Grandpa pinched a cigarette, took a deep puff, and almost smoked it on the butt.

After a while, he let out a long puff of cigarette before he said lightly, "Oh...... Nothing. ”

Nothing, there must be something!

Originally, I wanted to ask, but my grandfather opened his mouth first, he said: "Lin Yi, the paper figure I tied yesterday will last at most one night." Your brother can't count on it, so you have to go to your sister-in-law's mourning hall to guard it today. For those who have died, the vigil will be three days, and today is the last day, and if they can be safe, this joy will be over. ”

Grandpa's words surprised me, and this time, I couldn't help it, so I asked: "Grandpa, didn't you say that I was not strong enough, let me go and keep a wake for my sister-in-law, won't you...... Something happened, right? ”

"No, that's your sister-in-law, your own family, of course it's fine!" Grandpa waved his hand and said lightly.

Own family?

I let out an "oh" and smiled bitterly.

"What's the matter, aren't you afraid to go?" Grandpa asked rhetorically.

I was speechless when I could answer this, and before I could answer, my grandfather lit another cigarette, got up and left, and went back to the house alone, apparently not saying more.

In the morning, I had to go to the funeral booth alone.

During the day, the sky was overcast, and the fog crept up the river and swirled, like a precursor to heavy rain, as if it was a sign that something bad was about to happen.

I don't think I'm too timid, and since it's daylight, it's fine.

However, in the evening, no matter how bold I was, I could not continue to remain calm.

The night wind is enchanting, goosebumps stand up on the scratched neck, the candle flame is flickering, flickering and dimming, a little bit of firelight, I really can't bear this black night, like a ghost devouring.

Next to the body of my sister-in-law, there is still a bulging bag, and the paper piercing person made by my grandfather has always been there.

In the evening, my grandfather came to bring me food, and after delivering it, he didn't say anything, turned around and left, leaving in a hurry, as if he was also taboo about something.

I doubt that grandpa is really just doing this to crack the joy?

Under the cover of night, time is like an extremely thick ointment, which does not flow and cuts constantly. It took a long time to barely make it to nine o'clock in the night.

It's been a long night, and I don't know when it's a head.

The more I sit, the colder it gets, wrapped in clothes, or useless, at this time, cold, a black civet cat came to the entrance of the mourning hall.

The black civet cat stared at me, his eyes blue and very bewitching.

When I saw a cat in the mourning hall, I immediately got up and drove it away. Cats are timid, and under normal circumstances, they will be scared away when they shout, but this cat can't be driven away.

Helplessly, I casually pulled a bamboo pole and made a gesture to hit it, but it made a "whining" sound, and its hair exploded, staring at me and retreating.

I don't know if it's my delusion, but the black civet cat exited in the direction it seemed that something was staring at me there. However, the night was so dark that I didn't see anything. I gritted my teeth, took a deep breath, and stared in that direction as well, trying to figure out what was there.

However, after more than two minutes, the feeling of being stared at was gone.

I breathed a sigh of relief and went back to sit down, but when I turned around, I found that the black civet cat that I had driven away had come to the table in front of the spirit at some point, and was gnawing on the meat of the knife.

The knife head meat is generally roast chicken or pig's head meat, with a pair of chopsticks inserted on it, which is a sacrifice for the dead, if it touches the dead person's things, it will collide with the dead.

The black civet cat gulped and whined.

It was originally a joy, but now there is a black civet cat eating knife head meat, isn't this going to be an accident?

I picked up the bamboo pole and swept it at it.

The black civet cat swooped, flashed a black shadow, and jumped off the offering table.

I was about to pull the stick out, when I suddenly found a man standing at the entrance of the mourning hall, and the black civet cat jumped up, and jumped on his shoulder with two clicks.

This person was dressed in black, a little sloppy, with a cane in his hand, his face was full of vicissitudes, the wrinkles were as deep as a knife, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, with a hint of gloom and compassion.

Horse lame!

I was so frightened that I couldn't open my mouth for a while.

"Yiwa, what's the matter, I don't recognize your grandpa Ma?" The voice was hoarse and weak, as if it had been cut out of a bamboo sliver.

The lame horse is not very old, more than a dozen years younger than my grandfather, but older than my grandfather. Grandpa used to say that fortune tellers have five disadvantages and three shortcomings, and a lame horse is a lack of life and grows old quickly.

When I came back to my senses, I asked, "In the middle of the night, ...... you What are you doing here? ”

"I'm here to save you!"

The lame man said, and walked towards the mourning hall.

I've heard that this man is not doing the right thing, and he brought a black civet cat, and he is obviously uneasy and kind. I stepped forward, blocked in front of him, and said, "I'm not alive and well, and I still need you to save me?" ”

The lame horse smiled strangely, stopped, and said something else: "Your grandfather and I are peers, he has no son, but he has a grandson like you, don't you think it's strange?" ”

These words can be said to poke at my weakness, because it concerns my parents.

Still, I put up with it.

Let him go immediately.

Ma Cripple shook his head helplessly, and said: "Your uncle was picked up by your grandfather, not his own, this can be seen from the two points of personality and appearance, a baby, you should see it more clearly than me." Also, the general's tomb on the slope of the old grave in your village is not the ancestral tomb of your Lin family, and the one buried in it is not a person. Of course, you can not believe me, but, people like your grandfather are like me, with five disadvantages and three shortcomings, and he has committed only shortcomings, have you ever wondered where you came from? ”

I only wanted to know about my parents, but never thought to doubt my grandfather. Therefore, when he said this, I was very resistant and did not want to listen to it.

"Don't talk about it!"

I didn't dare to look at the lame horse, and my heart was very confused.

"One is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer, since this is the case, I have no problem. Anyway, you will be eighteen in a few days, the reincarnation of heaven, twenty-nine is the limit, I wanted to save you, but you didn't want to, forget it, I didn't say what I said just now. ”

After the lame horse finished speaking, he snorted coldly, turned his head and left.

His words made my heart messy. Turning around and sitting down, before he could digest and comb it, a gust of wind suddenly struck.

The lights were staggering, and the lampshade was useless, and before I could reach out to protect it, I snorted and extinguished it.

Everything in front of me was instantly submerged in darkness.

At the same time, I heard a creaking and creaking sound on the mourning bed......

Cluck......

My scalp exploded, and a spirit, knowing that something was wrong, immediately turned on the flashlight and subconsciously shone it on the spiritual bed. The spiritual bed was empty, and even the paper figures were nowhere to be seen.

Can the dead still run?

The scene in front of me can be said to have refreshed my cognition.

At this time, the feeling can no longer be described as simple fear, my legs are like lead, and it will take me a while to move.

Even if I have the heart to change my joy, but now that I am in this situation, I definitely don't dare to continue to stay in the spirit shed, so I will run home.

Along the way, I didn't dare to take a break, I felt that something was following, and I didn't dare to turn back, so I ran home with a smoke.

After knocking on the door for a while, Grandpa opened the door, and Grandpa yawned and asked me what was wrong, and I told me what I had just experienced.

"Hey, even the lame horse is here to join in the fun?" Grandpa asked.

"It doesn't matter, grandpa...... My sister-in-law ran away, and that's the key! "I emphasized that this incident had a huge impact on me.

"Really? Let's go to the mourning hall and have a look. Grandpa didn't seem to take this matter seriously, and the expression on his face was very indifferent.

"I'm not going!"

I refused, I just want to stay at home and not go anywhere!

Grandpa was not reluctant, he said, "It's okay, you go back to the house to rest first, and I'll take a look...... That's right! Wait, if you hear someone knocking on the door, whoever it is, just don't open it! ”

"What do you mean? Who's going to knock on the door? I asked, and Grandpa's words made me mumble.

"Nobody, I don't hear anything. When I go out, I lock the door from the outside, and I don't have to knock on the door when I come back. He paused for a moment, and then said: "Lin Yi, don't worry too much about your sister-in-law's affairs, although it is a happy thing, but you won't cheat the corpse, don't be afraid." The location of the spiritual hall is set by me, the local qi belongs to the yang, the qi of the yuan yang can be described as extremely thick, the yang governs the yin, and the three days of guarding the spirit to resolve grievances, even if she has monstrous grievances, they should be almost resolved. ”

I nodded, it was a bit strange, I probably understood the meaning, but I didn't know if my grandfather's words were to reassure me. However, then the grandfather went out on his own, but he had an axe for chopping wood in his hand.

Seeing him go out like this, I was a little worried.

But I don't know anything, I don't know what my grandfather does, I don't know how to help him.

Half an hour passed.

Someone really knocked on the door, and the man shouted while knocking on the door: "Lin Yi, open the door!" There's nothing going on in the mourning hall, maybe you were dazzled just now, and your cousin's body is still there. ”

I heard it very well, it was my grandfather's voice. At the same time, I also thought of my grandfather's explanation before leaving.

So, it's definitely not my grandfather outside the door.

If it's not grandpa knocking on the door, who will be outside? Why is his voice the same as my grandfather's? I didn't dare to continue thinking about it, so I could only stay in my own room, wrapped in the quilt and silent.

The sound of knocking and shouting lasted for about two or three minutes, and finally stopped.

I breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from my forehead. Who knows, as soon as I relaxed, the lights in the house began to sway and creak in the wind, and the light turned on and off. Even the sound of rustling on the roof was heard, as if something was crawling on it.

Immediately after, the light bulb flickered and creaked.

The next moment.

The light bulb goes out and the darkness spreads.

The whole room was plunged into total darkness.

A dark wind howled in the room, and the doors and windows were closed, but they were also rattled. Wrapped in the quilt, I couldn't resist the fear that seemed to pull me into the deep well, and just when I couldn't bear it anymore, there was a beam of light on the old bookcase next to me, spreading.

This light is like a lifesaver.

I looked out through the crack in the quilt and saw two red candles on the old bookcase, and the light came from there. I don't have a candle in my house, let alone a candle engraved with the word "Xi", where did this candle come from?

The candles swayed and lit the wall of the desk, and there was also a big red "囍" character on the wall. In addition, I was lazy last summer and autumn, and the mosquito nets that I didn't remove were all turned into red gauze nets.

The weirdest thing is......

On the edge of my bed sat a woman, dressed in red, and covered with a red hijab of mandarin duck double happiness.

She looks like a wedding bride.

I was even more confused, in this direction, I could only see her back, and I couldn't tell who she was. But subconsciously, I think she must be Brother Hanzi's daughter-in-law, that is, the sister-in-law who disappeared in the mourning hall. My sister-in-law had an accident on the edge of the bamboo forest, I witnessed it with my own eyes, and she couldn't be more thorough, and I could figure it out with the soles of my feet, what is she in my house now......

She didn't move, I didn't dare to breathe, time seemed to freeze.

Finally, after a few minutes, she spoke.

"Candle night in the cave room, isn't the little brother going to do something?" She asked, and there was a deep resentment in these words.

That's right, it's resentment.