There are all kinds of rumors in and outside the village, some talk about the plague, and some talk about murder, but the most are the old ghosts.

People often come to invite grandpa. Grandpa refused.

If grandpa doesn't make a move, everyone can't sit still, and the village asks the Taoist to do things. The red-clothed Taoist shook the bell, sang and danced the sword, so lively. I also followed to see the excitement.

Because my grandfather refused to help, my neighbors and relatives couldn't help but give me a few rolls of the eyes when they saw me.

My usually good playmates have also distanced themselves from me, and only Sister Yan is still willing to play with me.

Sister Yan is two years older than me, and she is my cousin according to her seniority.

Probably because of the Dharma of the Dao Gong, the dead did not happen again, and everyone gradually relaxed their hearts.

Only grandpa was worried all day long, sighing for a long time.

This morning, as always, I went to my aunt's house to look for Sister Yan, and when I came to the door, I found that the door was open, I called a few times, but no one answered, so I went to the house.

My aunt came out of the living room, her eyes were red, and she looked at me with a strange expression, as if she was angry, but not angry, as if she wanted to say something, but she didn't say it.

"Auntie, where is Sister Yan?" I asked.

The aunt's tears flowed, and a hoarse voice said, "Ah Yan is gone." ”

"Where?"

"It's the same as your sixth brother."

Although I was young, I immediately understood what my aunt meant. I couldn't believe it.

I entered Sister Yan's room, Uncle and several adults gathered in the room, walked to the bed, and saw Sister Yan lying on the bed, like the sixth brother before, white all over, two sunken and black eyes, motionless.

"If it weren't for your grandfather's refusal to help, Ah Yan wouldn't have died!" Uncle pointed at me and yelled.

The aunt wiped her tears and said, "What are you fighting with the child?" ”

Uncle was silent, looking at me with a look in his eyes that he was still very angry, thinking that I was also jointly and severally responsible for Sister Yan's affairs.

Seeing Sister Yan motionless, I felt more and more sad in my heart, and I felt deep self-blame, and I also felt that this matter was related to me. I couldn't help crying, and the more I cried, the more I cried, and finally it turned into a wow-wah cry.

Uncle didn't get angry when he looked at me, he just kept sighing.

On this day, most of the people in the village went to my house, and the village chief also went, and they asked my grandfather to do it anyway. At first, he persuaded with good words, then coerced and enticed, and even threatened to expel him from the village.

But grandpa is a smoking gun, smoking a dirt cigarette and not saying a word.

Until the evening, I couldn't move my grandfather, so I could only curse a few times to vent my anger and leave.

Grandpa didn't say anything, had dinner and told me to go to bed early.

Lying in bed, I couldn't sleep, and I kept thinking about Sister Yan. also complained a little about grandpa, if grandpa had acted earlier, Sister Yan would not have had an accident.

As the night wore on, I sat up from my bed.

"What for?" Grandpa asked.

"Pee." I say.

"Go and get back."

I got out of the house, into the yard, and instead of going to the toilet, I went to the wall, climbed the wall and jumped out.

I felt the darkness and ran up the hill with courage. I know that Sister Yan will definitely follow the old blind woman tonight, since grandpa refuses to save her, I have to save it myself!

A faint glow of fire moved from a distance, I hid behind the grass, looking at the firelight, although I was very scared, but I knew that I must save Sister Yan!

The old blind woman seemed to be walking slowly, but the speed was very fast, her rickety body was carrying an old oil lamp, and Sister Yan's vague figure followed behind her, acting very calmly.

When they got closer, I came out of the grass and shouted, "Sister Yan! Can't go with her! Come on! ”

The old blind woman turned to me, coughed a few times in a hoarse voice, and then laughed.

At this time, most of my momentum was gone, and I remembered that I was facing an old blind woman. I want to run, but I want to save Sister Yan, if I don't run, I'm afraid.

A stinking fishy smell permeated the old blind woman.

I almost gagged, and I covered my nose with both hands.

The old blind woman turned her head and continued to walk into the deep forest, and Sister Yan followed behind her in a proper manner.

"Sister Yan! Can't go! Run! "I shouted anxiously, and I was going to follow.

My shoulder was suddenly twisted, and a slap hit the door of the head, which made me dizzy.

"Bastard boy! Sneak out! Don't die! Grandpa scolded in a low voice.

"Sister Yan followed the old blind woman away! I want to save Sister Yan! I said anxiously.

I saw the cyan oil light getting farther and farther away.

"Sister Yan is dead! That's not Sister Yan! Come back with me! Grandpa couldn't help but twist me and walked back.

When I got home, my grandfather's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly pulled me to the light and ripped off my clothes.

"O my fathers! I've been telling you not to provoke that ghost woman, you're asking for your own death! Grandpa cried.

I have a shallow black mark on my left ribcage.

I was immediately frightened and asked my grandfather if I was going to die.

"That ghost woman can only bring one person a night, this is a mark she made, and she will come to you tomorrow night!" Grandpa was annoyed and anxious.

I cried and asked my grandfather what to do, if I was going to be taken away by the old blind woman.

Grandpa let out a long sigh and said that he didn't want to provoke the ghost woman, but now he couldn't help it.

Early the next morning, Grandpa went to the village chief and gathered the more important people in the village.

At the beginning, the recent death of the dead is inseparable from the old blind woman, who is not an ordinary person, but a ghost woman.

As soon as they heard the "ghost woman", everyone's faces changed, and they seemed to understand why Grandpa refused to make a move before. Now they all hesitated.

"Ghost woman, you can't drive away, you can't talk, either wait for her to leave by herself when she is interested enough, or you can only use the 'local method'." Grandpa said.

"But now in this world, nothing will happen." The village chief said hesitantly.

"What about this world now, she won't let us live, besides, is the ghost woman a human being! Just use the 'dirt method'! A voice shouted.

Everyone hesitated for a moment, and they also said that they would use the "soil method".

The matter was decided, and my grandfather sent me out of the house to arrange the rest of the business.

It took two hours to finish, and when everyone left, they hung their heads and gloomy faces, and no one spoke.

Grandpa told me that he was going out at noon and would come back very late, and that he would take me to Sister Yan's house for a while, and let me stay there and not go anywhere until he came back.

At noon, my grandfather and a group of young and strong men from the village went to the north deep into the mountains, bringing a lot of things, including roosters, black dogs, ropes, gasoline, and a woodcutter in each hand. And then there's a lot of stuff in the bag.

I stayed at Sister Yan's aunt's house, and Sister Yan was buried yesterday. Uncle followed Grandpa and they went.

The aunt lit a lot of incense, gave incense to the ancestral tablet, and begged the ancestors to bless her. After that, I didn't feel at ease, so I lit a large handful of incense, inserted incense in the side room and every corner of the door, and ran outside the door and the pig's nest to insert it.

This is only done during the festival, and the aunt is praying for the blessing of all the gods to succeed this time.

It was getting dark, and the grandfather and the others never came back, and the aunt's brows were furrowed more and more, and she was restless.

Until late at night, my grandfather and the others did not come back, and my aunt told me to go to her house to sleep first.

I couldn't sleep, I was very scared, my grandfather never came back, I was afraid that the old blind woman would really come to me for my life.

A violent dog bark suddenly sounded, and I shuddered and hid beside my aunt. My aunt hugged me, and she was trembling and staring in the direction of the door.

The dog barked for a while and then stopped barking, and it was quiet outside, and there was no movement.

The aunt took the flat shoulder and wanted to go to the door to see what was going on.

There was a knock on the door.

"Who!" The aunt grabbed the flat shoulder and asked nervously.

There was no response outside the door.

The aunt asked again. After a long while, I heard a voice say, "Alain, it's me, open the door!" ”

It's Uncle!

The aunt was immediately relieved, put down the flat burden, and walked to the door as she spoke: "Scared me to death!" It's back! ”

I always felt that something was wrong, Uncle was back, and there was no reason why Grandpa didn't come back. If Grandpa comes back, it's impossible not to pick me up! But why didn't I hear grandpa's voice!

"Auntie!" I wanted to tell Grandma, but Grandma had already pulled the bolt.

The door opened, and the aunt poked her head out and looked out: "Where are you?" Amin? ”

"Auntie! Close the door! I said anxiously.

But the aunt went out as if she hadn't heard.

I ran to the door while calling my aunt, and I saw my aunt running out quickly.

A very smelly fishy smell came, I turned my head to look, the rickety figure came out of the darkness, I was suddenly frightened and my legs were paralyzed, it's over! The old blind woman came to me and died!

The old blind woman was uglier than usual, with her hair disheveled, her face rotten, and her clothes even more tattered, as if she had been burned by fire.

I yelled "Grandpa" and ran into the house. But grandpa is gone, and my aunt is gone. I'm the only one left.

I ran into the house, panicked and tried to close the door, and as soon as I closed the door, a strong fishy smell hit me. I almost nauseated.

A thin, withered hand came through the crack in the door and grabbed my left ribcage, a chill rushing into my chest.

My head sank, my eyes blackened, and I lost consciousness.

Seven days after I woke up, I was lying at home, my whole body was thin, like a serious illness, my whole body was white, my eyes were black, and there was a black mark on my left chest, which was not painful or itchy.

I don't know what happened later that night, and what happened to Grandpa after they went into the mountains. Everyone said nothing about it. It's just that the deep mountains in the north have been burned bald.

Grandpa seemed to have aged dozens of years all of a sudden, and he put up crutches. Aunts and aunts sighed every time they saw me, saying that my grandfather had saved me with all his might.