First line of life

Chapter 2 Incense in front of the coffin

I was taken aback by this sudden scene, staring fixedly at Grandpa's hand, my heart was a little hairy, isn't Grandpa already dead?How did you move your hand?

Could it be that grandpa turned it upside down (we mean fraudulent corpse).And now the grandfather's face has become even more ferocious.

Grandma quickly used her hand to break Grandpa's hand, but she couldn't move it, and Grandpa's strength was so strong that my wrist hurt for a while.

Grandpa, who is already dead, how could he suddenly react like this?There was a chill behind me, and I hurriedly helped grandma break grandpa's hand together.

"Grandma, you can't break it!"

After a while, I found that grandpa's hand was tightly held, and my body was still cold and stiff, so I looked at grandma and said.

Grandma's face also became gloomy, and then she started rubbing on Grandpa's hands, which could ease the stiff muscles.

But after working for a long time, there was still no effect. Grandpa's hand was still holding me tightly, and I saw that my wrist seemed to have bruises.

The grandma who saw this was also anxious, tears flowed out immediately, and she slapped grandpa on the face.

"You old man, just leave by yourself, drag your baby to do that? Hurry up and let go, or I'll go down to find you now."

The moment grandma's voice fell, I was shocked that grandpa's hand let go.

While my heart was full of shock, I quickly told grandma that grandpa let go of his hand. Grandma took a look, but didn't say anything, and told me to go out and change clothes, and call Mr. Liang.

I changed my clothes and went out to fetch water to wash my face.

However, when I walked to the door with the basin, I froze in place, because I found that the entire yard outside the door was covered with footprints.

These footprints looked a little messy, as if someone was walking back and forth constantly, but when I looked closely, I found that these footprints were a bit strange, and I couldn't tell what they were.

I followed the footprints and found that these footprints extended to the window of my room. There were only a few footprints there, as if the owner of these footprints stood there for a long time before turning around and leaving.

And I didn't see these footprints when I opened the window before, but now there are more?

Seeing this, I couldn't help feeling horrified. I slept by the window last night, and something stood by the window and looked at me all night. Thinking about it, I felt a chill in my back.

At this time, the grandma who came out of the room asked me why I was standing there?I pointed to the yard and asked grandma whose footprints belonged to them?

Grandma frowned, walked to my side, glanced at the yard, and then looked angrily: "You silly boy, what are you talking about? Where did the footprints come from in the yard?"

I was taken aback by grandma's words, can't she see the footprints in the yard?I shook my head and put this matter aside for the time being, after all, it's important now.

After finishing myself, I went straight out and walked towards Mr. Liang's house. To be honest, Grandpa really has no backbone in this matter.

My dad works outside all year round, and my grandma has already notified me, but I still don't know when I will be home.I ran all the way, and when I arrived at Mr. Liang's house, I explained the situation directly.

Mr. Liang frowned slightly, and muttered in a low voice: "So fast?"

Mr. Liang's words made me slightly taken aback. What does Mr. Liang's words mean?Did he already know something was going to happen to our family?
But before I could ask anything, Mr. Liang directly asked me to wait a while, and he went to pack his things. I nodded, and after a while, Mr. Liang came out and walked towards my house with me.

When we arrived at the gate of my yard, Mr. Liang stopped suddenly. I saw Mr. Liang's eyes fixed on the yard, and his eyes were full of dignity.

There was no expression on that somewhat wrinkled face. I quickly asked Mr. Liang what was wrong?Mr. Liang shook his head and said to me.

"Follow my footsteps for a while, don't make a mistake."

I was shocked when I heard the words, why do I feel that Mr. Liang saw the footprints in the yard?But at this moment, Mr. Liang was startled and walked forward, and I followed behind Mr. Liang.

Sure enough, I found that the place where Mr. Liang walked was the place where there were no strange footprints.I became more certain of my thoughts.

Mr. Liang rushed straight into his grandfather's room. When Mr. Liang saw his grandfather who had been cleaned up and his grim death, Mr. Liang spoke out directly.

"You can't wear it like this, old sister-in-law, where are the clothes?"

After finishing speaking, Mr. Liang turned his head and asked grandma, who was stunned for a moment. Grandma asked Mr. Liang what kind of clothes?
Mr. Liang then said: "Shouyi, the shroud for children."

I quickly reacted, saying that the shroud was in my room, and Mr. Liang asked me to get it quickly. I nodded quickly and walked out of the room, but my heart was filled with endless puzzlement.

Why do I feel that Mr. Liang seems to know everything, and when something happened to my grandfather, the first person my grandma asked me to go to was not Mr. Yin Yang, who fixed the cave for burial, but the tailor Mr. Liang?
In doubt, I brought that strange shroud and handed it to Mr. Liang, and Mr. Liang quickly helped me and my grandma, took off the outer shroud of my grandfather, and put on this one.

If I was confused before, then now I don't understand what Mr. Liang is trying to do. Grandpa is 80 to [-] years old. If he passed away at such an age, he would have to wear more than ten shrouds inside and out.

"Why are you staring blankly? Hurry up and help."

Grandma’s voice came, and I reacted quickly to help, changing the shroud for Grandpa, and then Mr. Liang came in front of Grandpa, covered Grandpa’s eyes with one hand, I saw Mr. Liang’s mouth move, It seems to have said something.

When Mr. Liang let go of his hand, I unexpectedly found that Grandpa's eyes, which were tightly open, were closed.

And at this moment, Mr. Liang found yellow paper and covered his grandfather's face. I know this is called covering the face of the corpse, to prevent the deceased from seeing the secular world again, to avoid nostalgia, and to refuse to leave.

After finishing, Mr. Liang turned his head and told grandma that it was time to set off firecrackers. Firecrackers are not necessarily a sign of joy. In this case, it is considered respectful and informing the neighbors that someone has passed away.

Firecrackers were set off, and after a while, people from the village came one after another. Everyone was a little bit hard to accept Grandpa's death, but they still helped with work.

Put the grandfather into the coffin. At this time, I found that the footprints in the yard were still there, but none of the people who came here seemed to have noticed them. Moreover, those footprints were so conspicuous in the yard that people who walked back and forth could not get them. Get rid of those footprints.

"Boy, can you see those things?"

Suddenly, a deep voice came from behind me, which startled me. I turned around and saw Mr. Liang standing behind me.

I nodded, knowing without asking, the things Mr. Liang said were naturally footprints in the yard. At this time, I also asked Mr. Liang, why couldn't they see it?
Mr. Liang let out a long breath and said, "There are some things that not everyone can see."

I asked Mr. Liang again, who left these footprints?Mr. Liang shook his head, saying who knows?Then, Mr. Liang suddenly asked me to show him my hand, as if deliberately changing the topic.

Before I could speak, Mr. Liang grabbed my right hand directly. On my wrist, there was a bruise mark from being scratched by my grandfather.

At this moment, Mr. Liang was staring at the bruised mark, frowning into Sichuan characters.

Seeing Mr. Liang's appearance, I asked Mr. Liang what's wrong?Mr. Liang shook his head and said that he would stay with me to watch the wake tonight, hoping nothing would go wrong.

In the evening, Mr. Liang asked his grandma to arrange for everyone to go home. Even grandma had to sleep at other people's homes. Although everyone was very strange, they finally followed suit.

After seeing everyone leaving, Mr. Liang found a stool and sat in the main room, facing the gate, holding a willow branch found during the day in his hand, and Mr. Liang told me to guard my grandfather's coffin and let me Be optimistic about the incense in front of the coffin of grandpa, and the soul-inducing lamp.

The lamp cannot be extinguished, and the incense cannot be broken.

Seeing Mr. Liang's situation, I became inexplicably uneasy in my heart. Until the middle of the night, I felt that I was a little drowsy. I shook my head, and there must be no trouble now.

I saw that the three sticks of incense in front of my grandfather's coffin were almost finished, so I stepped forward to refill them. However, the moment I inserted the three sticks of incense, two of them broke.

My heart tightened watching this scene, and just as I was about to tell Mr. Liang, there was a loud bang outside.

(End of this chapter)