The candles in the house were transparent, and although there was no electricity, we lit a lot of candles and newly purchased sun lamps.

When I was a child, I heard the older generation say that every night in the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, every household should turn on the lights in all rooms, including the toilets, pig houses, and chicken houses.

Why? In addition to the vigil, there is actually a horrific story.

The old people say that when the world celebrates the New Year, in fact, the ghosts of the underworld will also celebrate the festival.

But there are some lonely ghosts who wander without an owner, but there is no place to live, no one to accompany them. They wander between heaven and earth, and when they see the lights go out, they go to them.

Because Yin spirits are afraid of light, especially bright light, they will not go to houses with transparent lights.

Those ghosts who enter the house are both good and evil...... But all in all, as long as you recruit ghosts into the house, the new year will be unlucky.

Therefore, during the New Year's holidays, the lights of thousands of homes are bright all night.

Of course, these are folk legends without any basis, perhaps because on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the child was naughty and refused to sleep, and went through the house to play, so he made up a story to scare the child.

But this is the custom of the New Year, although we live in a mountain far away from the people, there is no electricity, but there are some customs that still have to be observed.

This is not superstition and pedantry, but faith and longing for loved ones......

Lin Miao and I, as well as Lao Fei, stood in front of the offering table in the courtyard, bowed and worshiped heaven and earth, praying for good weather and peace in the coming year, and many blessings and treasures.

Among them, I put Jingmei's tablet on the offering table and offered it.

After all, as mountain guards, what we admire most is not the river god, nor the supreme existence between heaven and earth, but the mountain god. Whether there is or not, in the hearts of every mountain keeper, the status of the mountain god is an irreplaceable existence for other gods.

Although the former mountain god of Heavenly Mountain has left, there is still the mountain god Niangniang, she is real.

Although Jingmei and I are husband and wife, in a sense, she is still my top boss, whether it is private or public, I have to worship her and say happy new year to her.

After the worship, the three brothers made a few dishes and sat down in the courtyard to drink.

Talking about the past events experienced over the years, as well as the unbearable and suffering of life, I have been slightly drunk unconsciously.

Lin Miao, who has always been taciturn, may have been infected by me and Lao Fei, and she drank a little too much.

Before the final end, Lin Miao suddenly warned me that the curse usually occurs at midnight on the first and fifteenth days of each month, and the time will not be too different. Tomorrow is the first day of junior high school, and he told me to be mentally prepared.

After all, the pain when the curse occurs is unbearable for ordinary people.

I sighed and nodded helplessly.

Lin Miao now lives in the same utility room with Lao Fei, and in it, we have set up another bed.

When I returned to the room and lay in the quilt, I drank a little too much, but I felt that my head was unusually heavy, I thought that Jingmei might go down the mountain to meet me on this special day.

But apparently, no.

I slept soundly until I was woken up by the bustling noise outside the reservoir.

I got up and got dressed, woke up Lao Fei, and took Lin Miao, who had already woken up, and when the three of them went out, they found that the embankment was densely packed with many people.

Yesterday, we had already set up a separation line by the reservoir, but there were still some tourists who ignored the warning signs and crossed the warning line to take pictures by the reservoir.

Most of these people are villagers at the foot of the mountain, with familiar faces, but more often strangers.

In order to prevent accidents, I took the horn and stood on the embankment with Lao Fei and Lin Miao and shouted, and everyone looked over.

Coughing twice, I first wished everyone a happy new year, and then introduced the identities of the three of them, and then told them the safety precautions that need to be paid attention to when going up the mountain, such as where they can't go, what things can't be brought up the mountain, and what things can't be picked at will on the mountain......

In response to this situation, we have done our homework in advance, and we have issued a notice early in the morning, so we are in a good position at this time.

After a guided tour, most of the visitors chose to go up the mountain to see it, but a small number of people played around the reservoir.

The three of us divided the work, and Lao Fei set up a sentry post on the way up the mountain, responsible for checking whether tourists have flammable and explosive knives and other dangerous items that are not allowed to be carried up the mountain.

I am responsible for introducing safety knowledge to tourists and dealing with emergencies.

As for Lin Miao, I arranged to drive a bamboo raft to patrol the reservoir, and as for those who have already gone up the mountain, we naturally will not follow behind them, so we will always pay attention to them.

After all, Heaven Mountain is so big, and we only have three of us, which is far from enough in terms of numbers, even if we send all the security officers in the town brigade, it is not enough.

All we can do now is to do our best to reduce the danger index to the minimum.

There is an endless stream of climbers.

In the middle of my busy schedule, I received a call from Huang Yuting, who told me that the class president of the junior high school had organized a reunion of my classmates and asked me if I would go and scream.

The so-called class reunion is nothing more than eating, drinking, and having fun, and not forgetting to compare with each other while catching up on the old days.

But I'm so busy now that I can't even go home for the Chinese New Year, so where can I have time to go to the class reunion?

Hearing my refusal, Huang Yuting on the other side of the phone was slightly disappointed.

I hung up the phone for a long time before I remembered the class president in junior high school, wasn't it Huang Yuting herself? This year's gathering turned out to be initiated by her.

Compared to my dry mouth and burnt head, the old fat seems to be very relaxed.

Because he saw some beautiful women with outstanding postures and going up the mountain alone, he could search his body at close range, and even made up various reasons to be embarrassed.

Seeing a little girl with a crimson face and hurrying up the mountain, I couldn't stand it anymore. Remind Lao Fei to converge on the point, the identities of the people who come here to play are strange.

I don't want to spread rumors tomorrow that the mountain guards of Heavenly Mountain are a group of perverts and salty pig hands!

The old fat smiled, didn't care, and even talked to me about which girl he saw how punctual it was, what color of underwear she was wearing, and the size of her bust......

At noon, there were already tourists descending the mountain one after another.

While the three of us were having lunch, a group of uninvited guests burst into the house.

It was Huang Yuting who took the lead, followed by seven or eight people, more than half of whom were girls. I saw that those people were all about the same age, and they were very familiar, and when I thought about it, I realized that these were all classmates who were in the same class as me in junior high school.

When they entered the house, they put large and small bags of things in the hall, most of which were skewers, meat, etc., and even charcoal fires.

Lao Fei and I were both a little dumbfounded, and looked at Huang Yuting in a daze.

"You brought so much food up the mountain...... What for? I was a little speechless, and looked at Huang Yuting and asked.

"I didn't do anything, I just planned to have a barbecue party tonight." Huang Yuting said with a smile.

"Here?" I asked, stunned,

"Of course, otherwise why would we have worked so hard to bring these things up the mountain?" Huang Yuting squinted at me, Lao Fei, and Lin Miao and asked, "You three shouldn't mind, right?" ”

"Ahem...... Brothers and sisters, open flames are forbidden on the mountain......"

Lao Fei coughed dryly, but before he finished speaking, one of the girls brought by Huang Yuting rolled her eyes and said: "Open fires are forbidden on the mountain, so how do you usually burn the fire and cook vegetables, come less, we won't set fire to the mountain, what are you nervous about?" ”

I frowned and pulled Huang Yuting aside and asked, "What's the matter?" How did the class reunion get here? ”

"Didn't you say you weren't available? So I proposed to go to the mountains to meet, usually they are tired of eating, drinking and merrymaking in the city, and when they hear that they are going up the mountain, they are very happy, and besides, this is your territory, and it is better to have your own people. ”

"I don't have anything to say about you guys coming here...... But you ...... You are planning to spend the night in the mountains, right? ”

"Of course, it's hours to get back and forth to town here, and if we don't spend the night here, where can we go? Don't worry, we all have tents with us, and the motorcyclists we hired will bring them to us later. ”

"This ...... Not so good...... During the Chinese New Year, don't you stay at home, don't go looking for relatives and friends, and go to the mountains to spend the night, aren't you afraid that the people in your family will worry? ”

"What is there to worry about? We are all so old, and the people who came to the party this time are all single, and those who have married and started a family have not come for various reasons, otherwise why do you think there are so few people? Of course...... Except for you. ”

"Our class...... There are still so many people who do not have a family...... Counting the age, everyone is not too young, right? Everyone who has been in the past few has gotten married. I was surprised.

In addition to her, there were four girls and three boys among the people brought by Huang Yuting, and only two of them were quite familiar to me. One is a girl named Yang Feng, who was famous for being mischievous at that time. The other is a boy named Li Guofeng, his family is quite wealthy, and the reason why I remember him is that we had an appointment when we were studying.

"Oops...... Don't you know that social surveys have concluded that we post-90s generations are the most embarrassing generation of older young people at this age? So, taking advantage of this opportunity, we singles get together, maybe we can make a few couples. ”

I was a little speechless and wanted to say something, but now the old classmates came up to greet me.

Of course, except for Li Guofeng, who once had a holiday with me, after coming here, he seemed to be a little unable to let go......

But I knew in my heart that the reason why he came here was because of Huang Yuting. This guy started to pursue Huang Yuting when he was in junior high school, and our conflict also came like that, and now that he learns that Huang Yuting's boyfriend has passed away, I guess he doesn't want to let go of this opportunity......

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to talk about it, since the people have come, it is natural to have a good gathering.

I'm not an old-fashioned person, after cleaning up, some classmates can't wait to go up the mountain to play, and others seconded and pushed me as a guide.

I shirked and said that I couldn't leave my body now, but I didn't expect the old fat to see the stitches and insert the needle, and took my place and led a group of people up the mountain.

In desperation, I had to take care of the old fat post and guard the edge of the reservoir.

Time flies, the day passes quickly, and before the sun goes down, almost all the tourists who go up the mountain go down to go home.

Lao Fei also took Huang Yuting and them down the mountain.

It was a busy day, but fortunately there were no accidents.

We helped Huang Yuting and her team set up a tent on the dam of the reservoir, and in the evening, everyone gathered together to eat skewers and talk at the same time, which was quite lively.

Although Lao Fei is not from our class, he is more familiar than me at the end of the day, playing with a few girls, talking and laughing.

In contrast, Lin Miao was silent, and even quit halfway and went back to her room to sleep.

When peers get together, there are always many endless topics to talk about, some people are emotional, some people are sentimental, the past grievances and festivals, now looking back on it, it is really nothing.

Li Guofeng and I clinked glasses and laughed at the past.

Everyone is happy, and this warm and lively atmosphere is different from getting along with family, because we are somewhat restrained in front of our family, but we don't have so many scruples in front of our peers.

The barbecue lasted until about 3 a.m., and when they all got into the tent to rest, I didn't dare to relax.

After all, camping is accompanied by danger, and as the guardian of this mountain, he naturally has to take responsibility.

After patrolling around several tents and making sure there were no accidents, he yawned and returned to his room.

After entering the house, I went to Lao Fei and Lin Miao's room and found that Lao Fei slept like a dead pig. And Lin Miao also fell asleep.

When I returned to my room, I was tired and under the influence of alcohol, and I fell asleep after a while.

I don't know how long I slept, but in a daze, I suddenly heard something strange in the door. At first, I didn't pay attention to it, rolled over and went back to sleep.

But a moment later, a cold, warm body suddenly burrowed into my bed......