Chapter 2 Tricks in the Water 2
I nodded subconsciously, and then shook my head again, I have received modern education since I was a child, and it can be explained by science, this is just a coincidence! Yes, it must have been a coincidence!
But before he could say anything to Xiao Ke, he heard the woman holding her clothes and wailing: "Dead ghost! If you die, you're dead, shouldn't you just go to Lord Yama to report for reincarnation? Why do you want to drag your son down to accompany you! How can you let me live alone? Woo!"
For these, the elders standing next to the woman can only constantly comfort the woman, so that the woman will not be too sad and mourn smoothly. But they are not the ones who have lost their sons, so how can they understand that grief?
After much persuasion, the woman still sat on the ground and wailed bitterly. In view of this, the elders had to gather in a circle and discuss a solution, that is, to salvage the body from the water, so that the child could be buried in the ground.
After a while, I heard the family of the deceased yelling at the onlookers-by, "Who can go down and help me salvage the body and give me 500 yuan as a reward." ”
As soon as the words fell, the onlookers were in a hurry. Without him, 500 yuan was a relatively good salary at that time, after all, my salary at that time was only 600 a month. You must know that many rural households, especially those who farm, are more optimistic if they have an income of three or four hundred a month in addition to expenditure.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, it is not difficult to guess why the family of the deceased would offer such a price as compensation. It is nothing more than that there must be brave men under the heavy reward, because under such bad conditions, you give less reward, who will take this risk? Only if the reward is generous enough and tempting enough, will there be people who are hungry for money to go down and salvage the body for you.
After a while, I realized that I was wrong, even if it was the temptation of five hundred dollars, no one said that I was willing. Just whispered around with all his might, pointing at the river.
I only heard the people on the side of the road whispering: "Who dares to go down in this situation." Not to mention whether the body can be found or not, whether it can dive underwater is still a question! And it's such an evil death, who knows if even the people who went into the water to salvage will suffer such a thing? Don't talk about the money then, your life will be gone! Alas!"
Perhaps the family members of the deceased also realized this, and after waiting for a long time, they saw that no one was willing to go into the water. I had no choice but to shake my head, pull up the woman who was sitting on the ground with a gloomy expression, and continue to comfort her.
When the people saw this, they began to lose interest, and some of them had already left the river bank and continued to hurry. With the lead, the originally crowded banks on both sides of the river bank were vacant a lot, and as for those who stayed, I don't know if they were the same as me, too boring to be idle, and they should be passing the time.
At that moment, an old woman who was at least seventy years old and staggered out of the crowd, and it seemed that she was quite familiar with the woman's family. I saw her walk up and comfort the woman softly, and then turned to the elders of the deceased beside her, and said something quite puzzled to me.
"Ming Feng was recruited by his dead Lao Tzu, and he can't complain about anything, this is destined by God. Now it's better to ask the 'boy' to recruit Mingfeng's body, and by the way, let him help do it, and keep your family safe, I hope this kind of thing won't happen again." ”
Lad? What is it? This is the first time that Ke and I have heard this title. However, it is not difficult to guess from the words of the old woman's mouth that it should be the same as the kind of mage and Taoist priest on TV, otherwise there would be no superstitious words such as summoning the dead and keeping peace.
As soon as the grandmother's words fell, the crowd that had not left was in an uproar, and then they were communicating with the people around them again.
"That's right! How did you forget the 'boy boy' in the town! Lord, quickly call someone to invite the 'boy boy' to come!"
Seeing that one of the deceased elders named Ming Feng ran away from the river bank and ran towards the town. I couldn't hold back the doubts in my heart and asked the passers-by beside me. "Big brother, what do you mean by 'boy boy'?"
The eldest brother I asked looked at me and Xiao Ke, and when he saw that we were wearing factory uniforms, he immediately came to his senses and said in a loud voice: "You two are not locals, are you?"
Ke and I nodded at the same time, indicating that his guess was correct.
I only heard the eldest brother continue: "This 'boy boy' in our town is very powerful, but if you have any incurable diseases and crooked things, he can help you deal with it."
Looking at the adoring face of the eldest brother, Xiao Ke pulled the corner of my clothes and whispered in my ear: "Shugui, do you say that this 'boy boy' is really that powerful?"
"Don't be funny! How can there be such a person! Xiao Ke, the countrymen are feudal and superstitious, don't you believe in the modern education and scientific theories you have received since you were a child just by listening to a few words?" I grinned and talked to Xiao Ke softly: "And don't forget, if there is really such a powerful person, then will you still stay in this kind of town?" In other words, I would have gone to the big city to make a fortune a long time ago! He just doesn't have that kind of ability, so he will make a living in this kind of town, and deceive these locals who are a little old and have little education. ”
"That's right! I can't see that you kid still have this consciousness, and you have lived up to the careful cultivation of the party and the people!" Xiao Ke touched me with his shoulder, "Look, that 'boy' is here!"
Looking in the direction of Xiao Ke's finger, sure enough, it was between our conversations. The boy boy, who was worshipped by most of the town's residents, was guided by the deceased's family to slowly pass through the crowd of onlookers and come to the deceased's mother.
After carefully examining the 'boy boy' who was regarded as a god by the townspeople, he was at least forty years old, and there was nothing surprising on his ordinary face except for the slightly white mustache. Such a middle-aged man would actually be called 'Tong Zi Gong'? I guess this is a title, otherwise I really can't figure out what the word 'Tong Zi' has to do with this person.
"Shugui, I think this 'boy boy' is a cheated goods! You see, he is dressed like a resident of the town, so he can also get a Taoist costume or a mage uniform to wear on his body and then come out to walk the rivers and lakes! The inhabitants of this town have no knowledge, and worship him as a god, and if he were on our side, he would have been beaten flat by a mess. Xiao Ke spat on the ground with disdain, "I thought I would see something magical, I waited for so long to see people abduct and deceive." Forget it, let's go around somewhere else and wait for the car in the factory to come!"
I just wanted to nod and echo Xiao Ke's opinion, but I thought that the 'boy boy' who was originally talking to the family of the deceased suddenly turned his head to look at me, and his eyes were not cloudy at all, but full of coldness. Just by looking at each other, I couldn't help but shudder, and I didn't know if it was because of a gust of fresh wind that had just blown past me.
"Forget it, let's take a look, it's not time to pass the time. Just stay here and see how people cheat and deceive them, and also give yourself a long insight, so that you won't be fooled when you encounter similar scammers in the future. "I finally rejected Xiao Ke's proposal, and I can't tell why I stayed here, maybe I saw that the 'boy boy' had already taken off the shoulder bag he was carrying.
Looking at the posture, the contents of the satchel should be the so-called 'boy boy' who eats mixed rice.
Sure enough, as the 'boy boy' half-squatted and put the satchel on the ground, something very familiar appeared in the sight of the surrounding onlookers.
Looking at the incense paper money on the ground, and a dozen yellow symbols painted with all kinds of incomprehensible patterns or fonts. Xiao Ke and I couldn't help but smile slightly, it seems that our guess is right, that 'boy boy' should be a guy who has been abducted.
Since we have made up our minds to stay and see how people cheat and deceive, then Xiao Ke and I naturally won't say anything more, just watch people perform, maybe we will see a wonderful scene of the liar's methods being seen through and the villagers beating the liars angrily.
After the 'boy boy' took out all the people who were eating from his satchel, he saw him pick up a handful of incense candles and go straight to the bank of the river, light them with a lighter, and bow three times to the river with words in his mouth, and then insert them all into the lush and not wide lawn and dirt on the bank, and then the whole person walked back to the side of the satchel, and did not hurry to pick up the dozen yellow charms on the ground and return to the lawn with incense and candles.
"Hey, Shugui, you said that guy has been standing there for three minutes, doing nothing, just standing there stupidly, what do you mean?" Xiao Ke continued unsatisfied: "If you want me to say, he is just pretending, now let's see how it ends, hum!"
For fear of being heard by others, I hurriedly interrupted Xiao Ke, "Don't say it!" Let's keep watching!" But no, this 'boy boy' has been standing on the grass for three minutes, and he hasn't done anything, so he guesses that the next thing is to make a show, light the yellow charm, and then collect the money.
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