Most of the houses in this village are adobe houses from the seventies and eighties of the last century, and we walked around the village without seeing anyone, but we saw a small courtyard in the middle of the village, with a slogan for family planning written on the outside of the courtyard wall, and there were four or five tiled houses inside, one of which was still lit.

A few of us were lying on the iron gate and looking in, when a man suddenly came out of the corner of the intersection. He was in his fifties, with a generous face and hands behind his back, and the clothes on his body were the same style that my grandfather wore in his generation. Seeing us, he was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "Hey, what are you doing?" ”

A few of us glanced at each other, and I hurriedly greeted him: "Uncle, we are traveling from outside, and we are lost and want to find a place to stay for one night." With that, I pulled out a cigarette and handed it over.

As soon as the old man saw that I handed me China, his face immediately became much gentler.

"That's all there is to this village, you are all from the city." As he spoke, the old man looked at us a few times, and then said, "Other people's families probably don't have a place to settle you, so you will live with me in the village committee tonight." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to a few tiled houses inside, "Na, this is it, you can live in the north house." ”

"Uncle, what do you call you?" I turned around and asked the old man with a smile, what we do, the sweet mouth is certain.

"Just call me Lao Xu, I'm the village chief here." The old man led us into the house.

As soon as I entered the door, I smelled a very pungent musty smell, and I frowned, "Old Xu, this house hasn't been inhabited for a long time." As I spoke, I pointed to the cobwebs on the windowsill.

"Huh? This is the village to receive outsiders, and there are people living in it every month, what? Young man, can't you get used to it? Lao Xu frowned, looking a little displeased.

"No, no, Lao Xu, it's good here, he has rhinitis, don't listen to him." Qin Feng smiled at Lao Xu beside me and said. When did I get rhinitis? I was about to open my mouth to refute, but Qin Feng suddenly pulled me secretly with his hand and signaled me not to speak.

"That old Xu, you don't have a restaurant or anything, we haven't eaten after a day of walking." The fat man touched his stomach and asked Lao Xu.

Lao Xu was suddenly stunned, "Restaurant? Where is there a restaurant, there is a small shop at the entrance of the village, you go there and buy some noodles, there is a small stove in the Westinghouse, you can cook it yourself. ”

"Old Xu, we don't know the road either." As he spoke, the fat man took out a hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it over, "You can help us buy it, just make us a bowl of hot food." ”

"Hey, young man, you're making fun of my old man." Lao Xu pointed to the hundred yuan in the fat man's hand. "What can you buy with this?"

"Damn, you are a small broken village, and the price is still so high?" The fat man thought that Lao Xu was too little, so he took out another one, "Na, two hundred is enough, don't think that the fat man wants to hack me because I am a foreigner." ”

Lao Xu still looked at the fat man, and he didn't reach out to pick it up, he looked at the fat man's eyes like a fool.

"Young man, if you don't have any money, forget it, a handful of noodles won't cost a few dollars, my old man will buy it for you." With that, he walked out.

"Hey," the fat man looked at a few of us, and then raised the money in his hand and looked at it, "What, fat man, I'm holding counterfeit money?" ”

I didn't know what was going on for a while, so I turned my head to look at Qin Feng, "Little brother, what did you drag me to do just now?" ”

"Didn't you notice that this old man has no shadow?" Qin Feng suddenly said coldly.

"Huh? No shadows? I didn't have any idea of this just now, so I hurriedly turned my head and asked the fat man, "Fat man, have you seen it?" ”

The fat man scratched his head and smiled, "I was just thinking about eating, and I didn't pay attention to it." ”

"There is indeed no shadow of the old man." Junko suddenly said, "Look at the ground. ”

I looked down and saw that the thick layer of dust on the ground was now full of footprints. "What's wrong on the ground?" I didn't see anything.

"If you look closely at the footprints on the ground, the old man has no footprints." Junko glanced at me and said lightly.

The four of us were all wearing the same style of military boots, and the old man, I remember wearing cloth shoes. I searched the ground carefully, and I really didn't see the old man's footprints except for the footprints we had just left.

I panicked, "What's the matter, that old man, can't it be a ghost?"

"Be careful, let's go to the yard and have a look." Qin Feng walked out as he spoke, and as soon as he reached the door, he saw the old man walking in with a wooden tray and a few bowls of noodles on it.

I was suddenly stunned, this old man had just been out for a few minutes, how could he come back so quickly, I thought of Qin Feng just now that this old man might not be a person, I was a burst of spirits at this time.

Junzi hurriedly went up and took the tray in the old man's hand, "Oh, Lao Xu, I'm sorry for you." As he spoke, he gave us a look and motioned for us to take a closer look at Lao Xu's feet.

"Okay, you can eat quickly, go to bed early after eating, and there will be no oil lamp for you at night." After Lao Xu finished speaking, he coughed twice and left.

This time, I carefully stared at Lao Xu's feet, followed his feet, and there were no footprints on the ground.

On the tray were four bowls of boiled noodles in white water, with some chili sauce in them, the fat man picked up a bowl and was about to move his mouth, Qin Feng grabbed the fat man.

"Don't eat it, see for yourself." As he spoke, he took out a small bottle from his bag, poured a few drops on the paper and lit it.

I asked Qin Feng, "What is this?" The note burned and glowed a faint green light, flickering like a ghost fire.

"This is oil with rhino horn and cow's tears, and you see what's in this bowl." As he spoke, Qin Feng pointed to the four bowls.

"I'm sorry," the fat man exclaimed after a glance, "Fortunately, the fat man has a slow hand, and if you eat this, you will be poisoned." ”

Under the green firelight, the four bowls of boiled noodles just now turned into four hands. This hand is supposed to be a baby's hand, and there is a layer of yellow greasy corpse oil on the outside of the blue-black corpse spots.

I felt sick to the sight, and the acid in my stomach began to churn upwards. Junko hurriedly came over and patted me on the back, picked up the kettle and poured me a mouthful of water before barely holding it down.

By the time I looked back, the note had gone out, and there were still four bowls of white noodles on the tray.

My body trembled a little, and I turned my head to look at Qin Feng.

"Don't move anything here, don't make a noise about what you see tonight." Qin Feng's face was unusually gloomy.

We no longer have the idea of sleeping, we all sit in the room, and it is impossible to go out at this time. Now it's pitch black outside, we don't know the way at all, and going out could be even worse.

I waited until one o'clock in the morning, when I couldn't stand it anymore, so I was ready to sleep by the head of the bed. As soon as I lay down, I heard a terrible scream outside.

I was frightened by this scream, and I immediately got up and wanted to rush out, but Qin Feng grabbed my arm and pointed to a roof not far away.

I followed my finger and saw at a glance that there was a woman in red standing on the roof.