Chapter 13 grave digging

Binuhe hoeed, the boy carried the shovel, and they walked in the woods. Don't go, it's dawn, there is no place to dig your grave.The boy said behind Binu, who told you not to die when it was dark, now it’s all right, the sun is out, they are all up, and you will be seen wherever you dig a hole! On the muddy ground, the footprints of deer and children were intertwined, and there was a trace of digging beside a fallen leaf. Binu couldn't help but stop and dig a few times with a hoe. She knew that the deer people buried everything in the ground , So she had a little fantasy, whether she could dig out some of Qiliang's clothes, even if she dug out a shoe, it would be good.

Do you think you still said you were going to die?Die and dig your things?The boy said, I think you don't want to die at all, you will die if you shed any tears, you are lying, you asked me to take a hoe and a shovel, so it was to dig up your parcel! I didn't lie to you, I want to take another look at Qiliang's stuff before I die.Binu said, child, I am not reconciled, I watched the package so closely along the way, I avoided the robbers and the thieves, but I did not escape you children! Don't blame us, you ran into the woods yourself!He stared at Binu innocently, and said, you can't dig out anything, all the things in the package have been divided, and everyone has hidden their own things!

Children, I don’t blame you for taking the knives and coins, Binu said, you shouldn’t share Qiliang’s winter clothes, Qiliang is an adult, you can’t wear his robe, you can’t wear his hat , You can't wear his shoes! Stupid woman, what are you afraid of if you can't wear it?Get it at the market and sell it for money!The boy observed Binu's every move, and suddenly ran over and snatched the hoe. He said, if you want to dig your parcel, use a branch instead of my hoe.I knew you lied to people, everyone is afraid of death, why aren't you afraid?Others are buried in the grave and still have to get out to escape. You are alive and well, why dig your own grave?You are not digging graves, you are digging parcels!

Binu looked at the boy sadly, she sighed, and said, well, boy, I won’t dig up the package anymore, we’ll just dig the grave, and I’ll die if I don’t give up, I’m still thinking about the package !Just bury it in the soil, it's easy to worry about.Children, let's go, find a sunny place to dig the grave! The boy was so annoyed by Binu's pickiness, he paused the shovel heavily on the ground, and turned his head to the direction of the Baichun Terrace outside the forest. What's the use of facing the sun?Listen, the hunting horn is sounding, Heng Mingjun's horse team is about to come out, and the hot noodles are about to be brought out!He said, I was fooled by you!You live but refuse to live well, and die but refuse to die well, what are you going to do?You haven't said yet, what good will it do me to hire me to be your gravedigger?Your package is gone, what else can I gain from being your gravedigger?

Child, I am transformed from a gourd!Binu said, when I die and turn back into a gourd, you can come and pick the gourd, take it back and cut it in half, it will be two water ladles, if you don’t cut it, just cut the small head, it can be used as a salt shaker, or Make oil lamps! Who wants your water ladle?Who wants your salt shaker?You can fool people!The boy snorted contemptuously, and came over to touch the sleeve of Binu's robe. He said, "If you have money, you can turn ghosts around. Do you still have knives and coins?" Binu patted her robe.You left me nothing but this robe.Seeing a disappointed expression on the boy's face, she pulled out a silver hairpin from the bun. This is all I have left. It's made of silver. It's no use how I dress up now. You can't see any bun Qiliang, so you take it and give it to your daughter-in-law later.

What kind of daughter-in-law is not a daughter-in-law?I'm at a loss for hiring me with such a little thing.The boy hesitated for a while muttering, and finally accepted Binu's silver hairpin.He carefully looked at the silver hairpin, is it made of silver?Did you lie to me?After getting the oath from Binu, the boy finally showed a reluctant smile. He put the hairpin in his ear and turned it around, took out a piece of earwax, and said, Mr. Heng Mingjun wants to pick out his ears every day, rich and powerful people I have to dig out my ears. I will use this thing to remove earwax from now on, every day!

In order to fulfill his promise, the boy began to perform his duties as a gravedigger. He aimed at a clearing under a pine tree, measured it, and drew a box with a branch.It’s enough to lie down on your side, he said, since you’re dead anyway, you don’t need pots and stoves if you don’t eat, you don’t need doors and windows if you’re not afraid of heat and cold, and you don’t need a roof if you’re not afraid of wind and rain. You are so thin and small, this place is enough to accommodate you. Binu looked at the hastily drawn tomb line under the pine tree, and vaguely saw the god of death leaning up under the square, waiting anxiously for her.She was not afraid of death, but when she was about to die, she suddenly remembered that she was buried in the woods. No one would raise the mourning banner for her, and no one would go to the grave to shed a tear for her. She had a good cry herself, so she walked along the box, letting the tears flow as she walked.Binu's tears fell to the ground like raindrops, her long black hair lost the restraint of the hairpin, and she sobbed loudly when she was freed, the teardrops in her hair poured down from her hair like raindrops.The boy cried out in horror, what are you doing?Binu said, I am turning the grave, I am crying the grave, no one will turn the grave for me after I die, and no one will come to cry, so I have to turn my own grave and cry over my own grave!The boy stared at Binu dubiously, you women have many things to do, you have many things to do when you are alive, and you are also too much to do when you are dead!

After turning around the tomb, Binu looked at the tomb under the pine tree through tears, and remembered that she was buried under such a tree in the end. It was not a good tomb because it was not close to the road and did not see the sun. So she asked the boy I made a final suggestion, child, can we change to a brighter place, I want to turn into a gourd, there is no sunlight under this tree, what if the gourd vines don’t grow when I bury it? What sunshine, what gourd vines?The boy cried out as if being deceived, I knew that you did everything possible to rely on it, and refused to die because of it.If you cheat, I won't be your God of Death!

I'm not cheating, I'm just worried, there are so many deer here, what if the gourd saplings are eaten by the deer as soon as they come out, if they don't turn into gourds, I won't be reborn, and if I don't have a rebirth, I will die in vain. The boy threw the hoe in his hand to Binu's side, stood with his hips on the side of the pit, panting heavily through his nostrils, and shouted angrily, you are a liar!Go dig your own grave, bury yourself, I will never be fooled by you again! The two confronted each other for a while through the square frame on the ground. The person who was going to die was struggling to argue, and the person who was digging the grave was furious.A piece of brown bird feather fell on the pine tree. The angry boy looked up and found a bird's nest on the top of the tree. The appearance of the bird's nest above the tree fork gave him a sudden inspiration. The boy said, good, good, I have a good place , you don’t have to worry about not being able to see the sun, and you don’t have to be afraid of deer coming to eat gourd vines. I’ll tie you up and hang you on a tree to die!The boy's eyes flashed with excitement and coldness. He picked up the hoe and went to the bushes to cut off a bunch of brambles. He pulled out one, rolled it up, and let it go. He said, don't you want sunshine?To hang you on a tree, for a thin and small girl like you, three thorns are enough!

Binu glanced at the tree and saw that bird's nest was built alone on the tree.I'm not a bird, I don't go up a tree!Binu said, it is a bird, it will fall to the ground when it dies, even a leaf will fall to the ground when it dies, child, how can you hang me on the tree? You said it yourself, I am your gravedigger, I don't care about your life, I only care about your death!The boy shouted, I let you die on the tree, you will die on the tree! The boy came over holding the twigs, but he didn't expect that Binu raised his hoe towards him. The woman's face was full of tears, but there was a rare stubborn expression on her face, which made the boy unprepared. Stumped.She won't die on a tree, she won't die on a tree!The boy finds it amused when a woman with a nervous breakdown refuses to budge from the spot where she wants to die.Why are you so stupid?When you die, you don’t know anything, just treat yourself as a branch. Don’t all the branches die on the tree?

Binu shouted, I am not a branch!You can't let me die on a tree, boy! The boy frowned and stared at Binu, he was thinking about something, and suddenly gave her an ultimatum.Anyway, it's either on the tree or under the tree!I'll give you one last chance, can it work under the pine tree?If it doesn't work, I will leave. I will return the hairpin to you, and you can find someone else to build your grave! This time it was Binu's turn to compromise. She came under the pine tree and looked up at the dense pine branches, saying, "If you don't want sunshine, then don't let it shine. My child, I shouldn't be picky. Don't be angry with my sister."She lifted the robe and squatted in the box, and then tried lying on her side.It is enough to bury it at a slant.She said to the boy in a flattering tone, smart boy, it is my blessing that you come to build my grave, why would my sister go to someone else? The ground in the woods was damp, and the sound of their digging was muffled and soft. It would not have finally alarmed the people outside the forest, let alone the Baichun Terrace on the other side of the river. When he came, the boy was dumbfounded and screamed, clairvoyance saw us, run!He threw down his hoe and ran away. After a few steps, he was caught by the doorman. The purple-clothed doorman Qianliyan held the boy in one hand and held a flag in the other. He walked towards Binu fiercely. He said, I will keep an eye on him at night You, you dangling by the river, are you an assassin sent by someone?