I am now used to flying. In the past, I didn’t fly because I was afraid that the plane would break down, such as a broken part or something. But now I don’t think so. In fact, the safety of airplanes is quite high.
I was afraid of flying before, but after I tried it and took it, I fell in love with its convenience and speed.
Gong County, Sichuan is actually quite famous, because the legendary Bo people’s hanging coffins are in Gong County, Sichuan. Speaking of Bo people’s hanging coffins, I think everyone knows about it, but now let’s give a brief explanation. The Bo people are from the pre-Qin period.
An ancient ethnic group living in southwest China, and the hanging coffin is one of the burial styles of ancient ethnic minorities in southern China. It is a type of cliff burial. Several holes are drilled into the cliff, wooden stakes are nailed, and the coffin is placed on top.
To put it bluntly, when a person dies, instead of burying him directly, he digs a hole on the cliff and throws the body into it. This is actually a hanging coffin.
I arrived in Gongxian County at noon the next day, mainly because I had to transfer trains along the way. I won’t go into details. Gongxian County is already a mountainous area, with an altitude of between 600 meters and 1,000 meters, covering an area of 1,150 square kilometers.
, with a total population of 410,000, it is not too small, but is divided into many small towns and villages.
The county town looks like a second- or third-tier city, but when I walked out of the station, a burst of fresh air hit me. To be honest, the air here is really not comparable to those in big cities. I feel comfortable after taking a breath, which I don't feel like.
Exaggeration, if you have friends who have lived in the city since childhood and don’t believe it, you can go to remote rural areas to play. It’s really good. No wonder those heroes in ancient times like to find a paradise to live in seclusion.
When I got out of the station, I took out my phone and called Li Mingyao. When Li Mingyao answered the phone, I said, "Old Li, I've arrived in Gongxian County. I'm at the station. Come and pick me up quickly."
"Well, okay, there is a hotel next to the station. You go and have a rest first. I can be there in three hours." After Li Mingyao said that, he hung up the phone. I looked around, and sure enough, there was a hotel next to me.
I walked inside the Gongxian Hotel and got a room. I was really tired after riding in the car all day, so I fell asleep.
I was woken up by the phone. I picked it up and saw that it was Li Mingyao calling. When I picked up the phone, Li Mingyao said, "Where are you now? Come to the front of the station." I hung up as soon as I heard that.
I picked up the phone, got up, put on my clothes, and walked out of the hotel. I saw that Li Mingyao was standing at the door of the station.
It's been a long time since I last saw him. He was now wearing a black T-shirt and a pair of jeans, standing there looking around. I walked over to him, and he seemed to have seen me too, and he was looking towards me.
He waved, walked over, looked me up and down and said, "It's been such a long time since I last saw you. You've matured a lot."
I looked at the stubble on Li Mingyao's chin and nodded and said, "You're about the same. You don't just stay in Maoshan and go out to pick up girls. You're quite cool."
"It's hard to explain in words." Li Mingyao sighed deeply. I saw that his eyes were full of vicissitudes of life. He was actually quite tired. Except for Li Shigao, no one in Maoshan where he lived since he was a child was kind to him. If it were me, I would probably
Gotta go crazy.
"Let's go, follow me to Wangjia Town first." After Li Mingyao said that, he took my hand and walked to a van not far from the station, and then pulled me into the van.
There are no public buses in Wangjia Town and Gongxian County, so only vans are available, and they are quite expensive. One trip costs more than 50 yuan. Many local people would rather walk than take this van.
The road was quite bumpy. Li Mingyao and I were sitting at the back of the van. There were not many people in the van, only four or five. I guess, fifty plus is really not that small for the people here.
At that time, besides me, Li Mingyao and the driver, there were three other people in the car. The three of them didn’t seem to know each other very well. They all seemed to be in their twenties. Maybe it was because we were bored, but we were just chatting and laughing along the way.
I don’t know their names, so for now I’ll call them Passerby A, Passerby B, and Passerby C.
Passers-by A, B, and C were talking here and there along the way, and suddenly a topic that interested me came up.
Passerby A said: "You know? There are zombies in our Wangjia Town now."
"Huh? I heard about it some time ago, but is this reliable?" Passerby B and Passerby C asked, as if they hadn't heard yet.
Passerby A suddenly showed an expression as if labor and management were the parties involved and said: "Hey, buddy, you have asked the right person about this. Didn't the second brother Meng of the Meng family die some time ago? The boss of the Meng family will come back to him."
My younger brother was taking care of the funeral arrangements and was surprised to have a beautiful hanging coffin burial."
"Aren't hanging coffins prohibited now?" Passerby C asked curiously, and Passerby A smiled and said, "You don't understand this, right? Although the government says it is not allowed now, there are policies in place.
Countermeasures, do it quietly, the money is in place, who cares how many more coffins you put on the cliff, this is not the point, there is nothing strange about just getting a hanging coffin, but the strange thing is that he changed his body!"
When I heard this, I turned to look at Li Mingyao. Li Mingyao also shook his head slightly at me, probably signaling me to stop talking. This passerby continued: "The burial day was probably a month ago.
, that day was covered with dark clouds, the wind suddenly rose, and the sun and moon lacked light."
"Brother, please just tell me the key points." Passerby C asked.
"Damn it, do you understand? This is called detailed description." Passerby A rolled his eyes at Passerby C and continued: "The moment the coffin was put up, there was a loud bang, and a thunder fell from the sky. At that time, the color of the sky and the earth changed.
, the sun and the moon have no light.”
"What you're saying is too much. That's not the case." The driver in front of him smiled. He looked to be in his forties and seemed quite honest. He picked up a cigarette and took a puff.
, directed at passers-by A, B, and B, and continued: "Actually, the situation at that time was not only a lack of light from the sun and the moon, but also the earth was shattering. At that time, not one thunder struck the corpse one after another, but the corpse was baptized by the thunder...
…”
I listened to the driver's spitting description, which became more and more like a fantasy novel. I turned around and looked at Li Mingyao. Li Mingyao covered his mouth as if he wanted to laugh, but maybe he felt that laughing would be too shocking in the current situation.
This is the driver's wonderful fantasy.
Then Li Mingyao whispered in my ear, in fact, the burial was not that mysterious. The hanging coffin was actually hung five meters on a cliff, supported by two wooden sticks, and the one who lifted the body was Li Mingyao.