Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Road Meets the Strange Village

I asked Chen Blind what to do next, Chen Blind quickly let the corpse be burned, this said to burn the corpse, the main family was a little hesitant, Chen Blind said: "The matter is still hesitant, do you really want to continue to make your children and grandchildren blind and suffer from unjustified disasters?" The corpse is burned, and the ashes are buried in feng shui, which will still bless the descendants and will not damage any yin virtue, you can rest assured. ā€

When those people heard this, they also made sense, and at this time they were about to carry out the corpse and burn it outside, but the thing in the eyes of the dead man was so disgusting that no one dared to go up and carry it, so in the end they had to light the coffin together.

The coffin was made of cypress, which originally contained oil, so it was lit with something that ignited the fire, and soon it burned vigorously, and the coffin was on fire, billowing black smoke came out, and the fire roasted the surroundings hot, and we retreated, and at this moment the dead man in the coffin jumped up at once, and jumped a few times in the fire, and when people saw this situation, they suddenly became chaotic, especially the descendants of the dead bodies, all kneeling there, and kept making amends to the people in the coffin. One by one, they were terrified, kneeling there and not daring to look up.

At this time, the person in the coffin has become a fire man, and his head is burning, just like a fire man, I hurriedly explained the situation to Chen Blind, at this time Chen Blind took a few steps forward, and said to those people: "Don't panic, everyone, the people in the fire, only after being heated, the muscles and bones are atrophied, and they will stand up in the fire, don't panic, that's not the ancestor is angry." ā€

As soon as Blind Chen said this, everyone was a little relieved, and their eyes looked at the dead body in the coffin, and I secretly said to Blind Chen: "Senior brother, that really got up from the coffin all of a sudden, it should be a corpse." ā€

Blind Chen nodded and said, "I know this, I said that on purpose just now, this corpse has been transformed, and if it is not burned, there will be endless troubles." ā€

Only then did I understand the intention of the blind man, the blind man called the steward at this time, saying that it was to find the yin house, and let the steward lead him to the east for ten steps, and then the blind man Chen drew a square on the ground with a cane, and let people dig the soil and bury it in this direction, and then the blind man Chen said that there was something, so he said goodbye to the master's family, and those people gave the blind man Chen money, and the blind man Chen received a few pieces of ocean, turned around and handed them to a few people behind him who carried the package, and we continued on the road, running towards the mountains.

When I got to the mountains, I found that the mountains in the northeast are not the same as the mountains in our Shandong, the mountains in our Shandong, especially the mountains near my house, there are many stones on the mountains, the strange rocks are craggy, and there are no big trees where there are stones, so there will be some sour jujube trees sticking out from the cracks in the stones, so in addition to the pine trees, there are countless thorns on the mountain, and here in addition to the tall trees, there are some low shrubs, and there are not so many thorns. But there are also annoying places in the Northeast, that is, those mosquitoes, small bites and the like are too annoying, and the grass is everywhere, fortunately, we have sachets to prevent mosquitoes, which are particularly useful for these biting small insects, look at the people who carry the wraps, the heads and bodies are bitten tightly, red and swollen into pieces, all swollen into pig heads, we have to take out the spare sachets for them.

Walking in the mountains and forests, I wanted to release the kite, but the blind man Chen wouldn't let me release it, saying that it was far away from that place, and he just told us to go forward. We are all lost in the woods, but Chen Blind does not get lost, he can always find the direction, in the words of Chen Blind, that is, the eyes are blind and the heart is not blind, and what the eyes see is sometimes false, but the heart is true.

Towards evening, we came to a village in the mountains, the surrounding of the mountain village is planted with corn, and there is a fence on a high place, and there are some thatched huts in the wall, such a village, which is generally inhabited by Orion, in my mind, Orion is a group of majestic men, with dark faces, tendons and flesh, and a shotgun behind them.

In front of the village, it is a gate made of stones, the ancient trees at the door are towering, some big stones, the top is very smooth, there are people in twos and threes, sleeping on the big stones to enjoy the coolness, at a glance it is a quiet mountain village. At this time, there are a few children playing there, asking the road to ask the children the most suitable, we have a bag of caramel candy, speaking of this caramel candy, it is the sugar made by the countrymen themselves at that time, this sugar has soft candy and hard candy, all of which are fermented with sorghum, rice, barley, millet, corn and other starches, and sugar is the favorite of children at that time.

Mao Qinglian and I walked over with candy, those children looked at us vigilantly, and Mao Qinglian smiled and said, "Come, come here, brother, there is sugar here, do you want to eat it?" ā€

Talking and spreading out their hands, those children saw the sugar, one by one put their fingers in their mouths, their eyes stared at the candy in our hands, these children, both men and women, many of them were bare-footed, at that time they were poor, it cost money to wear clothes on hot days, and it was very normal for them to be barefoot, like what we wore was so normal, but it became abnormal, society is like this, a generation of people with a vision.

Finally, a bold child came over, told us that this was Erdaoling, and then grabbed the candy in Mao Qinglian's hand, and then stuffed it into his mouth while running, leaving a few black paw prints on Mao Qinglian's hand. As soon as the children ran, those children chased directly and grabbed the candy in the children's hands, a few small children did not grab it, looking at us with blank eyes, at this time Luo Xihan came over, asked for the sugar in my hand, and then distributed it to the children who did not grab the sugar one by one there. The children ate the candy and were no longer afraid, and soon they became acquainted with the two of them, and the elder brother kept screaming.

Mao Qinglian said: "Please ask the adults of your family to come and talk, we want to ask them for something." ā€

When the children heard this, they hurried to the big rock, calling for their father as they ran, when the man on a big stone spoke, and said, "Little deflated calf, in broad daylight, what do you call if you don't sleep?" Get out of the way, and if you say anything more, I'll cut you. ā€

As soon as I heard this, I had a strange feeling at that time, this person's voice was very soft, and there was weakness, as if the strength had been sucked away by something, and the other children, who went to call the sleeping adults, gave a response, which was almost the same, no strength at all. These people are really strange, listening to their voices, there are at least seventy or eighty people, but these children obviously call them father, what's going on? The children did not call out to those people, they all came back to us, and the eyes of these children did not dare to look at us.

At this time, Chen Blind said, "You didn't shout, did you?" It seems that you are not as good as me, an old blind man, and see how I call people to welcome us. ā€

I said, "Senior brother, you can't use spells, do you?" ā€

Blind Chen said: "There are more powerful things in this world than spells, look at how I shout people." ā€

As he spoke, he took out a large ocean from his body, called over a bold child, and said to the child, "Come, take this thing and knock it on your father's head." ā€

The boy said, "I—I don't dare, in that case, my father will beat me." ā€

Chen Blind said: "No, no, your father will not only not beat you, but will happily praise you." ā€

The boy said, "Really? ā€

Chen Blind said: "What am I lying to you for, you can try it." ā€

After the child listened, he took the silver dollar in disbelief, walked in front of his father, raised it and smashed it on his father's head, his father was the person who shouted to beat the child just now, the child smashed it, it was a hornet's nest, only to hear the person angrily say: "Little deflated calf thing, are you looking for a cut, I will ...... it"

Although the man was angry, but the voice was still low, this time can frighten the child, when he threw down the silver dollar in his hand, he ran to the side, the silver dollar smashed on the person's face, and then fell on the stone, making a crisp sound, this sound seems to be the best sound in the Republic of China, has a huge attraction to everyone, the person got up from the stone, picked up the silver dollar in his hand, and then put it in his mouth and bit it, and then pinched it with two fingers, blew it, put it in his ear and listened, some people wondered, I don't know what this is for, but these are the most common ways to distinguish between genuine and fake coins in the past.