The cemetery near the place where my grandfather said last time was the place where prisoners were shot in the early days of liberation. At that time, the local forces were divided into two factions, and there were often armed fights, and those caught by the other side were executed there, which was equivalent to a mass grave.

I heard that my father, who went to the Northeast, went to the cemetery to pick up bullet casings when he was young!

It was a crazy time, especially in our small places, where the evil of human nature was particularly prominent. It was not until long after the liberation that the government people came forward to collect the bones and build a revolutionary martyrs' memorial tower.

But before the government built the Martyrs' Tower, people were quite superstitious at that time, and there were always rumors that anyone in the next village who passed by there would get sick when they came home, had a fever, talked nonsense, and ran around.

It seems that as long as there is some unknown disease, it is caused by the cemetery. I was still young at the time, and I only listened to these words as rumors, thinking that they were superstitions, and I didn't take them seriously when there were so many ghosts in this world, and no one around me had strange symptoms. The village has always been peaceful.

Children in the countryside are forced to take a nap in the summer afternoon, and when I woke up recently, the big black cats slept next to me in a ball, purring.

This big black cat has been more and more sleepy since the last time the ancestor went out for half a month and came back, and this has lasted for almost a year and she has not seen her spirit.

I suspect that she didn't eat well and was malnourished in that half a month.

And she usually works hard to catch mice day and night, and there are basically no mice in our houses, and we haven't even seen geckos once.

Second Brother Yu next door and their rooms also enjoy the blessings of this big black cat, and they haven't seen a mouse for many years.

The people in the village are good to the big black cat, and they have never seen any children bully her.

But if you want to bully, it's also difficult, although this black cat is big and fat, it is extremely flexible. In other words, he is a flexible fat man.

As mentioned earlier, my father went to the cemetery to pick up bullet shells, and there are now a few yellow bullet shells on the windows of my house, once I was seen by the second brother Yu, and I had to take one back to play, I thought that although this thing is not valuable, but this is something that my unmasked father picked up, and I don't want to give it to the second brother Yu.

In the past two days, he has been angry with me about this, and he will not play with me anymore. There weren't many children in the village, and I was bored for a while.

Turned over and got up, lightly, got out of bed and prepared to find Second Brother Yu.

When I got to his house, I found that this guy was also bored, and he was using his father's scimitar to chop wood and wasting sweet potatoes there.

At this point in time, the adults were also taking a nap, and I stood sideways in the corner and shouted in a low voice: "Second brother, second brother." ”

Second Brother Yu heard someone call him, turned around and saw me in the corner, his eyes lit up, I guessed right, this little brother is also bored! I saw that he immediately restrained his joy, and asked me with a stiff face: "What are you looking for me, aren't you unwilling to give me bullet shells?" ”

I was in a hurry, and ran to him in three steps and two steps: "Second Brother Yu, you are stupid!" You want those bullet casings, there are so many cemeteries, why do you just remember my few shells? Let's go, I'll take you to pick up the shells, as many as you want! ”

When Second Brother Yu heard me say this, he hesitated and said, "My father said that you are not allowed to go to the cemetery, otherwise you will go home and break your leg." ”

As he spoke, he touched his thigh, as if it had been broken, and his body began to lean to the side.

I waved my hand and said, "What are you afraid of, it's noon, the sun is so big, you really have a ghost, have you ever seen a ghost?" While the adults are sleeping now, it won't be long before we go back and forth. I'm here to say, my father picked up those bullet casings at home, so I can't give it to you. If you want, pick it up with me today. If you don't have the guts, don't mention this stubble to me in the future. ”

After speaking, I turned around, tilted my head and squinted my eyes to peek at the reaction of Second Brother Yu, he seemed to have experienced a struggle between feelings and reason, and was finally overcome by emotion, and promised to follow me to the cemetery.

On the way, I showed Second Brother Yu a small bag hanging on my chest, and said to him: "Look, this is given to me by my ancestor, I heard that this is a fairy tooth!" ”

Why did I show Second Brother Yu my small bag? Because I still have some drumming in my heart, this cemetery is full of dead people, and everyone feels unlucky.

In order to give myself courage, I took out the amulet that my ancestor gave me, I don't know what was inside, I only remember that the ancestor said that this is the tooth of what it is, don't open it until the moment of crisis.

I secretly tried to open it a few times, but I couldn't open it at all, I don't know what material this bag is sewn with, the leather is solid!

At noon, there was no one, and it didn't take long to arrive at the cemetery. I have heard a lot of talk from the elders in this place, what a yin wind, what a ghost called, that exciting! The results are all deceptive.

It was just a small mound of earth, and some broken bowls were scattered everywhere. There were also faded candles and shredded paper money.

Second Brother Yu saw that this place was similar to my backyard, and he was immediately not afraid. I began to rummage around to remove rocks and find bullet casings.

I also looked left and right, thinking that I could scare and scare the gang of bastards in the village when I went back this time.

was looking for it, Second Brother Yu called happily: "Girl, look, I'm picking one up, don't you see?" He raised his hand as he spoke. I stepped forward to take a look, and although it was old, it was a real bullet casing.

I have completed two tasks, and I am not greedy. got up and walked back, Second Brother Yu happily wiped the mud on the bullet casings on the way back, and his clothes were dusty.

After walking for a while, I was shocked and stopped. Second Brother Yu, who was walking behind and concentrating on wiping the bullet casing, bumped into me headlong and fell on his back. He asked a little angrily: "I said girl, what are you doing when you suddenly stop, my ass is about to fall into two pieces." ”

I was in a cold sweat, turned around and asked Second Brother Yu, "Where do you see where we are now?" ”

Second Brother Yu stood up from the ground with a carp, looked around, and was suddenly speechless.

After walking for so long, the two of us are still in the same place! The paper money next to the mound was blown by the wind, and I was so frightened that I went from head to toe, and turned my head and asked Second Brother Yu what to do?

Second Brother Yu is a boy in the end, and comforted me and said: "It's okay, most of them were overjoyed, they didn't pay attention to the road, and walked back again." This time, we'll just go seriously. ”

I really admired Second Brother Yu's calmness at the time, and the little bird hid behind him to take his hand. It turned out that he was more nervous than me, his hands were wet with sweat, and they felt slippery to the touch. It turns out that this guy is pretending to be calm.

Next, we walked side by side in the sun for more than an hour, and we saw that the village was right in front of us, but we couldn't get there.

The clothes were soaked with sweat and dry and soaked. Later, I was too tired to walk, so I sat on the ground with Second Brother Yu, and I gasped and took off the amulet and quietly put it in Second Brother Yu's pocket.

In fact, I feel sorry for Second Brother Yu in my heart, if I don't call him here, it won't be like this, in case something happens, this talisman will naturally give him a talisman.

After resting for a while, Second Brother Yu pulled me up and encouraged me: "Girl, let's keep walking, we can't stop, otherwise it won't be easy to do when it's dark." ”

Then he got up again and began to walk, until it was almost dark and he had not yet reached home, and it was clear that the village was in front of him, and he couldn't get close to it.

In addition, I haven't drunk water for a few hours, and I have been exposed to the sun, and my mouth is dry, I thought, this is over, and my little life has to be explained in this grave!

After walking for an afternoon, both of them were so tired that they were paralyzed, I sat on the ground and refused to go, if I wanted to die, I would die, and the second brother Yu was so tired that he couldn't walk, so he simply sat down with me to rest

I said, "Second Brother Yu, you said we wouldn't die, right?" ”

Second Brother Yu gasped and gave me a blank look: "What is unlucky, I haven't married a daughter-in-law yet." ”

When I heard this, I was even more saddened, because I wasn't married yet!

Just when he was hopeless, he heard a faint cat meow in the wind, and hurriedly asked Second Brother Yu if he heard it, but he didn't hear it for a long time. I asked him not to speak, and listened carefully with his ears sideways, and the sound became more and more obvious, it was my big black cat.

I hurriedly called her, and she suddenly jumped out of which mound, jumped in front of me, looked at me with disgust, and then couldn't hold back the longing that I hadn't seen all afternoon, and rubbed her head against my legs.

I looked up and saw that the big cypress tree at the entrance of the village was not far away, and I hurriedly picked up the second brother Yu and ran to the village.

Ran to the entrance of the village, remembered that the talisman was still in his pocket, and was busy begging to come back. Second Brother Yu was not ambiguous, and after taking it out and returning it to me, he ran home without looking back.

I think he might be worried about his legs.

After walking for an afternoon, as soon as I got home, I spread out on my chair and started to drink water, I was so thirsty.

My grandmother came home and put down her hoe and asked me how I was doing, as if she had gone to work with her, and there were still circles of sweat stains on this dress? You can rub it down and use it for stir-fry tonight.

I thought to myself, that would be quite economical, straightened my back, and shouted that I was hungry and wanted to eat.

Seeing this, my grandmother started boiling water to cook and told me to wait a while.

Since I was a child, my parents were not around, my grandparents and ancestors still loved me very much, I have what other people's children have, and I also have what other people's children don't.

I sat in my chair and fell asleep unconsciously, and I was too tired to walk in the afternoon...... This nap made me dream of the man who couldn't see his face clearly and the stilted building.

I didn't sleep long before my grandfather woke me up and said that the meal was ready, and I would eat and go to sleep. I just woke up and asked my grandfather in a daze, "Did you do it?" ”

My grandfather knew that I was talking about the last time he cooked, and he couldn't hold back his face and said, "Get up and eat, you won't grow if you don't eat!" The little man can't get married! ”

My grandmother was also shouting, and I dragged my tired body to the table, and my grandmother took the meal and sat down next to it and began to eat.

Anything you eat when you're hungry is delicious, but today the big black cat has been rubbing under my feet, itchy and crispy.

I lowered my head and threw a piece of meat under the table, and the big black cat didn't seem to eat it, and kept rubbing my feet. I was a little angry, and I bent down to see what a big black cat was on the table. Not even a single hair.

I felt a chill in my back, and I woke up completely from sleep, so I quickly rubbed my eyes, and looked carefully, there was indeed no cat under the table! What's that touching me? I was so scared that I couldn't eat well. Squatting on the bench, holding the bowl and wondering what was going on.

In the mud houses in the countryside, the walls are made of loess and compacted, and a few wooden planks are built on top of them as attics, which are used to store seasonal grain, better firewood, and coffins prepared in advance for the elderly.

When capping, cover the black tiles, and then randomly cover a few glass tiles in the black tiles to light the house.

I was holding the bowl, looking left and right looking for the cat, and suddenly I saw the gap between the wooden planks in the attic, something white and flowery, and looked at it, Mom! I was so scared that I threw the bowl and drilled into my grandmother's arms!

In the attic was a row of dead bodies, all disemboweled. The corpses were all dropped on the girders, their pale faces were wide open, their scarlet tongues were falling out, and they looked at me with vicious eyes through a thin layer of wooden planks.

I screamed for my grandmother's help.

Lao Zu dropped the bowl and immediately asked: Did you go to some unclean places today?

I trembled with fear and did not dare to open my eyes, admitting that I had gone to the cemetery this afternoon. When the ancestor and grandparents heard this, they also gasped.

My grandmother gently reassured me and told me not to be afraid.

The ancestor went into the house and took an egg and a red rope out.

I slowly felt that my body began to heat up, and people began to be confused, thinking that it should be a fever, and in a trance, I heard the ancestor recite that passage again: "Knock on the Taishang Laojun and redeem the soul of the five directions for Bai Yueqing." Five miles from the east, redeem a soul; Five miles from the west, redeem two souls; Five miles from the south, redeem three souls; Five miles from the north, redeem four souls; Five from five miles, five from five to twenty-five miles, redeem the soul of the five directions".

It didn't take long to hear a 'bang', and the eggs burned by the ancestor exploded. The three elderly people in the family suddenly became anxious, and my grandmother even wanted to give me the syringe she used to inject the sow.

I can't remember what happened after that, and my last memory is that I fell asleep in my grandfather's arms......

I woke up once halfway, and the fever still didn't go away, but my mind was very clear and I wasn't confused at all.

My grandfather wrapped me in a coat and carried me for a long time...... Then he fainted again.

The dreams are full of fragments of past lives.

After that, there was really no reflection at all, and after waking up, he was ordered to be grounded by Lao Zu for a month.

I've been thinking a lot this month: Is Second Brother Yu's leg still there? How did the big black cat find me? Is the man hanging in the attic real or fake?

Unexpectedly, a month later, Lao Zu brought someone back, it was the woman in the long dress and trousers last time, her appearance was the same as last time, and even the headscarf had not changed.