Chapter 10: Something Happened to My Uncle Too
My uncle seemed to be frightened by my sudden action, but he quickly came back to his senses: "What's wrong? Xiaoyang, have you thought of it?"
We looked at each other for a second, and because of nervousness, beads of cold sweat on our foreheads flowed down the tips of our noses.
I was very nervous at this time. I clenched my fists and said, "Uncle, grandpa's grave."
As I spoke, I ran quickly towards my grandfather's grave.
My cousin was not slow either, following closely behind. When we arrived at my grandfather's grave, we saw a figure kneeling in front of the grave.
When I got closer, I found out it was my uncle.
My uncle knelt there motionless, his body extremely stiff.
I called out "Uncle", but he didn't respond.
I thought it was not good, but even so, I just stood there and didn't dare to go forward to see what the condition of my uncle was.
I took a deep breath, my emotions tense. I was scared, nervous and panicked.
Looking at the uncle in front of me, I couldn’t believe it. I felt my head buzzing.
I even thought that my uncle's death was caused by me.
I stood there without moving, but my cousin came forward, and his movements were also very cautious. He started to shout, "Cousin, cousin."
My cousin called out several times, but my uncle didn't respond.
He walked forward and felt my uncle's breath. I followed his gaze and clenched my fists so tightly that my nails were about to dig into my flesh.
A slight pain came over me, but I am not very sensitive to pain now.
"What's wrong?" I couldn't help but shiver all over, and when I asked, I could feel my lips trembling.
"died."
My cousin started talking.
When I heard his words, my emotions seemed to be out of control and my eyes turned red.
My uncle has always treated me well since I was a child, so I was very sad to hear the news of his death.
"No way."
I couldn't even believe it. I suppressed my inner trembling and fear and went forward to feel my uncle's breath, only to find that he was gone.
I was terrified and panicked.
"Uncle, uncle..."
I called out to my uncle several times but there was no response.
I took a look at my uncle's body. My uncle was different from Duan Gong. Duan Gong had been dead for several days and his body had rotted away, but when I looked at my uncle's body at this moment, it was still intact.
There was no decay and no foul smell coming from the body.
Apart from some stiffness in the body, nothing else seemed to happen.
This way we can roughly determine whether my uncle has been dead for long.
When I saw my uncle's body, I suddenly knelt down in front of him.
"Uncle, I am sorry for getting you into trouble."
I was depressed and a strong pain grew in my heart.
My cousin was watching from the side. He raised his hand and patted my shoulder, comforting me and saying, "Xiaoyang, don't be too sad. Maybe this matter has nothing to do with you."
"Uncle, this matter has something to do with me. After I came back, my grandfather died, and now my uncle is dead too. I might really be an unlucky person."
Negative emotions quickly took over and made me feel very sad.
"Xiaoyang, now is not the time for you to be sad. You should bury your uncle's body first."
I planned to take my uncle's body away from my grandfather's grave first, but when I was moving my uncle's body, I suddenly found something under his body.
I took the thing out and found it was a shoe.
When I saw this shoe, I subconsciously looked at the shoes on my uncle's feet and found that the shoes were still there.
It seems that this shoe is not my uncle's. I looked at the shoe again. The shoe is not the kind of popular modern sports shoes, but the kind of black cloth shoes.
This kind of shoes looks old-fashioned and is probably only worn by older people.
I stared at it for a few seconds, and a question arose in my mind: why was my uncle kneeling on a shoe? Could this shoe be left by the murderer?
As I thought about it, it seemed more and more possible.
I told my uncle about my idea, and he nodded and said, "It's possible."
In other words, as long as we find the owner of this shoe, we may find the enemy of our family.
The uncle took a deep breath, and his expression became serious. He paused for a moment and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. Take your uncle's body home first."
I hummed and nodded heavily.
I originally wanted to carry my uncle on my back, but my cousin told him to do it.
I was convinced that my uncle's death had something to do with me, so I didn't want him to carry the body. I politely declined and carried my uncle's body to the village myself.
My parents, who had been waiting for me at home, saw me carrying my uncle back and immediately came over to check.
He also asked me how my uncle was doing.
In this situation, I had no choice but to tell the truth that my uncle was dead.
When they heard this, their faces turned pale.
My mother couldn't believe it until my uncle spoke and gave them the accurate answer, and then they gradually chose to believe it.
My dad looked very serious. I couldn't help but said, "Dad, this matter..."
Before I could finish, my dad interrupted me and said, "When your second uncle and third uncle come, you must not let your eldest uncle's death have anything to do with you."
I:"……"
I looked embarrassed and hesitated to speak.
My dad's attitude was unusually firm this time. He said with a sullen look on his face, "Xiaoyang, listen to me this time."
"good."
I thought about it for a while and then nodded in agreement.
If I put the blame on myself, my second and third uncles would definitely get angry with me when they hear about it.
After all, I had only been back for a few days. My grandfather had just passed away, and right after that, my uncle also set off.
After my father finished speaking, he didn't stand here for long before going to call my second and third uncles.
Several people gathered together. The expressions on the faces of the second and third uncles were extremely unhappy, and both of them fixed their eyes on me.
The atmosphere in the room was a little heavy.
My parents also remained silent and didn't dare to speak.
Finally, it was the "outsider" who spoke first: "Second cousin, third cousin, the most urgent thing is not to blame anyone, but to bury the eldest cousin."
"We know this, you don't need to intervene."
The second and third uncles did not give face to my cousin. My cousin was not in a position to continue speaking and just stood aside.
My father said, "Second brother, third brother, our eldest brother has no descendants, so we are the only ones who can handle his funeral. We will be responsible for the money and everything."
After hearing this, the second uncle said sarcastically: "If you don't pay for this, who will?"
My dad was choked to death by just one sentence.
Uncle San then continued, "Both our father and our eldest brother got into trouble after Xiaoyang came back. Do you think this incident has anything to do with Xiaoyang?"
