Chapter 167: Midnight Terror

My mother and I felt that there was some truth in what she said, but then we made another difficulty, how can we live in this place where we have no relatives, no cause, and no peace (shēn)?

The old lady saw our thoughts, and said to us, "If you don't dislike it, the old lady still has a room in her house, and you can go and stay for a while." ”

When we heard this, we went with her and saw that the house, though rudimentary, was clean and tidy, and readily agreed.

The old lady went out immediately, and after a short time, she brought another person, a young offspring, with soap boots and socks, and a white face, and when he saw me, he immediately looked like he could not control himself.

The old lady introduced to us that her name is Jiang Wen, this is her youngest son, twenty years old, named Jiang Yi, and has not yet been married.

At that time, I was a little puzzled, why did I mention this at the beginning of the meeting?

Jiang Yi held a bowl in his hand, which contained food, and after putting it in front of us, he went out with the old woman.

I could hear them arguing as they walked.

Because of hunger and thirst, my mother and I couldn't care so much anymore, so we devoured all the food.

After a short time, Jiang Wen's family came back again, and when he saw that we had eaten all the food, he still looked a little unsatisfied, picked up the bowl, went out and shouted to the upper room.

I heard someone running over, and after a while, Jiang Yi came in, holding the food in his hand, and handed it to me, just as I reached out to take it, his eyes stared at me without blinking, and I was embarrassed by him, and my face couldn't help but turn red.

Seeing this, the old woman grinned and asked me how old I was.

I told her that she was seventeen years old.

The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this, and said yes in a loud voice.

I saw her secretly tugging at her son, and the two of them went out together, talking about something as they walked, and seemed very excited.

In the next few days, Jiang Wen's youngest son would come once or twice for no reason, and he would always chat with me without words.

I felt very embarrassed (qíng), I didn't want to say it, and I felt that it was a little inappropriate to send people under the fence and be rude to others, but once I accosted him, he talked endlessly.

When my mother saw this, she dissuaded me behind my back and said that when I went out, I met people in Pingshui, and I didn't know my life, so I shouldn't get too close.

I think so, and later, when he came, when he spoke to me again, I was just silent.

I don't think he will come again, but, contrary to what I thought, he didn't just come, he did it more often.

As soon as I entered the room, he sat down to talk, and whether I responded or not, he just talked on his own.

Fortunately, my mother and I recovered quickly and told her that we wanted to leave here.

The mother said to the old woman, "We (shēn) are people in distress, and there are many troubles here, but your mother and son not only do not dislike it, but care for them very much, and our mother and daughter are very disturbed by this. Come to think of it, after the recuperation of the two (rì), the body gradually improves, and it will no longer cause you trouble, and it is better for you to continue to move forward and go to your relatives. ”

We thought that Jiang Wen's family should respond immediately, but what we didn't expect was that she would not let us go at all, and said to us: "It seems that your relatives are not wealthy families, even if they are found, they will not be much better than ours

Empty and boring, if your mother and daughter don't dislike it, why don't you just settle here (shēn), or be a companion with us, you have a place to live and work in peace and contentment, kill two birds with one stone, why not? ”

When we heard this, we felt that it was too sudden and didn't want to agree, but we could see that there were many (rì), the search for relatives was fruitless, and we were destitute, so if we continued like this, not only did we have an uncertain future, but we even feared that our lives would not be guaranteed.

Now that someone is retaining, it is naturally a great thing, but what kind of family is this?

If the condition of their family is really as the old woman said, it is okay, if not, other branches will be reborn after (rì), and I am afraid that it will be too late to regret it.

But when the second (rì) came down, he saw the old woman's kind eyes, and her youngest son was honest and simple, and felt that he was a little worried.

After the old lady left, I discussed it with my mother, and I thought it would be better to stay for a while, depending on the situation, and if there was a change, it would not be too late to leave.

So, I agreed.

Hearing that we had decided to stay, the mother and son were overjoyed, especially the youngest son, who was so happy that he almost danced with his hands, and walked in the yard like a child, jumping every now and then and twice.

The old lady led us to her field, and it was exactly as she said, that the fields were fertile, but the crops were not very lush.

At the time, I just thought it was due to bad weather, and I didn't care.

But when we were about to return to the house, we found some people around the edge of the field in the distance, and they were talking to each other and pointing at us.

Because of the distance, I couldn't hear what they were saying.

My mother also saw it, and she looked at me for a while, and then wanted to ask the old woman, and after thinking about it, she dispelled the idea again.

In the days that followed, I could sometimes hear some people visiting, but they were all outside the door, and I could hear Jiang Wen as if he was explaining something to them, and his voice was so low that he couldn't hear clearly.

When Jiang Wen returned, I observed and found that her face was gloomy, but it didn't take long for her to return to normal.

In the days that followed, there were still people visiting, and the conversation was still taking place on the street, and I could hear that they were sometimes very excited and their voices were raised a lot.

Previously, the younger son had not been involved in it, and when he suddenly heard a quarrel outside, the younger son ran out.

But after a while, I saw him being pushed back by his mother, Jiang Yi's face was flushed, and he looked very angry.

Seeing that we were looking at him, he hurriedly walked a few steps, entered the upper room, and never came out again.

Jiang Wen came back later, probably thinking that we must have heard their quarrel, so she went into the house to explain, and she told us that just now it was just some neighbors arguing about some trivial matters of life, which did not matter, and it would be fine later, and then she said some other things, and left.

But what I just heard was not as simple as she said, and the neighbors seemed to be accusing them of mother and son, their voices were high-pitched, and they were extremely agitated and showed strong dissatisfaction.

My mother was very uneasy, and she said to me, "In this case, we should not stay here for long, and those people must be coming for us."

I think what my mother said is very true.

However, in the days that followed, such incidents did not happen again, and my mother and I felt a little too worried about it.

However, just when we thought we would be safe from now on, something unexpected (qíng) happened.

It was one night, my mother and I were both asleep, and in the middle of the night, we suddenly heard a movement outside.

I was young, dead asleep, still snoring and couldn't wake up.

Seeing that I was not awakened by the unusual sound, my mother immediately got up in her clothes so as not to disturb me, and quietly leaned on the lattice of the window, and looked out along the crack in the window.

But I can't tell what happened, the voice was gone again, and the mother thought that she had misheard, and stayed for a while, but it was still silent outside, and she lay down again, but as soon as her head fell on the pillow, there was another sound outside, this time the sound was louder than the last time, and the mother finally heard clearly, as if someone was moving something outside.

The mother immediately became alert, and leaned down on the window again, and when she was about to get to the window, somehow the window quietly lifted up, and when the mother looked at it, a dark shadow almost touched her face!

When I saw my mother, I immediately "whoosh" and disappeared without a trace.

My mother screamed in fright and fell on her back on the pit, and I was immediately awakened to find my mother trembling and pointing to the window.

I looked there but didn't see anything, and I panicked and asked my mother why, and she told me what had just happened.

After hearing this, I also felt very scared, and I hugged my mother tightly and did not dare to move.

After a while, I suddenly heard a sound outside, and this time I heard it clearly, it was the sound of footsteps, in the dead of night, the sound was exceptionally clear, and I could only hear the sound of "tu, tu, tu" coming straight to our house.

What can I do, wake up the mother and son who came to the house, I thought about it, in the middle of the night, before I could figure out what was going on, I went to wake people up, it was too abrupt, so I didn't do that.

The voice was close to the window, and its shadow could be seen.

My mother and I snuggled up to each other, and I didn't dare to come out.

Immediately after that, I suddenly heard the sound of a window scratching......

Is this about breaking through the window?

I was trembling so hard that my mother kept reassuring me and whispering to me not to be afraid.

But I could feel that she was also very scary, because I trembled when I heard her voice.

Just when our mother and son were at a loss, we suddenly heard someone outside the window: "What just happened?" ”

As soon as I heard it, isn't this Jiang Wen's!

I hurriedly climbed to the window, lifted the lattice, and looked out, it was indeed her, only to see that she was also full of panic, and asked us in a low voice: "I heard movement here just now, I don't know what the situation is, so I got up (shēn) to come and look, can I be frightened?" ”

We told her what had just happened, and in the dark, Jiang Wen pondered for a long time, shook his head, and said nothing.

Finally, he comforted us: "I think it may be a big wild cat, or because of hunger, it is not known that it came out to forage for food, so you mother and daughter must not panic, just sleep at ease." ”

After saying that, he gently lowered the window lattice and went back to the upper house.

But we could not calm down, because I had lived in the country for a long time, and I had seen wild cats and lynxes, and we could tell them at once.

It's definitely not a wild cat, because a wild cat can't come and open your window.

According to the mother, it must have been a person who looked like that.

But why did Jiang Wen have to say that it was a wild cat?