That night, the villagers of Liucun held a simple funeral ceremony for Uncle Liu, Lao Zhangtou and Xiao Zhangrui.

According to the rules of their side, those who died naturally were to keep their bodies and put them in coffins for burial, while those who died tragically were to be wrapped in straw mats, and then put a willow branch on their straw mats and brought to the east side of the village for burial.

According to the regulations, Uncle Liu's body will be sent for burial in two days.

Because Lao Zhangtou and Xiao Zhang Rui were originally dependent on each other and had no other relatives in the world, they were also regarded by the villagers of Liucun as members of Uncle Liu's family, wrapped in straw mats together, and sent to the east of the village when the time came......

The butcher told me that it was their custom that the relatives of the deceased should take care of the corpse of Rana.

But Uncle Liu is alone, Lao Zhangtou and Xiao Zhang Rui, the two of them, are a pair of old and young who depend on each other, and now the three of them can't find a relative who can pull the corpse.

Dead people are a taboo for anyone.

So not to mention other people who are not related by blood, when the villagers were hesitating who to let pull the corpse, I took the initiative to stand up.

The villagers looked at me for a while, and finally the butcher spoke for me, and the villagers reluctantly agreed.

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Two days later, I was dressed in black, which the butcher's daughter had found for me.

She said that this was a new set of clothes she bought for her ex-husband, and she hadn't had time to wear it yet, but it was a brand of goods, dozens of yuan, and it was cheaper for me.

I glanced at the faded name tag on the clothes, shook my head, and didn't say that the clothes were on my side, and I bought one and got one free for ten dollars.

After I got dressed, before I left the door, the butcher's daughter stopped me.

"Here, put it in your pocket, you can drive away evil spirits." The butcher's daughter handed me a small willow branch.

I asked, "This is from the old willow tree at the back of the village, right?" ”

The butcher's daughter said, "How do you know? ”

"That tree, is it amazing?"

"I can't tell if it's magical or not, I've heard the old man of the village say that for a long time, Willow Village was named because of this tree...... "The butcher's daughter replied.

I raised an eyebrow, and I was a little more curious about the old willow tree.

After a few seconds, I revisited the butcher's daughter who had treated me for the past two days and asked, "By the way, what's your name?" ”

When my voice fell, the butcher's daughter crossed her waist and said, "I want to tell you what is the name of the old lady?" Call sister! ”

"Well, when I didn't ask, I left."

I turned and walked away, ignoring the roar of the butcher's daughter behind me......

I soon came to the place where Uncle Liu's body was kept, I looked up, there were many villagers who came, but there were only six people who really wanted to send the body to the mountain east of the village, plus me.

"You're here." The butcher said to me.

I nodded, my gaze resting on Uncle Zhang's corpse.

The corpse had been sitting for two days, and it had a somewhat more stinking smell, which, of course, might have been disgusting to the villagers, but to me, they were used to it.

After all, I'm not a cremator for nothing.

"They know the place, they'll take you there later, I'll introduce you to someone first."

The butcher took me aside, then pointed at a man of about the same age with a stubble on his face and a smell of wine, and said, "Do you know who he is?" ”

The butcher's voice fell, and the stubble man looked up at me, and with his mouth open, I felt a strong smell of garlic, and I almost didn't faint me.

"Drinker." I touched my nose, and the man in front of me was so sloppy that I couldn't do it, but looking at his eyes, there was a touch of light that was difficult to detect.

This kind of person is not a master, he must be a cross-eyed......

The butcher looked at me in some surprise and said, "Yes, he is the drunkard he is looking for." ”

I nodded, and said to the stubble man: "Hello senior drunkard, Uncle Quan asked me to come over......"

"I've heard the butcher say, boy, is Old Man Quan really working as a cremator now?" The drunkard put his arm around my shoulder in great friendliness, leaned in front of me with a big mouth.

I couldn't help frowning suddenly, uncle, this drunkard doesn't know how many garlics he has swallowed, and the smell of garlic in his mouth is like poisonous gas.

"Uncle Quan has always been a cremator, and I am with him." I say.

"Oh? The old immortal really saw it? ”

The drunkard was a little unconvinced, but at this time, someone behind him had already asked the butcher: "Uncle Tian, it's almost time, right?" ”

The butcher looked at me and said, "It's time, it's time to hit the road." ”

My heart fluttered, and I quickly understood what the butcher meant.

The butcher came over, patted me on the shoulder, and after groaning, suddenly whispered to me, "Little one, remember the corpse pit I took you to last time?" ”

I nodded.

The butcher continued: "Remember what I said to you, if your heart is strong, you are invincible in the world......"

After the butcher finished speaking, he suddenly quickly took out the small dagger I had used earlier and put it in another pocket.

"Give it back to you, maybe we'll need ......it tonight," the butcher whispered again, and walked away.

I looked at the butcher and was a little blindfolded for a moment!

Looking at the drunkard on the side, he smiled and patted it, but didn't say anything.

I'm going to say, what's so strange about what this butcher said?

I touched the dagger in my pocket, looked up at the sky again, and saw that it was noon, and it was quite long before dark......

"Ready to go!"

The butcher shouted, Shall I hurry over, according to the previous arrangement, tie the straw mat that wrapped Uncle Liu's corpse with a rope, and then hang it with a wooden stick thick at the wrist!

In this way, I, who was born as a cremator, temporarily played the role of a coffin bearer.

It's just that compared to Xue Chen's kid, what I carried today didn't have a coffin, just a pure corpse......

"It's time, let's go!" The butcher waved his hand at me, took the three willow branches handed by the people on the side, and inserted them on the straw mat that wrapped the bodies of Lao Zhangtou, Uncle Liu, and Xiao Zhang Rui.

As soon as the willow branch is inserted, it means that it is ready to go on the road.

I glanced at the other five people beside me, followed their example, put the stick on my shoulder, held it steady with my hand, and walked forward step by step.

The villagers just arrived at the village gate and never followed.

I looked behind me and saw that the butcher had a solemn face, while the drunkard next to me was smiling and waving at me......

According to the funeral customs of Liucun, the tragic death and the blind person can only be buried on the hill east of the village, and the body cannot be contained in a coffin, but can only be wrapped in a simple quilt and straw mat.

It is said that the origin of this funeral custom was originally to encourage the descendants and relatives of those who died tragically and blindly, so that they can always remember their relatives who died tragically, and urge them to find the real culprit and take revenge as soon as possible......

Uncle Liu and Lao Zhangtou have no descendants and no relatives, so I think this is what I have to do to find the real murderer and take revenge!

It's just that I hesitate a little, when I really find Han Yun, can I really avenge Uncle Liu and them neatly?

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Simple straw mat wrapping, simple burial ceremony, compared to the kind of solemn funeral procession I have seen before, the current old Zhang Tou and them, including me, only have six people carrying their bodies on the road.

Along the way, the other five people who carried the corpse ignored me, they talked about Uncle Liu's good life, and every time I looked at them, they immediately straightened their faces.

I was speechless all the way, but when I saw Xiao Zhang Rui's body several times, my heart was blocked.

To the east of Liucun, the hill dedicated to burying the corpse is not very far, but the mountain road is too difficult to walk, and the corpse must be carried carefully.

So before I knew it, I walked for two hours.

The sun rose and fell as fast as we reached the hill to the east of the village, where the bodies were buried, and it had already set to the west.

"Hurry up, get back to the village before dark." The young men discussed for a few words, then put the body away, and quickly found a place to dig a pit.

I took out the wooden tombstone that had been prepared and placed on the straw mat, and the names of Uncle Liu, Lao Zhangtou and Xiao Zhang Rui were written on it......

"Okay, let's put Uncle Liu and them down together." Several young men beckoned to each other as they greeted their partners.

Several people said yes one after another, and soon the three corpses, wrapped in straw mats and sheets, were placed into the dug pit.

"Uncle Liu, go all the way!" Several young men bowed to the corpse that had been placed in the pit, and then covered the pit with earth......

I stood aside and gently wiped the wooden tombstone in my hand a few times, and just as I was about to insert the tombstone in front of the pit where the body was kept, suddenly a cry of horror rang out!

"Look at the blood......