Funeral Preparations

The funeral of Xiao Shuang was going to be carried out according to the chinese customs.

His body will have to be kept at the funeral house before, the burial shall be carried out after they've consult the chinese almanac who would choose a very perfect date for the burial. A lot of preparations need to be done, especially when the deceased is still a young person, his burial traditions need to be carried out carefully and perfectly, otherwise he wouldn't rest in peace at the afterlife.

Zhi Ruo had been wailing the minute her son died, she couldn't stop crying, also all the family members were shocked to hear about Xiao shuang's death.

Xiao peng explained to the family members in tears, about how the strange cough struck his son while they were discussing.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Ran had went out to consult the almanac priest, everything needs to be carried out fast, after the almanac priest choose the date, the invitation will be written and sent to people, mourners also need to be invited. They are the people that will weep and wail during the funeral, and they get paid after weeping.

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Liang Huiyin haven't heard of her fiance's death. She woke up from bed and checked her phone, she saw that she got two unanswered calls from Xiao Shuang, she was already asleep by the time he called, and she planned to call him back after breakfast.

However, Liang MeiYin barged in the room with tears in her eyes.

MeiYin looked shocked and unhappy.

Huiyin noticed her sister unusual mood and was about to ask her what had happened.

MeiYin came closer to her and hugged her while she broke into tears.

"What is wrong sister MeiYin?" Huiyin asked surprisingly.

"Huiyin I'm sorry to break this news to you dear" MeiYin spoke amidst tears.

"What is it?" Huiyin was curious to know.

"Xiao Shuang, he_ he is no more! he died yesterday night, I just received a call from his mother" MeiYin announced to her.

Huiyin broke into laughter, "Haha, MeiYin this is one of the awful jokes you had played with me!" She laughed.

"I'm serious Huiyin, I wouldn't joke with such a matter, Xiao Shuang died yesterday, he was struck by a very raspy cough, the doctor said it is heart attack! his mother just told me" MeiYin shouted at her in tears.

"That's_not possible! I saw him yesterday at the tea party" Huiyin had began to cry as well.

"I am so sorry dear" MeiYin consoled her.

"Are we not going there?" Huiyin asked her sister.

"I th_"

"No! Huiyin you are staying at home, you won't go anywhere!" Wang Shu said firmly.

"But why mother? he is the man I was supposed to marry, I should be at his funeral" MeiYin argued forgetting the family tradition.

"You are not allowed to see his corpse, you are engaged, seeing his corpse would never let you marry any other man again" Her mother reminded her.

"And who told you that I was going to remarry? I was supposed to marry Xiao Shuang so I will never marry any man again!" Huiyin ran from the scene, and went to her wardrobe, she took two clothes inside a small handbag. "I am leaving and no one is going to stop me" Before Huiyin could finish speaking, her mother had already locked the inner door and held the keys with her.

"Mother!" Huiyin shouted.

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The almanac priest had been consulted and the old man chose a perfect date for the funeral, on tenth of that month was chosen, the priest said that it is the best date to choose, he explained a few reasons.

Until then, Xiao Shuang body shall be in the funeral home.

When the families got home, Xiao Yan and Xiao Ran wanted to write the invitation and send it to people.

It was part of the tradition that an invitation must be sent, since the deceased is already a grown up person, the invitation shall be written in a white colored paper, it would have been in a pink colored paper if he was around eighty years or older.

The fixed date shall be written on top of the invitation, the date and the location. They would also have to write a small information about the deceased and how he has died, before it is sent out.

After the invitation was sent, then an RSVP would be expected.

All of the preparation were almost about to be carried out.

The color of clothing that need to be worn by family members were also chose, the family members will wear black colored clothes.

Red or light colored clothes is forbidden as it was said to cause misfortunes to the families.

The guests and mourners shall also wear black and sombre colored clothes.

Zhi Ruo was weeping uncontrollably, the thought of loosing her only son had made her look frail and Ill.

Xiao peng however, lowered his heads and was shedding tears.

Xiao Yan children and wife were also weeping, the death of the young brother-in-law and uncle shall remain like a wound in their heart.

"Did someone inform Liang Huiyin about this?" A daughter-in-law asked the members.

"No, she shouldn't be informed, imagine the kind of pain and sorrow she would feel" An Ruan objected.

"But I think mother Zhi Ruo had told her" Xiao Ran told them.

"But why mother?" An Ruan asked. "There is no use of telling her, she would feel heartbroken" An Ruan disagreed with what Zhi Ruo had did.

"Either mother tells her or not, she will find out one day, the news of my brother's death is spreading like wild fire, besides what will happen if Xiao Shuang didn't show up on their wedding day, she would know that he is dead" Xiao Yan explained.

Zhi Ruo was too grieved to talk, she only took one look at them.

The family members will have to wait till the day of the burial, but before the burial, another tradition needs to be carried out.

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