Chapter 50 49

The sudden landslides and ground cracks buried Mrs. Cui alive in the darkness.Xiao Cui didn't give her any enjoyment, but he kept her from starving to death, and he did love her quite a lot.No matter how good or bad Xiao Cui is, he is her husband, teaching her to have hope and to rely on even when she is starving.However, Xiao Cui was beheaded.Even if it is said that Xiao Cui is not a promising person, he has never committed any crimes, he does not steal or touch, and does not rob or rob.He dared to curse and beat his wife only when he was in a drunken madness, and drunken madness did not have the crime of beheading.Besides, even when he was drunk and messing around, he still liked to hear a few nice words. As long as someone gave him a few nice words, he would go to sleep obediently.

She can't even cry anymore.She is stupid.She suddenly came to a desperate situation, and she didn't know why.Injustice, anger, and sadness made her feel bad.Madam Ma, Changshun, Sun Qi and Li Sima rescued her.When she woke up, she would just stare straight in and howl, and after howling for a while, her voice became hoarse. She froze.After being stunned for a long time, she suddenly stood up and ran outside.Suddenly, an evil force came from her skinny body, which was often starved, and almost knocked Li Sima down. "Sun Qi, stop her!" The fourth mother shouted. Sun Qi and Changshun tried their best to pull her back.Part of her loose hair was stuck to her face with tears, and she only had one broken shoe. She gritted her teeth and said hoarsely, "Let me go! Let me go! I'll go find the Japanese and meet them head-on." die!"

Sun Qi's short-sighted eyes were already red from crying, and now he stopped crying, and only He Changshun grabbed her arms.Sun Qi was really moved.On weekdays, he loves to quarrel with Xiao Cui, but in his heart he really loves Xiao Cui, and Xiao Cui is his friend. Chang Shun's nose twitched, and big teardrops flowed down one after another.He didn't respect Xiao Cui very much, but Xiao Cui's death and Mrs. Xiao Cui's pity made him unable to hold back his tears. Li Si's mother, who had cried several times, started crying again.Xiao Cui is not only her neighbor, but also seems to be her own son.On weekdays, Xiao Cui has never been filial to her with one peach or two jujubes, but she will always help him, even if she scolds him sometimes, she loves him from the bottom of her heart.Her extended maternal love demands no reward from those she loves.She has only one mind, and in that mind, she would like to see young people bouncing around like a young person.She never imagined that a child like a happy dragon would die suddenly, leaving the young woman as a widow.She doesn't know, so she doesn't care about state affairs; she only knows that people, especially young people, should live in peace.The one who died should be cursed, not to mention that it was Xiao Cui who died, and Xiao Cui was beheaded!She began to cry again.

Mrs. Ma herself was young and widowed.Seeing Mrs. Cui, she thought of herself back then.Really, she was not as enthusiastic as Li Sima, and she was just a neighbor who happened to live in the same courtyard with Xiao Cui and his wife on weekdays, and she could not be called friendship and affection.However, widows and widows, even if they meet by chance, have a sympathy that is not humane.She refused to cry loudly, but the old tears kept flowing out. However, in comparison, Mrs. Ma was more sober and calmer than others.Her mouth can still speak: "Try to do things, what's the use of crying! People are dead!" She told the truth - people are dead!You can't cry when you die, she knows.Her husband left her at a young age.She knew how a widow should substitute cruelty for love.If she hadn't accepted her fate cruelly, she would have already entered the grave.

Her advice had no effect.Mrs. Cui seemed to have gone crazy, she stared straight ahead, as if she was looking at Xiao Cui who had no head.She was still struggling, trying to free her arm: "He's dead! Qu! Qu! Let me go!" She shouted hoarsely, biting her lips to bleed. "Don't let her go, Changshun!" Old Madam Ma said anxiously. "Don't make trouble anymore! Didn't even Uncle Qi, such an honest person, teach them to arrest him? "This reminder made everyone - except Mrs. Cui - calm down a bit. Li Sima stopped crying. Sun Qi didn't dare to yell loudly anymore. I have a bit of heroism, but I also know that he can't save Xiao Cui, and I can see that everyone's head is not safe, and they may fall off at any time.

Everyone didn't cry or shout, they just stared blankly at Mrs. Cui, and no one could think of a way out.Mrs. Cui still struggled for a while, rested for a while, and then struggled again.The more she struggled, the more confused everyone became.Although the Japanese only killed Xiao Cui, they stabbed each of them with invisible knives in their hearts.In the end, Mrs. Cui was exhausted, she rolled her eyes and closed her breath again.Everyone was busy again. Fourth Master Li walked in. "Ouch!" The fourth mother patted her legs with her hands and said, "You old bastard, where are you going, don't come sooner! She has died twice!"

Sun Qi, Mrs. Ma, and Chang Shun immediately felt that they had a backbone—everything would be easy when Fourth Master Li came. Mrs. Cui opened her eyes again.She has no strength to stand up.Sitting on the ground, seeing Fourth Master Li, she put her face in her hands and began to cry. "Look at her!" Fourth Master Li ordered the Fourth Mother.There were no tears in the old man's eyes, as if he had made up his mind not to feel sorry for others but only to do things for them.His kindness does not allow him to cry, and crying is just a sign of helplessness. "Old lady Ma, Sun Qi, Chang Shun, all come here!" He led them to old lady Ma's room. "Everyone sit down!" Fourth Master saw that everyone was sitting down, so he took his seat. "Everyone, don't make a fuss, you have to think about things! The first one, anyway, we have to get her a filial piety. The second one, how to collect the body, how to bury it - it all costs money! Where does the money come from? come?"

Sun Qi rubbed his eyes.Madam Ma and Changshun looked at each other without making a sound.Fourth Master Li, added: "Collecting the corpse and burying it, I can do it by myself, but I have to be rich! I have no money myself, and I have no place to get money!" Sun Qi has no money, Mrs. Ma has no money, and Changshun has no money.Everyone could only be dumbfounded. "I don't want to live anymore!" Sun Qi said with a mournful face, "The Japanese killed people for no reason, and we're only here to discuss how to collect the corpses! How respectable! There is no money to collect the corpses, and we are a group of people who are promising! Really! Damn it! Live, what are you doing alive?"

"You can't say that!" Changshun protested. "Changshun!" Mrs. Ma stopped her grandson from speaking. Fourth Master Li didn't want to argue with Sun Qi.His soon-to-be-stopping heart had no sentimentality or needless gossip, he just wanted to get things done and get things done.He asked everyone: "How about raising money for her?" "Hmph! The whole alley belongs to the Guan family, but I can't go to them with my hands down. Even if my own father dies, I can't beg the Guan family to go without a coffin! What's the matter, I can't go to the brothel Go for alms!"

"I'll go to Guan's house!" Changshun volunteered. Madam Ma didn't want the teacher to go to Guan's house, but she couldn't stop her. She knew Xiao Cui's body shouldn't be left on the ground, maybe it would be bitten by wild dogs. "Don't think that rich people are willing to pay!" Fourth Master Li said calmly. "Is this okay? Sun Qi, you reach out to the shops on the street, don't force yourself, you can get as many as you can. Changshun and I walked around our alley. Then, Changshun went to find When I went to Qi Ruifeng, didn't Xiao Cui give him a monthly subscription? He probably wouldn't refuse to pay a few dollars. As for me, I'll go to Qi Tianyou to see if I can get a piece of coarse white cloth so that I can make a funeral for Mrs. Cui. Robe. Mrs. Ma, I want some cloth, so you can sew it while you are distracted."

"That's easy, I can still see!" Mrs. Ma was willing to help with this. Sun Qi was not very happy to ask for alms.He is really willing to help, if he has money, he will give it all without hesitation; he has a bit of a headache to ask for alms.However, he didn't dare to refuse; rubbing his eyes, he walked out. "Let's go too," Li Siye said to Changshun. "Old lady Ma, help fourth mother to watch her." He pointed to Xiao Cui's room, "Don't teach her to run out!" After leaving the door, fourth master told Changshun: "From the third day onwards, you will be a There is no need to go. I will start from the other end of the alley, and make a bag at both ends. Don’t be angry, you can get as much as you give, don’t compete. If you don’t give, don’t complain.” After finishing speaking, an old man A little broke up. Before Changshun could call the door, Gao Yituo came out from the courtyard.As if meeting by chance, Yituo said, "Hey! What are you doing here?" Changshun pretended to be an adult, calmly, and said very politely: "Isn't Xiao Cui dead? The family is very embarrassed. I'm here to tell the old neighbors for help!" Although his whining voice could not be completely eliminated , but the appropriateness of speech and the kindness of manner satisfied him.He felt that since he had been to the British Mansion, he had suddenly grown several years old.He is no longer a child, and he thinks he is fully qualified to marry; if he does marry, he will be at least as decent as John Ding. Gao Yituo listened solemnly, with seriousness and sympathy gradually increasing on his face.After listening, he actually wiped his eyes with a handkerchief to wipe away one or two imaginary tears.Then, he slowly took out ten yuan from his pocket.Holding the money, he said earnestly in a low voice: "The Guan family doesn't like Xiao Cui, so you don't have to run into trouble. I have a special fee here, so you can take it. This special fee is specially used for helping the poor." , ten yuan at a time, you can get five or six times. Don’t tell others about this, because there is not much money. Once you say it, everyone will come to ask for it. I will not be able to handle it. I must know that Mrs. Cui is suffering It's very good, so I'm willing to give her a share. You don't have to tell her how the money came from, and you can collect it for her in the future; this money is donated by philanthropists, and they don't want to reveal their names You take it!" He handed the money ticket to Changshun. Chang Shun's face turned red.He is excited.He was the first to meet the God of Wealth! "Oh, there are still a few small procedures!" Yi Tuo seemed to remember suddenly. "People ask me to do something, I must have an explanation!" He took out a small notebook and a pen. "Come and sign it! A little formality, it doesn't matter much!" Changshun looked at the small book, there were only some names, money, and signatures on it.He couldn't see anything wrong.In a hurry to go to another house, he signed it with a pen.The handwriting was not very correct, and he wanted to change it. "Okay! It doesn't matter at all! Small procedures!" Yi Tuo smiled and took the small notebook and pen back. "Okay, tell Mrs. Cui for me, don't be too sad! Friends are willing to help her!" After finishing speaking, he walked out of the alley.Changshun happily walked towards No. 5.After standing outside the door for a while, he changed his mind.Since he already has ten yuan in his hand, and the Qi family has suffered, he doesn't want to ask them for money.He got into number six.He knew that Master Liu and John Ding were not at home, so he kept going to see Xiaowen; he didn't want to talk too much with the wives.Xiaowen is practicing the fife, probably for Ruoxia Tuokun tune.Seeing Chang Shun come in, he put down his flute and stuffed the receptacle into it like a little snake. "Come on, I'm sorry, can you sing the black head?" He asked with a smile. "I don't have time today!" Changshun is addicted to singing duets, but he has controlled himself; he has already considered himself an adult.He explained his purpose very simply.Xiaowen asked the inner room: "Ruoxia! How much money do we have?" He never knew how much money was in his family and whether he had any money. "There are three more dollars." "Bring them all." Ruoxia held three yuan and forty cents in her palm and walked out of the room. "Xiao Cui is true..." she asked Changshun. "Don't ask that!" Xiaowen frowned. "Everyone has to die! Who knows when his head will fall off!" He slowly took out the money and put it in Changshun's hands. "Sorry, it's only a little bit!" Changshun was moved. "You don't have all of them... If I take them all, you..." "That's not a common thing!" Xiaowen smiled. "Fortunately, my head is still attached to my neck. If I don't have any money, I can find a way to get it! Xiao Cui..." He choked in his throat and stopped talking. "What about Mrs. Cui?" Ruoxia asked with concern. Changshun couldn't answer.Putting the money in his pocket slowly, he glanced at Ruoxia and said in his heart: "If Xiaowen is killed by the Japanese, what will you do?" With this in his heart, he started to walk out.He didn't intend to curse Xiaowen and his wife, but felt that death was too easy, who dared to say that Xiaowen would not be stabbed.Xiaowen didn't send it out. Changshun walked quickly to the gate, and heard Xiaowen's flute again.It was not the sound of a flute, but some kind of most poignant cry.He quickened his pace, the sound of the flute was about to draw out his tears. When he arrived at the door of No. 7, he met Fourth Master Li coming out from inside.He asked, "How is it, Fourth Grandpa?" "Niu Zhai gave ten yuan, and here—" Fourth Master Li pointed to No. 7, and then counted the money in his hands, "Everyone here is very enthusiastic, but they are not rich, ten cents, forty cents... all in all It's only two dollars and ten cents. I got twelve dollars and one. How about you?" "A little more than fourth grandpa, thirteen yuan and four!" "Okay! Give me the money, can you find Qi Ruifeng?" "Is that not enough?" "It's enough to just buy a dog and hire four people to carry it. But this is a matter of collecting the corpse. If you don't hand it to the three heads and two dollars on the ground, who will allow us to move the corpse? Besides, little Cui has no cemetery, so he has to..." Changshun nodded while listening.Although he felt that he had grown a few years suddenly, he was still a child, and his knowledge and experience were far, far behind Li Siye's.He can see that age is age, and it is useless to just "feel" it. "Okay, Fourth Grandpa, I'll go find Second Master Qi!" He thought that running around was the best thing he could do, so he had to leave his mind to Fourth Master Li. The living room of the Education Bureau was full of people.Changshun sat down in a corner out of the way.Looking at those people who came out and in, and then at the dust on his shoes and the torn coat on his body, he couldn't be more surprised.The bravery, heart, and enthusiasm he has shown in the past few days, as well as the age, experience, and self-esteem he has gained, seem to have left him all at once, and he is left with a ragged shoe, a tattered coat, and an ordinary man. , Cheng Changshun.He didn't dare to straighten his neck, but lowered his head halfway, secretly staring at those people with his eyes.Those people were either section chiefs and staff members or principals and teachers, all of them were more elegant than him, and they all had some style.Only he was timid like a country bumpkin.He is a child of eighteen or nineteen, and his feelings are just as easily stimulated and changeable as a child of eighteen or nineteen.He, now, couldn't figure out what the hell he was doing.He is smart, enthusiastic, and youthful. If he can read some books step by step, he will become a decent, or even a very learned person.However, he didn't read the book well.If he had escaped from Peiping without his grandmother's involvement, he might have become a heroic young man in the War of Resistance, an unknown or famous hero.However, he failed to escape.All "possibility" lies in his mental and physical strength, but he just sits blankly in the living room of the Education Bureau, like a fool.He felt ashamed, but at the same time felt that he should be proud; he despised silk clothes and elegant manners, but he was also a little ashamed of himself.He only hoped that Ruifeng would come out quickly, but Ruifeng kept him waiting for more than half an hour. Most of the people in the room left, and Ruifeng walked in with a fake ivory cigarette holder in his mouth.He nodded his head to greet others first, and then casually saw Changshun. Changshun felt very unhappy, but stood up involuntarily. "Sit down!" Ruifeng released these three words from the side of the fake ivory cigarette holder.Changshun sat down again like a fool. "Is there something wrong?" Ruifeng asked with a straight face. "Ouch, let me tell you first, don't run here for nothing, this is the Yamen!" Changshun wanted to give Ruifeng a powerful mouth.However, he was entrusted by others and could not forget his responsibility because of anger.His face turned red, and he murmured in a low voice, "Isn't Xiao Cui..." "Which Xiao Cui? What do I have to do with Xiao Cui? Kid, why are you messing around? Put the beheaded ghost on my body, looks good, decent? Is it nonsense! Really! Go away! I don't know Little Cui Xiaosun, don’t care about their business! Please, I’m very busy!” After that, he took off the cigarette holder, flicked it twice, and walked out with a raised face. Chang Shun was trembling with anger, his face turned into a purple eggplant.On weekdays, like other neighbors, he looks down on Ruifeng a little bit, but seeing that he is from the Qi family, he is embarrassed to criticize him strictly, as if one of the ten king melons is bitter and can be sloppy.He never expected Ruifeng to be so ruthless today.Yes, Ruifeng is ruthless!Chang Shun didn't really care too much if it was just because of the embarrassment of teaching Chang Shun'er that he couldn't get off the stage; he was the section chief, and Chang Shun himself was just carrying a gramophone and singing along the street.Changshun was annoyed that Ruifeng shouldn't refuse to help Xiao Cui. Xiao Cui belonged to Changshun and also belonged to Ruifeng, a neighbor, and had pulled a car for Ruifeng, and was beheaded, and... Changshun The more I think about it, the angrier I get.Slowly he came out of the living room.When he got outside the gate, he refused to leave, and wanted to wait for Ruifeng outside the gate.When Ruifeng came out, he would grab Ruifeng by the neck and insult him in front of everyone.He thought about a few words: "Chief Qi, I can't blame you for being a traitor! How dare you just call the Japanese "Papa" and forget about relatives and friends! What the hell are you!" After these few words, Changshun imagined, followed by a few big crisp and loud mouths, knocking Ruifeng's fake ivory cigarette holder away.He also imagined how to teach those section chiefs and staff members who look like dogs: "Don't look at my clothes are torn and I have a sloppy stomach. I won't kowtow to the Japanese! Damn, you all The leather shoes and woolen hats clatter, grandson, you are grandsons! Do you understand? You are grandsons, Sun Ni!" Thinking about it this way, he raised his head and his eyes shone brightly.He is not ashamed of himself.He is the real man with bones and blood.Those section chiefs and staff are not worthy of dusting off his broken shoes! However, not long after, his heart was calm again.After all, he was raised by his grandmother, and he knows how to bear his anger.He had to run home quickly so that he could teach grandma to rest assured.Smiling miserably, he muttered and walked back.He was angry, but had to hold back his anger; he was proud, but had to swallow the shame; he was both a child and an adult; he was both a hero and a subjugated slave. When he got home, he ran straight to Xiao Cui's house.Both Sun Qi and the Fourth Mother were there.Mrs. Cui is lying on the kang.Hearing Chang Shun come in, she sat up abruptly and looked straight at him.She seemed to know him, and seemed to regard him as the representative of all people: "He died unjustly! He died unjustly! He died unjustly!" The fourth mother put her down like a baby: "Good boy Go to sleep first! Good boy!" She lay down again, motionless as if dead. Chang Shun's nose was blocked again, so he rubbed it with his hands. Sun Qi's eyes were still red and swollen, and he asked out of words, "How is it? How much did Ruifeng take?" Changshun's anger was rekindled. "That kid didn't take a penny! Don't worry. Leave his and mine. I'll give him a hard time! If I don't blind him with sand, it's no wonder!" "He's not the only one who should be beaten!" Sun Qi sighed and said, "I went to more than a dozen shops and only got five yuan! I don't believe it, if the Japanese teach them to donate, they would never dare to ask for ten." Take nine and a half! For Xiao Cui, their money seems to be worn on the ribs! Damn it!" "Stop swearing, you two!" Mrs. Ma walked in gently. "It's a favor for others to give, and it's duty not to give!" Neither Sun Qi nor Chang Shun agreed with Madam Ma's words, but they were unwilling to argue with her. Fourth Master Li walked in with a piece of coarse white cloth between them. "Old lady Ma, let's sew it! The shopkeeper Qi Tianyou is really a friend. Did you see that such a large piece of white cloth was given an additional two yuan! She thought it out: three sons, one went out, and there was no need for it." No news, one went to jail for no reason; money is nothing!" "It's so strange, why didn't that kid Ruifeng learn from his father and brother!" Sun Qi said, and then explained the situation of Ruifeng's refusal to help. , I explained it for Changshun. Old Madam Ma went out with the white cloth in her arms, she didn't like listening to Sun Qi and Chang Shun's random criticism.In her mind, Ruifeng and shopkeeper Qi are a family, and since shopkeeper Qi gave cloth and money, although Ruifeng didn't give anything, it can be justified; ten toes can't grow on one side.Her authentic Chinese "dialectic" makes her always extraordinarily forgiving, and also makes her not angry when she is wronged.She began to carefully cut the filial piety robe for Mrs. Cui. Fourth Master Li didn't say anything to Ruifeng, but began to worry about the trouble of collecting the corpse.Mrs. Cui is the one crying, so of course she has to identify the corpse.Seeing her half dead, half alive, he thought of Mrs. Qian Moyin.What would Mrs. Cui do if she saw her husband without a head and committed suicide?Also, Xiao Cui's head was ordered on the fifth archway, how to get it down?Who knows if the Japanese will give orders for three days, or hang there forever until the skin and flesh are rotten?What would it be like to put the cavity in the coffin regardless of the head?In the old man's life, he has seen and buried people who threw themselves into rivers to find wells and hanged themselves to wipe their necks.He is not afraid of the ugliness of death, but always tries to put the ugliness into a coffin and bury it in the loess, so that the ground looks clean and beautiful.He has never encountered such a difficult thing. Xiao Cui was beheaded according to the Japanese method. Who knows what the Japanese method is?Not only was he troubled, but he also felt that he had lost his self-confidence—it was not easy to even clean up the bloody corpses for the world, the Japanese are such fucking bastards!Sun Qi could only lose his temper, but not think of ideas.He told Fourth Master: "Don't ask me, my head is buzzing!" Changshun was willing to volunteer, and went to collect the corpse together with the fourth grandfather.But he was really a little scared, what if Xiao Cui's wronged soul didn't dare to go to the Japanese, but followed him?That's great!There are many ghost stories told to him by his grandmother in his heart.The four mothers were very simple in their hearts: "You old man, if you just sit here and worry about it, you can get things done? You go, look at the dead body, and fix the coffin, isn't it all right?" Fourth Master Li stood up helplessly.His wife's words didn't contain any knowledge or intelligence, but they had some wit—yes, what's the use of sitting and worrying.Everything in the world is created by "doing", not "worry". "Fourth Master!" Sun Qi also stood up. "I'll go with you! I'll hold Xiao Cui's body and cry!" "When you come back, I will accompany Mrs. Cui to pick up the coffin! With me, don't worry, she won't make any trouble!" The fourth mother said, her eyes wide open. There are two heads hanging in the middle of the five archway outside the front door, one facing south and the other facing north.Although Sun Qi's eyes were a little short-sighted, he was careful when he stepped out of the front door, wanting to see his friend's head.When he reached the head of the bridge, he gave Fourth Master Li a hand: "Fourth Master, are those two black balls?" Fourth Master Li was speechless. Sun Qi quickened his pace, ran to the bottom of the archway, squinted his eyes hard, and he saw clearly that the one facing north was Xiao Cui.Xiao Cui's flat pumpkin face showed no expression, eyes closed, mouth a little open, cheeks sunken, hanging in mid-air as if in a dream; Skin.Looking down, Sun Qi only saw his own shadow and the vermilion archway pillars.He hugged the outermost pillar of the archway, but couldn't stand it anymore. Fourth Master Li rushed over, "Let's go! Sun Qi!" Sun Qi could no longer move.His face was pale, and a pair of big teardrops blocked the corners of his eyes, which were fixed. "Go!" Fourth Master Li grabbed Sun Qi's shoulder. Like a drunk, Sun Qi followed Fourth Master Li with garlic on his feet.Fourth Master Li grabbed one of his arms.After walking for a while, Sun Qi hiccupped for a long time, and a pair of teardrops fell from the corners of his eyes. "Fourth Master, you go alone! I can't walk anymore!" He sat outside the door of a shop. Fourth Master Li was stunned for a while, and walked south alone without saying anything. Walking to the overpass, Fourth Master inquired with the teahouse, only to find out that Xiao Cui's body had been taken to the west.He went to the west to look for it, and found Xiao Cui's headless body on a pile of broken bricks outside the "wall" of Xiannong'an.Xiao Cui was barebacked and barefooted, two or three of his toes had been bitten off by wild dogs.Fourth master's tears flowed down.Two or three feet away from Xiao Cui, there is a patrolman standing.Fourth Master reluctantly held back his tears and walked over. "I'm inquiring," the old man said politely to the patrolman, "can this corpse be buried?" The patrolmen are also very polite. "Come to collect the corpse? Yes! If you don't collect it, I'm afraid it will be eaten by wild dogs! The driver of the car has already taken it away!" "Don't you need to go to the police station and say something?" "Of course I have to go!" "Where's the head?" "Well, I can't tell! The corpse was dragged here by the overpass, and we were not ordered to watch it. Our inspector sent us to stand guard here, lest the corpse be carried away by wild dogs. We all Chinese people! Well, what do people tell them to cut them off and leave no body behind? When it comes to human heads, it’s another matter. The head is hanging on the five archway, who dares to touch it? The Japanese probably want our heads and not our bodies. I see, my lord, you should take away the bodies first; human heads...what the hell, what a world this is!" The old man thanked the policeman and went back to the brick pile.Glancing at Xiao Cui and Xiannongtan, he was at a loss as to what to do.He remembered that when he was young, it was a desolate place, with no human habitation except the red walls and green cypresses.When the Republic of China was established and there was a Congress, this place became the most prosperous area.The amusement park in the south of the city is in the altar garden, and the new world is facing the amusement park. Every day is like a new year, with gongs and drums, carriages and horses, day and night.Here are the most gorgeous restaurants and silk shops, the most seductive women, and colorful electric lights.Later, the New World and the Amusement Garden were all closed, and the congressmen and prostitutes also left Peiping. Suddenly, there were no cars or horses in this bustling area.The big wall of the altar garden was demolished, and the bricks, tiles and land were sold to the people.The second-hand goods stalls of the overpass began to expand here, replacing the former gorgeousness and solemnity with noise and chaos.The pile of broken bricks occupied by Xiao Cui was left behind by the demolished altar garden wall.Changes, how many changes the old man had seen in his life!However, what change is bigger than this - Xiao Cui is lying here without a head!The green pine in the altar was still so green, but Xiao Cui's blood stained the two broken bricks red.Isn't this a nightmare?Change, who can stop the change?However, changes still exist; the dignified altar garden can become a dirty and chaotic small market; and the market, no matter how dirty and chaotic, is always the gathering place of life!Today, Xiao Cui was lying here, dead.Peiping has not only changed, but will cease to exist, because the Japanese have killed Xiao Cui's head and many others' heads. The more he watched, the more confused the old man became.Is this Xiao Cui?If he wasn't allowed to know that Xiao Cui was beheaded, he definitely didn't know the body.Seeing the corpse, he couldn't help thinking that Xiao Cui had a head, and Xiao Cui's head jumped from the old man's heart to the ugly black and purple neck.When he took a closer look, there was indeed no head there, and the old man suddenly didn't recognize Xiao Cui again.Xiao Cui's head suddenly turned on and off, suddenly he had eyebrows and eyes, suddenly there was a circle of white light, suddenly he was talking and laughing, and suddenly there was nothing.The guard came over slowly. "Grandpa, you..." The old man rubbed his eyes in shock.Xiao Cui's body is more obvious, it is true that this is Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui who turned around.The old man sighed, and called out in a low voice: "Xiao Cui! I'll bury your body first!" After speaking, he went to the police station to meet the inspector and went through the formalities of collecting the body.Then, a willow coffin that was slightly better than a dog meeting head was ordered at a nearby Shoucai shop, and the people in the shop were asked to find the bearer and five monks immediately, and to dig a hole in the Luanshi post in the west of the altar.After finishing all these quickly, he got on the tram at the overpass.After the tram left, the old man was shaken so dizzy that he closed his eyes to rest his mind.When he opened his eyes by chance, he saw that the people in the car had no heads; those who were sitting and standing were all empty, like Xiao Cui lying on a pile of broken bricks.He blinked hastily, and everyone had their heads again.He muttered: "With the Japanese here, no one can keep their heads!" When they got home, he discussed with Mrs. Ma and Sun Qi, and decided that Sun Qi had to go back to Tianqiao with him to bury and bury Xiao Cui.Sun Qi didn't want to go again, but the old man thought that only two people could go together so that he could have a clear mind, and everything would be corroborated.Sun Qi reluctantly agreed.They also decided not to teach Mrs. Cui to go, because even Sun Qi collapsed on the street after seeing the head, and Mrs. Cui might cry to death if she saw her husband's body.As for the headcount issue, we have to leave it alone for the time being.They could not wait for the head to be removed before burying it, nor did they dare to ask why the Japanese separated Xiao Cui's body and head, and they were not allowed to join together after death. After discussing all these quickly, they thought of finding two clothes for Xiao Cui to wear, because Xiao Cui couldn't go into the coffin without a head and a bare back.Madam Ma took out a white coat from Changshun, and Sun Qi found a pair of socks and a pair of blue trousers.Holding this little thing, Fourth Master Li and Sun Qi turned back and took the tram to the overpass. When we arrived at the bridge, the sun was already flat.Fourth Master Li told Sun Qi as soon as he got off the tram, "It's getting late, we have to be quick!" However, Sun Qi's legs went limp again.Old Man Li became anxious: "What's wrong with you?" "Me?" Sun Qi squeezed his short-sighted eyes. "I'm not afraid of looking at dead bodies! I'm a bit courageous! But, Xiao Cui, Xiao Cui is our friend, I'm tempted!" "Who wouldn't be tempted? You can't do anything if you're tempted, but your legs are weak!" Talk while walking. "Be tough, I know you have bones!" Encouraged by the old man, Sun Qi quickened his pace and caught up. The old man bought some paper money, burning paper, and joss sticks in a small shop. Outside the Xiannong Altar, the coffin, bearers, and monks have all arrived.The shopkeeper of the coffin shop has friendship with Li Siye, so he also followed. The old man taught Sun Qi to light joss sticks and burn paper, and he put Xiao Cui on himself.Sun Qi found some broken bricks to squeeze the incense candles, and then lit the burning paper.He never dared to look up at Xiao Cui.Xiao Cui entered the coffin, he wanted to throw the paper money in the air, but he couldn't lift his hand.Crouching on the ground, he burst into tears.Old man Li directed the nailing of the coffin lid, the monks sounded the magic weapon, and the coffin was lifted up. The monks scribbled and perfunctorily hit the magic weapon in front, and trotted forward.The coffin was very light, and the four bearers stepped together and walked very quickly.Old man Li pulled Sun Qi up and chased after him. "Has the hole been laid?" Li Siye asked the shopkeeper with tears in his eyes. "It's done! Barkers know the place!" "Then, please go back, shopkeeper! I'll see you in the shop, how much should I give you when you return the bag pile, and we will settle the account later!" "That's it, Fourth Master! I've made tea and I'm waiting for you!" The shopkeeper turned and went back. The sun was almost setting.With a reddish golden light, it shone on the simple, unpainted, white coffin like a large box.The coffin moved quickly, with the five emaciated monks in front, Fourth Master Li and Sun Qi behind.There is no deacon, no filial son, no one in filial clothes, but only a white wooden box containing the headless Xiao Cui, walking towards the desolate, wild field with only some sunlight.A few returning crows, with some sunshine on their backs, were tired and slowly flew eastward.Seeing the coffin, they wailed lazily a few times. The magic weapon stopped, and the monks stopped sending it forward.Fourth Master Li thanked them for their hard work.The coffin went faster. On one side of the wasteland, there are broken bricks and dead grass everywhere. Among the rubble, there are many small grave mounds.Among the four or five small grave mounds, there is a shallow pit, waiting for Xiao Cui.Soon, the coffin fell into the pit.Fourth Master Li grabbed a handful of loess and sprinkled it on the coffin: "Xiao Cui, sleep well!" The sun went down.There was silence.Only Sun Qi was crying loudly.