Upon hearing this, the others stopped gossiping, put on friendly smiles, and greeted Chen Bing one by one.
It was not until Chen Bing left that they continued to gossip while looking at his back.
"Chen Bing is such a pitiful kid. He doesn't even know how his mother died... His uncle is such a jerk."
"Hey, stop talking, we are all from the same village, don't meddle in other people's business"
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Qi Ling noticed this scene and found it extremely funny and ridiculous. She couldn't help but snort in mockery.
The day passed peacefully without incident until 12 o'clock in the morning.
The custom here is to keep vigil from 12 am to 2 am.
As soon as 12 o'clock in the morning arrived, all the mourners arrived, a total of 5 people.
Chen Bing, his son, was also among them.
Apart from him, the rest are relatives of Chen Bing's family. Except for Chen Bing's uncle who is a middle-aged man, they are all young people full of vigor.
The mourning hall is filled with heavy yin energy, which can usually only be suppressed by the yang energy of young people.
Keeping vigil at night is actually very boring and even a little scary.
The main purpose of keeping vigil is to prevent rats from gnawing on the corpse. You know, rats can eat people.
And prevent cats and dogs from coming into contact with corpses, especially black cats. There has always been a rumor in the countryside that if a black cat jumps into a corpse or steps over a coffin, the corpse will come back to life.
The others were extremely bored, some were playing cards, some were chatting, only Chen Bing was kneeling alone in front of his mother's coffin, tears streaming down his face.
He had shed so many tears in the past few days, but he couldn't help it.
His father died early, and his mother raised him alone. He finally heard that he would get a lot of money after retiring from the army.
For money, he served in the army for five years, thinking that he could improve his family's life after returning and his mother would live a happy life.
Who would have thought…
The more I thought about him, the sadder I cried.
At this moment, "Meow"
In the bright mourning hall, a pair of green eyes quietly came to Chen Bing's side. It was small, hunched over, and stared at him closely.
Everyone was attracted by the cry and looked in the direction of Chen Bing at the same time.
Everyone was surprised when they noticed the little orange wild cat.
"Where did this wild cat come from? It's too unlucky!"
As he spoke, the uncle picked up a broom and rushed to Chen Bing, and drove the cat out with a few strokes of the broom.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and was about to continue what they were doing.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound. Chen Bing was the first to react and looked towards the place where the coffin was placed.
When he saw this, he was stunned on the spot.
More than a dozen mice, big and small, squeaked as they ran out from behind the coffin, their speed almost as if they were running for their lives.
His eyes were filled with fear, and he rushed around recklessly.
Everyone present was frightened by this strange scene. They stopped playing cards and chatting.
More than a dozen pairs of eyes were staring at the coffin.
Their faces were a little pale, as there were many superstitious people in rural areas.
They also learned a lot of things through osmosis.
"Is he going to pretend to be dead?"
Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other with pale faces, and then said, "It's okay, there are so many of us, we are not afraid"
That being said, everyone's legs were shaking.
They all moved a little closer to the door in tacit understanding, as if they would run away immediately if they found something wrong.
Fortunately, there was no movement behind.
Everyone felt relieved and fell asleep one after another.
At this moment, "Ah!"
A scream broke the silence.
Everyone was suddenly awakened, and all sleepiness disappeared without a trace.
They looked at the screaming man angrily, "Ergou, are you crazy? What are you yelling about?"
Ergou looked terrified, his hands trembling as he pointed in the direction of the coffin.
"The coffin... the coffin was opened."
It took him a long time to finish a sentence.
The others followed his gaze and saw that the coffin, which had been closed, was now completely open.
Everyone's pupils couldn't help but shrink suddenly, and waves of chills surged into their hearts.
Without waiting for the others to speak, just listen
"Meow…"
Along with the cry, a black cat crawled out from the coffin, walked around the coffin several times, and then looked at the people provocatively.
"Da Mi, I was wondering why I couldn't find you. Why are you here?"
It turned out that this was the little black cat raised by Chen Bing.
The others' faces changed drastically and they hurried over to drive away the little black cat.
The black cat disappeared from everyone's sight in a few jumps.
Seeing this, the uncle looked serious and said, "It's not going to be peaceful tonight, everyone, please be alert."
Everyone became alert after hearing this, needless to say they knew it.
A black cat actually crawled into the coffin.
They heard that black cats are psychic. They heard from the elders in their family that more than ten years ago, an old man in the same village died. On the first day of the wake, a black cat ran into the coffin and the corpse stood up on the spot.
He grabbed his wife's neck and wouldn't let go. The man keeping vigil had to work very hard to hold him down.
Later, his wife also died mysteriously on the seventh day after his death.
The current situation does not seem optimistic.
Everyone was terrified and furious, and they all started blaming Chen Bing, "What's wrong with your cat? What if your mother comes back to life?"
Chen Bing felt that he was in the wrong and kept smiling.
Uncle Chen Bing said with a serious expression, "Chen Bing, just wait here. We will go and lift the coffin up and cover it."
Chen Bing had no complaints and no doubts. He was very young when his father died and knew nothing. This was his first time to organize a funeral, so everything depended on his uncle.
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