Chapter 43: A belly that grew bigger overnight
"Xiao Xia, are you really Li Banblind's apprentice?"
"Yes."
She didn't ask anything more, but looked at the village chief, and the two seemed to have reached some kind of agreement, and then my grandmother said to me.
"Then I'm bothering you. I must give my sister back the most beautiful appearance. ”
"Don't worry, grandma, I will."
Since it was decided, An An helped her grandmother out of the next door to rest, and after I asked the village chief for a few tools needed to paint the skin, I began to paint the skin for Grandma Hu.
I took a closer look at the wounds on Grandma Hu's face and found that her wounds did not look like they were left by human hands, but rather like wild beasts.
Moreover, although a lot of blood was shed at that time, the blood inside the wound was black.
I washed the wound with water, and instead of receding, the blackness reached deep into the bone.
So what kind of beast was Grandma Hu killed by?
With questions, I sorted out her remains, and then helped everyone to bury Grandma Hu.
Because there are only two grandsons left in the Hu family, they are all Adou who can't be supported, the eldest grandson has not returned home yet, and the younger grandson can't do anything.
So this time the Hu family had an accident, and all the burdens were borne by Grandma An.
For convenience, we also stayed at Hu's house with our grandmother and waited for the funeral.
That night, An An and I finally coaxed my grandmother to fall asleep and planned to sleep next door.
When I went out, I heard the sound of Suo Suo coming from the yard in front of me, and I vaguely saw a figure.
"It must be Second Brother Hu." An An glanced over there and strode over, "He must be afraid that he will be scolded when he comes back during the day, so he sneaks in now." ”
I followed her, detouring through the cloister into the courtyard, and I didn't see anyone.
Only the candle flame in the mourning hall was still lit.
But Hu Sange, who stayed here to guard the spirit, was gone.
"Where have you been? I saw it here. ”
An An craned her neck to look around, and I also knocked around, but I didn't find anything unusual.
"Could it be that Third Brother Hu ran out secretly?"
"Possibly." An An was angry, "Grandma Hu has passed away, can't these two unfilial sons be honored once?" ”
She was very angry and went to the mourning hall to worship Grandma Hu.
"Grandma Hu, don't be angry, their brother probably didn't come back because of something, don't worry, since I also call you grandma, I'll help you keep a wake tonight!"
Without forgetting to look at me, I smiled slightly and sat down with her in the mourning hall to keep a watch.
For someone in the family who dies, according to the ancient law, there must be someone to keep the spirit, and it is the person who wants to pass away, on the road to Huangquan, he can feel the warmth of his family again.
An An and I stayed until the second half of the night, An An couldn't stay up anymore, so he fell asleep next to me.
It didn't take long for me to become sleepy, my eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and I leaned on An An and fell asleep.
It's just that, in the haze, I seem to see a dark shadow enter the mourning hall......
The next day, An An and I were woken up by the village chief, who had come to find Grandma An.
When we woke up, we went to wash our faces, and when we came out, we saw the village chief and my grandmother gathered around the coffin.
"Grandma, village chief, what's wrong with you?"
The two of them turned around, looking very serious.
Grandma asked us expressionlessly, "You two were the two of you who kept the wake last night?" ”
"That's right!" An An yawned, "We found out that Third Brother Hu was gone, so we stayed to guard the spirit, what's wrong?" ”
"See for yourselves."
An An and I glanced at each other, stepped forward with suspicion, looked into the coffin, and then were dumbfounded.
Grandma Hu's belly in the coffin turned into a ten-month pregnancy overnight!