Chapter 5 Lifting the coffin
I don't know what's going on, I'm actually in a coffin, riding on a female corpse, I don't know what I'm doing!
What I heard was the voice of the third uncle, who had come back from outside at some point, standing in the hall with his bag on his back. I turned pale, crawled out of the coffin, and when I saw that there was water everywhere in the room, the copper coins and the fragments of the lantern bowl were kicked everywhere, and the candles had long since been extinguished.
The third uncle put the bag down and pulled me over to open my eyes to take a closer look.
I was so confused that I couldn't remember what had just happened. The third uncle said that as soon as he came back, he found broken bowls and copper coins kicked everywhere in the house, and when he saw me riding on the corpse of the woman in the coffin, he shouted and woke me up.
I still have palpitations when I think about it, if it wasn't for the third uncle who happened to come back at that time, I don't know what terrible things would have happened.
Shocked, I told you what had happened in the past few days. The third uncle frowned and didn't speak, and after a long while, he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Buried at noon the day after tomorrow!" ”
"Buried?" I was taken aback. The corpse inside is likely to be related to the Lin family's girl, how can it be buried if it is so unknown now?
The third uncle waved his hand and asked me to go back to bed and go to bed quickly, and get up early tomorrow morning to prepare for the funeral. I didn't continue to argue with him, this old guy is a sullen tyrant, usually looks lazy and amiable, but once he becomes authoritarian, he is completely inhuman.
I asked him if he had gained anything from the trip, and he didn't say. Just say that this kind of thing is not left in mind by children.
What a fart! Why don't you treat me like a child when you usually ask me to do it? Are these horrible corpses accessible to a child of my age?
Anyway, with the third uncle at home, I can finally sleep well and stay safe until dawn.
When I woke up the next morning, I started putting makeup on the corpse. Generally, the corpse is washed with clean water first, and then the beard and nails of the corpse are trimmed. For some corpses that have died in accidents such as car accidents, and the body is significantly damaged, it is necessary to repair and suture the body.
In short, my duty is to make the body look as good as possible on the road, so that the families of the deceased can have some comfort.
However, the corpse in front of me basically didn't take much effort on me, the corpse was well protected, and the appearance was also excellent, so I didn't need to draw snakes at all, just tidy up her hair and skirt. Speaking of which, for this little girl my age, I feel both sympathy and fear in my heart, and my feelings are very complicated.
The third uncle was immersed in drawing a map of the burial. This involves another doorway in our industry, Feng Shui. Feng Shui is very particular about it, and it varies from person to person. For example, the ancient princes and generals must be close to the mountains, and it is best to have water, which can absorb the aura of heaven and earth and bless future generations.
Another example is the female corpse buried this time, which is full of evil spirit inside and out, and it is clear that there is a problem. This is not something that can be buried casually, it must be handled by experts like us, and find a special feng shui place with a tomb to resolve it.
This is the reason why the previous group of people had to sneakily send the coffin to my house, instead of directly taking it to be cremated or finding a place to bury it.
These birdmen should have known that there was something wrong with this corpse, but they didn't say it, because they were afraid that we wouldn't accept it.
After I was done, I asked the third uncle if I wanted to inform Zhang Dashan and them first. Zhang Dashan and Wang Mingbu are the four of them who have been cooperating with our family to carry the coffin, and since they are preparing to be buried at noon tomorrow, it is necessary to inform them in advance.
"I don't need them this time, I've already found four strangers." The third uncle drew the burial map intently, and said without raising his head.
I'm a little strange, Zhang Dashan and they have cooperated with our family for many years, they have a tacit understanding with each other, and their skills are excellent, why don't they want them this time, but go to find a few foreigners?
The third uncle ignored my doubts. I stood next to him and watched him draw a map, and after looking at it for a while, I was startled, and cold sweat was dripping down.
"You old thing...... It's not going to be a replacement for the dead......"
I suddenly figured out what the truth was, the reason why I didn't invite Zhang Dashan and Wang Mingbu to these acquaintances, I am afraid that the third uncle had already expected that this burial would be extremely dangerous. The coffin bearer is the dirtiest and most unlucky job, and once something happens during the burial process, the coffin bearer is the first to bear the brunt.
"It's better to die a few outsiders than to kill Zhang Dashan." The third uncle's voice was ancient, as if he was talking about an inconsequential matter, which made me cold.
"It's all up to me, it's none of your business, don't talk nonsense, children don't have to think too much."
It's a fucking fart! Can this have nothing to do with me? If you have the ability, don't tell me! How nice it is to do things quietly by yourself!
I took a breath and said can we not bury it, although this stranger is not familiar with us, but it is also a human life, isn't it unreasonable for us to do this?
The third uncle finally glanced at me and sneered: "Since you have such a right idea, you are in charge this time." You say we'll bury you, and if you say we don't bury it, we won't bury it, okay? ”
I was a little angry, and I was about to say that I would come, but suddenly I remembered Er Laizi and Wang Bolai.
In fact, I also understand that the reason why the third uncle is so anxious to be buried should be to see that the deaths of both of them are related to the female corpse at home. Our family is used to seeing some strange things, and we know that if we let this corpse stay any longer, our uncle and nephew, including the whole village, will suffer sooner or later.
"Is there no other way?" I'm not reconciled.
The third uncle continued to draw and said yes. I was overjoyed and hurriedly asked what the solution was.
"We packed up our things and ran away overnight." The third uncle smiled, looked at me and said, "In this way, we can save our lives without being tormented by our conscience, and we don't have to do anything." That's a good idea, right? ”
I didn't close my eyes all night that night. The third uncle gave me three choices, as long as I made up my mind, he would do as I said. For the first time in years, I felt the difficulty of choosing.
When I got up the next day, I found the third uncle with two dark circles under my eyes and asked, "When will those four people come, do you want me to urge them?" ”
The third uncle glanced at me and asked me to cook first, and he would arrange the rest.
Since the implementation of cremation in rural areas, we have not taken over the work of burial, and generally arrange to bury secretly at night, in order to avoid people's eyes. But this time, the third uncle set the time at noon.
There's no way around it. The job we received this time was so evil that we didn't dare to travel at night. At noon, the yang energy is at its highest, which can be used to suppress the evil energy of the corpse, and our uncle and nephew are also fully prepared before leaving.
But I didn't expect something to happen.
The four outsiders that the third uncle was looking for were all bastards who didn't have a serious job on weekdays. This is also understandable, after all, who is a normal person who wants to carry a coffin. Although these people had never done the work of carrying coffins before, they were tall and strong, and the third uncle paid a high price, so they worked very hard.
Before getting up the coffin, the third uncle first recited the mantra of death, and then planted a small yellow flag in front of the coffin.
I also felt quite new at the time, because it was the first time I saw the flag laid down in front of the coffin. But soon my face was as white as earth, for as soon as the little flag was planted, it snapped at the waist. I didn't know what that meant, but I knew it wasn't a good thing.
The third uncle laughed a few times, saying that the quality of this flag was too poor, and it broke with a little force. When the four strangers heard this, they didn't care. But my heart was clenched tightly, because I saw cold sweat on the third uncle's forehead.
The third uncle shouted: "Open the way!" "I opened the way with the talisman paper coin, and the four strangers worked together to lift the coffin and walk all the way to the burial pit that the third uncle had set in advance.
After walking for nearly a mile, something happened. The four tall coffin bearers were crushed by the coffin on their shoulders, and in the end they couldn't stand it anymore, and their legs were weak and the coffin was unloaded on the ground.
"Why is this coffin getting heavier and heavier!" The four strangers were panting like oxen, and they were so tired that they were screaming.
The coffin landed halfway, which was very unlucky. I was a little panicked and didn't know what to do for a while. The third uncle took out seven copper coins and lined them up on the coffin, and then took out three more rune papers and burned them in front of the coffin, allowing them to continue to lift them.
I don't know if it's a psychological effect, these people said that the coffin is indeed a lot lighter, but it's still heavy, and it's unbearable. The third uncle asked me to divert to the pier. When we got there, I found a boat waiting for us, and it turned out that the third uncle had already anticipated this situation.
But when the boat reached the middle of the river, something happened again.