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It was late at night and the dew was heavy. After Ji Mo went to the mountain with his little disciple for a tour, he went up the mountain alone. When he was about to go out, the little disciple called him: "Do you want to rest for a while before going?"

"I'm walking slowly, just to take a rest, you go to sleep first."

Ji Mo said with a smile, then walked out the door, put the bamboo hat on his head, and walked out of the courtyard door, the sharp shadow was still at the door.

He walked out slowly step by step, lighting the ground with his cane, as if he was trying to level the road in the night. The bright moon always moves with the movement, as if keeping an unpredictable distance, and no one is allowed to explore.

The tombstones stood quietly, as if they were people who had never died, only half of their bodies were exposed to look out, and they could only look in one direction, looking at the direction that Lutong came up, as if they were waiting for the visit of the widow.

Year after year, day after day, waiting quietly forever.

"It's late at night, it's time to sleep..."

Ji Mo spoke softly, as if he was talking to a lonely soul in the forest, and he laughed first after speaking. If there really are ghosts, how can they work like people?

It should be like a mirror image, it’s the opposite.

When you walk up the mountain, when you look back, you can see the courtyard at the bottom of the mountain, guarding the only road, like guards on guard, and the two solitary graves behind the courtyard are also very conspicuous, and you can see it at a glance. See.

When the wind blows, the straw coir raincoat is not very windproof. Even though there is an extra layer of lining inside, it still feels cold. Even so, Ji Mo did not go down immediately, but sat down in a place relatively sheltered from the wind. The ground is cold and hard , as soon as you sit down, the cold air makes you gasp.

The sitting height is the same as the surrounding tombstones. At first glance, it looks like there is an extra tombstone.

[Main task: Gravekeeper. 】

[Current task: professional knowledge learning - (100/100)]

[The first stage of study is over, do you accept the test? 】

"Yes."

[The first stage of theoretical examination, time three 10 minutes - please briefly describe the various knowledge characteristics of the tomb keeper. 】

"Oh? It's... a little unexpected."

When Ji Mo saw this different question, he was taken aback. It was a bit unexpected, but it wasn't completely unreasonable. The question about the exam, these years, I didn't want to think about it, I always thought about it, And every time he learns knowledge, subconsciously summarizing it is also within his habit, so this kind of problem will not trouble him, at most it will take some time to reorganize the words.

Fortunately, there was plenty of time given for this theoretical exam, so it wouldn't be enough.

Ji Mo has long developed the habit of being extremely calm in the face of exams. Ji Mo didn't panic about it. Facing the flat test paper in front of him, he seemed to be sitting at the desk again, wondering what to do, how to answer, and how to write , What kind of text to write, has been brewing in my heart.

This is probably the basic quality of a good student.

How many years, how many times, Ji Mo recalled the first things again, as if it was still yesterday, he was never discouraged, so he would not be distracted in this kind of exam, but because of the problems, he concentrated more .

"The knowledge of the cemetery keeper is very complicated, and the systematic tomb knowledge also includes the consideration of knowledge such as Feng Shui, the five elements, customs, etc., and folklore is mixed in it..."

What kind of clothes to wear, what characteristics should the clothes have, and what shape and specification should the prepared Jiuqiao jade be, and what kind of jade should exist, why should it be equipped, and so on, everything To answer simple questions, relevant knowledge is needed as a reserve for answers.

Otherwise, can it be generalized just by saying "handed down from the ancestors"?

Ge Shan is a good master. When he was studying, he liked to ask some questions. When he was teaching Ji Mo, he also started the self-questioning and self-answering mode. However, he could answer some questions and answers smoothly and satisfactorily. Asking and answering yourself is like a joke, and you will give an answer like "How did I know, my master didn't say it!"

Obviously, some unsolved problems are mostly puzzles for him, and these puzzles are left for Ji Mo, some of which are more disturbing, and some are still slightly understandable.

For example, the existence of Jiuqiaoyu, why should all the access holes be blocked?It is because of this that it can be perfectly round and one, and only in this way can it form a cocoon. It is necessary to form a cocoon before it can break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, and the golden cicada can escape its shell.

There are also some, such as why shrouds are different from formal clothes, not only because the direction of the skirts is different, but also some are opposite. This kind of "reverse" means that yin and yang are opposite, and death is yin, which can be called a yin person. , Yin people only need to be different from Yang people, so that they can make a distinction.

There is also invisible light, invisible fire, taboos about certain zodiac signs, and even selection of livestock used for sacrifices, color, size, type, age, not just anything.

"In addition, as opposed to the tomb guards, the tomb robbers have some knowledge. Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to be invincible in a hundred battles... There must be countermeasures, and there must be a means of countering each other..."

Some things are not just talk, the inheritance of those secret medicines can also be counted as part of the knowledge of the keeper of the tomb. It seems that the keeper of the tomb is somewhat omnipotent, and it seems that he must learn how to make medicine. In fact, it is not difficult Yes, just recognize those kinds of medicinal materials, know the general compatibility, know how to refine, how to make the boiled medicinal soup into ointment, and knead the ointment into pills.

If you only know these things and say you can see a doctor and make medicine, that is nonsense. These things, if they are exhausted, are in the category of folk prescriptions, not a big category.

"Besides, the funeral process and the like can be classified as the first type of burial knowledge..."

Gravekeepers also have the function of presiding over funerals, but this function is usually diluted a lot, because there are many elders in the clan who can call the shots, that is, in each family, which elder has never seen a dead person, roughly what the process is, but You don't need to be told step by step by others, but you can do it step by step.

Those old people who have a plan have long known how to arrange their own affairs, and have explained to their children and grandchildren early on. They don't really have to wait until the grave guards arrive to start.

"Gravekeepers, after all, are mainly 'keepers'..."

It is impossible to move around in a profession, so you don’t need to go into so much about what is wrong with the family. The rest, live around the tomb, guard it, guard against tomb robbers, and arrange some funeral ceremonies And so on, that's about it.

It's not very complicated, but it's not too simple. It's good to live and do it seriously.

The significance and culture of this profession are not the focus of this question, so Ji Mo didn't think deeply about it. Facing the test paper in front of him, he made a concluding remark and handed it in ahead of time.

[Please select an exam work. 】

"The work is really rare and narrow."

Ever since he learned to "cast the net widely", Ji Mo has rarely faced such an embarrassing situation, which is somewhat helpless. Ge Shan's literacy is not very good. Still in the state of being regarded as unlucky by others, when dealing with people in daily life, I can’t wait to use something to remove the unlucky for a while before I can speak well. It is not easy to learn words.

The Ge family's village is not a family of farming and studying. There is no official family in the ancestors. It is just that there are many children and grandchildren, and they have multiplied from generation to generation. Now it has become a big family climate. But it is true that the foundation is really shallow. , in the end is not comparable.

In the village, except for one who is blind and deaf, there are few literate people, and that one can only know limited characters. If he can write a name, surname, date of birth and death, etc., it is considered good, just enough to memorize the family tree. .

If someone chooses an uncommon name, he has to show him the name note, so that he can follow the gourd and write the same characters on the family tree, and learn a few new characters from it.

The tomb guard is nothing else, and there is no precedent for studying abroad. It is impossible not to visit the cemetery overnight. Wherever he can stay away, Ji Mo has no way to ask other places for writing. Therefore, the difficulty of writing a book has really increased out of thin air. Many times, in desperation, I managed to write something, which is full of pictures and texts, but it is not detailed, I can only say that it is somewhat useful.

Now, this book has also been passed on to the young disciple, and the words written by Ji Mohui have also been taught to him.

When teaching, Ji Mo was still thinking, the young disciple's father died early, and his mother was gone. In the village, although he is of the blood of Ge, he has no ties to him. He is young and strong. If he wants to use this knowledge to go out What can he do if he wants to find a better job?

If the profession of the tomb keeper is not passed on, then... let's not pass it on.

You can't just let others stick around for a lifetime just because of a profession. What he can do doesn't mean he must let others do it too.

There are only two spots of light in front of him, one is the book, and the other is the stele that Ji Mo prepared for himself. The front of the stele already has a name and year of birth, and there is only one year of death left to be filled in. Behind it is the life of the gravekeeper. The deeds are nothing to show off, and they may be a bit boring in the ordinary, but the private goods mixed in the middle cost Ji Mo a lot of money to get this dictation.

This was written by a down-and-out scholar when he was going to the market. He dictated all kinds of knowledge about the tomb keeper, concise and concise, and asked the scholar to write a manuscript. After that, he carved each one according to the words on the manuscript. On that stele.

Ben also thought that maybe he could use this to recognize the characters and enrich the content of the book, but these days people really prefer to write less than more, and have to simplify the whole text into a few words. The sentence really has the essence of telegraphing and saving words, which completely shattered Ji Mo's wish to steal it.

But... that's all.

Ji Mo chose the spot of light surrounding the stele. Compared with the rich pictures and texts in the book, he is more willing to believe that the material of the stele is hard and will not change for thousands of years.