Chapter 5: The Shadow on Tiptoe
The next afternoon, I carried a bag of rice, put two new bowls in the bag, and carried a black umbrella to the old house opposite my house.
This old house has been untended for a long time, and the weeds in the yard are so high that they are almost up to my waist. I listened to Jiang Xiu's words, and from one o'clock, I started walking around the old house.
At first, I could hold on, but after walking for a long time, my legs were really sore. Walk for three hours and anyone will feel tired. It was about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the sun waned a lot, and someone came.
At that time, I happened to bypass the door of the old house, and suddenly heard someone calling Jiang Cheng, I turned my head in confusion and found that it was Tan Dongyu.
His face was frighteningly white, his lips were bloodless, he seemed to have lost a lot of weight after a day, and his clothes were still very sloppy. He stood on the side of the mountain road, his body standing straight, his eyes glazed over me, like a wooden man without a mind.
At this time, I was still going in circles and didn't dare to stop, so I asked what was wrong, and my body continued to walk in circles. But Tan Dongyu didn't reply, just stood on the side of the road and watched me go around in circles, and his expression almost didn't change. I felt puzzled, but I didn't ask too much, I guess Tan Dongyu was most likely evil, and it was best to ignore him.
I don't feel guilty either, it's his retribution.
Until the sun went down, Tan Dongyu did not leave. I walked to the door of the house at this time, and couldn't help but look back at Tan Dongyu, his eyes were still looking at me, his mouth moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. At this point, I interrupted and walked inside.
When I came in, I took out two new bowls with my umbrella in my armpit, and carefully poured the rice into it, filling the bowl with one on both sides.
Then I walked into the back room to take a look, although no one has taken care of it for a long time, but no one dares to come to this old house, and the inside is quite clean. I lay on a bed covered with torn bedding and tied my umbrella to the head of the bed with a rope. My umbrella is big enough, and no matter how I turn over, it is under the cover of the umbrella.
When you lie down, there is silence. It was getting darker and darker, and it was about half past six or seven o'clock when I heard movement outside, as if someone was moving around without stopping. Curious, I couldn't help but look out the window, but found that it was Tan Dongyu walking outside. And the way he walked, it gave me the creeps.
He walked sideways like a crab, and in circles around the house as I had done before. But his eyes were staring at me, which is why he walked sideways. Those eyes were like radar, looking at me without looking anywhere else. When he got to the back of the house, I guess he was watching me too.
I'm a little scared in my heart, Tan Dongyu is really evil, and he looks like a nervous disorder. At this time, there was another noise in the house, but Tan Dongyu was still walking outside, and I immediately understood that there were probably more people in the house out of thin air.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, as if they were coming towards me. I stared at the door, and after a while, a shadow entered the floor of the room, but the man was still standing outside, so I couldn't see who it was.
The shadow reflected on the floor is the side of the person, which makes the scalp tingle when viewed. The shadow was very long and tall, with a big chest, it should be a woman, and a ponytail was tied on her head. I remember the daughter-in-law who hanged herself here before, she had a ponytail and very big breasts. What is most frightening is that the shadow is actually tiptoeing and exaggerated, almost walking with his big toes.
I was so frightened that I wanted to ask who was outside, but I remembered that Jiang Xiu had told me not to say superfluous words, so I endured it. At this time, the person outside the room heard a voice, which was particularly sharp, as sharp as if he was scratching a glass window with his fingernails, and made people get goosebumps all over his body.
"Husband, you're back."
This sentence scared my legs and trembled, and I didn't come back to my senses, is this really where the daughter-in-law is?
I really wanted to see who was standing outside, but I didn't have the guts, so I could only bite the bullet and say as Jiang Xiu instructed: "The one who delivers rice will stay here for a while." β
"Oh."
The shrill voice came and went, and then I saw the shadow leave, and from the shadow it was really walking on tiptoe, light, as if it had no weight. I was so frightened that my heart was beating wildly, and I quickly bit my arm with my teeth, afraid that I would be breathing too loudly. At this time, I looked out of the corner of my eye, and I was scared enough.
I saw that Tan Dongyu actually put his head into the window and looked at me with wide eyes. It was getting late now, and his face looked swarthy and terrifying. I quickly closed my eyes, thinking out of sight and out of mind.
At the same time, there was a crunch sound outside, as if someone was chewing rice, crunching and crunching. I don't think it's possible, it's rice, not cooked rice, how can anyone eat it.
It was getting dark, and I closed my eyes, trying to get myself to sleep. At first, I was very scared, and there was movement inside and outside the house, but no one came in my room, so I gradually became a little more relieved. Later, I literally fell asleep.
As I fell asleep, I heard my name being called, and I opened my eyes in a daze, and the room was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.
"Jiang Cheng, let's go."
Beside me, a voice suddenly sounded, and I immediately heard Tan Dongyu's voice, and hurriedly looked to the side, under the darkness, there was indeed a faint outline of a person, but it was too dark to see clearly.
I kept my mouth shut and didn't speak, while Tan Dongyu kept repeating the sentence. He kept saying, Jiang Cheng, let's go. Jiang Cheng, let's go.
I wanted to ask him where he was going, but I didn't dare to open my mouth, because I was convinced that Tan Dongyu had fallen into evil. It is estimated that the beautiful sister can't come, and the pair of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are pressing, so I want him to come in and take me away. I simply lay on the bed and didn't move, but I just wouldn't move.
Tan Dongyu kept talking in my ear tirelessly, and after saying that, he actually made me sleepy, and I fell asleep in a daze.
The second time I woke up, I was awakened by urine, it was already dawn outside, the sun was shining into the house, and the sun was very comfortable. I hurriedly looked around and found that Tan Dongyu was long gone. I breathed a sigh of relief, walked out of the room with an umbrella, and as soon as I left the room, I saw the two new bowls of rice. Next to the new bowl, there was Tan Dongyu lying there sleeping.
Puzzled, I walked over and looked at it, and it was surprising to find that the rice inside was gone, and there was not a single grain left. Was this rice eaten or stolen? I squatted down curiously and ran my hand around Tan Dongyu's pocket.
Tan Dongyu woke up as soon as I touched him, and he muttered and scolded: "Jiang Cheng, you don't care about your dead parents, what are you doing touching my pocket?" I don't have the money to steal from you. β
"Fart early in the morning......," I scolded, "I'll see if you steal rice." β
Tan Dongyu turned over and continued to sleep, he scolded in his mouth: "I stole your mother's big ......"
Before Tan Dongyu finished speaking, I kicked him in the head, and his head hit the ground, and then he continued to fall asleep, it seemed that he was sleepy.
Can you not be sleepy? I didn't sleep all night in my ear, and I guess this guy won't get up until noon.
After I went out, I went to find Jiang Xiu and told me about the matter. He said that the first night was over, and let me continue after that. I asked with some concern whether it would be the same every day for the next six days, and he sighed and said: "That woman will become more and more excessive day by day, because she wants to probe the bottom line of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-lawβ Tan Dongyu will come in and tell you to leave, it is estimated that it is evil, and it also shows that this behavior has not violated the bottom line of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law." Today it is estimated that things will be a little more, you be careful. But what happened to Tan Dongyu now, I don't know. β
I was a little scared to hear it, but I could only say yes, and then I filled another bag of rice.
In the afternoon, I went around the house again. Tan Dongyu had already disappeared, but when I went around until four o'clock in the afternoon, he reappeared, exactly the same as yesterday, standing on the side of the mountain road and looking at me.
I guess this guy gets evil at night, and it's normal during the day.
I was about to walk in circles and ignore him, but he suddenly walked up to me and stopped me, and his thin hand suddenly grabbed my sleeve, pulled me out, and said, "Jiang Cheng, let's go." β
I panicked.
Sure enough, it will get more and more by the day......