Chapter 40: I Heard You Want to Scold Me?
At four or five o'clock in the morning, the crescent moon hung like a hook in the western sky.
The faint silver light shone obliquely on the cold stone tablet, the crickets chirped bitterly, the grove seemed to be covered with a hazy veil, and the shadows of the strange stones could not be seen in the distance, and the shadows of the trees fluttered, as if someone was waving their hands there.
Squeak.
The sound of a tree branch breaking through the forest sounded, followed by a woman's trembling voice, "Qiang, Hadron, how do you put the cage down here?"
Walking on the path full of rotten leaves in the cemetery, Wang Qiang couldn't help but shiver, the air here seems to be a degree or two cooler than outside, every time he shuttles through a big metasequoia tree, it seems that there is a figure in the dark in front of him from the mottled shadows, I don't know whether it is a man or a woman, take a closer look, but there is no trace, this unknown fear makes people worry, it seems that the ghost of the old man telling stories and coaxing the child's mouth may pop up at any time in front of him.
He pretended to be calm and whispered: "Isn't it just the cemetery, we are not afraid of people when they are alive, what are we afraid of when they die?"
The mother who was carrying the lead bucket behind her said: "That's what I said, but who is gloomy and doesn't feel chilling, by the way, how about you and Secretary Li having dinner yesterday?"
There was a slope in front of him, Wang Qiang grabbed the branch and jumped up, and said casually: "It's okay, Mayor Zhang is also here, they left a phone number for me, saying that if there is anything, you can call them." "I drank late last night, and when I came back, my mother was already asleep.
The mother wondered, "Why are they saying this for no reason?"
Wang Qiang turned around and handed it to his mother, pulled her up the slope, and then told him about 7s.
The two had come to the riverbank.
This used to be the Grand Canal, at a glance, across more than ten meters of the river surface silver light, the water waves, reflecting the appearance of the hooked moon.
After listening to Wang Qiang's explanation, his mother's timidity seemed to be dispelled away with joy, and she asked, "Do they really say that?"
"Really. Wang Qiang squatted on the ground looking for a mark, it was very dark and he couldn't see clearly.
Mother and son were talking.
Suddenly, there was a sound of ropes in front of me, which I couldn't hear very clearly, a bit like the sound of the wind, and like the sound of water.
"Ouch, what's the sound?" said the mother.
Wang Qiang was also nervous, and even instinctively thought about whether there was a ghost, when he was a child, he heard his grandfather tell a story and said that the cemetery was not peaceful.
When Grandpa was young, he made a bet with others, and dared to sleep in the cemetery for a night, when the three young people did not accept anyone, and when he slept until midnight, Grandpa heard a terrible hissing sound and jumped up from the ground and fled home, and then had a high fever for a week, and the other two who won the bet were even more miserable, one went bedridden the next day, and it took a month to recover, and the other was fine at the time, and after a month, he could not find anything wrong and died, and finally he was buried in this cemetery.
Thinking of this, he got goosebumps all over his body, although he advocated science, but there are some things Wang Qiang has always been in awe, and he would rather believe it or not, especially after being reborn, he instinctively worships ghosts and gods, otherwise how can he go back to more than 20 years ago?
Seeing his mother with fear in his eyes, Wang Qiang stabilized his heart and said a few words of relief, but his ears were pricked up, and he wanted to hear what the sound was, but he was already terrified.
“…… Brother, it's not very good ......."
"What's good...... Whoa...... ......"
"Whew...... I'm afraid ......"
The voice was faint and could not be heard really, but Wang Qiang let go of his heart in mid-air, he was very sure that it was a man and a woman who were talking, although it was not clear who would come to the cemetery at this point in time, but as long as it was a person, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"Mom, there seems to be someone in front. Wang Qiang said with a smile.
The mother was shocked and said, "Before dawn, who is so bold to come to the cemetery?"
Wang Qiang also wanted to know about this issue, but it was important to find the place where the cage was placed, so he did not rush up, but followed the mark.
It's weird.
The further you go, the clearer the two voices become.
"There's something over there!" a girl's tight voice sounded, as if scared.
Then, a nonchalant man's voice sounded, "Junjun, how many times have I told you, there are no ghosts in this world, what are you afraid of?"
The girls were crying, "But I'm just afraid." ”
"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. The man comforted: "I don't know who put this cage, there are a lot of fish, I see there are two ropes over there, let's go home after we get up, ho?"
"Okay, okay, then you hurry up. ”
Cage?
Don't know who ordered it?
Wang Qiang was suddenly amused and angry, he had already considered that the cage was too far away from home and might be stolen, so he went to the vicinity of the cemetery where the population was extinct, but he didn't expect to be targeted, he quickly turned around and made a "shhh" gesture to his mother, wanting to see who was so bold.
The mother apparently noticed it too, and nodded knowingly.
The two of them stood on tiptoe and walked forward cautiously, trying not to make any noise.
There are many metasequoia trees on the shore, and the dew that ticks down from time to time is very cool.
Bending over and crossing the crossbar, Wang Qiang had already followed the mark to the place where he was under the cage.
Looking towards the river, I saw two shadows, tall and short, and I couldn't see clearly in the dark, and I could roughly tell that the tall one was a girl and the short one was a man.
With a bang, the short man dragged a long ground cage from the river, "Oh, it's so heavy, there seem to be a lot of fish in it." ”
The tall girl was happy and scared, "So many fish can be sold for a lot of money, right?" Brother, hurry up, I'm really afraid." ”
"Got it, got it. The stout man lifted the cage to shore with all his might.
Wang Qiang beckoned to his mother and walked down cautiously, the ground was very inclined, and he tried his best to hold it on his toes, for fear of falling.
The brother and sister were still talking.
"Wouldn't it be nice for us to steal someone else's cage?" the girl worried.
The man snorted and said, "What's wrong, who made him stupid cheaper than putting the cage down here?" In the dark, he seemed to raise his arm, and his tone was frivolous, "It's not me who I said, if I knew who it was, I would definitely smack him in front of me for two stupid words." ”
Wang Qiang suddenly became happy, quickened his pace and came behind the two, and said without warning, "Oh, I heard that you want to scold me?"
The two of them, who were still talking, suddenly jumped up from the ground.
The girl yelled "Mommy" and was so frightened that she was about to run.
The man was a little better, grabbed his sister's hand, and looked very calm.
It's just that Wang Qiang can see from the crying face that his neck seems to have stiffened and slowly turned around, this person is not much better, especially the two legs in the big pants are trembling violently, you can imagine how frightened this person is.
As the saying goes, people are scared to death.
I'm afraid that's what we're talking about.
However, Wang Qiang had no intention of being scared, he laughed a little angrily, these two brothers and sisters are superb enough, dare to steal their own fishing cage? He opened his eyes and looked to see who it was.