It's a new semester in the blink of an eye, and I'm in the fourth grade.

I've always been naughty, and I often mingle with the old house and the boys in the neighborhood. After school that afternoon, I took Xiaohua and, as usual, played around my old house with a group of boys.

We were playing hide and seek, Aunt Liao's eldest son, Dahu, was blindfolded, and the rest of the children and I were looking for a good place to hide, waiting for Dahu to come and find it.

We children are very familiar with the environment around the old house, and playing this game is just to appreciate the fun of the process of searching, and we don't care about the length of time it takes to be found, anyway, we will always be found later.

But after waiting for a while, we didn't see the big tiger coming to look for us, but we saw the big tiger's younger brother Xiaoshi running towards the place where we were hiding, shouting as he ran: "Hey, everyone come out quickly!" My brother found the place to be fun! Come out! ”

I secretly laughed: I have already used this trick, and it is strange that someone will fall for you!

Seeing that everyone was still hiding and refusing to come out, Xiao Shi was a little anxious: "Don't lie to you, there is really something very fun!" It's the little wooden house with the yellow door in the back! ”

I was stunned that there was indeed a small wooden house behind the old house, but I had never seen an adult enter it, and the door of the small house had been locked tightly by a large iron lock, so we children could not enter.

What's in there? We've always been curious, and we've made all sorts of guesses, and now we're a little tempted to hear Xiaoshi say that.

Xiaohua pushed me and whispered, "Sister Xiaoxing, let's go take a look!" Maybe it's really fun there. ”

I thought about it for a while, and then took the lead and walked out of the hiding place: "Little stone, isn't that door locked?" How did your brother get in? ”

"That big lock was so rusty that my brother smashed it open with a stone! …… Let's go in and have a look! ”

A group of us children ran to the back of the old house, and in front of the door of the small wooden house, the big tiger was waiting for us with a big smashed iron lock!

"Hey, why did you come here? Think I'm lying to you? I'm not as fond of pranksters as some people! As he spoke, the big tiger glanced at me, and I glared at him fiercely: "Don't talk nonsense!" What's all the fun stuff in there? ”

“…… I haven't been in yet! We're in a group, so of course we'll have to wait for you to go in together! "When I saw the big tiger's eyes rolling, I immediately guessed that he was afraid that the adults would scold him because he had broken the lock, so he encouraged us to go in together, so that even if the adults wanted to pursue it, he would not be the only one who would be scolded.

"Coward! Dare not do it! I cursed in my heart. When the big tiger saw me and pouted, he knew that I had seen through his intentions, and said stupidly, "Do you want to go in?" ”

"Get in!" I really wanted to know what was inside, so I took the lead and pushed the door open and went inside.

When we walked in, we were all stunned. The so-called wooden house is just wooden planks on all sides and on the top, and we look like a house from the outside, but when we step through the door, we are stepping on the same dirt road with gravel embedded as the outside. The only difference is that no one has been moving for a long time, and there are many long weeds growing on the ground of this "house"; The planks on the top were rotten and leaking everywhere, so it wasn't as dim as our old house, but the light was still darker than the outside, and it looked desolate and a little eerie!

"What's the fun? Empty, nothing! A little boy muttered. I was also disappointed, snorted at the big tiger, and prepared to go out.

"Huh? There's something there! As he walked in, he pointed to the western corner of the house with a small stone looking around.

I approached with everyone and looked through the weeds, and there was a well. At that time, we had already installed tap water, but adults were still used to using well water to wash rice, wash vegetables, cook, and in summer, they could also use well water to ice watermelons, so there was an old well near the city, and there was an endless stream of people fetching water.

We found a well, which was nothing special. But I wonder why the grown-ups never use it, since there is a well behind our old house? Why do you have to go so far away from this alley to fetch water? It's really strange, is this well no longer able to draw water?

I took a closer look at the well, and oh, sure enough, the mouth of the well had been boarded up! I also noticed that the board was very strange, and it seemed to have a lot of messy symbols painted with vermilion paint, and it was a little familiar. I thought about it again, and thought I had seen a similar symbol somewhere, but I couldn't remember it.

"Hey, tomboy, what do you want? Aren't you scared? Watch out for a ghost jumping out of it to scare you to death! When the big tiger saw me staring at the well in a daze, he took the opportunity to laugh at me.

"Scared? You coward is afraid! ”

"Who are the cowards? Do you dare to tear off the planks above the well? "The big tiger hates others the most that he is a coward, so he will take my army.

The other children also coaxed: "I'm afraid of him, take off the plank!" ”

"I see, the little star doesn't dare!"

"How? The planks are so thick that they are nailed! ”

I ran out of ideas for a while, and Dahu deliberately pouted and said, "How is it?" Don't you dare? You're a coward! ”

My face was a little unbearable: "Lift it!" Who's scared? ”

I approached the well and lifted the plank with my hands. The planks were really thick, and they were nailed to the well with nine long steel nails, sealing the wellhead tightly. I lifted it a few times, and the nails showed no sign of loosening.

"Haha, you can't do it! Whoever called you 'hard-mouthed', it's really useless! "When the big tiger saw that I couldn't lift the plank, he was so proud that he laughed at me vigorously.

I was annoyed and thought: I can't lift the plank, I have to smash it! So I ignored the big tiger's cynicism, went out and found a big rock, and smashed the plank hard.

After a screeching crack...... I was surprised to find that I had smashed a big hole in the thick plank, and that a large plank in the middle was only a little connected to the whole plank, and was about to fall into the well.

I threw away the stone and went up to grab the plank that was about to fall. I smashed the plank to a point where it had begun to rot, and it was no wonder I couldn't lift it, but I was able to break it open!

The spikes on the edge of the plank pierced my hand, and as soon as I felt pain, my hand let go, and the plank tumbled and fell. I hurriedly grabbed it, but I only caught a small note attached to the wooden board.

With a "poof", the plank fell into the well water, and everyone gathered around to look. Through the hole, you can see that the well water is muddy, black, and foaming white.

I was outside them, looking down at the note I had just caught. It was a rectangular piece of yellow paper, with many symbols drawn on it in vermilion paint, the same as those on the wooden board on which the well was sealed.

I thought about it, folded the note into small squares, hid it in the palm of my left hand, and prepared to go back and show it to Grandma Teng. I seem to remember that Grandma Teng had come back with a yellow note like this before.

"It's not good-looking, it's just a well that doesn't work!" The big tiger looked at it for a while, and felt bored, so they scattered to pull weeds and play.

I looked at the sky, it was not early, it was time to go home for dinner. I turned around to find Xiaohua and prepared to go home with him.

But as soon as he turned around, a little boy about five or six years old suddenly appeared behind him.

Hey? When did he come? I've never seen it before. I looked at him, and he looked at me.

This is a very cute little boy with a round face, big eyes, and a smile when he looks at people. However, he was dressed in a strange way, wearing a long light gray cloth robe with a diagonal placket, almost hanging down to his feet, and a pair of cloth shoes on his feet. We also have people who wear cloth shoes, but they are all rubber soles, and his can even be seen to be the bottom of Buna, which is now only worn by elderly fathers and grandmothers.

"Hey, which family are you a relative of?" I'll speak first.

"Sister, what are you guys playing?"

I looked around, the big tiger was still pulling weeds and playing, and Xiaohua was digging with branches not far away. "They're playing weeding. I'm going home for dinner. ”

"Sister, play with me for a while!" The little boy said in an almost pleading tone.

“…… All right! Play a little longer. What do you want to play? ”

"I'm going to play hopscotch!" The little boy said happily.

"It's a game that girls love to play. Do you like it too? ”

"Yes, yes! I love to play! ”

I saw that his face was full of excitement, and I was amused: it was so fun to play such a small pediatric game!

Then, the two of us drew the "house" on the uneven ground and played. I can't tell that he is young, but he dances very well, and he has beaten me a few times.

I felt that it was getting a little dark, so I said, "It's getting late, I'm going home for dinner." Go home too! ”

The little boy was very reluctant, hesitated for a while and said, "Sister, my house is not far away." Come and play at my house! ”

I wanted to refuse, but when I saw his face full of reluctance, my heart relented: "...... Well, just play for a while! I'm going to go home for dinner later! ”

He turned around and ran a few steps and beckoned to me: "Sister, you come!" ”

I followed him forward, and suddenly a house with a shikumen appeared in front of me, and the surroundings were quiet, this house was quite familiar! Hey? Where is this? I'm a little confused, aren't we in a small wooden house? How could such a big house come about?

Seeing that I was about to step through the door, the little boy hesitated again, then turned around and asked, "Sister, do you want to play at my house?" ”

I was about to answer, but something in my left hand, which I had been clenching, stabbed into my palm so hard that I almost jumped in pain.

I suddenly woke up, there was a big house in front of me, and I somehow walked to the well, and one foot was already in the air, and I was stuck in the wooden plank that I had just smashed through!

I only heard the calls of Xiaohua and Dahu: "Sister Xiaoxing, what are you doing?" Come down, it's dangerous! ”

"Little Star, what the hell are you doing? If you fall down, you're going to die! You don't come down yet! ”

I took a breath, took my breath, and pulled my foot out with all my might. Maybe I pushed too hard and fell to the ground. This time, no one laughed, but ran over in a panic and pulled me up from the ground.

Xiaohua's face turned pale: "Sister Xiaoxing, we desperately called you, why didn't you seem to hear it at all!" Others chimed in.

I was frightened, but I reluctantly comforted them and said, "It's nothing, I'm just going to see if the well is deep?" ”

Xiaohua frowned, only he knew that I was lying, I had mysteriously fallen into the river when I was a child (that's another story), so I didn't dare to get too close to any place where there was water, how could I go to see the depth of the well, and put my feet in it!

"It's getting dark, let's go home and eat! Otherwise, you will be scolded! "I digressed and wanted to get out of here quickly.

"Yes, yes! Let's go home! The other children seemed to sense the strange atmosphere of the place, and they hurried home.

Xiaohua and I also ran out with everyone, and when we were about to step out of the door, I clearly heard a sneer in my ears, it was the sneer of a strange woman!

I looked back and the little wooden house was empty, nothing! My heart sank, and an indescribable fear came over me.