Soon, Grandma Li saw me, and she walked up to me with a nervous face and said, "Oh, you, why did you come out?" Didn't I tell you that the night in the village was not peaceful? If you come out like this, it will scare the children in the village, you hurry back, hurry back. ”

I thought they were too nervous, so I waved my hand and said, "Grandma Li, village chief, don't worry, the children are all asleep!" I won't scare anyone, everyone has seen it during the day, and you know that I have no ill intentions, I just heard that there are dead people in the village, come and see! ”

As I spoke, I looked at two stools and a simple bed made of boards, and there was a white cloth on the bed, and there were many strips of yellow cloth around the white cloth, which seemed to be covered with the dead Widow He. As for the yellow strips, I think they should be used to suppress evil spirits.

The village chief took a puff of cigarette, then took out a yellow cloth and handed it to me, "Take it!" ”

I took the yellow cloth from the village chief's hand, and then I realized that everyone was holding the yellow cloth in their hands! The meaning of the yellow cloth on the body of the corpse is to charge the shasor, and on the body of the person is like drawing a talisman, which can protect the body. In fact, this thing is of little use to me, because ordinary things really don't dare to come close to me, but everyone takes it, I can't pretend to say that it doesn't matter if I don't use it, there is a kind of thing called following the local customs, not to mention that the people in the village are so disgusted with me, a person from other places.

After seeing that I took the yellow cloth, the village chief spit out the smoke in his mouth and set his eyes on Widow He again! Then he sighed and said to the man kneeling on the ground: "He Shun, your sister-in-law was originally going to be buried tonight, I read that for your filial piety, I will bury it tomorrow night!" Remember, don't bring her body to the house, and the yellow cloth on her body, be sure to keep an eye on it! Don't get it off, and most importantly, remember that the light under her bed can't be extinguished! Remember, right? ”

He Shun nodded gratefully and said, "I know, thank you village chief, thank you village chief!" ”

The village chief sighed again, and then waved his hand and said to the crowd of onlookers: "Okay, everyone go back to rest, and let's bury Widow He again tomorrow night!" If there are those who are willing to stay and keep vigil with He Shun, they can stay by themselves. ”

After speaking, the village chief didn't do anything else, turned around and left He Shun's house directly!

After seeing the village chief leave, most of the people were also discussing and left He Shun's house.

"This widow is hanged, who loves to guard it, I don't keep it, this murderous person is very angry, especially in the second half of the night, who knows if she will suddenly sit up in the second half of the night!"

"yes, go home and sleep! What are you doing with this sin? ”

“……”

A group of people left He Shun's house during the conversation, and the few people who stayed behind also left He Shun's house one after another under the pretext that there was something else to do tomorrow. Grandma Li called me when she left, but I didn't leave, let her leave first, and I'll go back later.

After a while, the people were gone, and in an instant, only me and He Shun were left! He Shun still had tears on his face, and he sat alone next to the corpse, his eyes were extremely complicated. It seems that this village is not a village of the Peach Blossom Spring, there is no edification of interests in the Peach Blossom Spring, there is no deceit of humanity, there is no secular concept, and some are just cheerful.

And this place is very vulgar, very ordinary, unpredictable, and has some strange customs!

I took advantage of the situation and pulled a stool and sat next to He Shun, who raised his head and looked at me! He muttered, "You're not leaving?" ”

I shook my head and didn't say anything, just reached out and roasted the still burning wood. He Shun is not very old, but his face is full of maturity, maybe this is the so-called child of a poor family who is in charge early! The reason why I stayed was because He Shun was frustrated now, as long as we climbed to the top of the table, if I asked him any questions, he would definitely tell me. I don't think the people in this village are very simple, and if I ask any of them, I probably won't get the answer I want.

"Where are you from?" Suddenly, He Shun saw that I was sitting here without saying anything, and he couldn't help asking.

I said lightly: "It should be far away from you!" ”

Seeing that He Shun intended to talk, and seeing his sad face, I couldn't help but comfort him: "He Shun, mourn." ”

When He Shun heard my words of comfort, he couldn't help but lower his head, and shed tears again, he said while crying: "When I was very young, my father and mother died, and it was my brother and sister-in-law who did not dislike me and raised me!" My brother and sister-in-law have no children, and I am more than ten years younger than them, so they raise me as a child. A few years ago, my eldest brother fell to his death when he went up the mountain to chop wood, and my sister-in-law did not treat me blankly because of this, but still treated me as usual, took me to farm, and taught me to be a man. In my mind, my sister-in-law is my own mother, she is dead now, because she has no children, she can't be buried in Matun Mountain, and she has to be buried in the widow's land, this, how can I be worthy of my sister-in-law. ”

I know what He Shun thinks in his heart, and I also know that he is a person who knows how to repay his kindness! Widow He raised him, then even if it was half of his mother, he kept filial piety to Widow He, which is human nature. But he was rejected, and he felt uncomfortable and felt sorry for his sister-in-law, which was also reasonable.

I thought for a moment and asked, "He Shun, what kind of place is that Ma Camel Mountain, the widow's land?" Is there any difference? Why did we just hear you say that after you were buried in the widow's land, your sister-in-law would not be able to rest in peace! ”

He Shun said: "Matuo Mountain is the designated cemetery of eight villages on our side, and in addition to our village, there are seven villages where people are buried in that place. That place is the place designated by the feng shui master on our side, and that place is good, as long as it is a normal old death, or a man dies, he can be buried in that place. Buried in that place, you can enter the coffin, and you can also erect a monument for future generations to remember, you think, who dies and doesn't want their descendants to remember, who dies and doesn't want to have their own coffin. ”

"What about the widow's land?" I looked at He Shun curiously and asked.

He Shun sighed and said, "The widow's land is used to bury widows and women who died before marriage!" As long as there are no children in the village and the husband dies first, he is considered to be an ominous person, with a bad aura on his body, and this kind of person cannot be put into the coffin when he dies, and the body cannot be buried in the soil. I could only carry it to the dense forest at the back of the village and throw it, and after throwing it, most of the corpses were eaten by wild beasts, and the corpses were eaten. So, how can I bear to watch my sister-in-law who raised me die and don't even have a grave......"

What a cruel custom! It also reflects the patriarchal ideology of this village! In their minds, a woman's vocation may only be to work and have children, if she can't give birth to children, it means that this woman is full of evil spirits, and she can't even die in the ground!

I frowned and continued to ask, "You just said that if you are not married, dead girls will also be buried in the widow's land?" ”