Chapter 19: The Widow Weeps and Mourns
The room was pitch black, except for the flickering candles and the light of the fire.
I looked inside, and I saw a scene that frightened me, I saw my godfather Yang Duangong, his body was slumped, his whole face was placed in the bowl, the shadow was stretched by the light of the candle, it looked a little weird, and the rice in the rice bowl was decreasing, and there was a chill in my spine after seeing it, if I didn't see it with my own eyes, I really couldn't believe it, this scene happened in front of my eyes.
The corpse eats, and the look at it makes people's hearts furious.
I watched it for less than a minute, and soon Zhang Yiqing patted me on the shoulder and said, "Okay." ”
I then stopped my gaze, and Zhang Yiqing stepped in front of me.
Zhang Yiqing asked me, "Qin Huai, have you seen clearly?" ”
I hummed, said I could see clearly, I swallowed and foamed in my stomach, this third bowl of rice, my godfather ate for an hour, and after the three bowls of rice were eaten, the sky gradually darkened.
I was pale and my heart was beating wildly.
After waiting for another half an hour, Zhang Yiqing pushed the door open, and after the door was pushed open, my godfather was originally lying face down on the ground, which would kneel on his knees, his buttocks slightly cocked, not lying flat like before.
Qi Yao looked at it, and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.
"Qin Huai, don't look at it, put away the bowl!"
I hummed, and then put away the dishes and chopsticks with a quick movement, and I was about to walk out with the bowl, but Zhang Yiqing said to me, "Put it aside first." ”
I placed the bowl next to the door and turned and went into the house.
The sky was almost completely dark, and Zhang Yiqing called out to me again: "Qin Huai, now try to see if you can turn your godfather's body over." ”
I was suspicious in my heart, you must know that the second uncle and several strong men did not turn my godfather's body over, but Zhang Yiqing will speak, so I will go forward and turn over Yang Duangong's body, my hand touched the corpse, and the first feeling was still a cold touch.
Then I started it, thinking it would be very difficult, but what I didn't expect was that I didn't have to use much effort to turn the body over.
When the body was turned over, I saw that his eyes were closed and his face softened.
I went up to test my breath and made sure the man was still dead.
Zhang Yiqing said: "Now that your godfather is full, you can go on the road well." ”
I said, "Hopefully." ”
I then said to Zhang Yiqing: "Master Zhang, what should I do about my godfather's funeral?" ”
Zhang Yiqing said to me: "You can go back to your godfather's house and take a look." ”
I was stunned when I heard this, and said, "What's wrong with my godfather's family?" ”
"You come with me." Zhang Yiqing said and walked out.
Qi Yao and I followed behind Zhang Yiqing, I looked at the time, about seven o'clock in the evening, we went out to the Qinkou River, after arriving, a gust of wind blew, a cold poured directly from the outside of my clothes, I couldn't help shivering, to my godfather's house, the door was closed.
My godfather lives alone by the Qinkou River, and there are no neighbors around, so he is a lonely person, but I promised my godfather before that I would give him a funeral, so I will definitely do this thing.
When he arrived at the door, Zhang Yiqing stood still and did not move, but looked towards the door, and saw a couplet pasted on the door, which read: The dead report the funeral. The next link is: The widow is mourning. Horizontal batches are auspicious.
I couldn't understand it, but Zhang Yiqing said to me: "Qin Huai, your godfather is really a smart person, and he will die at your doorstep." ”
"What do you mean?" I asked Zhang Yiqing.
Zhang Yiqing started at this time, and pushed the door open with a creak, and after pushing it open, he saw a permanent lamp inside, the light was very weak, and the people outside couldn't see the light emitted from the house at all.
I staggered Zhang Yiqing's body and looked inside, and saw a scene that surprised me even more, because I saw a coffin in my godfather's living room, which was placed in the middle of two stools, suspended in the air.
Qi Yao was also surprised.
Zhang Yiqing asked me, "How is it?" See. ”
I hummed and said I saw it.
Zhang Yiqing said: "Your godfather has long known that his limit is coming, and now the coffin is ready, do you say that your godfather is smart or not." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Yiqing also patted the coffin with his hand, and the sound of "bang" sounded in the night, and the people who listened to it felt uncomfortable.
"The dead are mourned, your godfather has done this step, and the next step is to wait for the widow to cry and mourn."
Zhang Yiqing said these words, I became more and more confused, I didn't even understand what Zhang Yiqing meant by saying this, Zhang Yiqing looked at me, didn't say much, only said: "What you have to do now, you only need to bury your godfather with this coffin, and you can wait for the rest." ”
Zhang Yiqing didn't talk nonsense, and soon walked out.
I shouted to Zhang Yiqing and said, "Master Zhang, what is written on it?" ”
Zhang Yiqing read it to me, I didn't understand it halfway, but Zhang Yiqing didn't care so much, he walked along the upper reaches of the Qinkou River, I looked at his back, and I didn't chase it, the top priority was to do my godfather's funeral.
I closed the door and ran to find the second uncle, I found the second uncle, I first took the second uncle to see my godfather's body, and after making sure that the body was fine, the second uncle helped me get my godfather's body into the coffin.
Before putting it inside, I also changed Yang Duangong's shroud.
Now in my situation, it is not appropriate to make a big deal of the funeral, so I went to buy some ingots candles for my godfather to burn all night, planning to bury my godfather tomorrow morning.
The second uncle took people to the cemetery to dig a pit.
I didn't go back this night, I stayed by the Qinkou River to keep my godfather's spirit, if it weren't for my godfather, I might not have lived now, so I was very grateful to him, Qi Yao followed me to burn the dead man's money, looking at my godfather's coffin, in fact, I haven't figured out how my godfather died.
Before, my godfather said that there was an enemy in my family, and my godfather helped me, and I suddenly wondered if my godfather's death would be because he helped me and was killed by the enemy in my family.
Thinking like this, I can't help but feel a sense of guilt in my heart, if it was really me who caused my godfather, I don't think I would be at peace in this life.
I burned dead people's money and talked to my godfather.
Until ten o'clock in the evening, the night was quiet, basically there was no sound, just from time to time I said a few words to Qi Yao, and other than that, only the sound of the river was left, slowly flowing by.
But at half past ten, I suddenly heard footsteps behind me, I was kneeling in front of my godfather's coffin, and when I heard the footsteps, I looked back, and then I saw a woman standing in front of Yang Duangong's door.
If you want to say that it is a woman, it is better to say that it is a woman, and she is about forty years old.
When I saw the woman standing at the door, I asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”
The woman asked, "Is this Yang Duan's family?" ”
I said yes.
The woman said, "Is it Yang Duangong who died inside?" ”
"Yes." My simple answer.
It's just that after my words fell, the woman, who was originally fine, suddenly became excited, crossed the threshold and walked in, and just came in and knelt in front of my godfather's coffin with a "poof", and began to cry.
The one who cried was sad, and while crying, he shouted: "Yang Duangong, how can you say that you will leave, I wanted to come to see you today, but I didn't expect you to leave." ”
"You said that you have done so many good deeds, how can Lord Yama be willing to take you away so quickly, Yang Duangong! You walked so suddenly! ”
The woman held the coffin as she spoke.
I couldn't help but ask the woman, "Who are you my godfather?" ”
"Your godfather once saved my life, and your godfather is my benefactor!" The woman's eyes were red, not like a false cry.
And this cry cried until late at night, and it was okay to cry at first, crying away the silence here, but as she cried for a long time, I felt that this cry made me feel very unnatural.
I tried to lift her up, but as soon as I stepped forward, she turned her face to look at me, but when I saw her face, my heart panicked.