The corners of my grandfather's mouth trembled, and I told my father and I to go and look for other people's houses, and we went from house to house, only to find that the whole village had disappeared.

Moreover, their homes are all neat and tidy, and some people's TVs are still on, which is also too weird.

"Dad, in this village?" My father's eyes widened, and he was as frightened as I was.

"Go back." Grandpa's consternation turned from calm at the beginning, and this calm was mixed with a little helplessness and fear, but the tone was unquestionable.

My father held my wrist tightly, as if he was afraid that I would disappear suddenly.

Grandpa was even more depressed, swaying his body and walking forward, when we turned the road, we found that there was a black car parked in front of the house at the beginning of the house.

The car was pitch black, the lights weren't on, and the door of our house was wide open.

Grandpa instantly quickened his pace, almost trotting in the direction of the door of the house.

My father and I also ran up quickly, and when we entered the house, we saw two men sitting in the living room of our house, one old and one young.

The old man was in his sixties and seventies, and the young one was in his early twenties, with an inch of his head, and he looked at us with a slight tilt of his head.

The old man, with a faint smile on his face, stood up when he saw us come in.

I thought that grandpa would ask who they were, but who knew that grandpa only showed a shocked expression on his face, and then asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Obviously, Grandpa knew this old man.

When the old man heard his grandfather ask, he said, "Big Brother Quan, I came today because I have something important to discuss with you." ”

After speaking, the old man looked behind his grandfather and asked, "This must be Xiao Jiu'er of the Qing family, right?" It's handsome. ”

"Go to the study and say, Shi'an, you are watching Xiao Jiu here." Grandpa seemed a little nervous, and directly blocked me behind him, and motioned for the old man to go to the study with him.

The old man nodded, but his eyes scanned me from beginning to end, and then he turned around and followed my grandfather towards the backyard.

Normally, none of us could go into my grandfather's study without his permission, and they went to the backyard, leaving my father and I to stare at the squint.

The visitor was a guest, and his father made him tea.

He stepped on the wooden chair, looked at me and asked, "Child, how old are you?" ”

"Fifteen, soon sixteen." I replied as I stared at him.

Cun Bantou looked at me and grinned: "Well, the age is about the same as the new batch, but what kind of background do you have, and you actually trouble our Fu Lao to pick you up in person?" ”

"Pick me up? Where to? I looked ignorant, I didn't listen to my father and grandfather say that they were going to take me somewhere, so I looked at my father again, and my father was also suspicious.

"Xiao Jiu, just stay in the village, and you won't go anywhere." Father was very sure.

The other party smiled contemptuously when he heard this: "Do you know who we are?" No matter how many people want to enter the "Hongru", they can't get in, but you have served it. ”

As he spoke, he put down the cup in his hand and smacked his teeth, and began to wander around our living room.

"This table is a good thing, Xiaoye Rosewood table, you actually used it as a dinner table? It's a waste. He shook his head and pouted, which was uncomfortable to look at.

Father was polite to this kid at first, but this kid didn't treat himself as an outsider too much, and the first time he went to someone else's house, he touched him everywhere.

And, without the permission of the owner's family, he pushed open the door of his father's room.

This annoyed his father, and he coughed and walked up to the man, and said to the man: "Although the visitor is a guest, the guest should also guard the duty of the guest, this is my home, not an exhibition hall, you better sit well." ”

When the man heard this, the corners of his mouth were raised, and he said with some mockery: "You countrymen, you also know about the exhibition hall? ”

"Hmph, outside, you must not say that you are a Hongru person." The father said lightly: "Otherwise, it will ruin Hongru's reputation." ”

"What do you hillbilly know?" When the head heard his father say this, he was immediately annoyed.

"That's not small-leaved red sandalwood, it's huanghuali, even this, you can tell the difference? You're not Hongru's apprentice, are you? Father glanced at the board and said lightly.

The inch board pursed his lips, walked to the wooden table and looked at it carefully, the expression on his face was blue and white for a while, and then he stopped.

About half an hour later, I saw the old man and his grandfather walking out of the backyard together, and there was no expression on the faces of the old man and his grandfather.

"Shi'an, Xiao Jiu, you come with me to the study." After Grandpa finished speaking, he paused and looked at the old man and said, "I want to discuss this matter with my family." ”

"This is natural, please." The old man did not have the arrogance of that inch, and he was very respectful to his grandfather.

Grandpa took us and walked towards the study, which was also a mess, looking like a thief.

As soon as I entered the study, my grandfather motioned for my father to close the door, and then I felt my neck suddenly tighten, and I was choked by death, so strong that I immediately opened my mouth and stuck out my tongue.

"Daddy? Are you crazy? This is Xiao Jiu! My father was shocked and reached out to help me push my grandfather away behind him, but my grandfather was like crazy, no matter how I struggled and how hard my father pushed him, he just wouldn't let go.

He also muttered to himself: "No, no one can go with them, even if they die, our family has to keep this secret." ”

Rural people have done rough work, especially men, even if they are old, their strength in their hands is not small.

"Click." I felt like I could hear a creaking sound in my neck, and my neck was about to break.

"Daddy!" The father was in a hurry, stretched out his hands and hooked his shoulders from under his grandfather's armpits, and pulled his grandfather away, and the grandfather and father fell to the ground together.

Grandpa still wanted to struggle to get up, but after all, he was old, and he didn't recover for a long time after such a fall.

"Grandpa, Dad?" I clutched my neck and screamed, trying to go over and help them up.

"Xiao Jiu, don't come here." Dad yelled at me.

Grandpa shook his head and said: "Xiao Jiu, grandpa is forced to do it, if you fall into the hands of those people, I don't know what will happen to you, it's better to die happily." ”

After grandpa finished speaking, he supported the ground with both hands, ready to get up again, but my father immediately hugged my grandfather's waist and shouted at me: "Xiao Jiu, run, run!" ”

When my father shouted, I panicked and instinctively rushed out of the study, but when I ran to the threshold of the living room, my mind cleared up again.

Where can I run? Now that the people in the village are gone, who can I go to? One is my grandfather, the other is my father, how could I really leave them alone and run out alone.

"What's wrong?" The old man heard the footsteps, and when he turned around, he saw me with a panicked face.

"My grandfather?" I paused, not knowing what to say.

The old man's eyes narrowed, and he said, "Oh no." ”

Immediately got up and ran towards the backyard, and the head of the board followed this time.

When I left, there was still the sound of my grandfather's shouting, but now the backyard was quiet, and the light in the study was still on, but there was no sound.

"Brother Quan?" The old man screamed and walked to the wooden door, and then his body seemed to freeze.

I hurriedly stepped forward, and when I saw the scene inside, I was stunned.

"Dad?" I stumbled.

My father fell to the ground, a large cut in his neck, bleeding profusely, his red flesh turned out, his eyes closed, and his face turned pale.

Grandpa, on the other hand, was staring wide-eyed, and his whole body was hung from the beam of the ceiling, swaying from side to side like a pendulum.

"Put my grandfather down." Tears rolled down my face, and I screamed in panic as I reached out and put my hand over my father's neck wound.

The old man glanced at the head of the board, and the head of the board lifted the desk up, stepped on it and barely reached my grandfather, he put my grandfather down with difficulty, and after snorting for a while, he shook his head at the old man.

The old man looked at my father again, sighed, and told me not to hold it, my father was already out of breath like my grandfather.

"Why bother, Brother Quan, we are not here to force you to death, but to save everyone, if you do this, aren't you trapping Hongru in unkindness and injustice?" The old man looked at his grandfather's corpse and shook his head repeatedly.

I cried out in despair, without any warning, these relatives around me disappeared overnight, and I couldn't bear the "leaving" of leaving.

"Child, don't cry, I'll help you bury your grandfather and father, you can go with us." The old man touched my head.

"I'm not leaving, I'm going to wait here for my grandma." I choked up and sobbed.

"Your grandmother and they can't come back, child, if you stay here, those people will find you sooner or later." The old man looked at me with a kind expression.

"Who, who the hell are you talking about?" My voice trembled, and I asked loudly.

The old man glanced at Cunbantou, who immediately understood, walked out of the study, and closed the door of the study.

"Kid, didn't your grandfather tell you anything about it?" He crouched down slightly and made eye contact with me.

"Say what?" I asked him rhetorically.

"Did he tell you about your old lady?" The old man asked softly.

I shook my head, although some people in the village said that my old lady was a eunuch in the palace during the Qing Dynasty, I also mentioned the old lady in front of my grandfather for this matter.

But Grandpa was furious every time, saying that those people were talking nonsense, and I didn't dare to mention the old lady casually after that.

The old man stared into my eyes for a long time, and saw that I was really at a loss and did not lie, and looked a little disappointed.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked again, "Then did your grandfather give you anything particularly important?" ”

I thought about it carefully, still shaking my head, the old man frowned, his eyes swept around the study, and he didn't say anything more.