Chapter Sixteen Hometown 1
In the next few days, everything went according to the agreed plan. It was not until the time of burial that something unexpected happened. One of the coffin bearers sprained his ankle, so the village chief had to replace him temporarily. The coffin bearer had to be replaced because of the need.
I was in contact with the dead, so I had to purify myself according to the rules and wear certain things to ward off evil spirits, so I wasted a little time.
The funeral was postponed until almost five o'clock that afternoon, and then it started as planned. When we carried it to the mountain, it was already dark, and the village chief couldn't find the chosen burial place. Seeing that the forest was deep and sheltered from the sun, the gloom was getting darker.
It was heavy, and phosphorus fire began to appear from the surrounding graves. In desperation, they had to choose a relatively flat place to dig a pit for burial. After digging a few times, a young man dug out a strange bronze vessel. Everyone said it was possible
It was something buried with me, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Now it seems that there may be something wrong with the copperware.
The coffin was made of ordinary pine wood with a layer of varnish. After paying homage to the old man's tablet, the four young men stood at the four corners of the coffin. Song Xiao's family stood on the left and right of the coffin. The village chief led the way with paper money and candles in front.
As the village chief said "lower the coffin", the sound of mourning music broke the originally silent forest, and the old man's coffin was pushed into the pit in the light of lamps and candles. After Song Xiao dropped the first handful of earth, more people came
It was filled with soil and buried, leaving only a grave bag.
The back mountain is densely forested, and there is only a narrow path up and down the mountain, which is extremely difficult to walk. After the coffin was covered with earth, it was completely dark. No one wanted to stay too long in this mountain full of graves at night, so the group
People didn't stop much, just burned a few handfuls of paper money, and then walked down the mountain quickly.
Halfway through, the team suddenly stopped, and Song Xiao almost bumped into the person in front of him without paying attention.
"What's wrong?" Song Xiao asked subconsciously, and then noticed that the village chief at the front raised his right hand to signal to stop. On the way to the funeral, whether going or returning, it is very unlucky to stop.
Therefore, everyone held their breath unconsciously. In an instant, the surroundings were extremely quiet, not even the chirping of insects. The team was suddenly enveloped in an uneasy atmosphere.
Song Xiao's father walked up and said something to the village chief. The village chief waved his hand and the team started walking again. At this time, the village chief suddenly patted his shoulders hard. Song Xiao remembered hearing
His grandfather once said that every man has three yang fires on his shoulders. When walking at night, if he encounters something bad, he will smack it three times to light the yang fire. Seeing the actions of the village chief, Song Xiao
I couldn't help but take a breath, it seemed that I had really encountered something unusual.
Song Xiao patted his mother's hand and walked to his father.
"What's wrong?" Song Xiao asked, "There is something in the woods." Seeing his father's expression of extreme nervousness, Song Xiao couldn't help but become afraid: "What is it?"
"I don't know." There was a trace of nervousness on his father's face: "Anyway, just be careful. It's not completely dark yet, so nothing should happen."
His father's words sent chills down Song Xiao's back, and he couldn't help but look into the dark woods on both sides. The shadows of the trees in the woods were dim, as if there were many unknown things watching them on both sides. From the corner of his eye, he saw the woods on the right.
There seemed to be a short figure flashing across the screen. His head buzzed and he almost screamed out in fright. But when he looked again, there was nothing!
Suddenly someone tapped him on the shoulder, and Song Xiao turned around suddenly, only to realize that it was Lu Jie who had also come to deliver Tibet. He let out a long breath and said, "Oh my god, you are scary, scary to death! You..." He
He was about to say something else, but he noticed something was wrong with Lu Jie's face and couldn't help but stop talking.
Lu Jie now made an apologetic gesture, and then whispered: "Song Xiao, can you help me count how many people are attending this funeral?"
Song Xiao was stunned. This kind of thing should not bother the relatives of the deceased. However, Song Xiao glanced at Lu Jie who had a pleading look on his face and nodded. Then he turned around and counted the people as he walked: "19."
Lu Jie seemed to groan and asked, "How much?"
"19 people. What happened?"
Lu Jie took a deep breath and said, "Can you, can you count again?"
Song Xiao frowned and glanced at Lu Jie, saying, "Don't be so nagging. What's going on?"
Lu Jie looked at Song Xiao with a grimace and said, "Yes, but there should be 18 people coming to send Tibet this time!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of mountain wind happened to blow, and Song Xiao suddenly thought: "I don't know who is following me temporarily."
Lu Jie shook his head vigorously and said: "I took note of today's funeral roster, and for safety's sake, the village chief asked me to count the number of people every once in a while. Until half an hour ago, there were still 18 people..."
Song Xiao took a breath of cold air, turned stiffly and looked back. The night was approaching, the shadows of the trees were slanting, and the long funeral procession turned left and right on the forest path. Song Xiao found that the people behind could only see the silhouette of a human being.
, but couldn’t see his face clearly, so there was no way to know who the extra person was, or what he was?
"Song Xiao, isn't it the old man who is following you?" Lu Jie on the side was so nervous that his voice changed slightly: "How about we tell the village chief quickly?"
Song Xiao unconsciously glanced at the coffin next to him, feeling uncomfortable behind his back. He nodded, quickly caught up with the village chief, and told the village chief what Lu Jie had discovered. When the village chief heard this, his expression changed.
But this time he didn't stop, but still kept moving forward: "Don't worry about it, and don't let others discover it. If you don't take it as a surprise, you will lose it!"
Although Song Xiao nodded in agreement, he felt even more uneasy in his heart! Seeing Lu Jie's nervous eyes, he suddenly felt that he should be responsible for the safety of those who helped his family with the funeral, and he didn't know why he felt courageous.
He said: "I'll go over and take a look. Don't tell anyone, so as not to scare everyone."
"I know, but don't go. It's too dangerous."
"It's okay." After saying that, he squatted on the ground and let everyone else pass, using the excuse of tying his shoelaces.
He secretly counted in his heart, 15, 16, 17... He felt more and more nervous.
The first 17 people who walked by were all people! He slowly lowered his head and looked back. With the peripheral light from the horizon, he could easily tell from his shoes that the 18th person was Song Daqing, because he had always
Wearing the pair of Playboy brand leather shoes that his cousin bought him from the city. Then, Song Xiao saw a pair of white legs hanging behind him! Those legs gave people a miserable feeling, and he was stunned.
Yes, the feet are actually wearing embroidered shoes!
Song Xiao took a deep breath and almost screamed! Just when his mind was still blank, a deep voice suddenly said: "What are you doing squatting here?!"
Song Xiao was startled and his heart jumped, but he immediately recognized that it was Song Daqing's voice. Then, he stood up suddenly, jumped back three steps before stopping, and looked at a woman behind Song Daqing with a look of shock on his face.
The ghost stood lightly behind Song Daqing, his face covered in heavy makeup, so weird!
Song Daqing looked at Song Xiaode's reaction in surprise and couldn't help but said: "What are you doing? Jumping on the big rope?"
Song Xiao pointed at Song Daqing's back and stammered: "You...your back!"
Song Daqing was stunned for a moment, then he suddenly thought of something and almost begged, "Don't scare me, or I'll beat you up!"
Song Xiao saw a strange smile appear on the female ghost's face, and felt that his whole heart was in his throat, and he couldn't even scream.
Song Daqing turned his head slowly with a pale face, then looked at the female ghost for 2 seconds, screamed, and rushed towards the front of the team, causing everyone to stop in shock.
, they all also saw the white ghost figure floating away like the wind and disappearing into the forest.
At that time, everyone was so frightened that they knew nothing but running down the mountain.
Song Xiao paused for a moment when he said this, still seeming to be frightened.
Meng Jiu had been listening silently, but at this moment he couldn't help but ask: "Where is the bronze vessel you dug out?"
Song Xiao was stunned and said: "In that case, who would remember where they threw it. Anyway, there is no one in front of grandpa's grave."
Meng Jiu tilted his head, seeming to have a good impression of Song Xiao's courage, and asked curiously: "When something like this happened, you still rushed to the mountain?"
"It should be fine during the day." Song Xiao seemed to be still immersed in memories. He didn't pay much attention to Meng Jiu's exclamation. He just continued in a sad voice: "Actually, I went up the mountain again for burial.
My parents."
At this point, Song Xiao was silent for several minutes, as if he didn't want to mention that past event again. He used broken words to briefly summarize what happened next: "A few days after the funeral, my grandfather suddenly became
I returned home from the zombies...My parents were bitten to death by my grandfather in order to protect me. However, my grandfather's body was also chopped up with an ax by my father. Therefore, the villagers had the courage to kill my grandfather and my parents.
Chapter completed!