning to the He family has been supporting her, so she has persisted for so long..."


    Wei Qinglan''s eyes were sad: "So we agreed to take her back to the He family, and her obsession dissipated, and there was nothing to support her in her struggle between life and death..."


    ?Old Tang stood up, walked out of the room on crutches, and looked at the sky in silence.


    ?Wu Xian followed him out and wanted to ask him why he wanted to help, but Old Tang had no intention of communicating with Wu Xian anymore and wandered into the room.


    ?This old man was originally very healthy.


    But just for a moment, Wu Xian felt that he had aged several years.


    Maybe…


    His time is coming soon.


    …


    With the help of Lao Tang.


    Wu Xian and others finally collected three corpses.


    ?Although it was a bit unethical to be happy over the dead, gathering the corpses really made them feel a lot more relaxed, so they immediately got to work and held a simple funeral for these three people.


    Having previous experience.


    ??This time everyone is familiar with the road.


    Since both the old lady He and the rich and handsome man need to be cremated, we all decided not to do anything to separate them today, and just have them all cremated.


    It sounds a bit hellish.


    Gao Fushuai''s body was sucked dry by the pale ghost, so cremating him was a great way to save firewood...


    Soon a huge pile of wood was piled up, and some simple burial objects were placed on the three corpses, such as clay figurines, cloth money, flowers, pottery bowls...


    ??Although I don’t know whether these burial objects are suitable, they are at least better than nothing.


    When the fire for burning the body is lit.


    The old people in the thatched houses also came out one by one, and some even climbed out.


    They gathered around the fire in silence. The firelight shone on their faces, making it uncertain. No one knew what they were thinking.


    ?Wu Xian guessed.


    They must be envious.


    ?These old people should also be envious of normal funerals.


    It’s just the weird rules of this world that prevent them from enjoying the treatment that belongs to them. Maybe they are longing in their hearts that the person lying on the fire is themselves...


    (End of this chapter)