Chapter Ninety-Nine: Voices in the Coffin
Ma Xiaoer continued: "After finishing speaking, I pulled the coffin car and walked over, sure enough, those ghost fires with the money to buy the road, did not continue to pester me, I was at that time, just thinking about hurrying over, looking for a family to rest, walking and walking suddenly a coffin car wheel, fell into a pit, shook me violently, the coffin also followed the cart, slid to the side, this is really a house leak even rainy, the more afraid of accidents, the more accidents.
I gritted my teeth and pulled the cart hard, but the weight of the cart, coupled with the weight of the coffin, made the car sink deeper and deeper. Pulling the coffin, I can't stop in the wilderness, I have to pull hard, so I gritted my teeth and exerted all my strength, leaning forward to pull the coffin car, but the coffin car still can't get up in the pit, just when I was almost desperate, suddenly the coffin car was light, and it came up all of a sudden, it really made me can't believe it, as if someone helped me push the cart, this is the wilderness, just me, how can someone help?
There is only one possibility, that is, the help of a few friends who blocked the road just now, I thought of this, and couldn't help but look back, sure enough, next to the coffin car, there were a few ghost fires shaking, I stopped the car and arched my hand towards those ghost fires and said: "Rely on your parents at home, rely on friends when you go out, thank you for your help today, yin and yang are different, and there will be no time in the future"
After I finished speaking, I pulled the coffin car and left, and finally walked out of the cemetery, I breathed a long sigh of relief, and then wiped the sweat that kept dripping from my forehead, and looked ahead, not far in front of the lights actually appeared, I was ecstatic, there are lights means that there are people, and there are people who have a place to stay, although it is a coffin car, I think the countryside people have good eyes, as long as they beg a few words, and then give more money, people will definitely let them borrow.
I thought of this, and hurriedly pulled the car forward, about half a mile, to the courtyard that showed the light, this yard is quite large, not too high a fence, a fence gate made of wood, in front of the door you can clearly see the lights in the house, I put down the car, came to the gate of the fence, and shouted to the house: "Is there anyone?" Anybody home? ”
I shouted a few words, when an old and gloomy voice came from the room, "Who? Who's calling the door? ”
When I heard that voice, I shuddered, why did I feel a little terrible? But after thinking about it, a hundred kinds of rice raise a hundred kinds of people, everyone has it, whether people's voices are good or not, what does it matter to me? The voice was easily audible as an old woman's voice. So I shouted into the house: "Auntie, I am walking, but because I am walking slowly, I have not caught up with the place where I lived, and I want to spend the night here." ”
Then the old voice said, "Wait, the old body will open the door for you." ”
So I waited outside the door, and then I saw a fireball floating out of the house, and the fireball came towards the door, and the color of the fireball was white, and I saw this fireball that glowed white, like a ghost, and I was startled, and I had encountered too many things that day, and they were beyond my knowledge, so I became a frightened bird. When I looked at it carefully, I realized that I was scaring myself, which was a fireball, a white lantern, and because of fright and excessive nervousness, I mistook the white lantern for a fireball.
The white lantern was followed by a hobbling man, this person was hunched up, shorter than ordinary people, and his white hair was particularly gloomy under the light of the white lantern. The old lady walked to the front of the chai door, because the turtle waist is particularly powerful, can only look up at me, she slowly raised her head, looked at my face, I looked at this old woman, scared almost sat on the ground, this old lady is simply a goblin, only to see her white hair, very scattered, under the white hair is a face shaped like a skeleton, the skin and flesh on the whole face, are attached to the bones, the two eyes are deeply sunken, those eyes are particularly scary, there are many white eyes, few black eyes, just like black beans, turning up, seems to be looking at me, and seemed to look at the sky. The face is full of folds, and the mouth is covered with vertical lines, as if the whole mouth is pulled together.
I saw this scary, old lady, a little unwanted, but looked at the gloomy coffin behind me, and thought that no matter how ugly this person was, it was much better than living in the wild with a dead man, so I said: "Auntie, because I have just arrived, I ended up staying in the hotel by mistake, and I want to spend one night at your house, and I will definitely give the lady the price of the inn." ”
Unexpectedly, the old grandmother's head shook like a rattle, she said: "No, no, no, our family is inconvenient, there is a girl in the old family, just our mother, you are a big man, in case you have bad intentions, how can our mother beat you?" ”
I hurriedly said, "Don't worry, auntie, I'm a good person." ”
When the old lady heard this, she still shook her head, and she said, "You are a good person, but the coffin behind you?" ”
As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly said: "The old lady in the coffin is also a good person, the old lady, you can do it, let me stay, right?" ”
The old lady looked at the coffin, and then said faintly, "Good man? Who is she? How do you know that she was a good person when she was alive? ”
I was speechless when asked, that is, the woman in the coffin and I never knew each other, how could I be sure that she was a good person? But if I say that I am pulling a maid, and I don't know each other, a corpse giver, can the old lady let me live? So I said: "Auntie, don't worry, the person in the coffin is my mother, pity my lady's face, I help the coffin to send the lady home, my lady was very virtuous during her lifetime, eating fast and reciting Buddha, is a good person." My lady she ......"
I cried a few times as I said and pretended to be very uncomfortable, and the old lady nodded and said, "It's rare that you are an infatuated lover, you come in, I have a firewood room at home, you live in the firewood room, my daughter has a strange temper, no matter what movement you hear at night, don't come out." ”
After opening the door, I pulled the coffin car into the yard, and the old lady led me to the firewood room, this firewood room is made of wood, half of the door is made of sorghum mullion, very spacious, the coffin car can be easily pulled in, after getting inside, I put down the coffin car, thank you to the old woman, the old lady said: "Don't thank me, I am for the sake of your difficulty in going out, so I kept you for a night." My family only has enough food for one meal, and there is nothing to eat. ”
I hurriedly said, "Auntie, I have prepared dry food and water, this lady doesn't have to worry." ”
The old lady raised her head and looked at me again, and then said coldly, "After eating, go to bed quickly, and remember not to come out no matter what you hear." ”
I quickly nodded, please rest assured, after the old lady finished speaking, I went back to the house with the lantern, I found dry food in the firewood and straw shed and ate some, then drank some water, blew out the lantern, and then began to sleep, this sleep I don't know when, I heard a movement, the movement is not loud, the sound of sneering, as if someone is scratching something with a fingernail.
Although there was not much movement, in the quiet night, I could still hear it clearly, and my scalp exploded, so I quickly opened my eyes and looked for the place where the sound had just come from in the dark. The night was very quiet, the voice seemed to have never been at all, I listened to it for a while, slowly shook my head, and said in my heart, "Ma Xiaoer, Ma Xiaoer, are you scared stupid, what is there any movement in the middle of the night?" I have relieved myself for a long time, and then I have to go to bed. At that moment, the sneering voice sounded again.
I was stunned, this time I heard it right, it did have the sound of scraping things with fingernails, where did this sound come from? I nervously searched around in the dark, at this time, the voice stopped again, I couldn't sleep anymore, quickly got up, I got up and stood in the firewood shed, thinking to myself that in this firewood shed, except for me, is Chunqiao's coffin, could it be that Chunqiao sent it out in the coffin? I thought of this, and hurriedly looked towards the coffin, the coffin showed a faint outline in the dark, and at this time, the sound of sneering sounded again, this time I heard it really, the voice was indeed coming from the coffin. ”