Verse 40: Midwives

Saying that she was about to pour tea for us, Ye Zixuan said, "Auntie, I'll come, you're welcome." ”

After Ye Zixuan poured a cup of tea for each of the three of us, he smiled and said, "Auntie, I'm really sorry that I haven't come to see you for so long." ”

Wang Kui's mother also smiled and said: "I know, young people are busy, I am very happy that you came to see me today, to be honest, over the years, I really didn't dare to think that your classmates could come to see me one after another." ”

Ye Zixuan said: "Auntie, I came this time, one is to see you, and the other is to see Wang Kui, on the day of Wang Kui's burial, I didn't come in person, I'm really sorry." ”

"I'm glad you came to see me and thought about him." Wang Kui continued.

"Where is he buried? After so many years, I wanted to burn some paper money for him. Ye Zixuan said.

Wang Kui's mother was even more happy when she heard that she was going to see Wang Kui, and turned back to the upstairs and said, "Xiaoli, I'll go out." ”

At this time, the young woman holding the child walked to the entrance of the corridor and asked, "Mom, where are you going?" ”

"These two are Xiao Kui's classmates, I'll take them to Xiao Kui's grave to have a look."

"I'll go with you." The woman said.

"You don't have to worry, I'm fine." Wang Kui said to her, and then said to us, "Let's go." ”

Then, we walked out of her house, Ye Zixuan asked her to get in the car, and then under her guidance, we went straight to Wang Kui's cemetery.

Wang Kui's cemetery is also on the outskirts of the city, in a wheat field, the wheat seedlings are lush and have been pollinated, and the wheat should be harvested in another month. After we got out of the car, we came with her to Wang Kui's tomb.

The tomb is a very ordinary tomb, with all kinds of weeds growing on it, four small cypress trees around, and a tombstone with the tomb of the beloved son Wang Kui. Although it is simple, it is normal, if Wang Kui died before the age of ten, it is really just to dig a pit and bury it casually, neither can he enter the ancestral grave, nor can he be formally buried, because he is too young.

Wang Kui's mother said: "Before giving birth to Wang Kui, my family was in the front of the village, at that time still lived in a tiled house, when Wang Kui was eight years old, his father suddenly made a windfall, and then we lived in the city, as Wang Kui grew up, his father's business is getting bigger and bigger, and he bought a villa here on Tokyo Avenue, on the one hand, it is close to the university, on the other hand, the environment is better, quiet, and close to the Dragon Pavilion, can get some dragon energy, people say that the feng shui is good." It's a pity that Wang Kui had an accident, if he was still alive, he should be the same as you - they are all married. ”

Hey, Wang Kui really can't open any pot, I can't help but say: "No, we are still singles." ”

"Now you young people are picking."

I thought to myself, pick a hair, I am not qualified to pick, now the little girl must be rich and handsome, so the little girl is not extravagant, then find an older leftover girl, but unfortunately, those older leftover women, the conditions are even higher unimaginable.

Ye Zixuan didn't speak at this time, took out two sticks of incense and lit them in front of Wang Kui's tomb, and then stretched out his finger in front of the tombstone to draw a circle, put the paper money in the circle, and took out a lighter and lit it.

"Wang Kui, I came to see you today, I know, you must have a hard time, I hope I can figure it out this time." After Ye Zixuan finished speaking, he said to Wang Kui's mother, "Auntie, let's go." ”

Wang Kui's mother may have already passed the sad period, after all, it has been many years, so he touched the tombstone and left with us.

Later, Ye Zixuan sent his mother home, and his mother was going to leave us for dinner, but the young woman said, "How can a child see a cat?" Cats have parasites on them! ”

Hearing this, I hugged Xiao Hei and left with Ye Zixuan.

After Ye Zixuan drove around the city, he stopped on the side of the road, and said: "If Wang Kui cheats to death, and then changes his name and surname to become the King of Kuixing, then his tomb must be empty, and we will dig up his tomb tonight." ”

"Good idea, but digging up a grave doesn't seem very ethical." I say.

"It's nothing, if this tomb is also fake, it will prove that the king of Kuixing is Wang Kui."

So we waited in the car until it got dark, and in the dead of night, Ye Zixuan drove to the wheat field, and we picked up the sapper shovel and went straight to Wang Kui's cemetery.

At this time, the cemetery was silent, and occasionally strange screams could be heard.

It was a hallucination, and I comforted myself while I started digging a grave with Ye Zixuan.

Although this grave is not big, but it is not small, the two of us dug for a long time, tired and sweaty, not to mention, not to mention the coffin.

I couldn't help but say: "When Wang Kui died, he was considered a minor, after all, he was not married, and according to customs, there should not be a coffin, maybe it has been turned into fertilizer now." ”

Ye Zixuan said: "Although he is not married, he is not small, if there is really no coffin, there will be no tomb, let alone a monument, so there must be a coffin, we continue to dig, besides, in eight years, the skeleton is still there." ”

At this time, I'm not afraid of being tired, I just want to dig and dig, what if the king of the stars will suddenly appear? But after thinking about it, he should pay more attention to Yan Jintang's body at this time, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

I don't know where it was, but I pretended not to hear it, and it wasn't unusual to hear anything on such a quiet night—as long as there were no ghosts.

After digging for another half hour, I finally dug up a black coffin.

As soon as the lid of the coffin is opened, everything we have previously guessed will be confirmed.

Ye Zixuan looked at the coffin and said, "There are no coffin nails on this coffin." ”

After speaking, he stretched out his shovel and pried open the lid of the coffin, and it was indeed empty.

"He really cheated to death, but who is that white-haired Wang Kui? Where did the King of Kui Xing find someone like himself? Last time you said he didn't have a brother, but why is there a woman here today? I asked.

"He doesn't have a sister or sister either." Ye Zixuan said.

"Could it be that the already knew that Wang Kui had cheated to death? What we see today is actually Wang Kui, that is, the daughter-in-law of the King of Kuixing? Damn, I always thought he had affection for Yanxi, but I didn't expect to have a baby, this is too bloody, right? ”

Ye Zixuan thought for a while and said: "Probably not, if his mother knew that his son had cheated to death, she would definitely take precautions against our arrival, and now it seems that she also thinks that Wang Kui is dead at all." The woman holding the child, maybe it's his mother and daughter, don't care about this for now, fill in the grave first. ”

So, Ye Zixuan and I began to fill in the grave again.

"Actually, he suddenly pretended to be dead under the pretext of illness, I feel that Wang Kui, that is, the king of Kuixing, is really sorry for his parents, raised him and graduated immediately, but he did this. It's really better to commit suicide, although suicide itself is not responsible for his parents, but at least let his parents break his thoughts, he is pretending to be dead, which is more hateful than suicide. ”

"Now that's what we analyzed that day, what could make him cheat to death? And then a resurrected man who pretends to be a ghost to fool us? Ye Zixuan said: "We were all deceived by him, including Yan Xi." ”

Just then, all of a sudden, someone shouted, "Grave robbers! ”

Seeing this, Ye Zixuan and I hurriedly retreated, and then got into the car, the man also drove to chase, and when I looked back, it turned out to be a patrol officer.

We were doing the right thing, but we were doing it like thieves, and I finally understood what Zhang Tianshi meant by doing it secretly.

Fortunately, this was not difficult for Ye Zixuan, and the police car was quickly thrown out of our sight.

Then we stopped on the side of the road.

I said, "What do we do now?" Last time I guessed, this time it was determined that he had cheated to death. ”

"Let's go to his original village, it's not far anyway, let's see if we can ask something?" Ye Zixuan said.

"Go now?"

"Don't worry, wait until dawn - if you go to someone's village now, there will be greater movement."

After that, we opened the window and lay down in the car and fell asleep.

The next morning, we had a little breakfast nearby, and then Ye Zixuan drove straight to the village that Wang Kui's mother had said.

Because it's just outside the city, the village is not shabby, but it's small, maybe because it's too close to the city. There is a ditch in front of the village, and there is a person who takes a water pipe to pump water from the canal to water the ground, Ye Zixuan stopped the car, and then asked where Wang Kui's house was.

The man was stunned for a moment, and then said, "You are ......."

"Old watch." I say.

"Oh, that's it, their family hasn't come back for a long time, I heard that Wang Kui is dead or what's going on, I don't know, there is still an old man living in his house, you go and see."

"Wang Kui's what? Grandmother? ”

"No, it's just that the people in our village are an old widow who doesn't have a house, so she lives in Wang Kui's house."

Then, following his guidance, we came to a fenced yard where an old lady was feeding her chickens.

"Hello, auntie!" I said, "Is this Wang Mei's house?" ”

The old lady looked like she had been sick, her face was gloomy, after seeing us, she was a little surprised, after hearing the name Wang Kui, she actually trembled, and the chicken food bowl in her hand also fell to the ground, causing a burst of coaxing of the chickens, she said: "You guys...... You're not looking for me to collect debts, are you? ”

I was also surprised to hear her words, so I asked, "We are not here to collect debts, we are here to see you." ”

"It's good that it's not a debt collector, I've dreamed many times that someone is coming to collect debts." The old lady said.

This old lady spoke so incomprehensibly, she was probably old.

Whatever she says, thinking of this, I asked, "Auntie, did Wang Kui live here before?" ”

The old lady nodded, and then said that she was a midwife, and when Wang Kui was born, she also helped him deliver the baby, so after Wang Kui's family left, she was allowed by Wang Kuiniang to live here, and she lived here for twenty years.

Ye Zixuan asked: "When Wang Kui was born, did he have any visions?" Like wind, rain, or thunder. ”

The old lady thought for a moment and said, "No, but there are two other strange things. ”