Chapter 5: The Dead Come Home
But my mind was not on this at all, and I asked my grandfather: "Master, these footprints only entered our yard, and did not come out, will that thing still be in the house?" ”
A sentence seemed to wake up grandpa, grandpa twisted his eyebrows, said a bad word, turned his head and ran home.
I've never seen my grandfather run so fast, just like flying, I can't catch up with a noodle bag, and I can't see the figure in the blink of an eye.
When I came back to the house out of breath, I found my grandfather sitting on the floor of the hall, his face like ashes.
In my impression, grandpa is not only hot-tempered, but also has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, and he can stand by the Yellow River and scold the king of the Yellow River all day long, but what is going on today, from last night to now, this expression has appeared more than once, what is grandpa afraid of.
"Master, master, what's wrong with you?"
I was so nervous that I walked up to my grandfather and found that his eyes had been staring blankly out of the door, and I didn't even notice when I walked in.
"Master, what are you talking about?"
I looked at my grandfather in this state, and my heart was in a hurry, but I didn't dare to startle him, because the old man was unstable, and when he was stimulated or frightened, he could die at that time.
It's late, it's over......"
Grandpa's voice was a little louder at this time, but he spoke with a strong accent in his hometown, and I couldn't hear whether it was over or late, and I was so anxious that I was covered in sweat, and I said no, I had to hurry up and find the old man in the village to call Grandpa's soul back.
But just as I turned around, I suddenly saw my grandfather's eyes "gurgling" and rolling, and then he began to regain his senses, looked at me and said, "Quick, go to your Aunt Li's house to have a look!" ”
I was confused by my grandfather's sudden change, so I saw my grandfather get up from the ground and grab the door, I was afraid that he would follow him if something happened to him, but before Aunt Li'er's house arrived, he was stopped at the door by Da Zhuang.
"Grandpa Bai, come to my house and have a look, my father is back!"
Grandpa scolded his mother when he heard this, "Your father is back and it's my, you go to find your mother." ”
But before he finished speaking, the boss whose eyes suddenly opened and hurriedly said, "Go, take me there." ”
I'm also listening to the sweat of the brain, but the big strong father drowned when he was digging sand in the river more than ten years ago, how could he come back?
There are still eight zhang away from Da Zhuang's house, and I smell an extremely unpleasant fishy smell in my nose, just like a large tank of fish and shrimp rotten for more than a month, and I almost didn't smell and vomit.
The three of them covered their noses and rushed into the yard, and as soon as they pushed the door open, they saw a middle-aged man standing in the yard, wearing the kind of loess clothes and pants that could only be seen when he was a child, his eyes were dull, and he felt a little like who I was and where I was.
In addition to this middle-aged man, there was also a woman crying in the corner of the courtyard, who was a strong mother.
After seeing the middle-aged man in the yard, Grandpa pointed at him with trembling hands and said, "Strong father, he has been dead for many years, what are you doing here!" ”
The middle-aged man turned his face to look at a few of us, his eyes were confused, and when he opened his mouth, all the rotten fish and shrimp mixed with yellow water leaked out of his mouth, and the fishy smell became stronger, but a voice came out of his throat and said, "This is my family." ”
"This is Grandma's legged home, people and ghosts have different paths, so you are not afraid of the thunder to kill you!"
Grandpa scolded very fiercely, pointing at the person in front of him and scolding endlessly, but he heard the man say, "I'm here to explore the way." ”
"What's the way?" Grandpa was also stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked.
"The villagers are coming back, I'm here to explore the way for them."
The man said that he was about to walk out directly, but was kicked back by his grandfather, "Lock him in the house, don't let him come out!" ”
Da Zhuang and I hurriedly dragged his mother out of the yard, and after locking the gate, my grandfather asked Da Zhuang, "Didn't you bolt the old rooster last night?" ”
Da Zhuang said no, when he saw the ghost woman before, he replied that he did it, so he didn't care.
Grandpa pondered for a moment and then said to Da Zhuang: "Find a place for your mother to settle down, and then guard this door, don't let that thing in the house come out, he's not your father, you know?" ”
Da Zhuang answered, grandpa took me directly to continue to Aunt Li's house, on the way I really couldn't help but ask grandpa, "Is that man Da Zhuang's father?" ”
Grandpa scolded and said, "It's a big-headed ghost!" ”
I chuckled in my heart, this sentence can be understood by us as both a fart and a corpse of a big-headed ghost who came out of the water.
But what does he mean when he says that the villagers are coming back, does it mean that the dead bodies that once drowned in the river are going to come ashore?
Grandpa stopped taking my stubble, and hurried away, and when he came to Aunt Li'er's house, he found that her house was the same as the old village chief's house, the door was locked, and there was no movement inside.
And I remember yesterday she said that she also answered the wrong question at that time, counting her most afraid, but she did not see the big at the door, I walked a few steps forward in confusion, and I saw a red rope on the door of her house, and the other end of the red rope was hanging on the ground, but it seemed to have been cut by someone.
Grandpa's face turned green after reading it, and he kicked the courtyard door open, and when he rushed into the yard, the fishy smell he smelled in Da Zhuang's house immediately entered his nose, and the smell came from inside the house.
Grandpa let me stay in the yard and rushed into the back room alone, and after a short time after entering, he turned his head and walked out again, his face sinking like water, "Aunt Li was killed." ”
I smelled the smell and felt that Aunt Li should be more than lucky, but I still asked a little reluctantly: "Is it dead?" ”
Grandpa didn't speak, but walked to the gate and stared at the cut red rope.
Aunt Li must have tied the rooster at the door last night, but I don't know who cut the rope and let the chicken go, the village is full of natives, who has such a deep hatred with her and wants to kill her at this juncture?
At this time, the sky has gradually become brighter, the people in the village basically did not sleep last night, and they dared to open the door until dawn to see, they had already heard the noise that my grandfather and I had made before, and when they saw that there was nothing wrong, they all rushed over.
After learning that Aunt Li was killed, it suddenly became a mess, and a few bold people entered the house for less than five seconds, covered their mouths and ran out to vomit, I saw this scene and gave up the idea of going in to see, then someone asked, who cut the rope that tied Aunt Li to the rooster?
First of all, it will definitely not be from the village, a village does not have such a big hatred, and if you scratch your face or something in a fight that breaks through the sky, it will not cause death.
There were only outsiders.
There was only one outsider in the village for the past two days, and that was the middle-aged man who had stayed in my grandfather's house and never showed up.
In fact, I wanted to say that he was here just now, but I was glared back by my grandfather's eyes, and at this time I saw that everyone's spearhead was pointed at him, and my grandfather blew his beard angrily, "Let go of grandma's big fart, that's my nephew, I haven't been out of the door for the past two days, where to cut the rope." ”
I looked at my grandfather in surprise, and didn't figure out how he could protect the middle-aged man who almost scared him to the point of urine, but the villagers didn't care about this, saying that the middle-aged man must have done it, and let go of Aunt Li'er's rooster last night, so tomorrow may not be on whose head, my grandfather is helping to abuse and kill the whole village.
I wondered at the time, how could my grandfather have been working so hard to help them, so why did we want to kill the whole village?
Grandpa was angry for a long time speechless, grabbed my hand and turned his head and walked out of the yard, walking on the road I asked grandpa why they did so to us, grandpa snorted coldly and said: "Ghost looks at a face, people are separated by a layer of skin, some people are much worse than ghosts." ”
Grandpa took me home directly, and then sat on the stool by himself and smoked, I didn't dare to disturb him, I walked around the yard alone, thinking about Da Zhuang's father, if Yingzi died for a day and came back to life, then Da Zhuang's father has been dead for so many years, what is going on, can you still see the hell in broad daylight?
Just thinking about it, I saw Da Zhuang running in from outside, I asked him what was wrong, he said he wanted to ask my grandfather has been guarding the door like that, what to do when it gets dark, he doesn't dare to stay there alone at night.
I said yes, but grandpa is in a very bad mood right now, so you'd better not go over, and I'll help him ask later.
Da Zhuang said that it was okay, and when he was about to leave, he seemed to remember something, "By the way, when he entered the house yesterday, he said a word, saying that the Yellow River water is going to dry up, and the villagers are going home, I think there must be something to say in the words, ask Grandpa Bai what is going on." ”
I nodded, I had heard the second half of the sentence, but it was the flood season, how could the river be dry.
After sending Da Zhuang away, I learned the original words from my grandfather, and after listening to it, my grandfather ran to the yard and scolded in his throat: "The Yellow River will not be cut off, and the dead can't go home, be your grandmother's spring and autumn dream!" ”
The voice was loud, both shouting and speaking to someone.
With so many things going on in the village, I was a little panicked and asked my grandfather what was going on, because I always felt as if he knew something, but he didn't tell me.
But Grandpa didn't say a word, just said that no matter what happens, I will be fine, even if he dies, there is still that person, he is a person with great ability.