When the old man heard that the three of us were going to stop, his head shook like a rattle, and at the same time, there was the driver Xiao Liu, "Two, I didn't promise to stay here overnight, I just drive, you two want to live and settle the money, I have to go back."

"Several, it's not that I don't want to keep you, it's just that there have been too many strange things in our village recently, and if something happens here, I can't afford to take care of it, so you better leave as soon as possible."

This time, the great monk was helpless to say that the old man just didn't agree, and finally kicked us out. Standing at the entrance of the village street, looking at the empty street and no one else, the driver Xiao Liu said: "Two, what is there to see in this broken village, I think the two of you should go back, if you want to play in the city, the Summer Palace is enough for the two of you to visit for a day."

I also mean to go back, there is really nothing to see here, I just want to find a clean place to come out and relax, but the great monk doesn't know what's wrong, he insists on staying, looking at his big fat face and smiling like a cat seeing a mouse, I really don't know what he likes here.

In the end, I had no choice but to settle the account for the division, or according to the agreement we went back to discuss, watching the money in my pocket go out like throwing paper to me really distressed, but the big monk seemed to be fine, and finally told Xiao Liu, "Come to pick us up at this time tomorrow, the money is still given at today's price", Xiao Liu was full of joy after listening, and took the money and left.

After the driver Xiao Liu left, I asked the great monk, "Did you see anything?" I have to stay."

"It's a little, but I'm not sure, I'm just interested in what's going on in the village, maybe I'll find something interesting."

Then we walked around the village twice, and then around the neighborhood, so let's take a break, I thought, it's okay to be idle anyway. On the outskirts of the village, we saw that in fact, after we left, there were still people in the village who came out and walked around, and only when it was about to have dinner did they go back one after another, and the great monk and I also turned a little tired and returned to the village, which was still the commissary.

"Why are you two back? It's getting dark, go back quickly, if it's any later, you won't be able to get out," said the old man, looking at the two of us.

The big monk smiled, "It's okay, let's leave after eating, do you have anything to eat here to sell me some."

There are not many things in the commissary, but fortunately, there are still instant noodles, but I don't know how long it has expired, I borrowed some boiling water from the old man in the commissary, I am not hungry at all, and the big monk has a sentence without a sentence while soaking noodles.

"Big brother, you've lived here for a few years, haven't you?"

"I grew up here for more than 60 years."

"How long have you been running this little shop, and how is your business?"

"It's been more than 20 years, what can I do? It's good to be self-sufficient, and the village is just my family, and I don't expect to make any money, so I can provide some convenience to the village."

"How many people are still in the village? Why didn't I see how many people came out? ”。

"Hey, there are few people in the village, and now that we have caught up with this kind of thing, many young people have left for the city, and those who are left behind are some old people, who can't walk if they want to, and they have lived here for most of their lives, where else can they go."

"What happened in the village to scare everyone like this?".

"Hey, young man, it's better for you to leave early after eating, if it's really dark, it'll be troublesome."

I could tell that the old man was really afraid of something, but he didn't say a word and we had no way of knowing.

"Big brother, don't hide it, we can't go now, the driver will have to pick us up tomorrow, it's more than 100 miles away from the city, when can I walk back, if it's convenient for us to leave a place to sleep, tomorrow the driver will come and we will go, how much money you can squeak."

The old man looked at the two of us and sighed and said: "I let you go early, this is not a problem, it is not impossible to leave you overnight, but you must not go out at night, you leave after dawn, and don't come back after that."

The great monk thanked him as if he was grateful, and finally let the two of us out in one side of the room, this room used to be lived in by his son, the old man and his wife died early, the son went to the city, and now he is the only one left in the family, or the old saying, he is really reluctant to be here, even if he dies, he has to be buried here.

After agreeing on the accommodation, the matter will be easy to do, and the instant noodles are almost ready, and the old man may not have chatted with anyone for a long time, and it is time to prepare for dinner, so simply let the two of us stop eating noodles, and it is better to order some hot noodle soup by ourselves than instant noodles.

In the end, the big monk cooked, I was responsible for lighting the fire, the old man wanted to reach out to the big monk did not let him, not long after, a pot of hot hot noodle soup on the table, a big pot, the old man happily took out the wine to drink two cups, I was injured and couldn't drink, but the big monk didn't care about this, accompanied the old man to drink a good drink, the old man may also see the wine and meat monk for the first time, I thought he would suspect that the big monk is a fake monk at all, how did he think that he drank wine and praised the big monk: "There are many real living Buddhas, Jigong is, you are the same as him, wine and meat are not taboo" 。

After drinking, it was already dark, and the old man blocked the windows with all the kind of window blocking boards, and the chain had three locks, and I looked at the thieves and didn't dare to ask more, so there must be a reason for him.

After eating and drinking, the old man specially told the two of us: "It's not early, go to bed early, remember one thing, don't get up at night no matter what movement, it's okay to sleep this night."

The big monk squinted his eyes, seemed to have drunk a lot, and said a little drunk: "Brother, don't worry, I'm sleepy to death now, I can't wake me up when I fall asleep and beat the gong in my ear", the old man then walked back to his back room drunk.

I didn't feel sleepy at all when I sat on the kang in the house, and the big monk also sat on the kang after sending the old man away, and then looked at him a little drunk.

"What are you going to do now?" , I asked him.

"Wait."

"What are you waiting for?".

"I don't know".

I was speechless by his answer, and I was also a little sleepy at this time, lying on the kang and squinting my eyes, this kind of kang reminded me of the kang I slept on in my hometown, and I thought of my parents when I thought of home, and I was sad for a while, and I don't know when I really fell asleep.

I don't know what time it was, I was awakened by a knock on the door, the sound was not too loud, but I still heard it clearly, I opened my eyes and found that the great monk was not in the house, and the knock outside the door rang twice every three seconds, like a machine repeating itself.

I got up and came to the middle hall to find that the great monk was standing at the door listening to something, and found that I came out and put my hand to my mouth, "shh~".

I didn't dare to move softly, the knocking outside the door was still constant, I listened to the knock on the door for about five minutes and suddenly disappeared, and then there was a sound of dragging footsteps, and after the sound went away, the great monk took the door lock and gently opened the door lock, carefully opened the door and then looked out and drilled out, and I followed closely behind.

It was very dark outside, it seemed that it should be in the second half of the night, the great monk went out of the house and looked left and right, and then looked at the ground, and then slowly walked out, I followed closely, on the ground I saw a pair of big footprints, not left by people, more like some unknown animal, there is a series of trailing traces behind the footprints, as if sweeping the number of sweeps.

We followed the footprints quietly into the street, the whole village was quiet like a ghost village, followed the footprints and walked to another courtyard, before entering the courtyard, I heard a gentle knock on the door, I and the great monk lay on an adobe wall outside the courtyard to look quietly, only to see a big black shadow standing there in front of the courtyard door, the knock was from him.

I can't see what it is when I look at the back, it looks like it should be a person, but I can't see what it looks like in clothes full of hair, and after knocking for about five minutes, the big black shadow seems to have lost patience, and looks in the window on the side, and knocks a few times.

No matter how much he knocked on the house, there was no movement, or maybe there was no one living in the house, and after a few minutes, he seemed to lose his patience and turned and walked to another house.

As soon as he turned around, I saw a face in the faint moonlight, a terrifying face that seemed to be inhuman, and I almost screamed out in fright, but fortunately, the great monk on the side covered my mouth with his hand.