Wishing You Eternal Happiness Chapter 715: ：People from the clan
My grandmother worshiped the Buddha, and the coffin was made of fine sandalwood wood.
Sandalwood is relatively rare. New materials have a pungent fragrance and fishy smell. If you leave it aside for a while, the smell of sandalwood will gradually become calmer and mellower.
The longer the time, the warmer and more pure the fragrance becomes.
The texture will also be more delicate and smooth.
Large families with elderly people at home prepare boards in advance and store them at home. Once the elderly people leave, the boards are packed into coffins for immediate use.
Yu Youyao knelt down in front of her grandmother's soul and bowed three times. Then she stood up, lit three sticks of incense and put it in the stove.
Because no one from the clan had come yet, Yu Zongzheng and Yu Zongshen kept vigil at night and went about their own business during the day. Yao stayed in the mourning hall with an expressionless face.
Yu Shanyan and his younger siblings gathered around the brazier in front of the mourning hall, burning paper money and crying quietly.
Yu Youyao pursed her lips lightly: "Second aunt has been busy all night. Let's go to the nearby courtyard to rest for a while. Someone from the clan is coming. I will send someone to let you know."
Yao Shi nodded, stood up and left.
Yu Youyao's expression turned pale. Yao was resentful of her grandmother, even her grandmother's funeral was perfunctory, and he didn't have a good look towards her. He probably took his anger out on her.
She will not judge Yao's thoughts.
After all, the bridge leads to the bridge, and the road leads to the road.
The most important thing now is to try our best to handle my grandmother's funeral.
It was not until noon that Xia Tao came over to report: "Someone from the clan has arrived. I sent a boy to report first. It will be time to enter the house in a while."
Yu Youyao quickly arranged for people to inform everyone who should be informed, so as not to lose etiquette.
After half an hour, a maid came over and reported: "The elders of the clan are here."
Yu Shanyan and Yu Youyao, together with their younger siblings, hurriedly arrived at the door. The men and women stood on each side, one on the left and the other on the right, and hurriedly paid tribute to the elders.
The clan leader is supporting the old clan leader, Yu Zongzheng is supporting the fifth uncle, the eldest wife is supporting the second old lady, Yao is supporting the fifth old lady, followed by several men from the "clan" generation and several daughters-in-law son.
A group of more than a dozen people entered the mourning hall, worshiped the spirit and burned incense one after another.
The second old lady wet her eyes on the spot: "Let me take a quick look at my grandma before the coffin is sealed." Before she could finish her sentence, she had choked up her throat and started crying: "I'll see you later. It’s gone.”
Mrs. Wu and Mrs. Yu are of the same blood, and they are usually close to each other. While patting her legs, she screamed at the top of her voice: "My old sister-in-law, why did you leave just now? You didn't even see me for the last time." Don't let us see you, you stubborn donkey, you grit your teeth and hold on to everything,..."
Several elders came over to open the coffin.
The two old ladies lay down on the birthday coffin, looking at Mrs. Yu inside the coffin, crying so hard that they couldn't hold back their tears.
The wives who came to help with the funeral were all close to the Yu Mansion, and they all went to see the old lady.
There was a lot of crying in the mourning hall.
The two uncles looked sad and called their elders over to discuss their grief.
The old uncle looked at Yu Zongzheng: "Have we discussed Ding You's matter?"
The Zhou Dynasty had express provisions that if one's parents were bereaved and did not report it, they would be punished if found out.
Yu Zongzheng looked ashamed: "I should be the one to pay filial piety to my mother Ding You, but my second brother handed Ding You a piece of paper to the palace at dawn today."
It sounds like the two brothers were competing to worry about their mother, but Yu Zongshen took the lead, saying how filial he was.
Yu Zongshen lowered his head and said nothing.
The old uncle glanced back and forth between the two brothers, frowned, and then said: "Your mother is a widow, and she has been guarding the festival for your father for most of her life. She has suffered and endured hardship before leaving you two. The two brothers raised her, so you two brothers should be more concerned about her funeral."
I don’t know how the two brothers discussed it?
Why are you worrying about the second brother Ding?
Not long after the second son took over as the chief minister, both the government and the public were facing internal and external troubles, so it was time to settle the cabinet and assist the country.
On the other hand, the eldest son seems to have all the power in the government, but his gains are all in vain. If he can use Ding You to settle down for three years, and has the filial piety of his mother Ding You, he will be able to make further progress in his official career in the future.
Ding You is doing a lot of harm to the second child but no good to him. For the eldest brother, it is the only great opportunity to go further.
The boss did not make much achievements in the official department, but he became famous as the censor of the Imperial Palace.
The boss has been in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for ten years and has the qualifications, so the emperor let him serve as the thirteenth supervisory censor. He has also made great contributions to disaster relief in the past.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate has left and right censors.
Master Qi, the censor of the left capital, is very prestigious in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but the censor of the right capital has a mediocre political performance and is not young. The eldest brother may not have the opportunity to take a further step in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
The power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate depends on the emperor.
The eldest son was already greatly favored by the emperor, and if he worked steadily and steadily, he gained a good official reputation and a great filial piety. When he arrived at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, he was like a fish in water.
The second eldest son in the cabinet gave the eldest son the power to evacuate the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The two brothers complemented each other, internally and externally, and controlled most of the affairs of the court.
Isn’t that better than a thirteen-level supervisory censor?
But Ding You’s secret has already been laid out, so it’s useless to say more.
The second child wants to fulfill his filial piety for his mother, but he cannot stop him from doing so.
It's just that he was a little disappointed in his heart. He felt that the two brothers were a little too reckless. For such a big matter as Ding You, the two brothers could discuss it first and wait until someone from the clan came to discuss it.
It is short-sighted to let the second brother Ding worry.
Yu Zongzheng and Yu Zongshen nodded in unison.
The old uncle said: "The coffin will be sealed in the afternoon. Each person must prepare a few things for burial. Once the things are ready, show them to the second wife to see if they violate any taboos. How many days will the funeral take?"
Yu Zongzheng quickly asked: "How many days do your uncle think is appropriate?"
The old uncle said: "Your mother is a widow. It is not easy to raise you. Her funeral should be arranged in a beautiful way. However, the government and the public are not at peace now. There is a drought in the north. It is not appropriate to make extravagant arrangements. Let's do this. The funeral will be arranged in three days. Seven days."
It is twenty-one days~IndoMTL.com~ neither long nor short. Yu Zongzheng glanced at Yu Zongshen and saw that he had no intention of speaking, so he had to say: "I will follow my uncle's wish."
The group discussed for an hour before agreeing on all the funeral arrangements.
It's getting late.
Yu Youyao ordered people to prepare a meal and invited the elders of the clan to have lunch.
Seeing that her eyes were still swollen, the second old lady took her hand and said, "Your grandmother is gone. From now on, this family will be supported by you, the eldest daughter. You have to be more open-minded."
Even if Aunt Jiang helped her upright later, this concubine could not get past her eldest daughter.
Yu Youyao was also granted the title of county lord. With the clan title, he would respect him at all times.
The Yu Mansion and the clan exchanged news.
Everyone in the clan also knows that Mrs. Yu has raised Yu Youyao very well. She has a temperament like Mrs. Yu and is a person who manages the family and affairs.