When we heard the village chief's exclamation, we thought something had happened to him and immediately went to his house, only to find that he was staring at the sky with a look of horror on his face, as if he was afraid of something.
"Village chief, what's wrong?" Officer Yang asked with a frown.
The village chief was still a little frightened, and it took him a long time to react. He said, "Oh no! Burials are most taboo when it's thundering. Tiezhu should have set off by now. If we bury Old Zhao in this kind of weather, the consequences will be disastrous."
When I heard the village chief say this, I immediately looked down on him. I thought to myself, "So that's why? Why are there so many feudal superstitions? I don't believe that if a dead person is buried during a thunderstorm, he can still come back to life."
Officer Yang was also annoyed by the village chief's words. He said a few words to the village chief casually, and we returned to the room we had just been in.
Not long after, it started to rain heavily outside. I looked at the heavy rain outside worriedly and turned around to ask, "What should I do? I can't go back."
Officer Yang sighed helplessly, "We can't help it. It rains and people have to eat. It's not something we can control. In this case, let's stay here for a few more days. You still have questions about this matter. If nothing happens in the next few days, we will leave here after the water dries up."
To be honest, I am the one who wants to leave here the most. Although this place is very nice and peaceful, a bit like a paradise, I am used to surfing the Internet every day, and I can't stay here for long in a place without a computer. I just hope that Qiongqi won't do anything weird this time, so that I can leave here earlier.
It rained heavily and didn't stop until after 2:00 in the afternoon. The continuous heavy rain covered the dirt roads and paths outside the village, and even the roads inside the village were covered with mud and water. I, who had originally been holding out for luck, was completely desperate. It seemed that we wouldn't be able to leave here for another three to five days.
After the rain stopped, I left the village chief's house and returned to Zhao Tiezhu's house. There was no point for us to stay together anyway, so I might as well go back early and wait for bed. Besides, the incident happened in Zhao Tiezhu's house. If something really happened, I would at least be the first to know.
When I arrived at Zhao Tiezhu's house, all the tables and chairs in his yard had been moved away, and even the tent used for the funeral had been removed. The entire yard suddenly looked empty.
The door was not locked. After I entered, I went straight to Zhao Tiezhu's living room, where I saw Zhao Tiezhu sitting on the sofa watching TV. The rain on his head had not dried yet. It seemed that they had suffered a lot today.
"Ji Wen is here, have you eaten yet?"
Seeing me come in, Zhao Tiezhu immediately asked me with a smile.
"I've eaten. The weather today is really terrible. Did anything happen to you on the road?" I walked up and sat on the sofa, watching TV and chatting with Zhao Tiezhu.
I have studied the TV here carefully before, and it seems to use a signal receiver similar to radar to receive signals. There are not many channels that can be watched, but in a place like this, it is good to have a TV to watch, so who can care about so many things.
Zhao Tiezhu said helplessly: "Who could have thought that it would rain halfway through our funeral procession, making it impossible for us to advance or retreat. In the end, we had no choice but to bury my father in the heavy rain. Everyone was soaked when we came back. I hope no one got sick because of this."
I originally thought that Zhao Tiezhu would be sad for a long time because of his father's death, but he recovered quite quickly, so I smiled and said, "It's hard for you. You can finally have a good rest today. I have a few questions to ask you. These questions may be a little abrupt, but I don't mean to offend you. I hope you can understand."
Zhao Tiezhu smiled and said, "It's okay. If you have anything to ask, just ask directly. I understand and will definitely cooperate with your work."
Since Zhao Tiezhu said so, I felt relieved and got straight to the point: "According to your understanding, is it possible that your father was murdered?"
Perhaps my question was a little abrupt. The smile on Zhao Tiezhu's face disappeared instantly. He sighed and said, "If you want to ask me about this, I can't really tell you. After all, only my father knows what happened to him. But according to my thinking, this possibility should not exist. Everyone in Heishan Village knows that my father is a well-known honest man. He has never offended anyone in his life. I don't believe anyone would kill my father."
Zhao Tiezhu's answer was also within my expectations. After all, judging from the lively atmosphere of his family's funeral, it can be seen that Zhao Tiezhu's father must have been popular when he was alive, otherwise there wouldn't be so many people running around.
From Zhao Tiezhu's words, I could sense the essential difference between him and the villagers here, so I continued to ask, "I see that you are a few years older than me. Don't you plan to go out and try your luck? What's the point of staying in this village?"
Zhao Tiezhu said with a dim look in his eyes: "You think I don't want to? We are all men, and everyone has ideals and ambitions. But my father has a heart disease, and I am his only son. If I leave, no one will take care of him. After thinking about it, I decided to stay. Now that my father is gone, I have made plans. After a few days, when the accumulated water dries up, I will leave here and see the outside world."
Zhao Tiezhu became sadder and sadder as he spoke, and finally his eyes turned red again. I didn't want to bring up his sad story anymore, so I took out a cigarette and smoked it while watching TV with him, and didn't talk about this topic anymore.
Time passed quickly and it was already past five in the afternoon. At Zhao Tiezhu's strong invitation, I stayed at his house for dinner. It is said that children in rural areas grow up early, and Zhao Tiezhu's cooking skills are also not bad. After a fairly sumptuous dinner, chatting with Zhao Tiezhu and watching TV for a while, I went to bed early.
I was woken up early in the morning and I wasn't in a good mental state for the whole day. I lay on the bed, took out my mobile phone, and planned to read a novel before going to sleep.
However, just as I was reading the novel, I heard Zhao Tiezhu's voice outside the door. I motioned him to come in. He looked like he had something to tell me.
"Ji Wen, I suddenly remembered something. I wonder if it will be of any help to you this time."
"What's the matter?" I asked, coming out from under the quilt.
Zhao Tiezhu seemed to have difficulty speaking about what he wanted to say, and finally he said, "Actually, when I went to pick up the package that day, on the way back, I felt as if someone was secretly following me from behind."
"Is there such a thing? Tell me in detail, why didn't you say it earlier?" After hearing such news from Zhao Tiezhu, I suddenly became excited and asked immediately.
Zhao Tiezhu sighed and said, "I have been busy with my father's affairs these days and have not thought about it. It was only just now that I remembered this matter, so I wanted to come and talk to you about it."
"Did you see the man who was following you?"
Zhao Tiezhu shook his head and said, "No, I just felt that someone was following me all the way. I'm sure I wasn't wrong, but I kept looking back but never saw the person following me. You asked me before if my father could have been murdered. I've actually thought about this question for a long time. If my father really died at the hands of someone else, the person who most likely killed my father would be the person who was following me at the time."
After Zhao Tiezhu finished speaking, he told me to rest early and then left. However, I kept thinking about his words and felt that this must be an important message. As for what this message pointed to, I had no idea.
"Someone followed him on the day he received the package? Who would do this? Could it be Qiongqi? Or is Qiongqi actually in this village, but we just didn't find it?"
To be honest, I wish Qiongqi was in the village right now. If that were the case, with the current traffic conditions, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to leave Heishan Village. As long as we find him, he wouldn't be able to escape.
I kept thinking about all sorts of things in my mind, and before I knew it, I fell asleep.
Originally, I thought that without the noisy funeral procession, I would be able to sleep well today. But who knew that in the early morning, a rooster from somewhere kept crowing, and the crowing was very rhythmic, which made me unable to sleep at all. I tried to open my eyes and looked out the window, but it was only dawn. Damn, I haven’t had a good sleep since I came here.
Now I really wanted to go out and hack the screaming chicken to death. I took out the cellphone next to my pillow and took a look. It was only six fifty. I put the phone down and was about to cover myself with the quilt and continue sleeping, but suddenly I felt that there seemed to be something next to me.
I reached out and touched, and I actually felt an arm. This instantly made me lose all sleepiness. It seemed that there was another person under my quilt
This is strange. I slept alone last night. Could it be that Zhao Tiezhu sneaked in and slept with me while I was sleeping? Could it be that Zhao Tiezhu is a pervert
I turned my head quietly, and the man was completely hidden in the quilt, so I couldn't see who he was. I was very angry at this moment. Even if this was Zhao Tiezhu's house, he couldn't sleep next to me without my consent. Damn it, I hate sleeping with a man the most.
With a belly full of anger, I pulled back the quilt, ready to argue with Zhao Tiezhu, but who knew that when I pulled back the quilt, I saw the most horrifying scene in my life!
The person sleeping next to me was not Zhao Tiezhu, but a middle-aged man with pale skin and wearing shrouds! He lay motionless on the bed, staring at the ceiling with cloudy eyes, his hands in claw shape on his chest, his face was very ferocious, like a ghost in some movie!
Although I had never seen this person, I instantly guessed his identity based on his attire and lifeless face.
This person is Zhao Tiezhu’s father who died and was buried yesterday!