Xing Ruyi was stupid, she never thought that the aunt in the middle of the posthumous photo was the old woman who asked her for peanut candy under the bus stop sign.

Oh no, she's younger than that old granny.

I don't know if it's because of the death, Xing Ruyi always feels that the aunt in the posthumous photo is expressionless, and a pair of eyes are staring at the surroundings coldly.

"Does this aunt have a twin sister or sister?"

"I haven't heard of it." The doorman shook his head: "If there is, it should also be among the relatives who are mourning." ”

"Then do you know where this aunt used to live?"

"I don't know exactly where I lived, but it looked like it was somewhere in the old town. There are many demolitions in the old city, and many people buy houses in our community. ”

Old Town, Demolition ...... Behind Xing Ruyi's company was originally an urban village, which was included in the scope of demolition the year before last, and is now a commercial and residential area that is being rebuilt.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Waiting for the funeral people to leave, she hurried home. The decorator was putting wallpaper, and she took a photo and returned to her temporary room. The room, still the same as she left, except for one more thing on the bedside table—an antique box. When I opened it, a rich fragrance of osmanthus came to my nose, and it looked like osmanthus candy brewed by ancient methods.

Under the box was a piece of paper, and the words on the paper were actually written with a brush, and the content was: "Osmanthus candy, what you like to eat." ”

Xing Ruyi doesn't like to eat sugar, except for osmanthus candy. Because this is a kind of candy that her grandmother used to make for her when she was a child. Later, she realized that it was not the candy that she liked, but the heart that her grandmother poured into the sugar.

After her grandmother passed away, she never ate osmanthus candy again. First, it is not easy to find osmanthus candy brewed by the ancient method, after all, it is labor-intensive, time-consuming, and few people have made it now. Second, when you eat the candy you bought with money, you always feel that it tastes like a banknote, which is astringent and unpalatable.

Xing Ruyi picked up a piece of osmanthus candy, sniffed it, and planned to put it back in the box. When his hand touched the edge of the box, he suddenly changed his mind and wanted to taste the taste of osmanthus candy. With his eyes closed, he took a gentle bite, and the unique sweetness of osmanthus spread in his mouth.

In my mind, there is a faint picture. In the courtyard of the antique house, there is a large osmanthus tree. Dressed in an ancient costume, she stood under the osmanthus tree and looked up at a man with a somewhat unclear face. In her hand, she was holding a piece of the same osmanthus candy, and she was smiling sweetly and stuffing the osmanthus candy into the man's mouth.

His eyes opened suddenly, and Xing Ruyi hurriedly patted his cheek, "Oh my God, I actually started thinking about spring because I ate a mouthful of candy." Either way, when the house is renovated, I'll have to find myself a boyfriend as soon as possible. ”

When there is something to do, it gets dark early. When the renovation workers left, Xing Ruyi heard the sound of his belly growling. After briefly cleaning up the clutter in the living room, she grabbed her phone and prepared to go downstairs for dinner with a large bag of miscellaneous items. I don't know if it's because of the daytime, the whole community has become very quiet, and even the street lights are a few less than in the past.

The community is so green that at night, it always feels dark, as if something terrible is lurking in those invisible places. Darkness, like a black hole, can both arouse your desire for infinite prying and make you feel deep fear.

Throwing the renovation waste into the trash, I turned around and saw a man in pajamas crouching by the flower bed crying. Xing Ruyi wanted to walk over, but a gust of wind blew, making her feel cold on her back, and the face on the portrait suddenly appeared during the day. She shook her head, glanced at the crying woman, and silently thought in her heart: "Don't be nosy, don't be nosy, you've been unlucky lately, it's better to be careful." ”

After walking for a long time, I had already walked to the entrance of the community, and when I looked up, I saw a mirror. The mirror is placed at the entrance, and the gate guard I saw during the day is smirking at the mirror.

"Hey!" She said hello.

The gatekeeper slowly turned his face, and the light in the gatehouse sprinkled on the mirror and refracted on his face, which looked a little weird.

"You know what? The mirror is the gateway to another world, and in the mirror, we can see all the things we want to see, and have all the things we want to have. You see, this is my girlfriend, the girlfriend in the mirror. ”

The doorman said, putting his face against the mirror, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. It's as if someone is really caressing his face through the mirror.

"Look at my girlfriend, isn't she very gentle and beautiful."

"Sorry, I was just passing through."

Xing Ruyi bowed his head, wanting to pass through the door quickly. Seeing that he was about to walk out, his hand was grabbed by another hand.

"Passing by? Where are you going when you pass through here? ”

"I'm going to eat, I'm hungry, I want to go out and find something to eat."

"Look, there's everything you want to eat in the mirror." The doorman said, hugged Xing Ruyi at once, and then pressed her on the mirror with a fierce face: "Come with me into the world of mirrors!" ”

"I don't! I don't want it! ”

"Why not? You, like me, are all poor people in this real society. You are the daughter who was adopted by the Xing family, you don't know who your parents are at all, and even your adoptive parents think you are a nemesis and lose you to your elderly grandparents. Your grandmother was so kind to you, but she died under the wheel because she saved you. Your grandfather also lost his life because he saved you. You miss them a lot, don't you? You've always felt ashamed of them, haven't you? It's okay, just follow me into this mirror, you can see your grandparents, and you can say sorry to them personally. You can also see your parents and ask them why they didn't want you back then. ”

As soon as the doorman's voice fell, the grandparents of Xing Ruyi really appeared in the mirror, and they were still as young as she was when she was a child.

"Ruyi, come, come to grandma.

"Yes, come over quickly, your grandmother made you your favorite osmanthus candy."

"Grandpa, grandma, I'm here." Xing Ruyi smiled and nodded.

A white rope stretched out of the mirror, but what Xing Ruyi saw was her grandmother's hand reaching out towards her. The rope, wrapped around her wrists, dragged her little by little into the mirror.

Just as Xing Ruyi stepped into his last foot, the mirror suddenly shattered.

Hearing the voice, Xing Ruyi shook his head, and when he opened his eyes and looked again, he saw Mr. Yin standing not far away.

"You know what? You almost died. ”

"I almost died!" Xing Ruyi touched his wrist and saw a white rope tied to it: "Strange, where did this rope come from?" ”

"In the mirror!"

"In the mirror?"

Yes, she remembered, and just before she could get unconscious, she saw the doorman looking in a mirror.

But what does the mirror have to do with her?

"You've seen an old man."

"I've seen a lot of old people."

"I mean, you've seen an old man with a silk scarf around his neck, and the old man asked you for candy."

Xing Ruyi thought of the aunt on the portrait, if there were a few more wrinkles on her face, if her hair was a little whiter, it would be exactly the same as the old woman who asked herself for peanut candy under the bus stop sign.

"Does it matter?"

"Looks like you've got it in mind. That's right, the one who asks you for candy under the bus stop sign is the old man who hanged himself in this building not long ago. She had a miserable life, and her life was very difficult, so it was easy to survive until her son got married, but she went to a dead end because of the conflict between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

The rope she used to hang herself. She was hanged, and because she died with a grudge, her soul was immortal after death, and she became the hanged ghost mentioned in folk tales.

The old man was very stubborn and paranoid when she was alive, and instead of thinking about her own problems, she blamed all the misfortunes she had suffered on others. She thinks that the daughter-in-law her son is looking for is not to her liking, so she hanged herself. For the sake of her son, she decided to find a woman she likes and is also suitable for her son.

Under the bus stop sign, you give her a handful of peanut candy. Because of that handful of peanut candy, she took a fancy to you and felt that you were the best candidate for her daughter-in-law. So, she's going to drag you into the mirror and turn you into her daughter-in-law. ”

"Don't scare me, I'm also a person who has gone to college and studied undergraduate."

"Science and superstition are inherently one, or you tell me, what is science and what is superstition."

"Science, that is, something that has been demonstrated by scientific research, has a factual basis. Superstition is nonsense and scares people. ”

"Science was superstitious before it became science." The fox walked up to Xing Ruyi and stretched out his hand to wipe it in front of her eyes, and she saw the old man, the old man who was drowsy, his face was pale, and his tongue was sticking out. She looked at Xing Ruyi and slowly lifted the peanut candy in her hand.

Xing Ruyi screamed, and without thinking about it, he threw himself into the fox arms.

"There are ghosts, there are ghosts, I really see it. What to do? What to do? I don't want to be her daughter-in-law. ”

"You won't be her daughter-in-law." The fox straightened her hair: "She is too blessed to stand it." ”

"I don't understand, I don't understand what you're saying, I just know what hell I'm doing. Oh my God, what should I do? Do I have to go to the temple and ask for a bodhisattva, ask for an amulet or something? ”

"Xing Ruyi, calm down, you take a good look at me."

"I saw it, you are Mr. Yin, you are my big customer, and you are my food and clothing parents." Xing Ruyi was so frightened that his eyes were about to straighten: "I can't break the contract, can I not come back to this community." It's so scary, it's only been a few days, and I've seen two ghosts, two female ghosts. ”