The mother happily carried a pot of millet porridge and put it on the table.

"It's time to eat, Grandma Zhou!" I shouted.

After a long time, I was finally able to eat a full meal, so I picked up my chopsticks and sandwiched a pinch of pickled shredded radish.

"Look at your little bit of talent!" Jiang Qixi scolded with a smile, scooped a bowl of porridge for me, and brought it to me.

Thanks to Zhou Zhiping for his three catties of millet, no, thank you for the cooperation of the big squirrel.

Grandma Zhou's face was pale, and she sat down a little tremblingly, holding on to the wooden table with trembling hands.

"Grandma Zhou, what's wrong with you?" Jiang Qixi stood up and touched Grandma Zhou's forehead.

"Older...... It's not good. Grandma Zhou coughed twice and replied.

Hearing this, I couldn't help but feel sour in my heart, and Grandma Zhou's body seemed to be getting weaker and weaker.

After eating, my mother cooked again and boiled a bowl of ginger soup for Grandma Zhou.

For a few days, Grandma Zhou was lying on the bed, her face was pale, and that appearance reminded me of Master Hu, who was also sick in bed back then.

On the side of the old ancestral hall, I heard that it had been dug more than 60 meters away, and Wang Liangzi, who worked as a mason in the town, estimated that it would take about 700 meters to dig through to the back mountain.

The road is long, and there is no end in sight.

In fact, what I'm most worried about now is not the ghostly snow outside, but food, if people stop eating, I'm afraid they will do evil things that hurt nature and reason.

Today, when my mother opened the rice jar, I stood by and took a look, and the rice in the jar was almost at the bottom, and there was a small handful of broken noodles.

I told Jiang Qixi.

Jiang Qixi frowned and looked up into the distance.

"I guess it's going to be more than a month before the snow melts."

"Jiang Qixi, didn't you say that someone outside would come to look for us? It's been a month. I continued.

"I don't know that if the master knew that I was trapped here, he would have come down the mountain to look for me. I think there should be something stopping them, the Taoist magic can't be used, or maybe this ghost snow can't be cleared. Jiang Qixi said in a deep voice.

I was shocked, the world outside, unlike us, has excavators.

Can't even dig with an excavator? Then this ghost snow is really weird.

Day by day, the atmosphere in the town became more and more eerie.

Every night, I still hear the voice of the call, not my name, but I know, it is calling me.

I never answered.

I just felt that this shout seemed to be getting louder and louder, as if someone had put his mouth to my ear and exhaled softly.

Jiang Qixi pasted a talisman and pressed it on my forehead, and the ghost screams in my ears slowly stopped a little.

"Jiang Qixi, I know it's coming, I can feel it." After a pause, I spoke.

Jiang Qixi was stunned, didn't answer my words, and fell asleep on his back.

He turned off the oil lamp and sighed faintly in the darkness.

Occasionally, we could see the sun, so Jiang Qixi and I went back to the old ancestral hall to see how Zhou Zhiping and his burrowing team were doing.

"I dug up the mountain rock yesterday, and I had to change my position in vain." Zhou Zhiping smiled bitterly.

Humans are always not good at this kind of thing, and they are not mountain jumping mice.

Suddenly, I had an idea.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Qixi looked back at me.

"It's fine." I glanced at the people in the ancestral hall and whispered.

Zhou Zhiping, the old townman, looked at me and cleared his throat, "We don't eat much, and now we only eat one meal a day, which is only enough for half a month, and after half a month, I don't know what to do." ”

That's what I'm worried about.

Wang Shigui huddled in the corner, chewing on a piece of rotten tree bark, and looked at me with burning eyes. Since the last time the old snake happened, Wang Shigui's status has plummeted, and now he stays in the old ancestral hall, and the daily food is also the least, in order to fill his stomach, he has gnawed the bark.

He should hate me and Jiang Qixi.

I ignored him, a little old man, and didn't have any powerful means, so go with him.

In the evening, after drinking a few sips of gruel, Jiang Qixi and I went back to the house as usual and prepared to sleep.

Jiang Qixi also pasted a paper talisman in front of my forehead as usual.

I wiped my face and lay down on the bed, listening to the sound of the wind and snow outside, and the faint shouts.

In a daze, I seemed to hear terrible screams and urgent cries for help from outside the courtyard.

"Jiang Qixi, someone is shouting for help."

Jiang Qixi sat up, carefully pushed open a corner of the wooden window, looked at it, and closed the wooden window again.

"Sleep, Chen Xianchun."

"Jiang Qixi, didn't you hear?"

"It's none of my business, I just want to protect you, my godmother and Grandma Zhou. I'm just a little Taoist aunt and don't have much magical power. ”

I moved my mouth and continued, "Jiang Qixi, how about you say that we found that big squirrel and let it dig a hole for us?" ”

Hearing this, Jiang Qixi thought for a while, "It should be no problem, this thing is not bad, if you find it, it should help us." It would be great if you could escape from this four towns. ”

"Where is it hiding?"

"Tomorrow, let's go to the old ancestral hall."

On the second day, Jiang Qixi and I walked out of the courtyard.

It was found that on the snow-covered alley, there were two people lying on it, one was the mayor of the town, Zhou Zhiping, and the other was Zhou Zhiping's driver, Tiger Boy.

They are all dead, and they are half buried by Ghost Snow.

Jiang Qixi frowned and led me to the old ancestral hall.

Pushing open the door of the old ancestral hall, I found that there was a crazy cheer from inside. Many pasta, pickles, and bacon, one pot after another, were piled up on the ground, and many villagers were munching frantically.

In the center of the ancestral hall, Wang Shigui grabbed a bottle of liquor, took a sip, and took a bite of a piece of roasted red bacon on his hand.

"Yo, here, sit! Take a few bites! Wang Shigui saw us and grinned.

"Mr. Wang, what's going on?" I asked, thinking of last night's cry for help, and I seemed to understand something.

Wang Shigui wiped his hands on his clothes and stood up, "Baby, you may not know, this week Zhiping is bad, gathering the big guy's food, but it's convenient for him to eat more, you ask these people, am I right, we drink a few mouthfuls of porridge every day, and his helpers have rice and noodles to eat every day!" So, we want to be free, we want to fight! ”

Jiang Qixi sneered, "People eat rice noodles, but they have to dig holes, how can they move if they don't eat enough?" ”

"Then I don't care, we just want to eat a little more, right, folks!" Wang Shigui shouted, and many villagers who were munching on it echoed loudly.

Where there are interests, there are conflicts, an eternal and unchanging sobering saying.

Wang Shigui seems to have become the leader, there is no tiger in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king.

I have to say something more, Jiang Qixi has already dragged me away, and whispered, "Don't care, who can keep a clear head in this situation?" ”

I sighed, glanced at the triumphant Wang Shigui, turned around, and followed Jiang Qixi into the cave.

The cave is more than 70 meters long, narrow and stuffy.

"Jiang Qixi, do you think Wang Shigui will send someone to dig a hole?"

"If he weren't stupid, he would have done it." Jiang Qixi replied.

I nodded and walked on.

"Don't be evil! Don't be evil! I cried out in anticipation of the big squirrel jumping up in front of me.

Jiang Qixi bent down, grabbed a handful of dirt, sniffed it in his mouth, sniffed for a while and said, "Don't shout, it's not here now." ”

This little naughty, where can you go if you don't go here?

"You forgot, the rat made a hole, and I can't tell where it went." Jiang Qixi glanced at me and said lightly.

When he was about to walk out of the cave, Jiang Qixi suddenly turned around and asked, "How much food is left at home?" ”

I thought for a moment, "There are a few more, probably enough for us to eat for two weeks." ”

Jiang Qixi nodded, "These people outside, with such a way of eating, I'm afraid that in a few days, they will waste their food." They can kill the old mayor, and they will do it to us for food. Remember to be careful, the formation at home can prevent the little ghosts, but it can't prevent the wicked. ”

I thought for a moment and said, "There are still some people in the town, sealing the doors and windows, should we tell them?" ”

"No, the cries for help last night were so loud, they should have guessed. Walk! Let's go home soon! ”

Walking out of the cave, Wang Shigui raised his eyelids and greeted warmly, "Baby, come and eat two mouthfuls of bacon and drink two sips of wine to warm up your body." ”

I didn't answer, and suddenly I felt that sometimes, if a person is a wicked person, it is more terrible than an evil spirit.

The body of the old mayor Zhou Zhiping was still frozen in the snow, and the bones were not cold, and the ancestral hall had already celebrated.

"Po baby, Uncle Wang is talking to you, don't be embarrassed!" A bald young man beside Wang Shigui stood up and shouted at me.

Jiang Qixi frowned and pulled me behind him.

I stubbornly pulled her back behind me.

"Eh, Ah Zhu, talk well, these two teenagers, but they know how to spell, talk well!" Wang Shigui grinned.

The young man named Ah Zhu snorted coldly, sat down, held a bottle of liquor, and continued to pour it with his head up. Many of the people who were munching next to us also turned their heads to stare at us.

It's as if Jiang Qixi and I will take away their food.

"Mr. Wang, see you later." I said lightly.

Wang Shigui narrowed his eyes and waved his hand.

Jiang Qixi and I cautiously walked out of the old ancestral hall.

"Jiang Qixi, they've gone bad." I said with some bitterness.

The one named Ah Zhu, I also know, used to drive a small truck in the town, whoever has relatives to go to the county, as long as they stop by, they will pick up and drop off for free, and their temper is also very good, and they will greet everyone warmly when they see it.

For the sake of a bite to eat, everything has changed.

I'm a little worried about the self-sufficient people in the town.

I sighed.

Jiang Qixi saw that I was sad, and reached out and patted my head, "No matter how it changes, Chen Xichun and I, as well as Godmother and Grandma Zhou, will always be on a blind date." ”

Hearing this, my heart warmed.