Chapter 2 Yin and Yang Reversal
This old lady is not only demented, but also crazy, and no matter how brain-dead I am, I can't marry her.
On the phone, I was told to hurry over, because Mrs. Xie passed tonight and will be funeral tomorrow.
I can't help but feel strange, this is not in line with the customs of the countryside, how can there be such a hurry, not to mention that the old lady is such a status, it is impossible to rush out of the funeral under normal circumstances.
Something must have happened.
I was very embarrassed, I had to go over to Xiejia Village, it was impossible to take this old lady with me, and I had to leave her at home.
"I'm going to go out, you're all right?" I asked her.
I really don't know whether I should treat her as an elder or an equal, the old lady and Xiao Zheng from the police station messed me up.
She actually nodded, which means that she is not completely confused, and she can still understand simple human words and communicate.
"That's good, remember to wash all the dishes and chopsticks."
I left directly, and I didn't care if she could wash the dishes, and I would talk about it when I came back urgently.
Xiejia Village is very close to me, and it takes only ten minutes to walk, and when I arrived in Xiejia Village, I saw a silence, and went directly to the old lady's house, and there were many villagers. At this time, it was already dark, and I found that the mourning hall was also placed in a hurry, but there should be everything, and there was a coffin, which was prepared before his death, and the old lady would not be cremated.
As soon as I arrived, the old lady's eldest grandson, Xie Defu, who was older than me, came to me.
After a few sighs, I said: "What's the matter, the old man is still running to me today, his legs and feet are sharp, how can he ......?"
He waved his hand at me, his expression mysterious, and motioned for me to come with him.
Following him to the back room, there were only two of us left, and Xie Defu said, "Brother, my grandfather left a few words for you, and I will tell you...... Forget it, you listen first. ”
Then he started saying things that shocked me, more terrifying than the last.
Let's start by saying that his grandfather can't live to the current one, because there are still things missing, look, is this what his grandson should say?
He said that the old lady should have died a long time ago, and he had been living to wait for today, just for the sake of my marriage contract.
I don't blame Xie Defu, these words were all asked by his grandfather to convey them, and the reason why my grandfather made that marriage contract back then was because he owed the Li family a favor, and he calculated that no daughter was born in the Li family's generation.
But in order to make sure that it happened, my grandfather still confessed to the old lady before he died, and asked him to explain what happened to me today.
That means, the daughter of the Li family...... That is the old lady, I must marry!
Hearing this, my heart cooled, do you really want to marry that old woman?
There is no reason for this, as a citizen, I have to have my own rights, and it is illegal to force a marriage.
However, the wishes of the two old men, do I really dare to go against them?
Even if a person dies, the education I have received over the years will make me entangled, and ancestral training is the most important thing in the world.
Forget it, the marriage contract is nonsense, I asked Xie Defu: "According to what you say, my grandfather is still a fortune teller, why didn't he find out before?" ”
He shook his head: "I don't know, this is what my grandfather told me, in fact, how can a junior of mine talk like this, and my grandfather seemed to know that he could only live to this day, how could there be such a miraculous thing." ”
Yes, as if reluctantly, someone thinks they have a long life?
"That's all?" I will not consider the truth of these words for a moment, and I will go back and think about it carefully.
"And." Xie Defu hesitated slightly, "My grandfather said before he died, tonight, you will keep vigil for him alone." ”
I was confused, how can there be such a reason, I am not a relative of their family, and I am not a distant relative, why is it my vigil?
"I also think it's strange, but my grandfather said something before he took his last breath. ”
"What?"
"If there is, he can't say it while he's alive."
I didn't understand this at all, and asked Xie Defu: "What do you mean by this?" ”
He also shook his head: "How do I know, this is grandpa's original words, not what I said." ”
My head is full of fog, and my heart is still a little hairy, why are all these abnormal things encountered today.
In any case, the old man's last wish cannot be violated, and the people of the Xie family have no opinion, it seems that this is true.
Worried about the old lady at home, I went back again, settled her, sent her into the room, locked the door and returned to Xie's house.
In the middle of the night, everyone was gone, and the people of the Xie family also went back to the house.
I was alone in the mourning hall.
If I ignore this strange atmosphere, it is actually very boring, all I can do is to renew the incense, and the incense and candles cannot be broken.
But I still can't figure out why the funeral is going to be held tomorrow, since everything else is according to tradition, it is too unruly to rush the funeral.
It's not like this now, but my grandfather taught me a lot of old-fashioned things since I was a child, and I had to learn them. Including the craft I know now, making amulets, I was also taught by my grandfather, but I don't like it very much.
So, there's a reason why I've been not good at studying.
While I was thinking about it, I suddenly heard the sound of tuk-tuk tuk knocking on the wooden plank, which was still very thick......
As soon as my body stiffened, I looked over to the coffin, and it was indeed a sound coming from there.
What's going on, isn't the person dead, just fake his death?
I had to ask someone to open the coffin, and when I got up, there was a bang, and the lid of the coffin was lifted open from the inside!
The lid was lifted to the side, and the person in the coffin sat up.
I was startled, and I couldn't see clearly in the dim candlelight, but it was obviously Mrs. Xie, and I was familiar with his appearance.
Corpse fraud? It's not so mysterious, the first thing that comes to my mind is to fake death and resurrection.
"Old lady, are you alright?" I asked tentatively.
He just said indiscriminately: "Come here." ”
I thought about it for a while, the past is over, and I am quite close to him without injustice and hatred, so as not to harm me.
So I walked slowly over until I could see him clearly, and then I felt weird again.
Because the old lady was sitting in the coffin, her eyes were not opened, and the candlelight reflected the dead on her face, alive or dead?
"Old lady?" I tried to ask again.
I don't believe in any ghosts, if there were, the truth would have been revealed long ago, and it is impossible for people to remain mysterious with their current abilities. Just like a lot of bizarre things, there are monsters in the lake, if there is really one that is not clear now, the pumping can also drain the water.
So I'm not bold, I know it in my heart.
The old lady closed her eyes and said, "Xiaojie, this day is still here, grandpa hurt you." ”
Wait, that doesn't seem right, meaning he's my grandfather?
I am very close to the old lady, I have lived in his house, and I often come and go, which is equivalent to my relatives.
It's equivalent to a relative, but it's not, so the old lady won't talk to me like this, but like a grandfather's tone.
"Grandpa?" I feel ridiculous, it's the old lady who faked his death and woke up confused.
He didn't talk to me, and continued to say to himself: "You actually know a lot of things, and I have taught you, but now I can't remember it, grandpa did it on purpose, I hope you can be safe for the rest of your life, no matter who asks you strange things, you just tell the truth, if you don't know, you don't know, you have to believe that you are an ordinary person, and you have no grievances with others." ”
It's so strange, I don't know what the meaning of these words is, I'm just an ordinary person, am I still an immortal?
"But you remember one sentence, if one day you really can't hide, others have to force you to take this road of no return, Seven Stars, forty-nine times in a row."
When the words fell, the man fell.
It started so abruptly and ended so crisply, I was stunned, and there was no superfluous reaction at all.
It took about a few seconds for me to realize what a strange thing had happened, and I couldn't help but rush to the coffin and look inside.
The old lady was lying in the coffin, with no human color on her face, as if nothing had happened just now.
I noticed that there was a wooden plaque hanging on the old lady's chest, and the peach wood was carved into a Tai Chi pattern, and the yin and yang were reversed!
It's just a term for talismans, that is, to fool people, when someone buys something from you, you have to say something.
So each kind of charm has its own special meaning, and when you sell something, you have to say something like that, so that people think that you are very professional and do not feel fooled......
I can see at a glance that this is grandpa's craft, and I won't be mistaken.
Why does the old lady have grandpa's talisman hanging on his body, why didn't I find out before, has he always been hiding close to him?
That was my grandfather's tone just now, but the only thing he could connect with his grandfather was this peach talisman.
There are no ghosts in this world, and grandpa said the same thing to me, but what happened just now?
Could it be that grandpa didn't know what was going on after his death and was slapped in the face......
No, the point is not this, the point is what I just said, could it be that grandpa had expected today, so he kept such a hand? It may be a lot more normal to think like this, and at most it is equivalent to replaying the video just now.
In connection with what Xie Defu told me just now, it seems that things have become clear.
When his grandfather went out for a while, maybe he got into some trouble, and the Li family helped him.
In order to repay the favor, my grandfather asked me to marry the old woman......
No, at that time, grandpa seemed to have calculated that there was no such old woman, why did it appear again now?
Maybe this is grandpa's worst plan, that old woman, no matter how old she is, how can this state give our family a succession!
Through this information, I still can't figure it out, the key is that these things are too bizarre and weird, and grandpa doesn't seem to want me to get involved in these things, he still wants me to marry a wife and have children normally and keep the family business.
Without the slightest clue, someone broke in, and then a few more people from the Xie family came in.
Of course, they didn't understand what was going on, and Xie Defu was the first to come over and ask, "What was the sound just now?" ”
"I want to say ......"
I want to explain, but I don't know where to start, pointing to the open coffin.