After putting the body in the coffin, the main family warmly entertained the two of them, settled the remaining money, and then let the grandparents go home.

Later, the two also discussed why the body suddenly returned to normal, with the grandfather saying that the house was evil and the grandmother thinking that it was because it was dawn.

Regardless of the outcome of the discussion, after this incident, my grandmother firmly opposed my grandfather doing this again.

I asked my grandmother, saying that my grandfather must have done a lot of hiding from her after that, why did she still marry my grandfather?

Grandma grinned and said:

"It's not because he's handsome, and he's good at coaxing!"

After listening to this, I smiled and said in my heart that sure enough, this woman has no era, no matter what dynasty, they all look at their faces.

"In this way, our family is really chasing corpses!" I played with the tortoise shell and remembered my grandmother's story.

Grandma sighed and said:

"It's really hard to say, after I got married, I also asked the old man, and he firmly denied it every time, although he still often took your grandfather out, but he never mentioned those things about him in front of me."

I raised my head, stared into my grandmother's eyes, and asked:

"What about this tortoiseshell? My mother said that when I was a child, my grandfather originally planned to give it to her, but why did it go to my grandfather's hands? ”

Who knew that Grandma not only did not answer, but squinted her eyes and asked:

"Zimu, tell me honestly, did your grandfather give you his tortoise shell?"

My mom immediately looked at me with a look of wanting to eat me.

When I saw this situation, I knew that I couldn't hide it anymore, so I nodded and acknowledged.

"So, what about the book?" Grandma asked again.

I felt confused and said:

"Books? What book? My grandfather only gave me that pendant! ”

Grandma shook her head and said:

"Hey, you two mothers and sons, why are you so disobedient? Is this kind of thing something that a living person can do? Those who come into contact with those ghosts and gods all day long, can they have a good one? ”

I hastened to persuade:

"Grandma, who said they were going to do that? My mother and I are here to listen to the story, so tell me, how did my grandfather get the tortoise shell, and what happened to the tortoise shell? ”

My grandmother glanced at me and said:

"I don't know these things, if you want to ask, just ask himself!"

After speaking, my grandmother pointed to my grandfather.

My grandfather was lying on the couch at this time, with his mouth half-open, his mouth full of hara, and he seemed to be sleeping soundly. I don't know if my grandmother said I don't know if it's true or not, but looking at her like that, I will never say anything more.

At this time, my mother pulled my grandmother and asked this and that, what did she say about the corpse is true or false? Tell me why my grandmother didn't tell her about it before.

I ignored the conversation between the two women and fell into deep thought.

Grandma's story confirms one point, that is, grandpa is not as simple as it seems, if I guess correctly, my grandpa, at least grandpa great-grandfather is a corpse chaser, but I don't understand, why is grandpa great-grandpa so evasive, what does he have to hide? And why did he hide the identity of the corpse chaser?

I remember my mom said that my grandfather had taken tortoiseshells to Robbers' Bay and had been "evil" there, why was he so interested in Bandit Bay? Could it be that my grandfather also knows about the Tusi Tomb?

When I think of the Tusi Tomb, I think of the lines all over Tusi's body, obviously, there is a connection between the tortoise shell and those lines, so why did Grandpa Zeng also have such a tortoise shell? What is the relationship between him and Tujia Toast?

I really didn't expect that the unexpected acquaintance with Qiu Yan would drag me into such a mysterious incident, and I didn't expect that my family background would be so unfathomable.

My mom and grandmother were still in a heated fight, but at this time my mind was full of questions, and I could feel that there were inextricable links between them, but I could never sort them out.

I shook my swollen and aching head, interrupted the conversation between the two women, and asked:

"Grandma, didn't my grandfather go to Robbers' Bay back then? I remember my mom saying it was for a murderer, why? Did he know the murderer? ”

Grandma snorted and said:

"Knowing is knowing, that murderer is a person in our field, who didn't know it back then! But your grandfather didn't go for him! ”

I knew that this matter was not so simple, there must be something hidden, so I pulled my grandmother to ask about it.

My grandmother said that things had to start from 71 years, when the field had just been built, and the movement to the mountains and countryside was in full swing.

To build a farm, it is necessary to build communes, schools, and all kinds of public facilities to be built, so those educated youths alone will definitely not be able to keep busy.

As a result, the field leaders decided to take turns to transfer labor in various production brigades, and of course my great-grandfather and grandfather could not escape.

At that time, my mother was still young, and my grandmother was overjoyed to see that the two men in the family had finally entered the "positive industry", and she tried her best to replenish the strength of the two men every day, and even touched some delicious food, but they were all close to the two men, not to mention herself, even my mother had no share.

One day, my uncle, who was the captain of the production team of the three teams, that is, Li Shouye, ran to my grandfather's house and excitedly said that there was good news.

Grandma said that her great-grandfather Li Yishui liked Li Shouye very much, and sometimes he was even better than his own son, she said that her grandfather always liked to compare Li Shouye with Li Shoude, saying that Li Shouye was smart and assertive, and he was diligent in his work.

At that time, Li Yishui saw Li Shouye, who was out of breath, so he hurriedly ordered his daughter-in-law to pour water.

After Li Shouye drank a large jar of water, he burped and said:

"Uncle, it's a good thing, it's a good thing!"

Li Yishui hurriedly asked what was a good thing.

Li Shouye pointed to the teapot and said with a smile:

"Water is a good thing about water!"

Li Shoude listened impatiently, and stretched out his hand to pat Li Shouye, but Li Shouye dodged and said with a smile:

"Don't worry, I'll just say it."

It turned out that the good thing Li Shouye said was the matter of repairing the reservoir in Bandit Bay.

At that time, Lin Feng Farm was still called Lin Shan Feng, because it was located on a high mountain with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters, so there was a lack of groundwater, and most of the local residents relied on several ravines to get water.

The mountains are fine in spring and summer, with abundant rain, and a family can use a jar of water for several days, but in autumn and winter, as soon as the rain dries up, it is difficult to use water in the mountains.

At that time, the leaders of the field found that there were several large springs at the source of Dong'er Ditch, and once they totaled them, they decided to fence the springs and add a few ditches to solve the water problem of most people.

The matter has gone through several stages such as discussion and reporting planning, and by the time Li Shouye came to report the news, it had already reached the construction stage.

Li Shouye said that it was decided that each production team would contribute 20 laborers, and he still came in accordance with the previous method of taking turns, and he came here this time to inform Li Yishui that his son had been assigned to the first wave of personnel in the three teams.

After listening to Li Shouye's words, the whole family was very happy, because the water problem had indeed troubled them for a long time, and now that someone wants to solve it, of course the family is fully supportive.

But Li Yishui looked embarrassed, shook his head vigorously and said:

"How did you choose Dongergou?"

Seeing this, Li Shouye explained:

"Uncle, the source of Dongergou is high and the water source is also large, after the reservoir is repaired, you don't need to think otherwise, as soon as you open the floodgate, the water will flow down by itself!"

Li Yishui still shook his head when he heard this:

"I don't mean that, this cave ditch is in the Robber's Bay, and the terrain of the Robber's Bay is not something you haven't seen.

Li Shouye hurriedly stepped forward to stop Li Yishui, frowned and said:

"Uncle, you just said this in the house, don't mention it in front of outsiders. Now, repairing the reservoir is the top priority in the field, and if your words are heard by others, it will be small to sue you for blocking social construction.

Besides, now is a new society, and feudal superstition is not advocated, so don't think nonsense! ”

Li Shouye's father, Li Yishan, was the secretary of the brigade at that time, and he openly and secretly expressed that he looked down on his big brother. Li Yishan showed his revolutionary enthusiasm during the Liberation War, and Li Shouye inherited this very well.

However, for Li Yishui, although Li Shouye does not agree with some of his ideas, he still respects his uncle.

And Li Yishui himself, for some reason, always looks at his son unpleasantly, but is very interested in Li Yishan's son who is against him everywhere, which makes there is a delicate and strange relationship between the two families.

Looking at Li Shouye with a serious face, Li Yishui smiled, patted his thigh and said:

"Okay, uncle listens to you, if you don't say it, you won't say it. So when are we going to start working? ”

Li Shouye also laughed and said that he would wait for the notice.

A few days later, the notice was issued, so Li Yishui and his son rolled up the covers and followed the large army up the mountain.

My grandmother Wang Xiumei is not on the list, but she still brings some delicious food and drink from time to time to see the two of them.

Building a reservoir is very simple, because it is only necessary to fence off the springs, so there are no excessive technical requirements. At that time, there was a shortage of building materials, and the cement that was hard to get in the field could only be used in key parts, so the leaders organized everyone to dig up soil and rocks as a substitute.

Although the whole process was difficult, there was no accident as Li Yishui guessed, and after a few months, the reservoir was basically formed, and Li Yishui had nothing to say.

It's just that in the end, when deciding where to open the gate, Li Yishui quarreled with the leader.

It turned out that in order to facilitate the construction of the canal in the future, the leader decided to open the gate in another direction, and the original outlet of Dongergou was intended to be permanently closed.

Li Yishui thinks that the water in Dongergou cannot be broken, and he thinks that it will damage the local feng shui.

Obviously, Li Yishui's argument did not move the leadership, and other ordinary people also stood up against it, so this quarrel would be over.

Later, the foundation stone of the gate was laid, and the people involved in the construction of the reservoir all went, and my grandmother also took my mother to the scene.

At that time, there were large and small stones on the site, as well as a pile of bags of cement.

The groundbreaking ceremony was relatively simple, the leader buried a stone tablet, then set off firecrackers, and then the leader spoke.

But just as the leader was talking happily, Li Yishui suddenly rushed out of the crowd, he knelt next to a pile of stones, pointed to a few ashlars under him and asked everyone:

"Where did these stones come from? Who moved here? ”