Chapter 2: Ghosts in the Wilderness
Walking with a corpse in the middle of the night, I won't do this kind of thing a second time, although the distance is not very far, but this part of the road is very slow.
Xiujuan is not very tall, and there are not many taels of meat on her body, but she is very heavy, and I am tired and out of breath before I can walk a few steps with her.
I let out a sharp sigh and continued to walk towards the coffin, but before I had taken a few steps, I noticed something that made my scalp tingle.
The distance between me and the coffin has not changed!
In other words, I carried Xiujuan's body for a while, and I was simply standing still.
"Go, go, go!"
I was already very nervous, and at this moment, suddenly there was a strange laugh of a woman behind me.
In the middle of the night, where did the woman come from on the deserted road!
I took the flashlight and shone it twice, and there was not even a figure around, let alone a woman, and the only woman was the corpse I was carrying.
It's evil, it's too fucking evil.
I gritted my teeth and ignored the laughter, and continued to walk towards the coffin, but no matter how I walked, I could not get close to the coffin, and my head began to become groggy.
Something is wrong, it is impossible to walk more than 100 meters forever, could it be that I encountered the legendary ghost hitting the wall.
My grandfather is an old Chinese medicine doctor in the village, and he used to mention to me that the so-called ghost hitting the wall is to be confused by the evil spirit, resulting in the inability to judge the direction correctly, so he will keep spinning in place, if no outsiders find out, even if he walks for a few days and nights, he can't get out.
But this is a provincial road, and the only thing that can be called evil is the corpse I carry on my shoulder, which is getting more and more weird, beyond my imagination, and I dare not continue to stay alone.
I decided to put Xiujuan's body down, and then called Zhang Kui for help, although it was quite embarrassing to say, but my life was important, and I couldn't care about it so much.
Just do it, I tried to put Xiujuan down, but who knew that Xiujuan's body was sticking to my shoulder like a dog skin plaster, and I couldn't push it away no matter how hard I tried.
A bad premonition came to my heart, and the cold air in my back was rising, although Xiujuan still didn't have the slightest movement, but her current state was even more terrifying than suddenly coming back to life.
Grandpa said that the boy's yang blood can be used to ward off evil spirits, and I don't know if it's true or not, so I simply bit my lip ruthlessly and sprayed a mouthful of blood towards Xiujuan's corpse.
Under a tingling pain, my head suddenly cleared up a little, and I was shocked to find out what Xiujuan I was fighting against, which was clearly the lid of the coffin.
"Go, go, go!"
Again, the woman's laughter came from the east side of the road.
I jerked around and saw a white figure slowly walk out.
His face was pale, his eyes were hollow, his skin was wrinkled, his walking posture was extremely strange, he dragged one leg, and his ten fingers on his hands were like withered bamboos.
"Chen Fei, I died so miserably, help me!"
It's Xiujuan, it's Xiujuan's resentful soul that is haunting, although she looks unrecognizable, but she's barefoot, I'm sure I'll not be mistaken.
I'm a relatively low-key person, and I usually don't have much friendship with Xiujuan, she has a grudge in her heart, she should find Zhang Kui, that bastard, what is she looking for me for.
I wanted to run, but my legs felt like they were filled with lead, and I couldn't even move half a step.
"Chen Fei, I died so miserably, help me!"
Still the same words, Xiujuan got closer and closer, and I could even see countless white maggots wriggling on her.
Damn, why can't you run all of a sudden!
Xiujuan soon walked up to me, and her extremely distorted face came up to me, and continued to shout: "Chen Fei, I died so miserably!" ”
"Don't, don't come here, Sister Xiujuan, there is a wrong, there is a debtor, you look for Zhang Kui, don't look for me!" I closed my eyes tightly and waved my right hand wildly, trying to push Xiujuan away.
At this critical juncture, I suddenly heard two snapping sounds, and there was a hot feeling on my face.
I opened my eyes suddenly, and I saw a strange middle-aged man.
1.75 meters tall, a little hunchbacked, very ugly, wearing a gray cloth shirt.
"What are you kid doing, dancing alone on the road, my motorcycle almost hit you to death."
I shook my head, trying to calm myself down.
I looked left and right, the coffin was still in place, the coffin lid fell at my feet, but Xiujuan's body was lying on the side of the road.
"Hey, what's wrong, how can a coffin fall to the ground?"
I didn't know how to explain what had just happened, and I wondered if I was too nervous to hallucinate so strongly.
I said that I had just driven a huge crater, and the pickup truck jolted, and the coffin fell to the ground, probably too stressed, and my mind was a little unclear.
The strange man smiled and said, "You kid is too cowardly, isn't it just to send a coffin, as for the frightened delirium." ”
You can't blame me for cowardice, I've never done such an evil thing in my life.
With the help of a strange man, I finally put Xiujuan's body back in the coffin, and everything else was still there, except for the embroidered cloth shoes that fell to the ground.
I remember it was on the side of the road, but no matter how much I searched, I couldn't find the shoe.
I can't care so much, let's send Xiujuan to the funeral home first.
"Big brother, my name is Chen Fei, thank you so much, if it weren't for your help, I really wouldn't know what to do."
"My surname is Liu, it's a trivial matter, Chen Fei, don't take this kind of work if you're timid, it's very evil to send the coffin at night, do you want me to accompany you to send the coffin to the funeral home, I see that you are not in a very good state."
Brother Liu is very enthusiastic, but I am really embarrassed to trouble him when everyone meets in Pingshui, and there is not much way to the funeral home here, so it will take more than half an hour to drive quickly.
"No need, maybe I'm too tired, it's okay, I can do it myself, Brother Liu, thank you, I have a chance to invite you to dinner another day."
Brother Liu didn't insist, and repeatedly told me to be careful, so he rode away on his motorcycle.
After Brother Liu left, I stepped on the accelerator all the way, but fortunately, I didn't hear any strange sounds again, and the pickup truck drove into the funeral home smoothly.
When I arrived at the funeral home, it was already twelve o'clock in the morning, it was dark outside, and there was no light in the funeral home, only one mourning hall was lit up.
The man in charge of receiving me was an old man in his sixties, short in stature, with no light in his left eye, and seemed to have a fake eye.
"Lao Li Tou, my name is Chen Fei, Zhang Kui from Dawang Village asked me to send the coffin over, he should have contacted you."
"Your kid is finally here, Zhang Kui told me, let's send the coffin to Tianfu Hall first."
Don't look at Lao Li's thin and small head, but his strength is not small, and before I can exert much strength, the coffin was easily carried to the cart.
He is very talkative, he always smiles when he speaks, he said that no one came to the funeral home before, but now with the policy subsidy, more and more people come to cremation, and his welfare is also rising.
Lao Li Tou smiled with a very strange expression, his two eyebrows were all squeezed together, and his cheekbones were raised high, which highlighted the prosthetic eye, which looked green and very gloomy.
We crossed two paths and arrived at the innermost mourning hall, where Lao Li Tou said that the corpse was easy to rot in hot weather, and it was best to put the corpse in an ice coffin.
I sighed, pushed open the lid of the coffin, and carefully followed Lao Li Tou to put Xiujuan's body into the ice coffin.
"Hey, it's a pretty girl, how did she die?"
"When he is sick and leaves, Zhang Kui is really not a thing, his wife can't get out of bed when she is sick, and he refuses to take her to the hospital, it's really wolf-hearted." I say.
It's not that I want to fight for Xiujuan, but Zhang Kui is really desperate at doing things, building a small western-style house at home, buying a car and a pickup truck, which shows that he is not short of these money, but he refuses to even go to the hospital.
"People's hearts are separated from their stomachs, and they don't know their hearts when they know their faces, by the way, Zhang Kui told me, you are here tonight, if you need anything, tell me, I'll prepare some dark coins and yellow paper for you, and you can burn it for your daughter."
What the heck?
Let me keep a vigil?
I only promised to send a coffin, not to the vigil!
I hurriedly made a phone call to Zhang Kui: "Brother Kui, the coffin has been delivered, and Lao Li Tou said that you asked me to keep the spirit?" ”
"Ah, yes, there is such a thing, you can't leave your sister-in-law alone in the mourning hall, I'm adding a thousand to you, you accompany your sister-in-law for me, I'll come over early tomorrow morning, that's all!"
"Brother Kui, I didn't promise......"
Zhang Kui hung up the phone without waiting for me to finish, and didn't give me a chance to speak at all, what the is this called, I even have to keep a wake after sending a coffin.
I really want to turn around and leave, but I can't do such a thing, I can't leave Xiujuan here alone.
Zhang Kui must have taken this to ask me for help, but this is a funeral home, there is nothing to worry about, and you can still ask Lao Li Tou for help.
"Chen Fei, don't be afraid, the dead can't speak, but your face is dark, and your spirit is a little trance, has something happened?"
I was quite surprised that Lao Li Tou could see at a glance that I had encountered something, he stayed in the funeral home all the year round, and perhaps had studied this aspect of things.
I hummed and told me about the coffin falling out of the car.
Lao Li's face sank, and he walked quickly to the coffin.