Chapter 2 The Sandalwood Box
A busy week of study time passed, and early in the morning, Song An packed up his things and prepared to go home. Song An's house was in a relatively remote place, and he traveled a few times before he arrived. In front of an old villa, Song An walked in slowly, and an old man greeted him
"Miss is back"
"Well, where's Grandma?"
"The old lady is waiting for the young lady in the Buddhist hall"
"I'll go up now"
After speaking, Song An walked into a Buddhist hall, the decoration in the Buddhist hall is very simple, but it looks very solemn, Song An's grandmother sat cross-legged on the futon in a practice uniform, fiddling with the rosary in her hand, until Song An came in, Grandma Song stopped her movements and said
"An An is back"
"Well, grandma, did something happen when you were so anxious to let me come back?"
Song An saw that her grandmother was about to get up, so she stepped forward to help her up, and after that, her grandmother said
"It's time to tell you, come upstairs with me"
After speaking, he took Song An from the back of the Buddhist hall to the attic, and there were various things hanging in the attic, some were wrapped in red cloth, and some were tied with ropes, in short, it looked a little scary. Song An followed his grandmother until he walked to an altar before stopping, in front of the altar there were flowers and three cups of water, and there was a string of colorful bells on the table, seeing such a scene, Song An screamed a little uneasily
"Grandma?"
"An An, don't be afraid, this is the ancestor of the Song family, and this bell is the soul exorcism bell of my Song family"
"How I've never seen one"
"This is handed down by the ancestors, there is a record in the genealogy, but the text on it is too ancient, I can't understand it, and there are not many words handed down, I only know that the ancestors of the Song family at that time were a cultivator who had attained the Tao, and used bells to drive away evil things, and the string of bells in front of you was handed down by the ancestors."
Grandma continued while holding Song An's hand
"An An, after you leave, go to your third uncle's house, there is a carved sandalwood box on the cabinet in my room, you can open it with the key in your hand, there are things I left for you, you have to take good care of it"
"Grandma, what is it?"
"An An is obedient and takes good care of it, grandma is tired and wants to rest, it was grandma who did wrong before, I hope it will be too late"
"Grandma, what are you talking about?"
"An An, let's go, go to your third uncle, you must carefully look at the things in the box, got it?"
"What the hell is in the box, Grandma?"
"Let's go, I'm going to rest"
"Grandma"
"Let's get out"
In grandma's tough attitude, she could only walk out of the villa, when Song An looked back and wanted to take a look at the villa, there was nothing around except a barren, there was nothing around, the villa where grandma had been living was gone, no matter how she looked for it, there was only a ruin, suddenly, a strong sense of fear spread, Song An looked at this ruin in surprise, this was exactly the same as the ruins she saw in the mirror, fear and uneasiness forced her not to dare to continue to stay, she kept running, kept running, only hoping to leave this strange place, This place where there is no grandmother, I don't know how long I ran, I suddenly bumped into Tuolin and his party, Tuolin and three friends originally came to this wasteland as promised, but according to the address sent by the other party, I didn't see any trace of the ancient house here, and on the way back, Song An suddenly ran out of the grass, almost hit the car, and fainted on the side of the road. Seeing that it was an acquaintance, they helped Song An to the car and asked her to rest first.
When Song An woke up, he found that there were two enlarged faces in front of him, one was a handsome man's face, and the other was an extremely weird woman's face, the woman smiled at Song An, blood kept flowing from the corners of her mouth, dripping on Song An's body, the frightened Song An screamed, and pushed the man and woman away with all his strength, at this time, Song An found that this man was Li Yang's cousin Tuolin, and that woman, half of her body had been embedded in Tuolin's body, leaving only a long hair and that weird face, The frightened Song An shouted,
"You, don't come near me!"
With Song An's scream, the woman on Tuolin's body turned into a wisp of breath attached to him, no longer formed, Song An didn't know what the situation was, it was different from what she had seen before, but she didn't delve into it, after all, it was none of her own business, and she left this place in the car of Tuolin and his party and returned to school.
Song An, who was lying on the bed, kept thinking about what his grandmother said, and he didn't understand why his grandmother was so obsessed with getting that thing by herself, and she didn't understand what was wrong with her grandmother. All night, Song An was desperately trying to figure out what was going on in his anxiety. Unable to find an answer, she decided to set off early the next morning to go to the third uncle's house, Song An did not have a good relationship with other relatives, and after pretending to be cold, she left with the sandalwood box. Song An was a little excited for some reason on the way back to school, as if her next life would be completely different from before, it was an inexplicable feeling that was about to overwhelm her?????????????????????????
When Song An returned to the dormitory, everyone else had already gone out, and she found that everyone had not gone to eat with her since they came to this dormitory, except for the first time when they called themselves to eat together, and she couldn't help but be a little disappointed. Song An looked at the box in his hand, sat on the bed, took out the key that his grandmother had given him before, and opened the box. Inside, it was actually the genealogy and bell seen in the attic, the genealogy was wrapped in cowhide, took it out, removed the rope tied to the outside, and removed the cowhide, and there was actually a piece of silk inside, and there was not a single word in the ancient text inside the silk that Song An knew, and in desperation, Song An could only fold it and put it back in the box, at this time, Song An took out another thing, the bell. When she held the bell in her hand, there was a slight coolness from the bell, and the rope that held the bell was a white and transparent thing, a bit similar to ancient silk. There are five bells, red, yellow, blue, green, and white. It was a bit like it was made of glass, faintly revealing a simple texture, out of curiosity, Song An shook the bell, but it didn't make any sound.
"Why doesn't this bell ring?"
Song An looked at the glass bell that didn't ring, and for some reason the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, thinking that it wouldn't ring anyway, and it shouldn't have any effect if she carried it, so she put it on her hand and tried it, but when she wanted to take it off, the bell seemed to grow on her hand, and she couldn't get it down no matter how she got it, and there was a burst of "jingle bells?????????? The sound didn't last long before it disappeared, and when she shook it again, there was no sound, like an illusion.