Fear and helplessness slowly grew in the husband's heart, and he looked at the door that was being pushed open little by little, and the flesh on both sides of his cheeks trembled. The husband felt very cold, especially on his back, as if a snake was crawling slowly, and the snake went around his neck, restraining his breathing little by little.

Suddenly, there was a terrible ghost roar in his ears, and he was startled, and the whole person rushed straight ahead. His head slammed into the ground, the slightest pain awakening all his senses. The snake on his back was gone, the cold feeling was gone, and his legs were moving freely again.

He gasped for breath and put his hand over his forehead as he tried to get up from the ground. In front of him, a clump of hair floated coldly, and then a voice was heard in his ear: "What are you looking for on the ground?" ”

When the husband looked up, he saw a black head full of hair dangling in front of his eyes, and his eyes closed and closed, and he fainted on the spot.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? Dad, wake up, wake up! Seeing her husband faint to the ground, the black-haired female ghost hurriedly pulled her hair behind her back: "This is so good, why did you faint?" Could it be that you were scared by me? Impossible, didn't I wash my hair last night and forget to comb it in the morning? His father? Dad! Oh, you're waking up. ”

The woman threw herself on the husband and called for a long time, but when she saw that the husband not only did not respond, but also his limbs gradually became cold, her heart flickered, and she hurriedly called her son, who was still asleep, and asked him to go to the pharmacy to find a doctor.

The husband's son had not yet woken up, when he heard his mother's call, and saw his father lying on the ground, his face pale, and he was frightened for a while. Then he didn't remember what his mother said, so he was pushed out of the house by his mother in a hurry. When I got to the street, the cold wind blew, and I realized that I didn't wear a cotton jacket when I went out, and the whole person was shivering from the cold. I wanted to return home, but when I thought of Daddy's appearance, I vaguely guessed in my heart that my mother sent him out to find a doctor for Daddy.

So, the husband's son endured it and walked to the largest pharmacy in the Yun family. At this time, it was just after the fifth watch, there were no people on the street, and most of the shops were closed. When the husband arrived at the door of the pharmacy, he saw that the door was closed, and there was no answer from the guy after a few calls, and when he was hesitating, he suddenly saw a fortune-telling stall next to the pharmacy.

This stall fortune-telling, in the Yunjiaji is not a rare thing, especially during the New Year's holidays, like this kind of fortune-telling Taoist priests, the monks will be very special, but at this time it is still early, and there are no pedestrians on the street, at this time come out to set up a stall, feel like a fool.

The husband's son pursed his lips, walked to the fortune-telling booth with his arms crossed, and asked, "Dao Chief, do you know when this shop will open?" My dad is sick and needs a doctor urgently. ”

The Taoist priest raised his head and looked at the husband's son carefully, only to see that his Yin Hall was faintly black, so he pointed in the direction of the rouge shop: "Your father's illness, the doctor in this shop can't see it well." Since the poor road is destined for you, I will show you a place to go, and walk along this street, and after a short time you will see a newly opened rouge shop. The name is easy to remember, it is called Ruyi Rouge Shop. You go inside to find a shopkeeper surnamed Xing, your father's illness is only in her care of this Yun family set. ”

"Liar!" The husband's son glared at the Taoist priest: "I said that you are setting up a stall here early in the morning like a psychopath, what are you doing?" It turned out to be a fake Taoist priest, who was tricking the patient into going to the newly opened rouge shop to buy things. ”

The Taoist priest looked at the husband's son helplessly, and then pointed to his face: "Does Poor Dao really look like a liar?" ”

"Not like a liar, but just a liar. I've seen a lot of tricks like yours. Let me tell you, the master is not stupid, so the master will not fall for you. After the husband's son finished speaking, he quickly rubbed his cold arms and fled from the fortune-telling stall as quickly as he avoided the plague god.

"Loyalty is against the ear, loyalty is against the ear, the poor road is obviously hanging a pot to help the world, how can it fall into the eyes of others but become a liar." The Taoist priest shook his head helplessly, straightened his clothes, sat in front of the stall, spread out a book, and studied quietly.

The husband's son searched around, but he didn't see any pharmacy that opened now, so he had to return home. At this time, the mother had placed his father on the bed, and fiddled with a delicate small bronze mirror in his hand. When he saw him come in, he asked anxiously, "Is the doctor invited?" ”

The husband's son shook his head: "At this time, it has just passed the fifth watch, and I have run all over the pharmacy on the Yun family, but none of them are open. I also screamed and shouted, but not only did no one answer, but I was scolded by the guys from several pharmacies across the wall. Mother, Dad, what's wrong? How can I be unconscious. ”

As soon as the husband's son's words fell, he saw that the lamp and candle still burning in the room flickered three times, and then went out. The tightly closed windows were inexplicably blown open, and a wind swept in, and the room suddenly became cold. The husband's son didn't think much about it, and immediately jumped on the bed, lifted the quilt and nested his shivering body, and then raised his face to look at his mother: "Frozen to death, mother, hurry up and close the window." The child told his father a long time ago that the windows are loose, and we have no extra firewood to burn charcoal, and if the wind blows open every day, won't we freeze to death. ”

"What a child says nonsense, what can't die. Phew! The woman snorted three times in succession, rested the bronze mirror on the bed, and then got up to cover the window.

The second wave of cold wind struck, and the woman who went to close the window couldn't help but shiver. When the husband's son saw his mother resting the bronze mirror on the bed, he was curious, so he reached over and took the bronze mirror, but before he could take a closer look, he was shrunk up by the cold wind. He rolled over and looked at the back of the mirror through the faint morning light outside the window.

At a glance, he was caught by the woman behind the bronze mirror. I saw the woman looking at herself shyly and timidly, there seemed to be a hint of spring in her beautiful eyes, and there was still a coquettish smile at the corner of her mouth, only to see that his chest was hot, and his head became dizzy.

"Mother! You see, the girl on this bronze mirror is so beautiful! The husband's son smiled stupidly and handed the bronze mirror to the woman.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it's a dummy!" The woman closed the window and turned to look at her son. Seeing his silly smile, he couldn't help but reach out and poke his head: "Listen to my mother, this wife must marry a virtuous woman, like us, marry a woman who is good at knitting, can do housework, has a strong body, has few illnesses and disasters, and can give birth to children." As for this appearance, if you look at it with a big eye, you can see it. Don't listen to your father. The more good-looking a woman is, the more delicate she will be, and people like us can't afford to marry. ”

As she spoke, she went to get the bronze mirror in her son's hand, but when she saw her son smiling stupidly, he got out of the bed and put the bronze mirror on her face. "I don't, I just want to marry the woman in the mirror."

"What do you say, little bunny? The woman in this mirror looks like a rich and noble family. If you want to marry, you have to see who you are. If you have the ability, you go and give your mother a top score. As the woman spoke, she snatched the bronze mirror from her son's hand: "Hurry up and put on your clothes, I see that your father is not very sick, you can go to the pharmacy and take a look, maybe which one will open the door." ”

"I don't!" The husband's son replied stubbornly, and protected the bronze mirror tightly on his chest.

At this time, the side of the bronze mirror that can shine on the person is directed at the woman. When the woman snatched the bronze mirror with her son, her eyes somehow glanced into the bronze mirror, and she saw the woman in black standing behind her.

The woman was stunned, and she slowly turned around and looked in the mirror at where the woman in black was standing. It was empty behind it, but there were a few shallow footprints on the ground.

The woman had heard that this ghost was not easily visible, but the footprints left by the ghost could be seen. She turned her body tremblingly and glanced at the bronze mirror again out of the corner of her eye.

Suddenly the sound of miserable laughter came from the bronze mirror, filling the room. The woman first covered her ears with her hands in fear, but when she saw her son, who was still smirking on the bed with the bronze mirror, a motherhood of courage burst out from her chest, and she rushed to her son, snatched the bronze mirror, and threw it to the ground.

The bronze mirror fell to the ground with a "clang", but the mirror was still facing the woman. I saw that the woman in black who was originally staying in the bronze mirror had already walked to the bronze mirror at this time, looking at the woman with a pair of beautiful but resentful eyes.

The woman also looked at the woman in black in the bronze mirror in horror, she wanted to protect her son from the room, but found that her hand was getting closer and closer to the bronze mirror, and it was becoming more and more difficult to breathe.

The cold feeling spread all over her body, and the sly smile of the woman in black became clearer and clearer in the woman's eyes. The moment her hand approached the bronze mirror, she felt a chill all over her body, and then she fainted as soon as her eyes went dark.

The laughter stopped abruptly, and the lights and candles in the room came on again. The husband's son sat stupidly on the bed, his eyes fixed on the bronze mirror that fell to the ground.

In the evening of that day, a woman in black with an umbrella in black arrived at the door of the Ruyi Rouge Shop, she claimed to be the wife of Yun Kui, because her husband and son suffered from a strange disease at the same time, and sought medical treatment in many ways to no avail.

At that time, Xing Ruyi was teaching Ah Niu to identify various materials for making rouge in the rouge shop, and when he heard the woman's words, he wanted to refuse, but he didn't want Ah Niu next to him to look at the woman and call his aunt. Only then did Xing Ruyi know that Ah Niu and this lady were still distant relatives. For Ah Niu's sake, she had to comply with the woman's request, simply cleaned up, and took Ah Niu to her house with the woman.

(Education 123 Literature Network)