Chapter 19 The Secret of the Urn
The heavy rain fell like a pouring rain. After waiting for a long time, there was no sign of decrease. Uncle Er kept looking at the sky and urged everyone, "Don't wait, the rain will not stop for a while, so why not bury the person first."
But after someone in the village went to see the cemetery, he came back and told us, "No, the pit originally dug out of the cemetery has accumulated water. In this case, it is impossible to be buried. You can't soak the coffin in water."
There was no choice but to wait, and I chatted casually with Yuanxiao. Although we still had many problems in our stomachs at this moment, we were eager to explain it from our second uncle. However, in this situation, it was still not suitable.
The sky gradually darkened, and I had to give up today. Everyone in the village gradually dispersed, and Brother Dacheng and a few young people stayed. We had disappeared for many days. They insisted on pulling me and Yuanxiao to drink. It was difficult for everyone to give up their affection, so I couldn't refuse. Uncle Er did not participate and told us not to go into the inner room too late.
I found that something was wrong with my second uncle. Since it rained, he became a little restless and eager to everyone to bury the Ma Jun first. This is a bit contradictory to my second uncle's previous attitude towards the Ma Jun. And I also noticed a detail, that is, my second uncle's attention has always been on the Ma Jun's urn, and the second uncle himself takes care of the movement. I think it seems a bit abnormal.
I chatted with Yuanxiao and Dacheng until late at night. After the breakup, Dacheng suggested that the three of us go to his house to sleep. In the past few years, Ma Jun was left alone in the old house of Ma family. No one came back all year round. It was dirty and messy, and there was no way to sleep at all.
I thought what Brother Dacheng said made sense, so I nodded and agreed. I went to tell my second uncle, but he said he wanted to accompany Ma Jun for another night and just let me and Yuanxiao go, so he would not go.
I felt that the purpose of the second uncle staying was not as simple as he said. So I tried my best to persuade my uncle to stay with us at Brother Dacheng's house for a night and to bury the horse army tomorrow. In the end, the second uncle couldn't persuade me, so he could only nod and agreed helplessly. Uncle locked the door and left with us.
At night, I lay on the bed. After everyone fell asleep, I sat up quietly. Then, I tiptoed to open the door and walked out.
I still felt that my second uncle had a problem with his actions during the day. With the help of alcohol, I planned to go to the old house of Ma's family to check it out. I think the most likely problem was in Ma Jun's urn.
At this time, the rain had stopped, and I went straight to the old Ma family house. This house was disrepaired for so long. Although the second uncle locked the door, the courtyard wall on the west side collapsed halfway, and I easily flipped in.
I remember that my second uncle put the urn in the room on the east side. When I stood in the yard, the wind blew, my alcoholism had dissipated a lot. Looking at the dark door, I remembered that there was an urn inside, and my heart was a little trembling. But thinking that I had come anyway, I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet, and walked towards the door.
I quietly pushed open the wooden door of the main hall, and the door shaft made a "creak", which made my back numb. I shook my head and thought to myself what kind of rice dumpling monster I had never seen. Could it be that I would be scared by a small urn today!
Thinking of this, I lifted my legs and walked in, raised my flashlight and shone it in the inner room on the east side. The black urn was placed on the cabinet inside.
It's strange. The previous experience is more than thrilling than now, but at this moment, there is an inexplicable chill in my heart. I slowly approached Ma Jun's urn and looked at Ma Jun's photo on it. He seemed to be looking at me with a smile.
I calmed down and then checked the surroundings of the urn with a flashlight. It didn't look special.
I put the flashlight on the table and gently moved it up. And the moment I carried the urn with both hands, a slight sound suddenly came from behind me.
On this quiet night, coupled with my sharp ears, the sound clearly reached my ears, and exploded in my heart like thunder.
My hands shivered and almost threw the urn on the ground. I put down the urn suddenly. When I turned around, I found a black shadow standing at the door. I swallowed and reached out to touch the flashlight on the table, but the light in the room was on.
The sudden brightness made me feel a little unable to open my eyes. I raised my hand to cover it, and then I saw clearly that it was the second uncle standing at the door.
I was stunned for a moment, then smiled and breathed, "Uncle Second, it turned out to be you, I was shocked!"
The second uncle didn't laugh, but looked at me first, then looked at the urn behind me, "What are you doing here?"
I was speechless for a moment, as if I didn't tell the truth, I really couldn't explain why I appeared here. I couldn't say it was me who came to sleepwalking.
Seeing that I didn't say anything, Uncle Er smiled bitterly, then sighed and said, "Zhuoran, do you know? Sometimes I am very conflicted!" I still didn't speak, but listened to Uncle Er to continue. "From the perspective of the family, I hope you can enter this industry and inherit the "Star Gazing and Determination Technique" passed down from ancestors, because if "Star Gazing and Determination Technique" was lost in my generation, I would become a sinner of the Zhuo family. But from the perspective of personal feelings, I really want you to stay away from all this and live a dull and peaceful life."
"We seem to have discussed this issue before," I couldn't help laughing, "Second Uncle, I want to stay away, but I always feel that I can't jump out of a vicious circle!"
"Maybe this is fate!" Uncle Er sighed, "And you can always notice some things. If you are a little stupid, you may be simple if you don't know anything. But you are so smart like me."
I couldn't help laughing, "Uncle Second, can we talk about things if we have something to do, can we praise ourselves without slantingly?"
Uncle Er nodded, "Do you doubt that urn is right? Then open it and take a look."
"This," I couldn't help but be stunned, "this isn't good."
The second uncle came over and pushed the urn at me, "There are not so many taboos for the people who fight back. Even the lid of the coffin has been opened. Are you so hesitant to have an urn? Besides, Ma Jun is suffering from living like this, and death may be a relief."
Actually, when I thought about it, I nodded, reached out to open the urn, then raised the flashlight and looked inside, but what I didn't expect was that the urn was actually empty!
I looked at my second uncle in surprise, "This? Second uncle, where are the ashes in it?"
Uncle Er smiled faintly and didn't say anything. I thought I was dazzled, so I raised the flashlight and confirmed again that the urn was indeed empty and clean, as if it was the same as the newly bought one. I looked at Uncle Er again, "Uncle Er, can't it be you who hid the ashes?"
"Fuck!" Uncle Second glared at me, "Why are I hiding those bones and foams for me?"
"What's going on?" I looked at my second uncle in surprise, "These ashes wouldn't have disappeared out of thin air, right?"
But unexpectedly, Uncle Second nodded, "Big Nephew, you are right, these ashes will really disappear out of thin air!"
My mind was confused, and I opened my mouth but didn't know what to say.
Chapter completed!