Dare to cause trouble
The sun was shining brightly, as if it were about to scorch the earth. We are digging a soil slope and need to pick up the excavated soil to another place to build an embankment.
On that day, I was ramming (four people lifting the stones tied together and smashing them down so that the soil underneath could be compacted).
At about ten o'clock, I heard Yan Zhaoyin and others, who were in charge of digging the mountain bags, shouting and shouting, what a mess, I thought something was wrong, but I could tell from their language that they had dug up the coffin! The men who were digging the square threw down their hoes and ran away. I secretly laughed at myself, a few big men, so timid! I was influenced by atheism since I was a child, and a trace of contempt rose in my heart, these people are really cowardly as mice, and they can't be my teenage dolls!
Platoon commander Yan Sanchi said: "It's hot, everyone take a break, go drink some water, and I'll ask where this grave belongs later, and notify their family to move out!"
I said, "Platoon commander, a notice has been issued here, and if there were any descendants of this grave, it would have been moved away long ago." I'm afraid it's an ownerless tomb!"
Platoon Commander Yan didn't take what my hairy boy said to heart, turned his head and discussed with a few older people and said, "If there is no one to deal with this grave, it's best for us not to provoke it, it's not good for these lonely ghosts to find us, so let's find a place to dig in the mud again." The eyes of the men quickly swept around, and they did not want to take risks, nor did they find a suitable place to collect soil, so they did not say anything.
I anxiously said to Platoon Commander Yan: "If you want to dig in a different place, I don't know if you have to run a long way." I'm afraid that the progress of our platoon will have to invite ducks in the whole company!" Yan Platoon Commander was in a dilemma, and said to me angrily: "It is not possible to dig in another place, and I dare not dig here, so which one will you find to get the coffin?"
A sense of pride surged in my chest: "I'll get it, I'll get it, what's there! Dead people don't eat people, what are you afraid of!"
Go into battle to dig the coffin
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The adults all fanned the wind and lit the ghost fire, using words to provoke me, I was young and vigorous, "The big husband is hard to chase after the horse, you see if I dare to dig the coffin!"
Everyone hid under the shade of the trees to watch the battle from afar, and I walked majestically towards the place where the coffin was dug up, with the awe-inspiring spirit of "the wind is sluggish and the water is cold, and the strong man will never return once he is gone"!
I saw that the coffin was rotten, and a small piece of wood had been dug up and fell into the coffin. I picked up my hoe and dug into the coffin. "Bang", I dug a big hole in the coffin, and I heard someone in the resting crowd say: "This baby is old every day, I don't know that the pot is made of iron, and her soul is so bad that you can't take off your doll board!" I responded: "Those who have the ability will appear immediately, and those who have the ability will use it immediately, and I will be afraid to blame!"
In the hot sun, I didn't even have to wear a straw hat, and I was sweating alone. I pried open the coffin boards piece by piece, and because they were rotten, I quickly pried them open. Nearby mud rolled into the coffin, sticking to the bones, which were neatly arranged.
I pretended to be relaxed and said to the people watching the battle from afar, "When you come and see, it looks like a woman with very small bones. The same voice just now said, "Don't alarm the bones, respect the dead." If you don't listen, when the unjust soul of the deceased comes to settle accounts with your doll, it will be too late for you to regret it!"
I scoffed at them, and then I threw the coffin boards far away so that they would not be afraid. I used a hoe to dig the bones into the basket three times, and I didn't spare even the smallest bones. I walked to the embankment with the bones in my hands, and in the heat I hammered them with a hoe, hammered them into the embankment, and then covered them with mud, and then I flipped the hoe and hammered it tightly. After more than 30 minutes of busyness, it was finally completed, and I was very proud of the triumphant general.
Unexpectedly, Yan Shangtong said to me in a complaining tone: "People have been dead for many years, and they haven't offended you, you throw away people's coffins, and hammer bones in the mud, you crush people's bones and scatter ashes, and her soul will go to Hades to sue you, so that you will not ......live in peace for the rest of your life."
After finishing work, on the way back, Yan Shangtong kept blaming me. I asked him, "Have you ever seen a ghost when you've lived so long?" Who are you trying to scare by saying such things? Tell me, what does a ghost really look like?"
At this time, the mouthy Yan Cilong interjected: "Hey, hey, ghost, long hair, green eyes, especially the ghost's fingernails are very long, she grabbed you, and then took out your heart and ate it." Even if she doesn't dig into your heart, she will cast a spell to make your stomach hurt so much that it will hurt for the rest of your life. You threw her coffin board, the bones hammered in the mud, and she will be haunted and seek revenge on you......"
What else did he want to say, but he was yelled at by the platoon commander Yan Sanchi, and everyone stopped talking. At this time, my arrogance had passed, and I began to blame myself for my recklessness, and there was still a faint worry in my heart: Will this skeleton I dug up today really turn into a ghost and come to me? Will she make my stomach ache? Will she make my life difficult? An inexplicable fear welled up in my heart.
Heat stroke suspected of hitting a "ghost"
Along the way, I was in a dull mood, the scorching sun had no intention of retreating, still scorching the earth, and sweat kept pouring out. When I got back to my house, I had a splitting headache. After dinner, a few friends came to me to play poker, and I said that I didn't want to play today, and I wanted to take a lunch break for a headache. Thinking of the appearance of the ghost that Yan Cilong said, because he was afraid in his heart, his clothes had already been soaked with sweat, and he fell on the bed, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, he quickly fell into a vague half-asleep.
Just as I was half asleep, I seemed to see a big brown hand reaching out of the mosquito net, the arm was about a meter long, and there was a bracelet on the wrist, the fingernails were very long, the hair was very thick, and the bracelet seemed to move slightly.
I was so frightened that I shouted loudly to call the person playing poker on the opposite bed, but I tried to shout but no one heard. Yet I could hear them clearly. Why did they ignore me?
I shouted desperately, Yan Shanghua sensed that my condition was wrong, he walked towards me, and said as he walked: "What's wrong with this person today? "He walked to the side of the bed and saw me sweating profusely and patted me, and I was awakened and immediately sat up. He asked me what's wrong? I paused for a moment and said I had hit a ghost! What the hell did he say, you were scaring yourself. At this time, several young people playing poker scrambled to tell Yan Shanghua what happened in the morning.
Because Yan Shanghua was sent to another place in the morning, he didn't know about me digging the coffin.
Yan Shanghua scolded in the direction where Yan Shangtong and Yan Cilong lived: "Yan Shangtong, Yan Cilong, you two rabbit cubs, how did such a small baby be scared by you?" and then he said to me that it's okay, there are no ghosts in this world at all, it may be that the sun is big in the morning, you didn't rest, plus Yan Shangtong and Yan Cilong said those words to scare you, you have hallucinations in your mind, it's okay, I'll go to the infirmary to find Dr. Mao Shize to get some medicine, you will be fine soon after taking the medicine.
The place where we lived was not far from the company, and Yan Shanghua quickly got the medicine back from the company infirmary. He said: "Teacher Mao said that you are suffering from heat stroke, heat stroke is a bit like a heat cold, it is not that you have seen a ghost, you are scaring yourself, and you will be fine if you take medicine." ”
When the landlord heard that I was going to take medicine, she immediately burned a bowl of boiling water for me with firewood and brought it over, Yan Shanghua poured water for me, I took the medicine and rested on the bed, Yan Shanghua fanned me with a fan while telling me the precautions for working on the construction site, half an hour later, I took medicine again, drank a lot of water, I felt much better, my body has recovered, and I still went to work on time in the afternoon.
Beautiful memories
In the flick of a finger for decades, the years on the Dongguan construction site have become a beautiful and unforgettable picture. The thrilling of the past has become the most unique echo of the quiet years. When we move forward on the long road of life, the fearlessness of childhood, the belief of youth and the impulse of youth are the source of strength to support us to move forward and have the courage to explore.
It's really:
The years of intellectuals wandered,
Say goodbye to my mother's dream garden.
Pack your bags and leave home,
Walk into the unfamiliar mountains and rivers.
digging holes and ditches to build aqueducts,
Where you need to drill it.
Young people have their own ambitions,
The years of youth are like fire.
According to the author Liu Zhifei, this article is his personal experience.
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About the Author
▲Liu Zhifei has been engaged in rural primary school education for 38 years. Before teaching, he worked as an educated youth in Zoumaling for six years, went to Jinchuan to teach, and was commended by the eight departments of the Youth League Provincial Committee. Retired in 2014, not satisfied with being forgotten by the world, sitting and waiting for old age, learning to master and use computers, self-taught Gongbi painting in 2020, self-taught LED video production in 2021, and will also take some photos that interest me.
In 2017, he joined the Jianyang Association for the Aged as the director of the office.