When I returned home from Chen Tianding's house, it was already dark. I first went to the hall, where my uncle was kneeling on the ground to hold a vigil for my grandmother. I was going to replace my uncle for the vigil, but my uncle thought it was unreasonable and unseemly for me to do so, and he reprimanded me and told me not to mess around.

I stupidly went to the side room, found that some relatives and friends in the side room were playing cards and chatting, they saw me come in, have to give up their place for me to join, I can't refuse, I had to go into battle to play a few handful, the way to play here is not the same as me, I was not accustomed to the soil for a while, lost money again and again, and played boring, so I withdrew and let others play.

Even so, they didn't let me be idle, they kept asking me some parents while playing cards, just asking me when I would get married, whether I had a sweetheart, or who had a good girl to introduce to me.

I had something on my mind, and I was absent-minded about answering their questions, so I denied them all, saying that I was still young, and I had not yet reached the age of marriage and family, and I had no person to talk to. Unexpectedly, this would attract them even more, and they wanted to introduce me to someone. That posture is like a single young girl all over the world, they all know it.

I had to take out my uncle and aunt as a shield, and deduce that the elders had to make the decision about marriage. I didn't know if I said this, but they still didn't want to let me go. After all, it is not many people who are admitted to university in the countryside and can mix in a metropolis like Shenzhen. When they saw me, they were like wolves seeing delicious mutton, and their saliva flowed incessantly, and they wanted to call me back to be my son-in-law at once.

Fortunately, someone soon helped me out, her name is Chen Zhen, 20 years old this year, and she is the youngest granddaughter of Chen Laoqi's grandfather. When I was a child, the relationship between the two of us was very good, and it can be said that I was a childhood sweetheart. Later, when I left Xiwang Village when I was 10 years old, I never had contact.

I followed Chen Zhen to a relatively empty flat ground in front of the house. She stopped, and I stopped. She's changed so much that I don't recognize it at first. If she hadn't called my name and then reported herself, I would never have recognized her as the little girl Chen Zhen.

"You're looking for me?" I asked her.

She nodded.

"Why don't we go inside the house?" I said.

She pouted, shook her head, and said, "We've all come out, I'm afraid it's not good to go back." ”

I smiled, Chen Zhen was right, we had already come out, I went into the house and said, I was afraid that this would attract criticism from the neighbors.

"Then you say, what's the matter with me." I asked her.

"I want to ask you when are you going to leave?" She asked me.

"Why are you asking this, why, I am not welcome? I'm Brother Yuan, who you said you wanted to marry me as your wife when you were a child! Why did you just let me go? "I deliberately teased Chen Zhen, after all, such a sweet and lovely girl is shy in front of her face, and a man can't get out of his mouth.

Chen Zhen didn't get angry with me, but stared at me with wide eyes, "Brother Yuan, if you're done, leave here early and leave this village." I'm here for your good. She said very seriously and looked at me very seriously.

"Why? I've been away from here for so long, and I finally came back, why are you in such a hurry to leave, you see how beautiful it is, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, the scenery is beautiful, and the people are beautiful, and I haven't had a good chat with you. I said to her in a joking tone.

Her face changed and she said, "No, I'm doing this for your good." She turned around and looked at the dark starry sky, "The people in this village are too complicated, and it's too dangerous here. Your Feng family doesn't belong here, so leave if you can! ”

"I don't understand what you mean?" I said, "Why do you all want me to get out of here quickly?" Do you know? In addition to you, Chen Mo's father and my uncle all told me that they wanted me to leave as soon as possible. What the hell is going on here? ”

Chen Zhen was silent for a long time before he said: "Everyone is for your good, you just listen to me, if you are done, leave here early, leave this village." ”

"Hmm." I answered softly, not intending to agree to Chen Zhen's words.

"If nothing else, I'll go back first. My relatives are still waiting for my big name. I deliberately made an excuse, and turned around and left without waiting for Chen Zhen to nod.

"Brother Yuan." Chen Zhen suddenly shouted behind her back, "Did Chen Mo, Chen Lin, the two sisters, and Lin Hai find you today?" ”

I turned around and nodded to Chen Zhen.

Chen Zhen stepped forward and said to me, "Don't believe what they say, the three of them are crazy!" Saying that others are greasy all day long, in fact, they are tired! As soon as something happened in the village, they appeared. When they were fine, they didn't see them for ten days and a half or even half a year. Especially Chen Mo, the farm is not open, and he is blindly involved with Lin Hai, a surgeon, all day long. His sister Chen Lin is even more so, she doesn't want to put a good job and run back and forth for them. They are the madmen of the village! ”

After hearing this, I was speechless for a while, and asked: "How can you say that, we are all friends from childhood to adulthood, no matter what, no one can change this friendship." ”

"I don't have any friendship with them! Especially Chen Mo, who is cloudy and cold all day long, like a cold-blooded animal, just like a diabetic! Hmph" Chen Zhen's words were full of resentment towards Chen Mo, but I could feel that Chen Zhen didn't really hate Chen Mo. Maybe it's really like the ancients said, "love is deep and hateful", right? Could it be that Chen Zhen, a little girl, fell in love with Chen Mo, but Chen Mo didn't accept her?

"What happened to you and Chen Mo? What irreconcilable contradictions do you have, you have a deep grudge against him. I said.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, you just have to promise me, if you're done, get out of here early, leave this village." After Chen Zhen said this, she went home. I stood there and didn't go home until Chen Zhen's back disappeared into the darkness and I couldn't see it.

I didn't care about Chen Zhen's "advice", and it still didn't change a little like before. As time went by, relatives and friends who were playing cards and chatting in the side room went back one after another, and I took out my mobile phone to check the time and found that it was already half past eleven. And my aunt and cousin had already fallen asleep in the room.

I got up and walked to the door of the room to look at the hall, and found that the candle flame flickered inside, making the shadow of my uncle kneeling wide, and casting it on the window, which looked a little strange.

I held the medicine that Lin Hai gave me in my pocket again, thinking that in two hours, our action would begin, and I couldn't help but feel a little nervous, my palms were already sweating, and I didn't know how Chen Mo Linhai and the others were preparing. It's just that it's just to open the museum to see the corpse, and they don't need to prepare much, right? Instead, I had to go to the kitchen to see if there was any supper.

The kitchen is in the second side room after entering the courtyard, and because all the banquets during the day are processed here, the air is still filled with a strong smell of oil smoke. I opened the door and went in, but I couldn't find the switch of the light, it was pitch black inside, and I couldn't see my fingers, so I had to find the lighter, and fumbled in by the light of the lighter.

Suddenly I was startled at the movement of Soso on my right, and hurriedly turned the light of the fire to the right, trying to see what it was. In the light of the fire, a dark figure was frightened and rushed out from under my feet, and it turned out to be a mouse. I was so frightened that I stood there and calmed down for a long time before I felt better.

I continued to look around the walls by the light of the lighter, looking for the light switches. Since it is a plastic lighter, it can't be lit for too long, otherwise it will explode due to too high temperature, so I can only light it up for a while, rest for a while, and then hit it again.

When I fought again, I was immediately frightened by the sight in front of me, because in front of my eyes, at some point, a black face suddenly appeared, and that face stared at me with staring straight at me, and I screamed in fright, and even threw the lighter aside.

At this time, the light was turned on, it was transparent, I couldn't open my eyes, I half-opened my eyes and saw that there was a person standing in front of the switch by the wall, it was that face that scared me, I looked at it, and I couldn't help but cry out, "Uncle Weiguo!" ”

The person in front of him is Chen Weiguo - Chen Mo's father, Chen Weiguo!

"Why don't you turn on the lights here?" I asked him.

He laughed, scratched his head a little embarrassedly and said, "I'm so sleepy after cooking, I fell asleep here unconsciously, and those rabbit cubs didn't say a word to me when they left!" Just now I heard someone come in, but I didn't turn on the lights, I looked around with a lighter, I thought it was a thief, and I wanted to scare him. ”

"I wanted to turn on the light, but I didn't know where the switch was, so I had to fumble around." I say.

"Why don't you sleep so late, why do you run to the kitchen, you haven't eaten enough during the day?" He asked me.

I was about to answer, but when the kitchen door opened, my uncle and grandfather hurriedly came in, and as soon as they came in, they eagerly asked, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

I smiled and said it was okay, so I told them what had just happened, and they were reassured, and asked me what I was doing in the kitchen without sleeping. I had to tell them that I saw how hard my uncle knelt and wanted to make him some supper.

Chen Weiguo, my uncle, and my grandfather smiled with relief when they heard my words. I didn't expect that my grandson (nephew), who had not been to Xiwang Village for more than ten years, would still have such filial piety. My grandfather was even more moved to say that he didn't hurt me in vain. Actually, I'm thinking now that if they knew that I was drugged in the supper and wanted to do something disrespectful to my grandmother, they wouldn't think I had much filial piety.

But I can say for sure that I really want to make them a late-night snack.

Uncle said: "Xiaoyuan, don't do supper or anything, you have this filial piety, and your grandfather and I feel very moved." It's not too early, go to sleep. ”

Uncle and grandfather exchanged two more words with Chen Weiguo, and the three of them dispersed. Chen Weiguo returned to his home, while his grandfather stayed in the kitchen, while his uncle returned to the mourning hall of the hall to continue the vigil.

"Grandpa," I walked to my grandfather's side, since I couldn't deliver supper, I couldn't open the coffin for an autopsy, I hope to be able to know some clues from my grandfather's mouth, "Our grandfather and grandson haven't seen each other for fifteen years, right?" ”

Grandpa was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Yes, it's been fifteen years." Thou hast grown taller, and thou hast grown stronger. "Compared to when I was 10 years old, I'm really taller and stronger.

I said, "Over the years, have you and your grandmother been doing well in Xiwang Village?" Grandpa Chen Tianding, Meng Po, and the people in the village didn't embarrass you, right? ”

Grandpa was stunned again, he probably didn't expect me to remember the events of fifteen years ago so clearly. He thought about it again and again before he said, "No." After you left, your grandmother's illness was cured. Don't listen to their nonsense, your grandmother wasn't a ghost at the time, she was sick. After your grandfather Chen prescribed two pairs of Chinese medicine to your grandmother, she will be fine. ”

My grandfather spoke very fluently, as if he had memorized it in advance, and he didn't interrupt at all, which aroused my curiosity even more.