Chapter 120: The Truth
Wu Sanquan led the way in front, and I followed behind.
On a few occasions, when I encountered a place where the road was not easy to walk, I couldn't help but worry if his swaying appearance would fall.
But luckily, things weren't as bad as I thought they were.
Walking to the place guided by Wu Sanquan, the sky was gradually getting dark.
I looked around and turned around twice, but I couldn't find what Wu Sanquan wanted me to see.
And just when I was puzzled, Wu Sanquan suddenly pointed to a towering old locust tree next to me and said to me: "Little coffin, look. ”
Due to the height, I haven't looked at the tree closely.
However, at this time, I am glad that I did not look at it carefully.
Because when I looked up and made a closer look, I saw only a pair of feet, dangling over my head.
If I hadn't been prepared, I'd have been so scared that I'd have turned around and ran. But even so, I was still scared enough.
"It's ...... This is Wu ...... Old Mrs. Wu? I stammered and asked Wu Sanquan.
Wu Sanquan nodded, his face full of sadness.
"Why is this hanging here?" I stabilized my emotions for a moment, and then asked, "Your brother's body has been taken off, why is your old lady still hanging here?" That's not good! ”
Wu Sanquan paused when he heard this and said, "Little coffin master, do you think I don't want to take people off?" Look at it, you look at it! My family lives across the street, and this corpse hangs here looking at my house. How penetrating this has to be! But, look at this height? Where is it so easy to take off? Besides, it's not like I haven't tried it, stepping on a stool to go up, either the stool falls over, or the stool breaks directly. I really can't help it! I can only ask you for help. Since the old lady hung here, I can't sleep well, and I can't eat. Worrying all day long, worrying about what is going to happen. ”
I looked up and looked again, and asked Wu Sanquan, "When did you find people hanging here?" ”
Wu Sanquan replied: "It was the night before yesterday, and the night before yesterday I found people hanging here." ”
"Oh, the night before yesterday." I nodded, looked at the place where Wu Sanquan indicated his house was, looked up at the corpse hanging on the tree, and asked, "Then how did you find someone hanging here?" ”
"At first it was a feeling, and then I saw it through the window." Wu Sanquan's face was full of panic when he said this, but the situation on the ground told me that he still didn't tell me the truth.
After thinking about it, I shook my head and said, "Brother Wu, with your attitude, I can't help you." ”
Wu Sanquan looked at me, his face was red for a while, and white for a while. It was a long time before he said to me, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you everything!" But after hearing that, you must help me! ”
I nodded and agreed, and Wu Sanquan told the truth of the matter.
It turned out that Mrs. Wu had two sons, who were about the same age, and they both got married and had children.
Wu Sanjin has a smart brain, although he doesn't read much, he is very clever in dealing with people. Therefore, I seized the opportunity early and went to the city to live a good life.
In the past, he had a wife in the village, but she was divorced. After entering the city, I found my current wife again and gave birth to a daughter.
After Wu Sanjin entered the city, he settled in the town and rarely returned. But every time I came back, I always used some rare objects in the town to win the old lady's affection.
And Wu Sanquan doesn't have such a good brain and such a good opportunity as Wu Sanjin.
He is just a farmer, cultivating a few acres of thin land at home, barely making ends meet, and supporting his wife.
But as the saying goes, there is no filial son in front of the bed of a long illness. Living close to the elderly, it's really easy to complain about some trivial things.
The old man felt that Wu Sanquan and Wu Sanquan's wife were not good anywhere, so he picked his nose and eyes. And she likes Wu Sanjin more and more, and she is still a little vain, and she likes to show off with the gadgets that Wu Sanjin gave her.
Even, the old lady mentioned several times that in the future, the Wu family's property will be left to the youngest son.
In this way, Wu Sanquan's heart is of course unbalanced.
Obviously, they are all sons, and he spends more time supporting his mother. Not only did you not get a little kind words, but in the end, you even lost a house to live in?
Wu Sanquan is not greedy for family property, he just wants to live in the ancestral house and have a place to live. And Wu Sanjin has a house in the town, and there was no shortage of these.
But in the eyes of Wu Sanjin and the old lady, it became a signal that Wu Sanquan wanted to compete for the family property.
Not long ago, just a few days before the old lady hanged herself.
Wu Sanjin brought new things to the old lady, and while the old lady was happy, he once again mentioned the matter of family property. The old lady swore that all the family property would be left to Wu Sanjin.
After Wu Sanjin left, the old lady went out to show off with the things Wu Sanjin gave her. Unfortunately, that night, the novelty was gone.
This can be regarded as a hornet's nest!
Mrs. Wu insisted that Wu Sanquan's wife stole it, but Wu Sanquan's wife couldn't argue with her mother-in-law, so she took the child back to her parents' house in a fit of anger.
Wu Sanquan argued with his mother for a few words, but was kicked out of the house.
As a result, a few days later, Wu Sanjin returned to the village. This time, Wu Sanquan didn't know what the mother and son were talking about.
On the second day after Wu Sanjin left, when Wu Sanquan wanted to go home to live, he suddenly found that Mrs. Wu had hanged herself in the house.
He was stunned and hurriedly picked the person down, only to find that he was out of breath.
At that time, I didn't dare to tell anyone, and I waited until the next morning, but I still didn't figure it out.
But what made him unbelievable was that he didn't inform anyone, but the news flew straight to the town like wings. Wu Sanjin suddenly turned back and bumped into this scene.
Wu Sanjin scolded Wu Sanquan for forcing the old lady to death, Wu Sanquan admitted that he was at a loss, although he couldn't figure it out, but he still withdrew from the house, thinking about slowing down and recalling what happened.
But then, I heard that Wu Sanjin went to a neighboring village to find a coffin bearer, and he was going to die of heat and bury him.
Wu Sanquan was angry and came back with his wife and children, wanting to argue with Wu Sanjin, but he didn't want to be kicked out again.
He had to follow his wife and children and live in the current home, which is his father-in-law's home.
What happened next was even more bizarre.
After I left, a lot of things happened in the Wu family, and Wu Sanjin's state has been very bad, and Wu Sanquan knows about it. But he didn't expect that Wu Sanjin would suddenly hang himself.
That night, Wu Sanquan had thought about it and wanted to explain the whole thing to Wu Sanjin. But who knows? happened to bump into Wu Sanjin and hanged himself, and when he arrived, everyone was already cold.
Wu Sanquan had no choice but to untie Wu Sanquan from the rope and lay him flat on the bed first. Then go back to my father-in-law's house and calm down for one night.
But when I walked to the door of the house, I saw that Mrs. Wu, who was supposed to be lying in the coffin, was hanging here.
After several attempts failed to get the person down, Wu Sanquan finally collapsed. He went crazy and came to me, hoping I could save him.
After listening to what he said, I couldn't help but feel weird.
Moreover, there are many statements in this that I still have doubts. When he was telling, the sentences were not too smooth. It's as if something happened to him has not been around for so many days, but he still needs to think about it carefully and recall it before he can say it.