"Lin Xi, Lin Xi" In the darkness, I heard someone calling my name, I hurriedly ran in the direction of the source of the sound, and asked as I ran: "Who are you?" Who's calling me? ”

"Lin Xi, Lin Xi, wake up!" The voice that called me sounded more urgent, and I felt a hand on my face gently patting me, and I slowly opened my heavy eyelids......

An old man with gray hair and a pair of long-lived eyebrows saw me wake up, and said with a look of surprise: "Lin Xi, you finally woke up!" I looked at the old man in front of me suspiciously, his face was kind, and his face was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember who he was.

"Grandpa, who are you?" I sat up from his arms and looked around, the surroundings were familiar, it was in my yard.

"I am your grandfather's comrade-in-arms, my name is Zhang Guanshan." Seeing that I was fine, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and replied in non-standard Mandarin. Zhang Guanshan? I heard my grandfather say this name, he was in a platoon when his grandfather participated in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. At that time, my grandfather was a platoon commander, he was the deputy platoon commander, and he had a very good relationship with my grandfather. On the battlefield, he saved his grandfather, and his grandfather also saved him, so it can be said that they are friends of life and death. After the victory of the war, he returned to his hometown in Changzhou, while his grandfather returned to Sichuan. After that, they would often write to each other, and my grandfather even showed me the letters he wrote to my grandfather! No wonder I think he looks familiar, because there is a photo of him with his grandfather when he was younger. I remember my grandfather said that this Zhang Guanshan is a Taoist heir, and the Taoism is very powerful.

"Hello Grandpa Zhang! Are you here to find my grandfather? I'll take you to Grandpa's room! "Seeing that the old man is Zhang Guanshan, which my grandfather often mentioned, I am very happy. Standing up, he ran towards his grandfather's room. Pushing open the door, I saw that the room was empty, the quilt on my grandfather's bed was sharply angular, and there was already a thin layer of ash on the edge of the wooden bed. I frowned, a little puzzled in my heart, grandpa is a very clean person, although he lives in the countryside, he still cleans up the house, the edge of the bed is always spotless, although this layer of ash is thin, it takes three or five days to accumulate. Could it be that grandpa has been away from home for a few days?

No, grandpa will definitely tell me if he goes far away. It's just that my heart is uneasy, and a trace of panic rises in my heart. I ignored Zhang Guanshan, who came in after me, and turned around and ran towards the hall. When I saw the situation in the hall, I was stunned for a moment.

In the countryside of Sichuan, there will be a shrine in the center of the back wall of each house, there is an incense burner on the shrine, a red paper is hung above the incense burner, the top of the red paper is written with the words "Zude Liufang", in the middle is written "Heaven and Earth Jun Teacher", on the left is written "Zonggong has a long history", and on the right is written "Zude is deeply rooted and flourishing", which is the place where the ancestors are worshipped at home. Grandma believed in the blessing of her ancestors, so she would incense her ancestors every morning, noon and evening, even if she went out for something, the incense would not be broken in the morning and evening. But now? Not only was there no incense on the shrine, but even the red paper with the words "Zude Liufang" written on it had been torn. What's going on at home? A wave of panic flowed through my heart. I held back the tears that were about to overflow my eyes and ran towards my parents' room. Dad injured his leg when he was in the army, and because he couldn't walk, he never went out. My grandparents and mom may have something to do, but my dad won't, he must be at home, and I comforted myself like this while running.

However, the harsh reality will not change because of my self-comfort, and my father's room is still empty. Despair and fear make me barely breathe, what the hell is going on? Why are my grandparents, my parents not at home?

"Grandpa...... My mother-in-law ...... "I ran to the yard and let go of my throat and cried, "Daddy...... Mom...... Where are you? "I pushed open every door like crazy and ran around the house, but I still didn't see a single figure.

"Grandpa...... Mother-in-law...... Father...... Mom...... Where have you all gone? Don't you want to be at night? Father...... Mom ...... "Panic and fear swept over my whole mind, and I couldn't stop crying. I'm only twelve years old, I haven't grown up yet, you have abandoned me like this, how am I going to live?

"Lin Xi......" Zhang Guanshan walked up to me, gently stroked my head and comforted me. I hugged Zhang Guanshan's waist and cried, "Grandpa Zhang...... Where have my grandparents, my parents, and my parents gone? ”

Zhang Guanshan sighed and said, "I don't know, this was already the case here when I came!" Not only your grandparents, but also your parents and more than a dozen other families in your area are gone! "When I heard Zhang Guanshan's words, I was shocked. I spread my legs and ran towards the second uncle's house, which was fifty meters away from my house, and sure enough, as Zhang Guanshan said, the door of the second uncle's house was open but the house was empty. I couldn't believe it, so I went to the other neighbors' houses around in a hurry, and the result was the same, the doors of these people's houses were open, but their homes were empty.

I stood at the intersection stupidly, unable to believe what was in front of me. I kept telling myself that it wasn't true, that I must be having a nightmare! The sky was overcast, the air around me seemed to be full of cold, I felt like I was in an ice cave, my whole body was cold, I hugged my arms tightly, and my upper and lower teeth couldn't help but fight.

Zhang Guanshan walked over, he reached out and took me in his arms and whispered, "Lin Xi, don't be afraid!" With Grandpa Zhang here, he won't let anything happen to you! ”

"Grandpa Zhang......" I hugged Zhang Guanshan's waist and cried loudly, now I don't know how to vent the fear that has accumulated in my heart except crying. Zhang Guanshan didn't persuade me, just patted me on the back gently. After my crying subsided, Zhang Guanshan took out a gray-white striped handkerchief from his pocket to wipe away the tears on my face, and asked softly: "Lin Xi, can you tell Grandpa Zhang about what strange things have happened in the village recently or what strange people have appeared?" ”

Even though I was still scared and sad. But I know that now is not the time to cry, and crying will not solve any problems. I stopped crying and said, "The grandfather of the Zhang family passed away a month ago, and that is the family!" I pointed in the direction of the Zhang family's old house, and Zhang Guanshan also looked in the direction of my finger. I continued: "In the first seven years, Uncle Zhang, the son of Grandpa Zhang, invited a troupe from the provincial capital to set up a shed in the courtyard to sing operas, and my mother-in-law said that it was for the ghosts passing by. I've never seen a play, so I sneaked away. As soon as I watched the play for a while, I saw the dead Grandpa Zhang being led by a red rope towards a room of the Zhang family, I was very curious, so I secretly followed him! As a result, I saw a man standing in the room, with his back to the door, and I didn't see his appearance. But I saw a half-cut ghost on his back, and the ghost saw Grandpa Zhang enter, and swallowed Grandpa Zhang into his stomach with one mouth. I was so scared that I ran home! ”