Peal pedal, pedal, pedal.

A rush of footsteps mixed with gasps rushed towards my dorm room. I closed the book in my hand and waited for someone to push the door open. With the school holidays, there were only me and my roommate Jiang Laosan in the entire dormitory.

"Alas, I said, we can't live here, it's too scary, Xu Laosi. Jiang Laosan pushed the door open and quickly closed it, as if there was something behind him for fear of following up. He hadn't even wiped the toothpaste foam from the corner of his mouth when he went downstairs to wash.

"Look at the look on your face. I threw over a bottle of water, Jiang Laosan quickly caught it twice, and drank it all up. "Brother, it's really not your third brother who scared you, how do I feel that nothing good has happened in the past half a month. Jiang Lao Sanyi sat on his bed.

"The third child, it's really not a brother who said you, we can be regarded as growing up under the national flag, how can you still believe in these things. I deliberately put on a very weird smile, and the third child was furious: "Don't, it's not as scary as your smile." ”

I touched my nose in embarrassment. According to the words of the third child, he originally looked very ordinary face, but this smile can scare crying children.

I have a good idea of what happened to the third child. Ever since I was ten years old, I've been surrounded by weird things for the past eight years. At first, I thought it was a prank by a child, but I didn't see any other children. When I was in my hometown in the countryside, either the glass of the front window was broken, or the courtyard wall in the backyard collapsed. The people in the village said I was provoking something unclean. But all I remember is a car accident on my 10th birthday, but luckily I didn't have anything, and then I can't remember either the previous memories or the memories of the whole year of my 10th birthday. Seeing that my eighteenth birthday is approaching, there have been more and more strange things in the past half month. For example, in the middle of the night, there is a sudden sound of flushing water in the bathroom, the sound of leather shoes walking in the corridor, and the lights in the dormitory suddenly turn on and off. Fortunately, the third child was bold, otherwise he would have run away.

"I almost forgot something, there is a letter from you at the door of the mailroom on the first floor, and when I went upstairs just now, I saw that there was your signature, so I took it easily. The third child handed me a crumpled letter from his jacket pocket.

I took the letter, and I had no doubt about the familiar handwriting. "My grandfather wrote it to me. ”

"What age is it, and his old man is too old to keep up with the times. The third child was lying on the bed with a grin, as if he was not the one who was scared half to death just now.

"Glorious traditions cannot be lost. Although there is a telephone, I am reluctant to pay for the phone. "I probably glanced at it, it's grandpa, I'm going back before my birthday, and I can't forget it. When I came to the county to go to school, my grandfather told me again and again that I had to return to the village before my eighteenth birthday. "Grandpa asked me to go back in the past two days, after all, I haven't been back for two years. Do you want to come with me? You don't have anywhere to go anyway, and I don't think you have the courage to stay here when I go back. ”

"Fourth, who are you buriing?" Jiang Laosan sat up angrily, "If your third brother didn't have the courage to go to eat Haisai with the eldest and second brother, he would still be here to accompany you?" The third child's family is not in the county seat, it is another village that I have never heard of, and it is said to be far away. The eldest and second are different, the twin sons of a well-known local nouveau riche. It's a nouveau riche, but it's all good to us. Before the holiday, I bought a lot of food, saying that I was afraid that the third child and I would be reluctant to eat.

"Anyway, fourth, when are we going back?"

"Then tomorrow, I'll call home tomorrow morning, let's pack up and leave tomorrow, just in time for tomorrow afternoon." I glanced at my phone, "It's getting late, I'm turning off the lights." ”

Although there are always some strange phenomena, I have to say that the quality of our sleep is not bad. Especially the third child, it was his snoring that woke me up several times. I came back from washing and found that he was still sleeping, so I picked up my pillow and threw it in his face, directly waking him up, and looked at me at a loss: "Fourth, what kind of wind are you smoking?"

I packed my backpack and looked at him funny: "If you don't get up and pack up, you won't be able to catch the car in a while." ”

"Oh yes, look at my brain. The third child quickly got up and cleaned up.

There is only one car a day to my hometown of Xujia Village, and we are in a hurry to catch up. Before getting in the car, I called home, and my grandfather said that my third uncle would pick me up. It's good for me to think about it, the road in this village is not easy to walk, and the third uncle's family has an ox cart, and if we go back, we will have to wear out our shoes.

When I got off the train, the third uncle was already waiting for the two of us at the station, and he was still holding his old scalper. Although it is a station, that is, it is similar to the bus station in the city, just a brand.

"Hey, Xiao Xiaozi hasn't seen him for two years, and the eldest third uncle is almost unrecognizable. The third uncle grinned excitedly when he saw me, and the crop man's dark complexion was very white. Took my bag and threw it on the cart pulled by the old cow, "This is your roommate, get in the car, don't let your grandfather wait." ”

"Hello third uncle, I am his roommate, my name is Jiang Yunfeng. Jiang Laosan was not polite, said hello and sat down directly.

The old scalper pulled the cart with three people and walked towards the village.

"Third uncle, you and your aunt have been doing well in the past few years?" I said while looking at the scenery around me that had not changed much, and the third uncle opened the conversation box and talked endlessly about the changes in the past two years, how rich the village is, and how good my family is. I can't talk about the shortcomings of my third uncle, and the only shortcoming is that he talks endlessly about himself. The third child also listened to this all the way, and I don't know how long I walked and finally saw the entrance of the village.

"Alright. You two go back first, and I'll send the old cow back to your house." "The third uncle led the cow to his house, his house is in the east of the village, and my house is in the west of the village.

"Okay, fourth, your village is richer than mine, I don't know how much, the two-story small western-style building of this household looks magnificent. The third child looked left and right, and pointed with his hand; "Do you see that three-story building not far away?"

I hurriedly interrupted him: "Don't think too much, you see the small building, do you see the small courtyard next to the small building?"

Jiang Laosan looked at the courtyard next to the small building, with a disappointed face: "Don't say it's your home." ”

"Shouldn't I say I'm sorry to disappoint you?" I walked over quickly, ignoring the third child. Although it was a little far away, I still saw two pieces of red paper pasted on the wooden door at the entrance of the small courtyard of my house. Getting closer and closer, I finally saw clearly, two happy words.

The third child also saw it and asked, "Fourth child, do you have any brothers and sisters?"

I stopped, feeling a little wrong, "I'm an only child. ”

Neither of us spoke, but stood dumbfounded not far from the door, and after a while, I saw my grandfather come out on crutches. The wrinkles on his face have aged a lot in the past two years. looked at me who was staying at the door: "Xiaoxiao is back? ”

Maybe I was too careful, I kicked the third child, "Don't be stunned, go home." ”