Story 30: The Secret in the Kiln (1)
Zhao Sihai is the most wimpy man in the village, after his wife ran away with a wild man in the field three years ago, he went to many places to look for it, but he didn't even find a figure, and then he had to go to the court to sue for divorce, and finally waited for more than a year before the court granted a divorce.
In the past three years, Zhao Sihai has been looking for news from his ex-wife, as long as he listens to anyone who says, where there is someone like his ex-wife Zhang Hong, he hopes that she can come back, but his hopes are always disappointed again and again.
In the end, Zhao Sihai's aunt couldn't stand it anymore, so she came to persuade Zhao Sihai every day, asking him to let go of that shameless woman, while he was still young and had a few dollars in his hand, wouldn't it be good to find a good woman to live again?
I don't know if Zhao Sihai really listened to the persuasion, or finally gave up on Zhang Hong, and agreed to find another woman to marry.
This coke spoiled his aunt, so she mobilized all her sisters in the ten miles and eight towns over the years to help her stupid nephew introduce a partner.
Not to mention, it's really a lot of people and great power, this is not a little widow in her 30s in the neighboring village named Wang Meiyu, the man died in a car accident the year before last, and the two of them have no children, and then go around looking for a suitable master to remarry!
It's true that someone sent an umbrella as soon as it rained, Zhao Sihai secretly took a look at this Wang Meiyu, not to mention, he fell in love at a glance.
So the two of them didn't waste much time, they weren't young anymore, so they quickly organized a family, had another child, and the next good days were not going to be passed day by day?
The aunt specially found a matchmaker to come to the door to officially propose a kiss, although they are both second marriages. But as soon as she thought of Zhao Sihai's ex-wife, her hateful teeth itched, this time this nephew and daughter-in-law were in her favor, and she must help him do a good job of happy events!
The wedding day was particularly lively, and people who didn't know thought it was the first wedding? The neighbor's Aunt Liu's family also helped out, and they have been old neighbors for decades.
When she married Zhang Hong and entered the door, her Aunt Liu was not optimistic, saying that this woman looked like a fox, and Zhao Sihai's life would definitely not be solid in the future, and then she was really right by her.
After marrying Wang Meiyu. The life of the two is not bad. Zhao Sihai is a mason, and his skills are quite good, so there are always a lot of jobs to find him, and he also goes out early and returns late every day. He could hardly help with the work at home. This newly married daughter-in-law is quite diligent. He is a good hand at home and abroad.
In the countryside of Northeast China, every family has a kiln that they dig to store some food such as cabbage and potatoes for the winter. That night, Meiyu was going down to the kiln to get a cabbage to cook.
But as soon as she got off the kiln, she felt inexplicably scared in her heart, this kiln was not the first time she came down, but she had come down during the day before, and today because she wanted to add a dish temporarily, she came to the kiln after dark.
She can't tell how she feels, as if someone has been staring at you, and there is no light in the kiln, they all light candles by themselves, and they are all impermeable earthen walls on all sides, but the flames of the candles always flicker like the wind blowing.
Meiyu became more and more panicked, she wanted to pick up some cabbage and potatoes quickly, but the more she wanted to hurry, the slower the movements in her hands became, and in the end she simply took only one cabbage and climbed out.
But as soon as she was halfway up the climb, the candle in her hand was blown out by a gust of wind, and she shuddered, and her feet slipped and fell from the wooden ladder.
Fortunately, the kilns in every house were covered with fine sand, and it didn't hurt much, but Meiyu was just about to get up and lie down, when she felt something slip over her face, she was shocked, why did it look like a lock of hair on her face.
The frightened Meiyu scratched and pulled on her face for a while, but she didn't scratch anything, she thought about it at this time, but she felt that her feet were weak, and she couldn't get up, the more she was afraid, the more she felt that there was another person in this dark kiln besides herself.
Zhao Sihai's father saw that Meiyu went down to the kiln to pick up vegetables, but he didn't come up for a long time, so he took a flashlight to the mouth of the kiln and took a picture inside, saying: "Meiyu, why haven't you finished picking it up yet!" You don't take too much at once, just eat as much as you want. ”
As soon as he said this, Lao Zhao Tou was suddenly stunned, he shook his flashlight inside, and suddenly seemed to see his former daughter-in-law Zhang Hong, who sat on the ground with a frightened buttocks.
At this time, Zhao Sihai happened to come back and saw his father sitting at the mouth of the kiln, and the flashlight in his hand also fell to the ground! He hurriedly stepped forward to help his father and said, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" ”
Lao Zhao pointed to the kiln and said tremblingly: "Zhang ...... Zhang Hong......"
Zhao Sihai's face changed and said, "Dad, what are you talking nonsense?" How could Zhang Hong be in the kiln. ”
At this time, Meiyu in the kiln heard Zhao Sihai's voice, so she cried and said, "Sihai, I'm below, I fell off the ladder." ”
As soon as Zhao Sihai heard it, it turned out that Meiyu was inside, so he immediately went down to the kiln and carried Meiyu out of it.
As soon as Meiyu came up, she said that there were ghosts in the kiln, and Zhao Sihai bluffed and said: "What nonsense, you pick up vegetables in the kiln every day, so you can only scare yourself!" ”
"Sihai, it's really scary inside, I used to go down to pick up vegetables during the day, but I didn't expect it to be so dark at night!" The more Meiyu thought about it, the more scared she became, and said that she would definitely not go to the kiln next night.
After Zhao Sihai carried Meiyu on his back, he caught a glimpse of a long and curly yellow hair on her shoulder, he was shocked, and then quietly flicked it off with his hand before Meiyu found out.
That night, Zhao Sihai took advantage of Meiyu's sleep, so he secretly went to his father's house, and his father was also sitting in the house smoking a dry tobacco bag with a sad face!
When he saw Zhao Sihai walking in, he wanted to say something to him, but he was choked back by Zhao Sihai's words: "Dad, don't scare yourself every day, if there is really a ghost, will you wait until today?" ”
Old man Zhao didn't squeak, just smoked the dry tobacco pouch one after another, and said slowly after a while: "I don't care, they are all half-buried people in the loess, but your kid is just out of the sun, and now the new daughter-in-law has also married back, I still expect you to add a "belt" to our Zhao family!" No more troubles! ”
"Dad, don't worry, only the two of us know about this matter, if you don't say it, if I don't say it, others will never know about it for the rest of their lives." Zhao Sihai said with a cold face.
Old man Zhao thought about it, but he couldn't get rid of his sad face.
The next day, Zhao Sihai went to build a house for someone else's house early, and when he left, he explained to Meiyu, don't go to the kiln if you have nothing to do, that place must be yin, she hasn't given birth to a baby yet, her body is not strong, and she will wait for him to come back if she wants to take anything.
Meiyu nodded after hearing this: "I know, you let me go down, I don't dare to go down these days, you work more during the day, pay more attention to safety, and come back early at night." ”
Zhao Sihai agreed and hurriedly went out, it was winter, and there was no work in the field, as soon as Zhao Sihai left, Meiyu couldn't stay at home, and the father-in-law in the West House coughed all day long, and she was upset when she heard it, so she ran to isolate Liu Marry's house and went to the door. (To be continued.) )