Chapter 6: White Bones
The second uncle didn't say a word since he just opened the coffin, and after listening to Wu Laosan's words at this time, he didn't answer, but just walked straight to the side of the coffin and stretched out to probe inside.
I was taken aback, and hurriedly took out a pair of gloves that I had prepared when I went out this morning and handed them to my second uncle.
If I'm not mistaken, I've heard it said before that decomposing corpses can easily become a breeding ground for all kinds of microorganisms, and if they are not protected, they can easily become infected.
The second uncle was pulling vigorously, and when he saw the gloves, he was stunned, and he put the gloves into his pocket and continued to pull.
I looked anxious for a while, and before I could urge the second uncle to put on his gloves, the second uncle took his hand back from the coffin, raised his voice a little, and announced:
"It's a woman's body."
"There can be dozens, hundreds of years of death."
I was taken aback and hurriedly asked:
"Then how can you be here?!"
"Everyone is watching, I have to give my second uncle a testimony, I also know that everyone understands people, and I will definitely not say that my second uncle stuffed a white bone into it without knowing it!"
"If my second uncle had that much ability, would he still be here?"
I deliberately raised the volume of the last two sentences, deliberately one word at a time, so that the people around me could listen carefully.
The Wu family couple who were messing around really had red and white on their faces, and they whispered for a while, not knowing what they were talking about.
The second uncle touched my head as a sign of comfort, and then said:
"Then I have to ask this Wu Dabao!"
"This Wu Dabao has been doing dirty things since he was a child, and everyone knows it, but I didn't expect him to be so bold......"
“... Everyone is not stupid, can you see what these two people are doing in the coffin? ”
I was stunned for a moment, and then remembered that I hadn't looked closely at the posture of the people inside, and immediately stepped on to see it, but was pressed back by the second uncle.
I was a little dissatisfied, but when I saw my second uncle glaring at me, he scolded me in a low voice:
"Go back."
I could only take a few steps back and listen to the whispers of the crowd.
After a long time, the second uncle stood up and said:
“... It's this kid, I don't know whose grave I found, and I'm going to be a person... No, the bones were brought to their own graves and became husband and wife. ”
I was stunned for a while, and the neighbors around me showed expressions that were exactly like this.
Wu Laosan also beat his chest again and again:
"Iniquity, iniquity!"
"I, Wu Laosan, am also smart and capable in my life, why did I give birth to a foolish egg, and let the foolish egg take a foolish egg, and give birth to a little bastard!"
Waiting for Wu Laosan to calm down a little, the second uncle stepped forward a few steps and patted Wu Laosan on the shoulder:
"It's over, let's bury the two of them together."
"This white bone must have been in this mass grave for some years, and now that it has been dug up, it must be difficult to find, so it is a good thing to simply spend more money and bury people again."
Wu Laosan hadn't replied yet, but Chen Chuanjuan wiped her tears on the side and said coldly:
“... Where can there be money to collect the corpses of others! Carry Dabao out for cremation, and bury her in this coffin. ”
Chen Chunjuan looked at her son's rotting and stinky corpse in the coffin, and her heart was like a knife again:
"Our Dabao still has to be reburied, where is the extra money......
Wu Shepi finally recovered from the shock just now at this time, and approached the second uncle:
“... Just give more paper money and incense after the burial, we are not wronged, how can we take care of other people's affairs. ”
Wu Laosan was persuaded by his own son and daughter, and he also nodded hesitantly.
Random graves, these white bones will not even be able to eat incense in the future.
This Wu family is inevitably too unprofessional!
I was a little surprised, and I stepped forward to theorize, but the second uncle grabbed me and shook his head imperceptibly.
In front of everyone, the second uncle separated Wu Dabao's body from the white bones, collected it, and followed everyone to the crematorium.
I have always known that if I do too much injustice, I will kill myself, but I really didn't expect the retribution of the Wu family to come so quickly.
First, the incinerator malfunctioned, causing Wu Dabao's body to be burned twice.
Then Wu Dabao's ashes porcelain jar bumped into something, so in front of everyone, Bai Huahua's ashes were scattered all over the ground.
Old Man Wu and the Wu family hurriedly packed up the ashes, but they were still partially blown away by the wind.
When it was time to be buried, the rest candles lit for the dead could not be extinguished.
The local custom, the candle is not extinguished, that is, there is still resentment and refuses to be buried!
The Wu family finally began to be afraid, and after a series of frightes, where could they maintain their previous high-spirited appearance.
If you still had doubts about the second uncle before, you will have nothing to say at this time.
Wu Sanye scolded his son and daughter-in-law for kneeling down to apologize to the second uncle, and he couldn't afford to bow down for a long time, so he was avoided by the second uncle sideways.
I took a look from my second uncle, walked to the Wu family, and helped them up one by one:
"You can't believe it, but you can't disrespect it."
Several members of the Wu family said yes again and again, and Wu Shepi patted his chest on the spot and packed the ticket, first saying that he would bury the white bones properly, and then said that he would sell one of his two houses and donate them to accumulate blessings.
I looked at him and swore an oath, and I couldn't help but tug at the corner of my second uncle's clothes.
The second uncle patted the back of my hand as a sign of comfort.
Then in front of everyone, he walked to Wu Dabao's ashes porcelain jar and whispered something.
In just a moment, Wu Dabao, who originally weighed as much as a thousand catties and refused to be buried, was successfully put into the tomb.
Everyone present, including me, breathed a sigh of relief.
Wu Sanye also understood the rules, and hurriedly stuffed a red envelope for the second uncle, and the joy on the faces of the Wu family and his wife did not fade, and when they saw their father taking out the money, it was as black as charcoal.
The second uncle didn't seem to see their faces, handed me the red envelope, and said goodbye and went home.
They really don't look like they will donate money to do good, I thought to myself.
Sure enough, within a month, the news of the death of the Wu family and his wife on the construction site spread, followed by the fact that these two people took away the wages of the workers and ran away, and the people who asked for the account came to the long queue in front of Wu Sanye's door.
Not long after, Wu Sanye also moved out of the village late at night, and he didn't know where he went.
But that's all for later.
At that moment, the second uncle carried me home, and when he saw me like this, he knew that I was still worried about the Wu family, and couldn't help laughing:
"What are you angry about! Their hard days are yet to come! ”
I didn't believe it: "Can the second uncle know what will happen in the future?" ”
The second uncle put away his smile and said solemnly:
"Of course I do! The papermaker is also a middleman in the underworld who walks in the yang world, and naturally has his own unique way to see the lives of others! ”
"Not to mention, the couple with sharp-beaked monkey gills looks like a traitor at first glance! If you don't do good deeds, you will be in great trouble! ”
"You've been with me for a day today, you should understand how good we are at papermakers?"
"Would you like to learn this craft?"
Although it was an inquiry, the faint expectation in the eyes of the second uncle could not be faked.
I nodded firmly, and the second uncle stroked his palms and laughed, quite happy, and walked to the yard and dragged a few bamboos that had just been cut down, and taught me the most basic chopping and forming, and tying the paste paper.
I hurriedly said:
"Second uncle, I know all this."
"You didn't let me watch it before, but in fact, I secretly watched and learned..."
The second uncle shook the bamboo crumbs on his body and patted me on the shoulder:
"There's still a lot of work you don't know about this business, just study hard."
That's not bad, but I didn't expect that I would learn the foundation for half a month.
For half a month, I shaved bamboo in the paper shop all day long, and I almost didn't shave anyone.
Every night when I dream, I have a lot of pasting paper in my hands.
It wasn't until the second uncle finally took over the big business, eight paper horses, eight sedan chairs, and eight pairs of boys and girls that they were sent to the village chief's house next door for a near funeral, and I was relieved.
Seeing my second uncle go out, I hadn't rested for an hour before the sky suddenly became dark.
There was a wind chime at the door of the shop, and I was about to get up and close the door and close the window, when I saw a customer come in with a curtain at the door.
The guest was a fairly young woman.
The figure is slender, and the red on the lips is vivid.
The first thing she said when she came in was:
"Is Tu Fangcheng here?"
"I'm looking for him to tie paper people, big business."