Night Watch (Year of the Rat)
Our village is located on the east side of the Yellow River, and there is a dam between the village, and there is an abandoned house on the dam, and I can't remember what year it began, and the village used it as a morgue.
Most of the dead people in the village are left here overnight and then sent to the crematorium the next day, so someone needs to guard the corpse.
Some places are also called vigils or vigils, and there may be different customs in different regions, but the corpse guards here are generally the sons or nephews of the deceased - they must be men.
What if there are no boys in the next generation? I had to spend money to find someone to replace me.
Most of the people in the village are taboo about this kind of thing, one or two hundred, no one looks at it, and no matter how much it is, the family members feel that it is not worth it, the key is that it is not good to say.
There is a man named Yao Liguo in the village, who is in his fifties and has been a bachelor for most of his life. Singles! Most of them are lazy to eat, and he is no exception.
No one remembers when he started working as a professional corpse keeper.
In his words, drinking wine and eating food, two hundred yuan will be in hand, and as for the strange eyes and gossip of others, it is not appropriate for him to eat or drink.
There was a bully named Li He in the village, who was originally strong and strong, but he died suddenly for some reason, on the earthen kang of the widow Hu in the village.
Yao Liguo didn't dare to guard Li He's body, firstly, for his own reputation, and secondly, he was afraid of him - he kept staring after his death, and several good people in the village took turns to close his eyes, all in vain.
If it wasn't for the people of our village, he couldn't imagine how powerful Li He was, otherwise he wouldn't have given him five hundred yuan after his death, and Yao Liguo wouldn't dare to guard his body.
There is no one to guard the corpse, which is equivalent to cutting off children and grandchildren in the countryside, and it is not good to say good words, her daughter-in-law is looking for someone to talk about it, and after it rises to 800, there will be a table of banquets, Yao Liguo agreed.
The dishes were placed aside from the corpse, and Yao Liguo drank half a catty of Beijing Erguotou in order to strengthen his courage.
Seeing that it was the second half of the night, it would be dawn in another five hours, and after touching the eight hundred yuan in his pocket, he gradually let go of his courage.
In the second half of the night, he continued to drink wine and eat peanuts, when he ate a peanut and took a sip of wine, he looked up at Li He, who was lying upright, and his mouth moved a few times.
Wine strengthens the bears' galls! At this time, Yao Liguo didn't feel scared, but he was curious, he wanted to know what would happen to Li He next, so he ate another peanut, took a sip of wine, and looked at the dead body Li He again.
His head moved.
Damn, dare you scare me if you're dead? He also had a stubborn temper, but he was still unconvinced, so he ate another peanut and drank a sip of wine.
Li He actually sat up.
Yao Liguo ate another peanut and took a sip of wine, and Li He actually stood up.
At this time, Yao Liguo was a little timid, but when the strength of the wine came up, he just didn't accept it, and continued to eat a peanut and drink a sip of wine.
Li He took a step towards him.
Yao Liguo had the courage to eat a peanut again, took a sip of wine, and Li He took two steps towards him.
Yao Liguo wanted to run, but he was unwilling, so he decided to eat the last peanut and drink the last sip of wine, and if he couldn't run again.
Who knew that he had just finished eating peanuts, and before he could drink, Li He had already pounced in front of him, and it was too late to run, so he had to turn around and jump out of the window, but after his body went out, his ankle was grabbed by death, and with a heart-rending pain, he fainted.
Early the next morning, the people who came from the village to transport the body found Yao Liguo fainting and dead under the window, his feet covered in blood.
Li He was still lying there, but there was an extra piece of meat in his mouth, which was a human heel!