Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Yellow River Village

In the afternoon, Ji He returned to the shore with the fruits of three days of hard work, and this time the fish he caught was enough for him to squander for several weeks. When he arrived at the door of his www.biquge.info, he pushed the door as usual, but found that he couldn't open it, and it was estimated that his wife and children were afraid of being unsafe at home, so he closed the latch. He didn't think much of it, he smirked twice, thinking that he would have a good drink when he got home. But after knocking on the door for a long time, there was still no sound inside, Ji He muttered, could it be that his wife and children were asleep? It's not right, it looks like it's almost time for dinner, and his daughter-in-law has always been very punctual, and the chimney of other people's houses has smoked, but there is no movement at all in his own house.

"Xiao He, why don't you go home yet? It's almost time to eat, what's going on with the pestle outside the door? As soon as Ji He turned around, he found that it was his neighbor Uncle Peng, he shook his head and said, "Uncle Peng, I don't know what's going on, there is no movement at home." ”

"No movement?" Uncle Peng was also a little puzzled, after all, Ji He's family has always had a good reputation in the village, and his wife is even more obedient, how could she not open the door for him, "It's too tiring to get it, you can just kick it open." As soon as he heard this, Ji He hurriedly waved his hand: "That's not good, Uncle Peng, no matter how you say that the door latch is not given for nothing, what, do you have a ladder at home?" I thought about flipping in and taking a look. ”

Uncle Peng smiled and shook his head: "You kid, how old are you and still picking like this, let's go, come with me, but you have to move this ladder by yourself, my old bones don't need to be called." ”

"Don't worry, I'll open the door and I'll send you the ladder back, okay." Uncle Peng nodded, fortunately, the two were neighbors, and they arrived at Uncle Peng's house in less than two steps, Ji He entered the yard and lifted the ladder leaning against the wall, thanked him and hurriedly rushed to the door of the house. He was familiar with the furnishings in his yard, so he set up the ladder on the east wall, and there were some hay piled up in this wall, so that he would not fall and hurt himself if he jumped off the wall, and Ji He went up the wall neatly. Jumping down again, he first opened the door, and then put the latch aside, just turned his head he felt that something was not quite right, but he couldn't say what it felt, he took a few steps before he came back to his senses, his own chickens, ducks, geese and the big yellow dog in the yard did not move, if the chickens and dogs were usually jumping all day long. He frowned and walked quickly to the chicken coop, it doesn't matter if you look at it, after looking at it, Ji He sat on the ground, and his own poultry and wolf dogs were all dead. He shouted, Uncle Peng, who was already sitting on the kang and preparing to eat, hit a spirit, and hurriedly called his son to rush over, and when he entered the yard, he saw that all the living creatures in Ji He's family were dead, as if they were bitten to death by something, and chicken feathers and duck feathers fell to the ground.

Uncle Peng's son hurriedly put Ji He up, Uncle Peng looked at him and said, "It's okay, it's not good, it's been trampled by the yellow skin." Ji He reluctantly said: "What about this dog, such a big one can still make the yellow skin ruined?" ”

"Let's go into the house and say, by the way, ask your wife and children, maybe you can ask why." With the support of Uncle Peng's son, the three of them entered the house, and as soon as they pushed the door open, a smell of blood came out, Ji He hit a spirit, shouted and entered the inner room, and then there was a shout, and then there was no movement, Uncle Peng, father and son glanced at each other, and then hurriedly entered the back room, and both of them were frightened by the scene in front of them at the same time.

It didn't take long for the whole village to spread: Ji He's wife and children didn't know who picked up the lantern, and then their mouths and noses were full of mud, so they were suffocated to death, no wonder they didn't make a sound when they were dying.

Since then, Ji He has been nervous every day, some people say that he was scared stupid, and some say that he was hooked, in short, every family respects him, for fear of being contaminated, so Uncle Peng can occasionally talk to him and bring him something to eat.

It wasn't until the moment before Ji He died that he suddenly came to his senses, and then looked at Uncle Peng and said with a smile: "Uncle, thanks to you all these years, I can let Ji He survive, and now it's time for me to repay you, kill three big roosters at the door of your house tomorrow night, sprinkle blood on the threshold, and then sprinkle it around the yard, remember, don't go out after nine o'clock, just cover your head and sleep, don't open the door or window at night, no matter what sound there is at night, and don't peek, it is estimated that it will be very terrifying." After saying this, Ji He swallowed.

Ji He was honest before his death, and he would never harm himself, but to kill three big roosters, it was indeed very sad for Uncle Peng, who was not rich, but with the attitude of believing that he was not credible, Uncle Peng told the whole village about it, but everyone didn't want to lose three big roosters in vain to confirm a dead man's words, of course, there were three other families who said it was worth a try, at eight o'clock that night, Uncle Peng let his son kill one of the few roosters in the family with tears in his eyes, And he himself is the daughter-in-law who stops crying and shouting, after all, if one wrong step, then the life of the family will be on the line.

After all the steps were completed, it was close to nine o'clock, at this time there was a breeze outside, and gradually the wind became louder and louder, and there was a chill from it, Uncle Peng's wife was a little scared, and hurriedly went back to the house, and Uncle Peng hurriedly closed the door, at this time the wind was getting stronger and stronger, the whole yard was jumping chickens and dogs, his son hurriedly carried him back to the house, but a duck raised by himself actually flapped its wings and ran over, obviously it also had a premonition, Uncle Peng patted his head, Hurriedly drove the remaining poultry and wolf dogs in the chicken coop into the house, but the poultry that had already panicked ran around, and there was no way to start, so the father and son had to grab the house one by one with their bare hands, at this time it was more than nine o'clock, a rapid knock on the door came into the ears of the two masters, the two of them were shocked, how could there be villagers who came out to knock on the door at night, Uncle Peng's son grabbed two chickens in one hand, and helped Uncle Peng to go to the house with one hand, but the knock suddenly became the sound of slamming the door, and then it became more and more intense, finally, The wooden door for many years could not withstand such a bad abuse, and it was smashed open with a "bang".

Uncle Peng was in a hurry, and he stumbled and fell to the ground, but he immediately stopped his son and said, "Hurry up and go in, close the door!" The son was a little reluctant, but was scolded by Uncle Peng, he entered the house ruthlessly, closed the door, and almost at the same time, there was a shout from his father outside the door, and then there was a "pop", and there was no movement outside the door. (To be continued.) )