Chapter 21: Commitment with Ghosts
Young people see this situation, all of a sudden for birds and beasts, the young yellow flower girl died, who do not know is certainly very eager to live, must be grievances, would have been good into the coffin, the dead is when to open the eyes?
"More Chen, this girl's wish is not yet fulfilled, she lived in your home, you also have the most respect, you give her a few words, this person died, you into the ground how? Regardless of how she died, in her next life, she will be cast into a good family." Sixth Uncle said.
"Xiaoyu ah, go in peace, I will tell them that you are a good girl, a good young man who supports the peasant class." Grandpa said, this scene is actually a very scary thought, a living person, talking to a dead person, or a wide-eyed dead person!
Grandpa finished speaking, He Xiaoyu's body side still did not move a bit, wide eyes still staring round, as if to see through this unwilling to leave the earth.
"Sixth Uncle, this can't be helped." Grandpa said.
"Morechen, like this, if you're not afraid, you can say a few words to Xiao Yu alone? How Xiaoyu died, we actually know it in our hearts." Uncle Six said.
Grandpa has no reason to be afraid, because He Xiaoyu is indeed the most familiar with grandpa in the lock head village, six uncle's words he also understand what it means, last night, my old man's dream words like saying, today has actually spread like crazy in the village, who does not know that the white skin and big ass female youth He Xiaoyu, was killed by the dead Li Guofeng?
The villagers said when it is inevitable not to mix a little of their imagination, Li Guofeng is the second Li family, died without a wife, the life of the melon egg has never seen a woman, have not tasted the world's most wonderful taste of men on the death, can be willing to? The village is too familiar with his hands, this is not sleepy on someone to send a pillow, just came to a foreign, or a big beautiful He Xiaoyu, this is not to the girl spoiled?
All this, by the villagers of the mouth a rumor, it seems that Li Guofeng harmed He Xiaoyu, but it is common sense.
Six uncle they went out, grandpa to a dead person, that is, what to say, He Xiaoyu dying also grabbed his hand said do not want to die, that scene grandpa think of the heart dripping blood, and now dead, death is not because of what is estimated to be no one than grandpa heart more clear, just these words, grandpa did not have the means to say in front of outsiders.
"Xiaoyu, go at ease, give your more Chen brother a face, OK?" Grandpa cried as he knelt in front of the coffin.
Once this sentence was said, right in that coffin that had just opened the lid, suddenly remembered the sound of grinding teeth, crunching, grandpa was not afraid just now, but as soon as he heard this, he still immediately gave a white hair sweat.
"Xiao Yu, don't scare your brother!" Grandpa immediately kowtowed his head a few times.
But the sound of grinding teeth inside was still there… Grinding teeth, not gnashing teeth? If you want to say that Grandpa is not afraid, that's bullshit. Who wouldn't be afraid of this? But grandpa knows that this thing in the case of reason he can not run out of fear, He Xiaoyu's matter can not close the scene, the captain he does not have to do, now is down when the feudal superstition, the village after two or three out of the matter, the top of the actually on his opinion is very big, in the case of, he is He Xiaoyu in the village of the only dependence on locks, alive when he could not save her, but also want to her to go to the wrong and die?
"Xiaoyu, I know the grievances in your heart, you hold back, if people harm you, I now go to pull out his skin, but Li Guofeng, he is a ghost, more Chen brother can not help, He real people this time goat, this matter regardless, your old brother I can not do anything about it, you feel at ease to go?" Grandpa said again.
This sentence does not say okay, this said, inside in addition to the sound of grinding teeth, and even mixed with a trace of a song like a woman crying, He Xiaoyu a cry, Grandpa is not only not afraid of, but angry, angry He real people to see the death of a ghost, angry Li Bold masters three turned into a ghost is still so arrogant, and at the moment also know He Xiaoyu is a good word absolutely can not listen to it, directly stood up to the coffin and said: "Xiaoyu, this matter you can rest assured to go, you more Chen brother even if he died, but also must give you an explanation! A big man is a man of the heavens and the earth, and what he says is what he spits out in blood, and he will do what he says!"
Grandpa said this sentence, only stopped for a moment, the coffin became silent, he boldly close to the coffin to see, He Xiaoyu has closed his eyes, people with the same as when alive, serene demeanor.
Grandpa opened the door, greeted the crowd over, and let Erwa Zi called the few young boys over, do not come to the deduction of work points, this threat is definitely very big, not long, just scared away from the people also ran back, see He Xiaoyu quiet down, we rely on the number of people, but did not dare to come close to, a few people to re-nail the mouth of the coffin.
"Gengchen, according to the theory of not burying after noon, do you think it should be tomorrow?" At this time, Uncle Six asked my grandfather.
–Our side of the rules, after three days of stopping the spirit, funeral funeral burial, there is no abnormal specific time limit, before to find a gentleman to see, but now the atmosphere, no one dares to go, but the funeral is not over noon, over noon is not funeral this is a dead rule, can also be said to be the unspoken rules, that is, the funeral must be in the morning time, over the Twelve o'clock on the funeral, specifically for what, I estimate that this rule set of people do not know, may be because after twelve o'clock yang gas slowly weakened, self-consuming, yang gas is weak yin gas strong, so afraid of what accidents.
Grandpa a look up, the sky hangs a big sun, have the heart to slow down a day, but the spirit of three days is the rule, but the first day after the death of the burial of a lot of people, especially in the summer, the body put on the three days, the casket in front of the paper money to be burned the temperature is very high, the body of the body of the more oedema and odor, in this case, everyone understands the day of the burial, after all, the rules of our side is not particularly strict, so that one day of the burial of the there are, so that one day of the burial. The first thing you need to do is to get a good deal of money to pay for the services of the company.
That is to say, if He Xiaoyu is not buried today, it will have to be three days, there are no two days of reason and rules, but then stop two days, then the matter is really too much, so a just haunted dead in their own homes to stay for three days, even if they are not afraid of, outsiders will have to say how to say their own?
"The new society, the farmers are the masters of the house, the old society that can not be. Now that the funeral is in mourning, hurry up and bury it, Sixth Uncle, tell the truth, aren't you creeped out?" Grandpa waved his hand.
Sixth uncle nodded to show understanding, and a few students explained a few words, set off a firecracker, this time it is very peaceful, without any mistakes in the middle, making everyone think that what happened before is like a dream, He Xiaoyu buried in the ground at the south end of the village, Li Doudao three masters at the west end of the village, grandpa was thinking of letting Xiaoyu away from the three lonely ghosts.
After the burial, grandpa went to the township, reported the young man He Xiaoyu died, inevitably received a scolding, but He Xiaoyu is clearly sick to death, old age and illness who have no way to be scolded on the end of the abatement, and then he took advantage of the absence of darkness to return home, on the way home, grandpa thought a lot, before in order to He Xiaoyu to be able to normal burials, the promise of this matter will give an account of the people, it was inevitable! There are poor He Xiaoyu hot-blooded in the ingredients, now calm down, he only felt the heart of the empty panic.
Account? He real people abashed, with his Guo Changchen a person, how to fight with people three ghosts? –But in front of the corpse swore a poisonous oath, if you can not complete, not to mention He Xiaoyu will not find his trouble, he himself can not pass his own pass.
When I arrived home, my grandmother still felt guilty in her heart, she made a bowl of noodles for my grandfather and he wasn't in the mood to eat it, casually picking up a couple of bites he called my old man over and asked, "Aiguo, when your Auntie Xiaoyu was 'sleeping', did you see your Uncle Guofeng take her away?"
"En, just that night, just last night." My old man said.
Grandpa heard it, his head is going to explode, He Xiaoyu was tortured to death by Li Guofeng when she was alive, this was taken away after death, it must be the soul ah, is it possible that his mother can't stop when she died, Li Guofeng took her away directly? Forced to go as a ghost bride? His mother is simply too deceitful!
Grandpa angry in the house round and round, and finally raised a bottle of wine on the door, Grandma did not ask to know what Grandpa was thinking, we also guessed that this time Grandpa out of the door, is bound to go to find the real He, Grandpa was thinking, is kneeling, but also have to go to the real He to solve this matter.
Grandpa arrived at the barn, He Zhenren over there frowned and smoked a dry cigarette, saw my grandfather, beckoned directly said: "more Chen came, sit."
Grandpa didn't say anything, directly opened the wine, found two bowls, one for each person, raised his hand and said, "Mr. He, I respect you, come on, dry this bowl. I, Guo Gengchen, will drink first."
When Grandpa finished drinking, he realized that He Zhenzhen did not pick up the bowl of wine, so he said, "He Shenxian, what is the meaning of this?"