"I saw my uncle's body, lying on the muddy ground, his clothes red with blood gushing out of his stomach. I also saw the man who killed my uncle, and he was still carrying the long pig-killing knife, circling around beside him, muttering a few words that I didn't understand. The people next to him said that he was crazy, crazy, so the uncle said a few words casually, and the string in his head broke, and he picked up the knife and stabbed the uncle in the stomach. ”

"But only I know that he's not crazy at all."

"I saw the wild ghosts big and small behind him, they surrounded him, and some even climbed his arm, he was held hostage by so many wild ghosts, that's why he killed my uncle."

"That was the first time I felt scared, and the wild ghosts looked at me with a sad smile on their faces, as if to say: If you don't keep your promise, then don't blame us."

"After that, I never fed them again, and every time I saw them, I took a detour because I always remembered that scene, and I didn't want to be coerced by them anymore, and I didn't want to be stuck in such a nightmarish covenant again. If one party does not keep the contract, the other party will pay the price in blood. ”

"That'...... Are you now? Lin Songyao's Adam's apple moved a few times, and his eyes fell on the pot of cold rice in the alley, only to find that it had been eaten up at some point, and the basin was so clean as if it had been licked, he was trembling and couldn't stop, "You ...... now Still feeding them? ”

"I can't help it," his mother looked back at him, and he saw fear in her eyes for the first time, "Yao'er, I can't help it, your father died early, and if we orphans and widows want to live, we can only do this, without their help, we can't live." Were you sick at that time? I can't even get the money to ask Langzhong? I can't just watch you go with your father. This time, though, I didn't...... Didn't feed too much? Probably only a dozen? They eat some leftovers, and we can live in peace? Isn't that great? ”

"That'...... So why should you be afraid? And why are you telling me about it? Lin Songyao looked at his mother's face, on her forehead? Layers of cold sweat? Illuminated by the moonlight, a piece of sparkle.

"There is a famine in the countryside, and there has been no food delivery for a few days, so where is there enough to fill their stomachs with this little thing today? I'm afraid...... I'm afraid they're coming to the door. "Speaking of which? She glanced into the alley, and quickly turned her face away, the horror in her eyes made Lin Songyao couldn't help but shudder, "I'm more afraid...... More afraid that they are not good for you, that they always take away my most important things? It was so before and it is now. ”

These words made Lin Songyao's hairs stand on end? Standing upright, he seemed to be able to see a few wild ghosts squatting at the mouth of the alley? The big red eyes looked straight at him. However, when you see your mother shrinking and trembling? His heart suddenly turned sideways? Grab her arm? He's grown up and can't be under his mother's wings all day, and now he's going to protect her.

"Let's leave tonight, leave here with Grandmother, and go to a place where no one knows us." His tone was very firm, and the perseverance in it made Wu Guirong's heart feel a lot more stable, and he also made up his mind at that moment.

"Hao Yao'er, mother listens to you for everything, anyway, we won't live here for long, let's leave quickly, don't let them find us."

At that moment, Lin Songyao suddenly remembered Chen Yuanlai, and he thought, I don't know if I can see him again? If you can't see it, you won't be able to see each other again in this life. But the thought only crossed his mind for a moment, and then it flashed through him, for his mother suddenly shouted at him, "Go, hurry, they are all pouring out." ”

The bowl at the mouth of the alley cracked, and was trampled on by a few invisible feet.

So the two of them fled to the house in a hurry, and despite their grandmother's inquiries, they began to pack their things. However, when they had packed up their simple household belongings and stacked them on the cart to leave, their mother suddenly stopped, and she looked at the door of the black hole, shaking from head to toe, as if she had suddenly fallen into a seizure.

Lin Songhuan knew what she saw, and couldn't help but tremble in his heart, but he still mustered up the courage, walked over and held her cold fingers, and comforted softly, "Don't be afraid, I'll walk in front, and we'll rush over." ”

"No, when we go out, they will follow, and they won't make us feel better. If we can't eat this meal, they won't make us feel better. ”

"There's still some leftovers......

"It's useless, they know I'm leaving, those things can't perfunctory them." His mother suddenly grabbed Lin Songyao's shoulders, tears welled up in his eyes, this was the first time he saw his mother crying, he remembered that she didn't cry when his father went, and was scolded by his grandmother for this. But only he knows that his mother is not ruthless, but strong, and the hardships of life have already polished her heart into a hard shell, once it is broken, revealing the softness inside, she has no way to continue to hold on.

"Xiao Yao, you two let's go, I'll stay, it's me who doesn't abide by the agreement, I'll stay here, they may not go with you......"

"No, mother," her words were interrupted by Lin Songyao, and he also cried, tears in his eyes, "Mother has done so much for our family, and now that the disaster is at hand, how can I just leave." ”

was arguing, but a voice suddenly sounded at the door, "Song Yao, is there something going on at home?" How...... Why ......" It was Chen Yuan, he looked stunned, looking at the mother and son of the Lin family who were crying, "What's wrong?" Am I ...... Can you help? ”

Later, Lin Songyao thought that his mother should have been murderous when Chen Yuan said he was willing to help. But he didn't remember very well what happened that day, or rather, his mind instinctively resisted this memory, because such a memory would drive him crazy.

He forgot how Chen Yuan was called into the house by his mother, and he forgot what he was doing at the time, as if he was ...... It seems that he was stopped by his grandmother, who had already understood what his mother had been doing in the past few years, and had guessed what his mother was going to do now.

The tragedy happened at this moment, he heard Chen Yuan's screams coming from the house, very soft, as if he had accidentally fallen.

"Chen Yuan?"

Lin Songyao called, but no one answered him, and after a long time, his mother's voice came out of the house, "It's okay, Xiaoyuan knocked his head, I'll help him get some medicine." ”

This sentence did not reassure him, on the contrary, he felt his heart beating violently, as if it was about to burst out of his throat.