Tomb Keeper

Chapter 39 The Little Brother's Cry (2)
I went up to the cemetery again with a hoe on my shoulders, but this time it was Yang Huzi's arrangement, and it was a fair thing.The sun above my head was also shining brightly, indicating that even though I carried a hoe, it was difficult for me to have my own space for secret operations.Yesterday, when I met Yang Huzi outside the yin house with a hoe, I said that the collapsed tombs had just been built. This reminded Yang Huzi. He then found that many grasses between the tombs on the back hill had grown taller, so he let us Weeding started today, the grass needs to be dug up, so use a hoe.

Before going up the mountain, Yang Huzi gave a lecture to everyone.He said, going up the mountain to visit the tomb, do you think it is a walk?When visiting the tomb at night, you have to use a flashlight to scare away those who want to cause damage; when you go to the cemetery during the day, you have to carefully look at the tomb, the stele, the trees, and the grass.
To be honest, we have done very little work during this time, maybe Ye Zi was not very skilled when she was the acting supervisor.But it's nothing to do with work, as my younger brother said, if you don't pump well water, you won't run out of energy.Moreover, the thought of being able to carry a hoe up the mountain made my heart move.However, I agree with Ye Zi's idea and stop the action, because Yang Huzi has noticed my thoughts about the yin house, and I have to observe his reaction before I can say it.

Last night, after my little brother cried, I still went to the attic.Ye Zi's attitude was more positive than I thought. She said that although the hairpin I picked up in the private house was her own, she always believed in Meizi's death.My heart suddenly returned to the original place. In the matter of solving Meizi's death, I have no worries other than dealing with Yang Huzi.

In the cemetery in the back mountain, the grass has really grown very high.After several of us worked separately, we soon lost sight of each other.I chose a place farthest from everyone to weed, because I could see the yin house on the hill when I looked up from here. I thought for no reason that if someone came in and out there, I would be able to see it from here.

In this way, I can't avoid looking around when I work.So when Suying appeared in the cemetery not far away with her child, I saw it at a glance.How is this going?The child who used to hold Yang Huzi's leg to go to the graveyard, Suying really brought him up the mountain today.I threw down the hoe and walked over. When Suying saw me, she patted the child on the head and said, Ershan, call Uncle quickly.

Two mountains?I was stunned for a moment. In my memory, this child is called Panpan. I haven't seen him for a while. Why did he change his name?I saw Suying was holding a large package of waxed paper money in her hand, so I asked her who was sweeping the grave, and she said it was Panpan.My head felt dizzy when I heard it, the sun was shining brightly in the sky, what the hell is this Suying doing?

Suying told me about the child.She said that after listening to my suggestion, she really took the child to a big hospital in the provincial capital, and called a psychologist. It is said that this expert is engaged in psychoanalysis, and the outpatient hours are very small. Dad found an acquaintance before he registered the expert's number.

Next, what Suying talked about about seeing a doctor left me speechless.I summed it up, probably like this.The experts first learned about the child's situation, the situation of Suying and her husband, and the situation of the parents as far away as Suying and her husband.The experts finally concluded that the child was not living a real life, and that he was living as a substitute for his dead brother.Because before she had this child, Suying had a son named Panpan, who died of illness when she was less than two years old.Suying and his wife loved their dead son very much, so after they had another son, they also called him Panpan, which made them feel very comforted.Of course, the couple never told the child that he had an older brother.Well, kid, it's no fun talking to him about those things.However, it is difficult for ordinary people to understand that all of this can be omitted, but everything exists in the child's life, which is called unconsciousness in technical terms.So he loves to play by the side of the cemetery for no reason, and pesters the adults to ask him to go to the cemetery.Although he himself didn't know why, but a strong unconsciousness drove him to go up the mountain to find his brother's grave, which was also his own grave in a sense.Man's drive to determine his own identity is enormous.

After the cause is found, the treatment plan given by the experts is very simple.First of all, tell the child truthfully and in detail about the fact that he had an older brother before.Just talking is not enough, I have to find out my brother's photo and show him, so that he can confirm that he and my brother are the same person.In addition, you must immediately change the child's name, and use the new name to call him repeatedly every day to fill his ears with the new name.Finally, the child had to say goodbye to his brother.The child should be taken to the elder brother's grave, let him understand and accept the fact that the elder brother is dead, and let him clarify that he is the elder brother's younger brother.After doing all this, the child will slowly get back to normal.

After talking about the expert's diagnosis, Suying said, after I came back with my child, I followed the expert's instructions, hey, it really worked. Ershan hadn't mentioned coming to the graveyard for many days, and Ershan was still facing the photo Call me brother, Er Shan is such a good boy...

I could hear Suying repeating Ershan's name over and over again.This is also what she is doing according to the words of the experts.She also asked me, what about the name Ershan?

I said yes, "two" is the ranking, and the word "mountain" is suitable for boys, and it has a homonym with "three". Maybe you want to add a brother or sister to Ershan?

Suying smiled embarrassedly and said, people from the city are smart.It was you who asked me to take the child to see a doctor. Now that the child is well, how about asking him to be your godfather?
This came as a surprise to me, and I repeatedly waved my hands and said, I dare not take it.And I am the person who guards the tomb, so it is not suitable for him to be his godfather.

Fortunately, I gave the reason that the gravekeeper is not suitable, otherwise it would be difficult for me to refuse Suying's request according to common sense.Because when she proposed, she had already pulled the child to kneel down to me.After hearing my reasoning, she didn't insist anymore, so she said, but I still want to thank you. When Ershan's father comes back, I invite you to come over for a drink.Well, I'm going to take Ershan to burn paper and incense in front of his brother's grave.Experts said that Ershan must say goodbye to his brother.

The mother and son walked along the path between the graves.There was a downhill ahead, and the figures of the mother and son quickly dwarfed and disappeared. Where they walked, there was an unobstructed sky.I thought again of the dead man affecting the living.

Suddenly, someone called me, Big Brother Xu, call it a day.

I looked back and saw that it was my younger brother, who was running over from a distance to call me.I was a little surprised that this kid who would always answer yes or no passively, actually came to talk to people on his own initiative.

The younger brother's change happened after I forced him to chat with him.That day, he suddenly recalled that when he was seven years old, he guarded the dead by the river at night. It was a neighbor's big sister who was drowned.Since that conversation, his changes have begun.I first noticed that his face was no longer flushed when talking to Ye Zi, and then he dared to sit around and eat with everyone.Last night, he suddenly burst into tears, which made everyone a little worried for him.However, he came downstairs in good spirits this morning.Originally, he was supposed to clean the tombstone alone, but when Yang Huzi arranged for everyone to weed, he took the initiative to apply and said that he wanted to do it with everyone today.Yang Huzi naturally agreed, of course, the more people doing this kind of thing, the better.

When the younger brother ran to me, he wiped his sweat and said, "It's time to call it a day. I didn't see you, so I came here."I patted him on the shoulder and said, you remember Brother Xu in your heart, that's right.But you should remember me, if I hadn't opened up your memory for you, you would still be groping in the dark.

I said this kind of half-understandable words, which were completely inspired by Suying after talking about psychologists.I'm a person who can draw conclusions from other things, and I've found that finding memories and a good cry can be therapeutic for a traumatized person.

Of course the younger brother doesn’t understand what I’m saying now.He said, what do you mean, groping in the dark?I still can’t make you understand what I said, so let’s talk about it slowly in the future.Let's go, let's go back to eat.

On the way, I asked him, do things together with everyone, okay?He said yes.I said that I will take you out again when I watch the night, do you want to?He said yes.I said that the cemetery is very dark at night, are you afraid?He said he was not afraid.In fact, when I raised this question, I already felt that it was superfluous. For a person who has guarded the mortuary, I said that I was afraid in front of him.

The reason why I proposed to take him to watch the night is because I think he can be my helper when I enter the yin house again.Although the mute and I are reliable and faithful, there are some barriers in communication after all. If I were replaced by this guy who can speak with his tongue, he might be able to help me at critical moments.

Back at the place of residence, before dinner was ready, Yang Huzi called me outside the courtyard gate and asked, what were you talking about with that kid’s mother just now on the mountain?
I was taken aback, this Yang Huzi was staring at me secretly.I said Suying was going to burn paper for her former son, so I chatted with her.I also told Yang Huzi that the child was not a little ghost, and his previous behavior was a bit strange. After seeing a doctor, he was cured.

Yang Huzi said disdainfully, the doctor cares about this kind of thing?Every child is either a little ghost or has a relationship with a little ghost. Otherwise, why do folks say that children have psychics?Help me keep an eye on that brat, if he wants to come here again, just drive him away.The last time he hugged my leg, my leg was in pain for several days, and it got better after I rubbed a lot of incense ash.

I said, don't worry, that kid won't come here again.

He said, don't say that.Last night, I was hugged by a little ghost.And, to tell you the truth, that kid came out of your house, and when he saw me, he jumped on me, hugged my leg, scratched and bit, and sucked my blood.And you standing by the side not only didn't help me, but also clapped your hands and said that you caught it well.Call it a dream, but when I woke up, my leg was really scratched.Having said that, Yang Huzi lifted his trousers to show me, there was indeed a scratch mark on the inside of the calf.

Yang Huzi's dream surprised me.It wasn't that the little ghost he dreamed was powerful, but that he dreamed that the little ghost was released by me, and I encouraged the little ghost to catch him.This shows that he is very suspicious of me.Of course, he told me about this dream frankly, which shows that his suspicion of me is still unclear to him. In terms of terminology, this suspicion is more in his subconscious mind. Therefore, it is still too late for me to try to stop his suspicion.

So I said to Yang Huzi, this is just a dream, don't pay too much attention to it, maybe you scratched the leg in your dream.As for your dream that I was there, let me tell you, I learned to interpret dreams when I was in the hospital, and the dream is reversed. You dreamed of me, which means that only I can help you at critical moments.Anyway, if that kid from Suying's family dares to pester you again, I'll definitely mention him and throw him away.

My words finally made Yang Huzi happy.He smiled and said, however, I still have to burn some incense in front of my parents' grave, and let them protect me from being entangled by little ghosts.

(End of this chapter)