First line of life

Chapter 16 The Scarecrow's Secret
There is only one person that the old mortician told me to be careful about, Xia Mo.

I found the matter a bit funny, Xia Mo followed me to our village because he found out that the old cadaver had a problem, but now the old cadaver told me to be careful of Xia Mo.

Who should I trust?
When I came back to my senses, I found that the old mortician had disappeared in front of me. At this time, Xia Mo's voice came from the side, and she asked me why I was standing there?I shook my head and went into the room with her.

When eating supper, I looked at the old cadaver and Xia Mo, and always felt a little weird. After eating, we entered my father's room, and Mr. Liang's body was still lying on the bed.

According to the intention of the old mortician, he wanted to cremate Mr. Liang.The old mortician is Mr. Liang's senior brother, so of course he can do it.

"Little boy, I want to carry my junior brother's body back to where he lives, please show me the way!"

The old mortician looked at me, and immediately said in that hoarse voice, I paused slightly, and did not refuse, but nodded to the old mortician.Ask the old mortician if you want me to help carry Mr. Liang's body?

The old mortician shook his head, and then I saw the old mortician directly carried Mr. Liang's body on his back.Go outside.

Seeing this scene, I hurried to the old mortician and led him the way with a flashlight. At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared beside me. When I saw it, it turned out to be Xia Mo.

"I'll go with you!"

Xia Mo said lightly, I felt grateful when I heard the words, and then thanked Xia Mo.To be honest, if I had to choose between Xia Mo and the old cadaver, I would prefer to be alone with Xia Mo, not just because Xia Mo is beautiful.

But the old cadaver made me feel a little weird!

Regarding Xia Mo following up, the old mortician didn't say anything. He followed behind us, carrying Mr. Liang's body on his back. It was already late, and he didn't meet anyone in the village on the road.

Soon, we arrived at Mr. Liang's house, and I led the old mortician directly to Mr. Liang's own room.

Xia Mo followed closely behind me, and after rushing into the room, the old mortician came in with Mr. Liang's body on his back.At this time, I glanced at Xia Mo beside me, and found that her expression became extremely serious.

And I looked at the old mortician, and found that the moment the old cadaver came in, he fixed his eyes on the incense table in the corner. At this time, the old cadaver's deep voice spread.

"Okay, you two go back, I will take care of things here."

After the old mortician finished speaking, Xia Mo and I looked at each other, but I still politely asked the old cadaver, if you need our help, just tell me anytime.

The old mortician shook his head and said it was all right, he could do it alone.

Hearing this, Xia Mo and I had no choice but to leave Mr. Liang's house. We hadn't gone far before I couldn't wait to ask Xia Mo, "Did you see anything?"

Before, I had always been curious about what those two scarecrows in Mr. Liang's room were. Just now, when I entered the door, I deliberately asked Xia Mo to go faster and enter Mr. Liang's room.

Hurry up to look at the two scarecrows in front of the old cadaver, even if I can't understand them, I can only let Xia Mo see them.

I also saw the serious expression on Xia Mo's face just now, so I can't wait to know what Xia Mo saw on those two scarecrows.

Xia Mo's face was gloomy, he hesitated for a moment, and then he spoke to me.

"I saw your name behind one of the scarecrows."

Xia Mo's voice was like a thunderbolt, and it fell on me suddenly. She actually saw my name behind the scarecrow?

It took me a long time to recover from the shock, but it was still unacceptable. I looked at Xia Mo in front of me and asked her if she saw anything else besides this?
Xia Mo shook his head and said that there was nothing on the other scarecrow, but Xia Mo told me that there must be clues to those two scarecrows, but we didn't have time to check carefully.

And obviously, the old mortician didn't want us to stay in Mr. Liang's house too much, otherwise he wouldn't rush us away.

Hearing this, my heart suddenly became a little heavy, and I kept thinking about one thing after another in my mind, trying to find a breakthrough point in it.

On the night of the accident, the shroud my grandfather wore was made by Mr. Liang, and the shrouds worn by the two little scarecrows in Mr. Liang's house were exactly the same as that one.

Now Xia Mo told me that she saw my name behind one of the scarecrows. What is the connection between this?
There must be some kind of connection, but I don't know it. When I went to find Mr. Liang, he obviously knew what was going to happen to our family.

And I thought of what my grandma said to me the morning my grandpa had an accident. My grandma told me that it was fate. After 18 years of delay, it finally came.

By the way, I didn't care about it at the time. Now that I think about it, grandma must know something. Grandma is soft-hearted. Maybe I can get some information from grandma.

"Come on, let's go home!"

Thinking of this, I quickly said to Xia Mo beside me.

After I got home, I saw that the lights were on in my dad's room, but the door was closed. I asked Xia Mo to wait for me outside, and then I walked straight towards grandma's room.

When I entered the room, I saw my grandma holding an old photo in her hand, her eyes were red, it seemed that grandma hadn't recovered from the grief of grandpa's death.

I sat beside grandma and comforted grandma, saying that things had already happened.Grandma wiped her tears and didn't speak.

After pondering for a while, I finally spoke up and asked my grandma, "Grandma, what's going on?"

After I finished asking, grandma raised her head and looked at me with doting eyes. After a while, grandma let out a long sigh.

"Half a catty, you have to live a good life. Your grandfather paid for it with all his life."

Grandma's words shocked me, she really knew something, I immediately said: "Grandma, too many things have happened in the past few days, my brain is going to explode, can you tell me a little bit, what happened to all this? what's going on?"

I asked my grandma, who was the woman who knocked on the door that night?This is what I want to know most now, because all of this was caused by the woman who knocked on the door.

As soon as the words fell, grandma's gaze focused on me, as if she was considering whether to tell me or not.

After pondering for a while, grandma said to me: "Ban Jin, this is what our old Li's family owes her. She came to ask for the debt. Your grandpa has already left. I hope she can reveal it!"

Hearing this, my heart froze. Grandma's words were a bit vague. The woman she was talking about was naturally the woman at the front door that night.

"Grandma, is she my mother?"

Finally, I asked the biggest doubt in my heart. The moment I finished speaking, I saw grandma's brow raised, and then grandma's face darkened.

"Okay, go back to sleep, I'm tired too."

I felt a sense of loss, knowing that grandma didn't want to continue talking to me, so I had no choice but to exit grandma's room.

As soon as I left the room, my dad walked out of his room. Afterwards, my dad told me to let Xia Mo go to sleep in his room, and he would rest on the mat in the lobby.

In this summer, I won't catch a cold. I asked my dad to sleep in the room, and Xia Mo gave me my room. My dad shook his head.

It was very late. After I entered the room, my mind was full of the words my grandma told me. What happened 18 years ago?
And according to grandma's intentions, I even guessed in my heart that the woman who knocked on the door might really be my mother, but what I don't understand is that my mother has been dead for 18 years. Is it the other way around (fraudulent corpse)?
What's the matter, let grandpa directly bury his own life to appease my mother?

Thinking about it, I didn't even know when I fell asleep. In a daze, I felt someone knocking on the door. When I was awakened, my first reaction was to scream.

Because I saw a figure standing by my window, the moment I was about to scream, a jade hand directly covered my mouth, suppressing the voice from my throat.

I took a closer look, and it turned out to be Xia Mo. I was still in shock and asked Xia Mo what he was doing at night?I was scared to death.

Xia Mo made a silent motion towards me, telling me to quickly turn out of the window, and she found out again.

My heart froze, I didn't understand what Xia Mo meant, but I still got up and quietly turned out of the window, I asked Mo what's going on?

Xia Mo also told me in a low voice that my father was missing.

My heart skipped a beat, and I quickly asked Xia Mo what he meant?My dad is gone. Isn't my dad sleeping in the lobby this late at night?

How could it be gone?
Xia Mo shook her head, saying that she heard a commotion, and followed out quietly, and found my dad in the lobby walking out, taking a hoe outside.

There was a storm in my heart, my dad took the hoe at night, what did he want to do?
"Okay, don't guess for now. I watched carefully and found that your father is heading towards the back mountain. Let's follow up and have a look."

Hearing this, I nodded quickly, before I had time to think about anything else, I walked out of my yard with Xia Mo, and my dad actually went to the back mountain?What does he want?
With a hoe, my heart suddenly trembled when I thought of this. Could it be that my dad is digging a grave?
Xia Mo and I quickened our pace, and after a while, we approached the back mountain, and from a long distance, I saw a figure wielding a hoe.

My heart twitched violently.My dad was actually digging graves.

(End of this chapter)