I still know these rural customs, although Ma Qiwen and I are not in the same province, but because of the close proximity, the funeral is still slightly the same. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, at this time, my mind was on that notebook, and I wondered what kind of person would stuff such a notebook into the coffin at the end of the coffin, and dare to open an eye on the coffin.

I still felt that something was wrong, I had been in the shed, and I had not seen any strange person come in, and even if someone did, the coffin was too conspicuous, and he had to hold tools in his hand anyway, such as an axe. However, the axe made a noise the moment it slashed down, and I was right next to the coffin, and I didn't hear a strange sound from beginning to end.

The steward said, "Lift the coffin, don't delay the hour." ”

I looked at the notebook in my hand and returned to the crowd once again.

The eldest and fourth saw that I was holding a notebook in my hand, and the eldest said, "Third son, look at what is written in it." ”

I shook my head, not daring to open it.

The fourth brother asked anxiously: "Third brother, you should open it and take a look, maybe we can all know what will happen to the third brother." ”

I said, "Don't worry, I'll see it when I get back." ”

The fourth brother said, "Third brother, don't you want to know?" ”

I said, "Now is not the time. ”

The eldest said: "Fourth, don't ask, the third son has his own reasons." ”

The fourth wanted to ask a few more words, but the boss had already opened his mouth, and he didn't want to say anything.

I remember that Ma Qiwen did not have a hobby of writing diaries, judging from the cover of this notebook, and the general content of it immediately, it is estimated that it is all a diary written by Ma Qiwen. I also wondered what Ma Qiwen had recorded in this notebook, and why I had lived with him in college for four years, and why I didn't know that he had the habit of keeping a diary.

Soon, we came to the cemetery.

The burial ceremony was very simple, and some strong men from the village came over to help. First, a handful of fire paper was lit at each of the four corners of the tomb, and the fire paper was burned out before the coffin was released, and the lantern and white rice were all placed in the position of the head coffin. A wooden bow and three arrows will be placed on the coffin.

These are all exquisite.

I once asked the older generation that they said that the bow and arrow were used to guard against tomb robbers.

After the funeral goods were burned, everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed. The music of the suona class has also come to an end.

This is not the final end of the burial, which is divided into two types. The men are buried with tools, and at the end of the burial hour, the women of the family bring the dumplings boiled in a kettle to the cemetery. I took the dumplings from a woman's hand and accompanied Ma Qiwen to the last meal.

After returning to Maqiwen's home, Maqiwen's parents were already entertaining the helpers. After the funeral, the funeral also came to an end, and there was nothing to do after the last table of feasts.

I sat at the table and didn't have the slightest appetite, so I agreed with the eldest and the fourth in advance to go to the city tonight, find a hotel, and take a good look at what was recorded in the notebook.

At this moment, I saw a man standing in front of Ma Qiwen's house, he glanced inside, and hurried away.

I thought it was a little strange, this man was very strangely decorated, he was dressed very thickly on a hot day, and the clothes he was wearing were dirty, as if he was rolling on the ground, and his hair was covered with dirt.

The boss looked at me strangely and asked me, "What are you looking at?" ”

I pointed out the door and said, "Look. ”

The boss glanced out, and suddenly his face was a little ugly, he quickly turned his head, took a breath, and said, "Why does the figure of that person just now look so much like the second child." ”

I nodded and said, "It's just not as fat as him." ”

The fourth man shuddered, put down his chopsticks, and said, "You guys, don't scare me, I'm cowardly." ”

The boss said, "Maybe we're wrong. ”

I said, "I hope so." ”

The fourth child almost cried, "Third brother, don't scare me, you all know, I was the least daring in the years when I was in college." ”

I patted the fourth child on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, it'll be fine." ”

After eating, we did not stay at Ma Qiwen's home, and after talking to Ma Qiwen's parents, we hurried back to the city with some other classmates.

After opening the room, I sat on the bed with the boss, and the boss looked at me, and I took out the notebook and put it on the bed.

The eldest said: "Third son, didn't you say that the second child doesn't have the habit of writing a diary, why is there such a notebook." ”

I said, "I don't know." Fortunately, I was clever and didn't let too many people see me. But the steward saw it, and hoped he wouldn't say anything more. ”

The boss nodded, the most taboo thing for rural people is the things of the deceased.

If you don't have any money, don't touch the things of the dead.

The fourth man shuddered and said, "Didn't you turn on the air conditioner, why is it so cold?" ”

The boss took the remote control, turned the empty temperature to the highest, and asked me to open the laptop and see the contents.

One night, all night, the boss and I didn't close our eyes, and the original notebook was also read by us, and as for the fourth, this guy was cowardly when he was in college, and he accompanied us until twelve o'clock, and then fell asleep.

The boss said: "There is nothing wrong with this notebook, just some homely things and some trivial words." ”

I shook my head and said, "No, there was a person mentioned in the notebook. ”

The boss said, "Who? ”

I said, "I don't know. Here's what happened six times before and after about that man. Boss, you have a good recall, in the four years of college, did Ma Qiwen say anything strange. ”

The boss thought for a moment and shook his head.

"Once I woke up at night and saw that my second brother hadn't slept yet, and he was talking in his sleep."

At the moment when my boss was puzzled, the fourth child spoke.

He raised his head slightly, and continued in a cold voice: "He mentioned a person, that person's name, Zhou Li. I glanced at the second brother at the time, his face was hideous, the corners of his mouth were stunned, I thought there was nothing wrong, after going to the toilet, the second brother suddenly appeared behind me, like crazy to hit me......"

After the fourth child's words reached this point, he stopped.

The boss and I started to get anxious, and the boss said, "You can go on." ”

The corners of the fourth child's mouth twitched slightly, and he cried.

I said, "You big man, what are you crying about?" ”

The fourth said: "At that time, the second brother said such a sentence, if there is a chance, I will definitely save you, but please don't come to me again." You're dead! ”

My body trembled, and these words came out of the mouth of the fourth child, and I listened to it a little hairy.

I began to keep recalling the name Zhou Li in my mind.

In my memory, there is indeed a man surnamed Zhou, who was mentioned by Ma Qiwen, but he is not called Zhou Li, but Zhou Kaifeng.