Chapter 5: A Night of Ghost Tales (4)
"The Night of the Soul, Will Come Back"
As if she didn't dare to look back, she didn't know if there was something more in this room during Xiaoqi's storytelling. But at this time, the coldness on the back of his hand was so obvious and real, as if he swallowed and spat nervously, and glanced at the spirit rhino sitting next to him, but found that the spirit rhino was not abnormal at all.
Is it your own delusion? But at this time, the coldness in his hand became more and more real, and he even felt that hand roaming the back of his hand. Lingxi said that once you participate in the nonsense, you can't stop halfway, otherwise terrible things will happen, and for this, it seems that you can only suppress the fear in your heart again and again.
"So, next up is me, and what I'm telling is my friend's story, a story about the first seven."
After Xiaoqi finished speaking, Xiaoyu beside her began the next story. (The following is the view of light rain)
"When I was in high school, I had a very good friend, I called her Xiaoxin. It was a girl who wore a doll's head and liked to wear floral dresses, and our relationship was very good, but there was only one thing that we couldn't break through, that is, Xiaoxin's grandmother.
Xiaoxin's grandmother is a very traditional and conservative old man, and the concept of living a rich life is still in a kind of landlord class thinking. Although my family is not very rich, it belongs to the family business after all, so in the eyes of Xiaoxin's grandmother, my family's money is unknown, and I am not a good girl.
But Xiaoxin's grandmother loves her very much and dotes on her, except... In terms of spending money. In fact, Xiaoxin's family's living standard is not bad, but her grandmother still spends every penny very carefully, even so fine that she will be furious once she finds out that her family is spending money indiscriminately.
This also prompted Xiaoxin's family to be cautious in buying things, after all, the old man is old, and no one wants to make the old man unhappy because of money. But gradually, my grandmother got old, and there were problems with her physical function, and Xiaoxin's family wanted the old man to be hospitalized, but the old man refused to live or die.
Even if you take medicine, you have to look at the bill, as long as the money is too much, you will not take medicine. Later, Xiaoxin's mother had a big quarrel with her grandmother, everyone knew that the old man was used to life and was reluctant to spend money, but no one could stand such an almost stingy way of saving money. What's more, the physical function of the elderly is getting worse and worse, and the drugs used to maintain the active cells of the body are extremely expensive.
In the end, the old man died without taking a mouthful of medicine, but even before he died, he told his family not to spend money indiscriminately, and not even to hold a funeral for her. The old man passed away, and the family felt uncomfortable, but even if the old man said so, he couldn't even hold a funeral.
I also went to the funeral, although it was not a grand event, but it was also a decent and simple funeral. According to folk customs, one week after the funeral of the elderly, it is the night of returning to the soul, also known as the first seven. The feudal point is that the soul of the old man will come back one day to take another look at his living relatives, and then leave completely.
And on the night of the soul, I didn't go to Xiaoxin's house because I had something to do, but what happened that night made Xiaoxin unforgettable for the rest of his life.
She said that on the morning of the night of the soul, she woke up to find that the statue of her grandmother was placed in front of the mourning hall in the living room for some reason. This is a great disrespect to the deceased, so after Xiaoxin saw it, she hurriedly walked to the offering table and erected the portrait of her grandmother, but she found that the portrait of her grandmother had changed.
I still remember the day of the funeral, the grandmother on the portrait was still wearing a brocade silk coat, with a slight smile on her face, which made people look melancholy but very warm. But at this moment, the gloomy grandmother was wearing tattered old-time clothes, and looked at Xiaoxin through the photo with an angry face.
At that time, Xiaoxin was frightened and put down the statue and screamed, and everyone was woken up by Xiaoxin. Xiaoxin's parents ran out to inquire about the situation, Xiaoxin pointed to the portrait, and his mouth was not clear, but he kept crying. Xiaoxin's father flipped the portrait over and saw the same scene, at this time, the whole family was dumbfounded.
From the morning, there is an eerie and terrifying atmosphere in the house. But no matter what, the day still has to be passed. The paper money incense that should be prepared, and the offerings that should be prepared are also a lot. After the morning turmoil passed, everything was calm again, except for the portrait that I don't know if it was changed or what.
In the evening, Xiaoxin's uncle came back from outside with a pale face, saying that he saw a figure in the cemetery that looked like his grandmother... The whole family was even more in a panic, but they still had to figure things out, so the family came to the cemetery with Xiaoxin's uncle at night.
When everyone came to the cemetery, they saw a rickety figure standing in front of the grandmother's grave, which was the most familiar figure of the grandmother. The figure kept tapping at the grave, hunched over as if looking for something.
Xiaoxin's father dared to call 'Mom', and the figure suddenly stopped. The figure slowly turned around, and the ragged grandmother stood in front of the grave and watched everyone! At that time, Xiaoxin's relatives were frightened and fainted.
I saw my grandmother standing in front of the grave, holding the funeral goods given to her by the family, which were valuable jewelry and precious old objects of her grandmother during her lifetime. Grandma threw all the things in her hand at Xiaoxin's family, still muttering in her mouth: "You losers, what are you good things for me?!" Keep it for you to use later! Dare to lose, I will come back! ’
Xiaoxin's family didn't care whether it was haunted or dreaming, so they hurriedly took those funeral goods and ran home with the frightened fainter. When I got home, I saw the statue in the hall, my grandmother was wearing a brocade silk coat, with a relieved smile, and saw Xiaoxin's family through the photo.
Later, Xiaoxin told me that the next morning, when everyone thought it was a dream, they found that the funeral goods were safely placed on my grandmother's offering table, but there was no trace of the tombstone being excavated.
Xiaoxin's grandmother is not stingy, but thinks about everything in the long run, the ancient objects she left behind, it is said that they are ancient collections, after Xiaoxin's father had a car accident, these old objects were treated, and the money in exchange saved her father's life and the future of the whole family. ”
Xiaoyu's story is finished, although the scene of the night statue of the soul makes people feel cold, but the old man loves his descendants after all, but few people can understand this 'stubborn' view of wealth now.
When Xiaoyu's candle was blown out, it seemed to come out of the story, but then, the cold hands had climbed down Wanru's arms to his shoulders, and even seemed to feel something on his back constantly approaching, but it was getting colder and colder, like a dead corpse crawling up.