First line of life

Chapter 15 The Grave Is Empty
Since Houshan can't bury people, what happened to my mother?Why was it buried in the back mountain?

I found that when mentioning Houshan, my father and grandma's expressions would become a little dignified, as if they didn't want to mention it at all, or let more people know.

"Let's go!"

My dad said, and walked out straight away, followed by the old mortician, and I glanced at Xia Mo beside me.

She motioned me to follow, but even if she didn't signal, I would follow. I found that my heart was full of curiosity about the back mountain.What is the secret behind the mountain?
Following along the way, we arrived at the back mountain, and I saw a compass appearing in the hand of the old mortician. Xia Mo followed behind me, silent as usual.

But I saw that Xia Mo's eyes were always on the old mortician's body, never moving away.

My dad followed closely beside the old mortician. For half a day, I saw the old mortician holding a compass in his hand and walking around. Finally, the old mortician stopped.

Seeing the position where the old mortician stopped, my whole heart trembled, because the figure of the old mortician actually stopped in front of my mother's grave.

"It's here." After a while, the old mortician's deep voice came out, and after he finished speaking, he looked at my dad. At this time, my dad's face was also surprisingly ugly.

After a while, my dad asked the old mortician: "Mr. Corpse, we found the place, what should we do next?"

The old mortician stared at my mother's grave for a long time, and then said to my father that the owner of this tomb must find another place to bury my grandfather's body in it. , so that I can hold back my grandpa.

"No, this grave cannot be moved."

But the moment the old mortician's voice fell, my father said directly, with a burst of determination in his voice, move my mother's grave?
Not to mention anything else, even I would not agree. Removing graves is also a big taboo, and it will disturb the dead.

There was not much expression change on the face of the old cadaver, as if he knew that we would reject his request. After a moment of silence, the old cadaver said lightly.

"I wandered around your village, and this is the only place that can hold down that corpse!"

After finishing speaking, the old mortician looked at my dad, obviously waiting for my dad to make a decision, but my dad hardly had to think about it before speaking out again.

"Mr. Corpse, this grave really cannot be moved, can you see if you can think of other ways?"

After my dad finished speaking, the old mortician fell into deep thought, staring fixedly at the tomb. At this moment, my dad stood up quickly, pointed to the small grave bag next to him, and asked the old mortician, where is the place to go? no?
The old mortician frowned, and asked who is the tomb?My dad said that this is an unknown lonely tomb, and if possible, find another place for the people in the tomb.

"It's only a foot away, so I should be able to borrow something. Here it is, but I have to make it clear first. I can't guarantee that nothing will happen. After all, the place I chose is useless to you."

The old mortician said very clearly that if my mother were to be buried in another grave and grandpa would be buried there, then nothing would happen, but now he has changed to another place, so he dare not guarantee 100%.

In this regard, my dad nodded solemnly, saying that this is the place, and finally the old mortician settled down, and then asked us to go back to pick up the things and come back directly to dig the grave. The longer this matter drags on, the easier it will be Something went wrong.

I hurried home with my dad. This time, Xia Mo didn't follow me, but stayed in the back mountain. On the way home, I couldn't restrain the doubts in my heart, and asked my dad aloud, who is my mother? How did you die?

Obviously, my dad didn't expect me to ask this question suddenly. He frowned and looked at me, and said, "Why are you asking this? Didn't I tell you? Your mother left when she gave birth to you."

I looked at my dad's expression and knew that my dad didn't want to tell me more, even if there was something hidden in it, my dad wouldn't tell me, so I had no choice but to give up.

After returning home, according to the old mortician's instructions, I found a piece of black cloth, and four tall bamboo poles, prepared tools for digging the grave, and my dad and I returned to the back mountain again.

After arriving, the old mortician divided the four bamboo poles into the ground at dead ends, and then made a large piece of black cloth into a tent to block the sunlight.

After finishing, the old mortician lit a candle and a stick of incense in front of the tomb. I asked Xia Mo beside me what that meant?
Xia Mo told me that he was asking the owner of the tomb to find him a new place, and if he agrees, the candle will not go out until the incense burns out.

If there is any accident in the middle, it will prove that the grave cannot be moved.

I nodded, quite surprised in my heart that there are so many doorways here.

The stick of incense was burnt out quickly, and there was no trouble in the middle, the old mortician went straight up to collect it, and said in a deep voice: "Dig the grave."

As soon as the old mortician's voice fell, my dad and I immediately moved into action, with hoes and shovels in our hands, and began to dig up the small grave in front of us.

The tomb is not big, and it was quickly leveled. Then my dad and I started to be careful with our actions, because there is a coffin under it. Don’t accidentally get someone else’s coffin, it’s not good. .

But after digging for a while, my dad and I became a little confused because we didn't dig the coffin.

"Mr. Corpse, something is wrong?"

My dad raised his head, and immediately said to the old mortician beside him. The old mortician frowned at the moment, and seemed to be a little puzzled. After pondering for a while, the old cadaver asked us to continue digging.

My dad and I looked at each other, so we had to continue digging.

But as we continued to dig down, almost a coffin pit appeared, and we still didn't see the coffin in the tomb, which made people feel a little horrified.

There is no coffin in this grave?

"Mr. Corpse, it's already three feet, and the average coffin pit is only this deep." My father's voice came out again, and the old mortician didn't speak. I was also puzzled for a while.

What about the coffin in this tomb?At this time, Xia Mo on the side also suddenly said: "Do you think it is possible that this little dirt bag is not a tomb at all? We just misunderstood it?"

Xia Mo's voice brightened the eyes of all of us. Indeed, this little dirt bag didn't even have a tombstone, but we thought it was a grave bag, and it made me panic every time I came to pay homage to my mother. To give incense.

"Now it seems that this may be the case."

At this moment, the old mortician also hurriedly made a sound. It seems that he also agreed with Xia Mo's conjecture. It turned out that the tomb bag was empty at all.

Since the tomb is empty, there is no need to move the grave, just bury grandpa in this tomb. Now, there is no way to get back the coffin of grandpa's ancestral grave, and it will be seen by others.

After discussing, I had to use grandma's coffin to bury grandpa. When I got home, I was still worried about this coffin, so I had to find someone to help.

I watched my dad walk towards the coffin, and the next moment, I opened my mouth wide open, and I saw my dad crouching under the coffin, clasping the bottom of the coffin with both hands.

With a soft shout, my dad actually carried the coffin alone. I stared at this scene dumbfounded. The coffin weighed at least seven or eight hundred catties, but my dad carried it alone?
I really don't understand where my dad got so much strength. When I was in a daze, my dad had already carried the coffin to the back mountain, and the old mortician followed. I didn't follow this time, because there will be more I carried my grandfather's body to the back mountain.

It was dark now, and when my father and the old mortician came back, they asked me to carry my grandfather's body to the back mountain, and it would be fine after it was buried.

Because of the previous two times, I was no longer so afraid of carrying my grandfather's body. This time the distance was not far away. When I arrived at the back mountain, everyone helped put my grandfather's body into the coffin.

At this time, I realized that there was a white cloth under the coffin, and I also noticed that the white cloth on the old mortician's walking stick disappeared. Is it the one under the grandfather's coffin?

The old mortician covered his grandfather's face with a piece of yellow paper, and then directly covered the lid of the coffin. After finishing, I saw the old cadaver jumped on top of the coffin and knocked the white cloth under the coffin. Come on, fasten straight up.

After finishing, I saw that the old mortician took out a yellow talisman and slapped it on the place where the white cloth was knotted. After all this was done, the old mortician came down from the coffin.

When we got to the ground, the old mortician let out a long breath and said that it was ok, let us fill in the soil.

At this time, I frowned, and through the gap between the coffin and the coffin pit, I really wanted to see some liquid seeping out of the soil.

Because it was night, the flashlight was not too bright, and before I could see it clearly, my dad just filled it with a handful of soil.

I took a look, and found that the people around me didn't seem to notice it, and I didn't think much about it, so I followed my dad to fill in the soil, and soon a new grave bag appeared.

Grandpa was buried again, this time in a different place, but I don't know why, but I always feel a little uneasy in my heart.

After we were done, we were about to go home. Before leaving, I looked back at the two graves behind me. I always felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell the specifics.

When I got home, my dad went straight into the house, while Xia Mo went to the toilet. After I put away my things, I found that the old mortician hadn't entered the house, but was waiting for me outside.

I asked why the old mortician didn't come into the house?Grandma must have cooked supper by now, and after eating supper, she has to deal with Mr. Liang's body.

The old mortician didn't answer my words, just stared at me for a while, and then made a faint sound.

"Boy, woman's heart, sea needle, be careful, don't regret it later." After finishing speaking, the old mortician turned around and entered the room.

Leaving me alone in place, the words of the old mortician kept echoing in my ears.

(End of this chapter)