Chapter Thirty-Eight: Vigil
Ding Xiaocong's estimate was good, after arriving at the Zhou family, no matter how hard the four of them talked, Old Man Zhou would only sigh and shake his head, and nothing else would be said. This gesture is obvious, anyway, it is not refusal, non-acceptance, non-cooperation, love to say whatever you want.
It really couldn't be, so the big guy had to give up and sit around the table in front of the room to discuss what to do next.
Zhou Tong's house, Zhou Laohan was playing with his grandson Bao'er, Mrs. Zhou and Xiaoyun were cooking, as for Zhou Tong and Ding Xiaocong, they didn't see it, and they didn't wait for them to come back, so they said that there was an urgent matter in the mine and left.
"We'll keep watch over the village tonight to see if that little ghost will come." Guo Yunxiang lowered her voice.
The others nodded, now there is no clue about the matter, so we can only guard it first, many villagers have left during the day today, but it is impossible for the whole village to leave all at once, and the remaining scattered villagers need to be strictly guarded in case anyone is killed.
Although everyone has never seen that little ghost, in the legend, it can fly on the wall and has a very fast body, so the first warning is very important. After some discussion, Ding Xiaocong, Guo Yunxiang and Hua Hongying were guarding in three directions, and Jiang Bai, who had the best skills, wandered around the village, and once he encountered a situation, he immediately rushed to support.
In order to prevent accidents, Xiaolan will be with Guo Yunxiang, while Yu Tong will follow Lao Hua, which can ensure that she can resist for a while and wait for support.
Everything was discussed, the wine and food were put on the table, accompanied by Old Man Zhou, and the five of them drank.
After they were full of wine and food, the big guys found a place to rest, slept until dark, and after dinner, they began to go to the pre-arranged place to set up a sentry.
When he was about to go out, Xiaoyun finally drove away with his son, and before leaving, he told him that he must take care of the old couple. Generally, daughters-in-law and in-laws don't get along well, Xiaoyun's attitude made everyone sigh, and secretly praised Zhou Tong for marrying a good daughter-in-law.
Ding Xiaocong's location is in the easternmost part of the village, to be precise, on the main road into the village, where there are waist-deep rice fields on both sides, and now it is the middle of the month, and the line of sight is unobstructed. He will be alone here, and the other two will be in a triangle to guard the main road into the village.
The imp descent is also driven by people, and the most likely direction is here.
Sitting on the side of the road, looking back, the village was pitch black, only sporadically lit up, most of the people had left, only some old and weak women and children had not had time.
Thinking about these people, Ding Xiaocong's heart fluttered, he must guard it tonight, and he can't go out of trouble again, it's a living human life! If he dies right under his nose, he will feel guilty for the rest of his life.
"Shallot, how are you there?"
Guo Yunxiang's concerned voice came from their ears, and all of them still wore headphones and turned on the group voice, which was so convenient, as soon as there was a disturbance, everyone else would immediately notice it.
"I'm fine, how is the old flower?" Ding Xiaocong asked.
Hua Hongying's voice immediately came from the earphones, "I'm okay here, a raccoon dog just passed by, which scared me." ”
Hua Hongying is guarding the foot of the mountain, and his vision is the worst, but he also needs to be on guard for the least.
After the four of them communicated for a while, the group voice fell silent again, and the big guys continued to concentrate on guard.
In the first half of the night, the moon passed like this, and the moon climbed to mid-heaven, when the scattered households in the village were still lit up, and people did not dare to turn off the lights to sleep.
In the second half of the night, the hardest hour of the vigil came.
When people get older, their sleep time will become less, but their energy will become worse, just after twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, Hua Hongying is the first to hold on. He squatted on the flat roof of a house, sat and sit, sleepiness hit, his head tilted to one side, and finally leaned against the chimney, and fell asleep unconsciously.
Hitomi sat next to him, watching him fall asleep with a helpless expression.
The mountains are not quiet at night, all kinds of wild birds and beasts chirp, one after another, and the old flowers shake their eyebrows in the middle of their sleep, and they sleep unsteadily.
At this time, Jiang Bai was patrolling the village, walking past the houses with lights on, walking and walking, she stopped, pressed the headphones with her left hand, frowned and listened. Sure enough, there was a faint snoring sound from the headphones, and someone fell asleep.
"Uncle Flower! Uncle Flower, wake up! After a little discernment, she heard Hua Hongying's voice, and hurriedly reminded her loudly.
Immediately afterwards, the scolding of Ding Xiaocong and Guo Yunxiang came, they were not as gentle as Jiang Bai, and while they were asleep, they pointed directly at the eight generations of their ancestors.
On the roof, Hua Hongying woke up in shock, quickly rubbed her eyes, and scolded dissatisfiedly: "What's the noise?" Where did my old man fall asleep? ...... end."
Lowering his hand, before he finished scolding, Hua Hongying was stunned, only to see that about thirty meters in front of him, there was a person standing at the edge of the woods, because the moonlight was hazy, he could only see the white.
In the middle of the night, a white figure suddenly appeared under the big tree, which startled him, he stood up with a "whew" and shouted at the figure: "What person? Stand up! ”
It's okay not to shout, but as soon as he shouted, the white shadow was shocked, turned around and jumped back into the forest, and disappeared.
The voice just now also woke up the others, and the headphones were immediately noisy, and the three of them asked what was going on.
Without waiting for Hua Hongying to explain, the pupil beside her roared, and one jumped off the roof, chasing and shooting into the forest like lightning. Seeing this scene, Hua Hongying knew that it was not good, the dark pupil was not a mortal beast, and it chased it in, indicating that there must be something wrong with the white shadow just now.
"Hurry up, I'm in a situation here!" Hua Hongying shouted, jumped down the ladder, and rushed to the forest with his umbrella. Don't look at him in his forties, his skills are not lost to the young man, this series of actions is clean and neat, and there is no mud and water.
Hearing that there was something wrong with Hua Hongying's side, the others immediately shouted and ran to this side, for fear that he would have an accident alone.
Jiang Bai was the fastest, and as soon as Hua Hongying chased into the forest, she flashed out and stepped in a few big steps. Immediately after, Guo Yunxiang also came over with Xiaolan, and without thinking about it, she chased after her loudly.
The four of them kept yelling in the voice chat, indicating the direction and situation they were in.
Ding Xiaocong is the farthest away from the village because of the largest range of guards, and when Guo Yunxiang chased into the forest, he had just arrived at Lao Zhou's house at the entrance of the village, and when he was shouting and preparing to go through the village to support, he suddenly stopped his mouth and slowly turned his head.
Just now, he heard a rapid "rustle" behind him, as if something was moving rapidly, getting closer and closer.
Looking back, I saw that under the moonlight, a thin line appeared in the rice field, and it was approaching the village, and the speed was incredible!