Chapter 2 The corpse of an unknown man is a cockroach
The body was wrapped in a quilt and moved away by the police, Tang Jiao went to the police when he met someone else discussing, and then asked to find out that when Grandma Wang's man got up this morning, he found that her face was black, stiff and motionless, and he sniffed with his hand, and found that the person was out of breath, and ran to the police in a panic.
We went late and didn't see the body, only the old man sitting on a stool with his legs shaking, and constantly wiping away tears with the back of his hand.
Grandma Wang is the oldest person here, I heard that she was also very prestigious and respected when she was young, but when she became crazy when she was old, only her man was taking care of her, and the two had no children or daughters.
Everyone was fine before, we just went to see Grandma once yesterday, and people died by coincidence overnight, we are strangers, I was wondering if he would think that we had done something to Grandma, and when he was hostile to us, Ziwei walked over and handed a tissue without thinking.
The bruises on my forehead were pounding, for fear that I would not be able to explain the trouble.
When the old man saw that it was us, he really pushed Ziwei away, his lips trembled, and he said, "The old woman is dead, what else do you want to do?" β
As soon as these words came out, the people around them also looked at our group, and Zi Wei hurriedly said: "You misunderstood, we have no malicious intentions." β
The old man grabbed his sleeve and didn't let go, the noise attracted the attention of the police, and after a brief questioning, at the old man's insistence, the police detained all four of us and sent someone to send the old man home first.
They dispersed the people who were watching the excitement at the door, looked at the documents, made a simple record for us, and when asked what kind of work they were doing, Jiang Xun and Tang Jiao did not blush and said that they were engaged in folklore research and came here for field investigations.
"We just arrived here yesterday, went to the branch secretary's house to read the local chronicles, very interested in a piece of history, heard that Grandma Wang is the oldest of us here, the governor is the most, so I plan to ask, to get there without asking anything about his man went back, today no one expected to encounter this thing." Tang Jiao's eyes were full of sorrow, "Grandma is also quite pitiful, is she sick?" β
The policeman sitting opposite us was a middle-aged man, named Guo Zheng, who said a little indifferently: "Cough, in fact, this is what you have caught up, that old lady Wang is so old that she can't even eat by herself, and it's almost time." His old man is affectionate enough and has taken care of her for decades, and he can't accept it at this time, and you understand more. β
"Hey, we understand that these people don't all understand each other."
"You're a good boy, you're quite sensible." Guo Zheng lit a cigarette and handed the cigarette case to Tang Jiao, "It's not a good cigarette, don't dislike it." β
Tang Jiao sighed, took it with both hands, and Guo Zheng asked the rest of us again, and we all shook our heads and said that we don't smoke.
The two of them lit cigarettes on their heads and opened their conversations, "We used to have a hard time here, people couldn't even eat enough, nutrition couldn't keep up, people didn't have the spirit to live, and now there are very few people who even live to be sixty, at the age of the old lady and his wife, it is a miracle in our place." At that time, there was no labor, so much land was blind, and the yield was not high, and it could not be planted. Old Mrs. Wang is famous in our place,* At that time, his father was the captain of the production team, she used to be beautiful when she was young, and she was the only one here who was literate and literate, and the young men from all over the country were chasing her behind her ass. It is said that during the three years of famine, the suitors themselves went hungry and gave her food, just to talk to her. But we've all heard of this, and I guess there's more exaggeration, anyway, I haven't seen it. When I was transferred from above, she was already old, and she couldn't see what's wrong, she was crazy, she didn't usually go out of the house, sometimes she basked in the sun in the yard, and when her mind was clear, she also said a few words to people, and she lived a very poor life. β
"Did she get this out of her way?"
We don't know about this, but some locals have heard from people from his parents' grandfather's generation that she used to have a child and was married once in her twenties. After more than six years of famine, the family starved to death, she followed Sun Huaxing, who is his current wife, the two of them smuggled into Hong Kong from Shenzhen Bay, and were repatriated and brought back after a few months. β
"But I read that the local chronicles say that there was not a name here at that timeβah, yes, Muzhang County! Wasn't it quite prolific, and what happened next? I don't think there's a place anymore. β
"At that time, who knows how much is true and how much is false, at that time, it was said that the yield of early rice per mu was 36,000, and two cabbages were bent over, can you believe it?"
Guo Zheng waved his hand and scattered the cigarette, squinted his eyes and said, "Ninety percent of Muzhang County is a disguise, foolish!" Blow! That's the era when planes hit vegetable stalks, you who are engaged in learning understand the current folk customs and folk customs, just join in the fun, don't compare it with history, it's useless. β
We didn't say anything, Guo Zheng said: "Actually, the old lady is leaving, it is a good thing for Lao Sun, people are relieved, there is no drag, he can work for a few more years, the family will open his mouth less, and the future will be better." β
"I can't get over emotionally." Jiang Xun said: "People still have a support when they live, and when they die, they have nothing left, but they have been together for half a lifetime, no matter how difficult it is, the old man must also hope that people will live, and it is better to have a drag than not to worry." β
"Well, don't say it." Guo Zheng pinched his cigarette, "It's all poor people, it's not easy for everyone." β
After a pause, Guo Zheng said: "It's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's difficult to go out." If you need any help, you can find us, and if you don't have a place to live, I can contact a guest house. β
Tang Jiao smiled, "Thank you, Uncle Police, Sensei is in trouble, my friend still has some money, enough to fool around for two days." β
"What's the trouble, isn't that what we do?" Guo Zheng glanced at him, "You can't call me uncle at your age, you have to be in your thirties, I'm not much older than you, just call my brother." β
Jiang Xun laughed, Tang Jiao scratched his head and said, "I'm just in a hurry, I haven't reached thirty yet, it's far away, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet." β
"Then you have to hurry, if you go bald in a few years, no one will want it, look at your hairline, why is it so high?"
"I'm so smart!" Tang Jiao's eyes were funny, making Ziwei laugh too, and the atmosphere eased suddenly.
Guo Zheng glanced at our side, looked at Ziwei and asked me, "I just heard him call you Master?" Is he your student? β
I answered, and Guo Zheng smacked his lips, "Why do I think you four are not a group of people?" Look at the raw points. β
Hearing this, even Tang Jiao's face was nervous for a moment, Jiang Xun said with a smile: "She is my girlfriend, she has an occupational disease, she usually looks at corpses, and she is cold to everyone." β
Girlfriend is a ghost!
Guo Zheng was puzzled, "To the corpse?" Isn't she folklore? β
Jiang Xun smiled, "She is an undertaker." β
Guo Zheng's face changed, Jiang Xun said: "We are usually too busy with work, I often run out and am not by her side, this time I have been out for a long time, I am afraid that she will be too lonely to travel together." β
"Uncle policeman, don't look at his hippie smile now, this guy is not as considerate as he said, he is jealous of my sister, this is not a young apprentice who comes out to play together, he is not happy, the quarrel along the way." Tang Jiao shifted the focus cooperatively, "According to me, I just shouldn't take care of him, what does it mean to be cold to everyone, my sister is good to us!" Right? β
Zi didn't make contact with his gaze, and nodded busily.
I glanced at Jiang Xun, he smiled faintly and spit out, "You should be jealous." β
Guo Zheng laughed, didn't mention it again, hesitated for a while, and asked me, "Are you an undertaker, can you help tidy up the dead?" The kind that no one looks like, can you still see who is who in the end? β
I was stunned and said, "It depends on the degree, and it's generally okay." β
"Great!" Guo Zheng said: "Our bureau found a body a few days ago, let the car hit it, the car wheels directly ran over the body, when we went back with a sack, a puddle of water, no clothes, so far I haven't figured out the identity." I haven't heard of anyone missing anywhere lately, and we don't have that much advanced equipment here. If it's convenient for you, can you come over and have a look, just put a face, let's take a picture to see if anyone knows it, and come and claim the body. I won't let you do it in vain, isn't your friend's wallet stolen, and now you definitely need money, we will pay you here, as long as you can get things done, you can open it at any price, and it will be within my salary. β
I exchanged a look with them, and Tang Jiao's eyes were full of desire for money.
After thinking about it, he nodded in agreement and said, "I'll do it as much as I can, and the remuneration won't be needed, and it's not a trouble." β
Guo Zheng happily took us to the morgue of the hospital, and on the way, Tang Jia took advantage of Guo Zheng to greet people and quietly complained to me, "I said aunt, grandma, let's do good and see if the timing is good, you don't want to be paid!" β
"It's you who lost your wallet, not me."
Tang Jiao glared again, and I said, "It's me who does the work, not you." β
"Y-oh, what do you want me to say!" Tang Ka sighed.
A few minutes later, when I saw the corpse that was "not a nuisance", all the nausea that had accumulated in my stomach came up, and I ran out and vomited.
Ziwei has been with me for eight years, and he has never seen me vomit because of a corpse, so he looked back in surprise at the stall of meat, and came out to pat me on the back, "Master, are you okay?" β
I felt paralyzed, my legs were not my own, and the strength of my body was draining, which was very similar to the weakness when the blood was sucked away in Liu Fu's blood array.
I can't figure out why Ziwei was okay at the time, and what happened to me now.
I turned my head to look at the morgue and asked Ziwei with a frown: "Do you have any special feelings in Shen Ji's blood array?" β
Zi Wei was puzzled and shook his head.
I pinched my eyebrows and said that it was okay to go back to the morgue, Tang Jiao was so disgusted with the corpse that he hid far away, Jiang Xun was still the same, standing against the wall with his arms crossed, looking at him silently, as if he could trick the corpse to stand up.
The deceased is a man, and there is no shortage of body parts, not as exaggerated as Guo Zheng said, but the death is really ugly, and his body was deflated by the car, and he should have squeezed out all of them. I put on my gloves and simply stuffed things back in, and stitched up the wound with a needle, Guo Zheng said that the main thing is that the face, just fix it so that people can recognize it.
I looked at the exploding half of his head, the corners of my mouth twitched slightly, and as soon as my hand reached his head, a fat bug crawled out of the broken half of his skull.
It's a cockroach!