Volume 1 Chapter 033: White Bones Sorrow
After my third sister and her group of women left, my third uncle slapped me on the butt and said, "They've already left, why are you still pretending!"
I screamed "Fuck" and said, "You, Feng Laosan, are too fucking cruel. You beat my butt to pieces!"
Uncle San poured some hot water and was about to soak his feet when he said, "Your butt is made of tofu. It bloomed with just a little effort. When you get married, I'll spank your butt every day. Won't you be unable to get out of bed for a year?"
I rolled my eyes at him: "How dare she! I'll be the only one to beat her up!"
Uncle San made a few "tsk tsk" sounds, took off his shoes and socks, put his feet in the bucket, closed his eyes, moaned comfortably, and said, "Come and massage my feet."
I cursed, "You wish!" Even though I said that, I still got up, moved a small stool over, rolled up my sleeves, and reached in to massage the old guy's feet.
"How long has it been since you massaged my feet?" Uncle San asked with his eyes closed.
"Probably after I was ten."
My third uncle had the habit of soaking his feet every day, but after he was ten years old, I stopped giving him a foot massage, using the excuse that I was too tired from work during the day.
After Uncle San finished washing, he asked me if I wanted to soak my feet too. It was very comfortable. I said thank you, this is something you old men like, not suitable for young people like me. Uncle San laughed and said, "Young people, you will know that soaking your feet is really a great pleasure in life!"
I washed my face hastily and climbed onto the bed. Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I last slept with my uncle. I've been without parents since I was a child, and it was my uncle who raised me. This guy doesn't have a woman, so he has to be both a father and a mother.
I was a troublesome person since I was a kid. I would fall off the bed when I was sleeping at night, and then I would cry loudly when it hurt. My third uncle had no choice but to make a rope out of cloth strips and tie me and him together when we slept at night.
When I was a child, I needed milk. How could a grown man like my uncle get milk? He went from house to house in the village to beg for milk. The villagers laughed and scolded, saying, "Which family has a woman who is producing milk? Feng San can always find it first. His nose is sharper than a dog's!" Sometimes I wonder if this is how my uncle got his nickname, Old Dog Feng.
I asked with a smile: "Feng Laosan, you raised me back then, do you regret it now?"
Uncle San took off his clothes, lay down beside me, and pushed me aside. With a look of disgust on his face, he told me to sleep a little and not to hurt him. He laughed and scolded: "Fuck you, you regret it so much!"
I put my feet on him and said, "You made a fortune by raising me, don't you understand? When you die, there will be someone to mourn for you and see you off."
Uncle San kicked my feet away from him and spat several times: "You are the one who died, and your whole family will die!"
I laughed a few times. For people in our profession, everyone will eventually die, and there is nothing to be ashamed of. I leaned over and looked at him carefully, then asked, "Feng Laosan, you said you are not ugly, although your eyes are a little uneven, which is indeed a flaw."
"Get lost!"
I insisted: "You said you are not good at accepting other people's opinions. Let me ask you, you are already in your thirties, why don't you find a woman?"
Uncle San spat at me and said, "You haven't even grown all your hair yet, but you're already thinking about women all the time. Sooner or later, the girls in your class will be ruined by you!"
I chuckled a few times and said, "Then why don't you find me an aunt? I think the third sister of the village chief is good, with a thin waist and a big butt, and she's good at giving birth."
Uncle San patted my head and said, "What kind of nonsense are you thinking about? You want a thin waist and a big butt. Do you know?"
I said, "Of course not. She slept with me last night! So, are you attracted to her? How about I introduce you to someone else and act as a matchmaker?"
Uncle San cursed and told him to get lost and go to bed.
I was shocked: "Feng Laosan, you are not a gay who likes men? You don't even like women!" I was so scared that I wanted to climb down from the bed. Uncle San glared at me and said: "Have you watched too many Hong Kong and Taiwan movies?"
I chuckled. After lying down for a while, I said, "The reward the Liu family gave us this time is not low, plus the compensation given to our family, we can build a small Western-style house when we go back."
Uncle San vaguely said "hmm". After a long time, in the darkness, I asked again: "Has the feng shui problem of this village really been solved?"
Uncle San did not answer. After a long while, he uttered a few words vaguely: "Let's leave it to fate."
I was shocked when I heard this, but I also knew that this was not something we could solve. Thinking of the huge strange forest behind the village, I felt creepy again.
I should think more about what kind of small western-style house I should build when I return home, and add some western-style furniture and so on. Having a home, with my third uncle around, and living a peaceful life together is a great happiness. Thinking about the wonderful life in the future, I gradually felt sleepy and fell asleep.
I was probably thinking too much last night and slept a little late. I couldn't get up the next morning. I got up and looked around, and found that not only Uncle San and Dead Face were gone, but also the Liu family and their group were nowhere to be seen.
I washed my face and went to have breakfast. My third sister brought me some white porridge and steamed buns. I asked her where my third uncle and the others had gone and whether the others had not gotten up yet.
The third sister laughed and said, "No, you were the last one to get up. Your third uncle and the older uncle who didn't like to laugh got up the earliest, but my father dragged them to the Cat Nose Rock early in the morning. I heard that there was another crack over there, and a grave was formed."
I said "Oh" and asked where the others had gone. Did they follow them? The third sister said, "They didn't go to Cat Nose Rock. The old lady got up early in the morning and for some reason, she insisted on going to Dog Tooth Valley. No one could stop her. As a result, they didn't even have breakfast. They just took some steamed buns and left the village in a group."
I was startled and shouted, "They went to Dogtooth Valley? What do these people want to do?"
I was so out of control that my third sister got scared. She looked at me strangely and said, "Are you okay? Later, my father, your third uncle, and the uncle who doesn't like to smile came back from Cat's Nose and chased after him."
When I heard this, I was relieved a little, and cursed the old woman a thousand times in my heart. After eating a few bites of the steamed buns, I remembered the old woman's strange behavior in front of the green-faced fox that day. I always felt that something was wrong. The more I thought about it, the more worried I became. I grabbed two steamed buns and ran out.
The third sister called from behind: "You don't want to eat, where are you going?"
I agreed without thinking, and ran for a while with the steamed bun in my mouth. When I got close to the village entrance, I could smell the scent of incense and candles from afar. I saw a large group of people kneeling under the big banyan tree, with incense curling around them, and they were worshipping. I was a little surprised, wondering why they started offering sacrifices to the gods so early.
I didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when I passed by, I vaguely heard crying from the crowd, and I couldn't help but be startled. I turned around and saw a group of villagers with terrified expressions, kowtowing to the two statues, and many women even began to sob.
I stopped a villager I knew and asked him what was going on. The villager's face turned pale, and he pointed at the two statues and kowtowed desperately. I looked up and was shocked to see that the two statues of mythical beasts had cracks starting from the top of their heads, as if they were about to break at any moment.
This is the guardian beast of Maobizi Village for a hundred years. Now it has inexplicably cracked. No wonder the villagers are so panicked. I feel worse and worse. The guardian beast should have been in trouble earlier or later, but it happened at this time. It must be a bad omen.
My heart was pounding and I ran towards Gouya Valley.
I didn't catch anyone along the way, but there was heavy dew in the morning, the soil was wet, and I could see some chaotic footprints. When I arrived at the mouth of Gouya Valley, I looked inside and saw that the valley was full of mist, the grass and trees were wet, and the humidity was very heavy.
I suddenly felt panic in my heart. I didn't know why. I was terrified and my heart was beating very fast. It seemed that something very bad was going to happen. After hesitating for a while, I tore off a piece of my sleeve and tied it to a conspicuous branch at the entrance of the valley. Then I tied a knot with a seven-star buckle. In this way, when Uncle San saw it, he would immediately know that it was my mark.
After finishing the work, I plunged into the valley. Compared with the previous two times, the fog in the Gouya Valley was so thick that I couldn't even see the road clearly. I hurried forward based on my previous memory. But after walking for a while, I walked slower and slower because I found something very strange.
Today, the Gouya Valley was too quiet, so quiet that it made people feel uneasy. Not to mention the chirping of insects, even the sound of wind blowing through the treetops could not be heard.
I was frightened when I suddenly heard a scream coming from a distance. My scalp went numb and I didn't care about anything else. I immediately quickened my pace and followed the sound. After passing through several rocky gullies, a huge rock appeared in front of me. I was hesitating, not knowing where to go, when I heard another scream coming from the top of the rock.
I stepped back a few steps and looked up, and saw a figure stumbling out. Looking closely, I saw that the man kept looking back while running, and his white shirt was covered in blood and his original color could not be seen. The back of the figure looked familiar, it was Liu Zian!
I was about to yell at him, but Liu Zian screamed "Ah!" again, ran to the edge of the boulder, and jumped down with a loud shout. I was so scared that I quickly found a way and ran straight to the boulder. Along the way, I saw bloodstains on the ground, bright red, shocking.
I immediately stopped, picked up a sharp-edged stone from the ground, held it in my hand, and walked forward step by step. When I reached the top of the boulder, I didn't hear any noise, but I vaguely saw a dark shadow lying not far ahead. When I looked more closely, it seemed that there were two people entangled together.
I hid aside and waited for a while. Seeing that the thing didn't move, I plucked up the courage to walk over quickly.
I was terrified when I saw them. I have seen all kinds of corpses since I was a child. No matter how scary or ugly something is, it is not easy to scare me. But the two people on the ground made my hair stand on end. These two people are also old acquaintances. They are actually the old lady of the Liu family and her son Liu Wen Chong!
The old lady had gray hair and a face as dark as a demon. She dug a dry claw into her son's neck and bit his ear, tearing it halfway. Liu Wenchong's eyes bulged out and his mouth opened wide, as if he had experienced unimaginable terror. He held a dagger in one hand and stabbed it into his mother's chest.
The two of them lay on the ground entangled like this, with dark red sticky blood flowing all over the ground.
I felt cold all over, squatted down and felt the pulses of both people, but they were dead. When I touched the old lady's body, it felt like I was touching a snake, cold and slippery, and I got goose bumps all over my body. I have touched countless corpses, but never felt so creepy.
He went over and lay down on the edge of the boulder and looked down. It was foggy and the bottom was invisible. It was a very deep canyon. If Liu Zian jumped down, he would probably be dead.
