The sun shone in through the window, the warm spring breeze swept across my cheeks, like the ends of a lover's hair, and I stretched out my arms in satisfaction, and I heard a knock on the door.

There was Laifu standing outside the door, and he looked at me coldly and said, "The second master called you over." ”

I hurriedly shouted Brother Hao and Dafu, I didn't brush my teeth, I didn't wash my face, I put on my clothes and hurried to my second grandfather's room.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw that Uncle Changming and Liu Yuxiao were already sitting in the room.

The people in the house seemed to have been chatting for a while, and the second grandfather saw us coming in, and said with a serious expression: "Changming has already told me the situation, this matter is not trivial, since it is Dezhong's meaning, there must be his reason, let's go together tonight." ”

When Uncle Changming heard this, he looked at the second grandfather with a sad face and said, "Second master, now that I encounter some situation, I'm afraid I can't go down this place!" Then I told the second grandfather about the encounter with the giant rat.

The second grandfather pondered for a while, and said to Dafu, "Do you have any idea about this?" ”

After thinking about it for a while, he said, "It should be good to attack with fire." ”

Uncle Changming shook his head when he heard this, and said that we have also thought about these methods, but no, it is a residential area, and it is too risky to do so, and if we are discovered by others, we will give up our efforts.

When Uncle Changming said this, everyone had no idea, everyone drank tea and smoked, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

At this time, Liu Yu smiled and spoke, he looked at the second grandfather and said: "Second grandfather, after we met the giant rats that night, we had someone mention one thing, saying that if we can find Elvis Presley, we can destroy these giant rats, second grandfather, you are well-informed, I don't know if you have heard of it?" ”

The second grandfather asked Liu Yuxiao, what is Elvis, Liu Yuxiao relayed what Lao Qian said before, the second grandfather closed his eyes and thought for a while, and said: "The Elvis you said, I seem to have really seen one"

As soon as the second grandfather spoke, we were all surprised, does this kind of legend-like thing really exist in the world?

The second grandfather closed his eyes, as if he was stuck in a memory.

"When I was young, I lived in the countryside of Fengyang, and there was a grandmother in the village at that time, and her husband and son were dead, so I raised a cat to accompany her, and we were all a little afraid of her."

"One year, I remember that it seemed to be the Lantern Festival, we children made a lantern and ran around to play, and then everyone wanted to play hide and seek, I ran around to find a place to hide, I was bold when I was a child, so I hid in the firewood pile of this grandma's house, thinking that other people would not dare to come there to find me."

Sure enough, I listened to other children looking for them and no one came here, and I was secretly happy in my heart. It was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and the moon was very bright, and when I was about to leave, I glanced at the grandmother's house, and I saw a strange thing. ”

"The black cat raised by this grandmother is squatting under the gable of her house, and the cat's two eyes glow faintly green in the moonlight, looking a little crazy, but more terrible things are happening later."

"Then I noticed that a couple of mice staggered to the cat, formed a circle, and lay there motionless."

"I was still surprised, these rats are so bold, are they preparing to besiege this black cat? But I noticed that the cat was not nervous at all, and did not even bark, just crouched there quietly, two shining green eyes staring ahead. ”

"I looked strange, so I secretly hid there to watch"

"After watching for a long time, I found that the mice still didn't move, and then the cat walked up to the mice, picked up a mouse and swallowed it, and after eating two mice, the cat was full, licked its paws, groomed its hair, and turned around and left."

"I found the rest of the rats lying motionless on the ground, and I thought it was so strange that I picked up a little stone from the ground and threw it there, but the rats remained motionless, as if they were asleep, and I went up to them with courage, and took a branch and flicked them, and found that they were all dead."

"I was shocked at the time, I didn't know what was going on, I was a little scared, so I ran away, and then I talked to other children about it and they didn't believe it, I thought it was too weird and then I stopped talking to others, today I heard Yu laugh and said, I think the cat may be Elvis Presley."

Everyone was very excited when they heard it, it was really another village.

But what Liu Yuxiao said next made everyone's hearts fall to the bottom, and he pondered and said: "It's been decades, this cat should have died early, right?" ”

Yes, the life span of this cat is not as good as that of a human, and it generally lives for more than ten years.

At this time, Da Fu suddenly spoke, "Have you gone to see it, just know, where is the second grandfather's grandmother's house?" ”

"That grandmother's family name is Lu, I don't know what her surname is, we all called her Grandma Hua back then, and she lived in the middle of Lu Taizi and Xiao Zhangtaizi, near the edge of the Lu family's old well."

Da Hao resolutely stood up and said, "Then let's go back, if we can really find this Elvis, it will be twice the result with half the effort." Jianjun, Brother Hao, let's go together. ”

Said to go, at noon had already arrived at the county seat, the three of us came back to do business, and we didn't plan to go back to eat, so we found a small restaurant and ordered a few dishes casually, naturally Brother Hao's favorite, fried bean cakes.

This small bean cake was fried spicy, it was really a meal, and when it was full, the group went straight to Liuwei Village.

When we arrived at the village, we parked the car at Xiaozhangtai and got out of the car to ask where Granny Hua's old house was.

Although a long time has passed, the location of this house is relatively remote, although it is very dilapidated, but it is still there.

When they came to the house, they found that the roof was torn, and the door was missing, and the house was overgrown with weeds, because it was near an old well, which was in the middle of a pond, and was surrounded by reeds, and looked very desolate.

Brother Hao said faintly: "This house has been deserted for decades, and I think we have run for nothing." ”

Dafu didn't speak, lit a cigarette and looked at the house, then turned to us and said, "Find someone to inquire." ”

Although we don't give up hope, since we are here, we can't just go back, so we go to the nearest house.

The family built three bungalows, built a courtyard, and left faded Spring Festival couplets on the red gate that had not been torn off.

When I went up and knocked on the door, I heard an aunt's voice in the yard: "Who?" The fuss replied to her: "Passers-by, beg for a bowl of water to drink." ”

In the 90s, the folk customs in the countryside were still very simple. After listening to our answer, the door squeaked, and a kind aunt looked at us and said, "Give you a scoop of water just pressed from the well, and you can drink it as you like." ”

Originally, the dishes we ate at noon were more salty and spicy, and we were a little thirsty, so when we heard my aunt say this, we were not welcome, and picked up the scoop and scooped water from the water tank to drink.

The water just pressed from the well, it tasted very clear and thirsty, and the three of us did a scoop by ourselves, and Brother Hao was not addicted, so he asked for the scoop from the big trouble, and scooped another scoop.

Brother Hao was still drinking, so he wiped his mouth and asked, "Auntie, I want to ask you something, is there a descendant in the grandmother's house near your house?" ”

The eldest aunt was cleaning up the things in the yard, and when she heard us ask, she stopped what she was doing and looked at us with a little doubt, "You said that the old house on the edge of the well, no one has lived in it for I don't know how many years, I heard the old woman who used to live there is a widow, no children and no daughters, where are there any descendants!" ”

I didn't give up and continued to ask

"Is there no one in the old woman's house? Or do you have any nephews or anything like that? ”

The aunt said while working: "How many years have this been, who knows!" If you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have thought of such a family. ”

Immediately, she stopped what she was doing, looked at us and said, "Why are you asking about this, you are her relatives?" ”

We shook our heads, looked at Auntie hesitantly, and finally asked tentatively, "Auntie, have you heard of Elvis?" The aunt raised her head and looked at the fuss with a puzzled face, "What, what hat?" ”

Dafu smiled helplessly, probably couldn't ask anything, and said to the two of us, "Let's go." ”

Brother Hao reluctantly put down the scoop in his hand and said to his aunt: "The water in your house is so sweet, thank you, auntie." The aunt grinned, "A scoop of water, thank you."

I asked Brother Hao softly: "How much have you drunk, keep drinking!" Brother Hao touched his bulging stomach and burped and gave me three fingers, and I gave him a thumbs up.

Out of the gate, standing at the door, we didn't know where to go next, thinking that we should call the second grandfather and ask more about the detailed situation of the year, so that we could start.

We left in a hurry, and now we are still too anxious, and now we are too passive like a headless fly.

At this moment, a vendor came from the door road, riding a 28 bicycle, and two baskets were hung on both sides of the back seat.

The man rode and shouted at the broken gong: "Sell rat traps, rat poison!" ”

Walking up to us, the man got out of the car and smiled at the three of us, "Three little brothers, are there any rats at home, do you want to buy rat traps and rat poison?" ”

The three of us shook our heads, pointed back, waved our hands, and prepared to leave.

When this man saw it, he realized that we were not from this family, so he pushed the car to the gate and shouted inside: "Sell rat traps, rat poison!" ”

It is estimated that when I saw the aunt inside, I licked my face again and asked with a smile: "Sister, buy some mouse traps and rat poison!" ”

I heard my aunt laughing and replying: "We don't have rats in this place, we don't need them!" ”

Originally, we had already walked out for a while, but suddenly the fuss stopped.

The two of us didn't know what to do, so we asked him what he was doing.

He suddenly turned around, looked at the yard of the eldest sister's house, and asked me and Brother Hao, "Did you hear that aunt say just now that we don't have rats here!" ”