Chunxi's grandfather, Mr. Zhao, died. He died alone in his hometown. It was the neighbor Zhao Uncle who found the body and notified Chunxi. Chunxi learned the news.
When Chunxi hurried back to his hometown, he saw his grandfather lying on the bamboo bed with his black and white photos on the head of the bed. The old man in the photo was smiling kindly. Chunxi was deeply saddened to think that she would never see such a smile again.
At this time, Chunxi's shoulder was suddenly patted. When she looked back, she found that it was her grandfather's neighbor, Uncle Zhao.
Uncle Zhao sells pork and has a bloody smell on his body all year round. Seeing Chunxi turn around, he sighed and said that the dog that Mr. Zhao raised was barking fiercely last night. He felt something was wrong, so he got up and took a look. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhao went there like this. It was time to leave that he had no relatives around him, and he must be a little sad.
Chunxi felt like she was heartbroken when she heard these words. She whispered that it was wrong for her. Her parents were away from home all year round, so she should come back to see it more often.
Uncle Zhao got closer and asked Chunxi in a low voice if he knew what corpse water was. He also said that the old man must die in the arms of his relatives, otherwise it would be easy to get resentment, and maybe even corpse water would appear.
The corpse water is a legend in Chunxi's hometown. It is said that the old man will be stopped at home for seven days after his death. It is very unlucky if the corpse water appears during this period, which means that the old man is not willing to leave.
Chunxi looked up and stared at Uncle Zhao when she heard this. She asked Uncle Zhao what she wanted to say.
Uncle Zhao was startled by her eyes and smiled embarrassedly, saying that Mr. Zhao was gone, and Chunxi and the others were not at home all year round, so he wanted to ask what he planned to deal with the backyard.
Grandpa's body was not cold yet, Chunxi didn't want to argue with Uncle Zhao, so he fooled him for a few words and let him go.
That night, Chunxi was guarding his grandfather in the mourning hall. She was raised by her grandfather and had a deep affection for her. Until now, she sat next to her grandfather's body and still didn't want to believe that her grandfather was dead.
Thinking of this, Chunxi looked at his grandfather again and suddenly found that there were a lot of water traces seeping under his body! The water seemed to flow out of his body, slightly yellow in color, and looked like the legendary corpse water.
When Chunxi was panicking, Uncle Zhao happened to come to the door again. He brought a piece of pork to Chunxi and started shouting since he entered the door, saying that he was afraid that Chunxi would not have any food tomorrow, so he specially sent her meat.
He walked to the mourning hall and saw the water oozing out of Grandpa Chunxi's body. He suddenly shouted loudly, "That's the corpse water."
Chunxi looked at Uncle Zhao's exaggerated performance. The more he watched, the more he looked like a performance, and suddenly he was not panicked. She stared at Uncle Zhao with an expressionless face, without saying a word.
Uncle Zhao was stared at by Chunxi, and his voice gradually lowered. He said that Mr. Zhao died alone in this house and must be dissatisfied with this place. He advised Chunxi to choose a good cemetery for Mr. Zhao and sell the house as soon as possible.
Chunxi interrupted Uncle Zhao, saying that her parents had agreed that her grandfather liked this house the most during his lifetime, and there were many flowers he raised here, so they decided to bury her grandfather in the backyard.
Uncle Zhao changed his face after hearing this. He wanted to say a few more words, but his wife suddenly called him back loudly. He could only persuade Chunxi a few more words and ran home.
After Uncle Zhao left, Chunxi lost the mood to continue sitting in the mourning hall. She came to the bedroom and wanted to organize her grandfather’s things during her lifetime. At this time, she found that someone seemed to have touched her grandfather's bedroom. The big bed in the bedroom is very neat, but Uncle Zhao clearly said that his grandfather died in the bed, so it shouldn't be so clean.
When it was almost dawn, Chunxi heard the wolfdog raised by his grandfather in the yard, and there was no sound in a short while. She went out to see that the wolf dog foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground and twitched his limbs. It seemed that he had been poisoned.
Someone wants to threaten himself to leave quickly. This thought flashed through Chunxi's mind.
This wolf dog is well-raised and never eats things given by outsiders. Since it is poisoned, it must be made by an acquaintance. Chunxi thought of Uncle Zhao repeatedly persuading him to leave, and he had a plan in his mind.
She called Uncle Zhao to her home and said she already knew what was going on. If Uncle Zhao didn't explain the matter clearly, then she would tell everyone in the village about it so that everyone would know that Uncle Zhao had harmed her grandfather.
Uncle Zhao was anxious when he heard this. He shouted loudly as Chunxi slandered a good person. Chunxi made a gesture and shouted, saying that everyone in the village would come over and listen.
Uncle Zhao, who was guilty, thought Chunxi had really discovered something, so he naturally didn't dare to let her call someone. He had no choice but to tell the truth.
It turned out that night, Uncle Zhao heard the howl of the wolf dog, so he went to Mr. Zhao's house and found him lying on the bed, covering his heart with one hand. Mr. Zhao was not breathing yet. Uncle Zhao wanted to call for help when he saw this situation, but he thought that if Mr. Zhao died, he might be able to get the land in the backyard.
In this hesitant gap, Mr. Zhao lost his breath. Uncle Zhao looked at Mr. Zhao's body and thought about it. He sold pork and knew how to pour water into the pork. So when the blood on Mr. Zhao's body had not yet solidified, he poured water into Mr. Zhao's body and put Mr. Zhao on the ground. After Mr. Zhao's blood coagulated, the water would be discharged automatically, looking like corpse water.
When filling water, the sheets on the bed were wet. Uncle Zhao was afraid that people would find something strange, so he put the bed back on. Unexpectedly, it was this point that made Chunxi suspicious.
Uncle Zhao said that he did this for the land in the backyard, without any other intentions, nor did he deliberately harm Mr. Zhao.
Chunxi heard these words and knew that his grandfather might have been unable to save him at that time. Uncle Zhao did not kill his grandfather. He just watched him die indifferently at the end of his life.
Thinking of this, Chunxi couldn't help but ask Uncle Zhao why he had to buy the land in the backyard. Uncle Zhao said that he had found someone to calculate that if he moved his ancestor's grave to the backyard, their family would be prosperous.
Chunxi told Uncle Zhao to leave without expression when she heard this. She felt that Uncle Zhao was crazy and had nothing to say to him.
Later, Chunxi's grandfather was still buried in the backyard, accompanying his beloved flowers and plants, and next to him was the loyal wolf dog.
The next year, Chunxi went home to visit his grandfather's grave. He heard that the people in the village said that Uncle Zhao didn't know if he had a strange disease because he sold too much watered pork. He kept sweating from morning to night, as if he wanted to discharge all the moisture in his body.