Outside the hall, there was a knock on the door,

In the hall, the old man's voice paused,

The old man and the middle-aged man who were sitting couldn't help but tremble when this sudden knock on the door sounded,

“...... Who?"

The old man stood up from his seat and shouted outside the hall,

“...... It's me, Uncle Yu, the village chief, ......"

The voice of a middle-aged woman who was helping to pick vegetables before sounded in the hall through the door of the hall,

“...... Wait......"

When the old man heard this, he answered, stood up again, moved his steps, and walked towards the closed door of the hall.

......

“...... Uncle Yu, the village chief......"

The middle-aged woman walked into the hall, followed by a middle-aged man, the middle-aged man carried a woven bag,

“...... Didn't you all hurry out and do something? ”

The old man leaned over, stood at the dining table, looked at the two approaching, and said loudly.

“...... Village Chief, Uncle Yu...... We've packed our things......"

The middle-aged woman took her husband and walked to the dining table, and the old man came to him, opened his mouth, and said loudly.

“...... Ready to go?"

The old man closed the door again, walked back to the table, and said to the two of them.

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman nodded,

“...... The child had already been sent to her aunt's house, and we were going to stay there for a few days...... Dodge...... If the village is better, we'll come back......"

“...... Why don't you hurry up...... It's going to be dark again......"

The old man looked at the sky outside the door of the hall and said in a loud voice.

Hearing this, the middle-aged woman turned around and looked at the darkening sky outside the door of the hall, and her eyes showed some fear.

Then he turned back and looked at the old man,

“...... Chief...... This is the talisman that was sought in the temple in the town before...... I don't know if it's useful......"

As the middle-aged woman spoke, she groped in her pocket, groped out a piece of yellow rune paper with a red thread hanging and folded, and handed it to the old man.

The old man looked at the middle-aged woman, and then at the middle-aged woman handed over the talisman paper in her hand, and was silent.

Slowly stretched out his hand, took the rune paper, and squeezed it in his hand, the old man raised his head again and looked at the two of them,

“...... Let's go, don't delay...... Go out, just go forward, don't look back......"

Pinching the talisman paper, the old man looked out at the door of the hall and said aloud,

“...... That, the village chief...... Uncle Yu, let's go......"

The middle-aged woman hesitated, looked back at the darkening sky outside the hall, trembled, then said something out loud, turned around, took her husband, stepped out of the hall, and walked out of the village.

......

Seeing the couple walk out of the hall door and disappear into the thick fog, the old man leaned over and slowly turned back,

The old man walked to the door of the hall again, opened the door of the hall, and closed it again.

“...... Chen Erwa, you can go back too, go back and pack your things, and leave while it's still dark......"

The old man looked at the middle-aged man at the dining table and said loudly,

“...... Village Chief, why don't we ask another master to come back and take a look...... Think of a way ...... again."

The middle-aged man stood up, hesitated, and said aloud.

When the old man heard this, he shook his head slowly, but did not answer,

“...... You are still young, and your wife and children are all ...... If it's going to rot here, we'll have enough old guys...... Let's go out...... If you can go out, go out. ”

“...... The village chief ......"

The middle-aged man looked at the old man and opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't say it.

“...... It's getting dark...... It's hard to stay up at night...... Let's go......"

The old man slowly turned around and looked out through the window on the door of the hall.

The middle-aged man also slowly turned his head and looked at the door of the house,

There was some fear in his eyes, and he trembled,

“...... The village chief ......"

“...... Let's go......"

The middle-aged man stood on his feet again, slowly turned around, walked out of the hall door, turned around again, and closed the hall door.

......

“...... Young man, you have also eaten the feast, you can also go, stay in the village, don't hurt you. ”

Listening to the words beside him, Lian Ge held the chopsticks and held the dishes on the table alone at will, eating chopsticks and chopsticks at will.

Seeing the middle-aged man disappear from sight, the old man slowly turned around and looked at Lian Ge at the table,

"Old gentleman, hospitality, how can there be a reason for the guests to drive people off the table before they finish eating. ”

took the chopsticks and then clamped the chopsticks dish, took a bite, put down the chopsticks, Lian Ge slowly turned his gaze, smiled slightly, and said loudly,

“...... If there's nothing like that in this village, let the young man eat as long as you want......"

The old man shook his head slowly, spoke, and fell silent again,

In silence, the old man sat down again under the stool at the table,

“...... If you like it, young man, I'll get you a bag to decorate and take away and eat. ”

The old man walked over slowly and said to Lian Ge,

"You don't need to pack it. ”

Smiling and glancing at the old man, Lian Ge turned his gaze back and looked at the old man sitting at the table,

For a moment, the old man sat on a stool, his head hanging down a little, his eyes closed,

“...... Lao Chen, Lao Chen!"

The old man who came over noticed it, grabbed the old man's shoulder, and shouted anxiously,

“...... Don't sleep, Lao Chen, don't sleep......"

Immediately after, as if awakened by a shout, the old man opened his eyes again,

“...... Help, help......"

In the eyes that opened, there was fear, and the old man's hand first hung down, trembled, followed closely, and then grabbed in front of him.

was pressed by the old man again, and gradually stopped moving,

“...... Help, help......"

His voice trembled, and the voice gradually subsided, and the old man trembled all over, his eyes widening.

"Old sir,"

Watching the old man wake up again, Lian Ge glanced at the mouse on his shoulder, standing on his forelimbs, and then turned his gaze and looked at the old man,

"I don't know what I said before, and I can eat as long as I want. ”

The little mouse with its forelimbs listened to Lian Ge's words, raised his head more and more, and looked at the old man with his eyes.

The old man, who was awakened from the nightmare and gradually came to his senses, was still trembling slightly.

raised his head and looked at Lian Ge, with some doubts in his cloudy eyes,

“...... Lad......"

With his mouth open, the old man seemed to want to ask something, but he fell silent again.

"The old gentleman said that there was something going on in the village. It just so happens that I know a little bit about ghosts and things like that. ”

Glancing at the old man, Lian Ge said in a calm tone.

Hearing this, the old man and the old man paused one after another.

“...... Boy, will you catch ghosts?"

Looking at Lian Ge, a glimmer of hope flashed in the old man's cloudy vision, and he couldn't help but ask out loud, followed by a little dim, but he still looked at Lian Ge,

Glancing at the expectant gaze of the two old men, Lian Ge turned his gaze back and looked at the closed door of the hall,

"Old gentleman, if it is really a ghost who has a grudge, then the old gentleman thinks that let the village have this nightmare, in this nightmare, what does this ghost want you to do?"

didn't answer, Lian Ge just said something in a calm tone.

Hearing this, the old man fell silent, slowly turned his head, and also looked at the closed door.

“...... He is...... You want us to get out of this house......"

As if thinking, the old man's cloudy eyes were a little trance-like, and he muttered and said out loud,

"What does the old man think will happen when he goes out?"

Without turning his gaze, Lian Ge calmed down and asked again.