Chapter 653 - 652: Keeping Watch by the Spirit
Wang Yongzhu saw that Song Chongjin had also realized this point, and he too smiled without saying more.
By the time they arrived at the mourning hall, Wang Yonggui and his two brothers along with Jinhoo had been weeping for the entire day. Now it was deep into the night, and the chanting monks and Taoist priests outside were also dozing off.
The inside of the mourning hall was unusually quiet, as everyone had completely exhausted their energy for the day.
Song Chongjin had already arranged for a vegetarian feast for the monks and Taoist priests, asking them to eat and rest a while longer. Tomorrow morning they would continue to exert themselves in chanting scriptures and performing rituals to help Old Wang Laozhu’s spirit reach the Western Paradise or choose reincarnation.
Hot porridge, light dishes, and ginger soup were also brought in to the room next to the mourning hall for Wang Yonggui and his group to fill their stomachs.
Wang Yonggui, Wang Yongping, and Jinhoo all had red, teary eyes.
Seeing the steaming porridge and dishes served before them, their eyes turned green with hunger.
After a day of weeping by the coffin, they were very depleted of water and energy. The door to the mourning hall was wide open, and despite the tent outside, the night wind in January was piercingly cold, cutting through them like knives.
No matter how thick their cotton-padded jackets and pants were, kneeling on the ground for half a day, even with cotton pads underneath, the cold still seeped in through their legs and into their flesh and bones.
Even tough men like Wang Yonggui and Wang Yongping found it hard to bear the cold.
Without waiting for Song Chongjin or Wang Yongzhu to call them, the three of them got up, grimacing as they rubbed their knees, saliva drooling from their mouths.