My grandmother was a typical late Qing woman, holding a married woman's hair in a bun. looks very delicate, and still has small feet wrapped in the remnants of feudalism. She guards the woman's way, and she does not go out of the door on weekdays. Grandma was born very blessed, when she was young, a fortune teller who had a passing road showed her face, and she had no worries about her life, full of children and grandchildren, and a full life of happiness and longevity. Be able to live to be at least ninety years old.

Grandpa's house is a typical courtyard house in the north, with the main house in the center of the yard and the wing rooms on both sides, and a shadow wall facing the main house. The yard is very large and spacious, and there are usually some hens that lay eggs in a free-range range, and it is quite interesting to chirp every day. Of course, there was also a big wolf dog, which was the standard for northern families at that time. My grandfather's wolf dog is called Wang Zai, and he has a handsome body, and when he is okay during the day, he will be leashed in the yard, and at night he will let it go and let it wander in the yard. This Wang Tsai is a good dog who cares for the home, not only loyal, but also very sensible, as long as it is a familiar person in the family, it never barks. But if a stranger comes, it will be ready to pounce and scream. My grandfather liked Wang Tsai very much, and in those difficult years, he would buy some meat and bones from time to time to feed him.

My great-grandfather has been away from home for more than a month, and my great-grandmother is looking forward to her husband's safe return as soon as possible. Thinking about the days, it's time for grandpa to come back. On this day, she sat on the small stone squatting at the door, looking at the direction of her grandfather's return, and sat for a long time, as if she was afraid that her grandfather would not be able to see her immediately after he returned. Waiting like this, the needlework in her hands is also non-stop, as if embroidered with some auspicious patterns of flowers, birds, flying fish, but it is not finished, and others can't see four, five or six.

There are pedestrians coming and going on the street in front of my grandfather's house every day, but it can't be said to be very lively. There is a family next door to Grandpa's house, surnamed Wang, and Wang Erlai is considered to be the family, the old wife of the family is born with a bitter and mean appearance, and her reputation in the village is even worse to the extreme, and she does needlework at the door of her house every day.

"Hey, sister-in-law Li, are you looking forward to my eldest brother's return every day? Don't wait outside, in my opinion, this big boss Li is afraid that he ran away with someone else's little daughter-in-law. A sour and mean-looking aunt next door said to my grandmother with a little sarcasm.

"Hey, sister-in-law Wang, don't be foolish, we are serious people, but I heard others say that your eldest brother Wang went to the tobacco house to smoke again" Grandma said without showing weakness at all.

As soon as the sister-in-law heard that her man was smoking again, her face suddenly changed greatly, and she grabbed a pair of scissors from the sewing box next to her and ran towards the town in embarrassment. While running, he also cried and scolded: "You goddamn bastard, my mother fought with you." ”

My grandmother shook her head, she didn't have much interest in this family, so she continued to fiddle with the needlework in her hand.

"Hehe, sister-in-law Li, where's my eldest brother?" Wang Erlai was holding a bulging rag bag in his arms at this time, and asked my grandmother with a good face.

"Not at home! Something? Let's talk about it when he comes back, we women don't understand anything. "Grandma Tai obviously knows this Wang Erlai very well, and knows that he is a stinky scoundrel, and he is indiscriminate. didn't bother to take care of him, said and put away the needle and thread in his hand, turned around and was about to close the door and go home.

"Hey! Ay! Ay! ”

Seeing this, Wang Erlai hurriedly followed, blocked the door with one hand, and said to my grandmother: "Old Sister-in-law Li, don't be in a hurry to close the door, I have something good for my eldest brother, don't believe it!" As he spoke, he opened the package in his arms, and my grandmother saw a big golden Buddha revealed.

At this time, Wang Zai in the courtyard didn't know what was wrong, like crazy, screaming, roaring at Wang Erlai uncontrollably, baring his teeth, as if he was going to swallow Wang Erlai alive. The iron chains that tied Wang Tsai were all pulled by it and gurgled, and the ground under his feet was even scratched by Wang Tsai.

Wang Erlai heard Wang Zai's scream, the corners of his mouth twitched constantly, and his expression changed instantly, and his eyes stared straight at Wang Zai. was stared at by Wang Erlai like this, Wang Zai seemed to have been hit on the top of his head by a heavy hammer. first stiffened, then fell to the ground softly, and a few muffled whines came out of his mouth, and Wang Erlai smiled wickedly at the corner of his mouth when he saw this.

Besides, my grandmother, as soon as I saw this golden Buddha, I thought it was a good thing, so I thought about moving home to worship, and I took the initiative to take the golden Buddha from Wang Erlai and held it in my hand.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law Li, you see how good this Golden Buddha is, hurry up and take it home to worship sooner or later, and your life with my eldest brother will get better and better in the future." Wang Erlai said with some bewilderment.

At this time, my grandmother didn't look at Wang Erlai, but just stared at the Golden Buddha, as if she was stunned, stunned. After a while, she closed the door, held the golden Buddha in her hand, and walked back to the back room unhurriedly.

Wang Erlai looked at the closed door of my grandfather's house, stretched out his tongue and licked the corner of his mouth, revealing a strange expression. Then, he turned and walked away, and soon disappeared into the crowded street.

At this time, my grandmother respectfully placed the golden Buddha on the offering table in the back room, and the original worship of the god on the offering table was swept aside by my grandmother, leaving only an incense burner bowl that was not thrown away.

Grandma stared at the golden Buddha in front of her without blinking, and felt supreme joy in her heart. A thought flashed through my mind, as long as I worshiped this golden Buddha, my husband would be able to go home immediately, and there would be no more troubles in the future. She first lit six incense sticks and inserted them in the incense burner bowl, and then in a daze, she knelt down to the golden Buddha, and bowed again and again, without any intention of stopping.

Grandma was worshipping the Golden Buddha, and her ears heard as if someone was talking around her, babbling and babbling clearly. The more she couldn't hear clearly, the more Grandma wanted to listen, so she focused all her attention on her ears and listened carefully. Gradually, she heard the voice clearly, but her mind seemed to be more chaotic. Unconsciously, she also made this strange sound from her mouth, a strange hissing sound.

Grandpa drove back with a carriage, and on the way he met Wang's sister-in-law who was angrily going to the tobacco house to find her husband. In the spirit of bowing his head and not looking up, he said hello to his sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law Wang, where are you going in such a hurry? Or I'll give you a ride. ”

Unexpectedly, Sister-in-law Wang ignored my grandfather and walked away. It was boring, and the grandfather waved the whip in his hand and went home with a calm old face.

After a while, Grandpa's carriage arrived at the door. Seeing that the door of the house was closed, he parked the carriage on the side of the road, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Son, I'm back!" Open the door quickly, in broad daylight, close the door of the house! As he spoke, he slammed the door with his hand, and there was a bang.

After waiting for a long time, my grandmother didn't come out to open the door. Thinking of the warning given to him by the fox fairy halfway, Grandpa Tai was suddenly startled in his heart, hurriedly pulled away from him, took three steps and did two steps, and jumped on the wall. As soon as I turned over, I entered the courtyard. (At that time, the courtyard wall was made of bricks, with uneven brick joints, and children of thirteen or fourteen could easily climb up if they often climbed over the wall.) ）

Before my grandfather entered the house, he heard my grandmother's voice, hissing and sharp. Although the sound is very small, it is very heart-wrenching to hear. Look at the big wolf dog tied in the yard lying upright, foaming at the mouth. The few free-range hens that lay eggs also kicked their legs, and they couldn't survive when they saw it.

Looking at this situation, my grandfather knew that something was wrong at home. He didn't care about Wang Zai, who was lying on the ground, copied out the piece of jade Ruyi given by Hu Taiyan pinned to his waist, and quietly touched it into the back room.

From the crack in the door of the back room, my grandfather saw my grandmother bowing to the offering table, constantly kowtowing, her head was bruised, and her mouth was still chattering. Looking back, I looked at the offering table again, where is the golden Buddha, it is clearly an evil and abnormal small temple, a small black temple, only the size of a basin. The door of the small temple was closed, but there was a miserable white skull on the top of the temple, and bright red blood was dripping from the hollow eye sockets. The small skull, with its mouth open and closed, seemed to be talking to the grandmother.

At first glance, my grandfather felt that his scalp was numb, and the hairs on his body stood up.

Seeing the fate of the livestock at home, I didn't know that this was an evil thing harming people. At that moment, Grandpa Tai didn't care about being afraid, he directly pushed open the door of the house and swept towards the small temple on the offering table.

Grandpa Tai practiced iron sand palm in his early years, and the power of this palm is enough to break the monument and open the stone, and he is confident that it is an iron pimple, and he can also fan it a few meters away.

It's just that when he swept the palm of his hand over the small temple, he actually passed through it, as if there was nothing on the offering table, but his eyes clearly saw that the thing was sitting intact on the offering table. Before he could make any more moves, the skeleton on the top of the temple suddenly glared at him, and blood gushed out of the skeleton's mouth, and the pungent smell of blood suddenly reached my grandfather's nose, choking him almost to gag.

My grandfather was frightened, and he forgot the instructions of the fox fairy, where did he want to use jade ruyi to deal with this evil thing. He just instinctively reached out to pull Grandma, and suddenly carried Grandma to his shoulders, and hurriedly escaped from the back room. After kicking open the courtyard door, he put his grandmother in the carriage, followed his grandfather to jump on the front of the car, drove the car, and rushed to Qingling Mountain. At this time, Grandpa's face turned pale, and an acquaintance greeted him on the road, but he ignored it. Just trembling his hands and quickly hitting the carriage. There is only one thought in my heart, as long as I reach Qingling Mountain, I and my daughter-in-law will be saved.