C4 (1/2)

All I remember is that while I was still asleep, I heard a commotion outside, accompanied by crying.

I couldn't fall asleep due to this noise. I put on my clothes and walked out. It was unknown when our house was filled with people. They were all seniors of the village and they were all discussing something at once.

Second Uncle's room is also filled with people and I could faintly hear the sound of weeping. After I push my way through the crowd and enter the room, the scene before me will be something that I will never forget for the rest of my life.

Second Uncle was kneeling on the ground with his head in his hands, as if he was surrendering. He was naked, and his entire body was covered in injuries.

At that moment, I didn't know what I was feeling in my heart, because I couldn't believe it was true. How could that second uncle who spoiled me since I was young die? This must be a dream.

I bit my tongue until it bled, but I couldn't help but to accept the fact that my second uncle had died.

My tears also came out. They flowed so silently that I didn't even dare make a sound for fear of startling second uncle.

Under the support of a few aunts, I walked out of Second Uncle's room. Grandma was dragged out as well. I could understand how much pain Grandma was feeling when this white-haired man sent away the black-haired man.

With the village head's help, I brought a coffin over. They wanted to place Second Uncle's corpse in the coffin, but I didn't agree because the moment Second Uncle enters the coffin, it means that he really wants to leave us.

But in the end, Second Uncle was still put into the coffin. Second Uncle's corpse still remained in the kneeling position. Only with the help of the Village Head and a few of his uncles did his corpse return to normal.

The village chief found the old man from the village and examined him. After checking his body for a while, he found nothing else apart from the wounds on his body.

By noon, the crowd gradually dispersed, leaving only a few elders behind.

Grandma suddenly stopped crying and just stared at the coffin. She didn't respond to anyone who spoke to her. It was as if she had gone stupid.

The village chief was afraid that my grandmother wouldn't be able to bear it, and since they didn't listen to their words, he could only persuade me to go and enlighten them.

I could only bear with my grief and console my grandmother. I had already lost my second uncle, so I couldn't lose my grandmother again.

At my consolation, my grandmother suddenly moved. She turned her head to look at me and in a rather weak voice told me to go and find Butcher Liu.

I looked at Grandma in disbelief. She gave me a determined look and I nodded my head. I ran over to Butcher Liu's house. Butcher Liu just happened to be out. He understood what was going on when he saw me.

”Lead the way.”

I didn't have time to explain the reason before Butcher Liu told me first. I think he also heard about Second Uncle's death.

The two of us returned home as fast as we could. Butcher Liu greeted the Village Head and went to look at Second Uncle's corpse. There were tears in the corners of his eyes, but they didn't flow.

Then, he turned to the village chief and his uncles and said, ”Village Chief, you all can go back first. This place belongs to me.”

The Village Head nodded his head. Before leaving, he even ordered for Butcher Liu to persuade my grandmother not to think too much and to do something stupid.

After the village chief left, Butcher Liu looked at me and said, ”Little boy, you go out first. I have something to say to your grandmother.”

I didn't dare to disobey him, so I went out. After I went out, Butcher Liu closed the door behind me and held it with something, as if he was afraid I would know something.

I couldn't hear anything, so I just found a place to sit down. Suddenly, I saw another patch of earth appear in the yard, the same blood-red as the one I had seen earlier.

However, this time, it didn't extend to the entrance of the hall. Instead, it turned a corner and went to Second Uncle's window. When I walked to Second Uncle's window, I found a black footprint on the ground.

When grandma bought the male corpse, this dirt appeared. Now, it appeared again and grandma couldn't see it. I couldn't help but suspect that Second Uncle's death was related to this bloody soil, but whose footprints were these?

Squeak!

A piercing noise interrupted my thoughts. I looked up and saw that it was Butcher Liu who had opened the door and come out.

He glanced around and then looked at me. He frowned, thinking that he had found something on me, but then he shifted his attention away from me. He followed the bloody soil all the way to my mouth.

Butcher Liu's reaction was a little out of my expectations. Could Butcher Liu see this bloody soil?

”Little boy, you can come in now.”

Just as I was getting suspicious, Butcher Liu looked away and told me that I could only put this matter aside for the time being and return to the house.

I don't know what Butcher Liu said to Grandma. Grandma was already much better, at least compared to this morning.

”Grandma, are you alright?”

I walked up to my grandmother, grabbed her hand, and asked with concern.

I was really afraid that my grandmother would fall too, so that I wouldn't have any relatives to be a wild child.

Grandma caressed my forehead and said in a hoarse voice, ”Grandma is fine, so don't worry!”