Only then did Fatty Niu react and quickly lowered his voice: "Boss... Boss, what should we... do now?"
"What are you afraid of! Didn't you see that Huang Yixian came here in person? He will definitely be able to settle it!"
"What if...if he can't settle it, I...will I be possessed by a ghost...by the ghost...by the way...that peach wood stake is still in my house, what should I do? I...I want to
Don’t throw it away?”
"How dare you!" I glared at Fatty Niu, and raised my fist and waved it in front of him, scaring him so much that he didn't dare to speak. I took the opportunity to trick him again: "You don't have to think about it, that peach tree was originally used for...
You are here to ward off evil spirits. If you put peach wood stakes in your home now, how can any ghosts dare to come to you?"
Fatty Niu thought it was right, and felt a little relieved.
At this time, I suddenly heard someone shouting loudly: "Stop standing here blindly, go get the shovel and hoe from home, and quickly clean up all this garbage!"
I stood on tiptoe and took a look. It turned out to be Li Changshui who was shouting. Not to mention, his words really worked. The crowd immediately became commotion, and within a short time, most of them had left. After a while, the people who had left were again.
They came back, and they all had tools like shovels, hoes, brooms or dustpans (note: the same as dustpans) in their hands.
Without saying a word, the guys stepped forward and started working, while Li Changshui led Huang Yixian to sit aside to rest. I was afraid that Huang Yixian would see me, so I hurriedly hid behind a big willow tree by the river, and poked my head out from time to time to take a look, like
He acted like a thief, but Huang Yixian kept his head buried and muttering something to Li Changshui, and didn't look at me at all.
Fatty Niu couldn't figure out what I was hiding from and was very puzzled by my behavior. I was too lazy to explain to him, so I pointed at Li Changshui and asked, "Who is he? Talking seems to work quite well."
of!"
"Of course, he is the director of the village committee of Li Village. He is also the director of the village cement factory and the director of the orchard. He is in charge of the village's financial lifeline. Who dares not to listen to him!" Niu Fatty replied.
"It turned out to be the Tu Emperor, no wonder..." I suddenly realized.
Since there was a lot of garbage piled up around the Tutu Temple, it would take some time to clean it up completely. Fatty Niu and I leaned against the trunk of the willow tree and started chatting.
"Boss, do you think there are really ghosts in this world?"
Fatty Niu's question immediately reminded me of what happened to me when I was a child and followed my master. An indescribable sadness suddenly surged in my heart, and I felt a soreness in my nose. Although ** years had passed, the incident at that time
What happened is always in my mind and I can't get it out of my mind no matter what.
In order not to let Fatty Niu see it, I quickly rubbed my red eyes, turned my head to one side, and replied calmly: "Who knows! Maybe! By the way, you came in the morning.
What's the fuss going on here?" I quickly changed the subject.
"I just happened to be passing by. Aren't we going to sell peach stones?" Fatty Niu pointed to a fiber bag beside him, which seemed to contain a whole bag of peach stones.
"You smashed all the peach stones out so quickly?" I was a little surprised. I just picked the peaches last night. If I want to smash out the peach stones, I'm afraid I have to smash them all night.
Fatty Niu smiled naively and said: "Haha, no! I haven't smashed yesterday's ones yet. This is the one I smashed before. I have already dried them." In our place, the purchase price of dried peach cores will be slightly higher. I
Unexpectedly, he actually smashed out so many peach stones and dried them all. It was obvious that he had put in a lot of effort.
Looking at the excited look on Fatty Niu's face, I suddenly admired him. Although this guy is usually timid and fearful, he is actually very strong inside. Despite such difficulties at home, he never complains about others, but always embraces everything.
With a positive attitude, he used his own hands to help his father support the almost broken family.
Thinking of this, I gently patted his shoulder and said: "From now on, we three brothers will share blessings and hardships together. Your business is my business!"
Fatty Niu was a little flattered by my sudden feelings. He looked at me with wide eyes for a long time and asked blankly: "Boss, are you okay?"
"You're the one who's in trouble! I'm serious!"
"Great, then... you can go to my house and help me smash the peach stones this afternoon!"
"@#￥%...get out!"
…
The two of us were chatting here and there when suddenly there was a burst of exclamation.
I suddenly turned around and saw that everyone who was cleaning up the garbage suddenly covered their mouths and noses and dispersed one after another. A few women actually vomited nearby. Huang Yixian immediately got up and walked quickly towards the Tutu Temple.
"What's going on?" As soon as I finished speaking, I immediately smelled a stench like a rotting corpse. Fatty Niu and I quickly covered our mouths and noses.
"Come over and see what's going on?" I turned to Fatty Niu and said, because Huang Yixian was there, I didn't dare to go there.
Fatty Niu ran towards the Earth Temple, and after a while, he ran back quickly. As soon as he stopped, he immediately gasped for air, as if he had been holding it in for a long time without breathing fresh air.
of.
"What's wrong?" I asked urgently.
Fatty Niu's face turned pale, and he replied out of breath: "So... so many dead... dead rats, it scared... I was scared to death."
"Dead rat? What happened!" I didn't react for a moment.
"Under there... those garbage, there are... all dead rats, all shriveled up, and... moreover, their bodies are covered with maggots, so disgusting..." Fatty Niu couldn't go on. He usually
I'm afraid of rats, not to mention a lot of putrid rat carcasses.
After listening to this, I felt a little confused in my heart. What was going on? Rats are very smart animals. Generally speaking, as long as one rat dies in a certain place, other rats will avoid that place.
Why would they choose to die together? Could it be that this earth temple has become a rat graveyard?
Out of curiosity, I wanted to go over and have a look, but I was afraid of being discovered by Huang Yixian. I was hesitating, but suddenly I found that maybe because of the stench, many villagers covered their mouths and noses with towels, and some
The younger guys even took off their clothes and covered their faces.
Seeing this, I had an idea. If I were like this, wouldn't Huang Yixian not be able to recognize him? I just did it. I immediately took off my shirt and covered my head. Fatty Niu reacted slowly and saw that I was naked.
He even covered his face with his clothes and asked in an unclear manner: "Boss, what are you doing?"
"Stop being stunned, come on, come with me and have a look!"
When Fatty Niu heard this, his face showed fear: "Ah! Are you... still going?" He was obviously shocked by the disgusting scene.
I thought about it, this guy is timid. If something goes wrong if he gets scared, I have to carry him back. The key is that with his fat body, it is not easy to carry him so far. Thinking of this, I hurriedly carried him back.
Said: "Forget it, you should wait here, I will go and see for myself!"
I walked over alone.
As the distance got closer and closer, the stench like a rotting corpse seeped into my nasal cavity through the clothes covering my face. I felt nauseated. However, in order to find out what was going on, I
I had to hold back and try to reduce the frequency of breathing.
In order to see more clearly, I took advantage of the cover of the crowd and found a position only a few meters away from the earth wall, and it was on the side of Huang Yixian. In this way, I could see clearly everything he did.
Chu. Of course, as long as he turns his head, he can see me. I can only pray that he will not recognize me.
I stuck my head out and took a look inside. Although I had already prepared for it, the scene in front of me was still shocking. I saw that the ground was densely covered with corpses of dead rats, and their bodies were covered with a kind of...
White maggots. These maggots are extremely big. They are several times larger than common maggots. They are two to three centimeters long and as thick as chopsticks. However, the strange thing is that these maggots are motionless and seem to be dead.
Next to the pile of rat corpses, there was the corpse of a big black cat. Judging from its size, it seemed to be the one we encountered last night. The strange thing is that its body was also a little shriveled.
It was as if it had been sucked out by something.
At this moment, Huang Yixian was fiddling with it seriously. He placed an incense burner and a paper basin on the ground, lit three incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner. Then he bent over and knelt on the ground, respectfully facing the earth.
The wall kowtowed three times.
Then he grabbed a handful of paper money, put it into the paper basin, lit it, and kept mumbling something.
After a while, the ritual seemed to have come to an end. Huang Yixian stood up, turned to Li Changshui who was standing behind him and said, "Bring the gasoline!" Li Changshui hurriedly handed over a beer bottle filled with transparent liquid, but it contained
Obviously it won't be beer.
Huang Yixian pulled out the cork blocking the mouth of the bottle and poured all the liquid in the bottle onto the pile of rat carcasses. I immediately smelled the smell of gasoline!
Huang Yixian lit a piece of paper money, raised the burning paper money high, made a few quick gestures in the air, and then threw it on the pile of rat corpses soaked in gasoline, and the pile of corpses immediately burst into flames.
There was gasoline to support the combustion, and the weather was dry these days and there was wind by the river, so the fire suddenly became bigger. Even though I was several meters away, I felt waves of heat coming and had to step back.
After a few steps, Huang Yixian also stepped aside and muttered something to Li Changshui again.
The fire burned for nearly twenty minutes before the fire gradually weakened. Looking again, the rat corpses had been burnt to charcoal. The smell of carrion had faded a lot and was replaced by a burnt smell. Although
It doesn't smell very good, but compared to the smell of rotting corpses, it's a little more acceptable.