My grandfather stood in the ancestral hall for several hours with his back to me, my legs were numb and unconscious, and I turned back to my grandmother for help, but my grandmother shook her head at me.

Since I can remember, my grandfather has never had such a big fire, and no one dares to add fuel to the fire.

I knelt until dark, and my father came back and contacted a few people in the town, and they offered three times the usual price, and they promised to come tomorrow.

"Father, is this going to build a grave? But our family? Father said, looking behind the tablet.

Where is there a grave in our house, grandpa they died and their bodies were burned directly, and the ashes jar was placed behind the tablet table.

"Don't ask so much, just call someone over, tomorrow you, and Xiao Jiu, will also go up the mountain together." After Grandpa finished speaking, he lowered his somewhat cloudy eyes and looked at me: "Does it hurt?" ”

I pursed my lips and said with some grievances: "It hurts! ”

"It's right to hurt, otherwise how would you remember, you?" Grandpa said this, and the anger seemed to be coming up again.

The father hurriedly played a round game: "Dad, don't worry about the child, Xiaojiu will also go up the mountain tomorrow, then let her get up first, otherwise I can't carry her so tall now." ”

Grandpa frowned, his expression was solemn, and he said for a long time: "Get up." ”

Grandma and the others hurriedly came in, helped me up, and sent me to the room, Aunt Qin rubbed my knees, and Sister Lan Qing fed me.

"What kind of demon are you doing again? Put your grandfather's anger. Grandma's eyes were both distressed and helpless.

"I didn't do anything, I just went to the Long Worm Gully, didn't you already punish me at that time?" I was gulping down my meal and talking dissatisfied.

"Long worm ditch, you went to long worm ditch?" Grandma's body trembled, her face began to turn pale, and after looking at me in horror, she hurried out of my room.

The movements in Aunt Qin's hands also aggravated unconsciously, and I sighed twice in pain.

"Ah, it hurts you? Xiao Jiu, did you go to Changworm Ditch, are you okay? Aunt Qin spoke a little vaguely, but there was a suspicion in her eyes.

I thought Aunt Qin was asking if she had encountered a big long worm in Changwormgou, so I shook my head again and again.

"Aunt Qin, nothing happened, there is indeed a big hole, but there are no worms, they are all lies." As soon as I mentioned the big pit, Aunt Qin gasped.

Then she grabbed my arms with both hands and asked loudly, "Big hole?" What big hole? ”

"I don't know, it looks like a wooden box in there." I twisted my body as I spoke, and it made me feel bad that she was holding me so tightly.

But Aunt Qin's strength was too great, and I couldn't break free at all.

"Chests? Are you open? "Aunt Qin's face is no longer bloody at this moment, and her eyes are staring at me deadly.

I hurriedly shook my head and said no, but I immediately paused, because I was driven away by the third head later, and it was really unclear whether the wooden box had been opened.

After listening to what had happened, Aunt Jean's hand was released, and the expression on her face was very desperate, and she turned around and walked out of my room like my grandmother, walking a little as if she was frightened.

"Aunt Qin, Aunt Qin?" I shouted a few times, but Aunt Qin had already walked away, and I raised my head to look at Sister Lan Qing: "Sister Lan Qing, when I went out to play today, did something happen at home?" ”

Sister Lan Qing lowered her head and looked at the chopsticks in her hand, without saying a word.

"Sister Lan Qing?" I reached out and smacked the corner of her clothes, and she came back to her senses, showed me an extremely far-fetched smile, reached out and touched my hair, and said to me: "Ah Jiu, you should rest early, it will be fine." ”

After Sister Lan Qing finished speaking, she went out with the meal that had been cold.

And I'm confused, what's going on? One by one, they are all nervous.

Because of the abnormality of my family, I tossed and turned all night and couldn't sleep.

The next day, I stayed up all night, heard voices outside, and hurried out of the bed.

My father and grandfather were already sitting in the hall eating, and when they saw me, they asked me to wash up and have breakfast, and no one mentioned the events of last night as if nothing had happened.

When I washed up and sat down for breakfast, my father told me that he had given me a day off and that I was at home today and was not going anywhere.

"Oh, good." I nodded, wondering if I was going up the mountain.

But after breakfast, my grandfather and my father didn't mean to go up the mountain for a long time, and at noon came three very burly middle-aged uncles, who had eaten at my house, and they all lazily watched and sat on chairs, smoking cigarettes, chatting with my father, and had no intention of going out at all.

Am I guessing wrong? Not today? Watching the sky gradually darken, I was a little confused.

In the end, dinner was eaten, and my grandfather and father didn't mention going to the mountain, and I was taken to the room by Sister Lan Qing to rest.

Because I stayed up all night last night and didn't fall asleep, now I feel comfortable when I touch the pillow, and it also makes Sister Lan Qing rest earlier, Sister Lan Qing stood at the head of my bed and looked at me for a while, smiled at me, and pulled the quilt for me before leaving the house.

But before I could sleep soundly, my father came to my room and woke me up.

I rubbed my eyes and looked at him, vaguely asking what I was going to do.

"Go up the mountain." After my father finished speaking, he brought me a thick coat for me to put on, and it was much colder on the mountain than in the village.

"What time is it? Can't you go without going? "I pulled the quilt, and now it's late at night, and it's cold.

"Don't get up, I'm going to get my feather duster on my ass!" My father left a sentence, and I hurriedly struggled to get up, quickly put on my coat and shoes, and did not dare to delay at all.

As soon as I walked out of the door, I heard my grandfather talking to my father, saying what not to let the villagers see, and leading me up to kowtow.

"Kowtow to whom?" I asked.

The conversation between Grandpa and Father came to an abrupt end, and Grandpa raised his feet and walked towards the gate.

The father coughed and said that the workers outside the door were waiting.

"Oh." I answered and walked to the door of the house together, and saw that the three uncles who came today were already waiting at the door.

"Let's go." Grandpa looked around, everyone in the village went to bed early, they had already fallen asleep at this point, and the village was dark.

Our group hurriedly walked in the direction of the mountain.

"Why don't you go during the day? It's not like you can't see clearly at night. I asked, shaking the flashlight my father handed me.

"What is the little baby doing when he asks so much?" Grandpa lowered his voice and spoke.

At this moment, he was very nervous, and the people who walked were tiptoeing, so I also followed the inexplicable lightening steps, and moved towards the mountains like a thief.

The grandfather took the lead in going up the mountain, and the father seemed to be very unfamiliar with this road, as if he had never come up.

The uncles who came to help, rubbing their hands together and muttering as they walked: "Old man, why do you still have this custom, it is the first time for us to repair the grave at night." ”

As soon as they said this, Grandpa just replied lightly: "Each family has its own saying." ”

Then there was a terrible silence, no one spoke again, and the cold wind blew coldly along the way, and although my father had protected me behind him, the wind still breathed on my face like a knife, and my face hurt when it blew.

"Old, old, old man, how far does this have to go? There's no road here, are you mistaken? Seeing Grandpa burrowing into the bushes where there was no road, several men asked suspiciously.

Grandpa didn't say anything, just pulled the branch and walked in.

"That's right, it's this road, I've been here before." I interjected, and everyone continued to follow Grandpa.

While walking, he said that there was no road, was it a deserted grave circle? If so, then ask my father to give them a few extra red envelopes, because this matter is too unlucky.

"You can take as much as you want!" Without waiting for his father to speak, his grandfather happily gave a promise.

When those people heard this, they became energetic, and their steps were much faster, and they walked for about an hour, and finally reached this long worm ditch, but I saw at a glance that the big pit before seemed to be covered.

"Dig this up." Grandpa pointed to the big pit and said.

"This? Is it a grave? Those uncles looked at this dirt bag, and they didn't even have a tombstone, and they couldn't help but be a little suspicious.

"Well, this is the ancestor of my family, you just have to dig it." Grandpa took a few steps back as he spoke, motioning for the men to dig up.

The men looked at each other, rolled up their sleeves, raised their hoes and began to dig, and there was a thin layer of ice on the soil, which made a crisp clicking sound when the hoe dug out.

The three of them were very strong, and after a few hoes went down, they dug up something, because in the dark night my eyes could see very clearly, so I could see even the lines on the red box.

"Do you want to carry the coffin out?" An uncle looked back at his grandfather.

And I, at this moment, also suddenly realized, is that a coffin? Is that actually a coffin? I hadn't seen a coffin, so I didn't think about it at all.

Now when the uncle asked, I trembled violently.

"No, you can help open the coffin." Grandpa said, glanced at me, and said, "Xiao Jiu, you turn your back." ”

"Oh." I casually agreed, but my body didn't move at all.

The father beside him had already walked to the dug grave and talked to his grandfather: "Dad, how many years has the old lady's grave been, what are you doing?" ”

The old lady's grave? I looked curiously into the coffin, the red lacquer coffin was slowly opened, and I saw the position of the front of the coffin, and a woman's delicate and pale face appeared in front of me.

Isn't it the old lady's grave? Why is there a woman lying in the coffin? Moreover, this woman seems to be somewhat familiar.