Tomb Keeper

Chapter 32 Yang Huzi's Past (1)
In the past few days, I seem to have become a firefighter in the cemetery.Just after helping Ye Zi get rid of the ball successfully, this evening he went out to settle disputes for Yang Huzi.But I am willing to do these things, which makes my unannounced visits are gradually deepening.

The troubles caused by Yang Huzi are not big or small, but it is still difficult to solve them.That afternoon, Suying took the crying five-year-old child to the courtyard gate to look for Yang Huzi.After Yang Huzi went out, there was a lot of noise outside the courtyard gate.I went out and saw Suying pointing at Yang Huzi's nose and yelling, you must die!If you slap a child at an old age, your hand will be broken in the graveyard tomorrow.Yang Huzi argued that I didn't hit him, but he held my leg and insisted that I take him to play on the cemetery, so I pushed him in a hurry.

Seeing me coming out, Suying brought the child to me and said, Da Xu, look at the fingerprints on this child's face, how hard he was beaten.Is this just a shove?This old guy is too cruel.This afternoon, when I saw the child coming here to play alone, I killed him.Daxu, please comment.

I was in a dilemma for a while.Judging from the fingerprints on the child's face, Yang Huzi really slapped the child.Of course, I have met this child who pestered people to take him to play in the cemetery. Even if the child is still holding on to Yang Huzi's leg today, it is always wrong for Yang Huzi to beat someone.

I had no choice but to say to Suying, sister-in-law, the matter is not that serious. It was Yang Huzi who missed it. I wanted to push him, but I hit him harder.Think about it, when did Yang Huzi hit someone?No, so he wouldn't hit the child no matter what.How about this, let me first apologize to you and the child on his behalf.

The anger on Suying's face eased a little, she said, no, I have to go to the village head about this matter, and I have to call the child's father back from the city, and I want the whole village to judge.As she spoke, she dragged the child back, and at the same time scolded, you old dog, why didn't your mother throw you to death when you jumped off the cliff with you in your arms.

Yang Huzi's face turned red and white, and Suying led the child away for a long time, but he still stayed there like a puppet.

I walked over to him and said, did I say something wrong just now?There's nothing I can do about it, I can only apologize.

Yang Huzi stomped his feet and said regretfully, oops, I didn't know why I hit him, but the kid hugged my leg and wouldn't let go, you said it was so annoying.

I said, let’s do it this way, big things become small, and small things become small.Before dark, I will go to her house to apologize. If there is any gift, I will give her a child again, so it will be evened out.

Yang Huzi agrees with me, it seems that he is also very afraid that this matter will end badly.However, to my surprise, Yang Huzi actually took out a trendy children's toy from his room.This is a robot doll with a drum hanging on its waist. After the battery is connected, the doll can walk and beat the drum, and its eyes are red and blinking.Yang Huzi said that he bought it when he went to the south for inspection.At that time, all the people in the same industry gathered around the store and took a fancy to this toy. Everyone bought it, and Yang Huzi bought one too.When he returned to the hotel, someone in the company who didn't know Yang Huzi asked him, did you buy that toy for your son or grandson?Yang Huzi felt at a loss for a moment, and said stiffly, can't I just buy one and play with it myself?

Well, this toy is now in handy.When I walked into Suying's house, I teased the child first.I said, Panpan, come and see what I brought you.I put the toy on the ground, and after turning on the power switch, the doll walked up step by step, and at the same time beat the drum of "dongdong".Panpan squatted on the ground to watch, curious and happy.I said it was given to you by Grandpa Beard.He didn't hit you on purpose in the afternoon, but Grandpa Beard actually likes you very much.

Suying stood aside without saying a word, but the anger was gone from her face.After a while she asked, did you buy this toy?I said no, it was bought by Yang Huzi when he went to the south for inspection.Maybe I wanted to buy it for a relative's child.Suying said, where did he get any relatives?I realized that I didn't know anything about Yang Huzi and shouldn't talk nonsense, so I said it was my imagination, maybe he bought it for myself to play.Suying said, that's possible. He has never touched a toy in his life, and he might want to enjoy it when he is old.

I took the opportunity to ask Suying, she said how Yang Huzi jumped off the cliff with his mother holding him.Suying said, I'm not talking nonsense about this, the old people in the village know about it.

According to the memories of the elderly in the village, in the year of liberation, some remnant troops of the Kuomintang fled into the nearby mountains to protect a young lady.It is said that the wife was the woman of a senior Kuomintang military officer, who had no time to bring his family with him when he fled to Taiwan in a panic.Later, the Communist Party's troops entered the mountain, and the woman jumped off the cliff with a baby who was a few months old.Maybe it was because of the life of the baby. When the mountain people found the dead woman, they found that the baby in her arms was still alive.The baby was later sent to an orphanage built in Xihe Township.At that time, the head of the orphanage was surnamed Yang. Therefore, all orphans who did not have a name were named after the head's surname and the number 14, 30, [-], and [-]. Yang Huzi was probably No. [-] of such orphans. His name is Yang Shishi.After growing up in the orphanage, no one remembers what Yang Huzi did. It was only when he started guarding the graveyard more than [-] years ago that everyone noticed him again.

After Suying told me about Yang Huzi's life experience, she said, You said that Yang Huzi lived alone all his life and never had a woman, which is pitiful.But he beat my child so hard, I thought he was very hateful.If it wasn't for Da Xu's favor this time, I would have called the child's father back and beat him up to relieve my anger.

Suying said this, indicating that the matter has been resolved, which made me calm down.However, Panpan, this child keeps running to the side of the cemetery to play, and I also find it strange that an adult should take him to the cemetery.After I told Suying about my confusion, she said, what happened to this child, my father and I couldn't figure it out either.The kid sleepwalks, which is scary.Once I woke up in the middle of the night and found that the child was not on the bed. I opened the door and went out to look for him. I found him outside the gate of your courtyard, only to see him coming down from the cemetery, his bare feet covered in mud.The next day, I heard that the strong boy in Brother Luo's factory made a bet with others and went to the grave to sleep, and it was me who saw him.Alas, do you think his father and I did something wrong in our previous life, giving birth to such a child to torture us.

Knowing these things, I looked sideways at the children who were squatting on the ground playing with robots, and I suddenly felt a little scared.However, since sleepwalking occurred, it meant that the child had some mental problems. I told Suying that the child should be taken to a large hospital in the provincial capital.Suying asked puzzledly, is he sick?I said I couldn't tell, but the psychiatric departments of large hospitals are now called mental health centers, and they can see the problems in people's brains and hearts.You might as well take your children to see it, don't feel bad about money.

Suying said suspiciously, we are not afraid of spending money, but those doctors can do it...

When I returned to the cemetery, I had already eaten dinner, but Yang Huzi hadn't eaten yet, saying that he was waiting for me. I knew he was really upset and couldn't eat.After hearing me say that he and Suying had reconciled, he was relieved, clapped his hands and said to Zhou's mother, cook two dishes again quickly, and I want to have two drinks with Daxu.

Drinking with Yang Huzi, this is the first time since I came to the cemetery.The textbook of reconnaissance says that drinking with opponents is an important opportunity for scouts.Of course, the scout has to protect himself, if he gets drunk first, everything will be over.Therefore, I responded enthusiastically to Yang Huzi's proposal first, and I also acted generously when clinking glasses, all in order to make him drink more happily.As the saying goes, if you speak the truth after drinking, when the time comes, he will say whatever I ask him.And I prepared two things for myself, one is a stack of napkins, and the other is half a bowl of vegetable soup. I don’t swallow it after drinking, and then use the paper to wipe my mouth or drink the soup, and all the wine in my mouth comes out.

My small chat with Yang Huzi also progressed from shallow to deep.We started talking about Suying and her child. After I helped Yang Huzi accuse the child of being annoying, I took advantage of the situation and asked, if a person dies and becomes a ghost, why is the little ghost stronger than the big ghost?Yang Huzi said, Oh, Da Xu, you know this too.I have been guarding the graveyard for decades, and I have never been afraid of ghosts, but then it stopped. I always dreamed that the little ghost hugged my leg, and this is not over. He also climbed up along your leg and put his hand on When you scratch your chest, your heart and lungs will be ripped out by him.You say the dream is fake, but when I went up the mountain to visit the tomb, no matter day or night, I often found a little ghost following me. As soon as you turned around, he hid behind the tomb.

I said "oh", raised my glass to invite Yang Huzi to toast, and then continued, when I first came here, a green vine always grew beside the child's grave in the back mountain. Will the vine grow again?Yang Huzi said, the roots have been dug out, what else can grow.I asked again, how did the child die?He said, sick, you didn't know that leukemia was incurable when you were working in the hospital.

I am somewhat inexplicably disappointed.Leukemia, Yang Hu's words are exactly the same as the child's mother's words, which completely overturned the murder prediction that was in my head from the beginning.But, is it normal for Yang Huzi to be so afraid of this grave and the kid?Perhaps, the alcohol concentration in Yang Huzi's blood has not yet reached the level that makes him tell the truth, so I have to be patient.

I invited Yang Huzi to toast again, but this time he waved his hand and said, it's almost done.As you usually see, I don't drink much, but I only drink a little today when I'm happy.I immediately said, I'm also a person who doesn't drink very much. I only drink a little more today because I respect you as a leader and elder. Therefore, if I toast you, you have to give me face.

Yang Huzi seemed a little moved. After clinking glasses with me, he drank it all in one gulp. I immediately stood up and poured wine for him respectfully. He patted the back of my hand and said, I am sixty years old. This graveyard, It is most suitable for you to be the supervisor in the future.Ye Zi and the younger brother are two young people who are good at work, but they are afraid of strangers and can't get on the stage.As for Poet Feng, he is not interested in anything but the grave, so being a gravekeeper is a good idea.So, you have to take care of things here in the future.

I had an idea, and immediately took the initiative to apply, I will share the burden of the big yin house in the back mountain for you first, give me the key, and I promise to keep it clean at all times.

Yang Huzi looked at me with some surprise and said, what do you care about that?The headquarters of the company attaches great importance to this big customer and wants me to manage it directly. In fact, what can I do to manage the empty grave? .So maybe you don't have to worry about these little things.In the future, you can help me with the coordination between the top and the bottom and Murakami. This is the big deal.

I asked, the empty tomb occupies such a large area, the owner is a great man, right?Yang Huzi said, maybe it is, but the information of major customers is in the company, which is somewhat confidential.But I've never been interested in the owner of the grave, it doesn't matter who you are, it doesn't matter if you die.

After Yang Huzi said this, he took the initiative to clink glasses with me, and I knew that the wine was already on the way.There are several hurdles in drinking, and each hurdle is a new mileage.At first I felt that I had enough to drink; then I drank a little more to be more enjoyable; the next feeling was, um, this wine is very fragrant, why is it not, not intoxicating at all; and then I just wanted to say a word, fuck, I can't wake up in this life, and I will move to live next to the winery in the next life.According to my judgment, Yang Huzi has crossed two hurdles now, because he is boasting about the fragrance of the wine.

(End of this chapter)