Chapter 8 Seven, the third day (evening)

When approaching the door of his aunt's house, Ji Ning felt his stomach start to churn again. I don't know if it's a psychological effect, but there are still several meters away, and the door is closed again, but he seems to have smelled a rotting corpse. The village head stopped and said to Ji Ning's mother, "Do you really want to go in and see? After opening the door, no one can stand the stench." Ji Ning also persuaded: "Mom, let's forget it." "Yes, don't look at it. I'll ask someone to prepare the coffin and put the corpse in it for burial." The village chief suggested again.

Ji Ning's mother also seemed to hesitate a bit.He pondered for a moment. "I'll just go in and have a look, and I'll be out right away." Seeing that she was still insisting, the village chief waved his hands helplessly. "Go and see, the door is unlocked, just push it open." Mom walked to the door.Ji Ning stepped forward. "Mom, let me go with you." "Don't go, I'll just take a look by myself. You just wait for me here." Mom said. Ji Ning could only watch his mother walk to the door of his aunt's house, tremblingly pushed the wooden door open, and walked in.

This time, he really smelled the disgusting stench, and even the village chief couldn't help turning around and fanning his nose with his hand.Ji Ning's heart tightened when he thought that his mother could still stay inside at this moment. About half a minute later, Ji Ning's mother rushed out covering her mouth with a livid face, threw herself beside a big tree at the door, and vomited violently.Ji Ning hurried over to help his mother beat her back.The village chief stepped forward quickly and closed the door behind him. After vomiting for a while, Ji Ning's mother couldn't help crying again.People who lived around came out, knowing that this was Huiyun's sister, they all came over to say words of comfort.An aunt in her forties also wiped her tears. Later, Ji Ning knew that she was Aunt Chen.

It took a long time for my mother to calm down slowly.The sky is getting darker, and night is coming.The village chief said anxiously: "Sister Huiyun, don't be sad, let's get down to business. If the sky gets darker, we won't be able to see the way up the mountain!" Ji Ning's mother looked up, full of sadness. "Village chief, I didn't guard my sister for a whole day, so I buried her?" The village chief patted his leg anxiously: "The situation is special, we can no longer follow the old rules. It is the hottest few days of the year, and the corpse has been placed for two days. If we wait until tomorrow morning, then the The smell... I'm afraid no one will dare to come and help out the funeral!"

Ji Ning said: "Mom, listen to the village chief, we can't delay any longer." Mom nodded numbly. Seeing that Ji Ning's mother agreed, the village chief hurriedly called for help from the people around him. He asked people to invite the funeral director in the village, and asked Aunt Chen to find someone to carry the coffin.Everyone gets busy.In less than an hour, a black coffin was carried to the door of my aunt's house, and all the people who helped with the burial came. It was already past seven o'clock in the evening, and the sky was getting darker and darker.The village chief directed several men to carry the corpse inside the house.According to his instructions, the people present should stand on both sides and let the person carrying the corpse pass through the middle, which is regarded as seeing the dead off.

Ji Ning and his mother stood at the front, and Aunt Chen was beside them, whispering: "When the corpse comes out in a while, you should bow your head in silence and don't make any noise. Even if you want to cry, you have to bear it at that moment, otherwise the deceased will not be able to go on the road with peace of mind." Ji Ning and his mother nodded in agreement.At this time, Ji Ning heard the footsteps of several people moving closer and closer, and couldn't help feeling nervous. The dozen or so people lined up on both sides were all quiet and solemn. Suddenly, a cheerful song that was extremely incompatible with the atmosphere of the scene sounded, which shocked everyone.Ji Ning was startled—it's his cell phone ringtone!

Ji Ning frantically took out his cell phone from his trouser pocket, and quickly pressed the answer button in order to stop the ringing. A little boy's voice came from the phone: "Cousin, have you been to the university? Why didn't you call?" Ji Ning was stunned - it was Doudou calling! This sudden situation shocked Ji Ning and his mother, and they didn't know what to do for a while.Doudou asked on the phone: "Cousin, why are you silent? What are you doing?" Ji Ning asked in a daze: "Doudou, how do you know my mobile phone number?" "It was my grandma who told me that she asked me to call you to see if you have arrived."

At this time, several people came out of the house carrying the body.His mother looked at Ji Ning anxiously, and Ji Ning was completely flustered. He held the phone numbly, and heard Doudou say on the phone: "Cousin, I drew several pictures today, and one is for my mother." , and two are for grandma and aunt..." The corpse's feet appeared in Ji Ning's sight.In the gap between several corpse bearers.He saw the dead aunt's legs, waist and upper body slowly passing by his eyes.At this time, my aunt's son was chatting with me on the phone!This was a strange situation that Ji Ning had never experienced before. He stood there blankly, at a loss.

And at this moment, a strange and terrifying thing happened—— When the head of his aunt's corpse passed in front of Ji Ning, he was shocked to see that the pale face that was beginning to rot slowly turned to his side without anyone noticing, with a pair of wide-open eyes staring blankly. stared at him. For a moment, Ji Ning felt cold all over his body and his hair stood on end. He yelled "Ah!", and was so frightened that he was out of his wits. His body shook violently due to fear, and the phone fell to the ground with a bang. Everyone looked at him, and his mother asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"

Ji Ning turned his body to one side, his breathing was short, and his mind was buzzing.Mom asked again.Ji Ning looked at his mother in horror, and was about to speak when he suddenly remembered that the mobile phone that had fallen to the ground was still in communication mode, so he quickly picked it up and put it to his ear, and heard Doudou's voice. "Cousin, what's the matter with you?" Ji Ning tried his best to calm down his beating heart, he swallowed his saliva. "It's nothing, Doudou, I'll call you later." Hang up the phone. Mom looked at him anxiously: "What happened to you just now?"

Ji Ning looked around at the people around him, and found that everyone was staring at him in surprise. He couldn't tell everyone what he saw just now. In fact, even he himself couldn't be sure what was going on.He wondered in horror, could it be that the corpse's head drooped in this direction due to the shaking?But why are the eyes open?And he clearly felt that those eyes were staring at him - it was really terrible - the more Ji Ning thought about it, the more he panicked and felt the creeps. The village chief came over and looked at the mother and son. "Are you okay?" Ji Ning didn't want everyone to be infected with an atmosphere of fear, he shook his head and said, "It's okay." The village head looked at him suspiciously, and said to Ji Ning's mother: "The body has been put into the coffin, let's go up the mountain. I'll find someone to look after the land." Mom nodded.The village head shouted, "Lift up the coffin!" Four strong men lifted the coffin tied with hemp rope and set off for the mountain.A group of people followed behind and walked towards the dark forest.