Chapter 280 First Burial
Yes.

During the discussion.

Granny Wang's body was lying nearby, covered only with a piece of rag, which distracted the newlyweds during their discussion.

After being reminded by Lao Tang during the day.

It would be difficult for Wu Xian to deal with the body alone.

Although he had already made a plan in his mind, he still threw the problem of the corpse to others. This was both safer and could share the risk.

Revolving around the treatment of corpses.

There was a heated debate among the crowd.

Throwing the body away always feels a bit inhumane, and it may result in the loss of important information, which will put them in danger.

Burying the body might bring danger.

Some people advocate burial.

Some people want to wait and see.

Some people did not want to participate in the burial themselves, nor did they want others to help bury Grandma Wang, in order to avoid being implicated by possible dangers.

This was the first time Wu Xian encountered such a situation.

Because of the blessed land he had participated in before, it was generally very clear what to do next, and even if they occasionally encountered difficult situations, everyone had the same opinion.

But this time, although there is a clear goal, the process of achieving this goal is too vague.

In the end, it was Wen Chao who was mature and prudent and tried hard to reconcile the different opinions. The quarrel was finally eased and stopped at the point of disagreement without causing any conflict.

In the end, the team of thirteen people split into two factions.

First is the funeral party.

There are only five people, namely Wu Xian, Du E, Jian Lingyu, Li Juxian and Su Xuan.

The second group is the bystanders.

Wen Chao and the Wei sisters, as well as the rest of the family members including Aunt Miao, the female white-collar worker, Yang Bin and other newlyweds, all decided not to get involved in the burial. The big yellow dog was also among the bystanders.

These two groups of people.

We weren't even going to sleep together tonight.

It just so happened that Granny Wang had died, and the room she had lived in became vacant. Wu Xian and five other people from the funeral party moved in to live apart from the main group.

Although living separately increases risks, one side is worried about being implicated, and the other side does not want the other side to obtain first-hand information without taking any risks, so separation is just right.

However, although everyone had different opinions on how to deal with the corpses, they were relatively unanimous on how to treat the elderly in Wuzang Village.

First of all, these elderly people hold important information.

Secondly, the death of an elderly person may bring about unexpected negative effects.

Thirdly, everyone has compassion, and the situation of these elderly people is indeed too pitiful.

From any perspective, the new and old relatives do not want to let the elderly die quickly in harsh conditions, so they decided to help these old men and women as much as possible within their capacity.

Discussion ended.

Everyone started working at the same time.

Some people were setting up the stove, some were washing vegetables and dishes, some were dismantling the carcass of a wild boar, and some found some coarse salt in the room...

There was unexpectedly plenty of firewood, and they didn't even have to use the dry firewood that Wen Chao brought.

When Wu Xian was wandering around the village during the day, he found a huge pile of debris after pushing aside the weeds. The pile was full of rotten and broken coffins and fragments of urns. The rotten coffins were exactly the best firewood.

Gudu, Gudu...

Wild boar meat and various wild vegetables were stewed in a clean large iron pot.

After a busy day, everyone was already hungry. They had neither the time nor the conditions to cook carefully, so the final product of half a day's hard work was just this rough pork and wild vegetable soup.

After it was cooked, Wu Xian couldn't wait to take a bite and immediately showed a bitter face. This taste...

The uncastrated wild boar meat was fishy and difficult to chew, and the wild vegetables tasted bitter. This meal could only be said to be barely enough to fill the stomach. It was relatively clean and had a salty taste, and that was all.

This made Wu Xian miss Shi Jilai a little. Although the food that guy cooked was a bit heavy, it was still delicious at least...

After eating.

The clouds in the sky had already turned faintly yellow, and it would be dark soon, so the thirteen people seized the time and began to act separately.

……

Wu Xian and five others.

We must dig a hole and bury Wang Po before dark.

Regardless of the taboo, burying Grandma Wang is already a risk. If the matter is delayed until dark and Grandma Wang is buried at night, it will not be a risk but a suicide pact.

They picked out a relatively intact coffin from the pile of broken coffins, put Grandma Wang's body in it, and carefully carried it out of the village.

When choosing a coffin.

Wu Xian was surprised to find that under the pile of broken coffins, there was a big pit. The pit was filled with coffins and urns. He didn't know how deep the pit would be after all the broken coffins and urns were taken out.

When I first arrived at Wuzang Village.

Wu Xian felt somewhat confused.

The old men were only surprised at them, but not at the coffins and jars sent to them. This showed that this was not the first time that Yaocheng had sent coffins and jars here.

But if it wasn’t the first time, and these elderly people didn’t need coffins for burial, then where were the coffins and urns that were delivered before?
Maybe this big pit is the answer.

The coffin was tattered and Granny Wang's body was relatively light, so the five people carrying the coffin did not feel it was very heavy.

As time was tight, they did not carry the coffin too far. Instead, they just walked out of the village and found a vacant space and started digging a hole with a shovel.

There was only one shovel, so the work of digging the hole had to be done by three men in turns.

This is not out of courtesy to the ladies or anything like that.

It's just simply more efficient to do this.

Those who were not digging holes with shovels were not idle either. They all had their own things to do.

Jian Lingyu tore off a piece of her wide skirt and used it as a rag. Then she pushed open the coffin lid and carefully cleaned the dirt off Grandma Wang's body.

After her cleaning, Grandma Wang's death appearance became a little better looking.

Du E found a relatively flat wooden board and carved Granny Wang's name on it with a rusty little iron knife.

They buried Grandma Wang.

It's about figuring out what a 'correct' funeral is.

So we can't just dig a hole and bury her and call it a day. Instead, we should try to add more elements to Grandma Wang's funeral to the best of our ability.

That is, coffin, burial, tombstone and arranging the remains.

Only in this way will they have the opportunity to know what the correct funeral is.

It is unknown what will happen tonight. Wu Xian only hopes that the changes tonight will allow him to get the correct information.

The burial was almost done soon.

After the pit was dug, the coffin was put in, and then everyone worked together to cover it with yellow soil. A small arc-shaped pit rose on the spot. This was the first grave mound they saw after arriving at this blessed land.

During the entire burial process.

Wu Xian always felt that there was a vague sense of being watched.

But if you look around, you can only see dried or rotten corpses. These corpses have turned their heads at some point, and their lifeless eyes are all looking in the direction of the grave...

(End of this chapter)