Another day passed.

When people wake up, they will subconsciously open their eyelids.

Have you ever felt this way?

One day, you have already woken up, but you have been reluctant to open your eyes.

It's not the kind of waking up in a coma, nor is it the kind of waking up that ghosts press the bed.

It's the brain that tells you: wake up. But the eyelids never moved.

Da Lei is like this now.

He was awake, but his eyelids never opened.

What's the use of waking up...... There is nothing to do. Opening your eyes every day is a waste of time for yourself. Da Lei looked forward to continuing to close his eyes like this and fall asleep again, and the cycle continued. Sleep is the most important thing for him.

If you're lucky, you can dream of those weird dreams.

Why?

Those dreams can not only convey special information to Da Lei, but more importantly, they can bring him "fun". It's not just a cigarette after a meal, a glass of wine at night is called fun. People stay in the same environment for a long time, there is nothing to do, there is no person to talk to, and after day after day, it is considered a vivid life to stab a little blood with a knife.

But he hadn't dreamed for a long, long time......

Before I knew it, four 'degrees' had passed, and it had been almost two months since Xiaohai left.... He still hasn't returned. Slowly, I stopped going to the village entrance and looked forward to his return, as if he had never left, as if he would not come back.

During this period, the days were calm and nothing strange happened. Da Lei is even a little nostalgic. He often wanders around alone in the middle of the night, looking at the quiet night, and thinking sadly: Is this kind of calm the so-called return to the light? God's favor before he died?

The sixth child and Sister Zhu are going to have a happy event, according to the custom here, seven days before the wedding, the bride and groom cannot meet. The bride is also to be kept in the house and not to go out.

Khan Meng sent water to Sister Zhu for seven days, and the old man smiled when he came, not only him, but the whole village was smiling, it seemed that no one cared about Ganu's disappearance, it seemed that they were the ones who were going to get married, not the sixth child.

And Da Lei often sees Lao Liu alone, squatting at the door with a sad face, smoking one cigarette after another, he sometimes beckons Da Lei to go over and sit, but basically the two of them don't speak, throwing cigarette butts all over the ground and then going back to their respective houses.

He didn't know why Lao Liu was so preoccupied that he didn't ask, and he wasn't interested. As if everything has nothing to do with you.

Eat and wait for death, that's what it means.

The eyelids became heavier and heavier, and Da Lei's breathing sank again.

Long.

"Leizi... Leizi...? ”

In a daze, someone was calling for themselves.

Da Lei opened his eyes very reluctantly and saw the haggard old six.

"It's getting dark, come out for a walk with me." He said.

Da Lei glanced out the window, and sure enough, it was dark.

The two of them walked around the village casually, but the sixth child still didn't say a word, and his tightly knit brows were full of worries. Da Lei still didn't ask him, but he had an inexplicable feeling in his heart. He savored this feeling carefully, and kept recalling it in his mind, thinking about it for a long time before remembering that this feeling was called warmth.

Then he searched for the source of this feeling, which had not been felt for many years, and he had forgotten the word. So much so that after it suddenly appeared, Da Lei was at a loss, and it can only be described as inexplicable.

Da Lei raised his head and stared at the top of his head for a long time.

I see.

There was still a moon hanging in the sky, round and bright, shining brightly in Da Lei's heart.

This is the first time I have seen the moon since coming to the desert.

No wonder it feels that way.

"Leizi." The sixth stopped suddenly. He lowered his head and frowned, sighed for a long time, shook his head and said, "It's okay." ”

Da Lei pointed to the moon above his head and said, "Look at the sixth, how beautiful the moon is." ”

The sixth raised his head in confusion, a glimmer of light suddenly flashed in his cloudy eyes, he looked at the moon in a daze, and said, "Yes.... There is even a moon .... For decades, I forgot that there was a moon....."

Da Lei pulled the corners of his mouth and said, "Anyway, you will soon be able to see it every day." ”

The sixth didn't seem to hear the grievances in Da Lei's tone, he didn't know when he took two rattans in his hand, handed one to Da Lei and said, "It's almost time to wander around, let's start." ”

"Start what?"

"Oh, sweep the footprints."

Da Lei was stunned for a moment, and then reacted: "Day sacrifice? Tonight? ”

"That's right." The sixth child also looked at him strangely: "What? You don't know? ”

"I've been in a mess lately, and I haven't paid much attention to this." Da Lei took the rattan, looked at the rough marks on it, and couldn't help but think of the night when he just woke up after he fell unconscious, Xiao Hai was the same, secretly following behind him with the rattan to sweep the footprints on the ground.

It's fast... It's been a year......

"It's only these two days for you and Sister Zhu."

"Well, tomorrow." Lao Liu nodded, paused, and said, "Evening." ”

"Why night?"

"Who knows, alas, follow the locals."

The two of them bent over and walked back with their backs to the footprints they had come, and the sound of rubbing against each other was a little abrupt in the night. Walking all the way back like this, when he arrived at the door, Da Lei's waist was almost straight, he straightened up slowly, turned his head and wanted to return the old six rattans, but found that he was motionless as if he was frozen, and his eyes were empty.

Da Lei looked in the direction of Lao Liu's eyes and didn't see anything.

"Sixth?" Da Lei stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes.

The corners of Lao Liu's mouth twitched, and he actually burst into tears. He wiped his eyes, looked in that direction and said, "I'm sorry. ”

"Who? Who are you sorry for? Da Lei was confused.

The sixth still didn't speak, and his eyes were empty. Da Lei looked in the direction of Lao Liu's eyes again, but this time he extended the direction point, and finally, he fell on the two-story earthen house of the patriarch, and the light inside could be seen through the window, which was particularly conspicuous in a small earthen house of the same level.

"What? What's wrong with that house......" Da Lei Hi didn't wait to finish asking, the sixth child had already gone back. The door he closed made a soft "bang", as if it was a helpless sigh in the dark night.

Day 2.

Da Lei only felt itchy on his face in a daze, and a slight tingling sensation, as the pain deepened, he even smelled a smell of blood, he opened his eyes suddenly, and saw a black shadow in front of him, and then with the sound of fluttering, the black shadow flashed away, landed by the window, tilted his head and stared at Da Lei.

It turned out to be a vulture.

It also has a worn-out red ribbon tied around its neck.

stared at Da Lei with cold eyes, and after a while, he flapped his wings and flew away.

Da Lei rubbed his eyes, ran out in a hurry, looked up at the sky but couldn't find any traces.

"Leizi." A voice suddenly appeared behind him, which made Da Lei tremble.

It was Sister Zhu, she looked at Da Lei expressionlessly and said, "You bleed." ”

"Huh? .... Oh... Don't get in the way...."Da Lei wiped his face, he should have been pecked by that beast.

Sister Zhu looked haggard, her face was pale, her hair was messy, her eyes were swollen, and she seemed to have cried, which was completely different from the way she announced that she was about to get married that day. She was still holding a red dress in her hand, which had no floral decoration at all, and the color was a little old, which always looked weird.

"Sister Zhu, didn't you and the sixth child only do things at night, why did you come out so early?"

Sister Zhu shook her head and replied, "Why are there so many Chen Han ...... in the world?"

"Who is Chen Han? Sister Zhu, what's wrong with you? ”

"Me?" Sister Zhu had hollow eyes, pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled extremely ugly, and said a little sarcastically: "What can I do?" I'm getting married, I'm happy. ”

Da Lei swallowed his saliva, he always felt that something was going to happen, but he couldn't say it, he reached out and stroked Sister Zhu's hair, and said: "Since you are a bride, you have to be beautiful, how can you do it if your hair is messy." ”

"Do you know how to comb your hair?" Sister Zhu asked.

"Me?" Da Lei laughed and said: "I'm not a woman, how could I!" ”

"Yes..."Sister Zhu muttered, then approached Da Lei and said, "I have always thought this village is weird, do you know where it is?" ”

Da Lei looked at her and waited for the following.

"No women, no children."

Da Lei was suddenly numb like an electric shock, yes... He thought about it carefully, there really has never been a woman in this village... Except for Ganu, there is not a single child...

All men.

"I'm going back to freshen up, tonight is a big day." After Sister Zhu finished speaking, she went back, and her limbs were stiff when she walked, like a paper man.

At night.

The village was quiet.

Da Lei sat by the window, vaguely saw the patriarch coming alone, knocked on Sister Zhu's door, and then led Sister Zhu, who was dressed in red and had a stiff face, to the door of the sixth child, and knocked on the door again, after the sixth opened the door, he first let Sister Zhu in, and then he didn't know what to say to the patriarch, the two of them muttered at the door for a long time, and the old guy left.

There was silence again.

This marriage ceremony is really strange, just like a secret marriage. As soon as this thought ended in his mind, Da Lei shuddered.

As soon as he was about to lie down, he saw two more shadows outside, which was very strange.

As the two shadows slowly approached, Da Lei gradually became excited.

That...... The big and small shadows are.... Be... It's Xiaohai!! It's Xiaohai and Canu!!

It's back! He's back! Xiaohai is back!

Da Lei almost rolled out of bed, rushed out of the door with a running belt, hugged the black shadow, and said in surprise: "Great! You're back! It's finally back! ”

“...... Yes...? Elder brother... You.. You didn't sleep? I'm afraid I'll scare you... I don't know how to get in..."Xiao Hai was obviously frightened and stumbled.

"Great...! You're finally back! ..... After so many days, you're finally back!! Da Lei almost shouted, he was too excited to control his emotions at all, he had too many pent-up emotions during this time, and he could finally release them. At the same time, a sudden scream pierced the night sky.

Da Lei and Xiao Hai were stunned, and the two looked at each other, guessing where the sound came from.

"Brother." Ganu tugged at the corner of Xiaohai's clothes, hid behind him timidly, pointed to the door of the sixth room, and said, "Look there." ”

I saw Sister Zhu's cold face, and large and small red blood stains were added to her old red clothes, which were mixed into a piece of print. She was carrying a head in her hand, and it was the sixth child.

Xiao Hai gasped, despite all the experience he had experienced, he was still frightened when he saw everything in front of him, and the hand that was covering Ganu's eyes was trembling.

"Zhu.... Sister Zhu.... You... Are you crazy?! Da Lei shouted.

Sister Zhu held the head of the sixth child on her chest and rested her chin on it. She stared at Da Lei directly, and suddenly grinned.

"Hee-he.......e-he