I woke up, my sheets soaked with sweat. Over the years, I have often dreamed, and the older generation in the village often said that dreaming is because of poor sleep at night, and dreaming often is not a good thing, and people who love to dream will not be too lucky, and may encounter nightmares and die inexplicably. For these baseless words, I have always been in my left ear and out of my right ear. Although I dream every night, I wake up every morning with a lot of energy and I don't feel tired. Although the body is a little worse than that of peers, it is also forced by the poor life when I was a child, not because of dreams, and what worries me a little recently is that this dream mirror is becoming more and more strange, and even a little weird, which makes me a little unpredictable.

The evening breeze blows, a hint of coolness. The coldness of the basement is much gentler in the current season, and I don't want to think about the dream just now, so I smoked a cigarette at the bedside and walked to the window.

For several years, I lived with my brother, but the crowded small room slowly couldn't accommodate the strangeness between me and my brother, so I simply cleaned the warehouse by myself and moved in. It was also from then that the two brothers may have become a real stranger.

A big hole was cut in the sky, and endless darkness was leaked, and there was no starlight, and the moon was afraid of the darkness, and quietly hid. Only the cigarette in his hand flickered faintly with his breath.

I coughed, I don't know when the lonely house on the other side became so desolate, when I was younger, I had to build a stool to climb over the high wall in front of me, but now I only need to pick up some rotten bricks and take a few steps to get there. Maybe this house felt lonely without people, so he simply died silently.

My back was a little cold, my cigarette had long been extinguished, and time was flowing with my thoughts, and I guess the sheets had been done a little, and I had to work tomorrow morning, so I should go to sleep.

"Bang"! It was as if something had hit the window, startling me, so I picked up a flashlight and started shooting out the window.

There was some blood splattered on the window, and outside the window was the same dead grass and rotten bricks as ever. Picking up the flashlight and looking around, it turned out that not far in front of me, there was a dead bird lying among the dead grass on a rotten brick, it should be a dead bird, and there were more or less feathers on the window. The dead bird was too large, its head was covered by grass, and the light was so weak that it was impossible to tell what color it was. I can only feel sad for this little life, shaking my head and sighing that I can't do anything.

There was a glimmer of light from the window on the left, and perhaps my brother couldn't sleep at night and went to the window to smoke......

I was a little sleepy, and I didn't want to think about these tedious things anymore, so I yawned and lay down, and a muffled thunder sounded, and a light rain began to fall.

It was still dawning, and I was half asleep.

"It's time to get up, get to work." After the elder brother finished speaking, he closed the door that had just been opened.

Although it was still early, the young people in the village had already started their busy day, and I was only getting up late, so maybe my father was already busy.

After my mother's illness, there was an extra amount of expenses, and the whole family seemed to have entered a depressing and fast-paced life, and I always felt a little out of breath.

What I want to do today was arranged by my father yesterday, and my brother went down to the field with him, and he and Wang Qiu went to the backyard, that is, near the lonely house behind the house, to carry bricks.

According to my father's words, it is a perfect natural resource, the lonely house has been left unattended all the year round, and now there are many rotten bricks left near the weather, and a pigsty can be built again when I carry it back.

"You're so good to me! The biggest memorization has been grabbed, and you want to earn performance again? I quipped, and hurriedly took the smaller one of the backswords.

"Good boy, quick eyes." Wang Qiu pretended to be angry and continued to repair the things in his hand, and he didn't bother to say anything about my little tricks.

After chatting with Wang Qiu, I quickly came to the vicinity of the ancient mansion, and I suddenly felt a little cold, now it's summer, it shouldn't be so cold. Wang Qiu saw that I was a little unsettled, pushed me a few times, and scolded me twice to cheer me up.

"You just go to the basement of your house to pick up some bricks, you can't pack much with a small back, I'll go to the vicinity of the house to see, rest assured, I won't be too close to anywhere" Wang Qiu said, and without waiting for me to refute, he strode towards the house.

"Hey! Remember, don't walk in! I remembered my grandfather's instructions before, and hurriedly reminded me.

The ancient house, from the first time I saw it, there was an indescribable weirdness, although the appearance was dilapidated, but it always made people feel that there was more or less something strange inside, Wang Qiu's summary of the ancient house was nothing good, and it was also four big words "lifeless", in short, I think even if there are no living people in it, at least there will be some dead people.

When I first moved to the basement, I saw some big men from other villages getting drunk and stumbling into the house at night, and I had a nightmare that night, dreaming that those people had their tongues cut off, their hands and feet cut off, and they were thrown into the house. Coupled with the missing person notice I saw in the village later, it made me have more and more shadows on this house, but fortunately, it is daytime, if it is not early, no matter what, I will not let Wang Qiu go anywhere.

I can't remember how many times I ran back and forth, I was a little tired and couldn't stand it, and lying by a pile of rotten rocks and enjoying the sun was a kind of relaxation.

There was some blood under his feet......

Only then did I realize that there was a dead bird lying there, probably the same one from last night. Under the scorching sun, there was a slight rancid smell, and I subconsciously covered my nose.

The strange thing is that the head of the dead bird is missing, and it is not found when I look around, which makes people a little unpredictable. It's also strange that there is no whole corpse when you die, so you just throw some rotten bricks and cover it directly. I hope this little thing will have a next life, and don't be such an unlucky bird again.

When the sun is in the sky, it is already noon, and the indescribable tiredness and scorching sun torture me, is it because I didn't have a good rest last night? Or are you not in good shape today? I felt more and more tired, I couldn't stand it anymore, so I pulled a few bricks indiscriminately, and simply went home in a daze, and fell into the quilt.

"Zhang Lone! Zhang Lonely! ”

A shout is heard. opened his eyes in a daze, but saw his father, brother, and Wang Qiu's family gathered around his bedside.

"What's wrong?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"Where's Wang Qiu? Why haven't you come back yet? ”

"King Ball?" Subconsciously looked out the window, "It's dark, shouldn't he have come back a long time ago?" I asked rhetorically

"Where did you two go? Why hasn't he come home yet? "Wang Qiu's mother, who is also my aunt, is a little impatient at the moment

"We?" I paused, thinking about my aunt's words, and I was shocked

"We went to pick up bricks in the morning, and he went to the house!"

"What house? Is it the old house? The father's face was embarrassed, not only the father, but also everyone's expressions changed

My aunt looked a little strange, her face turned pale for a while, and she stood in place.

"Find someone!" My father's face was firm, and he picked up the flashlight on the side and was about to leave, but he heard his aunt shouting!

The window of the room, there was a person standing outside the window, standing motionless outside the window with his back on his back, and by the light in the room, he could vaguely distinguish that it was Wang Qiu.

Wang Qiu stood motionless outside the window, his face like ashes, staring directly at everyone in the room.

"Good boy! I'll let you play tricks and come back now! Uncle picked up the stick on the side and walked over, but he didn't expect that just two steps away, the king ball outside the window disappeared out of thin air!

My uncle walked to the window and was empty, and when he looked around, he found nothing, and he couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp.

"You ...... You've all seen it, right? Uncle asked with some doubts

"Find someone!" My father couldn't bear it anymore, and rushed out with a roar and an arrow.

When I eased up, the house was empty, although my room was only a window away from the outside, but this was an anti-theft window that my father specially found someone to repair, and it was absolutely impossible to open for a while, and only by going upstairs and going around the house could you get to the position of the king ball behind.

I picked up the flashlight and closed the door, and I rushed upstairs.

"Walking at night, taking the cat" remembered what my grandfather often said to me, although it was not far to go around, but during this period I still had to walk through a cemetery, and the place to go was not a good place, so it was better to bring a domestic cat.

I just wanted to find out where the cat was, but I heard a "meow", and the house cat suddenly jumped into the darkness from the beam, and I suddenly heard the voice of Wang Qiu.

"Zhang Lian, I'm back!"

"You...... You come first" I was a little surprised, and I couldn't help but take two steps back and came to the lamp.

"Do you think I'll be killed if I come back now?" Wang Qiu stood in place, looking a little leisurely, although he said this, he couldn't see that he had any concerns, and even lit a cigarette.

"You're crazy!" I walked over and took the cigarette from Wang Qiu's mouth

"What's the matter, only coming back now?" Hurriedly smoked two puffs, and smoking at the door of the house was a thrill.

"Later, I just smoked a cigarette slowly, and I wouldn't be found later." After Wang Qiu finished speaking, he pointed to the corner of the dark place behind him and began to smoke again.

I watched Wang Qiu walk towards the darkness, a little hesitant, looking at the corner, inexplicably a little timid.

"Smack!" The sound of the lighter pierced the silence and lit up the night, illuminating Wang Qiu's face.

"I fainted outside the house," Wang Qiu said unhurriedly and took a sharp breath, still looking a little relaxed.

"Then why did you suddenly disappear from the window just now?" I snatched the cigarette from Wang Qiu's hand again and put a few puffs into my lungs.

"Hear me out first," he said, pulling another point from his pocket.

"I'm not too close to the lonely house, and I know where the yin qi is heavy, and I won't dare to go if you give me ten guts, but...... But when I was picking up bricks near nowhere, I saw someone else enter. ”

Wang Qiu said and took another sharp breath.

"You know the people who disappeared in the village a few days ago, there is one I know, I clearly saw a group of them walking in, I couldn't be dazzled in the daytime, I was really alive and drecked, I was so scared that I turned around and ran, but I didn't look at the road in a hurry and crashed into the wall and fainted......"

Feeling a little embarrassed, Wang Qiu lowered his head, if it wasn't too dark now, I would have had a chance to see this kid's embarrassed face.

"What else do I say about the big deal, it turns out that you scared yourself and knocked yourself unconscious, you really don't know how much everyone cares about you, you can stand it when you come back later" I also breathed a sigh of relief, it can be regarded as a false alarm.

"No, I didn't scare myself, I know you don't believe in these things, and I believe that if you don't do bad things, you won't be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door, but I have to warn you that sometimes even if you don't touch something, it will come and provoke you." Wang Qiu's face changed slightly, and I rolled my eyes when I looked at his serious expression.

"Don't talk to me about these useless things, tell me quickly, why did you suddenly appear, shouldn't you meet your uncle and them first? Why did you suddenly enter the house? ”

Wang Qiu's expression changed again when he heard this, his posture was relaxed, and he waved his hand and said, "Hey! What a big deal, you don't know, I ran through the window of the pigsty and ran in, your downstairs is sturdy, but my family is not so particular. ”

Only then did I realize that the anti-theft window in the basement was only installed in my own house, and my uncle's house was not installed, so it was easy to get in with Wang Qiu's skills.

"But I didn't run just now because my dad came with a stick and wanted to hit me," Wang Qiu said suddenly, throwing the cigarette butt in his hand.

"Why is that?"

He threw away the cigarette butt and let out a long breath and said, "I saw myself in your room....."