Chapter Twenty-Six: The Red Lacquered Coffin
We didn't wait for light snow and went straight back to our accommodation. For me, this matter is over.
On the way, Kang Zhan asked me: "You want Xiaoxue to promise you two things, the first thing is to pester your boss, so what about the second one?"
I said, "The second thing is that after letting her wish, I will go to the underworld to report it."
Kang Zhan was silent, and I was silent, and no one spoke to anyone along the way.
Walking on the sidewalk, the street lights have been lit, and the green belt is a number of small pine trees pruned into a rectangle, surrounded by rectangular flower beds, which are not planted with flowers, but large pine trees transplanted from other places, one every two or three meters.
The street lamps shone yellow, shining on these trees, reflecting jagged shadows. Some of the signboards at the gates on both sides of the road are lit up with colorful lights.
The road in the village is still covered with a layer of ice, and you have to be careful with every step.
The next day, I was woken up by a cacophony of sounds. I looked at my phone and it was past five o'clock in the morning.
I was woken up early in the morning, and I really felt the urge to hit someone. I went out to see who was so lacking in virtue.
Pushing open the door, I was startled to see a red lacquered coffin at my door. The ground was littered with paper pieces that had been burned for the dead. The door to the opposite door was wide open, and inside stood men draped in white cloth. There is no doubt that the funeral is at the door. They cried heartbreakingly, and I was furious when I listened to them.
Most of my anger has been dissipated, and the reason why I have not completely dissipated my anger is because although it is excusable to disturb the people at the funeral, the coffin cannot be placed at my door. Anyway, put it aside. I didn't find them to theorize, people are sad, looking for their theorists isn't looking for a draw, so I was tolerant and generous.
People often say, "Coffins, coffins, promotions, and fortunes, and it is a good thing to meet coffins." "This is a fool, I don't believe that there can be a good thing when I encounter a coffin, and I may be able to believe it if there is bad luck.
No one wanted to stay long on such an occasion, and I was about to close the door when I suddenly saw an old man come out of the door and look at the people around him in surprise.
The old man was hunched over and wore a peaked cap. This old man is not a human being, in the past six months, I have seen a lot of ghosts, and I can tell that he is a ghost, but he has not passed the first seven, strictly speaking, it is not a ghost, it can only be regarded as a soul. He is now in the most dangerous period, some evil spirits specialize in eating souls like him to replenish energy, and after seven days, after he becomes a ghost, there will be no more ghosts to fight him.
His hunched back was only a physical illness before his death, and as a spirit body, he could completely straighten his waist, because he was used to hunching over and hunching over before his death, so he didn't realize that he could straighten up and still retain this state.
People who have just died always have a common problem - they don't know that they are dead, they are still touching this, touching that, and from time to time they say a few words: "Why don't you ignore me?"
I think the coffin should contain his body, otherwise how could it be so coincidental that such a new soul would just float here.
I was looking at him when a yellow talisman suddenly fell from the sky and stuck to him. Then his body rose rapidly.
I looked up and saw a guy holding a gourd, not much bigger than the one hanging in my bathroom, facing him. He was sucked into the gourd, and the man quickly closed the lid, turned around and ran. I didn't see his face clearly, but I thought his look was very familiar, with a black cloak and a black mask......
As I've said a long time ago, people here like to play with mystery, and it's not uncommon to come across people who are either masked or covered with their faces.
Then again, this guy can't be a ghost, right? If it really is an evil ghost, then this old man will never recover. I shouted, "Hey!"
The guy ignored me, but the sound caught the attention of the crying crowd, who all looked at me. I didn't bother to pay attention to them, and chased in the direction of the black cloak leaving.
After chasing for a long time, I can tell if he is a human or a ghost, if it is a ghost, he will fly early, will he run so hard? But this deflated calf belongs to a rabbit and runs too fast. I was stunned.
I don't know what he's doing with souls, but I don't think he can do anything good.
Everyone ran away, and looked at himself stupidly in his pajamas. I hurried back to my accommodation.
Xiaoxue and Kang Zhan were frolicking in the house, and I really wanted to put a few ghost talismans on them. You two are flirting at my quarters. How can I be embarrassed by the single dog who has been in a state of unrequited love?
Watching them fight, I thought of Lei Xin, I dialed her phone, seeking comfort in my heart, and then asked her who she had a phone porridge with last night, but she couldn't get through.
After the phone was connected, Lei Xin yawned and asked, "Is there anything wrong with calling so early?"
I looked at the time, it was only six o'clock, and it was indeed a little early, and I said, "I can't look for you if it's okay?"
She said, "Of course you can, why do you get up so early?"
I wanted to get tired of her, and said sensationally, "I think you think of it."
She smiled and said, "Go!"
I also smiled and asked, "Why can't you get through when I called you last night, who are you calling?"
She said: "Last night I called my aunt from afar and called for more than two hours, you probably couldn't have called at that time."
I said, "If you haven't been on the phone at any other time, then it just so happened to be the time to call." Do you have time? Why don't you go out shopping later? ”
She said, "I'm going to go out later, next time."
I reluctantly squeezed out two words: "Okay......"
I suddenly remembered one thing, there are still those bloodthirsty and meat-eating insects in Xiaoxue's father's residence, you can't take the liberty of going in, how can I forget to tell me? Hurriedly asked Xiaoxue: "Have you told your father that there are insects at home and you can't just go in?"
Xiaoxue's mouth opened the boss, she quickly covered her mouth and said, "No ......"
I said, "Oh no, go tell your dad!" These insects haven't eaten all night, and they probably go crazy hungry. ”
I hurriedly changed my clothes and ran out the door, and as soon as I opened the door, I happened to bump into Xiaoxue's father, who was standing at the door with a bag on his back. I was startled when I saw him. But he was relieved to see that he was unscathed. I asked, "You didn't go upstairs, did you?"
He said, "Not yet, I slept with my mom yesterday." I want to experience my mom's life during this time. I'll take her upstairs in a moment. ”
I said, "That's good, the bugs left by your wife are still in your house, you have to prepare protective clothing and insecticides, and you can move in after cleaning up those bugs, remember."
He nodded and said, "Remember." Cher told me everything about my wife. ”
I nodded, so that I didn't need to explain any more, and was glad to breathe a sigh of relief again, if they had taken the liberty of going upstairs and being bitten to death by insects, it would have been my sin.
I said, "Why are you here this time?"
He said, "I have a reluctant ......."
I opened the door a little wider to make way out: "Come in and say."
When I entered the house, I poured him a glass of water, and he thanked him and took it.
I said, "If there's anything, just tell me."
He said: "I heard you say that Xiaoxue's stepmother returned the yang ...... in a special way."
I said, "I don't understand what you mean, please tell me."
He said, "I know you're not an ordinary person, can you bring Cher back to life in that way?"
I was in a hurry, and before I could say anything, I choked on my saliva and coughed, and I said, "Your imagination is really rich, how can I have that ability?"
Thinking I wanted money, he put his backpack on the ground and opened it and brought it to me. The bag was full of hundred-dollar bills. He said, "Please, I really don't want to lose Cher."
I said, "It's not about money, I'm not really good at that."
He said, "Is it too little?" Then I'll give you all the deposits. I beg you to save Cher......"
As he spoke, he knelt down and cried and said, "Please save Cher."
Xiaoxue covered her mouth and cried on the side, and Kang Zhan was comforting. I dragged him up and said, "Listen, I don't have the power to bring your daughter back to life." Even if I had, I wouldn't help you, it's not about money. Helping the dead to be resurrected is definitely an act against heaven and has a price to pay. And even if it is resurrected, your daughter and I can't live like normal people, we have to eat human flesh and drink human blood to survive, do you understand? Do you want your daughter to be reincarnated in peace, or do you want her to become a monster and live like a monster? ”
He was stunned, and I continued: "When you didn't take care of Xiaoxue, it was her grandmother who gave her care, Xiaoxue didn't go to the underworld because she couldn't worry about her grandmother, if you still have a little conscience and want to make up for Xiaoxue, take good care of your mother!"
In fact, how can there be parents in the world who do not love their children? Regardless of whether he has boys and girls, they are all his own children, even if he really has a patriarchal mentality, it is impossible to be shameless to the point of discarding his daughter. It cannot be ruled out that there are such people, but such people can only be called "people", because they look like people, but they can't be people.
I comforted him, "You can go back and think about it yourself, and don't forget what I told you, clean up the bugs upstairs before moving in."
After sending him away, Xiaoxue's mood was almost stabilized by Kang Zhan's comfort. She said, "You give me your boss's address, and I'll help you now."
I said, "No need, your brother Zhan has already taken over this job for you, you don't have to go, he goes."
She said, "You said you want me to promise you two things, and the other?"
I said, "Another thing ......" and I actually wanted to say, "Another thing I don't need." Before the content behind "Matter" was finished, it was interrupted by Kang Zhan. He said, "Let me tell you, there is another thing that you should hurry up to the underworld to report."