Chapter 1: The Collapse of the Tomb
The Taiyue Mountain Range, from north to south, runs deep in the south-central part of Shanxi, the mountains are upright, the peaks and peaks are endless, stretching for hundreds of miles, and the people living in the mountains basically live an isolated life. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Lingkong Mountain is located in the extreme depth of the mountain range, three solitary peaks in the center protrude, such as inverted three foot tripods, under the peak, two deep valleys come from the west and north, intersect, and go to the southeast.
Shengshou Temple is located on a platform of Lingkong Mountain, here perennial incense is vigorous, is a famous place of worship nearby, has a long history, according to historical records, Shengshou Temple is the place where Tang King Tang Kan cut his hair and became a monk, although there is no political achievement, but he has many children, therefore, the people who come to burn incense to worship are seeking the prosperity of the family, the children and grandchildren are full.
There is a tomb village ten miles northwest of Shengshou Temple, legend has it that this village is for the descendants of the tomb keeper of the Tang Dynasty to reproduce, the southeast of the village is a large piece of deserted grave, it is rumored that Tang King Tang Kan is buried here, it is a feng shui treasure land, many ancestors of the Wang clan in the village are buried here, forming a deserted tomb now.
In recent years, with the country's poverty alleviation efforts increasing, this small village has gradually become lively, in response to the policy of connecting villages to roads, some of the deserted graves in the southeast of the village have been requisitioned to build roads, and my story began here.
My name is Tang Sheng, my ancestor is Tang Kan, the fifty-third generation great-grandson, studying in the county high school, this high school belongs to the provincial key high school, the annual tuition fee is almost more than 1,000 yuan, which is a big burden for the people who are in the deep mountains and only rely on farming to make a living, and there are also my younger brothers and sisters studying at home, so when it comes to the summer vacation, my father's face will have a lot more wrinkles than usual.
Now it was just in time for the road to be repaired, and it was time for the summer vacation, so my father asked me to find a hard job on the construction site to earn some pocket money.
The construction site was dusty, all kinds of machinery made a "boom" sound, the dazzling sun scorched the earth, and the workers worked hard under the command of the foreman, sweating like rain.
The roadbed has been raised high, and now it is covered with lime faces, and the busy people are gray and gray.
"Tang Sheng, Liu Zhong, Hong Guan, the three of you come here!" The foreman was a bald-headed man, the head of us temporary workers, with a fleshy face and a very vicious look.
Hearing his shout, I and the other two hurriedly ran over with shovels.
Liu Zhong and Hong Guan are also from the village of Tombs, their grandfathers heard that they were relocated from the deep mountains, these two people are one year older than me, and they have not gone to school since graduating from junior high school, but they have a good relationship with me, and this time the three of them are working here in the village.
"Foreman Yang, what are your orders?" Liu Zhong hurriedly stepped forward and handed over a cigarette and asked with a smile.
"Dig up the soil at the edge of the ditch in case it rains at night and soak the roadbed, otherwise our work will be in vain, and no one will receive wages!" Foreman Yang lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and said majestically.
"Great! Let's go! Liu Zhong turned around, glanced at the two of us, walked quickly to the roadbed, and started to work with a clear eye, Foreman Yang nodded very satisfied and left.
The forklift under the roadbed has been trimmed, and a shallow ditch is left, if it rains, the rainwater can not be drained out, and it will indeed soak the roadbed that has just been paved, we just level the ditch, and then dig a drainage ditch every ten meters on the periphery.
"I heard no, a few days after Foreman Yang came, he hooked up with Widow Li from Tomb Village, this guy is too bold, he is not afraid of Widow Li to death!" Seeing Engineer Yang leaving, Hong Guan pulled the soil by the ditch for a while, and said in a low voice.
Widow Li is a celebrity in our neighborhood, married three times, each time she lived for only two years, her husband would fall ill and die, and she did not leave a descendant, the old people said, Li's life is hard, Kefu, whoever marries her is unlucky!
"He deserves to die, this guy is running rampant in the town, it's not a thing!" Liu Zhong wiped the hot sweat from his forehead and turned his head to look at me, "Tang Sheng, don't work so hard, okay?" I don't have the strength to do this for the second half of the race! ”
"Brother Liu, I know!" I stood up and thrust my shovel into the ground, but I didn't pay attention to it, and turned around to remove the rocks next to me.
With a "ding" sound, the shovel seemed to be stuck in something, and it bounced up, and the shovel hit the back of my head, and with a "bang", I spun around, and fell to the ground with a "plop".
"Oops!" Liu Zhong and Hong Guan hurriedly came over to help me up, "Look at you, why are you so careless, oops!" It's bleeding too! ”
"It's okay! All right! I touched it with my hand, and sure enough, there was a lot of blood stuck to my hand, so I quickly stood up and covered the wound with my hand.
"Brother Liu, Brother Hong, don't make a noise, let Engineer Yang know, he will definitely quit me, then I won't be able to make money!" No matter what kind of project you do, it is very taboo to see blood, and people like me will definitely be fired directly.
"Alas! You kid! Liu Zhong and Hong Guan felt distressed for a while, "Okay, good! Let's not talk about it, we know that your family is difficult, it's not easy to study, Uncle Tang is so tired that he is hunchbacked! Alas! Liu Zhong sighed, seeing that my condition was not serious, he picked up the shovel and continued to work.
"You take a break!" Hong Guan also comforted me, and without making a sound, he walked ten meters away and began to dig another ditch.
I pressed the back of my head and rubbed it slowly, although the blood was not very much, but it was still swollen, and my heart was bitter, was it really like the people in the village said, I wouldn't do anything when I came back from studying?
I couldn't get angry, so I picked up my shovel and dug it up, I wanted to see what was making such a mess of me.
"Ding!" There was another crunch.
I didn't pay any attention to it, and with all my strength, I slammed the shovel into the ground again, and finally inserted it with a "poof".
"Oh my boy, I thought you were so hard!" I pressed the handle of the shovel hard, scooped up the soil, and poured it aside.
"Huh? What is it? ”
I saw a bead the size of a cat's eye roll into the pit, obviously dug up just now.
I bent down to pick it up and looked at it, the bead was purple in color, emitting a hazy halo in the sunlight, giving people a cold feeling, in this hot summer, there is a kind of refreshing drink of cold soda.
"Hey! This thing is good, and it can also relieve the heat! I grinned, took him in the palm of my hand, looked at it and put it in my pocket without anyone noticing, but I didn't know that the blood stuck to the beads slowly seeped into the beads, and with a "whoosh", disappeared into the palm of my hand.
"Dig and dig to see if there's any!" I was happy to see that I was hunting, and then I worked hard again.
"Ding! Bite! Bite! "When I went down with three shovels, it seemed to be stuck in something again, and my hands hurt, and the calluses on my hands were broken, and I grinned in pain.