Chapter 1: The second uncle who has been away from home for thirty years
My grandfather worked in the crematorium, and that was thirty years!
The crematorium is more than two miles outside our village, and in addition to my grandfather, there are also brothers from the Zhang family in the other village.
No one else dared, but the two brothers of the Zhang family were bold.
Behind this crematorium is a large cemetery.
In the villages around my house, most of the dead people are buried there, including people in the city more than 20 kilometers away!
It is said that the feng shui of that place is good, and the area is large enough!
However, although there are many people buried there, in fact, there are not many people who really need to be cremated, and there are not a few in a year!
Due to the existence of the crematorium, and my grandfather was there, he was able to help guard the tomb.
So the people in our village, including other villages, were also very friendly to my grandfather and even my family.
Until that day eight years ago, after the crematorium cremated an old couple, something happened!
I was fifteen years old that year, and I happened to deliver pork to my grandfather that day.
I remember clearly that when the old couple was sent, the pomp was really big.
There was a long queue of people before and after, many of whom were driving black cars, and the coffins were specially inlaid with gold edges.
At the gate of the crematorium, everyone except for the son of the old couple was standing outside!
My grandfather wasn't there, and he went to the cemetery to catch the wild boars coming down from the mountains!
So in charge of the cremation of this old couple, it was the Zhang brothers who were with my grandfather!
I've been in the village for so many years, and I've never seen such a big formation, so I'm really curious, so I stayed, wanting to see what these people were doing.
After a brief chat, Zhang Da asked the son of the old couple for the old lady's identity and death certificate, and after a few glances, he didn't find any problems.
"Sir, look at these jewelry on your parents..."Zhang Da was about to make a move, but suddenly paused.
When I heard this, I also stood on tiptoe and looked.
The old man and the old lady not only dressed gorgeously, but also wore makeup.
I also carry a lot of jewelry, necklaces, rings, bracelets, and even something like beads in my mouth, which is particularly luxurious!
"My mom and dad liked these things when they were alive, and they don't have to take them off!" The son of the old couple said indifferently!
When the brothers of the Zhang family heard this, they didn't say anything, so they pushed the two of them into the crematorium!
But as soon as the fire got up, there was a thumping sound from inside the crematorium! It was like knocking on the door.
And the sound is getting louder and louder, and there is even a faint sound of screaming in pain.
This scene startled the Zhang brothers, and their faces turned white all of a sudden.
When I stood at the door, I also felt abrupt, when I used to listen to the small talk of the people in the village, I also knew some strange things about the cremation.
For example, some noises, or the corpse inside suddenly moving or sitting up, or something.
But this is all because of the relationship between human muscles and nerves, and some phenomena that occur are also normal.
But I haven't heard anyone in the village say anything about it now.
"Li family boy, hurry up and go to the cemetery to call your grandfather back!" Zhang Da shouted at me.
I answered, turned around and left, but luckily, before I went out, I saw my grandfather come back!
From afar, I can see clearly, my grandfather's face is ugly!
"Master, Uncle Zhang is looking for you, you hurry up and go in and have a look!" I quickly shouted.
"What are you doing here, hurry home!" My grandfather glared at me.
I wanted to see what was going on, but when my grandfather stared at me, I was stunned, nodded and walked outside.
After my grandfather entered the house, I vaguely heard my grandfather's scolding voice, and then Zhang Da and Zhang Er were kicked out.
After a while, the old lady's son was also kicked out with an ugly face!
Although I was curious, I didn't dare to disobey my grandfather, and I went home step by step.
I don't know exactly what the rest of the matter is going on.
But at noon, I heard from the people in the village who went up the mountain to herd sheep that a large family was buried in the cemetery behind the crematorium.
In the evening, my mom and I were having dinner when my dad came back.
"Dad, why are you back?" My dad got up and asked suspiciously.
My mother and I are also a little curious, for so many years, except for my grandfather coming back from the holidays, he has almost always eaten and lived in the crematorium.
My dad told him to come back many times to live, and even bought a small tricycle for him to travel, but my father didn't do it.
"Nothing, come back and see you guys!"
My grandfather smiled and said, "Do you have any wine, let's drink some!" ”
My dad didn't think of that much, so I asked my mom to get two more dishes, and he went into the house to get wine.
My father and my dad drank a lot that night, and in the end I helped my father to the old house.
Lying on the bed, my father kept shouting in a daze that everything was fate, and I didn't think of it so much at the time.
Day 2!
There's an earthquake here in our house!
The magnitude of the earthquake was not high, but it cracked the east side of the mountain behind our village.
Then the water mixed with mud and sand boulders poured out of the cracked valley.
The roaring water directly flooded the crematorium and the cemetery behind!
The flow lasted for two days before it gradually slowed down, but showed no signs of drying up, but flattened out, and finally a river nearly 100 meters wide was formed.
The cemetery was flooded, which was too unlucky for the people of the village, so after the water calmed down a little, several families discussed going down to see if they could fish it out.
But something happened with this fish!
Just one day, two of the three families that went into the water fell into the river and drowned!
The same is true for people in other villages, who go down to the river either drowned or come back seriously ill.
For a while, no one in the village dared to approach the riverbank, and people were panicked, and they were a little afraid of this suddenly formed river, and a lot of strange things happened in the village.
Strange figures at night, even during the day...
Seven days after the earthquake, my grandfather suddenly committed suicide by jumping into the river.
Without warning, grandpa had dinner with us the night before!
That morning, the people of the village saw my grandfather walk step by step to the center of the river and sink.
Many people in the village, including my father, shouted hoarsely, but my grandfather didn't hear it.
In the end, my grandfather disappeared from the original graveyard.
My mom almost fainted from crying, and my dad was crazy and wanted to go to the river to find my grandfather, but in the end the villagers stopped me.
There have been many strange things in the past few days, and everyone knows that my dad is just losing one more life when he goes down!
To this day, my grandfather's body is still in the river.
It is strange to say that since my grandfather jumped into the river, nothing strange has happened in the village.
Eight years later, I graduated from university and worked as a Chinese teacher at a school in my village.
This afternoon is a holiday, and I just got home and found that there were a lot of people at my doorstep!
I walked in the door, and in the courtyard, my parents and a middle-aged man in a tunic were there.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
When he saw me coming back, my dad grabbed my arm, pointed at the middle-aged man and said, "This is your second uncle!" ”
Second uncle?
I asked curiously, "Which second uncle am I?" ”
"Your second uncle, your father's son, my brother!" My dad glared at me and said to my second uncle, "This is my son, Li Xiuyuan!" ”
I smiled awkwardly, scratched my head, and stepped forward to say hello; "Second uncle is good!"
"Hmm!" The second uncle squinted his eyes and smiled, looking like a very gentle person.
After chatting for a while, my dad asked me to go grocery shopping, and then beckoned to the neighbors, preparing to give my second uncle a meal in the evening.
When I was cooking, I asked my dad what was going on with my second uncle, who suddenly appeared, why I had never heard of it, and whether it would be a fake.
My dad had a complicated look on his face and finally told me:
"At that time, your grandfather was going to work in the crematorium, but your grandmother was unwilling, so she quarreled with your grandfather, so she took your second uncle away!"
"Really? I haven't heard you say it before! ”
For so many years, I always thought that my grandmother had passed away a long time ago!
"This is not a good thing in the first place, and after so many years, your grandmother and your second uncle have not heard anything at all! I thought... Alas! ”
My dad sighed, but I was a little puzzled and asked:
"No, Dad, even if Grandpa wants to work in the crematorium, then my grandmother won't quarrel so fiercely, and she will take my second uncle away directly? Isn't that enough? That's how my grandma minds?! ”
My father's face changed, and then he glared at me, raised his leg and kicked me, and scolded:
"You little brat, muttering about these things to the elders, get out of here, go talk to your second uncle!"