Bro Flattop and I were shocked by the scene just now. We didn't know what could have such a fierce power.
My voice trembled as I asked,
"What the hell is that!"
Then, we saw a pair of basketball-sized eyes staring at us from the hole in the coffin. This guy wanted to come out, but because the coffin hole was too small, he kept pushing the coffin, causing the coffin to shake.
Bro Flattop and I saw that the situation wasn't looking good and ran away. It's not that we're afraid of this thing, but after a night of torture, we're already exhausted and full of wounded soldiers. We don't have the heart to fight anymore. However, when they arrived at the exit, they suddenly realized that the situation was not good. The exit was blocked by something, and the rope that was hanging down was gone. The space below relied on this entrance to exchange air. Seeing that it was completely blocked, I immediately felt a little breathless.
He thought to himself, If we can't open the entrance, we'll be eaten by the dumplings in a while or we'll suffocate here.
Unfortunately, the distance between the roof and the roof is more than four meters. Even if we stack them up, we can't reach them! Just as I was getting anxious, Bro Flattop came up with an idea.
"Brat! Come over and let me step on your shoulder!"
Although I wasn't confident in this method, I could only treat a dead horse as if it was alive. I quickly lowered my body to let Bro Flattop step on my shoulder, then slowly straightened my body. Sure enough, the two of them still couldn't reach the exit. Bro Flattop wasn't alarmed by this. I heard him pull out his long knife and stab it into something. Then, with a splash, a large amount of water poured down and drenched me.
The smell of the water was fishy and smelly, and it was a little familiar. I quickly figured out what was going on. He scolded,
"It's the damn giant toad again, blocking our exit. Although these beasts were dull and lazy, they were actually very sinister.”!
However, they were quite tough. They did not move even after being stabbed in the stomach. Bro Flattop fumbled around for a long time, but he was still blocked when he came out. As time passed, my body's stamina began to run out.
"Why don't you come down first and we'll discuss it carefully!”
Bro Flattop replied to me and stepped on my head.
"Put some strength into your neck. I'm going up!”
Bro Flattop said. Then, he tested the strength of his foot on my head. Then, he kicked fiercely. My neck cracked and I lost my balance and fell to the ground.
"It's over. My neck is broken."
The moment I fell to the ground, Bro Flattop disappeared into the toad's belly like magic. And my neck wasn't broken.
I couldn't be happier.
"There's a way!"
Soon, the hole was cleared and a rope was thrown down. I tied my father up first, then went up myself. The last group of people fled the danger in a hurry.
It was still around four o'clock when Lin Chen arrived home. The township hospital was not open yet. We first cleaned up Father's broken leg, then sent him over for treatment at dawn.
When we arrived at the hospital, of course, we couldn't say that there was an accident while robbing the tomb. We only lied that we were careless when building the pigsty and were smashed by cement blocks. After the bones were reconnected, his condition stabilized and he began to enter a long recovery period.
Bro Flattop and I weren't seriously injured, so we simply did some anti-inflammatory treatment and rested at home.
Although he had obtained a bronze head this time, the price he had paid was not small. Although his father's bones had been reconnected, there would definitely be repercussions in the future. People at this age still had to suffer this kind of pain. Speaking of which, it was all because they wanted to get rich.
However, we don't regret it. This is our life!
His father was born frugal. In order to spend less money, he was discharged a week after being admitted to the hospital and was prepared to recuperate at home. At this time, Bro Flattop and I had almost recovered from our injuries. The three of us gathered together to discuss the matter of entering the tomb.
Now that my father is injured, and the tomb is too dangerous, Bro Flattop and I definitely can't handle it alone, so our main topic is to see who can join us. The situation was like a hero being boiled over wine.
His father felt that it was an opportunity to make a fortune by robbing tombs. He did not want the fertile water to flow into the fields of others, so he advocated finding some relatives to join in.
Bro Flattop said that tomb raiding was too dangerous. It was best to find someone who had no ties and was good at fighting. This way, it would not be easy for something to happen. Even if something happened, it would be less troublesome.
My opinion is that, after all, it's a shady business, so I hope that the person we find must be steady. We can't go to the tomb today and announce it to the whole world the next day. In addition, there must not be any problems with his character. Otherwise, he would definitely be burned in the future.
Father obviously didn't care about my opinion. He said,
"What are you talking about? Are you saying that none of our relatives are good? There was no such thing as a person with good character--who would follow a person with good character to the ground to do the business of fighting? This society is all about profit. If it's beneficial, we gather together. If it's not beneficial, we disperse. There's no such thing as a flowery logic. I think Bro Flattop is right. Just find someone who's in better health.”
I was rendered speechless by my father's rebuttal. Seeing that I was embarrassed, Bro Flattop tried to smooth things over by saying,
"What he said is not unreasonable. There's no harm in finding a stable person.”
Father didn't say anything else, and then we started to name candidates.
This time, we were going to find three people to come in. Father spoke first,
"What do you think of your cousin Biaozi? When you were young, our family was poor. There was a year when the Spring Festival came to the 29th of the twelfth lunar month and we still didn't have money to cut off our meat. In the end, your aunt sent us a hundred yuan to celebrate the New Year. Your cousin isn't young anymore and is still idle at home. Why don't you pull him in and let him train?”
I knew that my father would mention my cousin. I know this person quite well. Because my aunt's family is relatively rich, and he is the only son, he has been spoiled and ignorant. Even now, he is still idle all day long in his twenties. Usually, he would dress up like a dog and ride a motorcycle around the streets. Going to the tomb was not going to a brothel. Wouldn't it be pure trouble to bring such a person along?
So I disagreed and said to my father,
"This won't do. Grave robbing is so dangerous, I can't let my cousin in! His family only has one child, and he doesn't lack money like our family. If anything happens to him, he won't be able to let my aunt down. I'll remember that my aunt is good to our family. When we get rich, we can just give her some money! Why did you lure him into the pit!"
My father was so angry that he almost kicked me with his broken leg.
"You have money! I don't know how much money you have."
Only then did I understand what Father meant. It turns out that he wanted to bring in one of his own people to get a share of the pie so that our family's share would not be damaged.
Thinking of his good intentions, I could only agree.
Then, Bro Flattop came to nominate me, but Bro Flattop asked me to speak first.
After thinking for a while, I finally thought of someone and said.
"What about that old Liu Shun from our village? Ever since his wife passed away a few years ago, this guy had been silent and diligent all day. He had brought his child to junior high school, was polite to others, and was quite healthy.”
Unexpectedly, as soon as I said this, my father laughed out loud and said,
"Is this what you mean by having a good character? You probably don't know what he does! Don't look at how honest this guy is on the surface. He usually does some dirty things and goes to the city to steal things every two or three days. There was one time when he was almost caught, and in the end, he jumped down from the fourth floor. Then, he limped into the garbage heap before he was lucky enough to escape. There was also a time when he went to a neighboring village to steal sheep and was chased by others. Seeing that he could not take the sheep away, he became angry out of humiliation and broke all the sheep legs. There was another time…"
My father kept talking about the "glorious deeds" of Old Liu Shun. I couldn't help but feel ashamed. It seemed that my understanding of the village was still too shallow! He said,
"From what you said, this person is really not good. He's too ruthless.”I said.
Then, I thought for a while and thought of another person.
"What about the fat tiger from the old Zhao family in the back village? His family was a butcher and had been bold since he was young. I usually see him selling pork with his father. He looks silly, but the key is that he's still energetic.”
This time, my father didn't laugh after I finished speaking. Instead, he looked at Bro Flattop.
"This person can't do it! You're too silly!" His father said,
"That guy and Bro Flattop are neighbors.”
Then, Bro Flattop rubbed his hands and told him about what happened to this guy last year.
This guy had always helped his father kill pigs. He had never killed one himself. That day, his father wanted to test his ability and asked him to kill the pig in the pen in the morning. Unexpectedly, the pig ran out of the pigsty and was lying in the mud pit in the yard. He was ecstatic and took a knife to kill it. However, he could not find the pig, so he jumped into another pen and slaughtered a newly pregnant sow. He even said,
My father told him to kill a pig.”
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