Chapter 2: Lifting the Body
My grandfather hadn't gotten up yet, but when he heard the village chief's voice, he opened the door and came out, carrying a bag that he would only bring when he went out to do business.
The village chief didn't say anything, and pulled his grandfather and walked out.
I followed behind, too.
When I went out, I saw that the people in the village were gathered on the side of the road outside my house.
After talking for a long time, I understood what was going on.
It turned out that last night, several families in the village had their poultry dead, and the blood had been sucked dry. happened to encounter Liu Degui's rotten thing, and they all thought it was a zombie.
Some people also said that since the female corpse took a fancy to me, it was better to get married, and then there would be nothing to do.
It was the Wu family who spoke.
Wu Laogou didn't know when he touched my house, and when he came out, he said, I saw it just now, and the animals in Zhang San's house are fine. Obviously, Shi Aoshan recognized his family, if Zhang Tong was not sent to the mountain, except for his family, no one in the village would be able to hide, it was the livestock that he killed last night, and he was afraid that he would kill people tonight.
Wu Laogou's reputation is stinky, but he still has some prestige, and the Wu family echoed it, and people were panicked for a while, and they persuaded grandpa to follow the wish of the female corpse.
I kind of understood, they thought that yesterday I lifted the red hijab on the face of the female corpse, and the female corpse took a fancy to me.
The bride-in-law's red hijab can only be lifted by the groom's officials, but that has to be counted as a visit.
And that female corpse is dead, can you still look at me? Wu Laogou is talking nonsense, forcing me to marry a dead man, he wants to kill me!
Grandpa listened to everyone's words, and his face was cloudy. Pulled me into several courtyards, the animals in the pen were indeed dead, grandpa grabbed a big white goose, peeled off the hair on the neck, there were two blood holes on it, it really looked like the blood was sucked by zombies.
There were blackened footprints on the door of the circle, and grandpa dipped it with his hand, put it in front of his nose and sniffed it, frowned, and muttered, It's not a zombie, it's a ghost.
The people in the back were accusing, and I didn't hear Grandpa's words, but I heard them clearly.
Grandpa came out and went to Liu Degui's grave again, the grave was picked, the coffin was open, only the female corpse was left inside, and the hemp rope on the body was broken.
Wu Laogou followed behind, coaxing and saying, See, the female corpse in Shiao Mountain looks down on Liu Degui, so that Liu Degui will cheat the corpse and bite the beast in the village, only if Zhang Tong obeys the will of the female corpse, Liu Degui will be born in peace.
Grandpa jumped into the grave and muttered to himself that the corpse would come out of it, and the earth would be backfilled, and the coffin would fall into the earth.
I looked at it, and the coffin was very clean, which means that Liu Degui's grave was dug up from the outside.
At the instigation of Wu Laogou, the people in the village began to accuse him of black and white, saying that the grandfather had not done a good job and had damaged the livestock in the village.
When I saw that my grandfather didn't speak, I was so anxious that I wanted to go back, but my grandfather pulled me and told me to shut up.
Grandpa stood firm in the grave, bent down and grabbed the hand of the female corpse, and pulled her out with a force, and when the female corpse fell to the ground, the corpse did not fall backwards after the grandfather let go, and stood upright.
When the people around saw this scene, the accusatory voice suddenly weakened. Grandpa said that our Zhang family is responsible for this matter, but Liu Degui's body must be recovered as soon as possible. There are also domestic animals that die very strangely, and I think someone raises little ghosts to suck blood and gather souls.
Grandpa's eyes turned to Wu Laogou, and asked meaningfully, Wu Laoxi, did you say?
Wu Laogou saw his grandfather looking at him, and said with a little weakness, little ghost, that little ghost? Zhang San, don't talk nonsense.
Grandpa sneered and said, no, that's the best, I hope the village will be safe tonight. After speaking, he didn't pay attention to Wu Laogou, pointed at the female corpse's eyebrows with his hand, and asked me to hold her hand, I was so scared that I wanted to die, so I was willing to go, grandpa glared at me, and asked me to hurry up.
On weekdays, he hurts me, but I am also most afraid of him, he stared at him, and took the hand of the female corpse tremblingly.
Her hands were like ice, freezing my fingertips, but they were soft. Seeing that I was holding the hand of the female corpse, my grandfather took out a black cloth and put it on the red hijab, and the hand on her eyebrows was violently withdrawn, and he threw a handful of paper money on the road, pointed forward with his finger and sword, and shouted to me to go.
I took a step, and the female corpse followed, very stiff, but it was walking.
Wu Laogou was just in the way, and I saw a smug smile in his eyes, and glared at him fiercely.
He was jealous of his grandfather, and he must be doing evil.
I took two steps with the female corpse, and Wu Laogou let him go to the side, and said in a weird way, Third Master, let's go.
Grandpa ignored him.
When I walked away, I asked my grandfather, it was obvious that Wu Laogou did this, why didn't he tell it.
Grandpa led the way, looked at me gently, and said, there are some things you don't understand, if it's really Wu Laogou, then it's much easier to do, I'm afraid that there are people behind me!
I pursed my lips, thinking that my grandfather was the most powerful, Wu Lao Dog was not good, and no one in the village would dare to use this method to harm me.
Grandpa smiled and looked preoccupied again.
When I got home, my mother was cooking, and when she heard the movement, she ran out with a spatula, and saw me pulling the female corpse into the door, and the spatula in her hand fell to the ground, and asked in a panic, baby master, what are you doing?
Grandpa didn't answer, led the female corpse into my room, and after helping her lie down, I hurriedly wanted to withdraw my hand, but the female corpse's five fingers suddenly closed and held me tightly.
I was so frightened that I cried out, and my grandfather hurriedly held my shoulders and said to the female corpse, you and Tong Tong are both calculated, why bother, and you also entered the door of our house, you will be a family in the future, there is no need to scare a child.
When the words fell, the female corpse's hand really let go.
Grandpa breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and hurriedly took me out and locked the door.
At night, my father and my grandfather were talking in the hall, and the atmosphere was a little solemn, and they didn't let me listen, so I ran to my grandfather's bed and fell asleep unconsciously.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly felt very cold, as if there was a large piece of ice next to it, and the cold kept coming.
I woke up from the cold and reached out and touched my grandfather who was not in bed. Hurriedly opened his eyes.
The door was open, and the gray light came in, casting a vague black shadow beside the bed.
Who!
I shrank into the corner of the bed and pulled the switch wire at the head of the bed, and the light came on.
In front of the bed, the female corpse I brought back during the day stood upright, with a black cloth on her head.
I shouted to my grandfather and got into the quilt, but no one entered the house after shouting several times, as if they were not at home, but the female corpse had no intention of pounced.
After a while, I secretly lifted the quilt a little, and she stood upright and unmoved, just like before.
More than half an hour passed, and I was sure that she would not hurt me, and the bed was uncomfortable, so I dared to get out and cowered in the corner of the bed to stare at her.
After staring at it for a long time, I was a little sleepy, and just when my eyelids were so heavy that I couldn't lift them, I heard footsteps outside.
The voice was heavy, and every step felt like stepping on the ground with all the strength.
As soon as I got up, I shrank back into the corner of the bed and stared nervously at the door.
Grandpa they don't walk like this, and there's a foul stench coming from outside the door, something smelly approaching.
Suddenly, with a bang, a black shadow jumped out of the door, it was Liu Degui!
I covered my mouth tightly for fear of screaming.
Liu Degui's body was already decomposed, the stench was unpleasant, his eyes were dripping with thick water, his cloudy eyes were staring at me, and his hands were stretched out, looking like he didn't dare to come in. The nose kept sniffing at the place where the female corpse stood, obviously afraid of the female corpse.
I was both afraid, and I didn't dare to hide next to the female corpse.
Liu Degui tried it a few times, and suddenly jumped in, making a "haha" sound in his mouth, wanting to pounce on me.
Just as he entered the door, the female corpse's hand was lowered, and she wanted to pull the black cloth on her head, but she was halfway up and hung down weakly.
After following my grandfather for a long time, I knew that it was Heibu who suppressed the female corpse, so Liu Degui was not afraid of her.
But it's just as scary to let her out......
Zombies don't think, they pounce when they see people, and if the female corpse changes, the first one will bite me to death.
When he hesitated, Liu Degui had already jumped to the edge of the bed, and the carrion on his body kept falling to the ground with jumping, disgusting and scary.
I thought to myself that if I was killed by the disgusting Liu Degui, it would be better to bite the female stiff to death.
With a horizontal heart, he gritted his teeth and jumped up and pulled the black cloth on the head of the female corpse.
The moment the black cloth was uncovered, the female corpse turned in a stiff direction, facing the door with a red hijab, Liu Degui was about to jump on the bed, his body was very frightened, he kept retreating, until he retreated outside the door, and ran away from him.
I looked at the door, and then looked back at the female corpse, but fortunately she was still motionless, so I carefully took the black cloth and tried to cover it back.
But just as the black cloth was about to touch it, the female corpse's hand suddenly lifted up, grabbed my wrist tightly, pinched my bones to pieces, and kept breaking her fingers in severe pain.
Her hands were as cold as steel tongs, and after a little longer, I couldn't stand the pain and cried out.
Hearing me crying, the female corpse's hand slowly let go, and I didn't dare to cover her with a black cloth, so I shrank to the corner of the bed and stared at her.
When it was almost dawn, there was finally footsteps outside, and Grandpa rushed in covered in blood.
I was startled, and he was also startled by the female corpse, but quickly reacted, picked me up and walked to the female corpse, and asked me to remove the red hijab.
Seeing my trembling hesitation, my grandfather said, hurry, it's too late if you don't lift it.
Grandpa's eyes were very scary, so I had to pull the red hijab, the female corpse's face was very good-looking, but the skin was a little frighteningly white. And as soon as the red hijab was removed, her eyes suddenly opened, and her eyes were blood-red, like monsters.
Grandpa hurriedly put me down, took a few steps back, and said very anxiously, Tongtong is yours, take him away, leave now.
The female corpse listened to her grandfather's words, and made a "gurgling" sound in her throat, as if in response. He grabbed my hand very stiffly, pulled it and walked out.
When I went to the yard, I saw my dad lying on the ground, bleeding a lot. I struggled to get over to see it, but the woman's hands were so tight and so strong that I crawled on the ground and was dragged by her, regardless of my crying.
Grandpa stood at the door of the hall and looked at me without saying a word.
Dragged to the entrance of the village by the female corpse, I saw that all the people of the Wu family were lying on the road, seriously injured, and the old dog Wu fell on the side of the road on all fours, with a boy about the same age as me lying on his stomach, crying.
Wu Laogou was still alive, and when he saw that I was being dragged by the female corpse on the ground, he raised his hand weakly and pointed his finger, and said to the boy, good boy, follow Zhang Tong, quickly.
The boy was pushed away by him, stood up with tears in his eyes, and actually followed.
It's just that his feet didn't hit the ground.