Chapter 21: The Innocence of the Dead
Zhou Xiangren didn't walk fast, so when he arrived at the place, half of the morning had already passed.
Although Liu Yang's parents were unwilling, there were still a few feet of swallowtail-shaped white silk in front of the door of that courtyard.
It wasn't a good day.
But Liu Yang's parents still insisted on being buried today, and they didn't want to wait for one more day.
Now that the matter has been done, there are more or less people in the neighborhood who have come to help, and the things have been really strange these days, and they are also just looking forward to burying people quickly and sleeping well at night.
It's just that there aren't many people, so the courtyard is a little deserted.
Yuan Yu and Hu Fei naturally saw that this was a funeral.
It's just that Yuan Yu is very silent, this situation makes Yuan Yu a little trance, he remembers that when he buried the man who beat and scolded him, the family was like this!
Today's Zhou Xiangren is very strange, serious and completely different from the unscrupulous Xiangren brother in the past, at least Hu Fei thinks so!
Zhou Xiangren didn't say anything, patted Yuan Yu and the two, and found a bench for Yuan Yu and Hu Fei to sit down.
Seeing Zhou Xiangren come in, the people in the courtyard surrounded him with bitter faces and said, "Master stammering, this coffin still can't be closed!" ”
Without waiting for Zhou Xiangren to answer, Liu Yang's mother reluctantly scolded: "Don't wait!" Life is a cheap bone, how can there be so many things when you die? ”
Zhou Xiangren didn't look at Liu Yang's parents, who didn't have a good face on the side, patted the dust that didn't exist on their clothes, walked to the half-closed coffin, stretched out his hand and pinched three sticks of incense and bowed respectfully, and said, the deceased is the biggest, so he turned around and asked the people in the courtyard for money!
And it's a coin, as long as there are three, the denomination doesn't matter, but it must be the same!
The custom handed down in ancient times, before going out of the funeral, to put a few grains of rice in the mouth of the deceased, that is, the so-called rice, or put jade and the like, was later simplified to three coins.
The female corpse in the coffin was a little hideous, but Zhou Xiangren couldn't see any change on his face, but his expression was solemn.
It's strange that since Zhou Xiangren came here, he didn't talk much.
No matter how curiously the people in the courtyard asked, Zhou Xiangren never said a word.
Put the three coins in the mouth of the female corpse in the coffin, Zhou Xiangren found a kerosene lamp from the house and put it in front of the corpse's head.
Next to the ever-bright lamp, there is a bowl of rice, and a pair of chopsticks are inserted, which are also called dog sticks, which are used for the souls of the deceased to beat cats and dogs!
After doing all this silently, Zhou Xiangren made a move that made everyone in the courtyard exclaim, and he wiped the two lines of dry blood and tears from the corpse's face with his sleeve.
The corpse's eyes, which were originally staring straight at it, closed with the palm that Zhou Xiangren had caressed.
When he got up, Zhou Xiangren lowered his head and muttered something to himself, he was close, and he heard it, what Zhou Xiangren said was: Innocent! Kill the innocence of the dead!
It was a woman who died, and it was a woman with the name of "breaking shoes", and no one cared about those who paid attention to digging holes to find graves, and they just wanted to be buried hastily!
"Master stammering, this person is suicidal, and his grievances are heavy, so it's better to take advantage of the heavy sun in the morning and bury the person quickly!"
Someone whispered, and generally came over to talk to Zhou Xiangren.
As he was talking, there was a sudden commotion outside, and in the blink of an eye, a fat woman with a white cloth wrapped around her head rushed in crying.
"Slut, you think you're clean when you die! If you kill my man, you won't be able to live in peace if you die......"
The fat woman sat on the ground at the door, blocked the road, pointed to the coffin and scolded.
Such scolding is not without viciousness.
The originally sunny day suddenly darkened, and the courtyard whined in the wind, until the half-covered coffin lid suddenly fell to the ground with a bang, and the startled people in the courtyard crawled out with a roll.
Liu Yang's parents sat slumped on the ground, their voices trembling and crying: "Evil...... Iniquity...... What kind of evil did you create in your last life, and you have caused such a scourge......"
Joy is not mourning, mourning is frosty.
Yuan Yu tightly pulled Hu Fei, whose face was a little white, the bench had fallen, and everyone was leaning out, but Yuan Yu still pulled Hu Fei to stand in place, because Zhou Xiangren did not move.
Zhou Xiangren's face was just ugly, and he sighed for a while: "He ...... Why bother! ”
After speaking, Zhou Xiangren turned his head and looked at the coffin under the extremely wind-blown mourning hall: "Know...... Know you want to be innocent! Hurry up and put away your scaresome set...... Put it away! Scare...... Scare the kids! Can...... Don't you dare to be scary anymore and provoke ...... If you provoke the people of the mountain character, then you will ...... There's no place to cry if you really cry! ”
Watching the lively people outside, looking at Zhou Xiangren like a neuropath, obediently, is this talking to a dead person?
Caught off guard, the woman on the ground got up with a grunt, and her fat body stuck to Zhou Xiangren: "Innocent? You say that little is still innocent? You've got sores on your tongue, you're ......"
Seeing the spit spitting on his face, Zhou Xiangren was in a hurry, and he hid back with his sleeves, but he swept a person out of the corner of his eye, and jumped to his feet to greet him: "You...... You're finally here...... Here it comes! Hurry up, say ...... Clearly, everyone is dead, what the hell is going on...... What's going on, you made it clear to your face! ”
Huang Yuan was even more haggard, and his beard was unshaven.
Seeing Yuan Yu, Huang Yuan's earthy face had a slight smile, touched Yuan Yu's head, turned to look at Liu Yang's parents on the ground and said, "Uncle, aunt, what kind of temperament does your own daughter-in-law have, don't you know?" Ask yourself, do you really believe that Feng Qian can do such a thing? ”
Liu Yang's parents' expressions suddenly froze.
"Not to mention anything else, Feng Qian's parents died early, and they didn't survive from that era, how did Feng Qian treat your second elder over the years, and your second elder didn't feel it at all? If Feng Qian is really that kind of person, Liu Yang ...... And would I be so obsessed with her? You two are confused! If she is really the watery poplar woman, I, in our school, which one, which one is not better than the old brute? ”
"Who is the old brute scolding? Which old brute...... , you made it clear to my mother......"
The fat woman hunched her waist and waved her arms.
Before the words were finished, there was a loud slap.
Huang Yuan's trembling palms froze in mid-air, and he suddenly cried bitterly, gritting his teeth and pointing at the fat woman: "Your man is not a thing, disaster to Feng Qian, you are not a thing, if it weren't for your shrewd behavior, how could Feng Qian be forced to death by you......"
Huang Yuan choked up and finished the whole thing little by little, and finally covered his face and cried bitterly.
The fat woman's face changed suddenly, it was an indescribable expression, and she pulled her throat like a struggle: "You and that sassy hoof are concubines...... You can't believe what you say......"
Huang Yuan's eyes were red and his knuckles were white, but in the end, he was unable to laugh miserably, shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "Concubine? I never dreamed ......"
Liu Yang's parents looked at all this in front of them in amazement, at a loss......
At this time, the people in the yard, suddenly someone shook their heads and sighed, and walked up to Liu Yang's parents: "In the past few days, the neighbors have been having nightmares all night, and I am embarrassed to say it, what I dreamed of is basically the same as what Mr. Huang said, if the girl has no great grievances, how can she give birth to these things......
One person, two people...... Then more and more people nodded.
Every time someone nodded, the fat woman's face turned white.
The movement in the courtyard attracted more and more people, and people sighed, blamed, and cursed, so that the familiar scene appeared again......
It's just that it's just a different person to bear it.
The fat woman looked around helplessly, her figure swayed, arguing hard, but her voice became more and more weak, and in the end, her eyes suddenly became dilated, she spoke incoherently, laughed and cried, and rushed out with her head in her hands in horror.
The fat woman is crazy, and such a result is unexpected, but it seems inevitable......
After this incident, Huang Yuan quit his job at school and left, but he never touched alcohol again in his life......