About two hours later, just after 4:10 p.m., the taxi arrived in Wangjia Village.

As far as the eye can see, there are farmland everywhere, verdant and lush. Whenever a strong wind blows, the rice stalks rise and fall in patches, like ocean waves.

Under the leadership of Lao Wang, Zhang Peng entered from the entrance of the village, first walked a cement road, then walked a ridge, and finally came to an old house.

The outside of the house is a bamboo fence, but the bamboo pieces are blackened and so corrupted that they can be easily broken. The bamboo fence is covered with withered melon vines, and through the gaps, you can see that the earthen walls of the houses are pitted, the roof tiles are horizontal and vertical, and there are places covered with asbestos tiles, which look very dilapidated. Lao Wang lived alone, and worked in the city, the yard was not cleaned up much, and the house was also improvised.

When he was in the distance just now, Zhang Peng saw that this house consisted of a main room and two side rooms. The main room sits in the north and faces south, one in the east and one in the east, and the middle is the patio, forming the shape of "冂".

Lao Wang shrank his head and observed outside for a while before opening the fence gate of the courtyard and beckoning Zhang Peng to go in together. The yard was overgrown with weeds, all kinds of rusty farm tools, and there were a few broken water tanks in the corner.

The wooden door of the house was hidden, old and bulky, and most of the red paint on it had fallen off, and there was a white and faded door god.

After entering the courtyard, Lao Wang's movements became a little stiff, and his eyes never left the wooden door for a moment, as if there was something terrible hidden inside. The crack in the door was pitch black, and it was particularly penetrating. Zhang Peng's courage is actually not very big, the reason why he dared to come is because of lack of money; On the other hand, it is because he grew up in the army since he was a child, and he has been influenced by materialist thoughts, and he does not believe in these cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods.

And when he saw Lao Wang's nervous and panicked look, he was also infected to a certain extent. Instinctively, he picked up the flat pole leaning against the wall, but it felt a little heavy, so he changed the hoe next to him, but it was still heavy......

picked and chosen, and finally took a burning stick and followed behind Lao Wang.

Lao Wang turned his head and saw him holding a weapon, and suddenly realized that he was frightened. The doll was only half a meter tall, a little bigger, and it broke when you stepped on it. Thinking of this, he regained a lot of courage, picked up the flat pole, and gently stabbed the wooden door.

"Crunch!" The rusted door shaft made a screeching sound, and the wooden door slowly opened inward.

Inside, it is quiet, granite floors, wells, two pots of pepper trees, and a zigzag longan tree, which is clear at a glance.

"Why are you so nervous, go in for tea." Zhang Peng suddenly said loudly, startling Lao Wang.

"What bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods, they are all feudal superstitions, and even if there is, they will be beaten to death with a stick." As he spoke, Zhang Peng also waved the burning stick in his hand, full of momentum. said so, from beginning to end, he was half a position behind Lao Wang. He is emboldening himself and the old king.

Lao Wang nodded, and began to wonder if what he had seen before was an illusion.

"By the way, shouldn't we have some drinks?" Zhang Peng proposed. As the saying goes, wine is a bold man. He is just an instigator, and this self-knowledge is still there.

"There is a ...... in the house" Lao Wang was cold after speaking, and the two looked at each other, and the atmosphere was a little weird. Now that they're all in the house, what else are you drinking?

"Uncle Wang, you see, the factory produces hundreds of thousands of dolls every year, and if there is a real problem, the workers will not run out." Zhang Peng said. Although this logic is unreasonable, Lao Wang's IQ is not high, and he didn't hear the problem for a while, so he was proud, holding the flat shoulder in both hands, and strode into the patio.

Zhang Peng watched for a few seconds and followed.

At this time, Lao Wang's eyes swept to that night, and when he found the location of the doll, the whole person was stunned, and the courage that had just risen immediately dissipated without a trace. His expression was like that of a rapidly wilting eggplant.

Zhang Peng found that Lao Wang's condition was not right, so he immediately coughed and said loudly, "Lao Wang, do you know why you have never been able to get a wife!" ”

"Why?" This is Lao Wang's heart disease for many years, and it immediately attracted his attention.

"You're so cowardly, you're even afraid of a doll, what woman would dare to follow you?" Zhang Peng paused, and further stimulated, "You deserve to be a bachelor for the rest of your life!" ”

Lao Wang was full of pride again, slammed his shoulder, let go, took a big stride, and walked into the main room.

The room was dimly lit and the furniture seemed to be covered with a layer of gray. Zhang Peng looked left and right outside the door, but never went in.

"Where's the wine?" Zhang Peng reminded.

"In the kitchen." Lao Wang retreated, slowly pushed open the house on the west side, looked around for a while, and walked in.

The kitchen is not big, and the furnishings are very simple, with a brick stove with a large pot on it, and then bottles and jars, and a small cupboard, and some small jars in the corner.

Lao Wang picked up a jar of rice wine made by himself, took out a large bowl from the cupboard, and poured a bowl by himself.

"Drink!" "!" "Again." "!" "Cool!" "Come on."

Three bowls of wine poured into the stomach, a stream of heat surged from his chest, and the sense of fear was swept away. Zhang Peng put down the bowl and was about to say two bold words, but found that Lao Wang was holding the bowl, and his expression froze. Following the other person's gaze, it was a kitchen knife hanging on the wall.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Peng pushed Lao Wang.

"Ahh Lao Wang suddenly let out an exclamation, which frightened Zhang Peng and took a few steps back.

"What the hell!" Zhang Peng shouted.

"Knife ......" Lao Wang pointed to the kitchen knife on the wall, his expression a little dull.

"What knife?" Zhang Peng frowned.

"The handful of meat is gone......," said Lao Wang in a trembling voice.

Zhang Peng was cold from head to toe, but he quickly recovered and said, "Did you take it yourself, and then forgot it." ”

"This ......" Lao Wang looked dazed, as if he was trying to recall.

"Forget it, don't think about it, go for tea." Zhang Peng waved his hand, walked out of the kitchen, and arrived at the patio.

It's still a sunny place......

However, it is almost five o'clock now, and it will soon be dark. Thinking of this, Zhang Peng got goosebumps, turned his head to Lao Wang, who was still entangled, and said, "Let's go and drink tea." Then he waved the burning stick a few times, and said scoldingly, "What a bullshit doll, beat to death with a stick." ”

Then, the two of them investigated the bedroom on the east side, looked at the toilet next to the kitchen, and finally entered the main room as the main hall, and found nothing unusual.

Zhang Peng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Lao Wang had scared himself and hallucinated. As the so-called demons are born from the heart, scary things are all imagined by oneself.

The two sat down on the wooden sofa in the living room, and Lao Wang was about to boil water to make tea, but found that there was no water in the kettle, so he went out with the kettle to fetch water. Zhang Peng wanted to go out with him, but after thinking about it, he would seem to be very timid, so he stayed in the living room alone.

After Lao Wang went out, his eyes swept around the living room, and he did not relax his vigilance at all.

"One stick to death, one stick to death, one stick to death......" he muttered to himself, subconsciously clenching the burning stick in his hand.

"Ahh

"Bang dang!"

Suddenly, there was an exclamation from Lao Wang outside, and then the sound of a kettle falling to the ground. Zhang Peng shook his wit, took three steps and made two steps, and rushed out.

I saw Lao Wang's face pale, slumped to the ground, pointed to the well, and his voice trembled, "It...... It'......"

"What?" Zhang Peng asked.

"It'...... It's ...... below," said the old king, his eyes wide, and he said intermittently. The sun shone on his face, a sickly pale, bloodless color.

Zhang Peng stared at the well and slowly moved over. He was both a little scared and a little curious, what that so-called doll was like.

Two meters, one meter, half a meter......

"Little ...... Be careful......" Wang reminded in the back.

Zhang Peng shook the burning stick, poked his head out little by little, and looked into the well.

The walls of the well were wet, clinging to moss, and the water below was rippling. Although somewhat dim, there is clearly nothing.

"Are you dazzled?" Zhang Peng faced Lao Wang and asked.

"No...... It's impossible to ......" Lao Wang shook his head vigorously, with a frightened expression on his face.

"See for yourself." As he spoke, Zhang Peng faced the mouth of the well and shouted loudly, "Come on, coercion, see if my brother doesn't kill you." ”

Lao Wang was suspicious, climbed to the mouth of the well, and looked inward cautiously. The swaying well water reflected the faces of two people.

"Uncle Wang, this is what the book says, you mistake the cup and bow for a snake shadow, you always think about what kind of doll you have in your heart, and you are scared, so you have hallucinations." Zhang Peng analyzed.

"Hmm......" Wang nodded thoughtfully.

"Those cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods are all made up by bad elements with ulterior motives to deceive children." Zhang Peng said.

Afterwards, the two fetched a pot of water, returned to the living room, and began to boil water to make tea.

"Uncle Wang, if you want to see it again, calm down, it's an illusion you came up with in your heart, but it doesn't exist." Zhang Peng chattered endlessly, "We must believe in science, believe in philosophy, and believe in materialism......

"You see, if there was really any mess in this world, wouldn't it have been sliced and studied by scientists a long time ago?"

"If you really have this discovery, maybe you'll have to ...... something," Zhang Peng thought for a while before he said, "Nobel Prize." ”

"When the time comes, you will be soft on the money, it will be all foreign money, and one can be used for several copies." Zhang Peng boasted.

Lao Wang sighed and said, "That's right......" He glanced at the refrigerator in the corner, stretched out his thumb and said, "It's still you who have read books and have insight, my old Wang is convinced!" "The reason why he went to the near and far this time to find Zhang Peng to solve the problem was because he was a bachelor, and the people in the village always looked down on him, and he was afraid of being laughed at; On the other hand, Zhang Peng had read the book and didn't believe in these ghosts and monsters, but dared to come. The people in the village are superstitious, and if they listen to him, they probably won't even dare to get close.

Zhang Peng laughed and said, "I just learned a little fur, and it's nothing." ”

"Thanks to your reminder this time, otherwise I would have been confused forever." Lao Wang sighed.

"That's not it, with your Uncle Wang's shrewdness in business, it won't take you a few days to see through." Zhang Peng touted. Coaxed Lao Wang to be happy, took the money and left.

"After you clicked it, I realized that it was a hallucination of my own imagination." Lao Wang lowered his head and fiddled with the tea caddy and said, "Let's just say just now, I saw it on the refrigerator, but I knew it was an illusion, so I ignored it." ”

"Hmm......" Zhang Peng nodded while subconsciously looking at the refrigerator, and then the whole person froze.