Tomb Keeper

Chapter 41
The younger brother's condition made me suddenly suspicious.That time, when I was fighting a snake, I broke the clothesline on the balcony, and I asked my younger brother to wash the clothes that fell on the floor, and there were bras and so on. Ye Zi later accused me of this, but I was really a little bit I didn't think too much about it.Could it be that my younger brother was moved when he was washing these clothes.Then, yesterday, I finally climbed onto the terrace to steal the bra.This is possible, given that the younger brother is 19 years old and he is too shy to have any relationship with girls, it is logical to do such a thing.Of course, to confirm this, I have to go to the back of the building or on the terrace to see if there are many trees there, and whether there are tree branches that are easy to climb and reach the terrace. I have never paid attention to this matter before.

At this moment, Yang Huzi and Ye Zi came into the courtyard, and the sound of a car starting outside was heard at the same time.I'm done thinking, and an important opportunity is lost again.I asked Yang Huzi, has Master Diao seen the tomb?Yang Huzi was very annoyed and said that he had seen it, but the damage on the cornice of the fence made him blame us for a long time.Alas, I didn't expect him to come today, and I have to find a mason to patch it up as soon as I get down.

It was almost dusk at this time, and Zhou's mother had already come in from the courtyard gate with a big armful of firewood, and she was ready to make dinner.I walked to the gate of the courtyard, and when I looked up, I saw that the car was still parked there, the hood of the front of the car had been lifted, and Master Diao was busy repairing the car.

I walked over and asked, what, the car broke down?Master Diao threw the wrench in his hand to the ground with a bang, and said angrily, what the hell is this place, the last time I came here, the car broke down when it was parked here, and it took two hours to fix it.This time it was worse, too bad to let me go.

After Master Diao finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone to make a call, but of course he couldn't get through.I said that there is no signal in this area of ​​the barrier.He was so angry that he almost shook his phone.

Next, he had to follow me into the house to talk on the landline.After calling Mr. Zhao on the phone, he said a lot of professional words about car repair. Finally, he said "hmm" a few times and put down the phone in disappointment.

Master Diao can only stay here overnight, because the car mechanic won't be here until tomorrow.Yang Huzi said to him warmly, it's okay, we have a guest room upstairs, and it's very quiet to live here.Master Diao thought for a while and said, no way.To be honest, I dare not live here.When I came here, I saw a small town, and I went to live in the town.Yang Huzi said in embarrassment, that's about ten miles away.Master Diao said, no matter how far away I will go there.

Therefore, Yang Huzi had no choice but to arrange for me to accompany Master Diao to stay in the town for one night.I was overjoyed.Seeing that it was getting dark, Master Diao urged me to go on the road immediately.Yang Huzi asked him to have dinner, but he said no, no need, and walked out of the courtyard while talking.

It was already dark when we reached Xihe Town, so I took Master Diao to Zihua's shop.The lights were on in the restaurant, but there were no customers.Zihua and her elder brother and sister-in-law were both surprised and happy about our arrival.Maybe it was an omen that Zihua called me last night.It's just that I didn't talk to Zihua on the phone.Maybe it's been a long time waiting for the phone call. When I picked up the phone, I only heard two women's voices arguing.One said, put the phone away, why do you keep calling the cemetery?The other said, sister-in-law, let me ask, he is from the city, he knows why the post office didn't pick up the package for me.The voice of the sister-in-law said, parcel parcel, I think you are going crazy.Then there was the sound of two people tugging, and then the phone was disconnected.

Master Diao and I went upstairs to look at the room first, and then came down to have dinner.When looking at the room, his brows were frowned, but he could only sigh and say, there is no way, I just live here, it's better than sleeping next to the grave.

When eating, we asked for local specialties, such as bamboo shoots, mushrooms, bacon, and delicious wild vegetables.Master Diao also asked for wine, which was just what I wanted.People talk a lot when they drink, so I don't worry if he doesn't tell me about the haunted house.

At this time, Zihua, who had finished serving us, did not leave. She took out the electricity bill collection slip from her pocket and handed it to me, saying, Brother, please help me to see what my husband sent me.The post office wants to seize my belongings, so I have to go to the government to sue them.Just as we were talking, Zihua's sister-in-law ran over from the kitchen. While pulling Zihua away, she apologized to us and said, don't listen to her, let's have a good meal.

Master Diao was baffled by this, and I didn't bother to explain, so I raised my glass and said to him, come, have a drink.We didn't take good care of you when you came to the cemetery, Yang Huzi asked me to treat you well.

After drinking for three rounds, I asked him what happened to the haunted house that he mentioned in the afternoon.He said, oh, I don't know too well, I have been driving to Dong Zhao's house for less than a year.I heard about that from Director Zhao. He said that not long after the tomb was built, a nearby farmer said that he heard a woman crying in the yin house at night.There are also brave people who have heard it outside the wall at night, saying that the crying is absolutely true.Zhao Dong asked Yang Huzi about it after he heard about it, and Yang Huzi said that someone was talking nonsense about it. It was a night bird's cry, sometimes it sounded like a person crying.Director Zhao was dubious, and asked people to burn a lot of incense wax paper money inside and outside the courtyard wall, but he didn't hear any more such rumors.But there was another thing that puzzled Zhao Dong.Zhao Dong's parents like camellias, and they like the red ones.This tomb is a joint burial tomb built for Zhao Dong's parents, so Zhao Dong asked someone to buy some red camellias and plant them beside the tomb, but the strange thing is that the camellias bloomed half a year later, but they were all white flowers. It drives surprisingly well, as if the land is very fertile...

Master Diao drank heavily while talking, and his neck began to turn red.I felt a little cold.Recalling the place where I picked up the hairpin, there were indeed many low shrub-like plants growing near the grave on the left side, which could not be seen clearly at night, but now I know that they are camellias.The white blooms are surprisingly good, and I shudder thinking about what lies beneath the ground.

Once Master Diao opened his chatterbox, he couldn't close it.He said, I drove to Zhao Dong's house, and this fate started from my parents.My dad is a driver for the provincial government and drives a Nissan.Nissan is nothing now, but 20 years ago, passers-by would have to pay more attention to this car on the street.At that time, in order to generate income, the Office Affairs Bureau leased some cars to outsiders. My dad's car was rented by a company with a driver and a car for a long time.The boss of that company is Zhao Dong's friend.Relying on his father's relationship, Mr. Zhao had just entered the government and worked as a small civil servant. He earned very little money, so he left his job without pay and went to his friend's company to become the deputy general manager.That friend also made his three-year-old daughter Lingling worship Zhao Dong as her godfather.Unexpectedly, after several years of prosperity, his friend was in bad luck. It is said that he evaded hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes, which is a serious crime.His friend and his wife fled abroad, and their daughter Lingling was entrusted to Zhao Dong to take care of her.Zhao Dong quickly returned to work in government agencies, and later became the chairman of a state-owned enterprise.Zhao Dong and his wife have no children, so they love this goddaughter very much, but things can't be perfect. Lingling's goddaughter fell ill and was hospitalized before finishing college. I don't know what the disease is. It is said that it is difficult to cure.After I drove to Zhao Dong’s house, I heard them talking about this goddaughter and sighed. Zhao Dong’s family had a nanny surnamed Yuan, who had no children for some reason, so I heard that Zhao Dong’s goddaughter also sighed after being hospitalized. .

When I heard him say that the nanny surnamed Yuan had no children for some reason, I felt a little uncomfortable.As she herself said, she never told the master how the child died and was buried there. She didn't want to be Xianglin's wife. Life is really painful in its own way.

Unknowingly, it was late at night, Zihua pulled down the shutter door, and the restaurant closed.Master Diao was very drunk, and when I helped him upstairs, I felt his body was very heavy. I think he was fattened up after driving to Mr. Zhao's house. He is in his 30s, and his belly has already protruded.

I helped him into the room, and he fell down on the bed, staring at the ceiling and said, living here won't be haunted.I said this is not a cemetery, what the hell is going on.Sleep at ease, and I live in this room with you, what are you afraid of?
He said, what's the use of living in this room, you smell like a cemetery...

I knew he was drunk, so I didn't care about him, so I walked to another bed and fell asleep quickly.After all, a small town is a small town, and when I listened to the outside, there was no sound at all.

In July and a half, ghosts run around.This Chinese folk ghost festival brings many people who burn incense and paper to the graveyard.Yang Huzi said that apart from Qingming Festival, this day is the busiest day on the graveyard.The open space outside our courtyard was already full of all kinds of small cars, as well as a few minibuses, which brought some mighty grave-sweeping teams.All of us went to the cemetery except the leaf, mainly to instruct the grave sweepers not to burn the tree when burning incense and paper, and not to step on other people's graves when walking.When I went up the mountain, I took some wax paper money from the safekeeping room, and after looking around the graves, I came to the grave of the eight-year-old boy.After I knelt down and lit the joss sticks, I began to burn papers one by one.I looked at the name on the tombstone and said in my heart, Leilei, I burned the paper for your mother.If you want any grievances, just grow ivy around the grave.Or, take advantage of Lord Yan's holiday for you today, and then go hug Yang Huzi's leg after you come out, and force this person who is afraid of little ghosts to tell me the truth.In addition, I also want to tell you that your mother is now working as a nanny for a wealthy family, and her life is fine, so you can rest assured.

After burning the paper, I stood in front of the grave for a while.At this time, Poet Feng came over, and I asked him, have you ever burned paper for your fiancée?Today is the Ghost Festival, you should burn more paper for her.He shook his head and said, no.I used to burn paper for celery on this day, but not now.I asked a little strangely, why?He said, Qinqin is not dead, why burn paper.Last night, I went for a walk with her again.On the streets of Shenzhen, I accompanied her to shop and drink cold drinks.Hehe, I also saw that when she smiled, the dimples on her cheeks got deeper.I couldn't see her face clearly before, but I have researched the spirit vision device. After wearing it, I can see Qinqin's eyelashes clearly.

I was a little surprised, and asked half-believingly, did you come up with that high-tech gadget?He approached me, lowered his voice and said, don't talk to others, one night, I will take you out to try it, and you will see people from another dimension, hehe, it will definitely open your eyes.

Hearing this, I was not cheered up.Although I believe that human beings may one day find a way to see another dimension, as Poet Feng, a former technician in a high-tech company, I think it is unlikely that he will achieve this breakthrough.Of course, I'd still love to meet him.So I said, okay, how about let me see tonight?He said, wait for two days, there is still a small technical problem to be improved, and I will call you out then.

(End of this chapter)