The cold water ran quickly down my ankles, and the chill spread down the soles of my feet to my knees.

At this time, Sun Chuansheng stepped forward and waded upstream of the river, and I stood there and hesitated for a moment, but finally followed his footsteps.

He waved his right hand, and the ghostly light on the mirror followed his movements, drawing a semicircle in mid-air.

The children in the distance seemed to be inspired by some kind of inspiration, and turned their faces to Sun Chuansheng's side one by one, and soon, they moved their legs and walked towards Sun Chuansheng.

As these children got closer and closer to us, I felt a chill that penetrated into my heart, and the irritation in my heart became more and more intense.

When the first child walked in front of Sun Chuansheng, I first heard a frowning "crackling" sound, and then I saw that the child was actually sucked in by the mirror.

The children in the back also consciously lined up in a long line, and every time they walked in front of the mirror, they were instantly sucked in.

My eyes widened as I watched as the children were sucked into the mirror one by one, and my scalp tingled.

It wasn't until the last child disappeared from my eyes that Sun Chuansheng took a long breath, turned his head and said to me: "They are all ordinary ghosts who have died unjustly, and they have not done anything harmful, so I will seal them in the gossip mirror first, find a temple or Taoist temple another day, and do a superordinate ritual for them." ”

My mind was still confused, a pair of eyes stared at the mirror in Sun Chuansheng's hand, and now the halo on the mirror has disappeared, and it is lying quietly in Sun Chuansheng's hand, as if the scene that happened just now has nothing to do with it.

Sun Chuansheng raised his hand in front of my eyes and waved it back and forth twice: "Are you okay?" ”

My mind was a mess of mush, and it took me a long time to reply: "What's the matter?" ”

Sun Chuansheng: "What's going on?" ”

"That's it, old lady, child, locust tree, what's going on? What's going on? ”

At that time, I didn't know how to organize my words properly, and I was talking so inarticulately as I made random gestures with my two hands.

"They're all illusions," Sun Chuansheng paused for a moment and said, "To be exact, they're all ghosts, but what you see is an illusion." ”

I stared at Sun Chuansheng and couldn't say a word.

Sun Chuansheng said to me again: "Ghost things are originally incorporeal, but they can affect your soul and let you see ...... What they want you to see. Do you understand me when I say that? ”

I thought about it for a long time before I nodded.

Sun Chuansheng stuffed the mirror back into his pocket and continued to say to me: "The industry I am in is dealing with ghosts, evil corpses and other things all day long, and if you enter the family, you will be the same as me." ”

As he said this, the dark red mist of light emanating from him also disappeared, and it disappeared suddenly, without any warning.

Sun Chuansheng looked at the top of my head and said to himself, "It's invalid so soon? ”

I still looked at him in a daze, but he didn't say anything more, pulled me out of the river, and led me in the direction of the earthen house.

It wasn't until the two of us returned to the door of the earthen house that Sun Chuansheng pressed one hand against the door panel, but he didn't push the door open.

I felt as if he was hesitating about something.

After a while, he turned to me and said, "Are you still planning to go back to your house?" ”

I was about to answer, but he hurriedly waved his hand at me: "You don't have to answer me so quickly. Think about it tonight and give me an answer tomorrow morning. ”

With that, he pushed the door open.

When we returned to the earthen house, Boss Lu was still asleep.

There was only one bed in the house, and the three of them would definitely not be able to sleep, but fortunately, it was the height of summer, Sun Chuansheng took out a thin quilt and a straw mat from the cabinet, and we made a bunk in the house, planning to spend the night.

After tossing for half a night, as soon as I lay down, my upper and lower eyelids began to fight, but Sun Chuansheng didn't seem to be sleepy, he found a corner against the wall and sat down, and took a bottle of Erguotou from the small drawer at the door.

"Do you drink?" Sun Chuansheng shook the wine bottle at me.

I waved my hand: "I don't dare to drink, I'm drunk as soon as I get drunk, and the wine is very poor." Last year's Lantern Festival, Boss Lu invited me to drink, but I got so drunk that I almost smashed his shop, and after that, I didn't dare to touch this thing. ”

Sun Chuansheng poured a small half bottle of wine in one go, and asked me again: "After the second brother dies, what do you and your second sister-in-law live on?" If I'm not mistaken, it seems that the two can't go out to work, right? ”

I was going to go straight to bed, but Sun Chuansheng seemed to want to talk to me.

Since he wanted to talk, I could only accommodate him, so I beat my spirit, got up and took out a cigarette case and a lighter from Boss Lu, lit one, and spit out a long mouthful of clouds, and then said to Sun Chuansheng: "In the first year of my second uncle's death, we lived on the savings he saved, and my aunt remarried the next year, and the other party's family conditions are very good, and we don't have to worry about eating and drinking." ”

Sun Chuansheng looked at the cigarette butt in my hand: "You have been smoking for a long time, right?" ”

I smiled and said, "I only started smoking after my second uncle passed away, and I have only been smoking for three years now." ”

Sun Chuansheng poured another big sip of wine before he said slowly: "When you enter the old man's house, he may force you to quit smoking." ”

I turned over the back of my hand, looked at the sparks on the cigarette butt, and sighed helplessly: "That's terrible, this thing is not easy to quit." Who the hell is that Dong you are talking about, and is he also my relative? ”

Sun Chuansheng smiled: "He? He is the Dingmen of the Winter Character Vein, the head of the family. Hey, it's not convenient for me to reveal too much now, but when you meet him, you'll know what kind of person he is. By the way, is my second sister-in-law married to Sun Yongbing? ”

I looked at him with wide eyes, "How do you know?" Do you know Sun Yongbing? ”

Sun Chuansheng's face showed a very complicated expression: "Of course I recognize him." At the beginning, the second sister-in-law was originally good with him, and at that time, the two families were married, but the second brother stepped in and snatched Sun Yongbing's love. For this matter, Sun Yongbing has not been less troublesome with your second uncle. Sun Yongbing's family background is good, but he is not a person in the industry after all, where can he fight your second uncle? ”

I nodded: "My sister-in-law said the same thing, she said that the reason why she remarried was to repay Sun Yongbing's love debt." But I think Sun Yongbing is okay, at least he is good to my aunt, and I have never seen him feel sorry for Xiaowei. ”

Sun Chuansheng: "Who is Xiaowei?" ”

I said, "It's my brother, three years younger than me." Speaking of which, there is a word in his name that is the same as yours, aren't you called Sun Chuansheng, his name is Zhang Chuanwei, and he is the son of my second uncle. ”

Sun Chuansheng touched his chin: "Second brother still has a son?" How come I've never heard of it. If not, why would you drop out of school? It is said that with Sun Yongbing's economic strength, it is not bad for your tuition. ”

I smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I don't know what Sun Yongbing thinks, you said, it was my second uncle who snatched the woman from him at the beginning, and it has nothing to do with me." But after my aunt remarried, he was good to my aunt and Xiaowei, but he couldn't get along with me all day long, and sometimes I felt that he seemed to have sprinkled all his resentment against my second uncle on me. ”

Sun Chuansheng also had a puzzled expression: "What are you doing when he embarrass you?" It shouldn't be. It is said that whether it is your father or the family, there is no intersection with Sun Yongbing. ”

"Who knows," I spread my hands: "Anyway, Sun Yongbing said that if I want to go to college, I have to earn my own tuition, and he won't pay for anything." If I only have to pay for my own tuition, that's fine. But he doesn't even care about Xiaowei's tuition now, half of the money I earn every month is given to Xiaowei, I keep a quarter for myself, and I will save the rest and use it when Xiaowei goes to college. ”

Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered that Boss Lu said that he would give me a salary increase, and immediately laughed: "Boss Lu said that he would give me a salary increase, and I don't know how much to raise, if it is more, maybe I can even save the money for Xiaowei's marriage." ”

Sun Chuansheng: "Didn't you say that Sun Yongbing is good to your brother?" ”

I nodded: "Pretty good indeed." He didn't pay Xiaowei's tuition, and to put it bluntly, he still wanted to embarrass me. At the beginning, he cut off Xiaowei's tuition, as if he wanted to tell me that my aunt and Xiaowei would not be able to live without him, but I just didn't want him to get his wish. ”

Sun Chuansheng sighed: "So you dropped out of school and came out to work for Xiaowei to go to school?" ”

I smiled: "Hey, I just don't want to be angry with Sun Yongbing." After leaving school, I went to work in Boss Lu's shop, it may be the endless road, I just met a good person at work, you don't look at Boss Lu usually like a two hundred and five, in fact, the person is very good, and the money for my driver's license test is all he helped me out. ”

I don't know if Boss Lu heard me scolding him, when I just said the words "two hundred and five", he turned over on the bed, but fortunately he didn't wake up.

Sun Chuansheng asked me, "How much money can you make a month now?" How much do you send to your brother each month? ”

I said, "When it's good, you can earn about 3,000, and when it's bad, it's 1,78." I'm just giving him half of my salary anyway, and I'll give more if I earn more, and less if I earn less. ”

Sun Chuansheng frowned again: "You give too much, why does a high school student want so much money?" ”

I smiled helplessly: "He went to an aristocratic school, and the expenses were very high. Besides, when I followed my second uncle, whenever I had something good at home, my second uncle and aunt always kept it for me, and I always felt that what I got at that time should actually be Xiaowei's. Now I'm sending him half of my salary, and I really mean to pay off the debt, haha. ”

Sun Chuansheng's expression was more helpless than mine: "Your personality is really the same as your father's back then." How is your relationship with Xiaowei? ”

Every time I mention Xiaowei, I can't help but be happy in my heart, and I always have a smile on my face: "Okay, this kid used to be very sticky to me, he had to follow me whatever I did, I remember when I was in high school, I went out to fight with people, and he had to follow, and when I got home, I bragged to my aunt, saying something 'My brother is amazing, one person can beat several others', but as soon as I got home, my aunt grabbed me, and it was a scolding ...... to split my head and cover my face."

As I spoke, I suddenly realized that I couldn't go on.

From leaving the campus to now, more than a year, because of Sun Yongbing's relationship, I have been reluctant to go back to that home in Chongqing, and I also spent the Chinese New Year last year at Boss Lu's house.

It's okay not to mention Xiaowei and my aunt, but as soon as I mention them, I realize that I miss them very much now, and my heart becomes empty.