By the door of the hall, the old man was hunched up, his head hanging, his eyes closed, and his hand on the handle behind the door.

At the dining table, the old man also hung his head and closed his eyes,

The breeze carried the mist, swaying slightly against the door of the hall, and from time to time it blew into the house.

didn't turn his gaze, took the chopsticks, and sandwiched the chopsticks dish for the greedy guinea pig, Lian Ge was casual, sandwiching the dishes on the table, eating,

On his shoulder, the mouse stands on its forelimbs, holds the dish, buries its head in eating from time to time, and turns its head from time to time to look around.

......

“...... Sassy ......"

The sunset has sunk into the horizon, and some of the sunset still reflected in the west is gradually replaced by night.

Under the thick fog, the village became darker and darker.

Only the lights in some people's houses were lit, barely lit in the diffuse night,

It was only through the doors and windows of a house that the light was blocked by the thick fog in front of the house, and it looked dim.

The breeze disturbed the mist, swaying the branches and leaves in the mountains and forests on the edge of the village, and then blowing over the village road, every household in the village,

Standing or sitting, head down, eyes closed, the clothes of the people in the village.

The village is becoming quieter.

......

In the door of the hall, behind Lian Ge,

By the door of the open hall, the face of the old man with his head hanging and his eyes closed gradually changed,

A look of fear gradually appeared on his face, and his whole body trembled slightly.

Immediately after, at the dining table, the old man standing in front of the stool also showed a look of fear on his face.

“...... Squeak, squeak. ”

On Lian Ge's shoulder, the mouse turned his head, looked around, and called twice,

Lian Ge turned his gaze, looked at the guinea pig, and then at the old man and the old man in the hall,

Then through the open door of the hall, looking out of the door,

Turning his gaze back, Lian Ge didn't say anything, took the chopsticks, picked up the chopsticks on the table, and ate it.

This old man, the old man, on the village road, every house, the people in this village, seem to be trapped in a dream at the moment.

......

“...... Get out ......."

In the dream, the old man muttered, his hand on the closed doorknob of the hall,

Immediately after, the sound stopped,

In reality, at the same time that the door of the hall was opened, in the dream, the old man also opened the door of the hall.

In reality, there is only a thick fog outside the door that blows into the hall with the breeze,

In the dream, two figures, but with the thick fog that swept into the house, appeared in front of the old man,

Dream took over reality, the old man put his hand on the doorknob, looked at the two figures outside the door, and paused.

......

A middle-aged woman buried her head, trembling all over, pulling a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy next to her with one hand, the boy was barefoot, with some scratches on the instep that seemed to have dried up, his pants were stained with dust, and the clothes on his back were stained with blood, as if embedded in the flesh and blood, sticky, and he was also buried in his head, trembling all over.

“...... Help, help......"

The middle-aged woman slowly raised her head, her mouth was slightly open, her eyes were wide, her eyes showed fear, and her whole body trembled slightly,

Immediately after, he threw himself at the old man, crying, with despair and fear in his tone,

“...... Help, help......"

The old man looked at the two figures outside the door, and couldn't help but step back, followed closely, and paused again,

“...... What's wrong......"

As if he didn't know that he was in a dream, as if he saw that the middle-aged woman was already dead, the old man dragged the hand of the middle-aged woman who rushed over, and asked eagerly,

“...... Help, help......"

The middle-aged woman was desperate, crying, with fear on her face, trembling all over, and fell to her knees on the ground little by little.

At this time, the old man looked at the middle-aged woman's sunken back, looked at the blurred flesh and blood on the back, and then looked at the boy who was always trembling and burying his head,

As if to understand, the old man stared at him and trembled slightly.

Struggling, the old man wanted to break free from the wrist that the middle-aged woman was quietly grasping,

“...... Come out, come out!"

At this time, the middle-aged woman suddenly stood up from the ground again, grabbed the old man's wrist more and more, stared at the old man with her eyes in horror, and looked behind the old man.

“...... Come out, come out ......"

The middle-aged woman was frightened, screaming, holding the old man, dragging and pulling outside the house.

The old man looked at the middle-aged woman, with fear in his eyes, trembling all over, desperately, struggling.

......

"Sir, you might as well look back. ”

By the door of the hall, the old man with his head hanging and his eyes closed trembled more and more, and his face became more and more frightened.

Holding the chopsticks, Lian Ge turned his gaze, glanced at the old man, said in a calm tone, and then turned his gaze back, then picked up the chopsticks and ate at will.

......

Immediately following,

In the dream,

Lian Ge's words pierced the boundary between the present and the dream, sounding in the old man's dream, and echoing in the old man's ears.

The old man couldn't help but pause and struggle, and slowly turned his head,

The middle-aged woman also tugged, dragging the old man a little bit.

The old man slowly turned his head and looked behind him,

But behind him, it was not a hall, but a ruined ruin.

Looking at the ruins, the old man was distracted,

And the middle-aged woman who pulled the old man out also followed, gradually stopped her movements, let go of the hand holding the old man's wrist, and slowly, walked back to her son's side, holding her son's hand tightly,

Looking at the pile of ruins, the old man's eyes became more and more trance-like,

“...... Rumble......"

And at this moment, a series of roars sounded,

Hearing the sound, the old man slowly turned his head from the ruins in front of him, and turned around,

Looking at the source of the roar,

It was a family in the village.

In the valley, along both sides of the village road, a house, or a two-story building, or a brick and stone black tile house, is sinking little by little, tiles, masonry, wall ash falling down,

And after seemingly breaking through the critical line, one house after another collapsed.

And in front of the collapsed houses, in the village, a family was standing, looking at the rest of the village,

The old man looked at the collapsed houses, his eyes were in a trance,

Slowly turned his head again, looking at the middle-aged woman who had already walked to the side,

opened his mouth, the old man wanted to say something, but he couldn't say it,

The middle-aged woman held her son's hand, and then slowly buried her head, buried her head, and the two walked, gradually disappearing into the village.

“...... Thank you ......."

Leaning over, looking, and opening his mouth again, the old man muttered and said aloud.

......

In the hall, the old man with his head hanging and his eyes closed, the frightened look on his face gradually faded, and the trembling of his whole body gradually calmed down.

At the dining table, the old man standing at the table also had fear on his face, his eyes slowly opened, and his head gradually raised.

looked at the old man with his eyes still closed, and the old man who had gradually woken up,

Then through the open door of the hall, I looked outside the hall, in this village,

Lian Ge turned his gaze, took the chopsticks, and then picked up a chopstick dish on the table, and ate it casually.

“...... Lao Chen, he ......"

The old man who woke up was no longer as frightened as he was when he woke up before, looked at the hall, was silent, turned his head again, looked at the old man by the door of the hall, opened his mouth, and said in a loud voice,

Immediately after, there was an anxious look on his face,

“...... The house is going to collapse, the house is going to collapse, we have to hurry up, we have to hurry away...... Gotta go door-to-door and ......."

The old man muttered, said something to Lian Ge, and was about to run towards the outside of the hall.

"There's no hurry, there's still some time. ”

Holding the chopsticks, and then holding the chopsticks dish, and taking a bite, Lian Ge didn't turn his gaze, but his tone was calm, and he said out loud,

"Wait, it's out of the way. ”