Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Cat Meows in the Middle of the Night (Chapter 18)
"Holy! What's going on? I stood up in a panic and looked at the gang of "Meow Meow!" "The barking cat is stunned!
"Leave them alone, they're here to ask for a coffin for their master." Dad didn't even lift his head and continued to paint his coffin.
"It's too godly!" Wen Bao jumped up and said, "This is too spiritual, why don't we hold a few cats like this?" ”
"If you don't want to die like his master, you'd better not touch this thing." Dad said coldly.
"Huh?" Wen Bao looked at his father in a daze, not knowing what he meant.
"Go play, it's none of your business." Dad waved me away.
The cats stayed at the gate of my yard and didn't leave at night.
The next morning, I saw my grandfather hurrying out with his canvas bag on his back, and the cats turned around and followed him.
I picked up Wenbao and planned to follow it to see what was going on, but I got out of the yard and saw where there was still my grandfather!
"It must be going to Cui Hezi's house, let's go." I pulled Wenbao and ran to Cui Hezi's house.
A mourning shed has been set up in the courtyard, and several village neighbors are burning paper.
It may be that Choi Hezi's death is too scary, so he has a black cloth on his head.
I didn't see the shadow of my grandfather and the cats in the yard, but I did see the ghost of Choi Hezi wandering next to the corpse.
In the evening, Grandpa came back, and the group of cats were gone, and behind Grandpa was a big black cat!
The cat was also too big, like a newborn calf, and the beard alone was as thick as the head of chopsticks.
I saw the cat come to the big coffin, "Woohoo! He screamed twice, jumped into the big coffin.
"No, this coffin is for the big cat?" Wen Bao asked, "Didn't you say that when a person dies, no living creature can enter the coffin?" ”
I shook my head, indicating I didn't know.
I saw my grandfather put the lid on the coffin with his backhand, and turned around and went back to the house.
Wen Bao poked me, clicked his little eyes and said, "Shall we steal a look at what the big cat is doing in the coffin?" ”
"Wait, wait until the middle of the night stops and we're going to study, now go to bed!" I yawned and said, "I've never seen a cat this big." ”
It was easy to stay up until midnight with squinting eyes, and seeing that the lights on Grandpa's side were extinguished, Wenbao and I secretly ran out.
"Gone? Where did the coffin go. "The courtyard was empty, and the huge coffin was gone!
"Holy! Hell yes. I stomped my foot in hatred and said, "Did someone come and pull me away while I was asleep?" ”
"What the hell are you seeing, then you actually saw the ghost in your Bai family." Wen Bao said: "That must be where Lacui and Zi's family went." ”
ran to Cui Hezi's house to take a look, really, the big coffin was quietly placed in the middle of the courtyard!
A flickering incandescent light bulb, dimly glowing, and there was no one in the yard.
"It's pitiful enough, this dead doesn't even have a night watchman." Wenbao muttered.
I didn't bother to pay attention to him, walked straight to the big coffin, and reached out to remove the lid of the coffin.
When I opened it, there was nothing inside, it was empty.
"Damn! After tossing and turning in the middle of the night, I went back to sleep. He took Wenbao home and went to sleep.
I slept until noon, and Wen Bao didn't know where he died, and he didn't bother to care about it when he saw that Cui Hezi had already been buried.
After squinting and practicing runes for an afternoon, I also drew a scoop of runes according to the gourd.
At night, just about to lie down, Wenbao came back bluffing.
As soon as he entered the house, he was busy chattering, "Young master of the coffin, you didn't go to see it today, don't look at Cui Hezi who has no relatives, but the burial formation is really amazing!" ”
"And guess what? Hundreds of cats followed Cui Hezi and buried him in the soil before he dispersed, and he really saw a ghost. ”
"The whole Tunzi people are watching the excitement, if it weren't for grandpa telling me not to let me greet you, I would have come back and called you coming."
"Okay, go to sleep! That cat has become a sperm, you didn't listen to your father! Sleep, sleep. "I turned around and went under the covers.
Wenbao saw that I was not interested, so he muttered and turned off the light and lay down.
I was sleeping soundly, and I heard "Woo woo woo!" in a daze! The howl was so miserable!
"What's the call?" I fluttered and pulled the lamp rope at once, and reflexively pulled Wenbao.
Wen Bao rubbed his eyes and said, "It seems to be the big cat that night." “
"Knock knock!" I heard footsteps and lights came on in the yard.
"Hurry up, something must have happened, grandpa and they are all up." I hurriedly put on my clothes, pulled on my shoes and ran out.
When I ran out of the yard and heard it, the whole village was in chaos, "Woo woo woo! The barking, the noisy sound of the dogs, and the sound of the crowd running around made a mess of porridge.
"It's really a big deal, look at the whole tunzi is up." Wen Bao said while carrying his shoes: "Let's go, let's take a look." ”
No one knew what was going on, and they all ran to the sound of a miserable howl.
"It's the direction of the threshing floor." Wenbao shouted.
The threshing floor is just around the waist of the village, and it is a large open field.
A round field, pressed smooth with a squirrel, is used to dry grain during the autumn harvest.
There were a lot of people, and the black pressed one surrounded the four circles of the threshing floor.
The huge black cat was standing on end, and its round head was raised and the sky was silent, "Woohoo!" Hundreds of cats, large and small, gathered next to him, lying quietly in the snow.
I saw Grandpa and Dad, just standing quietly across from the black cat and watching.
After a while, Grandpa looked up at the moon and shouted, "Okay, this hour is almost over, I shouldn't go back if I don't worship or not." ”
"Look at the good things you have done, disturbing the people in the Yang world, I want to see how you end!"
As soon as Grandpa's words fell, the black cat stopped barking, glared at a pair of blue eyes and glanced behind him, stood up straight, closed his two front paws, and shook his head vigorously at the moon.
With the black cat's movements, the hundreds of cats on the ground all shook towards the moon with a single movement.
Grandpa turned around and waved his hand at the crowd to the southwest, meaning to get out of the way.
There was silence at the scene, and only the sound of the wind rustling through the snow could be heard.
That is, in a quarter of an hour or so, the black cat squatted down, "Woohoo! He shouted twice, turned around and ran away in the southwest direction.
In the blink of an eye, all the cats had fled and disappeared into the night with the black cat.
The crowd began to stir, and they all gathered around, all wondering what was going on.
Grandpa waved his hand and shouted: "Hundred cats worship the moon, it is Elvis's exit ceremony, it has nothing to do with everyone, they all disperse and go back to sleep with their wives and children!" ”
"Isn't this Choi Hezi's gang of cats? Why did Cui Hezi just die, and these cats began to be demons? Someone in the crowd asked.
"If you don't want to get into trouble, shut up quickly, hum!" Grandpa snorted coldly and went back with his hands behind his back.
Bai Lao Immortal's words, where anyone dared to speak, they all went home in disgrace.
Lying in bed, I wondered what was going on.
Wen Bao was even more wide-eyed, looking at me stupidly.
"You don't mean that? If you have a fart, let it go, why are you staring at me? I pushed Wenbao and said, "It would be nice if the ghosts were here." ”
"At least I know what's going on with this Elvis Presley, you don't have a top fart, you can only talk nonsense, let's sleep!"
A few days passed, but it was calm, and the family began to prepare for the New Year.
Uncle Yan and his family were busy steaming bean buns for my family to make New Year's dry food, Qiaoqiao was busy cooking meat, and Dad was busy burning pig's head with asphalt in the yard.
Grandpa was the only one, leaning on the door with a thoughtful face and smoking a dry tobacco pouch.
I walked up to my grandfather and asked in a low voice, "It's going to be the New Year, should Guchan and Ghost Suo come back?" ”
Grandpa didn't answer me, but said, "Come with me to the hall tonight to pick someone out." ”
"It's Guchan, aren't they? Who's it, tell me who's coming back tonight? "I almost jumped up with joy.
Grandpa shook his head, spat out the white smoke ring, and stopped talking...