Chapter 11: Betting

At night, Lao Wu told Xiao Qi about his previous tomb robbery, and said that he used to be a good hand at digging holes in the tomb robbery industry, and the fourth child didn't fall asleep at the time and listened to him.

The grave team is an old bachelor, there was no entertainment at that time, at most it was okay to go to the county to see the excitement, and find a place in the shade of the corner to play black gambling with a little money in your pocket, not for how much money you can win, but to find some fun and excitement in this ordinary life. In addition, you can only make a bet with the team members, not gambling money, and the loser can buy some wine and then buy some snacks and come back to eat and drink for the big guy, which is definitely a good thing for people who watch the excitement.

Lao Wu is the captain of the grave team, this captain said that it is a big official, and there are few people under his command who can be obedient, at most he is an old man who looks at the dormitory, but Lao Wu usually never bets with the team members in order to be a little bit of the captain's majesty, until this time the fourth said that he was a sore spot, even if he didn't have to make a name for himself, he had to earn a bright spot for his craft.

I don't know what's going on lately, Lao Wu always loves nightmares when he sleeps, especially after telling Xiao Qi the story at night, the dream is all the scenes that happened in the story he told.

What story did Lao Wu tell? We mentioned earlier that he told Xiao Qi about eating a big banquet at the rich man's house in Shaanxi, and there was a laughing Buddha tomb that escaped death. These two stories actually happened together, the rich man is Tang Songming, and the laughing Buddha mound is also in the compound of Tang Songming's house, and the old fox Hu Wan who has appeared for several chapters also died there, this is the first time that Lao Wu told what he used to do, what was the last time he robbed the tomb, and why he fled to Henan.

It was late at night, Lao Wu didn't sleep well, this dormitory used to be a granary with a high roof, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that the black piece on my head seemed to have fallen into the abyss, and it was indescribably weird, it was an uncomfortable feeling, and I finally fell asleep after tossing and turning, and as a result, Lao Wu had a nightmare again, and the scene in the dream was the laughing Buddha mound under the rich man Tang Songming's house.

At this time, the stone slabs on both sides of the tomb roof have been put down, sealing the entire tomb entrance into a small square space, everywhere is very flat and people are a little confused, there are still a lot of blood stains on the ground, Hu Wan's three apprentices are all dead on one side, the gun hole on the head is still suddenly bubbling with blood, everything seems to have just happened, and you can smell the strong smell of gunpowder in the air.

Lao Wu's brain was in a semi-lucid state, and he felt that he was dreaming at the moment, but the clear touch made him a little puzzled, a torch in the middle of the tomb entrance was about to be extinguished, and he saw Hu Wan, who was only exposed in the upper half of the fire, and the double shovels on his waist were gone, and he couldn't escape.

Just when Lao Wu was at a loss, Hu Wan, who was only half of his body, suddenly moved, which startled Lao Wu, he thought that he was dazzled and walked over to pick up the torch on the ground, and held it on Hu Wan's face to see what was going on. As a result, as soon as he got closer, Hu Wan, who was originally dead, suddenly sat up and grabbed Lao Wu's right hand with a torch with one hand. Hu Wan's eyes were white and his mouth was still spitting blood, and he was about to grab Lao Wu's neck with his other hand, which shocked Lao Wu a lot, and he woke up directly.

Lao Wu was lying on the kang made of wooden planks and ash with sweat on his face, Hu Wan was always a fear in his heart, it seemed that he couldn't get rid of it in this life, fortunately it was a dream just now, and he couldn't wake up in the middle of the night, so he wanted to get up and go to the toilet.

As soon as he propped himself up, he suddenly saw two green dots on the ground, like a pair of eyeballs, staring at himself, and before Lao Wu could react, he heard a familiar voice.

"Brother Wu, you can make it easy for the old man to find him."

Suddenly hearing this sound in the middle of the night when the black light was blinding, Lao Wu suddenly had his hair blown up, and instinctively grabbed the pillow and roared towards the position of the green light and smashed it.

As a result, the pillow was smashed into the air, but the two green dots seemed to be startled by the pillow thrown over and slipped away along the wall.

Lao Wu sat stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, carefully checked the surroundings and found nothing abnormal, and did not dare to go down to the ground to pick up the pillow, so he made up his head to lie down with clothes, he couldn't fall asleep, because the tone of the voice he heard just now was definitely Hu Wan and no one else.

The next morning, the brothers all got up, fetched a bucket of water to rinse in the courtyard, and Lao Wu went out in a daze, almost stumbling over the high threshold of blocking food.

The third brother Li Fucai smiled and said, "What's the matter with Lao Wu, could it be that I dreamed of a good relationship last night?" It's a little more leisurely at such an age. After speaking, the brothers laughed again.

Lao Wu washed his face, dried it with his clothes, and said to them: "Go, go, go on the side, brush your teeth can't stop you stinky mouths, you don't even have a mother-in-law and still have the face to laugh at me?" ”

The fourth child said in a muffled voice at this time: "You guys are talking nonsense, Lao Wu is dreaming of getting along, he must have lost because of a bet, and he was distressed about the jar of wine money all night." ”

As soon as it came to this bet, the brothers hurriedly asked what was going on, they all fell asleep last night and didn't know if they didn't hear what Lao Wu and Lao Si said, so Xiao Qi explained it to them.

"What's that, Brother Wu wants to dig the grave faster than the fourth brother, and the loser has to go to Li Jiutian's house in the village to buy a whole jar of wine and come back for us to drink."

As soon as everyone heard this, they were excited, and the old erhu Da's broken gong voice shouted: "Buy the fourth one and lose two, only make money and not lose a good deal, at most two yuan will be bought and left, and the brothers will hurry up." "These idlers are having fun again.

The grave team, moving the grave, you have to hurry up, from dawn to red, how much to do, how much, never there, after dark, this matter, taboo. It sounds like a three-character scripture, but in fact, it means that the grave team works from morning to four or five o'clock in the afternoon, and the sun is about to set, and the earth is dyed red, and it is not possible to dig the grave after dark, and it will cause trouble if you commit a taboo.

The grave team pushed the flatbed truck with a lot of linen bags to the direction of the grave slope, this place is a little biased, the geographical location is at the junction of Henan and Shaanxi, there is only one dirt road, every rainy day is muddy and very difficult to walk. But these brothers are lucky, just in time, it has been dry recently, there is not much rain, and the flatbed truck is also smooth, and it is not until six o'clock in the morning to the grave.

The tomb slope is named because of the many graves, and when you go to the place, you can see that the surrounding slopes are not too high and there are one after another raised soil bags, and the artemisia grass on it grows as tall as a person, which makes it seem that this place is desolate and silent.

Although everyone quarreled all morning because of the bet, when they really went to the place where they worked, they didn't talk nonsense about their work, but Xiao Qi was still behind Lao Wu and Lao Si to see the excitement.

Lao Wu walked into the depths of the grave slope, found two graves of similar size that were relatively close to each other, and said to the fourth child: "That's it, let Xiao Qi watch, whoever digs up the bones of the dead first will win?" ”

The fourth didn't reply after hearing it, picked up the shovel and began to dig the soil, recently some hot ground is dry and cracked, although the surface of the soil is very brittle, but the bottom is really hard, the fourth digging is also very difficult, you have to step on the shovel several times to pull out a piece of grave soil.

Lao Wu sat leisurely at the head of a grave at the moment and watched the excitement without moving, he didn't seem to be in a hurry, Xiao Qi couldn't stand it anymore and said anxiously: "Big brother, did you just release it or what's wrong?" The fourth brother is almost finished, and you are still here like a wind, and you have more money in your pocket, right? ”

Lao Wu stood up at this time and spat on the palm of his hand, took out two short shovels from behind his waist, and said to Xiao Qi: "Let him not be a half grave, and then I will give my brother a few long eyes." After speaking, Lao Wu leaned down, holding the shovel handle with both hands, the posture was indescribable, and suddenly his hands began to dig up the soil quickly like a pit of plowing.

A few people who worked next to him were dumbfounded, I really didn't expect that Lao Wu, who usually works slowly for half a beat, also left such a hand with his mother, and dug a round hole in the grave in less than half a moment, and the bones in the grave can be seen from above.

Xiao Qi was also very happy to see that Lao Wu had won, and hurriedly snatched the double shovel in Lao Wu's hand, and said that Lao Wu was awesome while fiddling.

Lao Wu was also complacent when he heard people praising his craftsmanship, and deliberately said: "It's just a small scene, you Angkor and I used to dig more than ten meters deep robbery holes, what is this?" After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the fourth child, wanting to see his reaction, so as to be surprised.

This look found that the fourth child was standing in front of the grave not far away with his back and looked at the inside in a daze, Lao Wu thought that this must be distressed about the money and planned to walk over to damage him, but as soon as he walked over, he heard the fourth mutter: "How can there be a hole in this grave?" ”

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