Chapter 4: The Stone Slab Under the Old Locust Tree
The story of the snake is over, but the next day the more I think about it, the more I feel that something is wrong. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info
Co-author Ma Chengcheng told me so many messy things, what mountains go out of the horse fairy, this has nothing to do with the snake is high. I'm speculating, probably because she can't even make it up herself, so she can only mess up some mess to fool me.
Ma Chengcheng heard my questioning, and explained helplessly: "You still don't know what I'm talking about, the place of mourning is to find a master who understands feng shui to choose, and the land of good feng shui was finally occupied by snakes, didn't you hear me say that there were two people in the extra shed...... What about the snake and the ghost! β
I looked dissatisfied, "I know this, so why are you talking so much?" Even if it is a starting and turning, it can't be connected. β
"I'll just say it......" Ma Chengcheng patted his thigh, "I forgot to tell you, the snake is taller......" she continued mysteriously, "...... It was told to me by my aunt who was out of Ma Xian. β
My eyes lit up, "What? And my aunt is out of the horse fairy? β
"You think." Ma Chengcheng glanced at me, "My aunt is from a foreign country, and I heard that fortune telling is very accurate." β
I answered, half-believing in my heart, but it was a little inexplicable sense of expansion, you think, this is out, I have an aunt who is out of the horse fairy, how face-saving it is. You can talk a few more words.
Ma Chengcheng looked at me and said, "Remember, don't go out and talk nonsense." β
I'm noncommittal.
Ma Chengcheng looked at the bamboo forest under the dojo, and his expression became a little unfathomable, "Actually, I feel scared now, that snake, I feel that it is too spiritual." You know, I can see ...... in my aunt's book."
As soon as I heard that she was going to say something I didn't understand, I hurriedly interrupted her with a haha, "Maybe it's Gu Jing, see if you let you go, and when you grow up, I will snatch you back to be a daughter-in-law." β
Ma Chengcheng slapped me hard, "It's not big or small, are you talking to my sister like this?" β
I'll just hurt her and pull her down, isn't this a year earlier than me, and kicking her nose in the face.
In fact, I still have a good relationship with Ma Chengcheng, although my mouth is always damaged. However, the rhetoric of flowing water is iron-clad, after all, it is the sister and brother of a sibling, and it is impossible to say that it is not good.
In the afternoon, Ma Chengcheng took a group of us to explore the back mountains.
The back mountain is behind my grandmother's house, and it is said that it is a mountain, but it is not so high, and there are a few paths that wind up from the foot of the mountain. At this time, it is winter vacation, the grass on the side of the road is yellow and white, and the path is a lot wider, which is very easy to walk.
We went down the path and saw a mud house that no one lived in, the earthen house was the oldest style, located halfway up the mountain.
The walls of the earthen houses are made of mud mixed with wheat stalks, and the wheat cores inside the gray earthen walls appear to be golden in the sunlight. The roof tiles on the house are of the oldest style, black, and there are a lot of weeds on the roof. The windows are wooden lattice paper windows, the windowsills are very high, and the wooden doors are already black and bald. The couplets of the door gods on the door all faded and turned white, and they looked bare and desolate.
This place looks like a haunted old house, but luckily we were just passing by.
The group went around the house and continued to climb the mountain, and when we reached the top, we rested on the road, and from here we had a very open view, and there was a large area of land. However, because the mountain is not high in the first place, and the path is rough, we can't see the houses at the foot of the mountain from the direction where we stand.
My cousin pointed to a large canopy of dry grass on the side of the road, close to half an acre, and told us that this was where Huzi's baby slept.
This golden yellow dead grass grass is very tall and densely packed and fluffy, with a few indentations in the depths of the grass. She said Huzi, I know that this is a dog left behind by a family who moved out. The family was very close to my grandmother's house.
Huzi and his children didn't know that their master was gone, but they were still guarding the door, and the thunder could not move. Even if you don't eat or drink, even if the wind and rain blow. The grass on the dojo withered and stubble, the flowers on the side of the dojo fell in bunches and bunches, the big dogs gave birth to puppies, the puppies gave birth to dogs, and one dog became a pack of dogs. The group of dogs guards their homes, waiting for their owners who may never come back to come home.
When I first returned to my grandmother's house, I passed by the family and looked at the dogs basking in the sun all over the dojo, and I sighed for a while.
I was a little surprised to hear my cousin say this, so I asked her, "Aren't those dogs guarding the family?" β
The cousin shook his head, "Huzi was taken away." β
I asked, "What's going on?" β
The cousin continued: "Huzi is too old to recognize people, and when he sees strangers, he comes up to see them, and when the person who takes the dog comes, the other dogs run away, so he runs to the person, and then he is taken away. β
"Those people are slapping dogs?"
"It's definitely dog meat...... Then the puppy didn't go back, ran all over the mountain, and became a wild dog......"
Before I could sigh, Ma Chengcheng suddenly spoke, she said, "This piece of land is hot. β
I looked back and saw that she was squatting and testing the temperature of the ground with her hands, "I just walked here and felt that there was heat, how is this ground hot?" She turned her head and asked her cousin, who was different from us, she grew up in Laohugou and knew a lot more about it than we did, and her cousin said, "The sun is shining." β
Ma Chengcheng shook his head, "Impossible, there is no sun today, this land is hot, so warm...... It can't be geothermal either. β
"It's really sunburning." My cousin said, "Otherwise, what could it be?" β
Ma Chengcheng still disagreed, I also squatted down and tried it with my hands, this piece is really hot, I can't think of one, two, three for a long time, I can only sigh: "These dogs are really smart, how good to sleep in this place at night, hot." β
We didn't stay here long before we continued to climb up.
At the top of the hill was a forest, and the path was getting steeper and steeper, and I began to mumble, "This must be someone's way out, how can this be walked?" β
The cousin answered, "This is not a human walk, this is a dog coming out." β
I was a little unhappy, "Why do you think you're doing something that hurts others and doesn't benefit yourself?" You just scold yourself, how can you bring us with you? β
Ma Chengcheng laughed all of a sudden, she walked in front, turned around and said to me: "People are telling the truth, this road is really a dog walked out, you see that the front is so steep, the ground is polished to shine, can human feet come out?" It must be a dog running out every day. β
I smiled awkwardly and made myself a staircase, "I know, I know, it's no joke." β
Ma Chengcheng glanced at me meaningfully, but didn't pierce it, the meaning of her eyes was, 'I still don't know about you, little Jiujiu, okay, don't pierce you.'" β
I gave her a grateful smile back, looked at the road that was so steep that it was close to a right angle, and the slope at the end of the road, and my heart was a little drumming, and I hurriedly said: "It's not interesting to go on this top, let's not go, the road ahead is so steep, and the river can't go up." β
Chuan Chuan is the youngest of our group, he is only seven years old, I said his name I looked around to look for him, this look only to find that Chuan Chuan has long disappeared, I was in a hurry, and hurriedly shouted: "What about Chuan Chuan?" I won't lose it. β
Ma Chengcheng walked over and patted me on the shoulder, motioning for me to look forward.
Chuanchuan's little man was already about to turn over the slope, and he was running happily with his feet.
Ma Chengcheng laughed, "If you're afraid that you won't be able to go up, I'll just walk behind you." β
I felt insulted.
I think of me Ma Chenlong as a man, a well-known leader in the third year of high school, how can this small slope not be able to climb over? I'm just cautious! Thinking about it like this, I had the courage to immediately walk to the front of the group, hunched over and lowered my center of gravity to climb up.
After climbing for less than ten minutes, I was discouraged, this took two steps and three steps back, and Ma Yue in the Year of the Monkey could climb the slope, and when I looked back, I found that Ma Chengcheng and his party were gone, and my heart was cold.
The huge woods were empty, and the dense trees blocked the view, and I was suddenly a little afraid, and hurriedly shouted at them, but I heard the voice of Ma Chengcheng coming from the other side of the slope. She looked at me, I looked up at her, and a feeling of being played with came spontaneously. Ma Chengcheng didn't notice my anger, and her tone was joyful, "Come and see what we find." β
I raised my voice, "How did you get there?" β
"There's a path on your right, hurry up."
Hearing her say this, I looked to the right, and sure enough, there was a path behind the grass, and if I hadn't rushed up, I wouldn't have missed it. When I thought that they didn't call me when they left, I felt very uncomfortable at that time, and said hatefully: "Why don't you call me." β
Ma Chengcheng held back a smile, "I'm embarrassed to disturb you when you climb too hard, hurry up, we'll wait for you above." With that, she shrank back.
"Don't, I screamed, you wait for me!"
I didn't dare to delay any longer, so I hurriedly detoured to the path, which was really easy to walk, and turned to the back of the slope in a few clicks.
After the large area was turned over, the soft and reddish earth came into my eyes, and Ma Chengcheng and their figures were not far away, and I hurriedly chased after them.
Their target was apparently an old abandoned house not far away, and I caught up with it, and I happened to hear Ma Chengcheng telling them a story about an old mother who had encountered her when she was in school.
There is no school in Laohugou, and the nearest school is about six miles away from my grandmother's house. At that time, my mother went to school, because she had to get up early because of the long distance, and she was afraid of being alone, so she would always find a companion to walk with her.
One morning, she went to school as usual, and it was not yet dawn. When he walked to the door of his companion's house, he was about to call his companion's name, when he suddenly heard a voice.
Bang bang bang.
It was the sound of two stone slabs striking each other.
The crisp sound sounded unhurriedly.
The source is the tall old locust tree outside the yard.
The old locust tree is so big that it takes at least three people to hold it.
Tentatively, she called out her companion's name.
In the slightly thick night, the only thing that answered her was the unhurried sound of the slate.
It was not yet full dawn, and the sound of stone slabs tapping could be heard far away in the misty night.
She was a little frightened and called her companion's name repeatedly.
No one answered her.
She thought it was her companion hiding behind the old locust tree and being scary. Knowing that she was timid and scary, she couldn't help but be angry from the bottom of her heart when she thought of this, and decided not to ask her companion to go by herself.
As she panted over a slope, she saw the familiar back of one of the two people in front of herβ
It was the companion.
She hurriedly chased after her companion and asked her companion why she was walking so fast, but the companion apologized and told her that she was in a hurry, so she left first, soβ
Who is the one hiding behind the old locust tree and knocking on the stone slab?
On a cold morning, she broke out in a cold sweat.
Ma Chengcheng finished telling the story with a smile and led us around the courtyard of the old house, only to see-
There is an old locust tree in front of the yard.
Although I later moved to live in the county, I grew up in the countryside when I was a child, and I did a lot of work to dig out birds' nests on trees, and of course I could recognize what the locust tree looked like.
Ma Chengcheng stopped with a smile and looked at us as we were about to speak.
She's going to open her mouthβ
Boom.
Behind the locust tree, there was a sudden crisp sound of knocking on the stone slab.
My eyes widened.
Ma Chengcheng's smile stuck on his face.
Unhurried, crisp and unhurried.
The atmosphere of talking and laughing suddenly became cold.
I felt my hairs stand on end, and a cool air spread straight up my tail vertebrae, and I couldn't help but take a step back.
Ma Chengcheng took a step forward, and I saw her frowning, looking at the old locust tree with curiosity in her eyes.
She opened her mouth, "I'm going to check it out." β
As soon as I heard this, my heart was cold, and I hurriedly grabbed her, "Let's go...... Let's go...... You...... Haven't you seen how to act in the movie...... This...... This past will be killed by strange things...... Don't die...... Run...... Ah! β
I looked around again, and where there were still my cousins' shadows, I could only see their running figures looming in the woods in the distance.
I cursed in my heart, and when I looked at Ma Chengcheng again, she was very stubborn and stood still. After all, this is my own sister, and I can't really leave her and run by myself, listening to the sound of knocking on the slate one after another, my voice is so anxious that my voice is crying, "Sister, run." β
Ma Chengcheng was a little shaken, but he still said: "It can't be so coincidental, I just finished the story and it was so appropriate, this must be someone playing a prank." β
"Sister!" I yelled at her, "Let's go back and say it's okay!" You come with me! β
"I ......" Ma Chengcheng glanced at the old locust tree again, looked at me helplessly, there was a struggle in her eyes, sighed and turned around and ran down the mountain.
I didn't even bother to slow down when I was going downhill, and I ran to the bottom of the mountain in one breath before stopping.
Ma Chengcheng bent over, panting with his hands on his knees, and spoke a little intermittently: "This ...... Sure...... Be...... Practical joke...... Call...... No...... What an ancient spirit ......"
I touched the cold sweat on my face, knowing that it was at least eighty percent frightened, and shook my head, "You can see those things yourself, don't you believe this?" β
Ma Chengcheng gave me a roll of the eyes, "How can it be so coincidental?" Although the story I said is true, but how do I know where it is, my mother didn't tell me the specific place, I just saw the locust tree, so I suddenly wanted to tell you, can I still say that Cao Cao Cao arrived? β
"Then it's such a coincidence, what can you do if you don't accept it." I shook my head, "Go home, it was scary." β
Ma Chengcheng was a little regretful, "It's a pity that I didn't see what was behind the locust tree." β
Hearing her say this, I felt my scalp tingle at the time, "Ma Chengcheng let me tell you, I can say it in the novel I read, the locust tree, the locust tree, the locust tree is a wood ghost when it is disassembled, do you know this wooden ghost, these things can't be avoided by others, do you still want to see it?" You know, the people who died in that movie were all like you who did their own deaths? β
Ma Chengcheng reluctantly glanced at the mountain.
When we got home, my cousin had been back for a while, and when Ma Chengcheng and I came back, they all gathered around to ask questions.
Ma Chengcheng was unexpectedly silent, and I was a little worried about her, so I asked, "Did you see anything again?" β
She shook her head, the expression on her face solemn, "Quite the opposite. β
I was a little confused, "Did those things see you?" β
Ma Chengcheng laughed out loud when he heard that I was so poor, "I just want to say that I haven't seen anything." β
I pouted, "It's not good. β
Ma Chengcheng's face sank again, "Don't say what you see on that mountain, I just haven't even gotten goosebumps." Her expression was even more solemn, "You know, I get goosebumps all the way through the graveyard. β
I nodded, "Yes." β
She shook her head, "If I'm not mistaken, we passed quite a few graves on our way up the mountain. β
As I listened, my heart became more and more uncertain, and the mountain became more and more foggy in my eyes.
Inexplicably, it's like a barren grassland with floor heating; More than one old house has been abandoned in a row; the old locust tree that suddenly sounded with the sound of stone slabs; and a graveyard that Ma Chengcheng can't feel.
That mountain stood quietly behind my grandmother's house, no different from the other mountains.
I spoke with some trepidation about my findings, including warm ground, graveyards, old houses, and the sound of stone slabs.
The cousin opened her mouth casually, "Who said that there are people living on that mountain?" β
Ma Chengcheng and I looked at each other.
Ma Chengcheng asked her, "Why didn't those people move out?" β
The cousin shook his head, "How can he be rich, he died poor, and he is still a bachelor." As she was talking, someone called her outside the door, and my cousin ran out without bothering to talk to us.
I glanced at Ma Chengcheng.
She looked at her cousin's back, her brow furrowed, not knowing what she was thinking.
Suddenly there was a wind outside the window.