Rules of Going Out
"Grandpa, since I've made my choice, I won't regret it!”
Su Ming said seriously.
The profession of retrieving corpses was a mysterious one. He had been yearning for it since he was young. In the past, it was his grandfather who refused to let him go and forced him to study. Now that his grandfather had finally agreed, how could he regret it? He couldn't be happier!
"Alright then! Little Ming! Since you chose to learn how to retrieve corpses from grandpa, there are some rules that I have to tell you in advance.”
Grandpa's expression was serious.
Su Ming also frowned. He looked at his grandfather and waited for him to continue.
"There are two types of corpse fishermen. The first type is ordinary salvage, which is to salvage the corpses that can be seen by the naked eye floating on the river surface. There is almost no danger and you can earn a small amount of money.”
Su Ming pulled a rattan chair from the porch and gestured for his grandfather to sit down.
"I know this, but what about the second one?”
Seeing his grandfather sit down, Su Ming couldn't wait and continued to ask.
"The second method, to put it bluntly, is to salvage corpses that ordinary people can't see.”
"The so-called invisible means that it's underwater. To fish for this kind of corpse, you need to deal with things underwater.”
Grandpa's voice was low.
Su Ming listened carefully and didn't dare to interrupt.
Su Ming had heard many legends about corpse hunters since he was young, but this was the first time he heard it from his grandfather.
Grandpa had never talked about these things before.
"Within the radius of a hundred li, there are very few people who can completely master this second type. In the early years, there were still some old masters with good skills. Because of the great danger, they could never go ashore again if they were not careful. In the later generation, there were fewer and fewer people who could earn money and support their families on the flat shore.”
Grandpa looked at Su Ming as he spoke, hoping to see a trace of fear in his eyes.
Unexpectedly!
Su Ming's eyes revealed a fervent desire.
"Grandpa, are you able to fish out the corpses underwater?”
"It is possible, but generally, if you can avoid it, try to avoid it. Your ability is limited. At present, no one is confident enough to compete with the 'thing' at the bottom of the river.”
"There was one before. A few of the old men in the same trade had joined forces before!”
Grandfather seemed to recall the past. He looked outside the door and was silent for a moment.
"But in the end…Those people died or went crazy. Even their descendants did not have a good ending.”
"What a sin!"
He took a deep breath and sighed.
"What is it? That brutal?"
Su Ming muttered.
"He is said to be the Ghost King at the bottom of the river. Most of the vengeful souls that fall into the water will become his little ghosts and will not be able to reincarnate.”
"Grandpa, have you seen the Ghost King before?”
Su Ming curiously looked at his grandfather and asked.
"Silly boy, if I had seen it before, my bones would probably have rotted away by now.”
"There are rules in the river. I was only willing to bring you to try because your life belongs to yin and the five elements belong to water. These two points just happen to meet the conditions of this industry.”
"In other words, I'm cut out for this line of work?”
Su Ming was surprised.
"Forget it! Did you see that all the trees had become material? Just because it's suitable doesn't mean you have to do it, you know!”
" There's another thing I have to tell you in advance. All the corpses have a pattern called 'men prostrate themselves while women prostrate themselves.' This is the characteristic of the corpses in the water. This was also the way to distinguish the corpses floating on the water.”
"There are many types of corpses that can't be fished out. The two most common types are those that can't float up after being dragged into the water. Those that walk upright at the bottom of the river can only see a handful of hair on the surface of the water.”
"These two are 'Corpse Fiendishes'. The most powerful one is this little girl's' Corpse Fiendishes'. Their bodies are filled with resentment and evil spirits. They must stay in the water until they find the name of the person who harmed them and find a substitute before they are willing to surface."”
"And today, our order is a 'little girl'!”
Grandpa looked at Su Ming with interest.
"Ah! Grandpa, then this order "
When Su Ming heard his grandfather say that this young female zombie was the most powerful, he wasn't afraid. He even had a vague expectation in his heart, wanting to see this most powerful zombie.
It was a little like a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers.
"It's another matter if you take their money or not. After taking their money, you still have to go through the motions. Sigh! Eat something first! We'll set off after we're done preparing!”
He saw that Su Ming knew the danger of this task but still had no intention of backing down. He couldn't help but shake his head and turn around to walk towards the kitchen.
"Grandpa, why are you borrowing money everywhere?”
Su Ming was halfway through his sentence when he saw his grandfather turn around with a serious expression. He couldn't help but soften his tone.
Even though Grandpa liked to drink a good mouthful of wine, he also liked to smoke some cigarettes!
However, the good cigarettes and good wine that he gave to others who came to ask him for help were already enough!
There must be something he's hiding from me when he's borrowing money everywhere.
"I'll tell you about this later on the way!”
Grandpa stopped in his tracks and said as if he had made a big decision.
When Su Ming saw him speaking, he unnaturally put down his sleeves.
Could it be that Grandpa is not feeling well?
Or did he have some serious illness that required a lot of money?
Forget it, I don't want to think about it. Anyway, Grandpa will tell me later.
He followed his grandfather into the kitchen.
After breakfast, the two of them changed into short clothes.
Grandpa was holding a net to catch corpses, a yellow cloth bag with incense paper and some tools, and a mahogany sword on his back.
Su Ming picked up a big red rooster that he had just caught from the chicken coop in the backyard.
Hei Niu saw that the two of them were about to go out with their weapons, so she lazily walked out from the backyard.
After stretching, he wagged his tail at the two of them.
When he opened the door and walked out, his grandfather asked Su Ming to light nine incense sticks.
He kowtowed three times in all four directions before placing the incense stick on the ground.
Su Ming had seen this segment every time his grandfather left the ship since he was young.
Naturally, he knew that this was the rule, so he did not ask further.
All the incense sticks were inserted into a stone bowl with many incense sticks in front of the door.
Then, the two of them walked towards the Yellow River.
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