I didn't know what would happen if I broke the rules, and I didn't dare to sleep anymore, so I stayed up until dawn before opening the door.

The rain stopped, and there was not much movement on the streets in the early morning.

The coffin was spread out in an old alley, which was originally secluded, and at this time it was not popular at all.

The work of carrying the coffin is not easy, and there is a carpenter shop two streets away, and they are usually found in this job.

The owner of the carpenter shop is a money string, as long as he is given money, he can do any work, so he got such a nickname.

But he didn't do it himself, he let his apprentices do it.

There's no way, although he is mean, his craftsmanship is good, so he doesn't have to worry about having no apprentices.

I took the door with me, and no one dared to worry about a place like a coffin shop, even if it wasn't closed.

From afar, I saw the carpenter's shop open.

It is estimated that it is Qian Chuanzi shouting to open the door, and it can be seen that the apprentice who opened the door is listless.

"Clumsy, be careful, or not deduct your money."

Hearing the shouting of the money strings, I walked over with a smile.

"Eh, isn't this Wu Changshou, who slipped around so early in the morning."

"It's time for work!"

"Got work?" Qian Chuanzi immediately squeezed his eyes and rushed over.

"Carry the coffin and go to Donggou Village."

"It's so early, Donggou Village is not far away, but it's not easy to walk after the rain just now, I'm afraid this job will be ......."

"It's not going to go."

Seeing that I stretched out three fingers, the boss who immediately glared at Qian Chuanzi leaned over and said, "Go and go, we are all friends, how can I not go." ”

Then I saw him yelling inside.

Four new apprentices, I haven't been here for a long time, but I didn't expect to receive a lot of newcomers for this money string.

"You guys go and carry the coffin."

"Carrying the coffin?" One of the men immediately took two steps back.

"If you don't go, get out, carry a coffin and be scared like this, and I won't let you lie inside."

"Go ahead, we've been doing this work before, it's nothing." The old man who cleaned up and opened the door said a few words of reassurance to the man.

Although reluctantly, the four of them nodded with drooping faces.

I knew the rules of the money strings, so I took out three hundred-dollar bills and handed them over.

Donggou Village is not far from the town, and the coffin cannot be transported, but can only be carried, especially the empty coffin, which is reasonable.

The four men carried the coffin, but the coffin was not too heavy, and the money left by the man was not enough to buy a good coffin.

So it won't be that much effort.

After walking for 50 minutes, I came to Donggou Village.

"Wait a minute."

I saw someone in the courtyard of a house at the entrance of the village, so I immediately ran over and asked, "Ask, how to get to Lao Chen's house." ”

"Old Chen's family?" The old woman stared at me for a while before pointing inside and saying, "Go this way, go straight to the sixth house." ”

"Thank you."

But as soon as I motioned for the coffin to be carried into the village, the old woman's eyes widened.

That made me feel hostile, and I didn't dare to say anything, this coffin was originally taboo, especially for the elderly.

The sixth family, the yard is quite large, and it looks good.

However, there was a small incense burner under the door of the house.

The gossip mirror above the door is also reversed, and it should normally be facing the outside.

What made me nervous the most was that I planted a small black flag at the door, on which nothing was written or drawn.

I know this posture, according to what the old man instilled in me.

It's called looking for someone to summon the spirit flag.

Generally, it is only when someone is lost in the family, or when someone loses his soul.

And it's very taboo, if something happens to ordinary people, even relatives won't get along.

One of the people who carried the coffin understood, and when he saw the doorway, he immediately put down the coffin and said in surprise, "Dude, I have seen this thing in my village before, this is not a dead person, something is wrong with you lifting the coffin." ”

I was also a little dazed, and just then, an old lady came up from a distance.

Wearing that old-fashioned forehead wipe.

Wearing a black silk jacket.

He was on his little feet and on crutches.

Seeing that she seemed to be coming for us, I kept watching her come and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?" ”

"The person is not dead yet, so he is in a hurry to carry this thing."

Glancing at the black flag hanging at the door, I whispered, "Has this woman lost her soul or has she lost her person?" ”

"What a woman, it's a man who loses it, you can't speak, who let you bring this thing."

"A man."

"What man."

I was stunned for a moment, but such an old lady was the most difficult, and I didn't want to hide it and said, "Almost in her thirties, with a small nose, small eyes and a big mouth, by the way, there is a mole on the nose, saying that I want to carry the coffin here."

As soon as I finished speaking, the old lady's face changed suddenly, and her frightened crutches almost fell to the ground, and she came to her senses and trembled and said, "Don't move, wait." ”

Seeing the old lady hurriedly push open the courtyard door and walk in, I suddenly felt as if something was really wrong.

After a while, a young woman followed the old lady out.

It's very beautiful, and it's a bit aggrieved in this poor country.

Change into decent clothes and dress up, it's not an exaggeration to say that you are a star.

"That's him!" The old lady grabbed the woman's hand and walked up to me, only then did she let go and pointed.

The four people carrying the coffin were already stunned, and they didn't dare to ask, so they could only stand aside obediently and wait.

"What do you say that man looks like! What to wear. ”

I hesitated, described the man's appearance again, and said what the man was wearing.

I remember it clearly, because I was scared by the man at the time, so I took a closer look.

Who knew that after I finished speaking, the woman immediately pointed to the coffin and asked, "He asked you to carry it!" What else did you say! ”

I didn't dare to answer immediately, but the old lady was anxious, grabbed my hand and asked, "What else did you say!" ”

"He, he said that this is the coffin of mother and son, let me carry it over, the old Chen family in Donggou Village!"

The woman was stunned.

The old lady also fell to the ground with her crutches in fright, and pointed at me in a trembling voice and scolded, "Evil, beast." ”

I didn't know what to do for a while, so I could only stubbornly ask, "Old lady, why are you scolding people if you have nothing to do?" I'm just collecting money to carry the coffin. ”

"You, you ......"

The old lady trembled and picked up the crutches on the ground and walked to the coffin, and then scolded fiercely while beating the coffin, "Chen Bangzi, you brute, you die and let your wife and children be buried with you, you live beast." ”

He's dead? Funeral?

I was so frightened that I didn't dare to come out, and the four people carrying the coffin turned around and fled in fright.

Then it occurred to me that there was such a sentence in what the old man had taught me.

The dead are set in coffins, the living come to accompany the burial, and the adverse things are punished by God, and the souls of the dead are not separated.