Chapter Fifty-Eight: Wood Carving in a Shroud
Old Man Li continued to carve the unfinished wood carving in his hand. A few of us looked at the strange and dazzling wood carving in a red shroud.
"Old man, how do you wear clothes for the wood carvings?" Fu Jiu casually found a small stool to sit down, looking at all the wood carvings in the room, only this one was wearing a red shroud.
When Old Man Li heard Fu Jiu's words, he immediately blew his beard and glared: "What do children know! That is the statue of the goddess who has blessed our village for generations!"
I looked at the wood carving closely, it looked like a half-man and half-woman, it was nothing, but this red shroud was really weird. Fortunately, the wood carving has not yet been painted. If it was colored, I wouldn't dare put it in the house.
The old man ignored us, only carved his own wood carving, and we didn't know what to say, and after a while, a little girl's cry came from outside the house: "Grandpa, I'm back." ”
Xu Wei was very happy to hear the little girl's voice: "Little Feifei is back." ”
She went to help her Aunt Liu work in the field in the morning. "Old man Li talked while carving, Wang Jing and I have been looking at this room, except for the wood carving, there is nothing abnormal.
A girl came in when she opened the door curtain, and the girl was very happy to see Xu Wei: "Sister Wei, are you here?"
The two of them held hands and jumped together. I really can't appreciate the way girls express their friendship, so I secretly asked Wang Jing: "You and your girlfriends are the same?"
She reached out and pinched the flesh on my waist and twisted it hard.
"Take them to your brother's yard to rest. ”
"Okay. Li Fei looked at us, "Come with me." ”
When we saw that the old man didn't want to say anything more to us, we followed Li Fei to the courtyard next door. This yard is also quite large, compared with the old man's yard, there are no wood carvings everywhere, and the yard is much larger. In addition to the kitchen, there are two bedrooms in the back room, and it looks like the three of us are squeezed.
"My brother and my sister-in-law are away from home all year round, but I come to clean every day, and you can live as long as you want, just don't get too dirty. Li Fei casually picked up the kettle on the table, "I'll go boil water for you." ”
"Don't rush yet. Fu Jiu took a closer look at the room, "Let's talk about it first, why did your grandfather get so many wood carvings." ”
Li Fei brought a few stools, and we sat down around the table.
"Grandpa said that when he was young, he was a famous wood carving master, and he would only be able to carve wood for the rest of his life. Originally, he wanted my brother to learn from him, but my brother was not happy, so he went out to work and never came back. ”
"Do you know anything about that clothed wood carving in his room?"
"Bah, you can't talk nonsense. Li Fei heard us talk about the wood carving, and quickly took a few sips, "I heard grandpa say that it was the protector god who appeared in his dream, which gave him countless inspirations, and occasionally gave him dreams, but he couldn't say that it was a wood carving in front of him." ”
I just thought it was funny. This is a goddess and a protector, and he has been clothed, so why don't I believe that he can still get up and move? Besides, why don't you give him such a good wood carving!
"There don't seem to be many people in the village. Lin Yeqing played with this teddy bear. In my eyes, she's having fun with the imp in the teddy bear.
"Originally, there were not as many people as Sister Xu Wei's village, and there were not many tourists in the village, so slowly the people in the village went out to work, and they went to one by one every three or two, and now there are not many people in the village. Li Fei stood up and looked at the clock on the wall, "It's almost five o'clock, I'll go and make you something to eat." ”
This girl is a resolute girl, she says whatever she wants, and she runs out directly when she says she wants to cook.
When I saw that there was nothing special in the house, I came out and stood at the door watching the villagers who occasionally passed by. They don't look at me, and when I greet them, they ignore me. Wang Jing followed me with a thoughtful expression.
"This village seems to be hiding some secret. Wang Jing whispered to me, "Wake up tonight, maybe there is something extra." ”
I was just about to say something, when suddenly I felt a pair of eyes staring at me not far away, and I quickly looked around, but there was nothing.
"You say, is the person who has been trying to hurt me really here?" I had a feeling that my ghost daughter-in-law had been hiding something from me.
"Since she asked us to come, it must have her purpose. Anyway, no matter what the final outcome is, the most important thing is to get back alive. ”
It's strange, many villagers have returned home, but except for Lao Li's house, there is no smoke from cooking on the fire!
Li Fei came over with the food, and Wang Jing and I hurriedly took over the food. Not to mention, this little girl is quite fragrant.
Li Fei made a few simple dishes for us, and the third child's eyes were straight: "Sister, with your craft, whoever marries you is considered to be blessed!"
I hurriedly slapped the old Sanyi arm and told him not to talk nonsense. Xu Wei picked up the chopsticks: "You're welcome, Fei Fei's craftsmanship is generally not edible." ”
I don't know why, but I can always remember the worm I ate now, and I don't have much appetite.
I saw that this table of dishes was not enough for Fu Jiu and the third child to grab, so I hurriedly stopped: "You guys leave some for the old man!"
"It's okay, grandpa only eats in his house, I put it there for him, these are all made for you. ”
After listening to Li Fei's words, the third child and Fu Jiu were even more open to eating. It didn't take long for me to eat a fine finish. I felt a little sick to my stomach after only two bites.
"Okay, you're tired of traveling, you can rest before it's too early, I'll go back to my house, and if there's anything to shout directly in the yard, I can hear it. Li Fei and Xu Wei went back with empty plates and empty bowls.
We three men live in one room, two women and a little ghost in the same room. As soon as Fu Jiu entered the house, he went to four sides and eight forks, fortunately, the kang was big enough, and now the weather does not burn the stove and it is not cold.
"I think there's something wrong with the wood carving in the red shroud. Fu Jiu sat up suddenly, "Whose shroud is so festive, and have you seen it, the wood carvings in the old man's inner room are more or less colored, but the wood carving is not colored at all." ”
"Maybe the old man thinks it's not good-looking. "The third child doesn't care. After following us for so long, this thing is getting more and more bold.
When we first arrived, we couldn't tell why. Except for those wood carvings, the villagers who feel the most uncomfortable to me are, even if they are wooden, they shouldn't be like this, just like the walking dead.
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became. If you want to say that I am not afraid of corpses, but the kind of corpses that can move are a different matter.
"It's not too early, let's wash and sleep. The third child yawned.
"When you're full, you're sleepy. "I gave the third child a blank look. Looking at the time again, it was past seven o'clock unconsciously, and there was no TV or anything in this place, so there was really nothing to do at night except sleeping.
Dangdangdang.
As soon as I lay down, I heard someone knocking on the window, we had just turned off the light, and it was pitch black and I couldn't see anything clearly, and the shadow on the curtain looked like there was someone. I opened the curtain and saw that I was startled, wasn't it the wood carving in the shroud in Mr. Li's house that knocked on the window!