In the blink of an eye, the jailer brought in three bowls of rice. Niu Erzhu and the three rats were happy at a glance, this food is good, white rice and pickles plus a bowl of clear soup. Don't look at this meal, you can't take it now, in the old society, poor families may not even eat it once for the New Year, this is squatting in prison, it's like raising an uncle. The resentment of the two of them towards Ma Siye has been reduced a little, and they are indeed hungry, and they are wolfing down the bowl when they pick up the bowl, this meal is good, but there is one thing, no matter how much they are full, one person is just one bowl, and there is no more. Although the three rats are thin, the amount of food is not small, and this bowl of rice has hooked up the hunger. The three rats have a pair of small eyes, and at a glance they can see that the Shandong man's rice and chopsticks have not moved, this person has a small vision, and he wants to eat it. Niu Erzhu grabbed him, since he was imprisoned, the man went to bed, he didn't touch the nest at all, it was no different from a dead corpse, and he intended to take the opportunity to eat to see if he was alive, so he could make plans early.

The wait was more than half an hour, and the man was still lying like a dead dog, and he had no intention of coming down to eat. The three rats deliberately went over to probe his snort pulse, so as not to guess blindly here, but they didn't dare, and they were not afraid of anything else, for fear that they would fall into someone else's trap and be charged with beating the prisoner to death. After a while, the jailer cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and if he didn't eat, he didn't eat, and the people couldn't feed you with chopsticks. The two were full of suspicion, and waited for a long time, until the time of the lamp, the jailer sent three more bowls of rice, and the man remained motionless. The three rats can't hold back any longer, this Shandong person is not lightly injured, if he doesn't eat anymore, he can starve to death just by starving, and maybe he and Niu Erzhu will be blamed at that time. The three rats waited for no one to go around, and they had the courage to go up and touch it, and almost called Mom, this person was cold all over, and he was clearly a dead man! Niu Erzhu's intestines are all repentant, I knew that I couldn't grind this for a long time, and the two of them came in after a while, saying that the prisoner was dead, and I couldn't tell if I jumped into the Yellow River, and I had to eat a peanut! Niu Erzhu and the three rats shouted like crazy, beckoning the jailer to come and collect the body, but no one answered after calling for a long time. The prisoner next to him heard it, but it was none of his business, who would care about this idle matter? The voices of the two of them were swollen, and the jailer still didn't come, no wonder, at that time, the law and order were corrupt, and the guards in the prison went outside to fool around as soon as it was dark, so I heard them shouting and screaming? Niu Erzhu and the third mouse also shouted that they were tired, so they had to squat in the cell and gasp, staring at each other with big eyes.

The two discussed for a long time, there is a dead man in this house who can't sleep, afraid of an accident in the middle of the night, and even more afraid that someone will come in to do things while they are asleep, but they can't not sleep at all, if something really happens, the two of them can only wait to be slaughtered in a daze. Until now, I still have to sleep separately from the night before and after, and I have to take care of it somewhat. The three rats are slippery in his life, and he knows that the second half of the night is the worst, so he rushes to the first half of the night. Niu Erzhu was upset for a while, and he didn't want to do much to worry about, so he had to tell him a few words, and lay down in the straw pile with his clothes.

It's still early, and there are a lot of worries, where can I sleep? Niu Erzhu turned over and over, the encounters in the past few days came to mind one by one like a movie, how to figure out how to think that this matter is not simple, something will definitely happen later, but do you want to come out of it, plus the pus in the chest, it doesn't hurt or itch, but as soon as you enter the cell, it hurts from time to time, and the more it hurts, the worse it gets.

Niu Erzhu closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, slowly fell asleep, was in a daze, suddenly heard a strange cry outside the cell, the sound was terrible, Niu Erzhu was excited, turned over and sat up, and then held his breath and listened, it was already quiet. Niu Erzhu came back to his senses and looked at the cell again, and he was still normal, and the three rats sat with their backs to him, and they didn't react at all. Niu Erzhu breathed a sigh of relief, could it be that he heard it wrong? The night was long, and he was extremely bored, so he had to lie down again, this time he didn't dare to really sleep, there was always a string in his head, and I don't know how long, he heard a strange cry again, and the same as the last time, Niu Erzhu never dared to lie down again, this time he didn't hear it wrong. Da Shao turned over and got up, and when he saw that the three rats were still motionless, he wondered in his heart, this kid is deaf, and he can't hear such a big movement. Thinking of the evil during the day, Niu Erzhu's heart was cold, where did he dare to slack off, a few steps to the front of the three rats, looked closely, the lungs were almost angry, the three rats did not lie down, but they had already fallen asleep, their mouths flowed to the ground, and they slept more dead than pigs. Niu Erzhu didn't get angry, went up and kicked it, and said in a low voice: "Brother, it's really good that you deserve this night!" The three rats were kicked and shuddered, staring at the two pillars for a long time before they came back to their senses, their faces couldn't help but blush, their mouths were still unconvinced, and they muttered: "I didn't sleep, I just squinted for a while!" Niu Erzhu was even more angry, and was about to reason with him, when he suddenly heard a miserable cry outside the room, which was more sharp than the previous two times, and closer to the two of them! Niu Erzhu and the three rats couldn't help but shiver, from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, the three rats trembled, and even their voices changed: "Brother Erzhu, what is this called, didn't our brothers meet ghosts?" ”

Niu Erzhu didn't talk to him, and looked at the lying person through the dim oil lamp, but the person also stopped, and he was still motionless at this time. Da Shao breathed a sigh of relief, carefully discerning the source of the sound, only to realize that there was something behind the cell that was ghostly. Erzhu took the oil lamp, tiptoed through the iron window and looked out, this look almost screamed, and the oil lamp in his hand almost fell to the ground. But seeing that it was pitch black outside the cell, and green bright spots flashed in the thick night, appearing and disappearing, and there were more and more, so it was not weird. Niu Erzhu's heart jumped out, my mother and grandmother, what is this, can't those things wait, and I have to take my own life in person tonight? There are only two people in this room, and when it comes to the real thing, the three rats who are less daring than the tip of a needle can't help! Thinking of this, the pus in his chest was in sharp pain again, and Niu Erzhu bent his waist and almost vomited out his dinner. The three rats were even more at a loss, and they couldn't even stand up at the moment. The two of them in the house were wolfing, and there was another strange cry outside the house, which could not be stopped, it was one after another, like a ghost crying wolf, which made people's hearts tremble. Niu Erzhu can barely support it, but the three rats can't stand it, so he grinned on the spot, shouting that there is a ghost in his mouth, and the screaming is the same as killing a pig.

He called the next cell to pick it up, the man was a man with five big and three rough, pointing at the three rats and scolding: "Grandson! You know a little bit about people, you know your mom is bigger than you! What's the ghost calling in the middle of the night, is that a ghost? You've never heard of a cat when you're so old? Do you know how to count? ”

Niu Erzhu and the three rats were stunned for a moment, turned around and listened to the strange screams outside the room, and couldn't help but secretly scold themselves for being soldiers, but no, isn't that a cat meowing, the second and eighth months of the lunar calendar is the time when domestic cats and wild cats are in heat, at that time these things are called like ghosts, and the timid can be scared to death, as the saying goes, cats are called spring, and those ghostly things outside the iron window are nothing else, they are the eyes of wild cats.

The faces of the two were a little bloody at this time, and the three rats scolded and scolded, but they didn't dare to raise their voices, for fear that the person next to them would hear the fight. Niu Erzhu was ashamed in his heart, and couldn't help but look out the window a few more times, but at this glance, he could see that something was wrong, Da Shao's face was like ashes, and he secretly screamed in his heart: "No, this is not a cat called Chun, there are ghosts in it!" ”