57. Strange old man

Maybe it's because I haven't been together for a few days, Qi Tianyang seems a little crazy today, sucking every drop of my juice until it exhausts me......

The next morning, I slept soundly, but I felt that something was rubbing the corners of my mouth, and when I opened my eyes, I found that Qi Tianyang was secretly kissing me.

As soon as he saw me open his eyes, he immediately shrank back, as if nothing had happened, "Ah, look at you, you're drooling from sleep, I'll wipe your ...... for you"

I didn't bother to bury him, pretending not to sit up, and when I turned my head, I caught a glimpse of the breakfast tray on the bedside table: omelette milk.

My heart couldn't help but be warm and sweet, and after picking it up and eating it, I got up and prepared to help Qi Tian raise the grave soil.

Qi Tianyang said to me, "Nine graves, nine handfuls of soil, the owners of the graves must be widows, widowers, old men, old women, children who died young, young people who died, and a loving old couple who died at the end of their lives." ”

I was dumbfounded, "And so much more?" Where do I go to find the graves of these people? The grave bag did not say how the people lying inside had died. ”

Qi Tianyang smiled, "Then what do you think I've been busy with in the past two days?" ”

As he spoke, he handed me a piece of paper with a simple map drawn on it, marking the basic route, "I have found all nine graves, you can find them all by following this map, from now on, you should be able to take them all in the morning, each grave is not far away, if you really don't finish it, you must rush back before twelve o'clock at noon, and then go again in the afternoon." ”

"Why?" I was puzzled and asked, "Why do you have to rush back and go again?" ”

Qi Tianyang said, "Do you know? There are two points of the day when Yang Qi is the weakest and Yin Qi is the strongest, many people know that zero o'clock is one of the time points, but few people know that 12 o'clock at noon is also a point where Yang Qi is very weak. If you want to go to the cemetery, after connecting a few graves, the yin qi on your body will become heavier and heavier, and if it is 12 o'clock in the middle of the day, it is very likely that you will attract dirty things. ”

After listening to Qi Tianyang's instructions, my heart was furious, but when I thought that as long as I took all the grave soil, I could let him walk in the sun like ordinary people, I was still eager to try.

I brought a small bag, carried Qi Tianyang's map, and his unrepentant instructions in my ear, and went on the road alone.

After the death of rural people, not like the city people are all buried in the cemetery, but in their own field to pick a good feng shui place to dig a pit and bury, if you really can't find a good land in your own field, you can also go to other fields to choose, most of the rural people are loyal, and pay attention to funerals, no one will be embarrassed for this square inch of land. If you have better conditions, you can also dig the grave to the mountainside where the wind gathers.

Fortunately, the nine graves I was looking for along the way were not halfway up the mountainside, but all of them were distributed in the fields, and the blue sky and white sky were bustling with peasants working in the fields, but they did not feel terrible at all.

I took the soil from the graves of eight graves in succession, and all of them went so smoothly that I was so happy that I forgot to look at the time, and hurried to find the ninth grave.

According to the order of the map, the last tomb that has not yet been taken is that of an old widower, commonly known as the widow in the countryside, which is actually the Zhen Huan style of the single.

I quickly followed the map along the field path, and when I looked up, I found that it was noon, and the farmer uncles working in the fields were basically gone, and they were all about home for dinner.

As I walked, I was a little hungry, thinking that after taking the last handful of soil, I could go home and eat other fried eggs, and my heart was beautiful.

At that moment, I actually smelled the omelette, and I didn't know if I was too hungry and hallucinating, or if there was indeed cooking smoke flying over.

After looking around, I saw a thatched house standing in the field, surrounded by a low wall made of rubble, which looked very simple.

At the door stood an old man in his fifties and sixties, looking shriveled and thin, eating a bowl of steaming noodles with a fried egg in the bowl.

I licked my tongue and couldn't help but laugh to myself. However, the surrounding villages are all concentrated in the village, and I was a little surprised to see such an old man living here alone.

I looked for the ninth grave that should have appeared on the map, but I couldn't find any of it, so I had to go to the old man's wall and ask him, "Uncle, do you know if there is an old bachelor's grave near here, whose name seems to be Liu Quanyou." Died two years ago. ”

In order to ask for directions, I tried my best to tell all the information provided to me by Qi Tianyang.

I saw the old man raise his dry eyes and glance at me, his eyes were strange, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, "He has no relatives, did you come to the grave?" ”

I shook my head, thinking that I still can't say the purpose of this trip, in case the villagers here are very particular about the feng shui of the grave, and I am afraid that if I catch a handful of soil and destroy the feng shui of others, it will not be good.

made up a reason, "Uncle, I am a staff member of the town's family planning office, and the boss sent me to the countryside to count the graves of the lonely and widowed elderly, saying that there are no descendants to sweep and repair the tombs, and there will be government care in the future." ”

The old man's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and he didn't even eat the noodles, "Really? ”

"Really." I said with a little weakness.

The old man smiled innocently, "Then you are a good person, good girl, this hot noon, it is too hot, come and sit in my room for a while, drink saliva, and I will show you the way." ”

I wanted to refuse, but the old man said, "Don't think my house is broken." I was too embarrassed to refuse the old man's kindness, so I had to follow him in.

As soon as I entered the house, I smelled a faint musty smell, and when I looked again, I found that the small house was surrounded by four walls, and there was nothing, and then I looked at the old man's thin and withered wrists, and I couldn't help but sympathize with him, "Uncle, do you live alone?" What about children? ”

The old man poured a glass of water from a blackened enamel cup, handed it to me, and said with a sad face, "I haven't even found a wife in my life, where are my children!" ”

As soon as I heard this, I sympathized with him more and more, and I took out a few hundred yuan on my body, and handed it to the old man, "Uncle, you can use it." ”

The old man smiled and pushed the money back, I felt his withered hands, cold, closer, there seemed to be an indescribable strange smell on his body, and I couldn't help but feel even more sad: the old man with no children and no daughters can't even take care of himself, and there are no conditions for bathing in this house, and he doesn't even know that he stinks.

"Don't be polite to me, you can use this money to buy some food."

The old man smiled gloomily, "I'm not polite to you, I can't use your money." ”

"Why can't you use it, you can use it when you go to the market town." I insisted.

"I don't need the money." The old man said strangely, and pointed to a corner of his house, where I found a small patch of stagnant water, "Ask someone from your government to repair it, my house is leaking." ”

I listened a little strange, why is this old man so weird, I give him money he resolutely does not want, I thought he was humble, but now he is justified in asking the government to repair his house, I really don't understand.

I didn't want to refuse him, after all, it would make him sad, so I had to vaguely agree, "Okay, I'll go back and help you report." ”

The old man smiled again, "You're such a good girl." ”

I was a little shy by his praise, and lowered my head embarrassedly, but I didn't expect the old man to scratch his head, and said again, "That, girl, I have something to tell you." ”

"What's the matter, you said, as long as I can help, I will definitely help you."

"That, we people, who have been lonely and widowed all our lives, are like this now, can we ask the government to do a good job and ask for a daughter-in-law."

My mouth is wide enough to put a fist down, this old man is really welcome! Even if you repair the house, you can even say what you want your daughter-in-law to say!

I thought he might be joking with me, but he actually put forward the condition seriously, "Anyway, it's all the same daughter-in-law, tell me to get a young and beautiful, I want long hair, big braids, and red jackets, I like a little sister-in-law in the village when I was young, that is, I wear big braids, I always like to wear red jackets, and I am greedy, but I don't have that blessing, the poor clank at home can't support myself, let alone begging my mother-in-law." ”

I was stunned, this is not only young and beautiful, but also what to wear and what hairstyle to wear! , it's June now, and the young daughter-in-law in a red jacket has to go!

I had almost begun to suspect that the old man had been living alone for many years and had a nervous disorder, so I was a little frightened and thought about leaving quickly.

So I picked up the water he brought me, and wanted to pretend to take a sip, so I excused myself to leave. Unexpectedly, when I picked up the teacup, it was neither tea nor water, but a cup of sewage mixed with yellow mud.

I was so scared that I knocked over the cup at once, "Mom! ”

The old man smiled, bent down to pick up the cup, and pointed to the ridge outside, "Don't call Mom, it's not in the way, it's just a glass of water, I'll scoop a cup for you in the field."

The water the old man gave me was actually sludge water scooped from a rice field!

This old man must be insane, insane! I don't know what will happen! I was so frightened that I got up and walked out, but was grabbed by the old man's dry hand, "You haven't promised me to ask for a daughter-in-law yet!" ”