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Chapter 21 seven mile hole

Binu 苏童 1485Words 2018-03-14
Celery's hometown is Qilidong. Someone told them that Qilidong should go east. Behind a forest, when they saw smoke, they saw Qilidong.The coffin truck walked eastward and passed through the forest. There was no village behind the forest, and there was no road at all. There was only a river in front of it, and a single-plank bridge was built on the river. The old mussel catcher by the river didn't know Qinsu, so he asked the coachman to go back and go around to Qilidong from the west. The coachman looked west and said, it's strange, there is no smoke in the west, and there is no ghost village!

The old man pointed to the sky and said, there is a lot of fog in the river branch, where can you see the smoke from Qilidong?You can't even see the village. Don't you know the meaning of Qilidong?People in Qilidong live in the cave! The coffin truck came out of the mist of the river branch, passed through a cemetery and a forest, and finally found a hidden underground village.Smoke was rising from many holes, some children's heads flickered in and out of the holes, and in a huge pit, incense was rising, and there was the sound of many people praying in unison. The coachman began to order the two people in the car to go to Qin Su's house, clap the coffin, cry, cry!

The boy patted the coffin, looked at Binu, and said, she is a virtuous wife, and the virtuous wife didn't even cry, how could the dutiful son cry first? The coachman glared at Binu Wuzhang, saw the indifferent expression on her haggard face, and knew that although the woman was crying like a deep sea, she was in charge of crying, and the chain around her feet had been untied. He has the confidence to take care of her feet, when to lock and when to release, he has the final say, but her tears and sorrows are beyond his control.Thinking of this, the coachman promptly gave up his request for a good wife, and focused on rectifying the demeanor of his filial son.The boy was grinning, with a playful expression on his face, which made the coachman anxious and annoyed. He still spoke with a whip, and quickly picked up the bullwhip with his nimble feet. After coiling it, he slapped it on the boy's face. Suddenly, a clear red mark appeared on the boy's cheek. The pain made the boy really cry loudly. As soon as he cried, people's heads rose from the countless openings of Qilidong, and the people on the bullock cart saw people from Qilidong. Withered or pale faces emerge from the smoke in disorder. They have slender eyes, high cheekbones, and slightly sunken nose bridges. Regardless of men, women, or children, their hair is tied up high with a piece of sackcloth. Built a bird's nest.They look exactly like Apis, but judging from their sluggish eyes and depressed expressions, they don't look like Apis's relatives.

Most of the people in the cave exposed their heads outside the cave and left their bodies in the cave. Most of them were women and children, and they looked timidly and curiously at the bullock cart.The first ones to come out were those men who were praying in the incense pit, and each of them held a stalk of naked oats in their hands. The people on the bullock cart were condemned by their eyes for a long time, and then an old man broke the silence and told Coachman, their abrupt visit has ruined a good day, their cries have hindered the prayer of oat sutra, maybe the weather will not be smooth next year, maybe the Qilidong people will never receive such good oats again.

We don't care about naked oats!The coachman Wuzhang said, "The coffin we sent Qinsu to is here, whoever is from Qinsu's family, come out to welcome the coffin!" No one came to welcome the coffin. It seemed that they didn't know Qinsu, and they were not interested in the women and children in the ox carts. It was the luxurious coffin that aroused the curiosity of several men. An old man came over and touched it. Touching the black paint on the coffin, I even picked out a little gold powder with my fingers, and put it in the sun to take a photo.Another man with a pockmarked face patted the coffin wall, listened to the sound inside, and said after listening for a while, it must be a rice cabinet made of wood. Why did someone sleep in it?

The coachman yelled in disappointment, it wasn't the rice cabinet, it was the coffin, it was the celery in it!You don't remember apiin?This woman and child are Qin Su's wife and children. Their filial son and virtuous wife have sent their coffin home. Who is from Qin Su's family?Who is his wife?You should stand up! A few old women crawled out of the burrow and stood watching the excitement from a distance. They were all dressed in coir raincoats, bent over, with their legs bare, looking like straw men chasing birds in the field. Chirping like a bird, I don't know what I'm talking about.Whose son is named Apiin?The coachman yelled several times, but the old women didn't respond. It seemed that none of them were Qin Su's wife.The coachman abandoned the old women.Take a look at Apisu's hands, all of you!He greeted the man in Qilidong, and motioned for the boy to open the coffin lid. It was Qinsu who came out of Qilidong. You don’t remember Qinsu’s name, but you always remember his hand?

After the coffin lid was opened, the strong vanilla smell inside made many Qilidong people sneezed.There is no food, and a dead person sleeps inside!A man with a pockmarked face looked into the coffin on tiptoe and said, this dead man is fragrant!
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