Not long after graduating from junior high school, I received the news that my uncle had passed away from a serious illness, and my parents took me to the funeral in a hurry.

On the day of the burial, there were many relatives and friends who came, and the hall and courtyard of the uncle's house were covered with white silk, and a simple mourning hall was set up in the hall.

The white cloth shed of four flats and eight squares, connected to the skylight, connected to the loess below, there is a cloth with water in front, and there is a unicorn mountain in the back......

As the so-called mountains and rivers are close to the mountains and rivers, it is the golden oil lot of all mourning halls and cemeteries.

In front of the heavy black lacquer coffin is a photo of the uncle when he was young, black and white, which looks quite handsome.

According to the rules of the countryside, when the elders die, the younger generations like us must kowtow three times in front of the coffin on the day of burial.

A few of my cousins respectfully knelt in front of the coffin and kowtowed a few times, burned a little paper money, cried and shed a few tears, and then quickly got up and ran out, after all, they were not very old at the time, and they felt a little depressed and scared in this mourning hall.

When it was my turn, I knelt down in front of the coffin and didn't cry because I couldn't cry. I am not close to my uncle's family, mainly because their family thinks our family is poor, and they rarely have any contact on weekdays. To be honest, when I learned that my uncle had died, I was only stunned for a moment, and there was no sadness in my heart. I can't cry, and my acting skills are not as good as my cousins, so I'm so stupid and ready to burn a few pieces of paper money next to me and it's over.

My aunt's family looked a little unsightly at that time, and my mother, who was not far away, rushed over in a hurry and twisted my waist directly.

I howled in pain, and the tears came down at that time, and I cried in pain.

Seeing my mother's angry eyes glaring at me, even if I felt wronged, I didn't dare to say anything at that time, crying and taking the paper money, I threw it into the brazier in front of the coffin.

However, everyone didn't expect that I would throw it out!

The paper money was cut out of yellow sheet paper, which was flammable, and my cousins threw the paper money into the brazier, and the fire instantly ignited the paper money.

And I'm throwing ......

"Poof~" The brazier that was originally burning very vigorously was extinguished in an instant!

It felt like I had thrown not a few pieces of paper money into it, but a fire extinguisher, so completely extinguished that I couldn't see even a spark, only the few intact paper coins lying quietly in the brazier full of paper ashes.

This scene frightened everyone in the mourning hall, and the aunt and aunt who wore linen and filial piety looked at the extinguished brazier with their eyes, and their faces were ugly.

My mother's face was pale, her eyes looked at the dark coffin with some fear, her hands trembled a little, and she suddenly slapped me.

"What are you doing? Kowtow, admit your mistake to your uncle! My mother's voice trembled and reprimanded me.

Although I was still an atheist at that time, I was also trembling when I encountered such a strange thing. Hurriedly kowtowed to the portrait of his uncle a few more times, crying more vigorously than the cousins just now, and tremblingly took a few pieces of paper money, lit them with a lighter and threw them into the brazier.

"Poof~" After a few pieces of burning paper money were thrown into the brazier, they were extinguished in an instant, and I couldn't even see a little spark.

If that time was an accident, what is the matter this time?

My mother was so frightened that she knelt directly beside me, crying at my uncle's coffin with a frightened face: "Big brother, Xiao Ye didn't mean it, don't worry about a child, you can go with peace of mind......"

As she spoke, my mother hurriedly took a few pieces of paper money, lit them and threw them into the brazier, but just like just now, as soon as the burning paper money touched the brazier, it was immediately extinguished.

"Get out, you all get out of here!" At this time, the eldest aunt suddenly yelled at the two of us, and cried hoarsely: "How far and how far, don't let me see you in the future......"

My uncle's family looked at us very wrongly, my mother's face was ugly, and under the voice of my aunt crying and scolding, she pulled me out of the mourning hall in a hurry.

The moment I walked out of the mourning hall, somehow, I subconsciously glanced back. I clearly saw my aunt crying and lit a wad of paper money and put it in the brazier, this time the flame was not extinguished, and it burned very strongly. I also saw that in the black and white photo of my uncle's portrait in front of the coffin, there seemed to be a light in my uncle's eyes, staring at me deadly.

It must be the reflection of the flames!

Even though I thought so, my heart was trembling and my throat was trembling.

I didn't dare to tell my mother about it, my mother was in a trance, and it was estimated that she was frightened a lot, so after pulling me out of the mourning hall, she went directly to my father who was helping in the yard.

After listening to what happened just happened to my mother, my father was not calm, but my uncle's funeral was not finished yet, and I couldn't leave at this time, so I could only stop approaching the mourning hall and go home immediately after my uncle's burial.

Tossed for a morning, at noon, according to the auspicious time said by an old man in the village, eight strong men in the village lifted their uncle's black lacquer coffin and went to the mountain not far from the village.

Originally, I didn't want to go, and my aunt's family didn't want me to go, after all, the scene in the morning was too much. However, several old people in the village disagreed, saying that the nephew must carry the flag, which is the rule. Those old men had a high prestige in our village, and in the end I had no choice but to follow.

The hill outside the village is called Miao Mountain, and there are graves below the mountainside in the shade, where the old people who have died in our village are buried. The so-called banner is a long bamboo pole with several layers of curtains made of paper pasted on it, as if there were guards holding it in front of the emperor's outing.

It was a hot day, cloudless, there was not a trace of wind along the way, and everyone was sweating.

And when they came to the foot of the mountain, there was a sudden gust of wind, and the dust was flying, without any warning.

I was fascinated by the wind and sand, and when the wind passed, everyone was stunned when they opened their eyes and saw the scene in front of them.

The paper flags that my cousins were carrying were all safe and sound, except for my bare bamboo pole, and all the paper flags on it were gone!

My aunt's family's face changed drastically, staring at me deadly, and just as I was about to say something, an old man in the village suddenly shouted: "Hurry up the mountain and go into the soil for peace!" ”

Except for my aunt's family and our family of three, everyone else just felt a little unlucky and wanted to bury my uncle's coffin in the cemetery that had been selected as soon as possible.

To tell the truth, my legs were trembling and I didn't dare to go forward.

Anyway, my brain was chaotic at that time, and my parents led me up the mountain, and I didn't know how I got up, but I knew that my parents' palms were sweating very much.

After carrying the uncle's coffin into the cemetery that had been selected halfway up the mountain, an old man carried an energetic and struggling big rooster, cut the bright red cockscomb of the big rooster with a knife, and the chicken blood suddenly sprayed out.

The big rooster's wings fluttered vigorously, and the old man threw the big rooster with blood on his head over his uncle's grave, and sprinkled a little chicken blood on the grave.

At the same time as throwing the big rooster, the old man shouted: "Exorcise the evil spirit, seal the tomb!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the strong men in the village with shovels immediately shoveled the earth and sealed the tomb, and at this time, no one noticed where the big rooster without the comb flew away.

At the same time, my spirit suddenly went into a trance, and I suddenly felt a little cold and my head was groggy.

"Xiao Ye, what's wrong with you?"

Probably sensing my body swinging, my mother helped me and asked with concern.

"I ......"

Before I finished my sentence, I felt a chill all over my body, and then my eyes went black, and I went straight to the ground.

When I woke up, I was already lying on my bed at home, with no strength in my body, and my parents were by my side.