The little daughter-in-law knelt down beside the corpse, trembling her hands, and gently lifted the white cloth, revealing the body of the baby boy below. said softly: "My son, my mother bought you a coffin, Wu Qi looked at it and couldn't help but snort. I saw that the baby's whole face was swollen as if it were breathing. And it's covered with a green [***] net, which looks really shocking.

Wu Qi saw that the little daughter-in-law was in a trance, and hurriedly whispered: "Madam, let me restrain the little young master, right?" ”

As if she didn't hear, the little daughter-in-law touched the child's face, stood up, turned around and walked to an old cabinet, opened it, took out a set of small clothes, squatted down, and began to change the child's clothes.

Wu Qi hurriedly said: "Let me do these things!" ”

The little daughter-in-law still didn't hear it, and continued to change the child's clothes. Wu Qi squatted down on the other side and stretched out his hand to help, but the little daughter-in-law suddenly became angry and screamed, "What are you doing?" Get out of the way! Don't touch my son! ”

Wu Qi was startled, quickly stood up, looked at her, and thought to himself, how could this woman not know the hearts of good people? Do her a favor and she still gets angry? Well, it seems that this handwashing money is not going to be earned. He stepped aside and watched as the woman changed the child's clothes. sighed again, this woman is really strange, she is kind when she begs you, poor Baba, I don't need you, she has a cold nose and cold eyes, it's really unbearable.

The little daughter-in-law changed very slowly, as if she was afraid of hurting the corpse.

After changing clothes, it took almost half an hour. Wu Qi had no choice but to wait patiently. He has no intention of admiring this woman now, because next to him is the woman's dead child, in front of this child, looking at his mother with that evil eye, I can't figure out if this little ghost has dressed himself or what, then he doesn't know how to die!

So, he just looked at the ground next to him, waited for her to change her clothes, and then went to the funeral, nailed the coffin nails, and left. Of course, some family members will ask for help carrying the coffin to the cemetery for burial. Then you can earn a lot of money for entering the soil. But it seems that the woman probably did not intend to do so, because her man had not returned from the outside, and he might have to wait until he had returned to see the child before being buried.

Wu Qi was thinking nonsense in his head, and finally waited for the little daughter-in-law to change the child's clothes, Wu Qi hurriedly stepped forward, bent down and said, "Shall I put the child in the coffin?" ”

This time, with the experience of the past, he did not dare to touch the baby's corpse again. Sure enough, the little daughter-in-law still didn't hear him, even as if he didn't exist. She got up first, took a small quilt from the cabinet, and carefully spread it at the bottom of the small coffin, and then carefully picked up the child and put it in the coffin, and from the bedside came a small ramble, which should be the child's toy from before, and placed it next to the child's little head. Possessed and kissed the child's face, raised his head, and said to Wu Qi: "Cover the coffin!" ”

Wu Qi saw a little green corpse water on the child's rotten face adhered to the lips of the little daughter-in-law, and felt a chill in his back, and goosebumps rose all over his body. Hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it again, and said in a low voice: "To nail or not to nail?" He thought that maybe the husband of the little daughter-in-law would come back and take one last look at his son's bones, and if he was nailed to death, he would pry open it again, and the coffin would be damaged.

"Crucifix!" The little daughter-in-law's voice did not have a trace of emotion.

Wu Qi struck another sudden, didn't dare to look at her, bent down and picked up the lid of the small coffin, fastened it tightly, and used a hammer to hammer a few coffin nails into it. I looked left and right to see that there was no problem, so I put the hammer in the waistband of my waistband, clapped my hands, and said, "You mourn!" I'm leaving! Then he turned around and left.

"Wait!" The little daughter-in-law said, "You shopkeepers have said it, let you help me collect the funeral." ”

"Do you mean to help you bury your child?" Wu Qi was a little strange, "Your man hasn't seen the child yet, you are buried, what if he comes back to see the child?" Wu Qi finally said what was in his heart.

"Don't worry about it! All you have to do is help me bury my baby! ”

The voice was still as cold as it had just been, as if she was commanding her own subordinates. Wu Qi was angry in his heart, thinking that you were begging me, and still in such a tone, he wanted to leave immediately, but thinking that she was a weak woman alone, and her neighbors were just standing by, how could she carry the coffin outside the city and dig a pit for burial? Forget it, she just died of her son, and it's certain that she's in a bad mood, so don't be like her.

Thinking of this, Wu Qi said: "You take a hoe and follow, and I will carry the coffin." ”

"I don't have a hoe at home."

"What if you don't have a hoe? If you want to dig a grave, I can't dig it by hand, right? Go find a neighbor and borrow one! ”

"They don't, and if they have, they won't borrow it."

Wu Qi thought to himself that this was the truth, who would borrow a hoe to dig a grave for someone? Wondering: "What then?" Otherwise, I'll go back to our shop. ”

"No need! When you go on the street, you can just buy a handful! The daughter-in-law said very simply.

Wu Qi was stunned for a moment and said, "I'll buy one?" ”

"Yes! When I go back, tell your shopkeeper that I asked you to buy it, and he will give you the money. ”

Wu Qi was even more surprised, this little daughter-in-law's tone is too big, right? But looking at her like that doesn't seem like a joke, I thought that a hoe would cost thirty yuan anyway, and it would be a big deal to help her paste it, so it would be the cost of peeking at other people's beauty.

Wu Qi stopped talking, asked for directions, picked up the small coffin, and walked out of the door.

Outside the door, several women were still looking at the door and muttering. Seeing Wu Qi coming out of the coffin, he hurriedly retreated. Wu Qi didn't look at them either, and walked straight out of the city, and the little daughter-in-law followed behind, not crying, just silently following.

Wu Qi felt even more strange, the little daughter-in-law cried like a tearful person in order to buy a coffin at a discount, but now, not even a single tear is shed.

Passing by a family to buy farm tools, Wu Qi bought a hoe out of his own pocket, and his little daughter-in-law helped him take it, and walked all the way out of the city. Out of the city gate, Wu Qidao: "Where is it buried?" ”

"The underworld."

Wu Qi was stunned when he heard this. Yin Di is a place name, which is a place specially set aside by the local yamen for the burial of dead relatives of poor people who cannot afford to buy a cemetery. Because it doesn't cost money, the feng shui place is naturally not much better, and the shade is low-lying, so it is also called the yin land.

This land is far from the city, and it will take at least an hour to get there. It will take two hours to come and go, plus digging a grave for burial, and returning to the city after it is done, I am afraid that it will be dark. Besides, carrying a coffin to go so far, although it is only a small coffin, it is also difficult for a good hand to lift four taels. After a hard trip, I couldn't even earn a penny, and I also posted a hoe money, didn't I send it away? Then he said: "This ......, so far away......"

"After you go back, tell your shopkeeper that you helped me go to the underworld to bury the child, and say what I said, let him give you the money for shoes and the money for the earth."

Wu Qi smiled bitterly, thinking to himself who are you the shopkeeper? Talking so loudly and playing me like a fool? I had the heart to throw down the coffin and turn around, seeing that I saw the autumn breeze blowing slowly, blowing her hair scattered, and the indescribable desolation, I couldn't help but soften my heart again, sighed, and thought I was stupid. He strode forward, followed by his little daughter-in-law.

After walking for an hour, I arrived at the underworld. Wu Qi was so tired that his back hurt, his legs cramped, and he put down the coffin and gasped. The little daughter-in-law just sat on the grass with the coffin in her arms, like a clay sculpture. Nor do they look for suitable graveyards.

Wu Qi shook her head, it seemed that she really regarded herself as her subordinate, and she relied on herself for everything. You can only find a place by yourself.

Because this yin land is a free cemetery set aside by the government, and the burials are all poor people, there is no plan. It's like a mass grave. There are mounds of graves everywhere. Wu Qi was angry when he saw that his little daughter-in-law was like that to him, so he wanted to dig a piece of ground and bury it, but he couldn't bear to see her pitiful appearance of sitting there in despair. Sighing, he muttered, "I owe you!" "Looking around, looking for a place with slightly better feng shui.

Wu Qi has never studied feng shui, but he has been in the coffin shop for a long time, and often helps people to bury, and he has heard Mr. Feng Shui say some options for sealing the cemetery, so he still knows a little.

However, the feng shui of this place as a whole is not good, otherwise it would not have been taken out for free burial for the poor who could not afford to buy a cemetery. And the places that are barely passable have long been occupied and buried by others. One by one, one after the other, I couldn't even insert an embroidery needle.

Wu Qi couldn't find a slightly better place to look around, and when he came back, he wiped a handful of sweat and said to his little daughter-in-law: "No way, I can't find a suitable one, what should I do?" ”

The little daughter-in-law looked up at him, looked around, pointed to a small hill in front of her, and said, "Just bury it there!" It's quiet. ”

Wu Qi hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, no, no!" That mountain beam is like a knife, buried there, and the family will have a bloody disaster! Believe it or not, there isn't even a grave on that mountain beam! No one would dare to be buried there. ”

"That's good, my son can be alone and quiet, and no one will bully him."

"It's really not good, ma'am......"

"There it is! It's not good for me and it's not good for you! The little daughter-in-law's words were as cold as a knife, and she choked back Wu Qi's words.

Wu Qi picked up the hoe, went up the hill, and began to dig the grave. The soil here is also very bad, it is full of rocks, which are not suitable for burial, even if they must be buried here, they must also be transported from other auspicious places. But Wu Qiqi's little daughter-in-law spoke unpleasantly, seeing that it was almost evening, and she didn't have time to go anywhere else to help her transport soil, and there was no dustpan to prepare to transport soil, so that's it.

The rocky ground was difficult to dig, and after digging the graveyard, it was already getting dark.

When Wu Qi was digging the grave, the little daughter-in-law didn't come up to help, but just sat on the grass below with the coffin in her arms. Wu Qi was so angry that he threw down the hoe, muttered and walked down the hill, walked in front of her, and said, "Are you buried?" It's going to be dark, and if I don't bury me, I'll be gone. ”

The little daughter-in-law slowly looked up at him, and for a while, as if she had just come back to her senses, she took her hand away from the coffin and twisted her head to the side.

Wu Qi picked up the small coffin from her arms, carefully carried it up the hill, came to the grave, put it beside it, looked back, and saw that the little daughter-in-law was still sitting on the grass, looking at him in despair, and had no intention of coming up. She thought she might not want to see her child buried in the ground. So he put the small coffin into the grave, dug the earth and buried it, and piled up a small bag of earth.

Children die young, the funeral is simple, and generally no tombstones will be erected, and there will be no one else buried here in such a fierce place as Xiaoshanliang, and there is a small earthen grave around it, and it is easy to find it without a tombstone or sign.

After burying it, Wu Qi straightened his waist, breathed a long sigh of relief, turned around and looked under the mountain beam, and was suddenly startled, the little daughter-in-law didn't know that it was gone!

Oh, this wilderness can't have been taken away by wild beasts, right?

Wu Qi was a little panicked, rushed down with a hoe, there was no blood on the grass, only then was he a little relieved, looked around, and saw a figure under the mountain in the distance, moving to the side of the road, because the sky was already dark, I couldn't see it really, and I didn't know if it was the little daughter-in-law. He hurriedly chased after him with his hoe. chased until the official road, then I saw it clearly, sure enough, it was the little daughter-in-law, I didn't feel even more angry, I was kind enough to help, she didn't even say hello and left, this is just too unusual. Is it because she is afraid that she will be alone in the wild and will bully her by herself?

Hum! Who do you think you are?

Wu Qi was very angry, ignored her, quickened his pace, rushed past her, and walked faster and faster, and in a moment, he had already left her far behind.

At this time, the sky was completely dark, there was no moon or stars in the sky, and only a very faint reflection could be seen on the official road. Wu Qi slowed down his pace, although he was angry, but if the little daughter-in-law encountered a bad person on the road, or if there was any danger, he didn't care, and he couldn't help it in his conscience. He stood by the side of the road and waited for her.

Hearing her approaching, Wu Qi walked forward, humming a small tune as he walked, it stands to reason that this should not be the case at this time, but in order to let the little daughter-in-law hear her voice and not be afraid, she can only take care of it.

There was no word all the way, and there was no danger, and finally returned to Bazhou City.

After entering the city, Wu Qi deliberately slowed down his pace so that he could say hello to her and see if she had the intention to give a few pennies for her hard work, and she was busy for half a day. However, the little daughter-in-law walked quickly past him, and there were many lanterns on both sides of the street, and she could see him completely, but it was as if she had not seen him at all. There was no hard work, not even a word of thanks.

Wu Qi was so angry that he spat on the ground fiercely, and said bad luck! Carrying a hoe, he entered the alley, went around, and returned to the coffin shop.

The coffin shop has been closed and locked, in the past, if Wu Qi went out to send the coffin to help people bury, it was late, and the shopkeeper would lock the door and tell the neighbor shop to help listen to the movement or something, and ordinary people would not come to steal the coffin shop. So Wu Qi was not surprised, and told the neighbor that he was back, took out the key, opened the door, and entered the house. The black light is blind, not even a light is on, tired for a long time, hungry stomach growling, no way, fortunately, there is no need to make a fire to cook, Guan Shopkeeper will generally leave him a little leftovers in the kitchen. Wu Qi lit the oil lamp, held it, and slowly entered the kitchen, sure enough, there was food, and it was not bad, and there was a big piece of fat!

(To be continued)