Chapter 17: The Black Face Reappears
Later, the uncle didn't say much more, he talked very little nonsense, those things that had little substance, and never wasted spit.
The night was very difficult, the uncle found me a set of cotton clothes from the outside, and took out a pair of rusty black scissors from the drawer, hung them on the door frame, and told me that I must not take these scissors off, and whoever knocks on the door should not open it, and sleep in peace, this house is safe enough, and do not leave this forest, he will come back at the same time tomorrow night. He didn't even tell me his name, and he left with the cat with his shotgun on his back. He seemed to be very relieved that I was here for the night, or maybe he didn't want to care about me at all.
I couldn't sleep, I selectively didn't believe what he said, I didn't believe that my mother was gone, I didn't believe that my grandson was dead, and I didn't believe that I wasn't a living person now, I pinched my face, it was obviously painful, how could it be as he said.
There have been too many strange things in these days, which make people restless, I am angry, this is all done by the surnamed Ge, if it weren't for his dirty deeds, how could I have such an encounter, my two small fists clenched hard, thinking that tomorrow I must go out to find the king and the eight calves to take revenge, and I can't care about the uncle's warning, although I am a virgin, but I am also a man, I can bear it, and what backbone do I have, and if I am really dead now, there is nothing to worry about.
That's it, I stayed up all night.
From time to time there were a few strange cries in the old forest outside, and I don't know whether it was the hungry wolf with an empty belly, or the bloodthirsty tiger, or the staring black blind man (black bear), there were too many fierce beasts in the primitive red pine forest to wander at night, and when it was almost dawn, I heard a huge bang outside the window, like a train passing by, the whole house seemed to tremble a few times, maybe the herd of wild boars came out to feed.
The sky is finally slowly brightening.
I put on the padded jacket and pants that my uncle had given me, and this thing was actually new, and it fit as it was specially prepared for me, but it should have been at the bottom of the box for many years, and it smelled musty. The cotton jacket was rusted with a live big cat, and the eyes seemed to be shining straight up, which was realistic.
I went out, I didn't care about enjoying this beautiful snow scene, I turned around in this old forest for a few hours, before I found the way to the eternal forest farm, and because I was a child who grew up in the forest area, if I put the city baby in this deep mountain and old forest, I would have to turn around and freeze to death in this snowshell where no one was seen.
I saw a few wisps of green smoke flying quickly over my head in the forest, I think it must be the fox demon that ran away yesterday, the uncle told me, this fox demon can't hurt people, but if you drink their urine, it will be attached to the body, I recall the snow pieces that the demon went out yesterday, presumably it was the fox urine that had been frozen for a long time, and I almost vomited it when I didn't breathe, but how did this demon deliberately pretend to be a grandson, I didn't figure it out.
Finally saw the eternal forest farm, sitting at the foot of the mountain far away, wisps of cooking smoke coming out of the chimneys of each house, a peaceful life scene, the last time I was there, there was still a big water bubble here, as Gro Guo said, everyone should be under his wise leadership, defeated God, thinking of this I gritted my teeth, went down the mountain and went straight to Gro Guo's house.
I wanted to go home first, but my family lives in the middle of the forest farm, so many houses in the middle will definitely be seen by others, really let Gro Guo find out, so passive, think about my father, my mother and I live or die is not a matter of importance to him, he has a good chance of going out to gamble, the house is empty, I will be sad to see that scene.
Lao Ge's house was at the foot of my mountain, and I could go directly into his yard when I went down the mountain, so I took out the scimitar I found in the wooden house, bent down and went straight down the mountain.
There is a yard of about 20 meters between Lao Ge's house and the gate, which is a small vegetable field made by himself, and every household in the eternal forest farm is equipped with this configuration, digging a well in the yard, planting some vegetables and fruits in summer, and using it to raise pigs in winter, and then raising some poultry such as chickens and ducks, eating and drinking without worry. As soon as I pushed open the half-hidden double black door, I heard a continuous shouting from inside the house across the yard, this was not loud, I could hear that it was a man and a woman, the woman was screaming diligently, ahhh
When I say this, you will understand what the men and women in this room are doing, but I am a child at that time, and I still think that the two of them are fighting, thinking that the Gross must be in the house, and I went straight with a scimitar.
The man in the house screamed a few times, sounding as if he was cramping, and then there were a few laughs from the woman, and the two whispered a few words, and then there was no movement, I rushed to the door of the house, and was about to push the door in, and suddenly bumped into a man, I didn't raise my head to stab with a knife, but who would have thought, I used all my strength but pounced, and it went directly through the man's body, and fell a, I was like transparent, I couldn't touch him at all, I fixed my eyes and looked, which is the Garrow pot, It was the big one who disemboweled, and I screamed,
"Stop!"
But the man didn't seem to hear it, and I rushed to the horse, and stabbed again with my knife, but it passed through the man's body again, and the big one didn't seem to feel my save.
At this time, the little daughter-in-law of the Gross pot came out of the house, her cheeks were red, she should have sweated a lot, in the cold air outside the house, the sweat instantly turned into a wisp of white smoke, and when her head rose, she tidied up her clothes, buttoned the button on her chest, caught up with the big one, and said a few words to the big man's ears on tiptoe, and then separated.
She didn't seem to be able to see me at all, and went straight through my body, and I couldn't touch her at all, now I really believe it, thinking that what the uncle said is right, I'm sure, it's dead.
I stood there in a daze, threw the knife in my hand to the ground, thinking that this is revenge, I can't even touch a living person, and I can't tell the grievances in my chest, and I suddenly looked at the sky with tears in my eyes, thinking of my mother, and cried.
Suddenly, a black cloud appeared in the sky, clearly a face that looked like a human and inhuman, staring straight at me, twisted and hollow but as if with a faint treacherous smile, I suddenly remembered this face, this is when I was catching fish in the river with my grandson, the loach changed face, but also looking for my grandson that night in the sky to see the face, I was so frightened that I couldn't cry all of a sudden, stupidly staring at the black cloud, only to see it suddenly opened its mouth, rushed towards me, as if to swallow me in one bite.
I sat down on the ground in fright, forgetting to run for my life, just when the black face almost touched me,
"Smack-"
A gunshot rang out, and the black clouds were instantly dispersed, but they quickly gathered together and flew away.
I fixed my eyes and saw that the uncle was standing in the distance with a gun, and when he saw that the black cloud was about to run, the uncle shouted,
"Not good! It's gone to find the old ghost! ”