Chapter 4 Underwater Coffins
The water was so cold that people shivered, I was stabbed hard, cold and cold, and I haven't eased my breath until now, so I quickly pulled the rope and jumped onto the boat, covering the blanket handed by Ge Zhuang.
After warming my body, I stood up in my big pants and said, "Row! ”
The hull of the boat dragged the corpse net below, dragging it on the river, I held a few pickaxes, the boat did not move, Ge Zhuang came to my side and said, "Little pumpkin, did you catch a big one?" ”
The water flow in Jiandao Gorge is too fast, especially in the rising season, the surging flood washes the land, which will uproot the crops on the ground, and the ancestral graves of the unlucky points will also drift away with the current, so in addition to salvaging the drowned, the work of salvaging the corpses will also work part-time to salvage coffins.
The "big piece" in Ge Zhuang's mouth is the coffin that was washed away by the river.
I said, Niu Lao Er was planted from above, can he still jump into the river with a coffin? How can there be any big items!
That being said, but the boat dragged the corpse net, but it refused to move, and I had no choice but to make a warm-up preparation and go into the water again.
Ge Zhuang leaned on the side of the boat and said, "Little pumpkin, go into the water and look carefully, there are really big pieces, let's take over the work!" ”
I said dead fatty, you are so greedy, five thousand oceans for two people, you are not enough?
As I spoke, I fell into the water, the river was cold and soaked to the bone, and the swirling water scraped on me inch by inch like a knife blade, and I shivered when I got into the water, and scolded the dog. Damn, it's like an ice cave.
After entering the water, I held my breath and dived to the depth of the water, and after diving less than five meters, a white Sensen's arm shook in front of me, dangling in the underwater undercurrent, floating like a water weed.
I looked closely, and the fishnet was trapping a corpse, and it was really the second cow.
After going into the water for so long, Niu Laoer's corpse was soaked by the river, his face was purple and blue, his eyes were bulging, and he almost jumped out of his sockets, and his fists were clenched very tightly, which was very hideous and terrifying.
A drowning person will struggle before dying, resulting in fluid accumulation in the lungs, crooked fingers, or clenched into fists, but if there is a knife wound on the body, then the police must be called, and it is likely to be a homicide.
I have seen even more terrifying corpses after doing the business of retrieving corpses, and I held my breath and followed the corpse downstream, and then I found out the reason why the corpse could not be fished ashore.
The corpse was stuck in a red coffin, and the coffin board grinned slightly, like the big mouth of an underwater giant beast, and "bited" his ankle.
After death, the corpse will become stiff, the soles of the feet and the calves will form a right angle, the coffin gap is too small, and the corpse is held to form a whole, we can't drag the coffin, naturally there is no way to drag Niu Lao Er ashore.
I tried to swim over, gently tied the red rope to the corpse's feet, stared at the stone wall that had been immersed in the river, and pulled two handfuls with all my might.
Niu Lao Er didn't move at all, I couldn't hold my breath anymore, and quickly paddled to float and jumped my head out of the water.
As soon as I took a sip of water, Ge Zhuang's steaming urine poured down his face. Both of them were startled, Ge Zhuang wet his crotch, covered "Life No. 1" and said Mom, the black rumbling floated up a big scoop, I thought I was cheating!
I quickly cleaned the urine stains on my face and gritted my teeth, "Dead fatty, I have a knife, believe it or not, I got rid of your father's troubles?" ”
Ge Zhuang tied up his pants and asked me with thick lips, who knew you would get up from this side? What's next?
I said, "If you're in trouble, has your-eating mouth ever opened?" What do you say, there is really a big piece, and Niu Er's foot is stuck there. ”
Ge Zhuang rolled up his sleeves and said let's do some casual work, and go back to add food!
There is a rule in the county that every time you pick up something valuable, you can get a bonus after you report it, sometimes fifty, sometimes one or two hundred, the amount is uncertain.
Ge Zhuang and I were the poorest, we once sneaked into the village in the middle of the night, found a plastic bag to put on the head of the village chief's sheep, threw it into the river and fished it up again, and did it twice, and then he raised a big wolf dog, so we didn't dare to do it.
This idea was conceived by Ge Zhuang, and for this matter, he often flaunted himself, saying that he was a little expert in socialism to get rich.
Ge Zhuang pulled out a few pieces of nylon rope from the stern of the boat and threw them underwater, I grabbed the rope and dived, fixing the three corners of the coffin, and one corner was stuck in the crack of the stone in the mountain wall, which could not be tied.
I dived out of the water, and the probe shouted to him, "Paddle up!" ”
Ge Zhuang was sturdy, propped up the pickaxe against the stone wall, the green tendons on his elbows protruded, and he paddled the boat towards the river.
This dead fat man really doesn't have to say anything, one against the two of us, as soon as he holds the boat here, the nylon rope straightens and spins on the river, and then a big bubble bubbles emerge from the river water, like a toad absorbing water, "grunt".
The melted water bubbles, larger than the borehole of my house's water, emitted a foul smell.
Ge Zhuang was happy, and said Little pumpkin, did you secretly hide on the side and fart when you went into the water, such a big fart, and now it is floating.
I said that you should do it, obviously the coffin below was pried, you be careful, don't let the coffin scuttle the ship.
It's too late, it's fast, the underwater "grunting" sound continues, the river emerges a whirlpool the size of a dustpan, and the body of Niu Lao Er floats up with the slowly rising air vortex, and floats to my side with a swirl.
I was about to pick it up with water, and when I saw Niu Er's swollen face like a steamed bun, my heart "chuckled".
Floating corpses, floating corpses face up!
I don't know if it's a hallucination, but I always feel that when Niu Lao's corpse floats up, the eyeballs blink and blink, as if staring at me in a circle, and after a closer look, they didn't move.
The cold wind on the river was so strong that I froze.
Ge Zhuang stood on the bow of the boat and urged me, saying Little pumpkin, what are you rubbing? Those big-ass mothers-in-law in Niuzigou are still waiting for us to go back, you hurry up and scoop up the corpse!
I wiped it on my forehead, and I didn't know whether it was cold sweat or water droplets, so I quickly threw out the hook that grabbed the corpse and hooked the corpse's clothes.
Ge Zhuang accompanied me to pull the rope and dragged the floating corpse onto the deck,
I put a black cloth on the corpse, sprinkled a few handfuls of glutinous rice on the deck, and took out two big white steamed buns from my pocket, put them in front of Niu Lao Er, lit a pillar of incense, bowed to the corpse, and inserted it in the steamed buns.
"Second Uncle Niu, after eating this meal, go on the road, don't worry about Aunt Niu being widowed, and everyone, I can't lose her!"
Folks, as soon as I finished saying this, when I was about to go to the incense, I saw Niu Laoer's mouth seemed to move, his open eyelids were closed, and two lines of blood flowed out.
Ge Zhuang was startled, stabbed me in the waist with his elbow, and said Little pumpkin, Niu Er was afraid that his mother-in-law would steal people after he died, so he cried?
I turned around and scolded, "Are you a brute?" Can you say something nice to a corpse? ”
It is estimated that the appearance of blood and tears from the corpse is a bit scary, Ge Zhuang came late, he didn't see much, he didn't dare to say any more, he was busy lighting the yellow incense, plugging it in the steamed bun, and said, "It's strange!" ”
I squatted on the bow of the boat to rest, lit a cigarette, and looked at Niu Laoer's swollen and white face soaked by the river, the blue skin, and the slightly open corners of his mouth, poured a mouthful of black mud, and a layer of white bubbles, and I didn't know what it tasted like.
This person has nothing to say!
After smoking, I stood up and was about to pack my things, Ge Zhuang, who was holding the pickaxe, heard movement behind him, and quickly stomped his feet on the deck,
"Little pumpkin, look at the back!"
I turned around, and a bubble bigger than a millstone appeared in the water, like a whale opening its mouth and exploding with a "bang", and then the coffin was like a shark jumping out of the water, and the momentum was very strong to the surface!