Chapter 45 Chapter 45: The Skeleton Corpse

"Grandma, fight with me, I made you a god of joy, and be with this god of joy. Grandma, I followed you all night last night, I'm exhausted!" After finishing speaking, the man rubbed the quilt Xishen pinched his red arm and spat water on Wei Ning who fell unconscious on the ground. The night was like water, Zhao Ma was lazily enjoying the shade in her yard, holding a cattail fan to drive away mosquitoes and flies.It has been a long, long time since she has come to the door for business. If this continues, it will be too difficult to live on the family's half-acre of land.Fortunately, someone sent her a message today, saying that "it's in stock" today.So, she has been waiting in the yard for a long time.

"Mom Zhao, Mom Zhao. Open the door. It's me. Open the door quickly." "Why did you come here? It's already midnight!" Zhao Ma hurried out to open the door.It was the dwarf standing outside the door, with a long and big black bag on his back. He looked around and made sure there was no one, so he hurried in the door. Zhao Ma looked around and made sure no one saw her, so she closed and locked the door. "What, there is another stock?" Mother Zhao asked. The dwarf put the black bag on his back on the ground, wiped his sweat, showed his white teeth, and said, "This time it's a fresh product, so he died." He opened the bag, and a person was exposed inside. , his face was pale, and he didn't know whether it was life or death.

"Such a handsome young man, it's a pity that he died so early—is it reliable?" "Don't worry, there will be absolutely no trouble. Besides, once you bury it in the soil, fill in the hole, and build the grave, it will be a pile of bones in a few years. Now there is chaos everywhere, who knows who is who." Zhao Ma nodded and said: "That's true. But, I see him, his face seems to be... seems to be still angry, he doesn't look like he is dead, isn't it..." Zhao Ma looked at the black bag in the black bag. The younger generation looked left and right, and stretched out his hand to check his breath.

"Don't touch him, he died of illness." The dwarf hurriedly pulled the bag up and said, "This young man is from the city, and he has tuberculosis, so he will be very unlucky." When Mama Zhao heard that it was contagious, she quickly took her hand back and said, "Is this suitable?" "Think about it, all the Ding family wants is a young man, you don't care how he dies. Besides, if you don't tell me, I won't tell you, who knows how he died, just put your heart in your stomach, I promise not It's just something." Zhao's mother thought about it, and said, "That's the only way to go. The Ding family has been dead for almost seven or eight years, and he is still uneasy, so Ding Yuanwai asked me to find a good husband for her, so that he can accompany her. Girl, let them die together as a husband and wife, or be a ghost couple together. As long as they don’t come out to cause trouble, they will pray to God and worship Buddha.”

It turns out that this Zhao mother is the "ghost matchmaker" in this area, which is what we often call "ghost matchmaker". The so-called "ghost matchmaker" refers to the matchmaker in the ghost marriage, which plays an important role in the ghost marriage.They contact the parents of the dead man and woman to form in-laws, preside over the ghost marriage, and then profit from it.Often when a ghost marriage ends, they can get a lot of benefits. "Shadow media" generally enter the profession at the age of seven or eight, and are instructed by specialized masters, and these masters are mostly experienced shadow media.

After Yin Mei died, they were buried uniformly in the cemetery established by Yin Mei himself, and they were buried in the order of entry. This time, it was a wealthy local man named Ding who asked Mama Zhao to preside over the ghost marriage. His youngest daughter died of a sudden illness when she was 17 years old.In the end, he had been dead for several years, but he was restless and always liked to come out to make trouble. Ding Yuanwai thought about making a "ghost marriage" for his daughter so that she could die as soon as possible, but the man was still unable to find him. dragged on until now.

"Okay, that's it, one price, ten oceans." "You kill pigs, five, don't want one more." The dwarf laughed and said, "Now this thing is really valuable. I heard that in the city now, there is a shortage of such masters with complete arms and legs. The bosses in the city can't even grab them. I see that in our place For the sake of an old friend of more than ten years, I will give you a bargain. Besides, if this business is done, a rich man like Ding Yuanwai will definitely not treat you badly." Zhao Ma thought for a while, gritted her teeth, and said, "Seven oceans."

The two talked about the price for a long time, and finally settled the deal at 8 yuan. This kind of ghost marriage was very common in ancient China, especially in relatively remote places such as Xiangxi, where it often appeared, and there were even ghost matchmakers like Zhao Ma who specialized in matching ghost marriages for the dead.Ghost marriage is also called "building a bone corpse". The male and female relatives are called "bone corpse relatives".This kind of "wedding" ceremony is mostly held at night. If people are suddenly awakened by the drum music in the street while they are sleeping peacefully, it is the "skeleton corpse".

After the dwarf left, Zhao's mother called Yuanwai Ding, Yuanwai Ding was eager to "marry" his daughter out as soon as possible, and immediately decided that the ghost marriage would be carried out immediately.Since this matter is taboo after all, afraid of disturbing the neighbors, Ding Yuanwai deliberately kept a low profile, and only invited a Mr. Yin and Yang and a few big men to carry the "groom" to his daughter's grave. Mr. Yin Yang calculated the time with a compass, and after several big men took out the "bride"'s coffin, Mr. Yin Yang immediately poured a bucket of clean water into the pit and threw down two apples.At the same time, Zhao's mother had already raised paper money on the grave.Several big men opened Miss Ding's coffin. Inside the coffin, Miss Ding had already turned into a bone, and Ding couldn't help feeling sad.Mother Zhao directed the big man to be the "groom".Bury the "husband and wife" together in a newly purchased coffin, and then bury the "husband and wife" together, then cover the coffin, fill it with soil, set off firecrackers, and display wine and fruit in front of the "couple" grave, and burn red paper money , This is considered as the completion of the "marriage" ceremony, and everyone is happy.Zhao Ma followed Ding Yuanwai to pay the bill.

Wei Ning woke up in a daze, touched his head that was hurt by the dwarf, but his eyes fell into endless darkness, where is this?Wei Ning kept touching the surroundings with his hands, and it felt like a boxy wooden box. Isn't this a coffin?Why am I in the coffin, Wei Ning touched again, what is next to me, hand bones, breast bones, skeletons, my God!Where am I, where am I?Could it be that he was buried alive, Wei Ning desperately knocked on the coffin lid, but no one responded, could it be that he was going to die here like this?Wei Ning kept beating and shouting, but it was in vain. He only felt that the air around him seemed to be getting less and less. Wei Ning finally fell into despair and passed out again...