folk legend

Chapter 5
Old man Han never dreamed that a person of his own age would be put on a table by this eight-year-old kid, and he was a little stunned for a while.But then he rubbed his hands, stood up from the stool, pointed at Liu Degui and cursed loudly: "You idiot, think about it carefully, is your father still the same as before after he died? I didn't mean to scare you, As for your father, if you take care of him for another day, the whole village will be ruined, will you be able to take responsibility at that time?"

The old guy yelled and yelled, and it really worked. Liu Degui from the town was stunned for a while, and the hand holding the dice was trembling for a long time before he realized it, and then snapped the dice towards the ground Throwing it, squatting on the ground, holding his head and crying loudly.

"Daddy, daddy! It's all your fault that your son is useless. He didn't keep an eye on you, and let this bastard stick a piece of yellow paper to death! Daddy, my son is sorry for you..."

There is a saying that when a scholar meets a soldier, there is no reason for it. Liu Degui's crying made old man Han helpless.After much deliberation, he didn't talk nonsense to Liu Degui, grabbed his shoulders and said, "Don't mourn here, let's go, let's all go to your house, in front of the big guy, I'll let you take a closer look at your baby boy. that father!"

The desperate old man Han also got excited, and with a lift, he even dragged the young man up, and then dragged the crying Liu Degui out of the house. Lao Jiang and You Guofu saw that the situation had reached this point, He also hurriedly followed behind the two of them and walked towards the outside of the house together.

As a result, as soon as they came to the yard, several people could smell a foul smell in the air.It was as if in the hot dog days, when the swill tank, which had been stuffy for a long time, was suddenly opened, it gave off a stench, which made these people hurriedly cover their noses with their hands.Now, because Liu Degui covered his nose, he couldn't care less about crying, and the ears of several people finally became clear.

But it didn't finish the calculation, as a few people approached Old Liu's house, the stench became bigger and bigger, and when they were still a yard away from Old Liu's house, even if everyone held their noses tightly, I can't stop the smell from drilling hard into my nose.Even You Guofu couldn't bear it anymore, turned around and ran towards the village, running far, far away, looking for a place to vomit.

On the other hand, the two children Jiang Liu and Dougen, holding back the stench in a daze, followed behind Old Man Han's butt like staring beanbags, without falling behind.Old man Han also noticed the little guy's performance, and at the same time, he made a plan in his heart. He only waited for this matter to be resolved, and then he went to talk to Lao Jiang about it.

In the end, when they entered Old Liu's house, only Old Man Han, Jiang Liu, and Dougen were left in the group.When Lao Jiang reached the gate, he finally couldn't help it, turned around and ran away.This guy Liu Degui was even more straightforward, sat in the yard, and said nothing to enter the house. At this time, he didn't care about his own father's life or death.In this way, only the old, the old, and the young are left.

When the three of them entered the room, Jiang Liu glanced at Old Liu who was lying on the kang, and was shocked too.Because now the body of old Liu Tou has completely changed from when I pasted a note on his forehead just now.The whole body is fat, more than twice as fat as before, and the whole face is hardened, and there is no trace of blood. The originally big eyes are squeezed by the fat flesh on the face. Only a seam can be seen.The yellow note on his forehead was whirring in the wind.

At this time, old man Han didn't say anything else, he jumped onto the kang, rolled up his arms and sleeves, and was about to topple Old Liu's body, but he only touched his face lightly with his hand, and even wiped off half of his face .It turned out that after so many days, old Liu's body had been severely decomposed.

The corpse has rotted so much that old man Han must not be able to handle it by himself. Thinking of this, he casually found a worn sheet on the kang, and carefully wiped off the rotten flesh sticking to his hands.Looking at the ugly old Liu, Xiazi Han was also disgusted.He conveniently used this broken bed sheet to cover Old Liu's head.

Looking at the corpse, Old Man Han shook his head. After getting off the kang, he took off the shoulder that had never left his body, groped for a long time with his hands, and finally took out a handful of dried mugwort leaves.Grabbed two small balls and handed them to the two children, "Use this, put it under the nose for a while, it will feel better."

Jiang Liu and Dougen actually resisted the smell, but they were driven by strong curiosity, so they didn't run away, but they had reached the limit of what they could bear. Old man Han took out this thing just right, so the two The little guy hurriedly followed Old Man Han's instructions and started to use it.Not to mention, after being smoked by the pungent herbal smell of mugwort leaves, I immediately felt a lot more clear-headed.

The old man Han looked at the two children's brows slowly soothing, and felt a little relieved in his heart. After all, the two children came with him, and if something happened, he couldn't explain it to the adults.

Then, old man Han struck a match and lit the remaining mugwort leaves on the floor of the house. Immediately, a pungent thick green smoke spread in the room, and quickly dispersed the smoke in the room. Fetid putrefaction.The three masters ran out of the house before the green smoke filled the air.

You Guofu rushed over when the smell inside and outside the house was almost smoked by mugwort leaves, but this guy even used a scarf to half-cover his face and circled it several times. In the hot weather, he covered his head Da Khan didn't care too much, the three people looked at him with disdain for being dressed like this.The two little guys were holding back even more, and they didn't even tell him that the smell was not as serious as before, and they didn't need to cover it so tightly.

You Guofu, who was dressed like this, didn't care about these at all. After turning around the room, he seemed to find something suddenly, rushed to the yard like crazy, came to Liu Degui who was still sobbing, grabbed his shoulders, and Shaking and shouting loudly: "Degui, where is your third aunt?"

According to the village folklore, You Guofu wanted to call Liu Degui's mother the third aunt. Just now, You Guofu walked around inside and outside the house and didn't find the old lady, so he hurried out and questioned Liu Degui anxiously.

Liu Degui was really stupid at this time, even if You Guofu yelled, he couldn't stop him from sobbing.At this moment, old man Han noticed Liu Degui, and hurried over in surprise, knelt down in front of him, pinched his upper eyelids, looked at him a few times, and finally sighed and said, "Oh, it's over, this kid is completely stupid." gone."

"What do you mean? It was fine just now, why are you so stupid now?"

You Guofu was even more surprised, he didn't even take care of the scarf that had been unraveled, he pulled old man Han and asked urgently.

Old man Han sighed again, then pointed to the cigarette ropes still around the house and said: "Last night, we surrounded the house with cigarette ropes to prevent the things attached to Old Liu's body from getting out. But, we Ignored Liu Degui and his mother, no need to ask, the child Degui has become like this, he must have followed its way. As for the old lady, I am afraid something has happened. Sigh..."

Speaking of this, the old man Han looked very lonely, as if he was deeply blaming himself for not being able to help Liu Degui and his wife.

Jiang Liu, who had been silent all this time, shook his little head, and suddenly said: "If there is a fruit, there must be a cause. Today's fruit must have the cause of the day before yesterday. Everyone has his own destiny, and it cannot be forced."

Jiang Liu's words made the old man Han very surprised. He was surprised how a child who was only eight years old could say something that even You Guofu couldn't understand.Because at this time, You Guofu was looking at Jiang Liu with a puzzled expression on his face.

Being watched by two big men at the same time, Jiang Liu was a little embarrassed, scratched his head and said, "This...these are all taught by the third master of the east of the village, I just copied them here, hehe..."

The child was very shy, old man Han smiled knowingly, and patted Jiang Liu's little head lovingly.Dougen, who was standing on the side, saw all this and grinned, as if Old Man Han's appreciative gesture of touching his head was also touching his head.

In the afternoon of that day, old man Han asked You Guofu to pick out a few strong young men, and took them to the South Mountain of Sanliangzi Village. After going around more than half of the mountain, he came to stop at a valley , pointing to a piece of flat land in front of him, and told everyone to dig a hole here.

When everyone hurriedly started digging the hole, Old Man Han said to himself, and seemed to say to Jiang Liu and Dougen behind him: "Old Liu Tou, I found you a feng shui of a lion nodding, which is also considered a feng shui." Sending you a good luck, but not saving your son and your wife, this can be regarded as compensation for you."

When carrying old Liu Tou's body to the cemetery, according to old man Han's instructions, he carried the body out with a kang sweep, without even letting the villagers take a look, because old man Han was afraid that everyone would be frightened by the appearance of the corpse.Afterwards, old man Han followed the funeral procession all the time, and only came back with peace of mind after watching the corpse be buried with his own eyes.

However, during the entire burial process, the old Liutou's wife never appeared, which made the whole Sanliangzi Village feel very strange, and they all speculated about the fate of the old lady who was standing in the yard scolding her son a few days ago where.

The people in the village didn't know what was going on, but old man Han knew what was going on, but he also wondered where the old lady's body was?During the two days that he had given Old Liu Tou Hei'er, he searched all the suspicious places in Old Liu Tou's house, but he never found the old lady's body.

In the end, old man Han gave up. Just like what Jiang Liu said, everyone has his own life, and he can't force it. Since the old lady's body can't be found, maybe it's all fixed in the dark.

But there is no reason for the loss of a living person, and it is not possible to not mention it in such a black and white manner. So, as the village head, You Guofu, went to the township police station to report missing persons, and this matter became Sanliangzi Village. A piece of unresolved case.

Liu Degui, who was already stupid, was taken by the village chief You Guofu to the home of Wang Sanye, the only five-guarantee household in the village, that is, Wang Sanye, who taught Jiang Liu a lot of knowledge. I deliberately carried two bottles of large sorghum wine.

But in the eyes of You Guofu, this old man has a somewhat withdrawn personality. After seeing Liu Degui, he didn't even look at the two bottles of wine, so he told You Guofu, let the child stay with me. If the old man eats with one bite, he won't be hungry. he!
(End of this chapter)