Burn incense before the coffin

I was shocked by this sudden scene, staring at grandpa's hand, some hair in my heart, grandpa is not dead? 

What's with the hand?

Can it be that grandpa is instead (we say there is the meaning of cheating).

 And now grandpa, the face has become more ferocious.

Grandma quickly use the hand to break grandpa's hand, but how also can not move, and grandpa's strength is very big, my wrist a pain.

Grandpa, how can a man who's already dead suddenly react like that?

 I rose behind a cool, hurriedly help grandma break grandpa's hand.

"Grandma, you can't move it!"

After a moment, I found grandpa's hand is dead, the body is still the same cold and stiff, I immediately looked at grandma said.Grandma's face also darkened, and then began to rub grandpa's hands up, so as to ease the stiff muscles.

But for a long time, there was no effect, Grandpa's hand was still dragging me, and I saw that my wrist seemed to begin to bruise.

See grandma also anxious, suddenly tears flowed out, a slap in the face of grandpa.

"You old bastard, you can go by yourself and pull the baby like that? Don't let go now, or I'll come down and find you."

In the moment when grandma's voice fell, my heart was shocked, Grandpa's hand unexpectedly loosened.

My heart was full of shock at the same time, quickly told grandma, Grandpa's hand loose, grandma took a look, and did not say anything, let me quickly go out and change clothes, to Malachi to call.

I changed my clothes and went out to get some water to wash my face.

However, when I walked to the door with the basin, my whole person directly froze in place, because I found that the whole yard outside the door was covered with footprints.

These footprints look a little messy, as if someone is constantly walking back and forth, but a closer look, I found that these footprints are a little strange, the specific what can not be said.

I followed the footprints and saw that they actually extended to the window of my room, where there were only a few footprints, as if the owner of the footprints had stood in the window for a long time before turning away.

And there are footprints that I didn't see when I went through the window, and now there are footprints?

See here, my heart can not help a chill, last night I was sleeping by the window, there was something standing in the window to see me all night, think of me feel a chill behind.

At this time, the grandmother who came out of the room asked me why I froze?

 I pointed to the yard and asked Grandma whose footprints were those?

Grandma frowned, walked to my side, took a look at the yard, and then angrily looked at: "You silly child, what are you talking about?"

 Where are the footprints in the yard?"

I was stunned by Grandma's words, she can't see the footprints in the yard? 

I shook my head, temporarily put this thing down, after all, now the important thing.

When I was done, I went straight out the door and headed for the Malachi house, which, to be honest, was a pretty lame job with grandpa.My father is working outside all the year round, and my grandmother has informed me, and I don't know when I will get home. I trotted all the way, and when I reached the Malachi house, I explained the situation directly.Malachi frowned a little and muttered, "So soon?"

Malachi's words made me slightly stunned, what does Malachi mean by this sentence? 

Didn't he already know what was going to happen to our family?But without waiting for me to ask, Malachi told me to wait for a moment while he went to collect his things.

 I nodded, and soon Malachi came out and walked with me toward my house.

At the gate of my courtyard, Malachi suddenly stopped, and I saw Malachi's eyes staring into the courtyard, their eyes full of solemn.

There was no expression on his wrinkled face. I asked Malachi what was wrong. 

Malachi shook his head, then said to me.

"Follow my steps later, and don't make a mistake."

When I heard the words, I was startled. 

Why did I feel Malachi had seen the footprints in the yard?

 But now Malachi started to move forward, and I followed behind Malachi.Sure enough, I found Malachi walking where none of those strange footprints were. 

I was more certain of what I thought.Malachi rushed straight into Grandpa's room, and when Malachi saw that grandpa had cleaned up, and Grandpa's terrible face, Malachi spoke directly.

"You can't wear it like that, old sister-in-law, where are the clothes?"

After saying that, Malachi turned his head and asked Grandma, making grandma stunned, grandma asked Malachi what clothes?

Malachi then said, "The shroud, the shroud for the child."

I quickly responded and said that the burial coat was in my room, Malachi asked me to go and get it quickly, I quickly nodded and walked out of the room, but my heart was filled with endless confusion.

Why do I feel like Malachi knows everything, and the first person Grandma asked me to go to when Grandpa was in trouble was not Mr. Yin and Yang, but Malachi, the tailor?

In doubt, I brought the strange shroud and handed it to Malachi, and Malachi also hurriedly took my grandma and I to help him take off the shroud outside Grandpa and wear this son.

If I was confused before, then now I don't understand what Malachi is trying to do, but my grandfather is 70 or 80 years old, and when he died at such an age, he had to wear more than ten shrouds inside and outside.

"Why are you staring? Hurry up and help."

Grandma's voice came, I quickly went up to help, put the shroud for grandpa to change, and then Malachi went to grandpa's front, one hand covered grandpa's eyes, I saw Malachi's mouth moved, as if to say something.

When Malachi let go of his hand, I found that Grandpa's eyes, which were still open, were closed.

At this moment, Malachi found yellow paper and covered Grandpa's face, which I know is called masking the corpse's face, so that the dead can no longer see the world, avoid nostalgia, and refuse to leave.

After finishing, Malachi turned his head and told his grandmother that he could set off the cannon, which was not necessarily a joy, and in this case, it was a respect for heaven and earth to inform the neighbors that someone had passed away.

Put the firecrackers, after a while, the village people have come, for grandpa's death, everyone is a little difficult to accept, but still help busy.

To grandpa into the coffin, at this time, I found that the footprints inside the yard are still there, but the people who came one by one seemed not to find, and those footprints in the yard so conspicuous, people to go back and forth have not been able to get rid of those footprints.

"Son, can you see those things?"

Suddenly, a muffled sound from behind me startled me, and I turned to see Malachi standing behind me.

I nodded, without asking, knowing that the things Malachi said were naturally footprints in the yard, at this time I also asked Malachi, how can they not see?

Malachi drew a long breath and said, 

"There are some things that not everyone can see."

I asked Malachi, who left these footprints? Malachi shook his head and said, 

"Who knows? 

Then, suddenly, as if to change the subject, Malachi asked me to show him my hand.

Without waiting for me to say anything, Malachi grabbed my right hand, the bruised mark on my wrist where Grandpa had scratched it.

Malachi, on the other hand, stared at the bruised mark, frowning into Sichuan.Looking at Malachi's face, I asked Malachi what was wrong? 

Malachi shook his head and said he'd be at my wake tonight and hoped nothing went wrong.

In the evening, Malachi asks Grandma to arrange for everyone to go home, and even Grandma has to go to someone else's house to sleep, which is strange, but they finally do it.

After seeing everyone leave, Malachi found a stool and sat down in the hall, facing the door, holding a branch of willow that he had found during the day in his hand, and Malachi told me to watch my grandfather's coffin, so that I could watch my grandfather's coffin incense and soul lamp.

The lamp cannot be extinguished, the incense cannot be broken.

Looking at Malachi's situation, my heart inexplicably became a little uneasy, until the middle of the night, I felt myself sleepy, I shook my head, now can not go wrong.

I saw that the three incense sticks in front of my grandfather's coffin were almost finished, and I came forward to renew them. 

However, just as I put the three incense sticks in the moment, two of the pillars broke.

My heart tightened as I watched, and just as I was about to tell Malachi, there was a loud clanging noise outside.