The Past
Sometimes, she wanted to write down the stories of these people. Sometimes, she was worried that something would happen to them. Sometimes, she was afraid that they would be caught in her dreams. However, she hoped that everyone would pay attention to such a special group. My family has always suffered!
Grandpa said,"Actually, everyone will die. The things left behind after death are for the benefit of future generations!" However…what was in the ground, he would leave it in the ground!”
Uncle said," Life is actually quite fast. It's good to take good care of the elderly and the people around you!”
Second Uncle said,"The buried ones belong to the ones that no one wants. I want the ones that no one wants." Even if I'm a beggar, I want to be the richest beggar!”
"It's always been a small matter. It's not easy to come across a bigger cemetery, but it's actually been robbed!" Why are you so unlucky in this life!"
Dad said,"They are a group of people who deal with ghosts. Don't go near them!"”
When I was young, these relatives would come to my house in the middle of the night. When they came in the middle of the night, the lights in the basement basically stayed on all night. It was just that the people outside never knew that there was a basement.
Sometimes when they came out for lunch, Second Uncle would smile and say to Little Uncle,"It's alright this time! It's not a problem to earn tens of thousands!"
At that time, his grandfather said something that was still very fashionable." Keep a low profile! Keep a low profile!"
My uncle was usually very quiet. When he passed by me, he would take out a piece of jade from his chest and rub it on my head." Nephew, dear uncle, I'll give you this piece of jade, okay?”
I always avoided his stubble." No, no, you're covered in dirt. Who wants to kiss you?”
But every time, he would always take out a candy from his pocket to make me happy.
In my memory, Grandpa never mentioned Second Master, and Second Master only came to my house once. I only know that Second Master has made a fortune. My current job was also arranged by Second Master. However, the strange thing is that Second Master has never interacted with my family, but he always grants my requests.
When I was in my first year of high school, I slowly learned that my grandfather, uncle, second uncle, and little uncle were all "ghost faces"-a local dialect of Xinjiang, which means tomb robbers. The year I graduated from high school, my family finally sat down at a table to celebrate my admission to a good university in Sichuan. Grandpa gave me 100,000 yuan." Your Second Master only gave you 50,000 yuan, so I'll give you double. Mmm! Min 'er, you're the most cultured person in our family. You have to work hard and stand out! Our family will never be able to see anyone for the rest of their lives. You have to be successful and work hard! Then, he drank a glass of wine.
"What do you want?" asked his uncle directly. Uncle will give you this jade!"
His father looked at him." Then what are you going to do? Next time…"
Uncle's eyes were already red from drinking. He took another sip of the white wine." Hehe, he's our family's root! It's good that he's good!"
Under my father's repeated refusal, I took the jade and put it on. His father looked at the piece of jade." You must take good care of it! This piece of jade is going to become your uncle's life!”
Second Uncle did not think much of it." That's nothing! I'll give you one!" As he spoke, he untied something from his waist and placed it in front of me.
When I took a closer look, it was about the size of my palm. I picked it up and asked,"What is this?" It's so big!"
Second Uncle hesitated again and muttered,""This…this is a token! General!"
Grandpa glared at him, picked up the jade token, and threw it to him." All of you are giving away things from the soil. Aren't you afraid of losing your lives?!"”
Second Uncle continued,"This piece of jade has been with me for twenty years. Hmph!" That was good too! Change to another one! Little nephew, this phone has only been bought for less than a month. If you like it, take it. If a man doesn't have a phone, he won't even be able to find a wife when he goes out! Your uncle is a boor. He doesn't know how to use it. He'll decorate it and you can play with it!”
"This child is clever and promising!" The family is counting on you!" As he spoke, he handed me a big red packet and started drinking with Second Uncle.
I looked at them and said,"Grandpa! I also want to make a face! Bring me there!"
Grandpa almost spat out a mouthful of wine. He glared and said,"How do you know about the ghost face? Who…who told you that?" After saying that, he looked at my father.
Dad was shocked and stared at me. I was also shocked and didn't dare to say anything.
Second Uncle said,"A child. You can know anything you hear. How old are you?!"”
Dad said,"No! What are you going to do? Such a heinous thing!"
I said,"Grandpa! Grandpa! National excavation is called archaeology. I'm just looking at it and learning! Why don't you want me to go?"
Grandpa didn't say anything.
"If you want to go, then go! It's not a bad thing to take a look! The child is smart. We can take good care of him!”
"No! He couldn't go! My family only has this one child. What if he gets retribution! Who will be responsible?"
"Why are we being punished?!" His grandfather snorted coldly. Then wouldn't the people in the country who were doing research suffer even more retribution?! Let him go. Our family's skill is also considered a skill. Let him learn as much as he can!”
I forgot about it after that meal. In the end, a few days later, his uncle came. The moment he entered, he said,"Are you ready? We want to go to Southern Border! Bring some long pants and long clothes. It's windy and windy at night!”
I remember that it was July 16, 2001. When I got out of the house, I found that there were three cars in total. I was willing to take grandpa's car because the Santana was considered a good car at that time, while uncle's was a very old van. Second Uncle and Youngest Uncle were sitting in a tattered jeep. However, Uncle told me to take the van instead of Grandpa's car. There was a smell of lime in the van. Other than the front row, the back was covered with a black cloth. I sat inside and felt very uncomfortable. Uncle rarely spoke along the way. He just wanted me to drink more water to avoid heatstroke.
When it was time to sleep, Second Uncle came, and it was much livelier. "Little nephew, do you know how to smoke?" Second Uncle shouted as soon as he got into the car. Yay! He didn't know that he really knew how to smoke!”As he spoke, he threw a bag of Hongtashan into the car.
I smiled and lit one."Second Uncle, is there really a treasure in this grave?”
"What are you talking about? Do you know how much your second uncle has now?”As he spoke, he extended three fingers.
"300,000?" My eyes widened.
"Wrong! Three million!" After he finished speaking, he took a puff of his cigarette in satisfaction.
"Tsk! You have 3 million, but you still want to smoke Hongtashan and open rotten bread?”I flicked my cigarette ash suspiciously.
"You don't know this, kid. There are all kinds of people along the way. Think about it carefully. If a bandit comes and sees this broken car, he won't want to rob it. Your grandfather said to keep a low profile! Kid, if you drive a good car, you'll be eye-catching wherever you go. If you're targeted, you'll want to die! Humph! This university student!" Second Uncle said.
"I haven't even gone to university yet! I just graduated from high school!" I quibbled.
"You should find fewer girlfriends when you go to university. If you learn it first, you can start a company or something in the future. Look at all of us with our faces covered in dust. No matter how much money we have, what's the use? Your uncle doesn't know anything other than digging holes!”He threw the cigarette butt out of the window.
"Second Uncle! Have you dug up any zombies? Are you going to kill the zombies too?”I asked.
"Have you watched too many horror movies? Once this person laid down, everything was dead, understood? Those with good eyesight would be able to dig up a treasure. I, your second uncle, have dug up treasures before. I sold them to the Russians at the border for two million yuan at a time. Hmph! But now that you mention it, there was one time, but who knows what it was?”
"Tell me!" I asked eagerly. Tell me quickly!" I shook him, interested.
"Don't shake it, there's a car accident! Light a cigarette for Second Uncle first!" I took out a cigarette and held it in my hand. "Don't smoke!" Second Uncle shouted anxiously. Don't be right! Light it with a lighter!"
"What? Why? Are you going to kill your wife by smoking?"
"What do you know? It was inauspicious to smoke. Other than a dead wife, there was nothing else! Do you want me to see a ghost?" Second Uncle said angrily.
"Alright, alright, alright! I'll give you some!"
When Second Uncle took the cigarette, he seemed to have forgotten what he had just said. He took a puff of his cigarette." Last time, I went to dig a hole with your grandfather and the others. When I opened it, it was wet inside! The smell is so strong that I can smell it even with a gas mask! Logically speaking, there was a lot of water inside. Other than the metal, everything else should have rotted away, but the person inside was still fine. Don't you think it's strange? The hole was less than a meter deep and was made of rotten wood. If he had jumped on it at that time, the grave would have collapsed. We forced ourselves to start a fire outside the cave. After burning for a day, the fire went out. The humidity inside was still very high, and the smell was still there. I couldn't help it at that time, so I grabbed my weapons and went down.”
"What did you take down?" I interrupted him.”
Second Uncle seemed to be very unhappy that I interrupted him. He said impatiently,"Shovel! Military shovel! I turned on the headlights, lit the torch, and jumped down. Your grandfather was so careful! What did he say? It's good that you're fine down there. If the hole collapses, you'll be buried! In the end, we still went down. The hole wasn't big. It was only two meters deep. She only knew that there was water and it was sticky. That coffin didn't even have a lid. At that time, I suspected that it had just died. But when that piece of wood was brought up, your grandfather got excited and said that it was at least 300 years old. You don't even know that at that time, the rope almost tied the coffin into a dumpling before it was pulled out! I even searched around for a long time. Other than mud, there was nothing. There was only a coffin. Your uncle was wearing gloves to take off his clothes, but the black color on the insulated gloves couldn't be washed off. It was only because your grandfather was old that he said it was poisonous that we were careful!”
As he spoke, he took a few more puffs. I gulped and asked,"And then?"”
Second Uncle glanced at me." After taking off all my clothes, I was scared to death! The skin on that person's body was very elastic. Even the blood vessels could be seen, but they were green. I vomited at that time. That guy's clothes were all rotten into mud. Why isn't this person rotten yet? Your grandfather said at that time that this was strange. He was afraid that he had encountered a ghost. I immediately shouted. This person didn't even move. What ghost? Ghost hair ghost! Your uncle went up and touched it, but it moved. Your uncle was so scared, haha!”
"What about him?" I asked urgently.
"He shouted 'ghost, ghost, ghost'. We retreated a few meters, but we didn't see any movement. Your grandfather said to burn it, so we lit a torch and went over. The dead person turned into a dried corpse in just a few minutes. Moreover, it was so black. Don't you think it's strange? The stench was gone too!”
I nodded thoughtfully." Second Uncle, are you colorblind? Are you red-green colorblind?”
Second Uncle's voice instantly rose an octave." You're the one who's colorblind. Can you drive when you're colorblind?”
"Haha! What happened after that?" I asked.
"Later? After that, your grandfather burned that ancient corpse and said it was an unlucky thing!”
"Oh! Was there nothing valuable on the ancient corpse?”I asked.
"Let me put it this way," Second Uncle replied."Graves in Xinjiang are different from those in the mainland." Most of the people in Xinjiang were nomads hundreds of years ago. These people liked to run around and not stay in one place. Therefore, when they died, they would usually find a place to bury them. Those who had some money would bring a few good things down with them. Those who had no money would be buried wrapped in a felt. Usually, they would not bury them in the deep mountains or forests because they might have to move there in the future. If they were to live on someone's grave, wouldn't that be very unlucky?”
I nodded thoughtfully. Second Uncle continued," However, there are usually some gains. We don't know if the ancient people's things are valuable or not, but the Russians know. Last time, an old Russian wanted to buy your uncle's waist token for one million yuan, but he refused to sell it. This kid never sold anything to the Russians, but he took a broken porcelain bowl and sold it for 300,000 yuan, saying that his grandmother bought it on the street when she was young. That was actually fake. Hehe, he laughed for a few days."
I laughed dryly and asked,"Second Uncle, do you think there are ghosts in this world?”
He looked ahead and turned the steering wheel." There should be! But I haven't met him before. Your grandfather said there was!”
"Are there any traps in those graves?"”
At this moment, my second uncle looked at me." Yes, yes! Look at the hole in my shoulder!"
As he spoke, he proudly revealed his dark shoulders. I saw an old wound, a diamond-shaped wound. Just as I was about to ask, I saw Grandpa's car stop by the roadside. Grandpa got out of the car and squatted by the roadside, coughing non-stop. At this moment, a girl got out of the car. It was Sis Hua. She was three years older than me. My family only told me that this girl was called Hua Er and told me to call her Sister Hua. In my memory, she had always been with Grandpa and learned craftsmanship from him. I didn't ask about anything else. Come to think of it, he had not seen her for about two years. As she massaged Grandpa's back, she looked at me a few times. I was almost embarrassed by her stare before I noticed that she was staring at the jade on my chest. I subconsciously pressed the jade to my chest, and she realized that she had lost her composure.
Grandpa coughed for a long time and finally recovered. He said to the few of us,"Old people are useless. You still have to rely on yourself in the future! Looks like the heavens are going to take me in!"
Uncle brought a pot of water and handed it to Sis Hua. Grandpa drank a few mouthfuls and blew on the wild wind by the roadside. Finally, he felt better and could go on his way.
When I got into the car, I realized that Sis Hua looked at me again. That look made me feel indescribably strange.
This time, it was his uncle's turn to open the bread. Uncle got into the car. He was also very talkative. One moment, he told me not to say this word, and the next moment, he told me not to say that word. "Uncle, where are we going this time?"”
He glanced at me." What? Don't you know? Go to Emin County, Tacheng, northern Xinjiang!”
"Isn't it Southern Border? Didn't uncle say Southern Border?"
Uncle glanced at me." Your uncle is just fooling people. Usually, he would give a fake address to people who are not in this industry. If someone were to follow behind him, that would be bad luck!”
"Oh!" I was speechless. He even tricked me. I was so angry that I wanted to fly into a rage.
As the car sped along the highway, I asked my uncle,"Didn't you dig up anything?”
"If I dig out a female ghost and she looks pretty, I'll just do it with her!" His uncle laughed.”
"Hehe, don't you have any knowledge to impart to me?”
"It's nothing! Actually, it's all physical work!" Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something and said," When the time comes, you can only look but not touch. There are many things that come out of the soil that can't be explained!”
I nodded." Uncle, you've been digging graves for years. Why haven't I seen you make a fortune?”
His uncle laughed. Silly boy, I've earned enough money! For your grandfather!"
"Hey, didn't any accidents happen when you guys dug graves?”
"You jinx, don't say that something happened! Speaking of which, there were really a few times when it was very close! If it weren't for me, your second uncle might be lying in a coffin right now! What coffin!"
My interest was piqued. I begged him to tell me if there was anything I could show off in the future. He said,"Two years ago, I found a grave on the beach of the Gobi Desert in southern Xinjiang. It was a little old. We only went down a few shovels and dug out a stone statue. There was a hole under the stone statue, and we couldn't see clearly. Your second uncle wanted to go down, so your uncle and I said that we should first remove the stone statue before going down. If the stone statue fell, he would be buried alive. Your second uncle didn't listen and insisted on going down. We didn't look very deep. Just as we were about to go down, we heard rustling sounds in the cave. We retreated half a meter. Your grandfather planned to throw a torch down, but before we could light it, we saw a bunch of ants running out. That's scary. Your second uncle was bitten by ants and almost died in the Gobi Desert! "But your uncle is really something. We're still running forward, and he's already picking us up from behind. Otherwise, we'd probably be feeding ants.”
As he spoke, he kept looking back, giving me goosebumps.
His uncle was actually considered a cultured person. In his time, his grades were considered very good. However, she failed to get into university in the first year and was brought into the desert by her grandfather before she could take the exam in the second year. My father and mother were childhood friends. When I was young, my mother's family was poor. My father's family supported my mother's family. So, my mom's family is very grateful to my dad's family. Otherwise, why would they marry my mom to my dad and even let my uncle work for my grandfather? Thinking about it carefully, my mother's family hoped to climb up the social ladder, and my father's family also hoped to have more helpers. Therefore, my uncle was similar to my grandfather's son. I remember that a few years ago, after my uncle used a broken stone to trick the Russians into paying 80,000 yuan, he basically brought wine and meat to my house every day to drink with my father. When he was happy, he started talking about the 80,000 yuan. His uncle had no fixed residence. His grandfather had given him a house, but he rarely went back. Sometimes, when he drank too much with his friends, he would just lie down and continue drinking the next day. The funny thing was that there was once when his house was robbed, and it was already a month later when he realized that it had been robbed. Because the thief broke in through the window, a month later, there was rat feces all over the bed and a dead cat on the ground. My grandfather was so angry that he had someone chase him down two streets. Grandpa said that you can only catch and not kill, but my uncle ran faster than a rabbit and ran all over the street. After that, my grandfather made him make funny faces. Only then did he settle down and earn money in peace.
My uncle kept answering the phone in the car. There were men and women, and he was talking to me. I pulled up my clothes and leaned to the side to sleep. When the car stopped, the inertia was too great. I wasn't paying attention and hit my head on the windshield. I couldn't help but curse,"What lousy car? It's the same whether you have a seat belt or not. Uncle, your driving skills are terrible!”
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