The next time I saw Erya, it was on the night of her first seven.

I heard Aunt Gen next door say that the eldest of Luo Siye's family came out to raise donations, saying that she wanted to find a piece of land for the child to bury, find someone to do a ritual to override, and raise money from each family.

On the one hand, the people in the village were afraid of his family's prestige for many years, and on the other hand, they took pity on the child's misery, and they all took more or less money to donate. Later, when the boss came to my yard, I gave me a little money.

But Luo Siye's family then found a pit for the child to bury in the forest in the back mountain, and invited someone to come to chant the scriptures for the first seven nights. The so-called invitation is just that the old woman invited several mothers-in-law from the same village to come to the house to recite a sutra of the past life.

It was only on the night of the first seven days that I saw Erya in my yard. She stood under the old locust tree, thin and weak, still wearing the shabby clothes, and her hair was messy, as if she could fall down when a gust of wind blew.

But then a real gust of wind blew, and her figure dissipated in the wind. I stood in the room, holding Xiao Hei, looking through the window at the second girl who disappeared under the old locust tree, and felt that she was very pitiful but powerless.

Not far away, the sound of "dong dong" knocking on the wooden fish came from Luo Siye's house, accompanied by several old women, as if there was no sound of chanting. Every household closed its doors and windows and paid no attention to their movements. Their family is so tormented, it is not so much that they are uneasy as they are made to show the people in the village, but people are no longer in the mood to watch the play, and every family is closed.

"Alas, who doesn't know what is going on here, why do you want to do such a thing to cover your ears and steal the bell!" I touched Xiao Hei's plush body and asked, "Xiao Hei, did you say that?" ”

Xiao Hei didn't make a sound, and his two cat's eyes kept staring at the old locust tree. Tonight it seemed to be particularly impatient, and I kept holding it, but I obviously couldn't soothe its feelings.

Finally, "meow", Xiao Hei screamed, and burst out of my arms.

I exclaimed, "Blackie, where are you going so late?" ”

Before I could finish shouting, Hei had already jumped onto the wall and soon disappeared into the night. I chased it out, it's so late, where are you going?

At this time, the moon was gradually covered by dark clouds, the mountain wind was howling, and the night owl was wailing, showing a terrifying and unusual silence, and there was a depressing feeling that the mountain rain was about to come and the wind was full of buildings. The night fog is blurry, the shadows of the mountains are vague, and the mountains and forests are like a lurking beast, ready to pounce at any time.

I shuddered inexplicably, but my steps didn't stop.

What I didn't know was that behind me, a handsome young man slowly appeared, it was Luo Hongxuan.

Luo Hongxuan followed unhurriedly and watched from afar.

At this time, the little black cat was running to the yard of Luo Siye's house, it did not enter the courtyard, but jumped on the wall, paced a few steps on the wall, and lay down quietly, staring at the yard with both eyes.

The courtyard of Luo Siye's house is now brightly lit. In the middle of the courtyard, the second sister-in-law was burning clothes in a brazier, which were all usually worn by the second girl, and there were few pieces, all of which were left to her by the eldest girl, small and old.

"Erya, A-Niang is sorry for you, I didn't protect you well."

The second sister-in-law cried in a low voice and whispered: "Don't complain about your mother, your mother can't help it, it's okay if you go, so you don't have to stay in this house and suffer crimes." ”

The second sister-in-law wiped her tears, burned her clothes, picked up another rag doll, and threw it into the brazier.

"Erya, A-Niang will burn your favorite doll to you, and in the future, my little brother will never snatch the doll with you again."

Here, the second sister-in-law was silently burning things, and in the hall, Mrs. Luo Si took a few old women, chanting the mantra of the past in her mouth, shaking her head, so lively. Reading and reading, Mrs. Luo Si knocked forward, almost falling down, so shocked that the other mothers-in-law stopped chanting, and looked at her, it turned out that she was reading with her eyes open, and she fell asleep after a while.

Everyone looked at each other, "Hehe, keep reading, keep reading." Mrs. Luo sat down again, strengthened her spirits, and urged everyone to continue reading.

At this time, Luo Er staggered out with the wine jar, and when he saw that the brazier was burning in the yard, he stepped forward and kicked it over.

"Cry, cry, cry, cry! You thief mother-in-law, what are you burning, you still don't think your family is poor enough! ”

He saw that his daughter-in-law was wearing a white flower on her head, and he stepped forward and tore it off.

"Lao Tzu is not dead yet, you thief mother-in-law, who do you wear filial piety to!"

The second sister-in-law did not dare to resist, and fell to the ground, allowing him to kick and curse. Soon, her hair was scattered, and the corners of her mouth were bloody, but she didn't cry, and her tears were left for her daughter.

When I saw the second sister-in-law like that, I had an impulse in my heart to rush up, and I really wanted to slap Luo Er. However, this is someone else's family matter, what can I manage as an outsider?

Mrs. Luo Si heard the movement and rushed out of the hall.

"Ouch, my good baby, why are you drinking again, come into the house and rest, don't let this woman touch her head!"

She stepped forward, hurriedly helped her son, and walked inside.

"Mother, look at this thief who is a loser, she actually burned our family's things!"

Luo Er pointed at his daughter-in-law on the ground, and wanted to step forward and kick him twice.

"I didn't burn it indiscriminately, I just burned some old clothes for Erya." The second sister-in-law responded timidly.

"Dare to talk back when you say you!"

Luo Er broke free from his mother's pull and kicked it again, and the second sister-in-law suddenly covered her chest, and the blood at the corner of her mouth flowed more.

Suddenly, the wind in the yard suddenly rose, the doors and windows suddenly "snapped, snapped", and the lights in the house went out. The sound of the wind whirring was particularly loud in this night that was originally terrifyingly quiet, and the dark clouds in the sky obscured the moonlight, leaving it dark. The wind of this evil gate blew up the ashes in the brazier and swirled in the courtyard, and the sparks flickered and dimmed.

Luo Er, who was beating and scolding his daughter-in-law in the yard, felt a chill on the back of his neck, shivered, and felt an eerie and terrifying chill rushing up. The fourth mother-in-law Luo beside her trembled and reached out to pull her son.

"Old ...... Second, this ...... Bite...... What's going on! She was stammering a little.

Luo Er was also timid this time, stopped beating and scolding, and hid behind her mother.

"Auntie, why is it suddenly dark?"

The second sister-in-law who fell to the ground half propped herself up at this time, wiped the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, and looked at the brazier that had been kicked over by Luo Eryi. At this time, it was pitch black inside and outside the courtyard, only the brazier still had sporadic firelight, and the half-burned rag doll.

Several mothers-in-law in the room were huddled up and trembling out at the moment.

"Look!" One of the mothers-in-law stretched out his finger and pointed tremblingly behind Luo Er's back.

Everyone looked for prestige, only to see a child hanging on Luo Er's back.