Chapter 12: Hiding from the World
With a "snap", Li Qishan fell down in response.
My eyes widened in disbelief, I simply yelled, and I actually let Li Qishan lie down?
Not only me, but Cao Nan was also shocked, looking at Huang Mao's unfathomable back with a puzzled expression.
It's just that what surprised us was that Huang Mao's "unfathomable" hadn't lasted enough for two seconds, so he jumped three feet high and yelled: "Fuck, it really works!" ”
I and I Cao Nan looked at each other, will he or not, the blind cat meets the dead mouse?
When the crisis was resolved, I gradually calmed down, stood up with Cao Nan's support, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”
"Someone asked me to save you." Cao Nan said.
"Who?" I'm baffled.
Cao Nan shook his head, "I don't know, it was a strange number who sent me a text message, I didn't believe it at first, so I went to your store to look for you, but there was no one, so I came over with Huang Mao." ”
My mind was suddenly a little messy, someone asked Cao Nan to save me? Who will it be? That person must know I'm here, and also know I'm in danger.
It's so narrow, I can't even think of who it is.
"Didn't you go out at night, why did you come here, how dangerous it was just now." Cao Nan said with palpitations.
I took a few breaths and told me the whole story.
"What about Chen Laogen and the others?" Cao Nan looked left and right.
I didn't know how to answer, Chen Laogen disappeared inexplicably, and he didn't even say hello, just like the last time he was in the mountains, he left me again.
"This corpse is dead, you dare to stay here, it's really fearless for the ignorant." Yellow Fur shook his head and looked at me with a stupid look on his face.
I hurriedly walked over, only to see that Li Qishan's previously closed eyes actually opened again, just like before the golden body, the empty eyes made people shudder.
"What now?" Cao Nan asked.
Huang Mao tried to wipe Li Qishan's eyelids, but after closing them, he opened them again quickly, so he shook his head and said, "Burn it, otherwise you will have to raise the corpse." ”
I agreed in my heart, I almost scared my soul away just now, and it would only be a hundred if I burned it, so I asked how to burn it.
Huang Mao touched his chin and said that he had to find a place where no one was there and burn it quietly, and then take the ashes back and put them in the coffin for burial.
Cao Nan suggested burning it with gasoline, which was quicker, because it was cumbersome to collect firewood, and he also knew that there was an abandoned brick kiln where burning corpses would not arouse suspicion.
At present, there is only one problem left, how to move the corpse to the brick kiln, Cao Nan said that it looks like a four-mile road.
"You carry the corpse!" Huang Mao said to me.
"Can you do it another way?" I instinctively resisted, this is the golden body that has just been deceived by the corpse, and I carry it on my back, in case I cheat the corpse again, it will be a lot of fun.
"Don't worry, I won't cheat tonight." Huang Mao said, and then explained: "He just had a breath in his throat, and he thought he wasn't dead in a daze, and he lay down after being broken by me." ”
"Can it still be like this?" I was speechless, and then asked, "Then why did he come at me, I have no grudge against him." ”
"This." Huang Mao was stumped and said, "Perhaps...... Do you want to inhale your yang energy? ”
I vomited for a while, but I still didn't want to carry it, insisting that it would be more effortless for two people to carry it, and Cao Nan also agreed, saying that he would carry it with me, which would also save effort.
But Huang Mao insisted on my back, "There must be a reason why you can make him close his eyes temporarily, at present, it seems that you are the safest to touch him, and we can't really get a corpse if we touch him." ”
I was suddenly forced to go to Liangshan, puffed up, gritted my teeth and stomped my feet, endured the discomfort and carried Li Qishan's corpse, led by Cao Nan, and went to the waste brick kiln. Cao Nan went back to his timber processing factory halfway through to pick up a barrel of gasoline.
When I arrived at the waste brick kiln, I was sweating all over, and the stiff corpse was very difficult to carry, straight and straight, like a stone slab.
I took a look when I entered the brick kiln, and it was indeed a good place to burn corpses, and there was no fire in it, and there was a chimney for exhausting smoke, and the location was also very remote.
After that, Huang Mao and Cao Nan found a few very thick pieces of wood and some straw to put underneath, I put the corpse on it, Huang Mao poured gasoline on it, and lit a fire.
This is the first time I have witnessed a corpse burning, and to be honest, it is very different from what I imagined, I thought it should be similar to burning firewood, but it turned out to be 108,000 miles away.
First of all, the scorching smell of the corpse was very disgusting, Cao Nan and I sniffed it twice and vomited, and in the end, we couldn't vomit, so we could only vomit sour water.
The second point is that the burning process is shocking, the first thing to burn is the hair, and then you can see the eyes of the corpse protruding a little bit under the squeezing of the heat, and then "pop" and crack; Then there is the flesh, where the fat dissolves and burns in the flames, making a sound similar to frying, and the pieces fall off, charred, carbonized, and finally reveal the white bones.
The whole process was like a wax figure melting, and the visual impact was so dramatic that I felt uncomfortable for a long time after that.
Cao Nan is also the first time to see this kind of thing, and his face is as irritated as me, only Huang Mao is very calm, carrying a gasoline barrel and constantly adding gasoline to make the corpse burn clean.
The burn lasted for two hours, and when the flames were extinguished, only a dark skeleton remained on the ground.
Huang Mao picked up the bones one by one and wrapped them in cloth, then took us back to Li's house, and then put the bones into the coffin one by one and put them back into the human form.
Looking at his skillful techniques, he is obviously very familiar with human bones. It made me wonder about him, who was he? Why did you come to this poor and remote Jinpen Township?
When it was completely assembled, Huang Mao clapped his hands and said to us, "Find a few stones to cushion the weight, and then close the coffin lid, and the rooster will nail the coffin immediately after the morning." ”
Cao Nan and I nodded, found a few weighty stones and put them into the coffin, then lifted the coffin lid and closed it, and found the coffin nails and hammer from the side for backup.
Huang Mao chanted words in his mouth, and re-ignited the extinguished brazier.
In the second half of the night, there was nothing to do, and at half past four in the morning, with the first rooster crow in the township, it was announced that a new day had arrived.
Huang Mao immediately asked us to nail the coffin, and I Cao Nan supported the nail alone, smashed it by one person, and smashed the coffin nails as thick as eight thumbs.
After I finished doing it, I sat on the ground, and finally it was safe, and Cao Nan also lay on the ground and scolded a few words.
At this time, the door of the Li family opened, and Li Gensheng walked out with the family. He looked left and right and didn't see Chen Laogen, so he asked me, "Boss Meng, where is Uncle Chen?" ”
I was stunned for a moment, and instinctively lied: "Well, he left beforehand." "The Li family must not know about the cremation of the corpse, which is why Huang Mao asked us to put stones into the coffin to reinvigorate.
"That'...... My dad? Li Gensheng opened his mouth, but stopped talking.
"Don't worry, with our Boss Meng, an expert, you can be buried with peace of mind, the coffin has been booked, and you will go directly to the mountain on the third pole of the day." Huang Mao suddenly put his arms around my neck and smiled at Li Gensheng.
I looked at Huang Mao speechlessly, and said in my heart, what are you talking about, where are you a connoisseur?
Huang Mao immediately winked at me, signaled me not to speak, and smiled at Li Gensheng: "That, Uncle Chen said that we will help him collect the tea fee." After speaking, he rubbed his fingers, and the meaning was obvious, asking for money.
"It should, it should!" Li Gensheng immediately nodded like a chicken pecking rice, took out a stack of red money from his pocket, respectfully handed it to Huang Mao, and then thanked me for his kindness.
This appearance looks like he sees me as Chen Laogen's apprentice; Things are indeed easy for him to misunderstand, because I was brought by Chen Laogen, and as a result, Chen Laogen is gone, and only I stay.
I instinctively wanted to explain, but Huang Mao pinched me, hugged me and walked outside, not giving me a chance at all, and didn't let go of me until I left the Li family.
"Why do you say I'm a connoisseur?" I complained that it was actually a very unfortunate thing to do things for the dead, and everyone stayed away, and if this kind of reputation spread, it would be a problem to marry a wife.
"If you don't say that, where does the little money come from?" Huang Mao didn't care at all, and 'clicked' a dozen red bills, snickering all over his face.
I glared at him fiercely and said angrily, "Don't ruin Lao Tzu's reputation. ”
"That's it, Leizi is about to get married, this joke can't be made." Cao Nan also spoke for me seriously.
"How big is it?" Huang Mao didn't care, and swallowed the banknote into his pocket, "You'll understand why I said that later." ”
After tossing all night, I really didn't have the strength to talk to him, so I didn't bother anymore.
However, the two hands he showed tonight really impressed me. Chen Laogen, who was my most trusted, threw me in danger twice, but it was this guy of unknown origin who saved me.
After thinking about it, I tried to ask, "Why are you here in our backwoods?" ”
"Learn from Lei Feng, don't you see that I saved you, saving people's lives is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, and the merit is immeasurable." Huang Mao snapped his fingers, and his face was holy.
"Come less, the police station said you came to prostitute chickens." I slammed it unceremoniously.
Cao Nan also made up for it, "And I haven't paid the money yet." ”
"Fuck me!" Huang Mao suddenly jumped up and said hurriedly: "I must clarify that incident, I was wronged, I thought it was a sincere relationship, but it turned out to be a deal." ”
I didn't believe a word of his words, and said, "Then tell me, how long have your feelings been sincere?" ”
"Five...... Ten minutes. Huang Mao hesitated.
Me, Cao Nan: "......"
"Ten minutes can produce feelings, it's really love at first sight." I was speechless.
Huang Mao defended, "You know a fart, it only takes three seconds to fall in love at first sight, and ten minutes is already a long time." ”
"Those ten minutes should have been a bargain, and you didn't pay in the end." Cao Nan made up for it again.
"That's because my wallet was stolen, you have to believe me, it's not me who is wrong, it's the world!" Huang Mao looked aggrieved.
Me, Cao Nan: "......"