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Yang Tashan saw that she was looking at the sea bowl with unfinished eyes, and knew that she was extremely hungry, so he said: "Girl, you have been hungry for a long time, and you have not eaten in your stomach for a long time, so you can't drink too much at once, otherwise your stomach can't stand it. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Don't worry, you won't be hungry. ”

The little girl nodded with tears in her eyes. With food in his stomach, his spirit was much better, and he struggled to stand up.

Yang Tashan said to the fat shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, how much is this porridge?" ”

"Two bowls for a penny, you can also ask for a bowl."

Yang Tashan took out a piece of paper and handed it to him: "No, let's wait a while, we'll be busy in a while, and then come to your place for dinner." ”

"Okay!" The fat shopkeeper took the copper coin with a huff, although he secretly laughed at Yang Tashan in his stomach for being a big wrongdoer, but it was always good for someone to come forward to deal with this matter, and he also hoped to deal with it as soon as possible to do business, and said busily: "Guest officer, do you want me to help you go and call the guy from the longevity store to talk to you?" ”

Yang Tashan is worried that this shopkeeper will profit from it, but now he can save it, so it is better to talk about it in person. He said: "Don't bother with the shopkeeper, just point out the path." ”

The fat shopkeeper pointed to the front: "Turn that street, walk a hundred steps forward, there are several longevity stores on your right hand, the prices are quite fair, you can compare and set." By the way, they also have a cemetery for sale, and a shroud or something, and a grievance to help clean the corpse and bury it......"

Yang Tashan nodded, seeing that the girl was much better after drinking that night's porridge, he was relieved and patted her shoulder: "You are waiting for me here, I'll go find them over, okay?" ”

The girl wiped a handful of tears and nodded.

Yang Tashan followed the guidance of the fat shopkeeper, and quickly found the few longevity stores, and asked the price, it was really a little less than what the fat shopkeeper said.

Yang Tashan only bought the cheapest thin wooden coffin, the cheapest cemetery and the cheapest shroud, although the longevity material shop has grievances, but grievances are to collect money, Yang Tashan can now save the province, in total, it is less than the fat shopkeeper said 300 Wen.

Yang Tashan was very happy, and spent 16 Wen to buy a linen filial piety robe, at a glance saw that there were men and women robes at the cloak stall at the door, thinking of the girl's ragged clothes, his heart was compassionate, so he came to the cloak stall, according to the girl's figure, spent 120 Wen to buy a set of light blue dresses and a pair of embroidered shoes, thought about it, and spent 60 Wen to buy a set of girl's dirty clothes and a small wooden comb.

I took the robe and returned to the longevity shop, paid the money, and signed the title deed of the cemetery, which has the specific location of the cemetery and the four solstices, which is also easy to find. After doing the math, there are nearly 300 yuan left in the money bag.

He wrapped the girl's clothes, shrouds, and filial piety clothes on his back, and came back with the thin wooden coffin.

The girl was looking forward to it, and she was more or less worried that Yang Tashan would change her hexagram, after all, five taels and five coins of silver was not a small amount, and now seeing Yang Tashan coming back with a thin wooden coffin, she was so grateful that tears flowed down, and she knelt down and kowtowed.

Yang Tashan put down the coffin and said to the girl: "The cemetery and the shroud have been bought, let's carry your mother's body to the small river outside the city and wash it before burying it." He opened the package, took out the sackcloth filial piety robe from it, and handed it to the girl. The girl took it and put it on, and tied it around her waist with hemp rope.

Yang Tashan said to the fat shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, do you have hoes and shovels in your store?" Borrow two, then a pair of scissors and a firewood knife, and by the way, another gourd scoop. ”

The fat shopkeeper hesitated: "Yes, yes...... It's just ......"

Yang Tashan took out fifty copper coins from his arms and handed them over: "This money is mortgaged to you, and when we come back after we are done, this hoe and other things will be returned to you, and we will eat at you, how about returning more and making up for less?" ”

The fat shopkeeper agreed again and again, took the copper coin with a smile, and instructed the man to go in and get a hoe, a shovel, a pair of scissors, a firewood knife and a gourd and give it to Yang Tashan.

Yang Tashan first wrapped the body in a straw mat and picked it up, and carefully put it into the coffin. Cover the coffin. The girl saw that Yang Tashan did it herself, and she was not too dirty or smelly, and she was even more grateful.

The fat shopkeeper said, "Guest officer, do you want to hire an ox cart for you to transport longevity materials?" ”

"No need." Yang Tashan put the scissors into his arms, the firewood knife had a knife cross, tied directly to his waist, and then grabbed the coffin with both hands and shouted: "Get up~!" He lifted it up and put it on his shoulder, and said to the girl, "Take a hoe, a shovel, and a gourd scoop, and let us go." With that, he strode out of the city.

The girl agreed, carrying a hoe, a shovel and a gourd scoop, and cried all the way after Yang Tashan.

The people on the street saw Yang Tashan carrying a coffin, which looked very heavy, and smelled a smell of corpses from a distance, followed by a weak girl wearing linen and filial piety, carrying a hoe and shovel, all strange, and avoided them one after another, and then pointed and discussed.

Yang Tashan did not squint, nor did he stop, and carried out of the city in one go. After walking for a few more miles, I came to the edge of the river, and then I put it down, and I was already covered with sweat.

Although his internal strength is already a little hot, but after all, it is difficult for a good hand to lift four taels, from the city all the way to the outside of the city, a total of ten miles, without stopping, it is also very remarkable.

Yang Tashan carried the body out, placed it by the river, and washed the body with the girl.

This corpse is crawling with white maggots, already [***] high, and when you touch it lightly, the skin and flesh fall down like stewed braised pork, so you must be extra careful. And the stench was so bad that pinching your nose with your hand couldn't stop the smell, and even the girl couldn't stand it. But Yang Tashan was like no one, he himself felt strange, could it be that he had done resentment before, and he was used to this business?

Yang Tashan saw that the girl didn't know how to deal with this kind of high-altitude [***] corpse, and almost fainted in this stench, so he asked her to go upwind and watch herself deal with it.

The height of the corpse is [***], it is not easy to clean at all, the so-called cleaning, that is, to wash away the maggots that can be seen on the corpse, as well as the sticking leaves, garbage, etc., and then change into a shroud.

Yang Tashan carefully cut the deceased's clothes and pants with scissors, and then scooped water with a gourd, carefully washed away the maggots on the corpse, until none of them were visible, and washed off the leaves and the like that adhered to the corpse, and finally slowly poured the corpse several times with water, and then put on the shroud for the corpse, picked it up and put it in the coffin.

After doing all this, Yang Tashan breathed a long sigh of relief, and suddenly heard the crying of a girl beside him, and turned around to see that it was the girl, who was crying in a low voice.

It turned out that when the girl saw Yang Tashan cooking the corpse so carefully, just like taking care of her own relatives, she was moved in her heart and couldn't help crying.

Yang Tashan thought she was crying for her mother, and he didn't dissuade her, so she covered the coffin lid and nailed the coffin nails. Carrying it, he said goodbye and left, took the girl, and walked more than ten miles of mountain roads according to the guidance of the cemetery deed, and then came to the cemetery.

After a short rest, Yang Tashan picked up the hoe and began to dig, and soon, a rectangular deep pit was dug.

The girl saw that Yang Tashan was tired and sweating profusely, and in addition to crying with gratitude, she couldn't help.

Yang Tashan carefully put the coffin into the pit and said to the girl: "Okay, you come and bury it, this is your filial piety." I'll take a break, too. ”

The girl agreed, walked to the edge of the pit, looked at the coffin in the pit, and called: "Mother~!" And he wept silently.

Yang Tashan was already so tired that he was about to fall apart, and it was very hot this day, sitting on the grass and panting, seeing the girl crying sadly, he didn't bother, let her cry.

After crying for a while, the girl slowly stood up, picked up the shovel, and shoveled the soil into the pit while sobbing, and when the shovel was almost covered with the coffin, she couldn't bear to bury her mother like this, and sat down on the mound of soil softly, and cried bitterly, crying like a cuckoo crying blood.

Yang Tashan raised his eyes and looked at the sky, saying that his head had already tilted westward, and after a while, the city gate was closed, but he couldn't enter. So he got up and walked over, took the shovel from the girl's hand, swung it like the wind, and flew to the bottom of the pit with a shovel of earth, which was soon filled, and began to build a pile of graves.

The girl knelt on the ground, helplessly looking at Yang Tashan's grave, crying sadly.

Soon, a new grave pile was piled up, Yang Tashan threw down the shovel, pulled out the firewood knife, walked to a tree not far away, cut the tree with a few knives, cut it into a stake, split it in the middle, took half of it and walked back, inserted it in front of the grave, and drove the stake into the ground.

Then, Yang Tashan turned around and walked to the girl's side, pulled her up, and without saying a word, untied her sackcloth filial piety clothes with a few clicks.

The girl's eyes were full of tears, her face was pale, and she said in a trembling voice: "Engong, wait...... I'll ...... when I get back All right? ”

Yang Tashan saw that she had misunderstood, he was too tired to speak and explain, took off her sackcloth filial piety hat, returned to the stake in front of the grave, and tied the sackcloth filial piety hat to the stake. After looking at it, everything was in order, he inserted the firewood knife, picked up the hoe and shovel, and said, "Let's go!" He didn't look at the girl, but turned and walked down the hill.

Only then did the girl know that she had misunderstood, walked to the grave, knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said sadly: "Mother, the child is gone, and the child has met a kind person, so you can rest assured." He kowtowed three more times, got up and wiped a handful of tears, and chased Yang Tashan.

Yang Tashan didn't speak, he kept walking with his head down, and the girl didn't speak, and followed closely behind him.

Yang Tashan did not go back to the city directly, but came to the small river just now, walked up along the small river, found a secluded place, and then turned to the girl and said, "You go down to the river to take a bath, flush away the bad luck, and then change your clothes." ”

Then he unwrapped the package from his back, took out the girl's clothes, the dirty clothes, and the wooden comb, and handed them to the girl.

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(To be continued)