We came to the persimmon tree and saw that the rope was still hanging on it, and Uncle Zhang first pulled the rope down and put it on the ground, and the rope would have to be burned with the black charcoal in a while. After pulling off the rope, Uncle Zhang put the saw on his back, took off his shoes, spit twice into the palm of his hand, and then climbed up the tree.

He climbed up the tree, found a branch and sat down, and then began to saw the persimmon branch, and while sawing the branch, he said, "This man, he couldn't think of it for a while, so he walked this way, thinking that he could be relieved of his pain when he died, but he didn't know that this way of dying was more uncomfortable than anything else, and he couldn't live in peace when he died." ”

Uncle Zhang seemed to tell us, and as if talking to himself, after a while, he sawed off the persimmon branch, and after Uncle Zhang sawed off the persimmon branch, he came down from the tree and said to us: "Dare the four of us have to dig out the black charcoal, this one has to dig three feet deep, and we will take turns to dig." ”

I nodded, and then we started digging, and it was a good thing that the soil was soft, otherwise it would have taken a lot of effort to get three feet. We quickly dug three feet, but no black charcoal was found inside, Uncle Zhang shook his head and said, "It's strange, why didn't we dig black charcoal?" I've dug this before, it's three feet underground, and the charcoal is as cold as ice, and it's easy to dig up. ”

I said, "Uncle, do you think it's because the resentment is too heavy and sinks too deep into the ground?" ”

Uncle Zhang nodded and said, "This matter is also possible, let's continue to dig and see, be careful, don't get mixed into the dirt." ”

After Uncle Zhang finished speaking, we continued to dig until we were more than five feet deep, and there was still nothing, so I climbed up from below and said, "It's really weird, why can't you dig black charcoal?" ”

Uncle Zhang took out a cigarette pouch from his waist at this time, his cigarette pouch rod is the kind I said, black as iron, he pressed a bag of cigarettes, hit it with a fire chain, took a puff of cigarette, and said to me: "Be bold, you tell me about your aunt's corpse yesterday, although I don't learn the Tao, but we carpenters have a lot of skills to aversion to victory, those are all in line with the Tao, you say it Maybe I can know something." ”

I said, "Okay, I'll tell you about my aunt's deception of the corpse at night." ”

I found a place to sit down while talking, and then I told me what happened last night, Uncle Zhang took a puff of cigarette, as if thinking about something, and said after thinking for a while: "Are you bold that your aunt hanged herself?" ”

I said, "I'm sure about the uncle, I put my aunt down at that time." At that time, my aunt's eyes were wide, her tongue was sticking out, and she was no longer panting. ”

Uncle Zhang said: "This matter is very strange, I will tell you the doubts I am looking for, first your aunt's belly, when she hanged herself, it was a big belly, and then after she was carried to the house, her stomach disappeared, and second, when your aunt cheated the corpse, her tongue had already retracted, so it should not be like this, and third, your aunt did not jump down, but walked down, this is a bit unreasonable, if you encounter your aunt's corpse one day, you can't do it rashly." ”

I said, "Uncle Zhang, will this dead man come back to life?" ”

Uncle Zhang nodded and said: "There are no wonders in this world, and I have experienced it myself. ”

As soon as I heard it, I knew that Uncle Zhang was talking about the resurrection of the dead and the resurrection of the dead, so I said: "Uncle, we all know about your resurrection, and we have heard about it, but we don't know it in detail, so you can tell us about it." ”

Uncle Zhang said: "This matter is still 20 years ago, at that time the Qing Dynasty has not yet fallen, I was very famous as a carpenter in our area at that time, so I married a daughter-in-law, built a house, and the days are going to go up day by day, this day I am making furniture for the family, the sky is miserable, it seems to be raining, I see that it is going to rain, I will take the wood or something into the house, at this time there is a sound of carriages and horses outside the door, I don't know whose carriage passed by the door, I didn't care about this matter, just put my head down to pack things, The carriage suddenly stopped at the gate, and I saw that the carriage was very magnificent, the three-horse carriage, and the decoration on the carriage was even more exquisite, and I could see that the person who made the carriage must be a master. The wheels of the carriage were inlaid with large copper nails. The owner of this carriage looks like he is either official or rich, and I am an orphan, and there are no such relatives in my family.

At this time, three people got down from the carriage, and the three people were wearing green clothes, wearing red hats, with a big belt tied around their waists, and waist knives hanging on the big belts, all of them were like fierce gods, and I was shocked when I saw it, these three people were obviously people from the government, but they were certainly not people from the county government, because the clothes were different. I didn't do anything, and it looks like the people from this government are coming for me.

I was stunned at the time, and a person led by me came over, this person was tall, with big eyes shining with fierce light, beard, garlic nose and big mouth, and there was a kind of heroism at a glance, and he hugged his fist at me and said, "May I ask if you are Master Zhang?" ”

I was scared in my heart, nodded in fear, and the official said: "Master Zhang, don't be afraid, although we are from the government, we will not arrest people casually, the main thing this time is the marriage of our young lady, we heard that Master Zhang has good craftsmanship, and we want to ask Master Zhang to make furniture for our young lady." ”

I said, "Where are you in office?" ”

The official said, "Not far, seventy miles from here." ”

I said, "That's too far, I have a wife and children at home, and I don't want to go that far." ”

The official said: "Master Zhang, there is no one better than you in this vicinity, our master has indicated that you want to go, we will not treat you badly, our master said, only let you work for three days, and give you two taels of silver." ”

Three days to live two taels of silver, I can't earn so much in a month, all say that the wealth is moving, as soon as I heard about two taels of silver, my heart moved, and said to the official: "Brother official, I agreed to this job, you see if this will work, I will pack up my things, my daughter-in-law is out, not at home, I will tell her, and then we will leave." ”

The official said: "This is not good, when we came, the master ordered, let us hurry up and invite you back, if you miss the hour, you will have to worry about your life, you must leave quickly." ”

As soon as I heard that my life was in danger, I didn't want to go, but the man waved his hand, and the two men who followed him came up, took my arms and walked, and put me in the carriage without any regard for my struggles. When I went to the carriage, I saw that this carriage was really luxurious, and I had never seen anything in it, but the windows of this carriage were protected with a thick cloth, and I couldn't see the outside clearly. ”

I nodded quickly, and then the carriage began to go, first it was bumpy, the carriage made a gurgling sound, and then the sound of the carriage became smaller and smaller, and the road seemed to be smoother, and I heard the whining of the wind on both sides of the carriage, but the official said that I was not allowed to look out, and if I looked at it, my life would be gone, so I sat honestly in the carriage.

After a while, the people in the car said to me, I couldn't believe my ears, this is seventy miles, how can I have to walk for a long time, but I didn't expect to arrive so soon, and when I got off the car, the scene in front of me surprised me, I came to a big official office, this official office is heavily guarded, the door is locked with a lot of prisoners, from time to time there are bursts of screams, then an official led me to the door, until I walked to a backyard, the backyard is full of wood, and carpenter's tools for work, The official said to me: "You are in this yard, you are not allowed to walk around, otherwise your life will be difficult to protect, someone will bring you food, these are drawings, you make furniture according to the style on the drawings, remember that it must be completed in three days, otherwise you will only have a dead end." ”

As he spoke, he gave me the drawings of the furniture, and when I looked at the furniture on the drawings, some of the styles I had done and some of which I had not done, and there were only three days to do it, so I had to hurry up and do it, so I worked there except for eating and sleeping. ”