Chapter 3: Embroidered Shoes
At night, my father was worried about me tossing and turning so difficult to sleep, I really have little strength, coupled with the shock, and soon fell asleep, but there is always a white-faced lady floating around in my sleep, until after the cock crows to disappear.
Shorty's father came early in the morning, in fact, he is not much taller than shorty, the village friends used to call him Uncle Shorty, probably because he has killed people, I always think he is very fierce.
As soon as Uncle Short came, he rushed me and dragged me out of the quilt, my father stuffed a five dollar bill to him, I thought that should be left by the strange Taoist priest, and I didn't dare to interrupt, after following Uncle Short across the reservoir, but Shorty and Liu Big Head withered and shook their hands at me.
"Little brat, quickly get on the car, do not delay."
Uncle Shorty urged a sentence on the push over a three-wheeled motorcycle, I recognize this motorcycle is the village head kiosk boss, thinking that he is so petty, how would he lend the car to Uncle Shorty?
Shorty and big head will pull me up, Uncle Shorty violently stomped a foot, the three-wheeled motorcycle whine ran forward, the mountain road is very bumpy, the three of us were not in good spirits, did not walk for a few minutes all threw up.
"Your father is very good, but also from that stingy family to borrow a car" I smiled bitterly, will yesterday's winnings out of the money stuffed to the big head, said: "We are brothers, can not win your money".
Big head looks not much strength, face is also very ugly, he glared at me and did not take the handful of 10 cents of banknotes, but the breathless said: "Che, willing to gamble to admit defeat, I can not see these few small money, I tell you, in the morning when I borrowed the car, you did not see the short uncle's spirit ...... "
The short uncle turned his head to look at, opened his mouth and cursed: "little brat, sit down peacefully, and then talk nonsense, I can not care about you".
Big head and I are a little afraid, too scared to speak, but shorty glared at his old man, like he was not satisfied that we were scolded, but he did not dare to say anything.
The motorcycle ran very fast, more than half an hour rushed to the township of a woodland, knocked open a cabin, I raised my head, just to see the head out of a very good-looking woman.
This woman's hair is all white, but her face has no wrinkles, she is wearing snow-white clothes, because the distance is too far, I do not know what Uncle Shorty said to him, the woman seems to be very angry Uncle Shorty drove back.
"Little brats, you listen to me well, this place must not tell others, she saved your life, we can not harm her."
Uncle Short got on his motorcycle and told us, I later realized that he was worried that the people who broke up the Four Olds would come after her, but I haven't seen her since then, I only saw her portrait in the newspaper, saying that she had been arrested and sent to the prison.
"Go back later, you all say it's okay, I can warn you, this is a lot of trouble, you a few little bastards have to personally find the embroidered shoes will be a fire, outsiders are not allowed to help, have you heard it clearly."
Short uncle started the motorcycle, after explaining a few words no longer speak, I thought this can be bad, the reservoir waves constantly, the embroidered shoes do not know where to blow, is it really God wants brother and sister three early death?
I took a look at the big head and shorty, but they fell asleep, I also had to close my eyes to rest, not long, uncle shorty sent us to the edge of the reservoir, told shorty a few words and left us to return the car.
I looked at the vast expanse of the reservoir to shorty and big head said: "you want to die or want to live, want to live on the go" Finished, I climbed into the canoe ready to paddle away, shorty and big head at once anxious eyes, one after the other also climbed up.
"really evil, you say this reservoir good end, when has died pussy".
Shorty looked at the water and said, even in the daytime I can see the panic on his face, good thing he did not wimp out, but urged me to row the boat quickly.
The big head of the family is very rich, also bold, he lay across the canoe, two feet hanging in the water to make a splash, see shorty said "dead pussy" he suddenly rolled over to sit up, look at me and shorty said.
"My father and I said, our village in the Qing Dynasty, but out of a big official, so small embroidered shoes, before the women wrapped feet to wear, is not the rain washed away the graves of her family, the shoes ran into your reservoir."
I ate a shock, some panicked look around, this time the canoe has been paddled to the center of the reservoir, only a few fish catching waterfowl circling around, the reservoir water wrinkled with a burst of waves issued by the sound of huffing and puffing, scared me to squat down in a hurry, look at the big head on the curse.
"In broad daylight, what ghostly words to scare people, and then scare me, I will tell your father and the widow Zhang's things to classmates."
Liu big head embarrassed smile, said it was a joke, turned his head to look at the reservoir in the middle of a few hills after letting me lean over, said his stomach aches to poop.
In fact, the reservoir in the hill a lot, not far from each other but also not connected, should be said is a small island is more appropriate, I struggle to paddle the canoe over, tie up the boat and shorty and help the big head to the island to climb.
Foot of this island is very small, also very barren, the top is full of all kinds of small mixed trees, among which vaguely exposed half of the green stone plate, big head into the shrubs and squat down.
Shorty and I sat downwind, smelling the odor that made people want to vomit and thought, "This big head Liu didn't eat shit last night ah, how could it stink like a dead snake?"
Shorty was next to me, nervously poked me, lowered his voice and said, "Brother Shanzi, Big Head's father and Widow Zhang really have a relationship, I saw his father come out of Widow Zhang's house that day, his pants were not even put on yet."
I spit a mouthful of phlegm into the water and watched it slowly dissipate before I said to Shorty: "The three of us have experienced life and death, so don't scare him with his father and the Widow Zhang in the future, as a village chief, it's only right that you should go to her house to guide your work."
"Ah ...... there are ghosts ......"
I looked back, the big head with his pants scurried out from the inside, ran to me like crazy, gasping for air and said, "You ...... that ...... dead body"
He pointed to the place where he just shit, came up for air and said, scared me shorty almost retreated into the water, I looked at the reflection of the sun in the water, gritted his teeth and said.
"Is not it brother, in broad daylight is still afraid of fucking ghosts, go, look at it to go."
Shorty although bold, but on the ghosts and monsters seem to be very afraid, shivering raised his finger to the edge of the island and said: "Brother Shan, you see what that is, embroidered shoes".
I followed the direction he pointed at a glance, really saw two embroidered shoes hitching in the cracks of the stone, and immediately scared backward, a careless step into the water, while the big head but the whole person leaned back, sitting on the ground with a thud, the pants have not yet had the time to pull up the poof ripped into two.
Shorty also do not know where to get the courage, rushed up to the two embroidered shoes over, threw in front of the big head, and then looked at me to stretch out his hand and said: "Brother Shan, give me a penny, you here to collect some firewood, I will go to buy a foreign fire to burn it."
Big head could not care about his pants anymore, he climbed up with his buttocks exposed, and looked at Shorty with bated breath and said, "You must come back and save us."
I stuffed a few cents to shorty, he nodded and paddled the canoe away, and then looked at the pair of bizarre embroidered shoes, thinking that you have caused my brother and sister to eat all the suffering, to see if I do not a fire to burn you hair are not left.
Big head is usually very arrogant, count on him to collect firewood only afraid of delaying things, I had to do it myself, will be some of the dead branches and leaves are carried over to pile up on the embroidered shoes, and then next to the big head to sit down and wait for shorty to send the fire to.
I don't know whether it is because I am in a hurry or shorty has made some mistakes, waiting for him to come back, and my stomach is also hungry, see big head just pooped where there is a big bunch of april fruits, heart a cross is ready to get some to eat.
"Shanzi, come back, there is a grave there."
It turns out that big head just now is too shocked, will be the grave said dead body, I that break a branch, while beating the bushes to drive away snakes and insects, while laughing at him is a goat, did not expect him to anger also followed over.
"You are the goon, the whole village who does not know that I am Liu Doudao, damn, you dare to go I dare to go."
Liu big head muttered after me, drilled into the bushes to break off the string of April, reaching out to share with me, I looked at the green stone slab behind him, my heart was immediately creeped out, forgot to reach out to pick up.
There are words on the slate, but I'm only in the second grade, I only recognize the two words "a product", that big head of Liu squatted down to peel back a pile of grass, revealing a large piece of white cloth, he did not know where the courage to tug on the cloth violently pulled, did not want to poof, the cloth let him tear off, the soil vaguely revealed a white light.
"What is this thing?"
Liu big head is curious, reach out to the soil peeled away, until revealing a round, as if the bones of the things he stopped, I took a look, hastily pulled him out of the shrubs, said fearfully.
"Big head, the embroidered shoes are the ones that came out of that tomb, just now that one is a skull, your girl's guts are also too fat."
Liu big head with his hand gestured down his head, leaving me aside and rushed up, three or two minutes later he happily came down from the top, holding up the glowing thing in his hand and said.
"Where is a skull as small as a bottle cap, this is a silver ingot, ten taels, my family has several of them"
I took it and looked at it, the thing flashed with a bright light, although it was only as big as a bottle cap, but it was heavy in my hand, thinking that it should be worth a lot of money!
The silver ingot back to the big head, the big head said to give me, I was happy to laugh, stuffed into his pocket to the big head and said: "This thing we do not say, brother and sister will come back later to see".
Liu big head touched his stomach, turned back and went up to take down the April sub, ate a few he muttered: "The sun is about to set, this shorty is not a goat left me alone."
Just talking, the reservoir clattered, I raised my eyes to see, but the shorty rowing back, hastily waved at him, let him row faster.
Less than a few minutes time, he came ashore to touch out the foreign fire will be embroidered shoes and firewood lit ......
