Chapter 52: The City

This night, Luo Xiaotian tossed and turned several times in a half-dream, and always slept unsteadily.

Suddenly, Luo Xiaotian only felt cold all over her body, like a cool breeze blowing through her body, her whole body trembled, and then she woke up from her sleep in a daze.

When she got up and opened her eyes, Luo Xiaotian's whole body froze.

She didn't sleep in her room, but lay on the floor in front of her house, it was dark all around, and there was no one, only a faint light at the door of the house.

Luo Xiaotian looked up and found that two white lanterns were hanging in front of her house unconsciously, and the black characters were written on the lanterns, which looked very weird.

The yin wind blowing from nowhere, bursts of wind swept through Luo Xiaotian's skin, Luo Xiaotian thought of the black shadow behind her, the whole person was trembling with fright, she slowly stood up, turned around and walked towards the door, wanting to return to her room quickly.

At this time, there were strange sounds in the dark alleys, listen carefully, like the sound of suona blowing when getting married to the bride in the countryside, but there is no lively sound of firecrackers, and the light suona is blowing lonely in the middle of the night, not only does not make people feel festive, but it is creepy.

Luo Xiaotian had a bad premonition in her heart, and hurriedly stretched out her hand to push the door, but unfortunately the door was locked from the inside, no matter how Luo Xiaotian knocked, there was no movement at all.

"Mom, Mom! I'm locked out, help me open the door! The sound of suona was getting closer and closer, Luo Xiaotian was a little anxious, and hurriedly shouted.

Her voice was particularly abrupt in the night, and there was even a faint echo, which made Luo Xiaotian a little hairy.

She shouted, but she didn't dare to shout anymore, so she could only push the door frantically.

At this time, the sound of suona suddenly stopped.

There was a dead silence all around, Luo Xiaotian slowly stopped knocking on the door, and then turned her back on the wall next to the door.

When she saw what appeared in front of her, Luo Xiaotian softened, and her whole body was almost paralyzed.

Several paper figures carried a sedan chair, and quickly floated in front of Luo Xiaotian without touching their feet, the pale face of the paper paste was pale and scary, and what was even more terrifying was the eyes and mouth painted in ink, the corners of the mouth were distorted and raised, hooking a weird smile, which was even more stiff and twisted against the bright red faces on both sides of the cheeks.

The sedan chair they were carrying was also papier-mΓ’chΓ©, and the entire sedan chair was painted bright red, and at this time, four more paper figures came out from behind the sedan chair, two paper men held suona in their hands, and the other two grabbed paper money, in front of Luo Xiaotian, the two paper figures shook their bodies and sprinkled the paper money in their hands around.

I don't know which paper figure suddenly spoke, and his voice was sharp and thin in the night: "The bride is on the sedan chair!" ”

"No...... I won't ......" Luo Xiaotian was so frightened that she was about to cry, huddled in a ball and shook her head in the corner.

Seeing that Luo Xiaotian couldn't come, the two paper men who threw money turned their heads and floated towards Luo Xiaotian's location.

The closer he walked, the clearer the paper man's face became under the reflection of the miserable white lantern, and Luo Xiaotian just wanted to reach out and push them away, but a red hijab fell down on his head and face, completely blocking Luo Xiaotian's vision.

In the next moment, Luo Xiaotian's whole person was carried, and the paper man grabbed her and staggered a few steps, and then suddenly stuffed Luo Xiaotian into the red sedan chair.

Luo Xiaotian hurriedly threw away the red hijab with her free hand, and then reached out to lift the curtain on the sedan chair.

The door of Luo's house, which was still closed just now, opened unconsciously, and Luo Xiaotian's mother stood at the door with Luo Yaozu, crying in the direction of Luo Xiaotian: "Daughter, the daughter I have raised for more than ten years...... You got married like this, and my mother can't bear you! Go to my husband's house to live a good life, and often go back to my parents' house to see!! ”

While crying, Luo Xiaotian's mother took out the dowry that had been prepared long ago, a basket full of papier-mΓ’chΓ© clothes, jewelry, cars, etc., and then burned them on the spot, as a gift to the dead man.

At the same time, several paper figures got busy and moved the chickens and ducks, liquor, pig's trotters, gold, silver and jewelry brought from the man's house to Luo Xiaotian's doorstep.

is different from the paper products prepared by Luo Xiaotian's mother, all the things that the man brought are real, they are all placed at the door of Luo Xiaotian's house, and they are piled high together, and Luo Xiaotian's door almost can't be put down, which looks extremely rich.

Luo Xiaotian grew up in the countryside, of course she knows the local customs, the more bride price the man prepares, the more face the woman has.

If it weren't a dead person who was married to her now, Luo Xiaotian would have gotten so many dowries, and that small box of gold bricks alone would be enough for Luo Xiaotian to be talked about in the village for decades.

But she's getting married now!

Luo Xiaotian wanted to jump off the sedan chair, but at this time, the two paper people who carried Luo Xiaotian onto the sedan chair suddenly made a move to hold down Luo Xiaotian's body.

Luo Xiaotian shouted in the direction of her mother and Luo Yaozu: "Mom! Yaozu!! ”

Luo Xiaotian's mother hugged Luo Yaozu, and the two looked at Luo Xiaotian together: "Good daughter don't cry, mother will go to Han's house with you later to see you get married." ”

At this time, the paper man's twisted and shrill voice sounded again: "The time has come, get up the sedan chair." ”

After finishing speaking, Luo Xiaotian only felt that as soon as the sedan chair moved, the person followed the sedan chair and hung in the air, and the strange suona sound sounded again, and the wind blew into the sedan chair from the outside, making Luo Xiaotian's eyes almost unable to open, and there was no way to turn over and escape.

Luo Xiaotianxin lay in the sedan chair like ashes, and buried her face in her hands in resignation.

A few seconds later, Luo Xiaotian suddenly raised her head, she pinched her thigh with her hand to make herself sober, and then blocked her eyes with her hand, covering the wind a little, and squinted around the sedan chair.

It's just a group of paper people, and a paper sedan chair, which will definitely rush out!

Luo Xiaotian comforted herself in her heart, through the gap in the paper sedan chair, when she found that the paper man was about to walk around the corner and walk towards the entrance of the village, Luo Xiaotian gritted her teeth and slammed the whole person into the gap.

The paper man was carrying the sedan chair to turn, and the center of gravity was already a little offset, Luo Xiaotian hit it like this, and suddenly rolled out of the sedan chair with the help of the center of gravity.

The speed of the paper figure was very fast, so Luo Xiaotian smashed to the ground, and it was very painful, and her back hit the shelf of drying beans in front of a certain house, almost feeling like her waist was about to be broken.

The sound of suona disappeared all of a sudden, all the paper figures stopped, and Qi Qi turned his head to look at Luo Xiaotian.

Their mouths were still raised in unison, but Luo Xiaotian seemed to feel the anger of the paper man with this distorted smile.

Luo Xiaotian moved her body, and the pain made her keep gasping and slowly got up from the ground.

Seeing that the paper man put down the sedan chair and all walked towards her, Luo Xiaotian stepped back step by step, her hand happened to touch the beans that were drying, all of them were red beans, mung beans, white beans, peas and other small beans.

Luo Xiaotian's mind somehow suddenly appeared the words "scattering beans to drive away ghosts", and I don't know where I saw this word before, at this emergency moment, the brain suddenly mobilized the memory that had long been forgotten by her, so that Luo Xiaotian instinctively protected herself.

Luo Xiaotian immediately grabbed a handful of beans and threw them at the group of paper figures!

The beans fell on the paper man's body and fell all over the ground with a clatter.

The paper figures who surrounded them froze one after another, and their speed of action slowed down a lot.

Luo Xiaotian didn't hesitate, grabbed two more handfuls, and quickly sprinkled them on the paper man's body, seeing that the paper man's movements were getting slower and slower, Luo Xiaotian grabbed two more handfuls in his hand, and then quickly ran backwards.

The paper man stopped in place, with a stiff smile on the corner of his mouth, and watched Luo Xiaotian walk away.

Luo Xiaotian ignored the pain in her body and ran as fast as she could, until she was really out of breath, then she bent over and stopped panting.

A pair of feet suddenly appeared in front of me.

Luo Xiaotian stiffened, the panting stopped suddenly, she slowly looked up along the feet, and when she saw the other party's face clearly, Luo Xiaotian took two steps back, and despair gradually appeared in her eyes.

"Han Wenhong......" Luo Xiaotian said tremblingly while panting.

Han Wenhong was wearing a white suit, dressed as a groom, except that his face was paler, his appearance was the same as when he was alive, his hair was cut short, he looked fresh and neat, his facial features were deep, and he was a very handsome boy.

The Han family is the richest man in the local county, and it is also ranked among the richest people in Yoshida City, after the eldest son of the Han family took over the family business a few years ago, the Han family's business has become more and more prosperous in recent years, and it has already become a legend in the county.

When Luo Xiaotian was in elementary school, because of family planning, there were very few primary school students in the entire county, and the local government specially approved the rural areas to go to the county seat to study, and all the students were immediately arranged, Luo Xiaotian accidentally became classmates with Han Wenhong, and also served as a tablemate for six years.

The family backgrounds between the Luo family and the Han family are very different, and the education they have received since childhood is naturally different, Luo Xiaotian was also an uninformed country girl, but under the influence of Han Wenhong, she broadened her horizons a lot in those most important years.

In the first exam, Han Wenhong was directly sent to a middle school, while Luo Xiaotian was also admitted by virtue of his grades, and coincidentally, the two became classmates again.

After going to junior high school, Han Wenhong's height suddenly rose a lot, Luo Xiaotian was a head shorter than him, and the two naturally couldn't sit together. However, after six years of sharing a table in elementary school, the friendship between the two people is still there, and the two of them occasionally talk to each other in the class.

Han Wenhong is good-looking, his family is super rich, he is very popular in school, he is naturally good at handling interpersonal relationships, and he does not look down on others because of his wealthy family, there are not no jealous people in the school, but in the end they are all impressed by him.

It's a pity that God is jealous of talents, the day before the high school entrance examination, Han Wenhong was hit by a drunk driver on the way home, the driver was afraid of taking responsibility, and hit and run with a fluke mentality, Han Wenhong missed the best rescue time, and when he was found by passers-by, he had already died of cardiac arrest.

The Han family was furious, and the drunk driver was immediately arrested and sentenced, but unfortunately, although the murderer was caught, Han Wenhong could never be resurrected.

Knowing that Han Wenhong had an accident, Luo Xiaotian was also sad for a while.

It can be said that Luo Xiaotian can now be so popular in Boyang High School, a big factor is Han Wenhong, she is deeply influenced by him, and she longs to be like him, after so many years of subtlety, Luo Xiaotian finally has the ability to have a good relationship with everyone, and has become the person she once longed for.

When she learned that she was likely to sign a secret marriage with a dead person, Luo Xiaotian didn't expect her parents to marry her to Han Wenhong, after all, the gap between the two families was too big.

It wasn't until she went home today and heard her mother accidentally say that she guessed that it might have something to do with Han Wenhong.

But in her heart, Luo Xiaotian still didn't want to believe that the Han family would do such an unbelievable thing.

She also didn't want to believe that Han Wenhong, whom she secretly admired in her heart, would make a decision to find a living person to marry after death, and she had been following her obscenely as a black shadow.

But at this moment, Han Wenhong appeared in front of her, and Luo Xiaotian had to believe it even if she didn't want to believe it.

"Long time no see, classmate Luo Xiaotian." Han Wenhong looked at Luo Xiaotian and smiled.

Somehow, looking at his smile, the fear and resentment in Luo Xiaotian's heart inexplicably diluted.

After all, he is the person he once admired, and even if he hates him again, he can't erase the reverence in his heart for a while.

Luo Xiaotian said: "I don't want to marry you, it's okay for you to let me go, I'm scared, I just want to live in peace......"

Before Luo Xiaotian's words fell, her mother's voice suddenly came from behind her: "Luo Xiaotian! What nonsense are you talking about! ”

Immediately afterwards, not only Luo Xiaotian's mother, but also the parents of the Han family, and a strange old woman wearing a cheongsam also walked out, looking at her dress, I am afraid that she is the person invited by the Han family to preside over the secret marriage.

Luo Xiaotian found that although she had escaped, the direction of running was the location of the village entrance, less than thirty meters in front of her at the moment, the deserted courtyard had been arranged to look like a happy house, but it was different from the red silk hanging on the ordinary people's marriage, the door of the house was hung with white lanterns and white silk flowers, the door of the courtyard had been opened, and there were several white lanterns lit inside, with guΓ² candlelight, and it was faintly visible that a table was placed in the courtyard, and a large photo of Han Wenhong was placed on it.

"Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, everyone is here, let's go to the church." After Luo Xiaotian's mother reprimanded Luo Xiaotian, she flattered the Han family's parents.

The Han family's parents looked at the reluctant Luo Xiaotian, and Han Wenhong's mother frowned slightly: "Didn't you say that your daughter is willing to marry our Wenhong?" What's going on now, why are you crying and crying, so reluctantly? ”

Luo Xiaotian's mother immediately explained: "Xiao Tian is young and not very sensible, she clearly promised to be good before, but she is a little scared when she sees the paper man, after all, the child has not experienced this, and she will figure it out in the future, not in the way." ”

Han Wenhong's father looked at Luo Xiaotian and said: "Xiaotian, you have been classmates with Wen Hong since you were a child, Wen Hong has often talked to you in front of us before, saying that you are a very good girl, we are parents, and we can also see that he has a little bit of thought, but at that time you were still young, and junior high school students can't fall in love early, so they pretended not to know, and ordered Wen Hong to study hard and not think about anything else."

"After Wen Hong's accident, his mother and I often dreamed of him, uncles and aunts were not superstitious people, but after so many years, there has never been a night of restful sleep, so I can't help but ask someone to calculate.

"Coincidentally, you and Wen Hong are of the same age, and the eight characters are very compatible, the two are a match made in heaven, and Wen Hong did like you a little before...... Uncles and aunts can't help but come to disturb your family.

"Although Wen Hong is no longer here, we still recognize you as a daughter-in-law, as long as you keep Wen Hong well, our Han family will definitely not treat your family badly.

"Since you agreed to the conditions offered by your uncle and aunt, we hope that you can keep your credit, is that okay?"

Luo Xiaotian couldn't help but shake her head: "I didn't agree, I never promised to marry this underworld!" ”

As soon as Luo Xiaotian's words came out, the Han family's parents immediately changed color, and Luo Xiaotian's mother rushed directly to Luo Xiaotian reluctantly, and slapped Luo Xiaotian hard in public: "Dare to say that you didn't agree, you forgot how you promised your mother when you were a child, as long as it's for this family, you are willing to do anything!"

"The uncles and aunts of the Han family have promised, once you get married, they will treat you like a daughter, and in the future, your high school tuition and college tuition will all be covered, you want to study in graduate school, take the doctoral examination, and want to study abroad, these things that your mother couldn't promise you before, can now be realized! Whichever company you want to work in, your uncle and aunt will also arrange it for you!

"And your younger brother, the primary school will go directly to the best primary school in the county, and when he is a little older, he will be sent to the city's key middle school, and in the future, Yaozu's university and work, marrying a wife and buying a house, the Han family will be responsible for everything, what else are you not satisfied with?!"

"Mom taught you since you were a child, you can't be so greedy, you girl, why can't you listen to adults?!"

After speaking, Luo Xiaotian's mother turned around and bowed apologetically to the Han family's parents and apologized: "This Xiaotian, she left me to study in Baofeng City, and I don't know which bad person instigated her to become like this." But Xiao Tian is really a good child, she can't think about it for a while, but she will figure it out later, and she will rely on the two in-laws to teach her a lot in the future. β€œ

The Han family's parents glanced at each other, and Han Wenhong's mother said, "It turns out that she thinks that the conditions of our Han family are not good enough?" That's okay, as long as Xiao Tian can make Wen Hong happy, these little things will be discussed slowly in the future, and within a reasonable range, we will try our best to agree to her request. ”

The goddess who had not spoken on the side said: "The time has come, today's marriage has already been promised to Han Wenhong, Han Wenhong should also be attached to the paper man to worship the church to get married, no matter whether the bride agrees or not, she must worship the church, otherwise the ghost will be angry, turn into a ghost, and never be reborn, whether it is the Luo family or the Han family, it will never be peaceful!" ”

As soon as the goddess said this, both the Han family and the Luo family all shut up and said no more, turned around and walked towards the courtyard.

Luo Xiaotian looked at the group of people crying, and just wanted to say something, but at this time, her hand was suddenly held.

Luo Xiaotian had already turned his head to look at Han Wenhong beside him, and unconsciously, Han Wenhong, who was still a real person just now, turned into a paper man, this paper man is obviously much more delicate than those paper figures carrying a sedan chair, and behind the paper man, the words "Han Wenhong" were also written.

Seeing Luo Xiaotian turn his head to look at him, the paper figure also slowly twisted his body, facing Luo Xiaotian with a stiff face.

Han Wenhong's voice sounded in his ears, as low as when the two of them chatted before, Han Wenhong's soft voice: "Don't be afraid, leave everything to me, let's go to the worship hall first, don't worry, I won't hurt you." ”

Luo Xiaotian was stunned, the familiar tone reminded her of countless pasts, even if the person in front of her became a ghost, scaring her so much that she didn't have a good night's sleep for a while, but Luo Xiaotian still instinctively rose up in her heart.

Moreover, at this moment, she is surrounded, and there is no better way than to believe in Han Wenhong.

"Okay." Luo Xiaotian said, and walked towards the big courtyard with the paper man.

"Worship heaven and earth! Two worship high halls! Husband and wife worship each other! ”

After everyone sat down, Luo Xiaotian was once again covered with a hijab, and under the strange tone of the goddess, Luo Xiaotian and the paper man worshiped the church and got married together.

After three bows, the goddess brought a red rope, one end of which was tied to Luo Xiaotian's hand, and the other end was tied to the paper man's hand.

Subsequently, someone brought "a cup of wine", "descendants dumplings", "longevity noodles" and other items from inside, and now Han Wenhong's photo was put on it for a while, and then brought it to Luo Xiaotian, asking Luo Xiaotian to eat everyone on the spot.

Luo Xiaotian turned her head to look at the paper figure, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of each plate.

After getting some of this, Luo Xiaotian's mother was suddenly overjoyed, and pulled Luo Yaozu to the Han family's parents to keep saying goodbye, as if she had really found a good home for her daughter.

"The auspicious time has come, and it is time for the newlyweds to enter the cave room." At this moment, the goddess spoke again.

The paper people on the side swarmed up and pushed Luo Xiaotian and Han Wenhong towards the room inside, Luo Xiaotian was reluctant to walk, and just walked ten meters away, when he suddenly heard the voice of the goddess and the Han family's parents, as well as Luo Xiaotian's mother.

Because the surroundings were very quiet in the middle of the night, and the paper figure walked without sound at all, even if it was a little far away, Luo Xiaotian also caught the voice of the goddess.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Feel relieved...... Breaking in, Xiao Tian's room was arranged by me...... Her classmates do have some skills, but I also made arrangements in advance...... It's not going to end well......"

Luo Xiaotian listened, and hurriedly turned her head to look at the goddess, but when the room arrived at this time, the paper man pushed Luo Xiaotian suddenly, Luo Xiaotian involuntarily stepped into the room, and before she could turn around, the door was closed, leaving only her and Han Wenhong in the room.

The new house has obviously just been renovated recently, and it is completely decorated according to the new house of modern couples, but the thought of being in the same room with a ghost makes Luo Xiaotian's heart furious.

"Han Wenhong?" Luo Xiaotian called out tentatively.

The paper figure suddenly moved, then turned around.

The moment he turned around, the paper figure changed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and once again turned into the appearance of Han Wenhong's real person.