It turns out that in the northwest generation, especially in Yongxian County and several nearby counties, there is an ancient custom, if an unmarried man unfortunately dies, the parents will find the unmarried female corpse for their son, and bury the two bodies together, which is considered to be a husband and wife in the underworld. The relationship between the parents of both parties has also changed from a simple buyer and seller to a "family".

Therefore, the corpse of a young and deceased woman has become a very sought-after "treasure" in this northwest land, not only with a clear price, but also in high demand, and even breeds a chain of interests for corpse theft. Therefore, according to the customs of this region, female corpses are rarely buried for the first time, and they have to be sold several times before they can be put into the ground, and some young female corpses will even be sold seven or eight times, and the price will be doubled several times before they have a real home.

The price of this young female corpse is also determined by a variety of factors, including age, "freshness", complete condition, appearance, family background, etc., and is even a little more detailed than the standard for a living person to find a daughter-in-law...... According to these conditions, the price of a female corpse that dies of illness is often higher than that of a female corpse that dies in a traffic accident; And the price of the female corpse that has just died of illness is higher than that of the woman who has been dead for many years, and the more "fresh" the sentence, the better. Therefore, young and beautiful female corpses that have just died of illness and good family conditions are the most valuable, and the price can often reach thousands or even tens of thousands of silver dollars.

A corpse is worth 10,000 dollars, but this kind of female corpse is not affordable for ordinary people.

Da Jinya was carte blanche by his employer in Tianshui Town this time to go to Linxian County and Shashui County to "buy a woman's corpse", and came back to marry the employer's deceased son. The young girl in Hongkan Town, Shashui County, was only 16 years old, and when she heard that she had been critically ill for two months, several nearby counties immediately surged in all directions, in addition to the big golden tooth and his cub, more than a dozen people scrambled.

At that time, the employer promised the maximum amount of 2,000 silver dollars to the big gold tooth, but there were too many people who came to "buy the corpse", and when the fierce price war settled, it actually reached 5,500 silver dollars, of course, it was able to reach such a high price, and it was also the reason why the corpse was very young and of good quality, but anyway, the big gold tooth had to sigh at the "corpse". No, it's not a "corpse" yet, when the competition is over, the female corpse has a belonging, and the big gold tooth and they regret leaving, the sixteen-year-old girl has not yet breathed.

The buyer who bid 555 was a native of Shashui County, and they were satisfied, and they had gathered several brothers of the same clan to wait at the woman's house, and once the girl died, they would immediately pull the body to the man's house with the woman's helpers to complete the marriage ceremony.

The big gold tooth did not complete the employer's task, this business is yellow, but when he was very depressed, there were two female skeletons in the county, so the big gold tooth did not do two and bought them all at a large price, the most happy thing for him was that one of the bones was not only complete but also had a photo before his death, the girl in the photo was very beautiful, and the employer's son happened to be the same age, the two were particularly matched, I believe that bringing this skeleton back can also complete the employer's task, The mistress of the other skeleton has been dead for three or four years, but the big gold tooth's idea is that the market is so tight that as long as there is stock, I am afraid that it will not be able to sell.

The folk call the big gold tooth such as the long-distance buying and selling of female corpses "backbones", they often lie day and night, because in the tradition, carrying female corpses or women's bones during the day will "hurt the soul", so the marriage is unlucky, and will not be successful. At the same time, the big gold tooth is not only a backbone, but also a matchmaker specializing in "amphibious development", and it is precisely because he is a part-time ghost matchmaker that he has made a fortune in the past few years, and he has the money to install a big gold front tooth for himself. However, the folk saying is that being a ghost matchmaker is an unlucky job that breaks Yang Shou, so the big gold tooth is also ready to do a few more orders and then quit completely, and then take his son to Lanzhou to live a well-off life.

Along the way, we learned that the fat boy's head was a little funny, so he looked particularly upright and simple, listening to the big gold tooth's intermittent narration, we were creepy, and even I, a female ghost, felt unstable in my soul.

Thanks to the Great Golden Tooth's lead, we were able to complete this section so quickly, during which he led us through many paths, avoiding the dangerous rocks, but in the darkness we couldn't figure out where it was. Four hours passed quickly, and soon we saw the low houses in front of us, and the village had arrived.

We followed the big golden tooth into the village, he asked us if there was a place to sleep, we might as well go to him to sleep, Ying Ziling looked at the black hole behind him The cloth bag, and quickly said no, just find a small inn, the big golden tooth haha: "What are you looking for, if there is an inn, I won't take you to my house, this radius of a hundred miles, you don't see the poor mountain and bad water?" If you don't come to my house, you'll have to sleep on the street. ”

Ying Ziling looked at his watch, there was no way, it was midnight, if he really didn't sleep all night, then he wouldn't have to do anything tomorrow, so he looked at Yao Jiuyin.

Yao Jiuyin hurriedly said: "That's okay, Da Jin Ye, we'll bother!" ”

We followed the big gold tooth to a dilapidated old house, there were four or five rooms, built in a row, two floors above and below, the rooms on the ground floor were built with stones for nearly a meter, and the top was an earthen wall, the stone was already a little blackened, and the earthen walls were mottled, as if telling the age of time, some of the doors were gone, we carefully climbed up the wooden stairs that had been crooked, and the walls of the rooms on the second floor were made of wooden planks, all blackened.

"There are a lot of rooms up there, you can live casually, I still have something to do, so I won't greet you!" As he spoke, the big gold tooth hurried downstairs and went out with two black cloth bags on his back, and then turned around and disappeared into the darkness. We walked into the small house, with only a table and a few chairs inside, which was very simple, but it was amazing that there was a dilapidated TV set thrown in the corner, and Ying Ziling was surprised to close his mouth.

Everyone was tired and sleepy, of course Ying Ziling occupied the only bed, Yao Jiuyin occupied the table, and the remaining chairs were put together to be Changsheng's "bed".

Of course, I, the female ghost, did not need to sleep, and their tired trio soon fell asleep sweetly, while I was bored floating in the dilapidated two-story courtyard, when a sound of banging and banging came, and I followed the sound, drifting through a dilapidated street, and then passing through a few low houses, and actually saw a spacious clearing, and in the middle of the night it was actually a scene of lights, and in the laughter and laughter I heard that it was actually a wedding.

I wondered, whose wedding would be in the middle of the night?

"What a strange tradition...... I said secretly in my heart, my eyes swept around unconsciously, and I was suddenly shocked to find that after the lively banquet, there were actually two blood-red coffins in an open curtain, which looked very strange in this joyful atmosphere.

People's coffins are all black holes, who will paint the coffin blood red, it really subverts my three views.

At this time, I also saw the big gold tooth in the crowd, he was surrounded by everyone, with a drunken flush on his face, and I saw him laugh loudly: "After the ceremony is completed, you two families should be closer and closer, you must know that the children buried together are the real relatives!" At the same time, he said meaningfully, "This time I have brought back two good girls, and those who want to marry can come to me!" ”

I instantly woke up to the fact that I was marrying a secret marriage, and the big golden tooth was the host of this secret marriage. (To be continued.) )