Chapter VII: Seeking Life
I saw a white sedan chair, parked outside the gate, a group of people dressed in strange clothes, wandering around and swaying, and when my vision spread, I happened to see that pair of dark blue eyes, staring straight at me, I was soft, collapsed beside my grandfather, grandpa grabbed me, and asked anxiously: "Ergou, what's wrong with you?!" ”
"Grandpa...... Outside...... There's a lot of dirt out there! I cried out in shortness of breath and tried to reach out to my fingers, but my fingers were stiff and cold, cold all over my body, even to the bone marrow.
"Don't be afraid! Yes, there is a grandfather here! Grandpa's voice sounded slightly hoarse, and his palms were tightly on my shoulders, no matter when, as long as I was with my grandfather, it always made me feel very relieved, even if the sky fell, for me, there was nothing to be afraid of.
"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang! ”
At this moment, the door of the hall was suddenly knocked on something, and my heart instantly rose to my throat, and I looked at my grandfather in horror, and my grandfather scolded angrily and picked it up? The head ran to the hall and shouted angrily outside: "Mother! If you have a kind, come in, Lao Tzu will kill you! ”
But immediately there was a louder sound of banging on the door, the dust on the door, under the dim light, rose in the room like a gray mist, and the door panel gradually relaxed, it seemed that it was about to be knocked open, my first thought was to think of the sigil that Yang Yuanshan asked me to imprint on the top, and I don't know if the top is useless, what if it is knocked open?
I was anxious, hesitantly looking at my grandfather, gray hair, thin figure, and at his age, but he was still desperate to protect this family, my eyes were slightly moist, I didn't want to burden grandpa, I secretly wiped my tears, if I could, I would rather rush out alone and have a fight with them, but I knew that grandpa would not let me out.
It slammed on the door until the middle of the night, but luckily the door was not knocked open, but my grandfather and I were still desperately prepared......
"Boom...... Click! ”
Suddenly, there was a miserable white lightning in the sky outside, followed by a deafening thunderstorm, and it rained, and it poured down, and it fell on the roof, as if someone was pouring it on it, and I could not hear anything, nor could I see it, and I don't know how long it was, when I looked at the door of the hall, I found that the door was motionless, and no one seemed to hit it anymore.
"I'll kill you if I'm too late!" Grandpa scolded fiercely, turned around and walked in, only to know that all living beings are afraid of thunder, and in thunderstorms, they have no ability to harm sentient beings except for avoiding everywhere.
I don't know how this night came about, but when it was almost dawn, I was drowsy, and my grandfather was tired, sitting on the edge of the bed, leaning against the wall, and he was already asleep.
When I woke up, it was nearly dusk outside.
I didn't expect this day to pass so quickly, calculate the time, my grandfather and I will not be able to go out in the house for four days, and what will happen after four days, I don't know, grandpa is also at a loss, maybe we can only wait silently, quietly suffer......
While there was still a glimmer of light outside, I curiously ran outside to look at the runes on the doors and windows, and they were still there, but after a night of wind and rain, slightly blurred, I don't know if they can help us spend these four nights, anyway, I kind of believe in the rune drawn by Yang Yuanshan, because the courtyard door is so thick that they are easily knocked open, and the door of the hall is so shabby, thin, but it can be safe and sound, the force of hitting the door I can still remember clearly, if it is a normal door, I'm afraid it will be smashed sooner or later, And when I checked it, it was in perfect condition.
After a simple meal, my grandfather and I stayed in the house and didn't go anywhere, of course, during the period, there was also medicine for Yang Yuanshan, all of which were done quickly before the sun set, and when the last trace of the remnant sun fell into the West Mountain, I knew that the difficult night had come again......
Three days to go...... Two days to go...... When my grandfather and I stayed up until the last day, the spirits of the two of us had been exhausted, my grandfather's eyes were black, and his face was even more sallow.
I'm not much better, I don't have any strength, I'm not interested in eating, I've only drunk some water and eaten some dry food these days, and I'm thinking about how to spend these five days, but fortunately today is the last day, as long as my grandfather and I can get through it, I'm going to go out anyway tomorrow, and I'm really suffocating me!
And the rune drawn by Yang Yuanshan, although it is more blurred, is still intact, and the door panel of my house is also intact, which makes me completely believe that Yang Yuanshan who is still in a coma, he is by no means an ordinary person, from time to time I think of the fox clan who was shaken away by a coughing sound in the dream, I think it should be Yang Yuanshan secretly helping, therefore, I have infinite worship for Yang Yuanshan in addition to an indescribable gratitude!
Maybe at the beginning, those fox clans were afraid of our family, not because of anything else, but because of the middle-aged man Yang Yuanshan who was recuperating in my family......
It's just that I didn't expect that grandpa brought back both the disaster and the savior at the same time.
Didn't wait for tomorrow, after dark, until midnight, I didn't even hear the sound of knocking on the door outside, my grandfather and I were very strange, isn't today the ninth day? They should be even crazier on this last day, why hasn't there been any movement at all?
Do you think that no matter how they make a fuss, my grandfather and I won't leave the door half a step, so we retreat? I looked at my grandfather in surprise, and my grandfather looked at me in the same confusion, the dim lights, flickering in the dark night, no wind, very quiet, the silence was a little scary, even a needle falling from the ground could be heard clearly, even the sound of insects outside, it seemed to be gone.
"Dare to love is not coming tonight, or I'll go out and have a look!" Grandpa said to himself, he has been smoking dry tobacco for the past few days, grandpa's fingers are smoky and bloody, and he threw down the dry tobacco bag, grandpa was just about to go out, but I stopped him.
"Grandpa, anyway, I think we should talk about it after tonight, whether they come or not, we don't go out, what if they're just outside to keep watch? As soon as you go out, you can catch a right one, but you will be busy for a few days! "I warned my grandfather from the bottom of my heart, I know that my grandfather has a strong temperament, he was a famous skinner in the early years, and he hunted all year round, speaking of which, there is really nothing to make grandpa afraid, so I held it for a few days, and my grandfather's personality was already impatient, maybe it was my grandfather who was so willing to stay at home for me.
I know the truth of this, so I can't let my grandfather go out.
Grandpa didn't speak again, just silently filled a pot of tobacco, and continued to smoke it, after a long time, the time is unknown, because I was only nervous, and I didn't count the time, but I knew that grandpa had loaded three pots of tobacco in a row, and this was the fourth pot.
And outside is still light and breezy, without the slightest movement.
Just when my grandfather and I thought that this disaster had passed quietly, there was a sudden movement outside, because the night was terrible, there was a person walking outside the courtyard gate could be heard, inside the mountain village, there were not many people, who crossed the road, the footsteps could almost be heard.
Yes, it seems that someone is coming in the direction of my house, I frowned, it's the middle of the night, who will come to my house?
"Brother Li? Brother Li...... "First a loud voice came in, I knew as soon as I heard it, it was Zhao Liushun of Zhao Zhuang, because he often went into the mountains with his grandfather to hunt, and also came to my house, how could I not remember his voice, but after a sound, followed by a long cry, Zhao Liushun pushed open the courtyard door of my house, step by step high and low to my house door...... "Brother Li!" The two of us brothers have been walking around for so many years, we have hunted in the mountains together, we have drunk together, brother and brother, and now my family has suffered a catastrophe, and my family has been ruined, so you don't care about me...... Woowoo...... Brother Li, open the door! ”
"Lao Zhao is here?!" Grandpa Huo Di stood up and was anxious to go out and open the door, I hurriedly pulled my grandfather, and my grandfather hurriedly asked me: "What's wrong again?" Lao Zhao is not an outsider, maybe he was drunk and came to me to complain, how could I turn him away? Then what has our old Li family become! ”
"What if it's not Uncle Zhao himself outside? In case it's a ghost or something...... "I myself feel that my reasons are a bit far-fetched, but I've heard old people tell ghost stories before, saying that those mountain spirits and ghosts can turn into human forms to confuse people, but I just listen to ghost stories and laugh, and I won't be serious at all, but this time, I ...... To be honest, I still don't believe in those illusory things.
"What nonsense! I don't believe that there can be such an evil, it's obviously Lao Zhao outside! Grandpa explained impatiently, but seeing that I was still pulling him, Grandpa thought about it, nodded helplessly and said: "That's it, I'll ask him about the situation at home, if what he said is right, then it must be Lao Zhao, just open the door again, right?" ”
I also thought about it, and finally felt that what my grandfather said made sense, and if there were more than one person in the family, I might be able to help a little more.
"Brother Li, my son is dead, my wife is crazy, my home is not like a home, I feel bitter...... Woo woo woo ...... "Outside, Zhao Liushun cried and banged on the door, hearing this, grandpa wanted to ask, but he didn't ask, and directly opened the door latch......
"Grandpa!" I rushed to the hall with an arrow step, only to see that my grandfather was no longer in the house!