Chapter 29: Tomb Robbery
Grave!?
These two words simply exceeded everyone's expectations.
It took me a long time before I came back to my senses:
"There is a tomb underground?"
This time, the baby girl looked at me with some danger, I quickly closed my mouth, paced left and right twice, and finally figured out the key point:
"I figured it out."
"In that case, the man who died in the 'birth canal' is a tomb robber, and the tomb robber found Uncle Zhou's son to lead the way to find the tomb......"
"Your son may have been threatened, so he has been secretly trying to thwart them..."
"As a result, the head was beaten and bleeding, and the tomb robbers were not able to get out."
When I said this, I looked at the baby girl for verification, and the baby girl nodded first and then shook her head.
In my dazedness, the baby girl slowly spoke:
"They, in the birth canal, in the birth canal, in the belly, on the outside."
This way of speaking is almost deadly......
I pondered for a moment, and a terrifying thought flashed through my mind, the size of this baby girl's limbs should have been thrown down and killed as soon as she was born, but the difference between her and those ghost babies was-
She can talk and has a ..... belly
I swallowed my saliva:
"You mean, there were four tomb robbers, two were in the birth canal, one ran out, and one was in your belly...... Is that right? ”
"Can I tell my sister that the one who ran out is the son of the Zhou family?"
Seeing the baby girl shake her head, my idea was finally verified.
If he hadn't come in today, who would have thought that there were so many secrets in this little hole, and that such a tragic incident had even happened sixteen years ago.
I tightened the bones of the ghost baby wrapped in it, said goodbye to the ghost baby on the wall, pulled Uncle Zhou, who was crying silently on the ground, got out of the hole, and climbed up the ropeway again.
Xiaowen outside had obviously been waiting for a long time, looking anxious, and when he saw the two of us coming up, he hurriedly came to pick up something:
"Pretty cousin, are you okay down there? I'm scared to death..."
Xiaowen's words stopped abruptly, I knew that he must have seen Uncle Zhou behind me, but when I opened my mouth, I couldn't say any words of comfort.
An hour ago, Uncle Zhou was still a middle-aged man with vigor and energy.
But this time, Uncle Zhou seemed to be a teenager old, and even his back collapsed a lot, with tears on his face, snot and dust sticky, and he looked so haggard.
Xiaowen hurriedly stepped forward to support Uncle Zhou, and asked a few words urgently, but Uncle Zhou flew out of the sky, shook his hand weakly, and failed to answer.
I can't see such a scene, after thinking about it, I think about it, and finally say:
"Uncle Zhou, let Xiaowen take you back to rest first."
"Otherwise, I'll go to your house to help your son take a look, in case, in case it may be that he has been beaten out of his soul, maybe I can help you get it back."
When Uncle Zhou heard this, he finally regained some senses, and was about to kneel, but I hurriedly dodged it, and helplessly pointed to the pile of ghost baby bones in my hand:
“... Then I'll have to wait until I dispose of these bones, so wait, I'll go to your house tomorrow. ”
Uncle Zhou naturally had no objection, I carried the bones down the mountain and went home in a smoke.
The second uncle had already returned to the shop from the back mountain, and was carrying bamboo strips in the yard, and when he saw the stumbling appearance of me entering the house, he immediately frowned.
I also know that I have wounds on my knees and arms now, and even the trouser legs are sticky and smelly blood, so I can't see there.
But I didn't care about that, and I told the second uncle the whole thing again.
The second uncle's originally flabby body sat up straight the more he listened, his brows furrowed like a hill, and he said after a long time:
"You're saying you met a wall full of ghost babies?"
"And..... Ghost babies, it seems that there is still a tomb? ”
I poured several sips of water in a row to calm my breathing:
"Yes! Hasn't the second uncle heard about this? ”
"I'm still wondering if we should deal with the ghost babies first, or the catacombs and the grave robbers who died underneath.....
Before he finished speaking, he was hit by the second uncle with a fried chestnut on his head, and the second uncle really worked hard:
"Can you get a benefit from the tomb that can keep those ghost babies silent? You really don't take your life seriously! Don't think about what you have or not, you still guard the shop......"
The second uncle came to his lips, paused, and continued:
"Don't think about these haves or not, didn't you promise the big-bellied ghost baby who had already seen the blood light to help them?"
"Promise the gods and ghosts, you have to do what you say, you first find out why so many baby girls' bones appear under there."
"You go by yourself, I gave you the book "The Secret Method of Binding Paper", this matter should be considered simple."
"After understanding the cause and effect, find their respective bones and send them to reincarnate ....."
"By the way, what you are bringing now is the bones of the Zhu family's little grandson, right?"
I was thinking in my heart that the second uncle had been too relieved to me recently, and when I heard the second uncle ask, I suddenly remembered that there was a skeleton in my arms, and hurriedly handed it to the second uncle.
The second uncle took the bones from me and showed me how to burn them all and seal them in a small lotus porcelain altar.
The second uncle held the lotus porcelain altar and looked at me for a long time before he hesitated:
"Do you think Zhu Dongmei can have this child?"
I shook my head:
"No, as long as she can have the mind to be a mother, she won't abuse the child three times or twice."
The second uncle was a little relieved when he heard me say this:
"That's okay, Xie Jinhua before, oh it's that stupid female ghost, I guess I've decided to die with Zhu Daqian, and I'm gone... Definitely not coming back. ”
"Let's stay with this little doll and work for us..."
Under my puzzled gaze, the second uncle hurriedly changed his words:
"Ahem, cough, look at the store, I specially used a lotus porcelain altar, three incense sticks every day, and soon this little guy will be able to transform and become our family doll!"
"The old ones are gone, the small ones are here, we won't lose!"
Since the second uncle spoke, then I have no reason to refute it.
On the second day, I got up early in the morning and rushed to Zhu's house.
The Zhu family has hung white lanterns everywhere, and several juniors in the family are squatting in the mourning hall to play cards with smiles, looking very happy.
I found Zhu Dongmei again and told me that the ghost baby had been solved.
Sure enough, as I expected, Zhu Dongmei waved her hand again and again, indicating that she didn't want the child's bones.
After repeated pulling, I 'reluctantly' accepted the bones of the ghost baby, and then completely obtained the house transfer agreement from Zhu Dongmei.
Only then did he rush to Uncle Zhou's village, Shibi Village.
Shibi Village is actually some distance from Wanyao, but I often came to this village when I was a child.
Because this is the oldest village in the surrounding area, many customs follow the customs of the past.
Ancestor worship, temple fairs, these long-abandoned festivals, are only here, and they are deeply loved by children.
Thinking about the past, I couldn't help but walk a little briskly, but before I entered the entrance of Shibi Village, I heard an angry voice shouting from afar:
“..... You gave birth to a daughter! Your whole family has daughters! ”
"When I gave birth to a daughter, I threw them all into the pit!"