Zhou Qiao swept his grandfather's tomb, cleaned up the surrounding weeds, and returned home, where he was a little empty and lonely.

He grew up in such an environment and was used to loneliness.

It is difficult for the corpse chaser to receive a few big orders in a year, only enough food and clothing, and when he does not drive the corpse, Zhou Qiao will rely on the righteous hall to make a living, and if the people around him can't afford to hire a Taoist priest for a funeral, he will ask him to help, and he can make some hard-earned money every time.

Occasionally, go up the mountain to hunt some pheasants, rabbits, snakes or something to improve the food, although the people in the village do not want to contact him, but when they see that he is living alone, they will secretly send some melons, fruits, vegetables and rice in front of the Yiguan, over time, Zhou Qiao is not rejecting the people in the village, but is grateful, because those things they eat are actually grown or bought by themselves,

The village is not rich but poor, it is too remote here, the road out is tortuous and bumpy, when I was a child, I was a little more popular, when I grew up, most of the young people in the village went out, leaving only some middle-aged and elderly people and lonely old people, and few people who went out in general came back.

Zhou Qiao has lived like this for more than half a month, and his daily life is very simple.

In addition to eating and sleeping, I read books and draw symbols

In the evening of that day, Zhou Qiao sat on the chair of the Yiguan and nibbled on chicken, drank tea, and admired the bright moonlight.

I heard a knock on the door of the hall.

"Knock knock! Knock knock knock on the door quickly, as if something important was going on.

"Tuk tuk! The knock on the door became more and more urgent, and Zhou Qiao frowned.

"Who......"

"Is Zhou Xiaozi at home, I'm Grandpa Cheng, I'm looking for you in a hurry, open the door for me" The voice was old and anxious.

Zhou Qiao hurriedly put down the chicken bones in his hand and walked to the yard and opened the door:

"Ouch...... Slow down, Grandpa Cheng, what's wrong? What's wrong, you're running all the way over at night, why don't you send someone to call me over?"

Zhou Qiao welcomed the trembling Grandpa Cheng into the house, closed the door, helped him sit down on the wooden chair, and hurriedly poured him a cup of tea.

Speaking of Grandpa Cheng, it can be said that he is the most respected person besides my own grandfather, Grandpa Cheng is ninety-seven years old this year, he has experienced ups and downs in his life, served as a soldier in his early years, fought Japanese devils, and participated in the famous Battle of Changsha and Xiangxi in history.

According to Grandpa Cheng, the tragedy of the war at that time was beyond imagination, the devil's plane and artillery kept bombing, and all the brothers in his battalion were sacrificed, only he survived, and his leg was dropped by the bomb, only one leg was left, and one eye was also injured, becoming a one-legged and one-eyed old man.

Grandpa Cheng's wife died two years ago at the funeral or Zhou Qiao, he presided over the burial, the relationship between the two old people is really good, the two are the words of the matchmaker of their parents,

At that time, marriage was all for the sake of inheritance, Grandma Cheng was pregnant a month after passing the door, and did not want the war to come, Grandpa Cheng went to the battlefield when his wife was pregnant, this walk is ten years, ten years without news, Grandma Cheng is so uncomplaining and unrepentant with the child has been waiting, and finally waited back Grandpa Cheng is a broken leg and missing an eye, no matter how hard the life is, the two also walked hand in hand, the relationship between the two is very deep, Grandpa Cheng's son took his grandson to the north and rarely came back, Grandpa Cheng was unwilling to leave his wife and unwilling to leave this land, so he did not follow his son to the north.

"Boy Zhou, Grandpa Cheng came here so late because he had something to ask for, please help."

"Grandpa Cheng, don't say that, how can you use it if you are an elder, what do you have to do with the old man?"

Zhou Qiao hurriedly asked the reason again

"Alas, it's my grandson who has an accident," the old man recounted with tears in his eyes and a sad tone;

It turned out that Grandpa Cheng's grandson was studying in college in the north, and not long ago he took advantage of the holiday to go to Thailand with a few classmates, and he quarreled with him because of the indiscriminate collection of money and attractions by the tour group, but he didn't expect to find that he was breathing abnormally, had nosebleeds, had nightmares, and his skin color changed not right within two days of returning from Thailand.

Later, it became more and more serious and found I don't know how many so-called masters could not be cured, and later someone pointed out that it was Thailand's "head lowering technique", but that person couldn't understand, Grandpa Cheng's grandson only reacted to what was going on, Grandpa Cheng's son began to hide from Grandpa Cheng, and then he remembered to find someone to inform Grandpa Cheng to see his grandson for the last time.

Grandpa Cheng almost lost his anger when he found out, scolded his son for being stupid, and thought about it again before he found me to help.

Zhou Qiao thought to himself, since he was a child, Grandpa Cheng and Grandma Cheng have taken care of themselves, and they have brought themselves fruits and vegetables over the years, and when Grandpa died, Grandpa Cheng also went to find someone to help carry the coffin and bury it, and he couldn't help but repay his kindness, so he agreed to help.

Zhou Qiao asked Grandpa Cheng to go back and wait for news with peace of mind, he would definitely do his best, Grandpa Cheng originally wanted to go with Zhou Qiao, but Zhou Qiao was afraid that Grandpa Cheng's body would not be able to withstand this long journey, so he was ready to go and see the situation first.

After seeing off Grandpa Cheng that night, Zhou Qiao simply packed up his baggage and immediately set off for the capital that night.

It was dawn before I walked to the town and took the earliest shuttle bus to the county seat, and then took a bus from the county seat to the city.

When Zhou Qiao arrived in the city, it was already dark, and he walked on the mountain road for a night and took a car for a day, and the whole process was miserable.

This is Zhou Qiao's first time in the city, when he arrives at the airport, he looks fresh like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, Zhou Qiao is dressed very plainly, and he carries a burden on his back, an old-fashioned cowhide crossbody bag attracts passers-by from time to time, and some people even laugh at him Hillbilly.

Zhou Qiao didn't pay attention to these gossips at all, found a seat at the airport and sat down, took an elderly machine to check the boarding time, and asked the airport staff to help with the boarding procedures, and began to board the plane after half an hour.

The plane slowly lifted off and left the ground, Zhou Qiao's mood was very excited, he thought it would be spectacular to look at the ground from the sky, but he saw the white clouds and didn't look at anything else, and he was bored and drowsy after a while, until the flight attendant woke him up and didn't know that he had arrived in the capital, he felt like he had arrived without sleeping for a while, Zhou Qiao put the package on his back and got off the plane,

Cold! Bitterly cold! Zhou Qiao shivered from the cold, and when he came, he wore a dress, but he didn't expect the temperature difference between the two places to be so big, so he quickly recited the talisman and his body warmed up, and after waiting for a while, he heard someone call his name and turned to look at Grandpa Cheng's son, Uncle Cheng,

Uncle Cheng hurriedly stepped forward to greet him, took his hand and thanked him vigorously

"Zhou boy, thank you, come all the way to this trip"

"Uncle Cheng, let's talk as we walk" Zhou Qiao and Uncle Cheng walked behind a Volkswagen,

The car drove some distance, Zhou Qiao asked

"Uncle Cheng, how is your son?"

"Alas, you didn't mention it and forgot to tell you, I'm already in a coma, the doctor said that the situation is very dangerous, not very optimistic, I'm worried" asked Zhou Qiao again how sure he was, he knew Zhou Qiao's identity as a corpse chaser;

"This Uncle Cheng, I can't guarantee it, after all, I don't know how to lower my head, and this kind of thing needs a reason to be solved, what are your son's specific symptoms, and I can't know until I see the patient, but don't worry too much, as long as there is still a breath, I promise to do my best to save him, this is for Grandpa Cheng's sake"

"That's good, that's good, there's hope, I'll tell you the truth, since my son entered the hospital, there have been several critical illness notices, and your aunt washes her face with tears all day long, and her eyes are swollen from crying."

"Uncle Cheng, don't be so pessimistic, let's go see your son first

After arriving at the hospital, Uncle Cheng's son had been admitted to the intensive care ward, Zhou Qiao looked at the man lying on the bed, he was about twenty years old and looked very delicate, with vertical lines in his eyes, cold all over his body, blue complexion, and full of tubes;