16, The Scarecrow's Secret
There is only one old corpse maker who asked me to be careful, Xia Mo.
I found that things were a bit funny. Xia Mo followed me to our village because he found that there was something wrong with the old corpse maker. But now the old corpse maker asked me to be careful of Xia Mo.
Who should I believe?
When I came to my senses, I found that the old corpse maker had disappeared in front of me. At this time, Xia Mo's voice came from the side. She asked me why I was standing there. I shook my head and went into the house with her.
When I was having a midnight snack, I looked at the old corpse maker and Xia Mo, and I always felt a little strange. After eating, we entered my dad's room, and Mr. Liang's body was still lying on the bed.
According to the old corpse craftsman's intention, he wanted to cremate Mr. Liang. The old corpse craftsman is Mr. Liang's senior brother, so he can naturally do this master.
"Little kid, I want to carry my junior brother's body back to his place where he lives. You can lead me a way!"
The old corpse maker looked at me and immediately said in a hoarse voice. I paused slightly, but nodded to the old corpse maker. I asked the old corpse maker if I would like me to help carry Mr. Liang's body?
The old corpse craftsman shook his head, and then I saw the old corpse craftsman carrying Mr. Liang's body directly on his back and walking outside.
Seeing this scene, I hurried to the old corpse maker and used a flashlight to guide him. At this time, a figure suddenly appeared beside me. When I saw that it was Xia Mo.
"I'll go with you!"
Xia Mo said lightly, and when I heard this, I felt grateful, and then said thank you to Xia Mo. To be honest, if I wanted to choose someone among Xia Mo and the old corpse craftsman, I would rather get along with Xia Mo alone, not just because Xia Mo is beautiful.
But the feeling that the old corpse craftsman gave me is still a bit strange!
The old corpse maker said nothing about Xia Mo's follow. He followed us, carrying Mr. Liang's body. It was already very late now and he did not meet anyone in the village on the way.
Soon, we arrived at Mr. Liang's house, and I also took the old corpse craftsman toward Mr. Liang's own room.
Xia Mo followed me closely. After rushing into the room, the old corpse maker also came in with Mr. Liang's body on his back. At this time, I looked at Xia Mo beside me and found that her expression became extremely solemn.
I looked at the old corpse maker and found that the old corpse maker had fixed his eyes on the incense table in the corner of the wall when I came in. At this time, the old corpse maker's low voice spread.
"Okay, you two will go back. I will deal with the matter here."
After the old corpse craftsman finished speaking, Xia Mo and I looked at each other, but I still asked the old corpse craftsman politely that if we need our help, I can tell me at any time.
The old corpse maker shook his head and said it was okay, he was busy alone.
Upon hearing this, Xia Mo and I had to leave Mr. Liang's house. Not long after I walked, I couldn't wait to ask Xia Mo: "Did you see anything?"
Before, I was curious about what the two scarecrows in Mr. Liang's room were. Just now, when I entered the door, I deliberately asked Xia Mo to walk faster and enter Mr. Liang's room.
I hurriedly looked at the two scarecrows in front of the old corpse maker. Even if I could not understand it, I could only let Xia Mo see it.
Just now, I also saw the solemn expression on Xia Mo's face, so I couldn't wait to know what Xia Mo saw on the two scarecrows.
Xia Mo's face was gloomy. He hesitated for a moment before he spoke to me.
"I saw your name behind one of the scarecrows."
Xia Mo's voice was like a thunderclap, and it suddenly hit me. She actually saw my name behind the scarecrow?
After a long time, I came back from the shock, but it was still a bit unacceptable. I looked at Xia Mo in front of me and asked her if she had seen anything besides this?
Xia Mo shook his head and said that there was nothing on the other scarecrow, but Xia Mo told me that the two scarecrows must have clues, but we just don’t have time to carefully check it out.
And it is obvious that the old corpse maker didn't want us, Mr. Liang, to stay in our house for too long, otherwise we wouldn't rush to drive us away.
Upon hearing this, my heart suddenly became a little heavy, and I kept thinking about things in my mind, wanting to find a breakthrough point in it.
On the night of the accident, the mourning clothes my grandfather wore for me were made by Mr. Liang, and the mourning clothes worn by the two little scarecrows in Mr. Liang's house were exactly the same as the one.
Now Xia Mo told me again that she saw my name behind one of the scarecrows. What is the connection between them?
There must be some connection between this, but I don’t know. When I looked for Mr. Liang, he obviously knew what would happen to our family.
And I thought of what grandma said to me on the morning when something happened to my grandpa, and grandma told me that it was fate. It took eighteen years to delay it and it came.
By the way, I didn’t care at that time. Now when I think about it, my grandma must know something. My grandma is soft-hearted, and I might be able to get some information from my grandma.
"Let's go home!"
Thinking of this, I quickly spoke to Xia Mo beside me.
After returning home, I saw that the lights were on in my dad's room, but the door was closed. I asked Xia Mo to wait for me outside. After that, I walked straight towards my grandma's room.
When I entered the room, I saw grandma holding an old photo in her hand, her eyes were red. It seemed that grandma had not yet walked out of the sadness of grandpa's death.
I sat next to my grandma and comforted her, saying that things were already like this. Grandma wiped her tears and didn't speak.
After pondering for a while, I finally spoke out and asked grandma: "Grandma, what's going on?"
After I asked, my grandma raised her head and looked at me with spoiled eyes. After a moment, my grandma sighed long.
"Half a catty, you have to live well. Your life was obtained by your grandfather's life."
Grandma's words shocked me. She knew something. I immediately said: "Grandma, there are too many things that have happened in the past few days. My mind is about to explode. Can you tell me a little bit, what's going on?"
I asked my grandma, who was the woman who knocked on the door that night? This is what I want to know the most now, because all of this was caused by the woman who knocked on the door.
As soon as he finished speaking, grandma's eyes were concentrated on me, as if she was considering whether to tell me.
After pondering for a while, grandma spoke to me, "Banjin, this is what our old Li family owes her. She is here to ask for debts. Your grandfather has left. I hope she can expose it!"
Upon hearing this, my heart was stunned. Grandma's words were a little blurred. The ones that grandma said were naturally the woman at the front door that night.
"Grandma, is she my mother?"
Finally, I asked the biggest doubt in my heart. Just as I finished speaking, I saw my grandma raise her eyebrows, and then my grandma's face darkened.
"Okay, go back to bed soon, I'm tired, too."
I felt a little disappointed and knew that my grandma didn't want to continue talking to me. I had no choice but to leave my grandma's room.
As soon as I left the room, my dad walked out of his room. Then, my dad spoke to me and asked Xia Mo to sleep in his room. He would just sit on the mat in the lobby.
This summer, I won’t catch a cold. I asked my dad to go to the room to sleep. My room was given to Xia Mo, and my dad shook his head.
It was already very late. After I entered the room, my mind was filled with the words my grandma said to me. What happened eighteen years ago?
According to my grandmother's opinion, I even more guessed that the woman knocking on the door might be my mother, but I was puzzled that my mother had been dead for eighteen years. Has the body really not rotten yet, and it was even a zombie?
What's the matter? Is it necessary for my grandfather to kill my life directly to calm my mother's anger?
As I thought about it, I didn’t even know when I fell asleep. In a daze, I felt someone knocking on the door. When I was woken up, my first reaction was to scream.
Because I saw a figure standing by my window, just as I was about to scream, a jade hand directly covered my mouth and pressed the sound from my throat back.
I looked closely and it turned out to be Xia Mo. I asked Xia Mo in a panic, so I was so scared that I was doing at night.
Xia Mo made a sound ban on me and asked me to turn it out of the window, and she discovered it again.
I felt a sudden change in my heart. I didn't understand what Xia Mo meant, but I still got up and quietly flipped out of the window. I asked what happened to Mo?
Xia Mo also whispered to me that my dad was gone.
My heart skipped a beat and I asked Xia Mo what it means? My dad is gone. It's this night, didn't my dad sleep in the lobby?
Why did it disappear?
Xia Mo shook her head and said that she heard a noise, and then she followed her out quietly and found that my dad in the lobby had walked out and had a hoe outside.
I felt a storm in my heart. What did my dad want to hold a hoe at night?
"Okay, don't guess it for now. I'll look at it carefully. I found that your father is heading towards the back mountain. Let's follow and take a look."
Hearing this, I nodded quickly. Before I could think about anything else, I walked out of my yard with Xia Mo. My dad actually went to the back mountain? What did he want to do?
With a hoe, I suddenly felt shocked when I thought of this. Could it be that my dad was going to dig a grave?
Xia Mo and I accelerated our pace. After a while, we approached the back mountain. Along a distance, I saw a figure waving a hoe.
Chapter completed!