In rural areas, there is not much difference in the age of people of the same generation, and sometimes when an old man dies, it is likely that several old people will be absent in that year.

My grandfather died of natural causes, but Chen's death was a bit strange, and what happened after their death was even more bizarre. It's just that no one cares, so that's it.

Liu Guozhu's parents are about the same age as my grandfather, and it is not strange that they passed away before and after, but now, things are a little strange.

After the red coffin was carried away, the second uncle went back to the house and fell asleep. I looked into the room, my heart was empty, I always felt that something was missing, and from time to time I touched the silver necklace on my chest.

I don't know if my daughter-in-law is in the coffin or in the necklace, if it is in the coffin, the Liu family snatches it and I don't know what it will do to her.

I couldn't sleep at night, thinking that I would be an adult. With strength, you can fight against Liu Guozhu. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but blame the second uncle for a few words.

After getting along, I also felt some of the second uncle's temper, and I felt that he was waiting for something.

Thinking about things, I fell asleep unconsciously, and had a strange dream at night, dreaming of a beautiful big sister in a white dress.

She was taller than me, condescending, and very fierce and scolded me all the time.

Maybe in a dream, I couldn't hear some words clearly, only a few words, she scolded me for not being a man, and said that I was with the wrong person or something. When she was about to wake up, she said that she wanted to leave her husband again.

The dream is a little vague, and I can't remember what she looks like when I wake up, but I remember it.

If it were normal, it would have been over when I woke up. But so many things have happened recently, and on the way to school, my second uncle took me to school, so I told him and asked him what Hugh was.

The second uncle smiled and said, "That's your daughter-in-law, she's going to divorce you." The temper is not small. ”

Divorce? Then is she blaming me for not keeping the red coffin?

During this time, I also accepted some things and knew that the red coffin was like home to her.

No one wants their home to be destroyed, no wonder she is so angry in her dreams.

Thinking about it, I feel even more uncomfortable.

Before I asked, the second uncle said again: "Next time I dream of her, don't lose the face of our Ding family, we don't owe her." ”

By the time I got to school, someone else had already gone to class for half a day. However, most of the township schools are children from the mountains, and the adults are busy, and they are all sent to school on Mondays, just like me.

My poor academic performance also has something to do with it.

Sent me to school, and the second uncle went back at noon.

After school in the evening, when I went to the cafeteria to eat, Li Lin suddenly came to me.

Li Lin is one of the few good friends of mine, and when he was in elementary school, his mother died, and I went to spend a few days with him.

It's just that their family makes coffins, and my mother is unlucky and doesn't want me to play with him.

Although Li Lin is one year younger than me, he has inherited his father's genes and is taller and bigger.

Speaking of his father, he is also a figure in our land. When I was in elementary school, Li Lin helped me beat Liu Guozhu's nephew. As a result, Liu Guozhu wanted to show off and took someone to his house to look for trouble, and when he entered the door, he saw his father shirtless, carrying a freshly made coffin back to the house.

The word "thick", on the one hand, is the coffin board, which is normally seven inches thick, and a coffin is made down, not to mention three or five hundred catties.

Liu Guozhu was so frightened that his legs were weak, and he didn't say a word, and went back with his nephew.

Li Lin told me about it, I really don't know, but Uncle Li is really like an iron pimple, and the Liu family bullies everyone in the village, but they don't dare to mess with their family.

The school meal is cabbage and potatoes. My father didn't share the money from the sale of the field, and the second uncle would send some meat from time to time, but my mother was reluctant to eat it, so she fried it and put it in a small jar, and asked me to bring it when I went back to school.

Li Lin came to me to talk about things, but when he saw the meat, he just ate it, I was going to save two weeks of eating, but he ate it to the bottom.

After wiping his mouth, he remembered the purpose of looking for me, and lowered his voice and said, "My father told me that Uncle Liu and Grandma Liu were drowned in the rotten paddy field. The morning before yesterday, my father was passing by and saw two people standing in a muddy field. When I got closer, Uncle Liu and Grandma Liu were like green onions in the ground, with their heads and feet stuck in the mud, and then the Liu family was notified. ”

When Li Lin said, I thought of my grandfather, Chen Blind and Old Man Zhang, who also planted green onions when they were buried, and shivered coldly.

Li Lin said and began to praise his father again: "Fortunately, my father ran into it, if it was someone else, he would have to be scared out of illness." Therefore, the Liu family deliberately blackmailed your family, and the purpose was to want your wife's house. ”

Afraid that I would not believe it, he added, "My father said this."

I'm afraid of being laughed at when I have a daughter-in-law, so I haven't told anyone about it, how did his father know?

I guess Li Lin didn't know about this, so I didn't ask, chatted absentmindedly for a few words, and went to self-study.

In the self-study class, my mind was full of Li Lin's words. Although the daughter-in-law is like a fake, she can't be indifferent when she sees her being bullied.

Thinking that if Uncle Li came out to testify, my second uncle would come forward, and maybe he would be able to bring the red coffin back.

When I returned to the dormitory after self-study, I was still thinking about whether to take a leave of absence tomorrow and go back. Tangled, I fell asleep in a daze.

In my dream I saw my big sister again, and yesterday I was like a small sculpture, scolded by her. But tonight I have something on my mind to tell her that the red coffin may have to be returned.

As a result, I found that I could really speak, and it felt like the dream was the same.

It's just that she didn't listen to me, and she scolded me when she came up, or those words last night.

During the day, the second uncle told me not to be ashamed, and I kindly tried to find a way to ask for a coffin, but she didn't listen, and I suddenly became angry and scolded her.

It's just that I scolded two sentences, and my body couldn't move. She stopped scolding me and pinched me when she reached out.

My mother pinched me, and she knew how to retract her strength, she was pinching me to death, and she pinched me and cried in her dreams. When I woke up the next day, I felt like I had no face, and when I touched it with my hand, my two mouths were swollen like big steamed buns, and the whole dormitory was laughing at me, so angry that I almost threw away the necklace.

With two big mouths, I was too embarrassed to go to the classroom, so I asked my roommate to help me ask for leave and hide in the dormitory by myself.

When this happens, I don't want to ask for a red coffin, and I wish she had nowhere to go.

In the afternoon, the head teacher came to see me in the dormitory, and with him came a beautiful girl, who looked like she was from the city, in her twenties, wearing fashionable jeans, a white T-shirt, and a bulging backpack, as if she had just come from afar.

I was embarrassed to get out of the bed, and the head teacher looked at it and thought the problem was quite serious.

After a few words of condolences, the head teacher said that the girl was a primary school teacher who had just been assigned to our village, surnamed Chen, and her name was Chen Xue. It's his little sister.

He was worried that the road in the mountains was not easy to walk, and wanted me to lead the way, but my mouth was swollen, so he gave me a leave on the spot, so that I could go back to school with a good mouth.

It may be that I have a big mouth and look a little funny, Chen Xue has been staring at me, wanting to laugh but embarrassed to laugh.

My face turned red all of a sudden, after all, I have self-esteem at this age, not to mention that people are still from the city. I felt ashamed, and I hated my daughter-in-law even more.

Sending us to the gate, the head teacher was still a little uneasy, and said to Chen Xue: "Ding Ning is afraid that he can't take care of you like this, it just so happens that Li Lin is also from Niuxin Village, the doll is strong, I'll go talk to their head teacher and let him go back with you." ”

Chen Xue didn't object, and the head teacher brought Li Lin after a while, explained a few words, and the three of us went on the road.

Uncle Li can make coffins, and his life in the village is not as good as Liu Guozhu's family, but it is not bad, a few years ago, there was a TV at home, maybe he watched too much TV, and he was precocious. Li Lin kept peeking at Chen Xue on the road, looking for an opportunity to talk to Chen Xue.

I blushed for him.

We went out late, and it was almost dark before we arrived at Niuxin Mountain, when Li Lin pointed to Niuxin Mountain and said, "Teacher Chen, you see that mountain looks like Niuxin, and the name of our village is derived from this mountain." Over Niuxin Mountain, there is our village behind. However, there is a mass grave behind the mountain, and if you teach here in the future, you have to be careful, don't run up. ”

If I hadn't met Chen Xue, I wouldn't have known that he could say so much. But what Li Lin said is right, Niuxin Mountain is indeed a mass grave, I stood in the courtyard of my house on a summer night, and when I looked up, I could see the phosphorus fire floating above.

Maybe people in the city rarely listen to this, Chen Xue was full of interest, asked a few words from time to time, and unconsciously went up to Niuxin Mountain.

As he walked, Li Lin, who was chattering, suddenly fell silent and stopped.

I walked in front, didn't hear the footsteps, and hurriedly looked back, and saw this kid in the middle of the road, blocking Chen Xue behind.

It's not dark yet, and it's really dark after a delay. I was about to rush him, but I saw that his face was pale, his feet were swinging, and his eyes were fixed on the direction of the mass grave.

I followed his gaze and saw the two of them standing upright on a hill not far from us.

When the farm is busy, adults will go to the field when it gets dark. But the pestle on the mountain is no one else, it is Liu Guozhu's father and mother who just died a few days ago.

The old couple will still face us, their mouths wide open.

I don't know if it's dazzling, but when I looked over, they seemed to be smiling at me.

At that time, a cold air jumped directly from the soles of my feet to my head, and I can't remember which of Li Lin and I called out first, as soon as the two of them turned around, they ran away.