There is land behind many houses in the countryside, which are generally planted with vegetables that are usually eaten, the land in the backyard of the second uncle is full of cabbage and green peppers, and peanuts are planted on the fields, and behind the vegetable field is a dense bamboo forest, which makes the whole land a little more elegant.

At that time, the second uncle was in a coma for a long time before he was discovered, and it was almost dark at that time, and the demented grandmother was so hungry that she couldn't stand it and began to howl in the house, shouting the name of the second uncle, which attracted the attention of the neighbors.

The second uncle's filial piety is well-known here, and he has never seen his grandmother starving, so the people around him felt that something was wrong and began to help find the second uncle, until he saw him in the vegetable field, and the whole person was dying.

If he could find it earlier, maybe the second uncle would be able to save him, Chu Ye thought sadly.

"What are you doing here? I've already started to sit all night, so I'm not going to go over soon. Abba suddenly appeared here and looked at Chu Ye in annoyance.

At this time, Chu Ye saw that the sky was almost dark, and hurriedly straightened out Li Xiaopa's and ran towards the mourning hall.

"Where's your mother?" Chu Ye's Abba asked in the back.

"Huh? Isn't Mom here? Chu Ye was stunned.

"You two mothers and sons are really, and you are still running around at this time. You go with me to your mother. After speaking, Abba Chu Ye began to mumble softly, "I know every day that I am also a pretense at a critical moment, and I don't care about anything." ”

Hearing this, Chu Ye couldn't help but laugh secretly. Abba's personality has always been relatively cowardly, but Grandma is very strong, so Grandma is in charge of everything in the family, and sometimes she is more ruthless than Chu Ye when she sees Abba's incompetence. This also led to Abba often complaining to himself in private.

Abba ran outside to find someone, while Chu Ye wandered around the house.

"What are you looking for?" The woman who stayed with her grandmother before saw Chu Ye like a headless fly, and looked at it and asked suspiciously.

"Did you see my mother?"

"Third sister, I saw her enter that room." The woman replied, pointing to the door in the corner of the kitchen.

What are you doing in that room? Chu Ye was a little curious, thanked him and quickly passed.

Inside was the second uncle's room.

When Chu Ye pushed open the door, he stayed where he was, only to see that the whole room was almost in a mess, and Grandma was still rummaging through the cabinets to find something, and the mildew in the room was spreading everywhere.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Grandma didn't seem to hear Chu Ye's words, the expression on her face was very anxious, and she couldn't stop muttering, "Why don't you have one?" Why don't you have one? ”

Chu Ye stepped forward and grabbed his mother, "What's wrong with you?" Mother. ”

Grandma was startled, and after seeing that it was Chu Ye, the inexplicable frenzy in her eyes quickly dissipated.

"How did you get in?"

"It's all night now, and Dad is looking for you everywhere."

"Ah, I forgot."

Grandma slapped her forehead and ran out in a panic, and when she went out of the door, she stopped and shouted to Chu Ye: "What are you still doing there, why don't you come over quickly." ”

In the end, Chu Ye didn't have time to ask Grandma what she was looking for in the second uncle's room.

It was already officially started to sit at night outside, Chu Ye and his two cousins returned the salute in front of the mourning hall as filial sons, relatives and friends from various places appeared one after another, and after a while, the wall behind the mourning hall was full of wreaths, and at nine o'clock, the banquet was spread out, and there was a sound of eating and drinking on the ground in front of the house, and Chu Ye and his cousin finally had a rest.

Grandma asked them to go eat again, and Chu Ye waved his hand and sat on the chair tiredly to show that he had no appetite. At eleven o'clock, several old men held funeral drums and gongs and sang filial piety songs in front of the funeral table.

This is the local custom where Chu Ye is located, the lyrics are basically compiled by himself, nothing more than the praise of the second uncle, in Chu Ye's hometown, filial piety songs are generally sung all night, the more lively the more people, the better, and the filial sons have to keep vigil in front of the mourning hall.

But very few people still follow these rules. Xiaoge basically rests at three or four o'clock, and the filial sons can leave at any time.

During this period, his mother called Chu Ye to go to sleep, and the two cousins had already left, although Chu Ye was exhausted, he seemed to be fighting in the mourning hall as if he was punishing himself.

At one o'clock, Xiao Ge's voice had become very blurry when it entered Chu Ye's ears, as if he had left dozens of miles at once, faintly inaudible, and Chu Ye, who was dozing off, finally couldn't help falling into a deep sleep.

The early morning of November was already very cold, the harsh winter was slowly approaching, and a scream pierced the hustle and bustle of the countryside that had just fallen into silence all night, and Chu Ye woke up violently in this scream like a cone thorn.

The head that had not rested was blown up and hurt, and the dim light made Chu Ye, who had just woken up from the darkness, feel very dazzling. It took a long time for Chu Ye to notice the cluttered environment around him.

He stood up and saw that many people were talking about something around the coffin of the second uncle, and Chu Ye saw his parents and uncle, and everyone had a look of surprise and fear on their faces. And when Chu Ye walked in, his face also changed.

A strange pattern appeared on the lid of the coffin containing the corpse of the second uncle, the pattern was composed of dark red lines, showing an eerie glow in the dim light, just like everyone's face at this time.

After Chu Ye saw it clearly, he couldn't help but feel numb on his scalp, this dark red thing was obviously the color of blood coagulation and precipitation, and the strange thing was that there was not much blood left on it, but it seemed to have seeped into the coffin. This pattern Chu Ye couldn't help but feel a little familiar, and his heart jumped, thinking of the charms that often appear in horror movies.

When Grandma saw Chu Ye, she stepped forward and grabbed him by the shoulder, "You have been in the mourning hall at night?" ”

The mother's expression was very terrifying, and Chu Ye nodded in a panic.

"And who do you see drawing these on this?"

At this moment, everyone's eyes in the room were staring at Chu Ye, which made him quickly shake his head again and stammer, "No...... I don't know, I fell asleep early. ”

As soon as the words fell, Chu Ye regretted it for a while, he saw the disappointment on the faces of the others, and Grandma sat on the ground and howled as if she had lost her strength.

"In the previous life, I made something evil, and I can't die pure."

"What about those who sing filial piety? They certainly didn't sleep all night. In order to make up for the disappointment of everyone just now, Chu Ye asked with dedication.

"We didn't see it either, we went to sleep at two o'clock, and we didn't see anyone doing anything like that anyway, I just told them." An old man singing filial piety songs last night quickly responded by the wreath.

Chu Ye's face flushed, but he calculated in his heart, that is to say, before three o'clock, no one had drawn these things on the coffin of the second uncle. He looked at his phone, it was only a few o'clock now, and the person who drew the charm on the lid of the coffin must have been between 3 and 5 o'clock, and Chu Ye deduced that it should be around four o'clock, when everyone was asleep, so it didn't alarm anyone.

At this time, Chu Ye heard someone next to him say to the others: "It's strange to say, a few of us have been playing cards, and we can usually play cards all night without blinking, but I was so sleepy last night that I don't know how I fell asleep." ”

As he was talking, someone had already brought Luo Cripple here, I don't know if it was because he didn't rest well, his face looked even more gloomy, and when Grandma saw it, she seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, pulled him down next to the coffin, pointed to the things on the coffin lid and said, "Master Luo, look at it, I don't know which of the turtle's sons who lacked virtue painted it." ”

As soon as Luo Cripple saw the spell-like picture on it, Chu Ye noticed that his face had changed, and his intact eye swept around the people in the mourning hall like a bull's eye. Then he said: "Third sister, I'll deal with this matter." You get a couple of people to wash this thing off first. ”

As if he had seen Chu Ye for the first time, he walked over and grabbed Chu Ye's arm and said, "Big nephew, you bring the incense burner and scatter the incense ashes around the coffin, and stop when I tell you to stop." ”

Being grabbed by Luo Cripple, Chu Ye felt a burst of fear for no reason, his hands were clenched very tightly, and his thin fingers made Chu Ye extremely uncomfortable.

Chu Ye responded unnaturally, quickly broke free from his hand, and took the incense burner on the spiritual table, Luo Cripple instructed Chu Ye to stand on the edge of the coffin, and asked him to slowly sprinkle incense ashes on the ground around the coffin counterclockwise.