"Sixteen, come and help the mother-in-law get some clothes. These pants need to be taken off. They can't be cut."
Grandma turned to look at me.
I almost bit my tongue.
Grandma's face was frighteningly white, with a hint of blackness in it. That high-pitched voice didn't sound like hers at all!
I suppressed my fear and told myself desperately that my grandma had to do this through hard work.
If I don't learn well, her hard work will be wasted! At her age, how many times can she still struggle?
I squatted down, carefully touched the waistband of the female corpse, and pulled down. Her body was extremely stiff and cold, like an ice cube.
After taking off her pants, grandma spread her legs.
Her two smooth long legs are no different from those young wives in the village who wear shorts and skirts, and they even look good.
But the thought of it made me shudder even more.
This is a person who has been dead for several months...how can he be the same as a living person?
One can imagine how much resentment there is if one dies without changing.
But grandma was humming a weird tune and pressing the belly of the female corpse.
"The spirit of giving birth to a baby, sheltering from the sun. The fetus is full term, and it is given the name of teaching."
"In December, incense and candles are offered to connect the underworld!" In the last part, grandma almost shouted like a folk song, and the high-pitched voice pierced the sky!
The moon was originally blocked by clouds and fog, but now it all disappeared! Even the fog that grew on the water at night disappeared.
Under the dim moonlight, a baby covered in black and purple was held in the palm of her grandmother's hand.
"The boy was born in the year of Dingyou, in the month of Yiyou, on the day of Yichou, in the phase of the rooster. He weighs three kilograms or twos and threes."
"What a joy, what a joy!" Grandma looked delighted and announced the good news to the female corpse in a trembling voice.
What she said made me feel half-understanding.
Something even weirder happened.
The legs of the female corpse slowly drooped, just like a woman who has exhausted her strength after giving birth and has no strength left to support her. There were also speckled beads of sweat on her forehead.
My eyes even started to water.
What she shed was not tears, but blood...
Inexplicably, I seemed to hear a faint sigh in my ears, as if to say thank you.
There was a soft click, and it was grandma who used scissors to cut the umbilical cord between the vaginal fetus and the mother's body.
The boat seemed to rock twice.
"Sixteen! Please invite the cat bone potter!" Grandma shouted.
I was so excited that I quickly took out a cat bone pottery from the wooden box and handed it to grandma.
Grandma held the vaginal fetus in her hands and kept singing the vaginal song just now in a high-pitched voice.
I suddenly felt that the cat bone pottery in my hand had become much heavier. The gadget that originally weighed less than half a kilogram actually weighed almost three or four kilograms.
The feeling is icy and cool, with a touch of smoothness.
My heart skipped a beat, and then I realized that the vaginal fetus in grandma's hand had disappeared.
There wasn't even a trace of blood on her hands!
"Sixteen, please send the child to the mother's arms. Mother and child are safe. Then put the mother into clothes and ask Liu Wensan to come back and punt the boat. We can send mother and child home before dawn."
I followed what grandma said and put the cat bone pottery into the arms of the female corpse. Then he went to put on pants for the female corpse.
When I looked up again, I saw that the female corpse’s arms were bent, as if holding a baby, holding a cat bone pottery...
Her eyes were also closed, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised, clearly smiling.
This scene was still terrifying, but it was a little less resentful. At least, I don't feel so cold anymore.
Grandma was sitting on the edge of the boat. She was panting and took off her black cat skin coat and gloves.
Her complexion also recovered a lot, and she looked like a living person. However, she looked much older and skinny, as if one exposure to the vagina would shorten her lifespan.
I walked to the bow of the boat, pulled my neck and shouted Uncle Wen! But there was no reply for a long time!
Just when I was panicking, there was a splash of water!
A hand caught on the edge of the wooden boat, and I was so frightened that I almost rolled off the boat.
Half of Liu Wensan's body got on the boat. After he got on the boat, he said with a smile: "Congratulations to you that mother and son are safe!"
He also nodded gratefully to grandma and gave me a thumbs up.
I sat on the boat with a bang, not caring about the coldness of the river water that wet my pants, I just felt weak all over.
Liu Wensan began to punt the boat.
The road back seems to have become much longer...
I always felt it was unusual. When we came, it only took more than an hour, no more than two hours at most.
But the boat has been rowing for more than a long time, and I still feel that it has not yet left Liangwanzi.
"Uncle Wen... what's going on? Why don't we go out?" I asked cautiously.
Liu Wensan's voice was a little solemn.
"Sixteen, don't worry. There is a Yin Shengzi on the ship. There are countless drowned ghosts in Liangwanzi who cannot be reborn. The Yin Shengzi has family members to support him. If he can be listed in the book of life and death, he will become a wealthy family in the next life."
"They also want such an opportunity. They are dragging the bottom of the boat to prevent us from leaving!"
"But your Uncle Wen has been running the ship of death for most of his life, and no ghost can stop me!"
I clenched my fists tightly, and my heart jumped into my throat.
Unable to hold back the fear in my heart, I turned my head and looked at the water.
It didn't matter, the dark water was strangely illuminated by the moonlight, and there was a blurry human face underneath, as if it was following our boat.
His mouth was moving, as if he was saying something.
Instinctively, I wanted to get closer to the water to hear clearly what he said!
Snapped!
Suddenly he received a solid slap on the face.
I woke up immediately.
Liu Wensan glared at me. He grabbed my shoulders and said solemnly: "Sixteen, don't look at the water! These people talk nonsense and drag you down as a scapegoat!"
I was afraid for a while...if it hadn't been for Liu Wensan, I would have been dragged down.
At this moment, there was another splash of water.
I hurried to look at the stern of the boat, because I was afraid that my grandma would be caught too.
However, grandma was still sitting on the edge of the boat calmly. She lowered her head, as if she was too tired and fell asleep.
However, the female corpse disappeared...
The cat bone pottery was standing where the female corpse had been lying. I felt that it seemed to be looking around, curious and timid. I looked at it steadily, and it seemed to be looking at me.
Swallowing my saliva, I whispered: "Uncle Wen, the female body... seems to be missing..."
Liu Wensan also stared blankly for a moment, and he sighed quietly: "She went to clear the way. After living for these decades, I have gained a lot of experience. Liu Yinpo is right. I can't retrieve the bodies of the mother and child. Only You just need to pick up Yin Po."
"This mother's corpse has turned into evil a long time ago. If I come here to fish for her alone, I'm afraid my life will be involved..."
