Tomb Keeper

Chapter 37

During the walk, I deliberately fell to the back of the line several times, but Ye Zi didn't know my intentions, so she didn't notice my behavior at all.It seemed that it was very difficult to have a chance to talk to her alone before dark.Ye Zi has been walking with Yang Huzi and Mr. Cui. I know what she means, and she wants to take this opportunity to show her importance in this cemetery, so that the company can completely dispel the idea of ​​sending her to the city.

A group of people quickly entered the back mountain, and even climbed the hill with the big yin house.Yang Huzi said that he didn't bring the key to the private house, otherwise he would let Mr. Cui go in and have a look.Mr. Cui waved his hand and said, there is no need to open the door. Didn’t you all see it standing here?As he spoke, he took a few steps back, not sure if he was suddenly timid about the yin house, or he wanted to take a few steps back to see it more completely.

Then, Mr. Cui stood on the hill and looked far away, and pointed to several nearby hills to talk to the village chief.I heard them discussing the relocation of farmers to expand the cemetery.The village chief said that there is no rush for this matter. Housing compensation, reconstruction, and farmland compensation are a lot of things, and we have to get a plan in place first.

In this way, a day was passed by Cui Zongshan's tossing up and down the mountain.It's getting late, the leader should go, but no, there is still a banquet at the village head's house.When I heard this, I was waiting for Yang Huzi to ask me to go with me, but unexpectedly he called Ye Zidao, let’s go to the village chief’s house together, and urged the boss to invite you to attend.

I was immediately dumbfounded.It's not that I regret that Yang Huzi didn't let me go because I had a drink with him, but I was shocked by the repeating of the historical scene.Meizi went to the village chief's house to accompany her for a drink. I don't know if that was the last time she appeared in front of everyone.And tonight, the leaves are going there again.The world is like the surface of the sea. How can a ship know the sunken ship below when it passes by.But I know, so when I saw Ye Zi and Yang Huzi walk out of the courtyard, I was very anxious and helpless.

It was getting dark, and I came alone to the gate of the village chief's house.The reason why I do this is to interrupt the process of this event, which is as important as changing a fate.However, I have no idea how to interrupt the course of events.

The courtyard door was ajar, no one was in the courtyard, and the dog was still in the backyard.I slipped in quietly and saw a light in the corner window of the house, and I knew it was the dining room.I groped to the side of the house in the dark. There was a window wide open. I peeked inside and saw the kitchen.I remembered the scene where the village head followed Meizi into the kitchen, and held her and forcibly touched her chest. It can be seen that the kitchen is a high-incidence area for men to commit crimes during banquets.I decided to sneak in first.In order not to make any noise after entering the house, I took off my shoes and turned barefoot through the window into the kitchen.However, when I entered the house, I realized that the dining room was just outside the kitchen, and I couldn't go in, and there was no place to hide in the kitchen.At this moment, I heard Lianzi's voice saying, I'm going to add some hot soup for you.I was in a hurry, but I was in a hurry, so I stood behind the kitchen door in a flash.This door is close to a dead corner of a wall, and when people go in and out, they usually don't notice whether the door is close to the wall.Therefore, when I was receiving special forces training, the instructor said that behind the door is the most convenient place to hide temporarily.Of course, after knowing this method, the negative impact it brings to me is that I often have suspicions about the back door.I lived alone in the city, and every night when I came home from get off work at the newspaper office, when I opened the door, I would always push the door behind the wall before entering.If the door cannot be pushed halfway, it means that there is someone behind the door.

Fortunately, like me, there are not many people who have to push the door to the wall to get in, so when I stood close to the wall behind the kitchen door, Lianzi and the village head both entered the kitchen to serve soup and dishes, but they treated me unaware of its existence.

In this way, I am monitoring the situation on the wine table from a distance.I can hear most of what they said, but I haven't heard anything unusual.Other than persuading each other to drink, the voices on the wine table were Mr. Cui's mouth wide open, predicting that the cemetery's profit would reach a large number in a few years.Standing behind the door, my bare feet felt a little cold, because there was water on the kitchen floor, and my feet were wet when I entered the room.So I wanted to leave for a while, and just as I came out from behind the door, I suddenly heard someone coming, so I had to dodge and stand behind the door.However, the footsteps I heard didn't enter the kitchen, maybe they went to the bathroom.

At this moment, I heard President Cui speak again.He said, the village chief, you can't blame Ye Zi for your son's affairs.If you want to transfer Ye Zi, the company does not agree.You think, if the leaves are gone and another girl comes to the cemetery, your son will still go crazy.Your son is bewitched, you have to try to cure him.In order to fundamentally solve the problem.

The village head said, I can't help it. How do you think he can cure his disease?
Mr. Cui laughed suddenly, and then said, look at the lotus seeds beside you, isn't there a way?

The village head said hesitantly, you mean, find one for my son compared to Ye Zi's appearance?But this is easy to say, but hard to find.Tell me, Ye Zi, do you know a girl who looks like you?

At this moment, a "dong" sounded from somewhere, and Yang Huzi raised his voice and asked, village chief, is there anyone in the room next to you?
Of course, the next room does not refer to the kitchen, but I heard some chaos in the dining room. For safety, I decided to retreat first, and it would be more appropriate to wait and see under the outside window.

Luckily I jumped out the window just in time.Soon, under the window sill, I heard several people entering the kitchen, followed by Lianzi's screams, and she shouted, "Look, why are there barefoot footprints on the ground?"Then there was Yang Huzi's voice, yo, you are really barefoot, all five toes are clearly visible.Then came the voice of the village head, the voice was full of fear, barefoot ghost, I burned your shoes, why are you chasing me!

Suddenly there was a commotion in the room.Mr. Cui was saying, I have to leave, and the village chief kept moaning and sighing.Unexpectedly, my barefoot footprints produced such an effect. If there was any plan for this dinner, its progress and ending have been completely disrupted by this time.The development of things is like this. If there is a change in the middle, it will be like a river changing its course, and the result will be far different.I was content to help the leaf rampage from the plum's track.I slipped out of the village chief's courtyard gate in the chaos, and headed back to the cemetery in the dark, even whistling for a while on the way.

In the morning, the clouds were thick and the weather was gloomy, but Ye Zi's complexion was very good. I think it was the good mood that the company had completely decided not to transfer her to.It seems that Ye Zi is still very good at dealing with the company's leaders.Not only that, I even suspect that she has reached some kind of tacit agreement with the company and Yang Huzi.Because last night, as soon as she came back to the attic, I went to her room with the hairpin.I told her how I had climbed over the wall into the hermitage, and showed her the barrette.I said that I suspected that Meizi was buried in the woods of the yin house, and I also had a premonition that Meizi's fate was repeating itself for her, so I sneaked into the village chief's kitchen and disrupted their plans.

Ye Zi was a little surprised and a little grateful when she heard what I said.However, when she took a closer look at the hairpin, she unexpectedly said, oh, this hairpin is mine, maybe I dropped it there while cleaning.

This result made it hard for me to accept, I said, take a look again, is it yours? Didn’t you see that it was rusted like that, can it be rusted like that in a few years?

Ye Zi looked at it again, and said with certainty that it belonged to her, and the rust might be due to the heavy humidity there.

I don't speak anymore, and I already regret saying everything too clearly.Why did Yang Huzi only let Ye Zi go into the shady house to find a sweeper? Now I understand that it does not rule out that there is a tacit understanding between them.And I have already told Ye Zi about the matter of climbing over the wall and entering the private house, I hope she will tolerate this matter for the sake of my sincerity to her like a double agent.

The weather was gloomy, and Ye Zi's face was bright. She even smiled when she saw me going downstairs. I don't know if it was because she had tolerated me, or another kind of confidence.After breakfast, Yang Huzi unexpectedly announced that today was a day off, and asked his younger brother and Zhou Ma to go to the town to buy vegetables together. They wanted to buy chicken, fish, meat and many other things to make a hearty lunch.Seeing that we were puzzled, Yang Huzi finally couldn't help but said that he found his parents, and he will formally meet with them today.

The parents Yang Huzi wants to meet are on the graveyard.At noon, all of us went up the mountain with offerings such as whole chickens and fish, and several large strings of firecrackers, and stopped in front of a grave where husband and wife were buried together.I went to the tombstone and looked at it. This is an elderly couple. If they lived today, they would be in their 90s.

Yang Huzi squatted in front of the grave, and while arranging incense candles, he told us that no one has visited this grave for more than ten years. You can see the inscription on the tombstone, but the siblings have no children, so this elderly couple is very lonely. .I had a dream a few months ago that they came to me and called me son.So I came to clean the grave. You see, I also transplanted the two trees next to the grave.When drinking last night, Mr. Cui's words reminded me that I have to meet my parents as soon as possible.Mr. Cui said, no matter how late tonight, I have to go back, because my parents live with me, and they won't be able to sleep if I don't come home at night.Mr. Cui, who is in his fifties, was as sweet as a child when he said this.At that time, my heart skipped a few beats, how nice it is to have parents, so I will formally meet my parents today, and from today onwards, I, Yang Huzi, will no longer be an orphan.

(End of this chapter)