"Child, go and carry your Big Brother Chang's corpse to his room.”Uncle Wang ordered me.
I quickly agreed and carried Big Brother Chang's corpse. I don't know why, but his corpse was very heavy. It took me a lot of effort to carry it.
I panted as I placed Brother Chang's corpse on his bed.
Uncle Wang took off his gold ring and said to Brother Chang,""Little brother, we've known each other for decades. Leave in peace. I'll take good care of Nan.”
Then Uncle Wang stuffed the gold ring into Brother Chang's mouth. Strangely, his mouth actually closed.
"Go and bring the burial clothes over. Remember, you need eleven shirts and nine pants.”Uncle Wang said.
I quickly agreed and went to the inner room to get the shroud.
After bringing the shroud, Uncle Wang and I struggled to put it on Big Brother Chang. Suddenly, I felt a chill on my body.
I shivered violently. At this moment, Big Brother Chang's head suddenly drooped onto my shoulder and his eyes stared straight at me.
Oh my god! I shouted, startled.
"Hurry up! Quickly put on your shroud." Uncle Wang sounded anxious.
Finally, we put on the shroud for Big Brother Chang.
"Nan Wa, it's time to wipe your Brother Chang's corpse. Bring me a clean wet towel." Uncle Wang said.
I nodded. I knew that wiping a corpse was to clean the face of the deceased. Usually, it was done by a close family member. But Brother Chang doesn't have a family, and Uncle Wang has arranged it this way, so I can only do as he says.
It's just that I'm the one who has to wipe the corpses.
Originally, I wasn't afraid. After all, I was already very familiar with this. However, Big Brother Chang's death was so strange that I felt a little uneasy.
I soaked the towel in the face box and cleaned Brother Chang's face. His face wasn't dirty, so I finished cleaning it very quickly.
I looked at Brother Chang's open eyes and felt a deep sadness in my heart. I prayed for Brother Chang to take care of himself and then pressed his eyes down.
In the end, Big Brother Chang opened his eyes again.
I pressed it again, but his eyes still couldn't close.
"Uncle Wang, this..." I looked at Uncle Wang, not knowing what to do.
Uncle Wang was about to let out a long sigh and say that it wouldn't close. Then, he took out a copper coin and placed it in Brother Yechang's mouth. He also took out a gold ingot in his right hand and a silver ingot in his left hand.
I know that this is called a mouth. It means that the dead can successfully cross the River Styx. It is also called a toll.
After doing all this, Uncle Wang wanted to cover Brother Chang's face with a piece of yellow paper. This was called a mask paper to prevent the dead from lingering in the human world.
After that, Uncle Wang turned to me and said,"Nan Wa, it's time to set off the firecrackers."
Not long after the firecrackers were set off, the neighbors came over.
Big Brother Chang had a good relationship with people when he was alive and had helped everyone a lot. Those who came felt very sorry for Big Brother Chang's death.
After placing Big Brother Chang in the coffin, Uncle Wang wanted everyone to go back. Soon, only Uncle Wang and I were left.
According to the village custom, after a person passed away, the corpse would be left at home for three nights. During this period, the family would guard the corpse to prevent the black cat from jumping onto the corpse and causing it to move.
Because Big Brother Chang has no family, Eldest Uncle Wang instructed me to guard Big Brother Chang's corpse. He asked me to light three incense sticks in front of Big Brother Chang's coffin and instructed me,"The incense can't be broken."
With that, Uncle Wang also went back, leaving me alone in the room.
I moved a chair over and sat in front of Brother Chang's coffin. I took out the book he gave me and started reading.
This book seemed to be quite old. The paper was a little yellow, and on it was Brother Chang's handwriting.
It was more like a notebook than a book. It recorded all the strange things and ghost-catching experiences that Brother Chang had encountered over the years.
It wasn't boring at all, and I actually enjoyed it.
Suddenly, a gust of cold wind blew from my surroundings, and I shuddered.
The three joss sticks in front of the coffin were broken!
I suddenly put down the book and sat up from the chair. The light above my head was blinking for some reason.
Suddenly, the lights went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness.
The next second, the lights lit up again.
When I saw this scene, I gasped.
A corner of the yellow paper covering Big Brother Chang's face had been lifted at some point, revealing an eye that was staring fixedly at me.
I was so scared that I trembled violently and almost ran out of the door. Fortunately, only the yellow paper was lifted and nothing else happened.
I thought to myself, Brother Chang, don't scare me.
Then, she covered Brother Chang with the yellow paper and refilled the broken incense stick.
The yellow paper was never lifted again.
Seeing this, I felt at ease and continued to read Big Brother Chang's notes.
Unknowingly, I fell asleep again.
Halfway through my sleep, I felt that my mind was very clear and I suddenly opened my eyes.
The moment I opened my eyes, I saw Big Brother Chang sitting up. The yellow paper had already slipped to the side. His ashen face was extremely ferocious, and his bloodshot eyes were bulging.
I almost cried, but I quickly realized that Grandpa's eyes were not staring at me, but in another direction, which seemed to be the window.
I followed Brother Chang's gaze and looked out of the window. When I saw it, I was scared out of my wits!
The woman in red was standing by the window. She waved at me and motioned for me to go over.
I was extremely afraid, but my body couldn't help but walk towards that woman.
He couldn't go over!
He couldn't go over!
I shouted in my heart, but my feet moved closer and closer to the woman.
It was so close that I could see the strange smile on the woman's lips.
At this moment, I suddenly had an idea.
I thought of the book that Big Brother Chang gave me, which said that the blood from the tip of the tongue could exorcise evil spirits.
I used all my strength to bite the tip of my tongue. A sharp pain came from my mouth, and a thick smell of blood filled my mouth.
I frowned in pain, but my body suddenly returned to normal and was no longer under that woman's control.
After that woman gave me a strange smile, she disappeared.
My forehead and back were covered in cold sweat. I panted heavily as I felt a lingering fear.
I walked out of the room and froze on the spot.
The yard was filled with dense footprints. These footprints were very strange, as if they were walking on tiptoes. The footprints extended all the way to the window.
It was the woman in red from earlier!
I gasped.
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened after that. Brother Chang's corpse never rose again. I stayed up until dawn in a daze.
A loud chicken crow woke me up from my sleepiness.
At dawn, Uncle Wang came over and asked me if anything happened last night.
"The woman from last night came again." I pointed at the footprints on the ground and briefly explained what happened last night to Uncle Wang.
When Uncle Wang saw the footprints on the ground, a strange expression appeared on his face. His voice was extremely gloomy."In this situation, I'm afraid we can't wait any longer. We'll bury him today.”
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