Tang Muzhou and I walked along the corridor of the West Chamber, to my aunt's mourning hall.

Tomorrow morning, my aunt and grandmother will be at the funeral.

It is customary in our south that when an old man dies, he must keep a vigil in the mourning hall for seven days.

Tonight, two of our cousins have a wake for their wake.

Just now in the bedroom, I took a nap. In such a short period of time, I actually had a rather frightening nightmare, and now looking back, I still feel cold in my vest.

Follow Tang Muzhou all the way to my aunt's mourning hall.

As I passed by the water tower, I took a special look up.

The sky was covered with a layer of mist, and the not too bright moon was faintly hiding in the middle of the mist, and in the chaos, it was impossible to see its outline at all.

The entire water tower is pitch black, and there are no windows to be seen, let alone lights coming out of it. I stared up at the top of the tower, wondering if the cave bat would suddenly come out of it.

That thing can bite, and it can only be detoxified with fairy grass dendrobium.

If you get bitten by it, it's really troublesome.

It's just that I really don't understand, how can the bats that grow in the cliff cave climb to settle on this abandoned water tower?

Tang Muzhou also stared at the tower, patted my arm, and he comforted me: "Xiaofan, don't be afraid, that thing usually doesn't bite." ”

I nodded, and was about to follow him away.

Just then, I heard a squeak from the top of the tower. When I looked up, I saw a huge winged body flying out of the spire.

When that thing flies in mid-air, in the night sky, it is streamlined and beautiful.

I saw that the thing scurried a few times in the night sky, through the mist, and then jumped over the clouds, and so on and so forth, and then it was no longer visible.

At that moment, I was a little dazed.

Tang Muzhou beckoned to me in front: "Let's go, Xiaofan." ”

I nodded and followed.

Ahead is my aunt's mourning hall.

From a distance, the white ethereal figure fell down quietly and naturally, the white candles on the left and right of the statue were burning quietly, and my aunt and grandmother were in the portrait, looking at me and Tang Muzhou very indifferently.

Tang Muzhou stood in front of the statue and offered incense to his aunt. I touched the coffin, and the feeling of my fingertips was exactly the same as what I had just felt in my dream.

Walking along the brown-red coffin, I saw a familiar scene again.

A woman in plain clothes was squatting on the ground with her back to me, and in front of her was a brazier, and she was throwing money paper into the brazier one by one.

The woman's hair was also loosely tied into a bun.

Both the movement and temperament are very similar to the ones I saw my aunt and grandmother in my dreams.

At that moment, I felt that my body froze, I didn't dare to step forward, I couldn't retreat, just like that woman's back, full of fear.

That's when I was tapped on the shoulder.

I screamed!

Seeing my frightened appearance, Tang Muzhou was also startled.

The woman who was burning the paper turned around, and she looked at me: "Tang Xiaofan, what's wrong with you?" ”

I also looked at her, under the firelight, that face was not unfamiliar, she was the daughter of my aunt An Jiaqi. Throwing the last piece of paper in his hand into the brazier, An Jiaqi stood up.

I gasped for breath and looked unnatural.

An Jiaqi looked at me, she thought I was uncomfortable: "Otherwise, tonight, you better go back and rest......"

Wiping the beads of sweat from my forehead, I shook my head: "It's okay, I can do it." It was ...... just now" Speaking of this, I paused, raised my eyes and looked at my cousin's thin eyebrows, how to look, how mean.

I can't figure it out.

How could a woman with such a peaceful face give birth to a woman with such a snarky face?

I said, "Aunt Cousin, I'm really fine, you go and rest." ”

Seeing that I insisted on this, An Jiaqi nodded:

"Then you pay attention to yourself, if you feel uncomfortable, just talk to Steward Hu." After speaking, she walked to the side of the mourning platform and added some sesame oil to her aunt's everlasting lamp.

Then she turned to us and said:

"Then, I'll leave it to your brothers and sisters tonight."

Before leaving, An Jiaqi pointed to the everlasting oil lamp under the portrait of his aunt and grandmother and said to us: "That everlasting lamp must not be extinguished." ”

Sighing, she said again: "Our An family is scarce, and there can't be any more mistakes." ”

Tang Muzhou hurriedly patted his chest and said that there was no problem, and reassured her.

After An Jiaqi left, Steward Hu brought us some food, I took a look, it was some snacks and sugar water or something.

Before leaving, he said to us: "This Dongshan is cool at night, if you feel uncomfortable, there is a thin quilt or something in the cabinet over there, you can put it on your body to protect yourself from the cold." ”

As he spoke, Steward Hu pointed to a carved cabinet in the north corner of the hall.

After explaining some other things, Steward Hu left.

Outsiders are not allowed to be present at the vigil.

Although Tang Muzhou and I are separated from my aunt and grandmother, we are also blood relatives in the end, so our vigil is in line with the rules, and Steward Hu, although he has been with his aunt and grandmother for a long time, is also an outsider in the end.

After Steward Hu left, we glanced at Tang Muzhou.

He pointed to the pastries and soup on the table: "Tang Xiaofan, go eat some." ”

I shook my head.

I drank such a big bowl of chicken fat and shrimp pot porridge at night, and I still have some support.

If I want to eat something more now, I can't swallow it.

But it's only ten o'clock now, and in the middle of the night, the little things in my stomach will be digested sooner or later. It's good to wait until two or three o'clock in the evening to eat some of this.

Tang Muzhou sat on a stool and continued to play his zombie game.

The sparse sound on the mobile phone, although it was a little noisy, also made the mourning hall not so quiet.

I also turned on my phone, but there was still no reply from Liang Yuan's side.

It was exactly ten o'clock now, and the chicken noodle shop was the busiest time, so I had Mei Mei hanging in my heart, and I looked at the video just now, and the trafficker's gaze made me shudder.

I remember very well that after the news broadcast that wanted notice, the traffickers' dens were knocked out.

However, the traffickers with sour branches and wood beads have never been caught.

For a long time after that, I went to and from school and was scared. When I walked on the road, I always felt that someone was secretly following me, and when I turned around, I couldn't see anything.

This man, during those years, occasionally appeared in my nightmares.

I finally stopped thinking about it, and the video that Liang Yuan sent me just now once again awakened my memory.

Mei Mei ......

I fidgeted and was really worried about her.