What kind of person takes a photo every year on the Ghost Festival? What is the East she wants to remember?

In the last photo on the album, why only the wooden door like the chair and coffin board appeared, but there was no figure of Mrs. Wang?

Also, who do those blurry figures on the black-and-white photos belong to?

From the moment I entered Mrs. Wang's house, I had a very bad feeling in my heart, it was not only the depression brought by the damp and stuffy environment, but also another feeling of awkwardness, but I couldn't tell what was wrong with Mrs. Wang's house.

It wasn't until I found this album that I felt as if something was presented to me, but I couldn't tell what it was.

I vaguely realized that it was something in my heart that was suppressed that prevented me from suddenly opening up at this moment.

The bag helped me to release myself and trust my instincts, and I've tried to relax now, but that damn instinct still doesn't show up.

Restless, I wandered around the kitchen and toilet again and found nothing.

After that, I lit a cigarette and went out into the living room with a cloud of mist. Li Huaishan was squatting on the ground to burn yellow paper for Mrs. Wang, and he was still holding a piece of yellow paper in his mouth, and two kinds of smoke filled the room, making the scene in front of him a little erratic.

I walked up to Li Huaishan, he threw the last piece of yellow paper in his hand into the brazier, and looked up at me: "Why have you been going for so long, what are you looking for?" ”

I handed her the album directly: "Take a look." ”

Li Huaishan took the old photo, glanced at it a few times, and then frowned: "This photo on top is not quite right." ”

"What's wrong?"

Li Huaishan smacked his lips and said, "I can't say it, it's just ...... After looking at these photos, I had an indescribable feeling in my heart, which was particularly awkward. ”

I was expecting him to be able to see what else was abnormal in the photo, but I didn't expect him to send me away with a "can't tell" sentence.

I pouted helplessly, took back the album, walked to the window on the north wall, opened the curtain a gap, and looked into the courtyard.

The villagers who had gathered in the courtyard had long since left, the courtyard gate was open, and Mrs. Wang's relatives had long since disappeared.

Standing at the door at this time, there were only the black fat man and Liu Shishi, as well as a few people who ran to Lao Hu's house that day to ask for debts.

The fat man and Liu Shishi had been there all along, and the other people should have just heard that the old lady's body had been transported back to the village, so they came to watch.

It seems that the fat man and his gang are more concerned about Mrs. Wang's funeral than the local villagers.

At this time, the fat man was lying on the door, leaning over to look at the window, I saw him, he could naturally see me lifting the curtains, but the light in the room was darker than outside, and he might not be able to see clearly whether the person standing opposite the window was me or Li Huaishan.

After a short period of contemplation, I was going to go out and say a few words to the fat man.

As soon as I walked to the door, before I could reach out and pull the doorknob, Li Huaishan shouted behind me: "Why are you going!" ”

I didn't look back and said, "I have something to explain to Liu Shishi and them, you are guarding the house and taking care of the old lady's body." ”

After speaking, I didn't care what Li Huaishan's reaction was, I opened the door directly and went out, and when I entered the courtyard, I shook my hand and closed the door.

Li Huaishan cursed a swear word in the house, and I didn't hear it at all.

As soon as the fat man saw me coming out of the house, he immediately rushed over, he pointed in the direction of the door, and asked me cautiously, "Is there anything wrong with Mrs. Wang?" ”

When he spoke, he deliberately lowered his voice very low, as if he was afraid that Mrs. Wang in the room would hear his voice.

I looked at him and said, "People are dead, what else can be wrong?" ”

The fat man didn't seem to believe what I said: "Really dead? ”

I didn't have the heart to talk to him, so I changed the subject: "The relationship between the people in the village and Mrs. Wang doesn't seem to be very good." She had just died, and the yard was so deserted. ”

The fat man let out an "oh" and said, "I only came to this village ten years ago, and I don't know much about some things. I only know that Mrs. Wang and the people in the village seem to have a holiday, and when she sees the people in the village, she doesn't have a good face, and the people in the village are very afraid of her. But she was very kind to us children from other places, and when I first arrived in the village, the old lady was afraid that I would not have enough to eat, and she often brought me budding rice. ”

Liu Shishi, who came with the fat man, also echoed beside him: "Yes, the old lady is very good to us, I lived next to her house when I first came, and she has always been very good to me, like a grandmother." ”

I asked the fat man, "Since the people in the village don't deal with the old lady, why did so many people come just now?" Could it be that the people gathered in the courtyard just now are also relatives of the old lady? ”

If the people in the yard are all relatives of the old lady, then she has too many relatives.

The fat man shook his head and said, "No, those are all nearby villagers, and Old Man Zheng called them to Zhenyang." ”

I asked him what Zhenyang meant, the fat man said, is to use Yang Qi to calm Yin, that old man Zheng is a bit like a god in the village, from time to time to call people a soul to do things or something, this time Mrs. Wang died strangely, plus the old lady was very strange when she was alive, the people in the village were afraid of her, and now they were worried that she would find trouble with the people in the village after her death, so he called Old Man Zheng to do a lot of trouble for Mrs. Wang.

The fat man has been in the society for a long time, his eyes are vicious, he bluntly said that the old man Zheng has no Taoism at a glance, and he didn't dare to come alone this time, so he pulled the villagers to give himself courage.

In fact, most of the fat man's words can correspond to my previous guesses, and at the same time, he also confirms what I have always wanted to confirm: Mrs. Wang does have a problem.

If she was okay, the people in the village wouldn't be so afraid of her.

I tried to ask the fat man, "Why are the people in the village so afraid of Mrs. Wang?" ”

The fat man's answer was the same as just now: "I just heard some things from the beginning, but I don't know if what I heard is right or wrong, so I don't dare to talk nonsense." ”

As he spoke, he glanced at the door of the house twice, clearly looking like he was afraid that Mrs. Wang would hear him.

I glanced back at the door and asked what the fat man was afraid of.

The fat man swallowed his saliva and only said four words: "I'm afraid of ghosts." ”

I pushed him a few steps towards the courtyard gate, and it was now close to noon, and the sun was blazing, and a bright light swept over the door, illuminating the top of the fat man's head and the side of his face.

Being so illuminated by the sun, the fat man's body seemed to be full of yang energy, and the whole person became a little more upright, changing the cautious appearance when standing in the yard.

Seeing that the fat man's expression was much better, I said to him: "Help me find out what conflicts there are between Mrs. Wang and the people in the village, and by the way, ask the locals if there was an opera troupe in the village in the early years." ”

As soon as my voice fell, Liu Shishi said as if questioning: "Why does the fat brother listen to you?" ”

Liu Shiren looks more reckless, it seems that he should be a person who doesn't believe in evil very much, but the fat man is different, from the beginning when he said that I am not like ordinary people, I know that he belongs to the kind of person who is more chatty on weekdays.

The fat man stretched out his hand to stop Liu Shishi, and then asked me, "What are you checking these things for?" ”

I said, "Actually, I don't know if it's useful to check these things now, but Mrs. Wang's matter is really complicated, and I have to find out the way before I can do anything." ”

I said this in a more subtle way, and I didn't say what I was going to do.

Fortunately, the fat man was a smart man, and he quickly understood what I meant, and immediately furrowed his brows, first nodded at me, and then asked me, "When will I come back to you?" ”

I looked at the sun in the sky and said, "Don't come back before half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, don't come back after six o'clock in the evening." ”

At this time, I noticed that the fat man glanced at the courtyard behind me, his eyes were full of timidity, so I added: "When you come back, just call me outside the courtyard gate, and you don't have to enter the courtyard." ”

The fat man breathed a sigh of relief: "No problem." ”

It can be seen that the fat man is a vigorous and resolute person, after saying these three words, he beckoned his brother to go, I first locked the courtyard door, and then walked around the yard, carefully checked a few large vats in the yard, confirmed that there were no other problems, and then turned back to the house.

When I entered the house, I saw Li Huaishan move a chair and sit next to the window, this place is the farthest place from the spiritual bed in the whole living room, I looked carefully at the window frame, and found that the handle of the window was twisted, and now I want to go out, as long as I pull the window handle slightly, the window can be opened.

It seems that Li Huaishan stayed in the mourning hall alone, and his courage was really cold, and he had already found a way out for himself.

But he is taking precautions, and he is not too much at fault, so I didn't say much.

From the moment I entered the door, Li Huaishan has always been a yard full of resentment, and when I moved a chair to sit next to him, he just gave me a fierce look and ignored me.

My mind is not on him now, he can do whatever he wants.

Sitting in front of the window, I pinched the cigarette butt in my hand, took out another cigarette and lit it, and then kept staring at the phone screen, watching the time pass by second by second.

The clock was ticking by, eleven forty-five, eleven fifty, twelve sharp...... Until half past twelve, the time for the sudden change of yin and yang in heaven and earth had passed, and Mrs. Wang's body was still lying quietly on the spiritual bed, without any movement.

I breathed a sigh of relief in my heart, and Li Huaishan actually spit out a big mouthful of turbidity, and muttered as if complaining: "It's finally over." ”

When he was done, he turned his head to me and said, "There shouldn't be anything for the two of us right now, otherwise, let's go back to Lao Hu's house for dinner." ”

I stared at Li Huaishan's eyes and asked him, "Have you thought about it, why did Yan Yanan say that no matter what kind of thing happens, don't do it lightly until you figure out the ins and outs?" ”

(End of chapter)