When Li Nan was very young, he once heard a fortune teller talk about it. When night falls and someone calls your name behind your back, you must not say yes and never turn back. Because the person who called your name could be a ghost!

At this time, Li Nan was standing in front of the door of the Ruyi Rouge Shop, and opposite him was the young man in charge of chores in the Rouge Shop. The young man looked at himself with a smile, and he smiled politely. But at this moment, he heard someone behind him, softly calling his name.

Li Nan! Li Nan!

Li Nan subconsciously wanted to answer, but as soon as his mouth opened, he closed it. Because he remembered it, the sound was very much like a red flower. Honghua, a lady who was divorced by him many years ago, has always been engraved in his mind with hatred and sadness in her eyes when she was dying.

He turned around, and there was only a dilapidated donkey cart behind him. The cold evening breeze lifted the old curtain of the donkey cart, and he saw his mother lying in it, her whole body curled up, and the water on her body was dripping continuously.

Li Nan felt a trace of fear, because he remembered very well that before going out, he had just helped his mother change her clothes. So, where did all this water come from?

Li Nan! Li Nan!

The voice was still calling him. Li Nan cautiously turned his head sideways, his eyes swept past the carriage, and looked at the street behind him. I don't know if it's because of the winter, it's just dark, and there is no one on the street. Several shops not far away are also closed, only the lanterns in front of the door are still gently swaying in the wind. The door that came and went during the day, when closed, looked like a closed mouth.

Li Nan couldn't help but shiver, and the afterglow from the corner of his eye drifted to the sky. He seemed to have never seen such a strange sky, and the dark clouds pressed the sky low, making people feel bored. There seemed to be a strange smell wafting in the air, and he sniffed hard, only to realize that it was the smell of freshly burned paper.

Li Nan frowned, and asked Li An's father who was standing aside in a low voice: "Uncle Li, did you hear any sound just now?" Also, do you smell a strange smell? ”

"Voice? Yes! Ang Lee's father pointed to the donkey: "This donkey has been humming." I can't help it, I'm old, and I don't want to do some work. And my car, which is also old, always creaking. But your mother is asleep, so you shouldn't be able to quarrel with her. ”

"It's not the voice, it's someone calling my name."

"Call your name?" Ang Lee's father listened carefully with his ears sideways: "No! Are you worried that your mother is too worried and has auditory hallucinations? ”

"Is it an auditory hallucination?" Li Nan rubbed his ears: "What about the taste?" Uncle Li, do you smell a smell of burning paper? ”

"The smell of burning paper? It seems that there is a little bit of it. But it's not surprising that I heard that on the street opposite, there is a coffin shop and a paper shop. It's night, there are few people on the street, and there is a cold wind, so it's not surprising that the smell wafts through. ”

Li Nan nodded, but in the next second, a cold air rushed towards him. He craned his neck, feeling something wrap around his feet. When I looked down, I saw that there were a few unburned pieces of dark paper, and I don't know where they floated from, blowing right in front of his feet.

Li Nan hurriedly raised his feet, but those dark papers seemed to be stuck to his feet, and he couldn't shake them off. Li Nan had no choice but to squat down and use his hands to flick the dark paper. As if nothing was attracting him, he looked over the side of the donkey cart and into the street. In the hazy moonlight, he seemed to see Honghua standing there with a little girl in her hands, and the little girl was vaguely familiar.

He rubbed his eyes uncertainly, but his eyes hurt instantly as if they had been burned by fire. Li Nan let out a low cry and sat on the ground in pain. Li An's father and young man Li Mao next to him heard the sound and also surrounded them.

"Li Nan, what's wrong with you?"

"That's right, this son, what's wrong with you?"

"It hurts! My eyes hurt! Li Nan pouted in pain.

"Eye pain? How can this good eye hurt, if this son doesn't mind, can he let the little one take a look? Li Mao casually conjured a lantern and approached Li Nan. I saw that his right eye was red, as if it had just been burned.

"This son's eyes seem to have been stung by something. But it doesn't matter, we have good medicine in the rouge shop, apply it later, and it will be fine soon. Li Mao glanced at the dark paper on the ground, and kicked it with his foot without a trace

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"But I just rubbed my eyes with my hands, why did I get stung?" Li Nan tried to open his eyes, but in his blurred vision, it was all red.

"The little one just noticed that Li Gongzi seemed to have touched the paper money underground with his hand."

"Yes, I did."

"Although the process of making paper money is simple, some of the things used on it are irritating to the eyes. Of course, if ordinary people touch it, nothing will happen, at most they feel that their eyes are a little dry. This son should belong to the more sensitive category, and there are traces of burning in this paper money, which is why it is so powerful. ”

"It's really worthy of being a guy from the Ruyi Rouge Shop, and the little brother knows a lot of things." Li An's father said, and asked again: "My family's An'er's affairs, thanks to the little brother, although now he is not as smart and clever as before, but he can take care of himself in life, and after a while, I will find a family affair for him, and my heart will be put in my stomach." I came in a hurry tonight, and I will come to the door another day to thank you. ”

"You're welcome!" Li Mao said, and also returned a salute: "If there is nothing to do with Gongzi Li, it is the best." ”

Li Nan opened half of his eyes and looked at Li Mao carefully, only then did he remember that the young man in front of him was actually the one who drove Siniang to Li An's house in a carriage that night. So he also covered his eyes and said: "Xiaosheng Li Nan is both a classmate and a friend of Uncle Li's Li An. ”

"It turned out to be Li Gongzi, the little Li Mao, and Gongzi happened to be the same surname." Li Mao returned the salute, opened the door of the rouge shop, and invited everyone in.

Li Nan covered his eyes, looked at the carriage with some embarrassment, and said, "Xiaosheng and Uncle Li took the liberty to come tonight to seek medical treatment." My mother suddenly contracted a strange illness and was lying in the car at this time, unable to move. Xiaosheng also heard from Uncle Li, saying that your shopkeeper is good at treating such incurable diseases, so he came. Please also give the shopkeeper a voice, so as not to punish the shopkeeper later. ”

"Li Gongzi is thinking a lot, for our rouge shop, whether it is buying rouge or seeing a doctor, it is a distinguished guest who comes to the door. Li Gongzi is not the first, and definitely not the last. If it is convenient, please also ask Li Gongzi to carry your mother on his back and go in together. Childe also saw that the gate of my house is not spacious, and the space in the courtyard is even more limited, so I am afraid that this donkey cart will not be able to drive in. ”

With the light above his head, Li Nan looked at the courtyard, and it was indeed not very big. So he went back to the carriage and carried his mother on his back. As soon as this person picked it up, Li Nan felt that his back was like a heavy iceberg, not only very heavy, but also very cold, so cold that it was to the bone. Then there was the water from his mother's body, which quickly soaked through his clothes and fell to the ground.

"It's strange, I didn't see rain this night, and the inside of my car was originally dry, why did Mrs. Li have so much water flowing up and down her body." Li An's father deliberately looked at his horse, except for the part where Li Nanniang was lying just now, the rest of the part was also dry.

Li Mao held the lantern and smiled: "There are many bizarre things in this world, which are not very reasonable to explain. ”

Ang Lee's father nodded, as he remembered his son, Ang Lee's strange illness. looked at the door of the rouge shop, and then looked at Li Nanniang, who was sleeping on Li Nan's back, thought for a while, and then left.

Li Mao nodded, but did not stay, but only took Li Nan back to the courtyard with his mother.

Li Mao led the way with a lantern in front, while Li Nan followed behind with his mother on his back. Because his mother was too heavy, his back was pressed very low, and the remaining half of his eyes could only look at the ground. The light and shadow of the lantern flickered with the cold wind, and in the light and shadow, Li Nan was surprised to find that there was still a person sitting on his back and on his mother's body.

Because it was a reflection, I couldn't see the person's face clearly, and I only vaguely saw that it was a slender woman.

Li Nan's heart shrank, he stopped, twisted his head forcefully, and looked back.

Because it was tilted sideways, the first thing he saw was his mother's half-sleepy face, and the further up, he couldn't see clearly. Li Nan breathed a sigh of relief slightly, and was about to lift his feet, but heard a voice from his back.

"Xianggong! What are you looking for? ”

Li Nan's feet were weak, and he fell to the ground, and his mother on his back was also thrown down heavily.

"Oh, my son Li, what's wrong with you?" Li Mao heard the voice and hurriedly walked over to help: "It's dark and the road is slippery, and you are still carrying your old mother, why are you not careful?" Of course, I also complain about the small ones, this lantern is a little smaller, and the shadow is so good that you can't see the road clearly. ”

Li Nan opened his eyes in horror, feeling a pair of hands that were slowly climbing up his back. The coolness, all the way up from his tail vertebrae, finally stopped at his neck, and his mother, who was supposed to be on his back, was thrown aside at this time.

Li Nan thought in horror, if the hands behind his back were not his mother's, who would they be?

"Xianggong! Are you looking for me? ”

The soft but cool voice of the red flower drilled into Li Nan's ears, he stiffened, he didn't dare to look back, let alone turn around, only felt that a soft tongue was gently slicing across his neck, and then blowing into his neck.

"Xianggong! I'm Safflower, have you really forgotten me? ”

Honghua's hands gently held Li Nan's neck. Then, it was the head of the red flower, and she went from his back to the front like a soft snake, and the smile was both familiar to him and strange to him. Her eyes were at the level of herself, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and she said, "Xianggong, can you come down to accompany Honghua?" ”

(Education 123 Literature Network)