Hearing Ye Qiu’s words, the crowd froze.
“Director Ye, what makes you say that?”Old Xiang asked.
Everyone else also looked at Ye Qiu.
“Uncle Ge, come out with me.”After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he took the lead and walked out.
Ge Dazhuang followed closely behind, and Fu Yanjie and the few others also followed out.
“Doctor Ye, do you have something present that is inconvenient to tell in front of Chen Laosan’s parents?”Ge Dazhuang asked.
Ye Qiu shook his head and said, “There is no present.”
“Then why did you say that it’s not far from the truth?”Ge Dazhuang was full of doubts.
Ye Qiu asked, “Uncle Ge, when will Chen Laosan be buried?”
“It will be buried in a while.”Ge Dazhuang pointed to the several young adults outside the house and said, “They are the ones who came over to help carry the coffin.”
Ye Qiu nodded slightly, “Very good!”
Very good?
Ge Dazhuang froze and asked, “Doctor Ye, what exactly are you talking about, it’s confusing me.”
Ye Qiu said, “I have a plan.”
“After Chen Laosan is buried, we’ll stand guard not far from the grave and see what has ploughed up the grave.”
“Uncle Ge, what do you think?”
Before Ge Dazhuang could speak, Old Xiang said, “Director Ye, I think this plan is feasible.”
Ge Dazhuang said in a deep voice, “This plan is indeed good, it’s just that Doctor Ye, would it be too dangerous?”
“You are all members of the medical team, if something happens in our village, how am I going to explain to the top?”
“Especially Director Ye, if anything happens to you, I won’t be able to explain to Wan Er.”
Su Xiao Xiao said, “What are you afraid of, there are so many of us, what could happen?”
Ge Dazhuang glared at Su Xiao Xiao and said, “What do you know as a woman, don’t interrupt.”
“Ge Village Chief, you look down on me so much, be careful of being bitten by snakes.”Su Xiao Xiao said.
Ge Dazhuang laughed and said, “I’ve lived here for most of my life, but I’ve never been bitten by a snake, the snakes are afraid of me, they run away when they see me.”
“Is that so?”Su Xiao Xiao had a disbelieving face and said, “”Nothing is absolute, Ge Village Chief, you’d better be careful.”
“Let’s get down to business.”Ye Qiu said, “If everyone thinks this plan of mine is okay, then let’s do it.”
Old Xiang said, “I agree with Director Ye’s plan.”
Fu Yanjie said, “I also agree.”
Su Xiao Xiao followed, “No matter what Director Ye does, I will unconditionally support it.”
“Since you all agree, then I can only listen to you, who asked you to be the medical team.”
Ge Dazhuang was still a bit uneasy about everyone’s safety.
Ye Qiu smiled, “Uncle Ge, if you are really worried about our safety, then let the few young and strong men carrying the coffin stay with us later.”
“By then, we are so many that even if there really are ghosts, they will be scared away by us.”
“What do you say, Uncle Ge?”
Ge Dazhuang said, “Alright, I’ll greet the guys carrying the coffin later.”
The plan was set.
Everyone stayed at the Chen family.
Ge Dazhuang was the village chief and had a high status in Mogan Village, and the Chen family’s parents asked him to act as the steward of Chen Laosan’s funeral ground.
The so-called stewardship was actually the meaning of master of ceremonies.
It was obvious that Ge Dazhuang had often done this kind of thing, and he was familiar with it, and arranged the funeral in an orderly manner.
Because Mogan Village had strangely died a lot of people during this period of time, so the funeral was kept simple.
First was the farewell ceremony.
The lid of the coffin was opened, and Chen Laosan’s parents saw their son for the last time, and inevitably, there was another burst of sorrowful crying.
Next, the coffin was sealed.
A few young and strong men mixed the ashes with water and smeared them around the edge of the coffin.
The main purpose of this is to seal the lid tightly, so that no air can get in, and there is no worry that after the coffin is buried in the earth, some insects will go in along the cracks of the coffin to gnaw on the body.
After the incense ash was smeared, the lid was closed again.
Then, several young and strong men took hammers and drove ten seven-inch-long wooden pegs into the coffin.
The sealing of the coffin was officially over.
Afterwards, four young adults used thick twine to tie the coffin, and tied two bowl-thick wooden sticks to the front and back of the coffin.
Everything was ready.
“Old Chen, is the spirit rising?”Ge Dazhuang asked.
Chen Laosan’s father wiped his tears and said, “Old Ge, I’m counting on you for Laosan to go up the mountain.”
Going up the mountain was the vernacular of Mogan Village, translated into Mandarin, it meant burial.
Although Mogan Village was poor, it attached great importance to white affairs, and according to the rules here, parents were not allowed to bury their son when he died.
Therefore, Chen Laosan’s parents could only stay at home and could not accompany Chen Laosan on his last journey.
“Don’t worry, Chen Laosan is the one I’ve watched grow up, I won’t be half-hearted about his afterlife.”
Ge Dazhuang patted Chen Laosan’s father’s shoulder as a sign of comfort, then raised his hand and shouted, “Rise the spirit!”
At once, four young and strong men lifted the coffin.
Ge Dazhuang took the lead and opened the way in front, throwing paper money while walking, at the same time, behind him, there were two people beating gongs and drums.
As he watched, the coffin went out of the hall.
“Son!”Chen Laosan’s mother suddenly bawled, the person knelt on the ground, crying while shouting, “Son, don’t leave mother, mother can’t bear to part with you”
Ye Qiu saw this scene, his heart was hard to bear, he turned around and quickly left.
Fifteen minutes later.
Ge Dazhuang stopped on the hillside.
Here, the earth pit had long been dug.
Under Ge Dazhuang’s command, all the processes were carried out in an orderly manner.
Drop the coffin!
Burial!
Seal the soil!
Build the grave!
Offer incense!
The last step was to burn paper money for the deceased, signifying that the deceased had money to spend in hell.
Ye Qiu brought a few people from Old Xiang and also burned some paper money for Chen Laosan.
When everything was taken care of and everyone didn’t leave, Ge Dazhuang asked, “Doctor Ye, what’s next?”
Ye Qiu said to the crowd, “Recently, a lot of people died in the village, causing a lot of panic, our medical team came here with the purpose of investigating the truth of the matter.”
“However, nothing has been found so far.”
“In order not to let any more people die in the village, in order for the villagers to return to their usual stable lives, so I came up with a stupid idea.”
“That is, we’ll stand guard here tonight and see what it is that’s digging up the graves.”
“Everyone should pay attention to safety, once you notice something wrong, tell me immediately.”
After Ye Qiu finished speaking, he led everyone and found a hidden place to hide.
Time passed quietly.
One hour, two hours, three hours
In the blink of an eye.
It was three in the morning.
There had been no movement, and everyone was sleepy.
“Director, do you think the grave diggers will not come?”Fu Yanjie asked in a low voice.
Ye Qiu said, “According to previous practice, the grave will definitely be dug up before dawn”
Hoo-
Right at this moment, a gust of cloudy wind came.
Ye Qiu’s face instantly became serious and hurriedly said, “The grave diggers are coming, everyone be careful.”
