Chapter 20 Chapter Eighteen

People from the village were still gathered on the empty dam outside the ancestral hall, waiting for the reply from Master Zhang Yao and the others.Suddenly seeing Zhang Yaoye running madly towards the ancestral hall with something on his back, the crowd immediately ran towards Zhang Yaoye like a frying pan. After running such a long distance, Master Zhang Yao was already exhausted and out of breath. He carried Master Tuo on his back and shouted as he ran, "Hurry up and make a fire, save people!" Everyone didn't fully understand the meaning of Zhang Yaoye's shouting, and ran towards Zhang Yaoye even faster.

Zhang Yaoye still ran and shouted: "Hurry up! Hurry up! Make a fire! Save people!" When everyone ran to Master Zhang Yao and saw Master Tuo dripping water on his back, they finally understood what was going on.A few who reacted quickly turned and ran towards the ancestral hall. When Zhang Yaoye ran to the empty dam with Master Tuo on his back, there was already a lot of fire on the empty dam. Master Zhang Yao said: "Get in the house, get in the house." As he spoke, he ran towards the ancestral hall without stopping. Someone picked up the tinder and ran after Master Zhang Yao.

Some of them brought firewood, some helped Master Zhang Yao and Master Tuo, and they rushed into the ancestral hall. Zhang Yaoye carried Master Tuo directly into the Xiangtang, and the timid one did not continue to follow up, and retreated into the courtyard.Zhang Ziyin's corpse was placed in the courtyard. Although it was covered with straw, there was still a strong fishy smell emanating from the straw. So these people withdrew from the ancestral hall and watched outside the gate of the ancestral hall. It was almost evening, and the light in the hall was very dim, and there was a deserted and gloomy atmosphere inside.

The floor of the Xiangtang is paved with large blue bricks, and there are no furniture inside. It is empty, only the portraits of Mao Zedong, Marx, and Engels are pasted on the front wall.These portraits also reveal a bit of mystery in the dark light. Zhang Yaoye turned around twice, but couldn't find a suitable place to put Master Tuo, so he shouted at the people in the house, and hurried in with straw to spread the floor. A few people immediately hugged the straw. At this time, the person holding the tinder raised a pile of fire in the center of the hall.The fire in the Xiangtang flickered and shone brightly.

A thick layer of straw was laid, and Zhang Yaoye put the drenched Tuo master on the straw, and then shouted to the people in the hall: "Women and children should avoid, just leave a few men inside." With a word from Master Zhang Yao, the woman led the children out. Zhang Yaoye ordered to close the door of Xiangtang again. Someone has already reinstalled the carved door of Xiangtang that was knocked down. Zhang Yaoye began to untie the soaked underwear on Master Tuo's body. Master Tuo didn't wear much, just a cotton jacket and cotton trousers, lined with thin khaki trousers.

When taking off the clothes on the upper body of Master Tuo, all the ribs on Master Tuo's body were exposed, and the spine was completely deformed and bent. Someone wondered and said: "It's really strange that a disabled person is bolder than normal people like us." However, when Master Tuo's pants were taken off, all the people present let out an exclamation at the same time. Because there is a fluffy tail several inches long on Master Tuo's buttocks! A person whispered in surprise, "Is this a human being?" Master Zhang Yao also felt that this matter was a bit weird.Thinking of what Lan Erniang said about the newborn child also having a tail on his buttocks, his heart lightened a little, and he said to himself: "There really are kinds of bodies, and there are all kinds of things!"

The people in the room couldn't understand what Zhang Yaoye said, so they asked: "Zhang Yaoye, do you know the origin of this strange man's tail?" Zhang Yaoye was stunned for a moment, and a thought flashed through his mind, and he said casually, "Why don't I know? He is a distant relative of mine, and I even know about his ancestors." The people in the room really believed Zhang Yaoye's words.Someone said curiously: "Master Yao, tell me what is so important about this man's tail?" Zhang Yaoye said casually again: "This is his privacy, don't inquire about it."

As he said that, Zhang Yaoye touched Master Mo Tuo's chest with his hand.Master Tuo's chest was already cold. But Master Zhang Yao still didn't give up, and ordered: "Whoever goes home brings two quilts, preferably three." No one moved, but someone said: "Master Yao, forget it, he is already dead and cannot be revived." Master Zhang got angry when he heard this, and said in a loud voice: "It was not saved, how do you know that you can't save it? Master Tuo is a good person, a good person has a big life, he didn't die!" The people in the room saw that Zhang Yaoye was a little unreasonable, and they all shook their heads.

Seeing that the people in the room were still indifferent, Master Zhang Yao became more and more angry, stood up and began to take off his coat.This coat was given to him by Zhang Ziheng.But the back of the coat was already soaked when Tuo Shi was drenched in water. Zhang Yaoye still covered Master Tuo with his coat. Zhang Yaoye said to the person who was adding firewood to the fire: "Burst the fire, and warm up the house a few times, and Master Tuo will come back to life." The exuberant firelight projected the figures in the room on the four walls, and the figures looked very strange!

Some people couldn't help looking at the beams, feeling a sudden chill on their necks.So he said to Zhang Yaoye: "Yaoye, I'm going out to pee." Then he slipped out with his neck curled up. After one person slipped out, the other lied and slipped away.Then the third person wanted to run away, Zhang Yaoye became furious and said loudly: "Get out, get out, get out, get out of here! I'm here alone to guard Master Tuo. I want to see how big it is." The boa constrictor came and ate me!" It was good that Zhang Yaoye didn't mention the word python, but when he mentioned the word python, even the man who was standing by the fire adding firewood ran away in a hurry.

Only Master Zhang Yao and the upright Master Tuo were left in the huge hall, one alive and the other dead. The hall was quiet, and the sound of sparks bursting in the fire was very clear. Zhang Yaoye spread Tuo Master's cotton-padded jacket and trousers by the fire to roast, and then sat beside Tuo Master and looked at Tuo Master. Master Tuo's yin and yang eyes were half-closed, and that mysterious smile remained rigidly fixed on his face. Zhang Yaoye began to feel sad in his heart, his nose was sour, and tears flowed down his cheeks.He said to Master Tuo to himself: "Hey! Look at your ugly face, but your heart is better than anyone else. It is said that good people don't live long, Master Tuo! What do I say about you? I Knowing that you don’t deserve to die. You are a good person, and your life should be longer. Good people are short-lived, isn’t there only bad people left in this world? So Master Tuo! You really don’t deserve to die! You deserve to live But, you are lying here straight now, I really don’t know if I can bring you back to life. If it’s not possible, you can’t blame me, Zhang Weichang. I, Zhang Weichang, are so capable, even if I, Zhang Weichang, owe you my life in this life , will I pay you back in the next life?" Master Zhang Yao was speaking sad words when Zhang Ziheng opened the door and walked in. Seeing Master Zhang Yao's face bursting into tears, Zhang Ziheng said, "Master Yao, why are you sitting in this room alone and crying?" Seeing Zhang Ziheng coming in, Master Zhang Yao became more and more sad, his mouth puckered, and he cried out like a child: "Ziheng, depending on the situation, I can't live with Master Tuo..." Zhang Ziheng came over and squatted next to Master Zhang Yao, and said, "Are you really dead?" Master Zhang Yao nodded while crying. Zhang Ziheng didn't know how to comfort Master Zhang Yao, he just stared at the upright Master Tuo in a daze. The fire burning in the Xiangtang became more and more prosperous, and warmth rose in the originally cold space.But Zhang Yaoye's heart at this time is still as if soaked in ice water. After being sad for a while, Zhang Yaoye stretched out his hand to check Master Tuo's breath again, but there was no breath.Stretched out to touch Master Tuo's chest, it was still cold. Zhang Ziheng said: "Master Yao, forget it, don't worry about it, and bury him and Ziyin in the courtyard outside in a while." Zhang Yaoye glanced blankly at Zhang Ziheng, and finally accepted the fact that Master Tuo was dead, and said decadently: "That's the only way to go. But Ziyin should be burning with firewood in the yard, he has so much sticky body." Disgusting things, burn them clean. Master Tuo asked Zihao to hurry up and make a fire box to bury him. After such a good person dies, he should sleep in a fire box after all. Sigh! It’s the bad world, otherwise Everyone in the village should build a dojo for Master Tuo. If there is no him today, the people in the village will suffer a lot!" While talking, two stupid boys pushed open the door of Xiangtang and came in, saying: "Master Yao, Granny Yao is here, she is outside, and she wants to tell you something." Zhang Yaoye was very depressed, and said angrily: "Zi Heng and I are discussing something, you ask her to wait outside." The dumb boy said, "Grandma Yao said it's urgent." It was only then that Zhang Yaoye remembered that Master Tuo's wife had just given birth to a child.Could it be that something happened to Master Tuo's wife?If something happened to Master Tuo's wife, the people of Woniu Village would owe a lot to this couple who had never met before. Thinking of this, Master Zhang Yao stood up and said to Zhang Ziheng, "I'll be back as soon as I go out. You guard Master Tuo, don't let cats and mice startle Master Tuo's corpse, for fear of cheating the corpse!"