Chapter 10: Zhao Yuer wakes up
I remembered the horrible squeak I heard last night, and I felt a chill in my heart, and I shuddered.
"What the hell is it? Will it eat life? ”
Compared to the other people's shocked discoloration, I found that the second uncle looked quite calm. He stared at the ghost cave quietly, his brow twitching slightly. I saw that the charms that had been hanging on the brown rope in front of the ghost cave were gone, and the peachwood sword that the second uncle had inserted in front of the ghost cave had also disappeared without a trace.
About half an hour later, the siren sounded over the early morning Yunlong Dam. At this time, my little sister and I had already returned home, and I saw a total of two police cars and a dozen policemen. Under the guidance of the uncle, he went to the back mountain dog head slope. My little sister and I still have something to do in the morning, so we didn't go to see it again, so I don't know how the police handled it later. We came back from mowing the grass, and heard Erniang say that the policemen had walked into the ghost cave, and soon heard the gunshots inside, and then the policemen staggered out, all with pale faces.
The police hurriedly cleaned up the blood and bones on the grass, preliminarily determined that the incident was committed by wild beasts, and warned the villagers to be careful when going up the mountain in the future. Someone among the villagers told the police captain about Zhao Yu'er at my house, and the police captain went to my house to take a look, found that Zhao Yu'er had not woken up, and left in a hurry after asking Erniang a few words.
Not long after my little sister and I got home, Zhao Yuer woke up from the bed, and the first sound she made was a frightened scream. At that time, my little sister and I were washing vegetables in the yard, and when we heard Zhao Yuer's voice, we quickly put down the vegetables and rushed into the house. I saw Zhao Yuer sitting on the bed with her head in her hands, screaming loudly.
"Zhao Yuer, it's okay, it's okay!" I sat on the bed, hugged Zhao Yuer tightly, and said loudly. Zhao Yu'er grabbed my arm so hard that she almost pinched out new blood marks on it, and screamed nervously. After screaming for a while, she fainted again.
"Brother, what should I do?" Xiaomei said worriedly.
I think Zhao Yu'er is obviously overly frightened now, even if she is sent to the hospital, it may not work, so she can only wait for her to wake up again and slowly accept and slowly relieve.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine, wait a minute, let the second uncle exorcise evil spirits for her." I say.
After breakfast, I told the second uncle about exorcism for Zhao Yuer, and the second uncle nodded lightly, and then simply set up an altar in the house, and drew a few new charms for Zhao Yuer to exorcise evil spirits. It's just a simple way to exorcise evil spirits, and the second uncle was already sweating profusely after doing it, his face was red and blue, and he said quietly: "It'll be fine when she wakes up again." ”
In the afternoon, Zhao Yuer woke up. This time she woke up quiet, with her hands on her knees, her head bowed, and she didn't say anything, but her body seemed to tremble with some kind of panic.
"Zhao Yu'er," I patted her gently on the back and soothed, "It's okay, don't be afraid, we'll be by your side." ”
Zhao Yu'er slowly raised her head to look at me, her eyes flashing with tears, revealing a faint sense of panic.
I felt unbearable in my heart, so I reached out and gently wiped the tears on her face, and comforted her softly: "It's okay, don't worry." ”
Zhao Yuer suddenly cried out, threw herself into my arms, and cried bitterly.
I gently patted her on the back and kept comforting. After a while, Zhao Yuer's crying gradually stopped. By this time, the clothes on my chest were wet with her tears. Erniang couldn't bear it, and also came in to comfort Zhao Yuer. After talking for a while, Zhao Yuer's mood finally calmed down.
Although Zhao Yu'er's mood was stable and calm, we didn't dare to ask her what happened to them in Goutoupo that night. I knew it might become a nightmare for her for a long time to come, and I didn't know if she would be able to get out of it.
As he was talking, suddenly the second uncle quietly walked into the house.
Zhao Yu'er noticed it and turned her head to look, but her first reaction was as if she had seen something terrible, she screamed loudly, and her body hid backwards in fear.
"Sister Zhao, that's my dad, don't be afraid." Xiaomei hurriedly comforted her and said.
I also said, "You have seen my second uncle before." ”
Zhao Yu'er just stared at the second uncle in horror, as if she didn't hear our words.
The second uncle looked at Zhao Yu'er quietly for a while, coughed lightly and asked, "Child, are you okay?" ”
Zhao Yu'er didn't answer, just nodded a little mechanically. The second uncle didn't say anything more, turned around and walked out. Seeing the second uncle walk out, Zhao Yuer's originally tense nerves gradually relaxed again. Her reaction made me wonder, why did she suddenly be startled when she saw her second uncle? She obviously wanted to say something to us but didn't dare to say it, why did she do all this?
Even though I've always thought about things as good as possible, the abnormalities now give me a sense of heaviness that I have never felt before, and I have a vague feeling that maybe something is about to happen that our whole family doesn't want to see. The thought of this makes me shudder.
Zhao Yu'er fled to our house last night, and she lost all the things she had with her, and she whispered to me that she wanted to call home. I understood, and took her to the landline in the living room, and I wanted to leave her alone to make the phone on my own, but she told me to stay.
I had to sit down next to it.
After Zhao Yuer dialed a phone number, someone was soon connected. Since the landline phone was very loud, I could hear the voice on the other end of the phone. There was a gentle female voice over there, and it was Zhao Yuer's mother who answered the phone. I thought to myself, the police have come to the village to investigate the case, and the case has been decided, and Zhao Yuer's family must have been notified. But what I didn't expect was that from the phone, Zhao Yuer's mother didn't know that something had happened to them, but she was a little angry that Zhao Yuer's mobile phone was turned off.
I found that Zhao Yuer was unusually calm at this time, lied to her mother that her phone was out of battery, and then told her mother to pick her up at the station tomorrow morning. Her mother agreed, and finally told Zhao Yuer to take care of herself. Zhao Yu'er had been speaking very calmly just now, but when I heard the last sentence, I found that she suddenly had tears rolling in her eyes, and she bit her lip so that she didn't cry. Immediately, for fear of talking again, her mother heard something strange, so she quickly hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, her voice suddenly choked, her head lowered, her shoulders trembled and sobbed.
"Ugh." I sighed in my heart, sat down beside her, and comforted her a few words before she gradually calmed down.
"Brother Nie Yu, thank you." Zhao Yu'er slowly raised her head, looked at me with wet eyes, and said.
I shook my head nonchalantly and smiled softly at her.
The sky is getting dark, Zhao Yu'er can only leave tomorrow, and she must stay at our house tonight. Erniang and Xiaomei took good care of her, and they cooked a sumptuous dinner, and they didn't stop serving her vegetables during meals. However, Zhao Yuer obviously didn't have much appetite and didn't eat much.
In the evening, my little sister and I accompanied Zhao Yuer to chat about some light-hearted topics, which made her feel a lot more relaxed. However, I still vaguely noticed that when the second uncle appeared, she was still a little nervous. I don't know what happened to her that night, but her reaction to my second uncle made me feel uneasy.
The next day, Zhao Yuer got up early and said she was leaving. Erniang had to make breakfast quickly, and after letting her eat breakfast, my little sister and I took her to the street to take a car. When I came to the street and waited for the bus, I found that Zhao Yuer seemed to have something to say to me, and she stopped talking several times, as if she was afraid that her little sister was beside her.
"Little sister, can you go buy a bottle of water for Sister Zhao?" I said to my little sister.
The little girl nodded in agreement and walked briskly to the nearby store.
Taking advantage of this time, Zhao Yu'er finally said to me: "Brother Nie Yu, there is something I didn't dare to say in your house before, and now I have to tell you." ”
My heart sank slightly and I asked, "What is it?" ”
“…… Your second uncle," Zhao Yu'er looked at me, her voice trembling a little inexplicably, and said word by word, "He's not human, he's ...... It's a ghost. ”
"What?" I screamed.
"You, Xiaomei, and Erniang saved me, I really don't want to hide it from you," Zhao Yuer said in a sad tone, "I know this matter is difficult for you to accept, but I don't want to see you, Xiaomei, and Erniang killed." ”
I looked at her in a daze and asked, "Why do you say that my second uncle is a ghost?" ”
"Because I saw him with my own eyes that night in the ghost cave." Zhao Yu'er said in a trembling voice, "I saw that his face turned blue and black, showing his fangs......"
At this time, the little sister ran over with a bottle of water, and Zhao Yuer's voice stopped abruptly.
"Brother, what were you and Sister Zhao talking about just now?" The little sister handed the water to Zhao Yuer and asked.
"Didn't say anything." I said perfunctorily, and at this time the shuttle bus came, and I quickly said, "The bus is coming." ”
Zhao Yuer doesn't have a penny on her now, so we naturally pay her the fare. Before getting into the car, I followed Erniang's instructions and stuffed two hundred yuan into Zhao Yuer's hand. Zhao Yuer's family lives in the provincial capital, and she has to change trains on the road, which costs money, so she accepted it without much excuse. After getting in the car, I paid Zhao Yu'er the fare to the county seat, told her to be careful on the road, and called me when I got home.
Zhao Yu'er looked at me with moist eyes, but nodded heavily.
Then I got out of the car.
Zhao Yuer sat in a window seat, and when she stretched her hand out of the window to say goodbye to me and my little sister, she finally couldn't help crying and burst into tears.
"Big Brother Nie Yu, little sister, goodbye, I will never forget your ......"
Her voice faded away with the sound of whistling cars.
My little sister and I stood in a daze for a while, and waited until the car completely disappeared into the road ahead before turning back.
On the way, I thought of what Zhao Yuer had just told me, and my heart was very heavy. I told myself over and over again not to think about it, but I couldn't hold it back. I just know that if what Zhao Yuer said is true, then everything before can be explained clearly.
That day in the mourning hall of Boss Hong's house in Shiyaba, what did the second uncle bring back?
Bursts of indescribable sorrow and fear grew in my heart.