In the afternoon the sky changed, the sun was obscured by thick clouds, and the sky turned gray. The cold wind gradually rose www.biquge.info Xinghua Village, and a faint haze arose on Longyan Ridge.

Under the main road into the village below, on the gray-brown soil slope exposed after the water level receded, six salvaged corpses were lined up, each covered with a straw mat.

Dozens of loads of firewood were drifting on the shore of the water, and twenty or thirty strong laborers were gathered on the shore, preparing to use thick ropes to tow the machine to the temporary wharf on the shore of a team.

After the ship overturned, all the firewood scattered and floated away, but the ship did not turn over, and after being filled into the water, it sank into the water, and the upturned bow and the upper part of the engine room were exposed obliquely on the water. Except for the 24-horsepower diesel engine and the driving bearings on the five- or six-zhang long locomotive ship, which were made of steel, the rest were made of wood, which could not sink to the bottom, and looked half-sinking and half-floating.

The small wooden boat, which had also capsized and sunk, had been towed to a fleet of makeshift docks. At this time, Zeng Fanzhi, the commander of the militia battalion of the brigade, was standing on the shore of the shipwreck in Dawan, whistling, and directing everyone to take their places, and everyone shouted the trumpet:

"Let's work together"

"Hi"

"Work hard"

"Hi"

……

The bow of the ship turned, and the back half of the sinking water seemed to be caught by something, and it refused to move forward despite the loud shouts of the trumpet.

It stands to reason that in this calm reservoir, it doesn't take much effort to drag the half-sunken machine and boat, and anyone can drag it slowly.

The smooth hull is also only the blades of the rudder and rowing machine (vernacular: screw propeller) that can be caught and stuck.

Liu Yingguo stood on the shore with his eyebrows tightly gathered.

He just came here from the brigade headquarters.

Not long ago, the cadres of the district and the commune, plus the cadres of the Xinghua Village Brigade, held an emergency meeting at the brigade headquarters. It was preliminarily decided that each deceased would be compensated for the thin-skinned coffin produced by the district wood factory, plus 300 yuan for funeral expenses. The cost of carrying the deceased back is calculated separately, and all expenses are borne by the Xinghua Village Brigade.

Liu Ansong, the owner of the boat that caused the accident, was handed over to the public security organs for handling, and the pilot, Liu Buffalo, and the boatman, Li Changzi, were taken to the district agricultural machinery station to hold a study class.

Liu Yingguo roughly calculated, and the compensation for this accident must add up to more than four or five thousand yuan, which is a frightening huge amount of money. At present, prices are low, a pound of pork is only sold for seven cents and seven cents, and an egg is only sold for three or four cents, and the labor value of members is generally about two cents, and a strong laborer can only earn dozens of yuan a year. The craftsmen of the professional team go out to do crafts, and their wages are only charged one to one and a half dimes a day. A few hundred pieces can build a new three-room mud-walled house.

The brigade mainly relies on the professional team for its income. There are many craftsmen in the village, plus the income from vehicle and boat transportation, there is some surplus every year, but the village is only more than one or two thousand yuan at most.

Liu Yingguo was so anxious that he called the captain Zeng Chenggong aside, saying that he had suffered a lot this year, his energy was low, and his mind was a mess, and he asked him to shoulder the heavy burden bravely and be fully responsible for the aftermath of the accident, so as to behave well in front of the superior leaders. After the matter was settled, he reported the fight to the commune and asked him to retire and let him take over as the secretary of the brigade.

Zeng Chenggong knew Secretary Liu's thoughts in his heart and knew that he had a headache. He is also telling the truth, this year is really difficult for him, he was originally pulled out by him, and it is also appropriate to share it for him, whether he is telling the truth or not?, whether he recommends himself to succeed as secretary, these will be said later, the most important thing now is how to raise funds to tide over this difficulty.

He handed over the work of raising money and coordinating the reception to Zeng Chenggong. He was responsible for towing the wreck to shore with Zeng Fanzhi and his gang to drain the stagnant water so that the flooded machinery could be repaired and the ship could be overhauled.

The most important thing is that he is not worried about the six corpses on the shore.

Seeing that it was getting dark, several militiamen were building a small shed on the road. The families of the victims have not yet arrived, and the people who reported the news are still on the road for more than ten or twenty miles, and it is estimated that it will be until late at night before people arrive one after another, and it is necessary to send people to guard here, so as to prevent wild objects from spoiling and offending the deceased, causing greater harm to the families and causing trouble to the aftermath work.

He is the head of a village, and this year the village was not peaceful, and there was such a big event at the end of the year. The fierce spirits gathered, and the village was full of evil spirits, and I am afraid that many people did not even dare to step out of the door at night. If you don't take proper precautions, if something strange happens, the whole village will not be at peace, and this year will not be possible.

He is a secretary, but also a craftsman who has inherited the mantle, is a disciple of Luban Immortal, because of the era he is in, and he has been a cadre for the past 20 years, and has not walked in all directions. Moreover, there are not many things in this area inherited by the master, and there is more than enough self-preservation, so there is no skill in helping others.

Of course, he is not completely helpless, he really can't, he can use ink lines to set up a demon suppression and ghost suppression array around the dead, which can imprison the undead in the array, but he can't resolve the excess, so that they return to the netherworld. Moreover, this kind of compulsory formation is against the way of heaven, and it cannot be used as a last resort, otherwise, once the formation fails, the imprisoned undead will be angry, and nine times out of ten they will become real evil spirits and cause disaster to the world.

There used to be Master Yang of the Xuanmen, he never thought about these things, the things related to ghosts and gods in the village were handled by him, since the disappearance of Master Yang last year, strange things have happened frequently in the village, and his own family has been unlucky. Now the villagers say that the drunkard Li Chaokuan's ability is not weaker than that of Yang Shigong, and he knows that the bricklayer Zeng Qingfu died violently, and later the murderous spirits of Tan Gusen and Wang Xiaoying were all drunkards who secretly practiced magic and exceeded, and it seems that he has to come forward today to exceed, overdo or exorcise these evil spirits.

It is not easy for him to come forward to arrange this matter, and he cannot come forward to arrange it. There are leaders in the commune and the district who sit in the village, and even the drunkard comes forward to perform rituals to appease and exorcise the evil spirits, and they cannot make a big show, but can only do it secretly at night. Fortunately, this is a wilderness on the edge of the village, and the cadres will not stay here at night.

In fact, most of the cadres who live in the countryside are farmers from the nearby countryside, and they all know more or less that there are many strange things in the countryside, and some of them have even experienced them themselves. For those superstitious activities of the people, as long as they do not violate the law and are not blatant, they generally turn a blind eye and do not seek troubles for themselves.

It seems that Zeng Fanliang has to say something about this, the drunkard and Zeng Fanliang are closer, and they have a good relationship, coupled with his special identity and magical ability to retreat water, there are few cadres in the commune and the district who do not respect him. It would be most appropriate for him to come forward, and I would talk to him later.

Seeing that the boat was not moving, Zeng Fanzhi came over to ask for instructions, he frowned before he wanted to speak, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Zeng Fanliang and the drunkard coming from the road to the waterfront below, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking at a group of people standing on the shore and dragging ropes, Zeng Fanliang asked, "What is that for?" Why don't you haul the wreck away? ”

Liu Yingguo didn't answer, Zeng Fanzhi glanced at him and said to the two: "I don't know what the hell happened, I can't drag it." ”

The drunkard frowned, walked quickly to the water's edge, took out a piece of rune paper from his body and burned it in water, turned back to the six covered dead bodies, made a compilation, took out a stack of paper money from the small bag that came with it, burned it, pinched a trick, recited a spell, went down to the water's edge, and under the gaze of everyone, took out a money sword, split the thick rope that everyone was pulling, and shouted:

"There is a head to the debtor, there is a master, each is in its place, there is justice in the cycle of heaven and earth, and don't get lost on the Huangquan Road! My master is here, start quickly! Walk! Tugboat"

The men who were holding the thick rope in their hands pulled together in his cheers, and the bow of the boat jumped up, rushed away from a circle of waves, and moved forward slowly, and then accelerated forward, and several people on the shore used too much force, making a hollow force, and almost fell to the ground.