Chapter 22: The Beginning of the Mutation
The girl's name is Yang Mengqing, she grew up in Fengyang Town, and when she reached the age of going to school, because there was no school in Fengyang Town, she was sent to another town more than 30 kilometers away along with other children of the same age in the village.
Probably because of Shajin, although Fengyan Town is remote, it is not poor at all. But for some reason, the town would rather spend money on a car to send its children to a school 30 kilometers away every day than build a school of its own. Since he drove a tractor at the beginning, it took at least more than an hour to go there, so Xiao Mengqing had to get up at six o'clock every day and couldn't return home until six o'clock in the evening.
Later, it was a van, and it only took half an hour to get there, but it was crowded. By the time she was in junior high school, the village had changed to a long-distance bus, but by then she had already started living on campus and could only return home on Saturdays and weekends. Even so, Xiao Mengqing's love for her hometown has not diminished in the slightest, even if she later went to college in another province, she still misses her hometown all the time, and she will come back every holiday, and she is even ready to return to her hometown after graduation to persuade the townspeople to raise funds to build a school, and she stays in the school to be an ordinary teacher.
This thought lasted until an experience during the summer vacation this year, and that encounter completely changed Feng Yang's image in her heart, and even made her start to fear this place. And that accident was the bane of Fengyang's mutation.
Two months ago, just after the summer vacation, Yang Mengqing couldn't wait to return to his hometown, because of a car breakdown on the way, and when he arrived in Fengyang, it was already late at night. The place where she got off the bus was still some distance from home, and she walked on the bluestone-paved street, and the cold street lamps reflected her shadow, which seemed a little lonely. In the middle of the night, all the shops were closed, and there was not even a ghost in the empty streets, but fortunately, she was extremely familiar with every brick and tile in the town, and even had feelings, so even in such an environment, she did not have the slightest fear.
After walking for a while, a cold wind suddenly blew from nowhere, which made her shiver. It was the height of summer, and it was impossible to have such a cold wind even in the middle of the night, just when she was wondering, a little girl in blue clothes suddenly ran out of the alley next to the street, stopped in front of Yang Mengqing, holding a book in her hand, and tilted her head to look at her.
The sudden appearance startled her, but after seeing that it was a cute little girl in front of her, Yang Mengqing breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and asked the little girl: "Little sister, why don't you go home so late?" Your parents should be in a hurry! ”
The girl looked at Yang Mengqing in a daze, did not speak, still tilted her head, but tightened her small hand holding the book. Yang Mengqing saw that the clothes on the girl's body were the school uniforms she wore when she went to school, and the textbook she was holding as if she was a baby was also a Chinese textbook in the third grade of primary school.
Yang Mengqing was a little embarrassed, withdrew his hand, and asked gently, "Little sister, where is your home?" Sister sends you back! ”
The little girl still didn't speak, but she opened the baby-like textbook in her hand, pointed to a few after-school words on the page of the text, and opened her mouth: "Teach... I! ”
The voice was very stiff, Yang Mengqing looked at the girl in surprise, sighed in her heart, remembered her former self, and couldn't bear to refuse, so she pulled the girl to sit on the stone steps next to the street, and no matter what time it was, she taught the girl to read word by word.
Yang Mengqing taught very carefully, although the girl had no expression, but she had been learning seriously, until the whole textbook was taught the new words, the girl got up, picked up the textbook and carefully held it in her arms, and said in her hoarse and stiff voice: "Thanks... Thanks, old... Division! ”
Teacher! Yang Mengqing was stunned, the first time she heard someone call her teacher, she couldn't be happier, she just wanted to send the girl home, but the girl suddenly grabbed her skirt: "Old... Division... Be... Good... people, to... After... Still... Yes... Teach... I... Is it? ”
Although she was still not used to the girl's way of speaking, how could Yang Mengqing refuse the request of such a good student, she squatted down, combed the hair on the girl's forehead, and said with a smile: "Little sister is also a good student, if you don't understand something, come to the teacher at any time!" As she spoke, she also told the girl her address. Yang Mengqing could feel that the girl was very happy, but for some reason, there was no expression on her face.
The girl kissed Yang Mengqing on the cheek, and then ran back to the alley with the textbook. Feeling the residual cold touch on his face, Yang Mengqing woke up like a dream, and hurriedly got up and chased out, shouting, "What's your name?" ”
No one replied to her, Yang Mengqing stood at the mouth of the alley in a daze, the alley was not deep, and it was blocked by the wall less than ten meters inside, how could there be any little girl!
The chill climbed up Yang Mengqing's body little by little, recalling the scene just now, Yang Mengqing knew that he might have encountered a ghost. She didn't dare to stay any longer, and hurried home, but before she had taken a few steps, she suddenly saw a dazzling white light light in the southwest sky, gradually dispersed, and at the same time a loud noise came, the ground began to tremble, and the white light spread like a stream of water, and soon the whole town was annihilated.
Yang Mengqing just watched as the white light enveloped him, and in an instant, countless hideous demons and ghosts roared and rushed out of the town along the white light. The white light only lasted for about two seconds, but Yang Mengqing, who had witnessed all this, seemed to have experienced a long, long time, the ghosts and ghosts all dissipated after the white light dissipated, the ground stopped shaking, and the town returned to tranquility, but she was frightened by the strange picture.
After that night, some strange things began to happen in the town, poultry and livestock died one after another, and at night you could hear the howl of babies in the surrounding mountains and forests, and in the middle of the night there were always figures sticking to the doors and windows to tear them, and the next day they found that the doors and windows were full of scratches. It wasn't until the owner of a barbecue restaurant in town disappeared that panic finally broke out.
I listened to her talk about the white light, the vibration, and the things in the white light that night, and I couldn't help but ask, "According to what you said, a series of changes in the town started after that white light, so have you investigated?" ”
Yang Mengqing nodded and pointed in one direction: "Over there, the white light first came from that direction, and that was the direction of Yushugou!" After Abba and Auntie disappeared, I went there a few times, but because there were dead people inside, the security team arranged for people to guard the entrance, and I couldn't get in, but I knew that there was a place where I could see the situation in the elm ditch from the forest cliff, so I secretly bypassed, guess what I saw? ”
She said with a sudden pause, I hurriedly asked her what she saw, she took a deep breath, and continued: "I see that in the depths of the elm ditch, there are many dilapidated buildings, and there is a school in it!" ”
I was stunned and hurriedly asked, "School?" Didn't you say that there is no school in Fengyang Town, and even when you go to school, you have to run thirty kilometers away? ”
"It's strange here, and I'm so big, I've never heard anyone say that there are houses in Elm Gully, but there are indeed more than a dozen houses in there."
"And how do you tell it's from school?" I asked again.
Yang Mengqing looked at me like an idiot, and said disdainfully: "I'm a highly educated person, can't I recognize the style of architecture, don't I know how to read?" The outside of the wall of the building was written in large letters in red paint, although it was a little far away, but fortunately, my eyesight was okay, and I could barely see clearly. ”
When I heard her say this, my heart moved, and I interrupted her and asked, "Could it be that those words are 'Fengyang Caiguan Primary School'?" ”
She looked at me in surprise and asked me how I knew, I watched her reaction, knew that I had guessed correctly, forced down the excitement in my heart, took out the strange letter from my backpack, pulled out the photo and handed it to her.
I mentioned this photo before, and it is precisely because of it that Lin Qiaoer and I have encountered so many disasters. In addition to the 36 people in the photo, including Zhang Juming, in the background, it is an old building surrounded by a white ash wall, and behind those people, that is, on both sides of the school gate, there are several crooked characters written on Fengyang Caiguan Primary School.
I thought she would be shocked when she saw the photo and asked me why I had it, but her reaction was completely unexpected.
After Yang Mengqing took the photo, she did look shocked at first, but soon, the shock on her face was replaced by horror. I saw that her hand holding the photo was trembling, and her face was bloodless, and I couldn't help but be stunned.
"She, that's her, the girl who asked me to teach her to read!" She pointed to a thin figure in the crowd and said to me in horror.