Chapter II; Marry a ghost daughter-in-law
Over the years, I have been following my second uncle to marry others, although I have encountered some strange things, but this is the first time I have seen such a thing as dead people shedding blood. Why did such a thing happen when the second uncle was in the coffin to remove the evil?
Li Jun stood aside, his whole body trembling, it is estimated that he was also scared enough, and asked me in a low voice.
I really can't help it, so I'm in a hurry to circle around the room. At this moment, the coffin on the east wall clicked and made a sound, and the second uncle crawled out of the coffin with a blue face. There is a saying in the industry, if you interrupt in the middle of the coffin, you will lose three years of life, and you will get seriously ill, and the second uncle will crawl out of the coffin without caring about these, it seems that the matter is serious enough.
When I came to the tomb of Lao Li Zu in Huangjiahe Village, the scene in front of me stunned my second uncle and me.
The heavy rain overnight caused a flash flood, which washed out a big hole in the ancestral grave of the old Li family, and the other coffins were also intact, that is, the coffin of Wang Ying, who had just buried the female corpse last night, was half washed out, with the small head facing outward, the big head facing inward, half buried in the yellow mud, and half hanging in the air. This is not the most terrible, the most terrible thing is that the corner of the coffin is really red, and there are dripping blood dripping out.
Seeing this, the second uncle grabbed my arm and pulled me aside. "Bastard boy, where did you buy the corpse? Dry or wet? ”
Dry or wet is what people in the industry call it. Dry goods are dead corpses poured out of the earth, but the body can still be formed, and those that are not formed are called bulk goods. Wet goods are the kind that have just died and have not entered the ground, and now that people have money, wet goods or dry goods are generally used for yin marriages, and few people use them.
I had to tell the truth, saying that I bought wet goods from Zhao Dongsheng. My second uncle is so angry that if it weren't for the fact that there were a lot of people around, he would probably kick me.
The second uncle pulled the old Li brothers aside; "Two big brothers, I'm sorry, the child is not good at learning arts, and he has bought goods that should not be purchased, so this yin marriage must be demolished, and I will bear all your losses."
Li Jun was still good at talking, and he could understand from his eyes that he listened to his second uncle's words very much, but Lao Li was different, and his face suddenly changed; "Wang Daochang, this yin marriage is also concluded, how can you say that if it doesn't work, it won't work?"
"It's just not okay, have you seen it, there is blood in the coffin, how many dead people have you seen bleeding?" The second uncle's eyes were cold.
"Then, then you have to compensate me for my losses, and my family's ancestral graves have been dug up by you." Lao Li's face changed, and he began to be unrighteous.
"Okay!" The second uncle's face has been clouded, and from his resolute words, I know that this matter may be more complicated. The second uncle is a very good person, if the matter is not serious, he will not agree to Lao Li's conditions so smoothly.
A hint of cunning slipped across Lao Li's face, "I spent 10,000 to buy this daughter-in-law, 1,000 for you, and 6,000 for the marriage, exactly 25,000, you give me 50,000 yuan." Otherwise, I'll tell them you're a liar. ”
As soon as I heard Lao Li's words, I immediately became anxious; "Lao Li, you are not righteous, and the dead body is not sold by us, why do you ask us for money? Also doubled. ”
The second uncle immediately slapped me; "Bastard, there's no place for you to talk here." turned his face and said to Lao Li again; "Brother Li, 50,000 is no problem, but now I can't take out so much, I have 30,000 here, and I'll give you an IOU for the remaining 20,000, okay?" The second uncle took out his wallet from his trouser pocket tremblingly, took out his only card and handed it to Lao Li.
Lao Li took the card and glanced at it anyway, asked the second uncle for the password, and put it in his pocket, Li Jun, who was standing on the side, wanted to say something, but was forced back by his brother's eyes.
The second uncle gave Lao Li an IOU, and told the people of Lao Li's family not to move the coffin, we came to clean up at night, on the way back, the second uncle's face was gloomy and terrible, as if he was full of worries, I didn't dare to talk to him, for fear that he would scold me, for so many years, he had never been so angry. Alas! 50,000 yuan is gone, I lament that I am too useless, I was deceived by Zhao Dongsheng, and I met an unkind customer like Lao Li, I feel very sad, and I am very sorry for my second uncle. I secretly swore in my heart that I must do a good job in the future, so that my second uncle and my mother can live a good life.
When I got home, my mother comforted the second uncle and comforted me, the second uncle went into his room alone for most of the day, and I didn't know what he was doing, until the sun was about to set, he walked out of the room, carrying a package on his back, bulging, I don't know what it was, and he was carrying a sword in his hand, which was my family's ancestral sword. The hilt of the sword is of rosewood, but the body of the sword is of peachwood.
When he came out, he instructed me to catch the old rooster that was crowing and stepping on the chickens at home, and by the night, my uncle and nephew came to the ancestral grave of the old Li family in Huangjiahe Village again, and the people of the old Li family were already waiting there.
The second uncle ordered someone to kill the rooster I was holding, found water, put the blood of the rooster into the water, put cinnabar and incense ash, and finally burned a spirit talisman that had been written long ago, sprinkled the paper ashes into it, and then brought it to me; "Okawa, take a sip."
Talisman water. I don't drink until I have to, and it seems that things are really much more serious than I imagined.
Take a sip, there is an indescribable smell in the fishy sweetness, and I almost vomited after insisting on swallowing it, but fortunately I persevered, and the second uncle also drank a sip of talisman water, so he ordered everyone to take the coffin out and nail it, and the second uncle asked everyone to step back and drag me to open the coffin personally.
At the moment when the coffin was opened, a cool breeze rushed out of the coffin.
In the coffin, Wang Ying was still lying there quietly, her face was pale, and her bright red clothes looked a little dazzling. Between his legs, there was indeed some blood flowing. The second uncle frowned tightly, muttered in his mouth, grabbed my hand and reached into the woman's pants, and with a finger pick, the silver needle I had stabbed last night was pulled out. Carefully put it into a white blue and white porcelain vase.
I don't know if I was dazzled, but when the second uncle pulled out the silver needle, I clearly saw Wang Ying's corpse trembling slightly, and when I looked closely, the corpse was still lying there quietly, nothing unusual.
The second uncle took out a copper coin with the mouth of a teacup from the cloth bag on his back, with a red rope tied to it, leaned over and hung it around Wang Ying's neck, and then took out the female corpse, signaled everyone to retreat, took off Wang Ying's clothes, and changed into casual clothes, and then carried her into the coffin again and put on the coffin lid.
"Brother Li, I can't owe you money, can you give me this coffin?" The second uncle pulled Lao Li aside and said.
"You think beautifully! My family was messed up by the two of you, and even the ancestral grave was washed away by the flood, and you still want a coffin? No way! There is no door, hold your dead body and roll immediately, I will use this coffin to marry my son's daughter-in-law. Lao Li said with anger on his face. I really wanted to argue with him, but the second uncle stopped me. Picked up Wang Ying's corpse, resisted on his shoulder, took my hand, and walked away without looking back.
Li Jun is a scene person, he followed, and said sorry to the second uncle and me, his brother has such a temper. The second uncle pondered for a moment, but still stood still; "This eldest brother, you must tell your brother, don't use that coffin, if you use that coffin to marry your nephew and daughter-in-law, the consequences will be even more serious."
After speaking, my second uncle and I left, leaving Li Jun standing there, I wanted to ask the second uncle something, but in the end he didn't speak.
When I got home, we didn't enter the village, but in the woods at the entrance of the village, the second uncle stuffed me with 1,000 yuan and asked me to go into the village to find Wang Xiang and borrow his Changhe car.
Wang Xiang heard that he was using his car to pull the corpse, and he was reluctant, and finally agreed to it for the sake of 1,000 yuan. When I arrived at Zhao Dongsheng's house, the second uncle didn't let the two of us in, he went in by himself, and there was a noise inside, it is estimated that the second uncle suspected that Zhao Dongsheng sold the pregnant body to us, I vaguely heard Zhao Dongsheng say that this woman is really not pregnant, not only is she not pregnant, it seems that she is still a girl, but this girl is dead sideways.
After arguing for a while, the second uncle came out, and did not leave the body to Zhao Dongsheng, but pulled it back. Along the way, the second uncle didn't say a word, his nostrils were whistling, and his eyes were hooked. I know that this time he is not lightly angry, not to mention his reputation, it is quite distressing to lose 50,000 yuan in vain.
It's just that I don't understand why the second uncle wants to return Wang Ying's body to Zhao Dongsheng, this kind of condition can't be broken even if it is buried deep underground for ten days and a half months, and then find someone to sell it. But I don't dare to say this, the second uncle has his own reasons for doing things.
When I got home, my second uncle pulled me aside and said with a sad face; "Okawa, we did something wrong."
What do I mean by hurriedly asking? The second uncle said that the girl was indeed not pregnant, her belly was swollen, it was an air fetus, and the air tire was caused by resentment, whether it was a fetus or not a pregnancy, and it had nothing to do with men and women.
What to do, I asked? Instead, he said something that made me feel creepy.
"Okawa, there is no way now, have you married this girl?"
I chuckled in my heart, this is a female corpse, I am a living person, how can I marry her?
The second uncle said with a frown; "This girl is dead, her heart is full of resentment, you have broken her anger with a silver needle, if you don't marry her, our whole family and even our whole village will suffer."