frightfiction Chapter 303 "Corpse"
Chapter 303 "Corpse"
The weather was too hot at noon, so Xie Jiaojiao suggested that everyone take a break, and she herself also wanted to take a nap.
Xie Zhili carried the bucket and went to the river. As soon as he left, Niu Er followed him.
He called him: "Uncle Xie, where are you going?"
Xie Zhili looked at him: "Oh, I...I'm going to the river to fetch some water so that I can mix the mud in the afternoon."
"That's great, let's go together."
Xie Zhili carried his load and walked with him, asking, "What are you doing at the river?"
"At noon, I heard that Aunt Xie wanted to eat fish, so I went to catch two for her, so that Grandma Sun wouldn't have to go to town tomorrow. It's so hot today."
Xie Zhili glanced at him. This brat, is it too late for him to say now that he is going to catch fish too?
The two of them arrived at the river, where the water was still very muddy. Niu Er knew that those places were shallow water levels, so he took off his shirt and jumped in, trying to fish in the water. This...
Xie Zhili couldn't do it. He didn't expect the water to be so muddy. Although he could swim, he was not a good swimmer. So he waited for Niu Er on the shore and looked around the water to see if he could catch any fish or shrimp. After a circle, he didn't see any fish, but saw a person lying by the water in the distance.
Xie Zhili thought that these bodies might be caused by a flood and were soaked in the water. After all, when they just returned to the village, there were some bodies they didn't recognize. The weather was hot and the bodies were easy to rot, and the government didn't send anyone to collect the bodies. Therefore, at the beginning, everyone in the village would bury the bodies as soon as they saw them. In this flood disaster, even if one person was lost, no one would come to look for him. Everyone knew that if they were alive, they could go back, and if they couldn't go back, they were basically dead.
Xie Zhili also had a little complaint in his heart. How could he encounter such a thing just because he came out to fetch water and catch some fish? He originally wanted to ignore it, but it was such a hot day. If the corpse became smelly and rotted here, the whole village would feel uncomfortable with the smell. So after thinking about it, he finally ran over. He saw that it was a woman. Her hair was messy and half covered her face. Her clothes were similar to those worn by the women in the village. Xie Zhili thought that she might be from a nearby village.
He reached out his hand to feel her breath, but there was no breath at all. He looked at the riverside and thought about digging a hole nearby and burying the person. He reached out his hands, grabbed her shoulders from under her armpits, and pulled back. The body was quite heavy!
At first, the people in the village were still afraid of corpses, but once a corpse started to stink, no matter how scared they were, they had to bury it. After encountering this many times, they were no longer afraid.
Moreover, Xie Zhili also remembered what Xie Jiaojiao said when she was dealing with the corpse. If the corpse was not dealt with, it would be left outdoors for a long time and would become smelly. People would easily get sick if they smelled the stench.
Over there, Niu Er surfaced with a fish in his hand and shouted, "Thank you, Uncle Er!"
His shout scared Xie Zhili so much that he fell down!
Niu Er climbed up the bank, looked at Xie Zhili not far away and shouted: "Uncle Xie, what are you doing!"
Xie Zhili was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
Niu Er put the fish into Xie Zhili's bucket and ran over.
"Why is there another dead body here?"
"Come and help!"
Niu Er hurried, and two people carried the body to the side. In the middle, Niu Er slipped and the two men almost threw the body out!
However, after falling twice, the corpse spit out a lot of water from its mouth, which made Niu Er feel a little eerie. The two found a place to put the corpse down, and Niu Er said, "I'll go back and get a shovel and a hoe."
Xie Zhili nodded and asked him to speed up.
Xie Zhili leaned against the tree, gasping for breath. He glanced at the corpse next to him and saw the corpse's fingers move?
He was so frightened that he was dumbfounded. He rubbed his eyes and looked again, but there was nothing. He then breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it must be because the weather was too hot and he was dazzled.
He turned his head and was just about to close his eyes and take a rest, but he saw the corpse's hand move again, and he jumped up in fright.
Seeing that the corpse was indeed moving its hands, Xie Zhili thought: Could it be that it is not dead?
Before he could finish what he was thinking, he saw the "corpse" on the ground coughing a few times and coughing up a lot of water.
She's really not dead! Then why was she silent when he checked her breath just now?
Xie Zhili walked over quickly and saw the woman turned over and lay on the ground, coughing up a lot of water.
"Um...are you...are you okay?" Xie Zhili asked.
The woman pushed the hair away from her face, looked up and asked Xie Zhili, then looked around blankly: "Where is this?"
As soon as he finished saying this, he fainted again.
Xie Zhili didn't have time to answer! Seeing that the person had fainted, he hurried forward and sniffed the person's breath. He was still breathing, but since this was a living person, there was a difference between men and women. He looked at her and felt a little helpless. He shouted to the woman, "Hey... Hey, wake up."
But the unconscious woman ignored him.
Finally, Xie Zhili made up his mind and thought that saving a life was better than building a seven-story pagoda!
He whispered to the woman, "I'm sorry."
Only then did he carry the woman on his back, thinking that if he could, he would save her life.
I also met Niu Er on the way.
Niu Er hurriedly said, "Thank you, Uncle Er, I got the things. Where are you going with a corpse on your back?"
"She's still alive. Go and fetch the bucket."
"What? Still alive?" Niu Er was very surprised. After all, he had just felt her breath.
Xie Zhili nodded and walked away with the person on his back.
He was a single man, and if he carried the woman back home, it would damage her reputation, so he carried her directly to Xie Jiaojiao's house. Fortunately, it was noon, the sun was too hot, and there were not many people in the fields.
Xie Zhili went to Xie Jiaojiao's yard without anyone noticing and saw Sun Ruhua drying grain. Sun Ruhua took out the grain from the cellar every day to dry it in the sun.
When Sun Ruhua saw that he was carrying a person on his back, she dropped her work and asked, "Hey, where did you carry that person back from?"
"I found him by the river. I thought he was dead. I told Niu Er and I to find a place to bury him. I never thought he would come back to life."
When Sun Ruhua heard this, she helped to take the person off his back.
Seeing Cuizhu coming, he quickly asked Cuizhu to call Xie Jiaojiao over.
There was straw in the field, and Sun Ruhua spread a layer of it in a shady place. Xie Zhili then moved people over there.
As soon as I moved up, Xie Jiaojiao came over.