At night, the two of them were working at their desks, of course, Nie Zhijun was writing, while Zhang Liang was playing games. They went about their own business, and no one bothered anyone. Suddenly, there was a cat meow outside, and Zhang Liang picked up the broom without saying a word and went out to fight the cat.

Nie Zhijun hurriedly stopped Zhang Liang and asked, "Xiao Zhang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Zhang Liang said indignantly: "Don't mention Brother Nie, the first night I moved here, I let this dead black cat scare me half to death, and if I don't fight it today, I won't be surnamed Zhang!" ”

Nie Zhijun hurriedly stopped Zhang Liang and said, "Don't hit it, this black cat is still particular in our hometown?" I'll tell you a little story about a black cat, and you promise not to hit it again. ”

As soon as Zhang Liang heard that there was a story to hear, he no longer thought about going out to fight cats.

Nie Zhijun slowly told a legend about a black cat that was widely circulated in their hometown.

Legend has it that this pure black cat can be psychic, so no matter who has a white thing, there must be relatives to guard in front of the spirit, for fear that a black cat jumps on the coffin to lend gas to the dead, so that the dead will cheat the corpse.

A few days ago, Mrs. Liu from Shanggangzi Village passed away, and she didn't walk very well at that time, and people were hanged, which is not a good death in the countryside. Just because he was a little angry with his daughter-in-law, he didn't think about it for a while, and he hanged himself on his house.

The next day, the daughter-in-law saw that the old lady did not come out to cook in the morning, so she went back to her parents' house angrily. The old lady's son was also a wreck, and when he saw that his daughter-in-law was gone, he didn't stay at home anymore, and went to Zhao Er's house in the west of the village to play cards.

In the evening, the son of the Liu family remembered that he wanted to take his daughter-in-law back, so he hurriedly went to his daughter-in-law's house and picked up his daughter-in-law. As soon as the two of them came home, they didn't feel right, if it was usual, the old lady's room would definitely have the lights on, because she liked to do some needlework or something, so she wouldn't go to bed early.

The daughter-in-law stabbed her man and said, "Go, see what's wrong with your mother?" Why did you fall asleep when it was dark? ”

The son of the Liu family is an honest man, and after listening to his daughter-in-law's words, he pushed open the door of the old lady's room. At that time, there was no light in the house, and the black was rumbling, so he called his mother and touched the pit. Suddenly, he bumped into something cold and stiff. He touched it with his hand, and it felt like a pair of cotton shoes. The son of the Liu family chuckled in his heart, and then touched upward, obviously feeling that it was two human legs.

At this time, his eyes also adjusted to the darkness in the room, and he slowly raised his head to look up, and let out a miserable cry of "Ah......h He saw a miserable white face, and this face was none other than his wife!

Mrs. Liu's son ran out in fright, and his daughter-in-law asked angrily when she saw his bear-like appearance: "What are you panicking about?" I saw the ghost! ”

"Mother, my mother...... My mother, she hanged herself! After saying this, the others also collapsed on the ground.

As soon as it was dawn the next day, everyone in the village knew about Mrs. Liu. The village chief and some old people in the village came to Mrs. Liu's house to help Zhang Luo in her funeral. As soon as the village chief saw that Mrs. Liu had hanged herself, he asked the daughter-in-law of the Liu family if she had quarreled with her mother-in-law?

Mrs. Liu's daughter-in-law said that she was wronged, saying that she went back to her parents' house that day and didn't know what was going on. The village chief asked her man again, but this son of the Liu family is a kind of person who can't make a fart, and he talked for a long time, and he also said something.

The village chief didn't fight each other when he saw that these two people were angry, and said sharply: "The most important thing now is to handle your mother's funeral, and then I will settle accounts with you two!" After saying that, he angrily knocked the cigarette pouch on the sole of his shoe, and went out to talk about it. The son and daughter-in-law of the Liu family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the village chief go out......

When guarding the mausoleum at night, the feng shui master of the village explained: "Someone must guard the coffin." You can't let a wild cat jump on the coffin and borrow air, that's the rule! ”

The Liu family agreed with their mouths, but after the helpers left, the two changed their minds, and the daughter-in-law knew why the old lady hanged herself, and she felt empty. It was the old lady who was angry with herself who hanged herself, where did she dare to keep vigil in the middle of the night!

So she confessed to her man's night vigil. The son of the Liu family had long heard that someone in the Zhao Er family was playing cards at night, and his heart was itchy. I was afraid that my daughter-in-law would not let me go, so now let him keep a watch, just when the time came for his daughter-in-law to sleep, he would sneak out to Zhao Er's house to play cards.

At 12 o'clock in the evening, Mrs. Liu's son had already slipped away to Zhao Er's house. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew out the oil lamp in front of the spirit. "Meow...... Meow ...... "A black cat is approaching the coffin in the mourning shed little by little.

This cat is not a wild cat, but an old cat raised by Mrs. Liu. All these years, only this black cat has been her companion. "Bang......" The black cat jumped on the coffin impartially......

The daughter-in-law of the Liu family slept on the pit until midnight, and suddenly felt very cold on her body, so she got up in a daze and wanted to add a quilt. Suddenly, she saw a dark figure standing on the edge of the kang. At first, she thought it was her own man, "Dead ghost, don't go to guard your mother in the middle of the night, what are you doing running back to the house?" ”

But the shadow didn't squeak or move. She felt a little hairy in her heart, and at this time, the moon outside the window happened to flash out of the clouds, and she looked through the moonlight, "Mom......"

I saw Mrs. Liu wearing a shroud and standing straight in front of her. His eyes glowed green, and a layer of black hair grew on his purple face...... She suddenly straightened her hands and pinched the neck of the Liu family's daughter-in-law...... At this time, behind Mrs. Liu, there were also cats barking from time to time......

The son of the Liu family crowed three times and returned home after dawn. As soon as he entered the house, he saw that his wife's funeral shed was in disarray...... He hurriedly ran back to his house to look for his daughter-in-law, but saw his wife's body lying upright on the floor of the house, and his daughter-in-law was curled up on the pit and shivering.

Since then, the daughter-in-law of the Liu family has gone crazy, and everyone in the village said that it was because she treated her badly when Mrs. Liu was alive, and because she always quarreled with her because of some trivial things, she was angry and hanged. Mrs. Liu's black cat knew that her master had died unjustly, so on the night of the vigil, she ran into the spirit shed and lent Mrs. Liu a breath.

According to the old saying, this old lady Liu should have strangled this unfilial daughter-in-law to death, but she left her life. Is it that Mrs. Liu can't bear that her son doesn't have a daughter-in-law? Or did she run out of breath? No one knows what happened that night......

But since then, it has sounded a wake-up call for the daughters-in-law in the village, and now the daughters-in-law in the village are all good to their mother-in-law, even if they are afraid that they will let the black cat target them one day.

"How's it like that's the story? Are you still thinking about hitting that cat? Nie Zhijun asked Zhang Liang with a smile.

Zhang Liang shook his head and said, "Don't dare, such an evil thing, I will not cause trouble in the future." ”