16. The secret of the scarecrow
There is only one person who the old corpse maker wants me to be careful, Xia Mo.
I found out that things were a little funny, Xia Mo came to our village because he found out that the old corpse master had a problem, but now the old corpse maker asked me to be careful of Xia Mo.
Who should I trust?
When I came back to my senses, I found that the old corpse craftsman had disappeared in front of me, and at this time, Xia Mo's voice came from the side, and she asked me what I was doing there? I shook my head and went into the house with her.
When I was eating supper, I looked at the old corpse craftsman and Xia Mo, and I always felt a little weird, and after eating, we went into my dad's room, and Mr. Liang's body was still lying on the bed.
According to the old corpse maker's intentions, he wanted to cremate Mr. Liang. The old corpse craftsman is Mr. Liang's senior brother, and he can naturally do this master.
"Little baby, I'm going to carry my brother's body back to where he lives, you can show me the way!"
The old corpse smith looked at me, and immediately said in that hoarse voice, I paused slightly, and did not refuse, but nodded at the old corpse maker. Ask the old corpse maker if you want me to help carry Mr. Liang's corpse?
The old corpse smith shook his head, and then, I saw that the old corpse smith directly carried Mr. Liang's corpse on his back. Walk outside.
Seeing this scene, I hurriedly arrived in front of the old corpse craftsman, and showed him the way with a flashlight, at this time, a figure suddenly appeared beside me, and when I saw it, it turned out to be Xia Mo.
"I'll go with you!"
Xia Mo let out a faint voice, and when I heard this, I felt a burst of gratitude in my heart, and then said thank you to Xia Mo. To be honest, if I want to choose one person between Xia Mo and the old corpse craftsman, I would prefer to be alone with Xia Mo, not just because Xia Mo is beautiful.
It's the feeling that the old corpse craftsman gave me was still a little weird!
The old corpse craftsman didn't say anything about Xia Mo coming up, he followed behind us, carrying Mr. Liang's corpse, it was already very late, and he didn't meet anyone in the village on the way.
Soon, we arrived at Mr. Liang's house, and I walked directly to Mr. Liang's own room with the old corpse maker.
Xia Mo followed closely behind me, and after rushing into the room, the old corpse craftsman also came in with Mr. Liang's corpse on his back. At this time, I glanced at Xia Mo beside me and found that her expression became extremely solemn.
And I looked at the old corpse maker, and found that the moment the old corpse maker entered, he fixed his eyes on the incense case in the corner of the wall, and at this time, the old corpse maker's deep voice rang out.
"Okay, you two go back, I'll take care of the matter here."
After the old corpse craftsman finished speaking, Xia Mo and I glanced at each other, but I still politely asked the old corpse craftsman, if you need our help, you can tell me at any time.
The old corpse smith shook his head and said that it was okay, he was busy alone.
Hearing this, Xia Mo and I had no choice but to leave Mr. Liang's house, and after walking a short distance, I couldn't wait to ask Xia Mo, "Did you see anything?" ”
Before, I had always been curious about what the two scarecrows in Mr. Liang's room were, just now, when I entered the door, I deliberately asked Xia Mo to walk faster and enter Mr. Liang's room.
Hurry up and look at the two scarecrows in front of the old corpse maker, even if I can't read it, I can't understand it, so I can only let Xia Mo see it.
I also saw the solemn expression on Xia Mo's face just now, so at this moment, I can't wait to know what Xia Mo saw on those two scarecrows.
Xia Mo's face was gloomy, and he hesitated for a moment before he spoke to me.
"I saw your name behind one of the scarecrows."
Xia Mo's voice was like a thunderclap, and it suddenly fell on me, she actually saw my name behind the scarecrow?
It took me a long time to recover from the shock, but it was still a little unacceptable, I looked at Xia Mo in front of me and asked her if she saw anything else besides this?
Xia Mo shook his head and said that there was nothing on the other scarecrow, but Xia Mo told me that there must be clues in those two scarecrows, but we didn't have time to check carefully.
And obviously, the old corpse maker didn't want us to stay in Mr. Liang's house for long, otherwise he wouldn't be in a hurry to drive us away.
Hearing this, my heart suddenly became a little heavy, and my mind kept recalling one thing after another, trying to find a breakthrough point in it.
On the night of the accident, the shroud that my grandfather wore for me was made by Mr. Liang, and the shroud worn by the two little scarecrows in Mr. Liang's house was exactly the same as that one.
Now Xia Mo told me again that she saw my name behind one of the scarecrows, what is the implication in this?
There must be some kind of connection, but I don't know, and when I went to Mr. Liang, he obviously knew what was going to happen in our family.
And I thought of what my grandmother said to me on the morning of my grandfather's accident, and my grandmother told me that it was fate, and it dragged on for eighteen years, and it finally came.
By the way, I didn't pay attention to it at the time, but now that I think about it, my grandmother must have known something, and my grandmother is soft-hearted, and I might be able to get some information from my grandmother.
"Let's go, let's go home!"
Thinking of this, I hurriedly said to Xia Mo beside me.
After I got home, I saw that the light in my dad's room was on, but the door was closed, so I asked Xia Mo to wait for me outside, and after saying that, I walked straight to my grandmother's room.
When I entered the room, I saw my grandmother holding an old photo in her hand, her eyes were red, and it seemed that my grandmother had not yet recovered from the grief of her grandfather's death.
I sat down next to my grandmother and comforted her that this was the case. Grandma wiped her tears and did not speak.
After a moment of silence, I finally spoke up and asked my grandmother, "Grandma, what is going on with all this?" ”
After I asked, my grandmother raised her head and looked at me with doting eyes, and after a moment, my grandmother let out a long sigh.
"Half a catty, you have to live well, your life, but your grandfather worked hard to get it."
Grandma's words shocked my heart, she really knew something, and I immediately said: "Grandma, there are so many things that have happened in the past few days, my brain is about to explode, can you tell me a little bit, what is going on with all this?" ”
I asked my grandmother who was the woman who knocked on the door on the night of the accident. This is what I want to know most now, because all of this is caused by the woman who knocked on the door.
As soon as the words fell, my grandmother's eyes were focused on me, as if she was considering whether to tell me or not.
After a while, my grandmother said to me: "Half a catty, this is what our old Li family owes her, she is here to ask for debts, your grandfather has left, I hope she can reveal it!" ”
Hearing this, my heart froze, grandma's words were a little vague, and she in my grandmother's mouth was naturally the woman at the front door that night.
"Grandma, is she my mother?"
Finally, I asked the biggest doubt in my heart, and at the moment when I finished speaking, I saw my grandmother's eyebrows raised, and then my grandmother's face sank.
"Alright, go back to sleep, I'm tired too."
I felt a sense of loss in my heart, knowing that my grandmother didn't want to continue talking to me, so I had no choice but to leave my grandmother's room.
As soon as I got out of the room, my dad walked out of his room, and then, my dad said to me out loud, let Xia Mo go to sleep in his room, and he will be on the mat in the lobby.
This summer, I won't catch a cold, I asked my dad to go to the room to sleep, my room was for Xia Mo, my dad shook his head.
It was late, and when I entered the room, my mind was full of what my grandmother had told me, what happened eighteen years ago?
And according to my grandmother's meaning, I guessed even more in my heart that the woman who knocked on the door might really be my mother, but I was puzzled that my mother had been dead for 18 years, could it be that the corpse really hadn't decomposed, but was it (cheating)?
What is the matter that wants my grandfather to directly bury his life to calm my mother's anger?
Thinking about it, I didn't even know when I fell asleep, and in my confusion, I felt someone knocking on the door, and when I was woken up, my first reaction was to scream.
Because I saw a figure standing by my window, and just as I was about to scream, a jade hand directly covered my mouth and suppressed the sound of my throat.
I looked at it, it turned out to be Xia Mo, and I asked Xia Mo in horror what was this doing at night? It scared the hell out of me.
Xia Mo made a silent gesture at me, asking me to quickly climb out of the window, and she found it again.
I condensed in my heart, I didn't understand what Xia Mo meant by this, but I still got up and quietly climbed out of the window, I asked Mo what was going on?
Xia Mo also told me in a low voice, saying that my dad was gone.
I chuckled in my heart, and hurriedly asked Xia Mo what he meant? My dad is gone, isn't my dad sleeping in the lobby this big night?
How could it be gone?
Xia Mo shook her head and said that she heard a movement, so she quietly followed out, and found that my dad in the lobby walked out and took a hoe outside.
There was a storm in my heart, my dad took a hoe at night, what did he want to do?
"Okay, don't guess yet, I paid attention and found that your father was heading towards the location of the back mountain, let's hurry up and take a look."
Hearing this, I nodded hurriedly, I didn't have time to think about anything else, and Xia Mo walked out of my yard, and my dad actually went to the back mountain? What does he want to do?
With a hoe, I was shocked when I thought of this, could it be that my dad was going to dig a grave?
Xia Mo and I quickened our pace, and after a while, we approached the back mountain, and from a long distance, I saw a figure waving a hoe.
My heart pounded. My dad was actually digging a grave.