I grew up by the river and have seen a lot, and I am not afraid of corpses, although I don't know what a corpse is, but I don't take it seriously.

All I think about is my mother, she has been in the water for so long, I'm afraid it's more than lucky. But no matter what, I can't let her disappear as inexplicably as my father, she wants to see people in life and corpses in death!

Before I could get up from the ground, Mr. Liu reached out and grabbed me.

"Baby, tell me, how did you get this sacrificial corpse?"

"I don't know." I shook my head and shook off his hand, "I felt her hand in the water, and I thought it was my mother, so I dragged it up." ”

Mr. Liu was stunned for a moment, frowned, and asked suspiciously, "Drag it up?" It's that simple? ”

This time, I didn't even reply, I just nodded.

When he saw me walking towards the river, he caught up with me and stopped me, "What are you going to do?" ”

"Find my mother."

Mr. Liu immediately lowered his face and said seriously: "If you go into the water like this now, you will die." ”

He seemed to know about my mother's falling into the water, so he didn't ask much, glanced at the person holding him next to him, and said, "Qiangzi, you take a few people and go into the water to find someone." ”

"Okay."

Qiangzi said yes and whistled, and four or five people immediately came out of the crowd, all of whom took off their shirts and jumped into the river.

Originally, I didn't expect anyone to help me, but Mr. Liu's move filled my heart with gratitude.

"Mr. Liu... Thank you. "I was so excited that I didn't know what to say.

He smiled and shook his head, not taking his thanks to me to heart, and praised me: "I just heard that someone fell into the water, so I came here to see if I could help." I didn't expect to meet such a filial child as you, who risked his own life in order to save his mother. ”

I blushed a little when I said this, and I didn't know how to respond. Growing up so big, I have always disliked my mother, let alone filial piety.

Then, Mr. Liu asked again: "Baby, what's your name?" Which village? Who is Daddy? How old are you today? ”

I didn't dare to slack off, so I took a deep breath and replied: "My name is Chen Ping'an, from Nanyu Village, and I am just eighteen years old today. ”

"Nanyu Village? Surname Chen? Mr. Liu muttered in his mouth, and he didn't know what he thought, his face became ugly, and his eyes began to be wrong when he looked at me.

At this time, grandma's voice was heard in the distance.

"Peace, peace."

Looking up, I saw my grandmother on crutches, shouting my name, and hurried this way.

I couldn't take care of Mr. Liu anymore, so I immediately ran to my grandmother, and the tears in my eyes also flowed down. Just now, it was just me, and the emotions in my heart have been controlled, and I can't suppress it completely when my grandmother comes.

"Grandma, my mother fell into the water, I didn't find her..."

Grandma hugged me, distressed, and comforted: "It's okay, your mother's life is big, and she can't die." You see you're soaking wet and shivering, so hurry up and go back and change your clothes first. ”

"Woo... I'm fine, I'm fine. ”

I cried for a while before I stopped, and my grandmother kept comforting me and didn't ask me if my mother was alive or dead.

Maybe they think we are pitiful, or maybe they don't dare to provoke grandma, no one is ridiculous anymore, just watching quietly.

After a while, Mr. Liu interrupted me and my grandmother, he came over and said curtly: "Sister-in-law, I didn't expect this baby to be your grandson." ”

Listening to the tone of his voice, it seems that he knows his grandmother, which makes me very curious, I have never heard my grandmother say that I know this old Mr. Liu.

Grandma glanced at him, ignored his words, and asked directly: "Where is my daughter-in-law?" ”

Mr. Liu pointed to the river next to him and said, "My apprentice has taken someone down to look for it, there should be news soon, wait a minute." ”

"Hmm." Grandma replied lightly.

Then, she looked at me and said softly: "Ping'an, you listen to grandma, go home and change your clothes first, grandma is here to watch, and after finding your mother, she will bring her to you as soon as possible." ”

"I'm not leaving."

As soon as I finished speaking, Mr. Liu followed my words and said, "Even if you want to go, you can't go." ”

Grandma pulled down her face, threw the cane in her hand sideways, and shouted at him, "What do you mean? What does it mean to not be able to leave? ”

I was grateful to Mr. Liu in my heart, and I didn't want my grandmother to offend others, but I was also curious why he said this, so I didn't stop it.

Mr. Liu sighed, turned around, pointed to the corpse on the ground in the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't let your grandson go, it's that he just fished up a sacrificial corpse from the river." ”

After a pause, he said word by word: "He also lifted the hijab for the sacrificial corpse!" ”

When Grandma heard this, her body stiffened, and her hands holding the cane trembled vigorously.

Growing up, I had never seen my grandmother so scared, and I wondered what it was that could scare her like this.

Like a child who has done something wrong, I lowered my head and called, "Grandma..."

She reacted very much, threw away the cane in her hand, grabbed my hand violently, glared at me and asked, "You fished up a sacrificial corpse?" ”

"Well, I fished up a corpse, Mr. Liu said it was a sacrifice, I..."

Grandma didn't give me a chance to explain at all, and continued to ask questions without waiting for me to finish.

"You lifted her hijab?"

This time, I didn't dare to answer, so I nodded.

"Is the corpse angry or happy with you?" After the grandmother asked, she explained: "Is the face of the corpse that lifted the hijab angry or joyful?" ”

I didn't take the corpse seriously, and I didn't look at it carefully, so I couldn't answer whether I was happy or angry.

"Hello! As I have seen earlier, the corpse is very peaceful, and it has become a happy corpse. Mr. Liu answered for me.

I couldn't understand what they were saying, but my grandmother's reaction made me realize that I might have made a big mistake.

"Grandma, did I do something wrong, I'm sorry, I don't know..."

Grandma didn't speak, just shook her head vigorously.

After a while, she looked at me, reached out and touched my face, and said to me lovingly, "It's none of your business, it's all right with grandma." ”

At this time, Mr. Liu, who was next to him, interjected again and said, "Sister-in-law, the matter of sacrificing the corpse is big or small, as long as you let your grandson follow me, I can guarantee his safety." ”

This caught my grandmother's and my attention, and it was only after we looked at him that he continued.

"Although I am old, I can fight this old life, and I can teach him a few more years, and his talent is very strong, I believe that in less than five years, his name will definitely resound throughout the Wenshui River."

Hearing this, I finally understood that Mr. Liu wanted me to be a corpse collector with him.

Speaking of the corpse salvages on the Wenshui River, everyone will give a thumbs up, they do have the ability and it is not easy. But I can go into the water all day to fish for corpses and deal with dead people, which is absolutely unacceptable.

I was the first to refuse: "No, I won't follow you." ”

Mr. Liu was not angry, and said to me with a smile: "Baby, don't underestimate the corpse diggers, we have many doorways here." And doing this is more profitable than you working outside, and now there are fewer people who fall into the water and die, but there are more people who commit suicide by jumping into the water, and you really want to make a name for yourself, and you can make more money in a month than you can earn in a year. ”

"That's not going to do it!" I didn't say that, my grandmother said it.

She picked up the crutches on the ground and warned Mr. Liu with a cold face: "Old fellow, don't hit my grandson's attention, he won't be with you water ghosts." ”

After speaking, he said to me without refusal, "Peace, come home with me." ”

My head was a little blank, and I subconsciously nodded in response, "Uh-huh." ”

Mr. Liu was rejected by our ancestors and grandchildren, a little displeased, there was no smile on his face, he pointed to the corpse I fished up in the distance, and said: "In this case, then you can bring the sacrificial corpse back, think about it, and come to me if you figure it out." ”

After what happened just now, I lost the respect I had for Mr. Liu at the beginning, and replied quite dissatisfied: "Why do you want us to bring the corpse back, sacrifice the corpse, what you say is scary, I really don't know who you are fooling, it's the age of science, don't engage in those feudal superstitions to deceive people..."

Grandma interrupted me: "Okay, Ping, don't say it." You go and carry the corpse, and let's go home. ”

"What? Really back?! Why? "I can't understand grandma's thoughts.

She looked directly at me, nodded and said, "Obedient, don't ask more questions first, grandma can still hurt you, go ahead." ”

In this way, under the gaze of my grandmother, who could not refuse, I carried the body that I had fished up. Maybe because the corpse was soaked in water, the petite person looked heavier, but fortunately I was taller and stronger, and I had no problem carrying it.

I carried the corpse on my back, glanced at the Wenshui River, and then walked in front of Mr. Liu, and said, "Mr. Liu, although I don't want to be a corpse collector with you, my mother's business is still bothering you, and I will definitely come to thank you in the future." ”

I did this because I was afraid that he would hold a grudge and not help find my mother.

Mr. Liu saw through my thoughts, his face softened slightly, and he coughed lightly: "Ahem, don't worry, I'm not as stingy as you think, and if I find your mother, I will let you know." ”

I nodded at him, didn't say anything more, and left after my grandmother.

After walking out for a distance, I heard Mr. Liu's shout from behind.

"Sister-in-law, I'm really optimistic about your baby, don't ruin him! This sacrificial corpse in this section of our river is not simple, my master has touched it, and he has suffered a big loss, and he also told me not to touch it. Whether it is sealing the coffin for burial or ceremonizing as a yin relative, it will not work, but it will harm the baby's life..."