At the time of liberation, people's emotions were still pure. The older the town, the less affected it is from the outside world, and so are the people. I heard that the oldest house in the town is the one where the Juzi family lives - more than 300 years of history, there are six families living in the compound, the courtyard wall is full of creepers, in the middle is a big patio, in the middle of the patio is a well, moss has climbed all over the well platform.

After the liberation, the house was redivided, and Grandma Li and Father Li were unwilling to be assigned here. It's not that this house is bad, the house is very big, clean and refreshing, but at night Grandma Li doesn't let Juzi walk around, she must go home before eight o'clock, and she must lock the doors and windows to sleep before ten o'clock. Kikuko is well-behaved, and she never asks why.

In the deepest part of the courtyard lives an old widow, Zhang Wang, the old lady is very old, this year is in her early 100s, her wife died early, in her early forties, she went first, so far Mrs. Zhang is already four generations in the same house, granddaughter-in-law's grandson is five years old, but they seem to be very busy, basically do not come to see her, the old lady does not complain, saying that she is very good, people like to be clean when they are old, if the children come to see her, she also feels annoyed. Mrs. Zhang lives alone calmly like this, the only deficiency is that the old lady has recently begun to lose her teeth, and people are a little bad, there are young people who ask the old lady how old she is, and the old lady has been saying more than ninety years ago, and has been saying for many years, or more than ninety, and the emotional age is older, and many things are confused.

That day, Kikuko was about to go to school, and suddenly entered the yard with a few big hats, saying that a child in the town was missing, and finally someone seemed to see that it had appeared in this neighborhood.

"Grandma Li, we have asked all the people in the yard, can you see who else is not there, can you call me out? We ask. Police officer Xiao Zhao said.

"Xiao Zhao, it's basically here, there's only an old lady Zhang, in the innermost room, a person over a hundred years old, she looks like she's dying lately, do you still want to ask?"

"That's it, forget it, at such an age, what can I ask、、、、、 our director asked me to take you to say hello, he always told us about his father being a housekeeper in your house in the past, and what happened when he was a child, it's interesting."

"It's been years, and I remember it very well."

"Hmm. Grandma Li, you're busy, let's look elsewhere. ”

When Juzi came back from school, she happened to see Mrs. Zhang washing kitchen knives by the well, and there was a little blood on the knife.

"What do you do, old lady? Kill chickens to eat? ”

"Huh? Oh, Kikuko, yes. Grandma, I slaughtered a chicken today, it's almost gone, just eat some if you can, maybe you won't be able to get up tomorrow. ”

"Why don't you move in with your children and grandchildren? How inconvenient it is to be alone. ”

"Silly boy, it's convenient for a person, but when people are old, they are annoying. It just so happens that I don't want to go, it's clean here, and I'm used to it. ”

Juzi naturally wanted to talk to Grandma Li when she went home, and she talked about Mrs. Zhang.

"You said Mrs. Zhang killed a chicken in the house? Kikuko, you're not wrong, are you? She has no teeth, can she eat? ”

"That's right, she said it herself."

Half a month has passed, and the missing child has still not been found, not only has it not been found, but it has disappeared again.

On this day, when Juzi came back from school, she saw Mrs. Zhang basking in the sun in the yard, and what was still eating in her mouth, "Quack Quack", Juzi looked at the old lady's hand, and seemed to be holding a handful of "golden dates" in her hand - a snack, pasta, without good teeth, you can't bite - Juzi thinks about it, she may not be able to bite it, the old lady's teeth are really good, but Juzi thinks again, no, isn't the old lady's teeth missing?

"Kikuko, have a bit?" As she spoke, Mrs. Zhang handed over her hand, but her hand did not open.

Juzi shook her head and said, "I can't hold my teeth, old lady, your teeth are so good." ”

"The little girl is young, and her teeth are not as good as mine, hehehe、、、、、、" said the old lady smirked, revealing a mouthful of snow-white teeth.

Kikuko was surprised, and when she went back, she told her grandmother.

"Huh?" Grandma Li was also shocked, and said, "Birth, old age, sickness and death are natural laws, and it is normal for people to be in poor health, collapse, and lose teeth when they are old." If you go the wrong way, it will be abnormal, it is said in the ancient book that there must be a demon when things go wrong, Juzi, you stay away from her in the future. ”

Kikuko nodded.

There are children missing in the town one after another, and the town has begun to make trouble, some say that it is a foreign trafficker who came, some say that it is a fox demon, and some people say that it was taken away by a wolf, just like Xianglin's sister-in-law's child, who was dragged into the cave.

That night, because the police came here again to inquire about clues, they were naturally a little busy, so they slept late, Juzi also thought about the disappearance of the child, and felt that this matter was fresh and frightening, and she didn't fall asleep for a long time. Suddenly, a voice came from outside the window, "Quack, quack", I can't really hear it, but Kikuko knows that it's the sound of eating, who? Didn't get enough for dinner? The "rattling" sound sounded under the window for a while and then disappeared, until it was no longer audible, and Kikuko gradually fell asleep.

Mrs. Zhang's health is getting better and better, and she wanders around the yard all day long, basking in the sun, looking for someone to chat, and she was basically two people a month and a half ago. Many people congratulate Mrs. Zhang, saying that people like you must have accumulated virtue in their previous lives, and there are a few people who have your blessings, and they don't ask for help when they get old. Mrs. Zhang smiled, like an old birthday star surrounded in the middle.

The child is still missing, one every ten days, the police are almost unable to withstand the pressure, and the director may also be dismissed.

Grandma Li went to the office that afternoon and talked with the director in the room for a while.

"You give these charms to families with children between the ages of three and eight, and have them put them on the children's beds, in the rooms, and on the children's bodies.

"Did this work?"

"I can't 100% guarantee whether it will work or not, but give it a try."

As a director, he can't be feudal and superstitious, so he asked his subordinates to take the talisman to entrust a Taoist priest to complete the work.

It was the day when the child was supposed to be missing, and in a state of uneasiness the day passed, and the director had been clubbing in the office until the next morning, but fortunately no one came to report the crime.

Juzi didn't see Mrs. Zhang after school this day, the old lady didn't come out for activities today, maybe it's too tiring to be surrounded by people chatting these days, people probably regard her as a fairy, right? Just as Juzi wanted to enter the house, a person came in at the gate of the courtyard, and it was rare to see that it was Mrs. Zhang's granddaughter-in-law who came with her grandson.

"Hello little friend."

The granddaughter-in-law greeted Kikuko.

Juzi saw that the granddaughter-in-law was bright and rich, and she was very young, so she called "Auntie", and her eyes only looked at her baby grandson, who looked so cute, with a pink face, and her little fingers were full and round, somehow, Juzi suddenly remembered "Golden Jujube" and "Quack Quack".

The nights in the town are leisurely, cozy, beautiful and secluded.

Kikuko felt that her grandmother seemed to be thinking about something recently, and sometimes she was talking to herself, her brows furrowed. When Kikuko saw her grandmother like this, she wanted to tell her something happy.

"Grandma, Mrs. Zhang's granddaughter-in-law came here today, come to see her, it's really strange, and there is a child, who looks round and round, it's fun."

"Oh." Grandma nodded, her brows furrowed.

The granddaughter-in-law of the Zhang family felt that Mrs. Zhang's physical condition was not as good as rumored, listless, she also listened to the rumors, and people outside said that there was an old man who had become an immortal, she leaned over to listen, and listened, isn't this her grandmother, she couldn't help but be curious, so she came. Now she cooks some food and eats it with her grandmother.

"Grandma, they all say that you have become an immortal, it's really nonsense, you are just an ordinary old lady, how can it be so mysterious as they say, saying that you are very energetic, and you are about to return to old age." Daughter-in-law Sun said disappointedly.

"Son, some of what they said is right, I don't have the energy today to let the 'golden date' be greedy."

"Huh? If I had known, I would buy you a few catties, it seems that what they said is right, you can eat 'golden dates'." The granddaughter-in-law said.

"Hey, hey," said Mrs. Zhang, with a smile, "I'll let my grandson sleep with me tonight, and I miss him." ”

"yes, okay." The granddaughter-in-law agreed.

The granddaughter-in-law was awakened by a "rattling" sound in her sleep, she opened her eyes, and heard the sound coming from the house where the ancestor slept, the granddaughter-in-law felt strange, what was the ancestor doing so late? The old ancestor is now an immortal, and her every move is so curious, so the granddaughter-in-law quietly got up to see if the old ancestor was practicing any spells. She looked through the door glass, fortunately there was moonlight, and she could see it clearly, but this look almost scared her soul away, the old ancestor was grabbing his grandson's little hand, gnawing his fingers there, "quack" was the sound of bones being bitten.

The granddaughter-in-law screamed and ran out.

The lights in the courtyard turned on, and Grandma Li was the first to rush into Mrs. Zhang's house.

Fierce fighting erupted in Mrs. Zhang's room, which suddenly stopped after about five minutes, and there was a deathly silence.

When Grandma Li came out weakly, the police had already come, and I don't know who called the police.

"The old lady Zhang who was regarded as a fairy has been killed by me, she is not a fairy, she was affected by this house and became a monster." Grandma Li said, and walked into the house with the director.

The furniture in the room was crooked, Mrs. Zhang was lying on the kang, there was no breath, and the little grandson was also lying flat on the kang, but he was bitten to death by Mrs. Zhang, and his fingers and toes were gnawed away.

"Actually, I didn't want to move here, because I knew that this was the Yin and Yang room, and the location of the crypt here was wrong, that is, the so-called place with heavy aura, it was easy to form some unclean things, and if you didn't pay attention to living here, it was easy to do a lot of things, you see how gloomy this house is, even if the sun shines in, it can't drive away its coldness. It's better to seal it here. Grandma Li said.

In the end, the police searched through Mrs. Zhang's closet and found several dead bodies of children, and what they had in common was that their fingers and toes had been gnawed away.

Mrs. Zhang's house has been sealed since then, and no one has ever lived in it again.