I wordlessly took out two banknotes and put them on the counter, and when I went out, He Yi didn't forget to put on the earmuffs, and deliberately picked a pink. After making peace with the boss, Niu Fat was wearing a military coat with two furry things on his ears, looking funny. Only then did I know why He Yi deliberately took the wrong earmuffs.

The four people nest together is very eye-catching, the goal is too big, according to the boss's division of labor, He Yi and I waited in the corner in front, muted the mobile phone, and called when the time came.

After guarding for nearly an hour or so, there was a sound of the door opening in the yard, and I saw a black figure pulling a farm cart in our direction, and a person flashed out of the boss's position, and turned into the old woman's yard, and it was the boss from the figure.

The farm truck was getting closer and closer to us, and I could vaguely see the old woman pulling the cart, an old man in her sixties and seventies, pulling up the farm cart and walking forward with great difficulty, and I had an urge to go up and help. The farm truck passed by in front of us slowly, and did not find our existence, He Yi wanted to follow, I grabbed him, I don't know what the situation is at the moment, the boss is not there, how dare I act rashly, and besides, it is not an ordinary case, He Yi can't help anything, keep up and just fall into the enemy's full set, and most importantly, I can't save him?

Watching the old woman get farther and farther away from us, and further down is our visual blind spot. I looked back and saw Niu Fat trotting all the way from where he was squatting, like a fat rabbit, running towards us. Standing beside me, from time to time I looked at the old woman who was about to disappear in front of me.

"The boss said let us follow first, he went to the old woman's house to inquire first, and left a mark for him when we went." Niu Fat said back to his senses.

In the absence of the boss, He Yi disdained the ability of me and Niu Fat, shook his head, walked forward, and said without looking back, "Don't keep up yet." ”

The old woman walked very slowly with the farm cart, walking for half an hour before leaving the town. There is a flat road at the entrance of the town, which leads to the county seat, and it is from this road that we came from. But the old woman walked on a path, and the path was so potholed that it could not even be called a road. According to the strength of the old woman, it didn't take long to pull the farm cart and she couldn't walk. We are three young men, and it is a piece of cake to be with an old woman.

The old woman walked on the dirt road for four or five hours with the farm cart, during which she took a break, and the more she walked, the shadow of the road could be faintly seen. The wind whistling in my ears seemed to be whispering. The three of us and the old woman were kept at a distance of 100 meters, and the wind here was a good way to hide our voices, as long as we didn't make a loud roar, it was safe. From time to time, I took out my phone to see if there was a text message or call from the boss, but the screen was empty.

The place where the old woman walked was basically unwalked, and we could only see the general shape of the road, and the shadow of the mountain could be faintly seen in front of us, and because it was dark, we could only see the outline of the mountain, and we could not be sure that it was the mountain. The woman walked for two hours before she stopped, set up a fire in the same place, and began to bake the bread she had brought, and this was the second rest, the first time she just sat on the stone and rested for about ten minutes before she hurried, this time eating. Under the firelight, the wrinkles on the old woman's face make people feel sad, you can enjoy the blessings of your children in the countryside at such an age, what is the reason why your son does not recognize them, and when she is old, she runs to suffer from it.

The old woman rested for nearly an hour before setting off, and we passed by the place where the fire was lit, and He Yi deliberately examined it, perhaps because of the characteristics of a detective. After checking and checking, we just saw a pile of stones, and He Yi used his night camera to take a photo of the stones and send them to the boss. I doubt that the boss has not leaked any skills in front of him, but He Yi trusts him extremely much, how did the boss get a sense of trust?

I don't know how long we walked, even when we felt tired, a river appeared in front of us, the river was very wide, there was no sound of water, it seemed that the surface was frozen, and we could see a broken wooden bridge, which had not been repaired all year round, and it was dilapidated. The vague shape of the road is gone, and everywhere you can see is overgrown with weeds, and there are mostly small dirt slopes, not to mention the old woman, the three of us together may not be able to push the farm cart up. So, it's either the end or the waterway.

"Cross the river! Gods, don't embarrass us, poor people. ”

We were startled by the sound of the voice in front of us, and saw the old woman park the farm cart by the river, take a basket from the cart, take out some burning paper from it, and burn it on the riverbank, saying something in her mouth, the distance is long, and the local dialect is so that we can't understand it. Seeing that there was only a little spark left in the burning paper, the old woman took out a red cloth bag from the basket again, kowtowed three heads to the red cloth bag, stood up after a conversation, rolled up her pants, tested the water temperature, and pulled the farm cart down the river.

The old woman crossed the river with the farm cart, kowtowed a few times on the other side of the river, and then lit a lamp, which was not blown out by such a strong wind, and should have been covered by a cover.

We saw the old woman walking away, ran to the river, and checked the red cloth bag, the red cloth bag was tied strongly, and the white threads were entangled, and the red bag was tightly strained. This is exactly the same as the red cloth wrapped in Wang Yong's family when he raised a little ghost, and it should be a fetus in a private clinic, and the dead baby was bought, and it was taken by the woman as a sacrifice to worship ghosts such as river gods. This is not a heinous practice, after all, it is not the old woman who gives up their lives.

"What is this?" He Yi picked up the red cloth bag from the ground and took a few photos, but did not open it.

Niu Pang covered his eyes and did not speak. I kindly reminded, "Won't you just take it apart and take a look?" ”

He Yi shrugged his shoulders and put the red cloth bag back in its previous position, "No, the stone that the old woman pushed before is likely to be a signpost for future generations, and if we take this thing apart, it will undoubtedly leak." ”

"What's the, the old woman can't see it anymore, hurry up and chase it." Niu Fat reminded us, interrupting my thoughts about telling He Yi the truth.

Take off your shoes, pull up your trouser legs, and when the wind blows, the sourness is indescribable. There is only a thin layer of ice on the water surface, stepping into the water, the two legs have been numb and unconscious, although the river is wide, the river is not deep, only not to the calf, but the cold brought by the slow flowing water, will make the calf naturally contract and dent, gritting teeth unbearable. We had finally crossed the river, walked a thousand meters, and saw the old woman stop again, light a fire under a sheltered dirt slope, and roast her frozen legs, and we had to dry up.

This time she stopped, and the old woman did not go any further, and rested for a few hours, and it is conceivable that an elderly man had walked so far and waded through a glacier. We rested in place, couldn't light a fire, only kept warm back to back, ate compressed biscuits bought from the supermarket, and drank half-frozen water, which was difficult to swallow.

The old woman not far away took out an iron box, put some water and some rice, boiled it for half an hour, and set it aside to cool. Under such conditions, even if the porridge is cooked, it is impossible to cook, and the rice must be raw.

"Half raw rice?" Niu Fat muttered to himself.

He Yi asked curiously, "What is half-raw rice, isn't eating half-raw rice to make you upset?" ”

Niu Pang glanced at He Yi, "You can not believe what I say below, but you can't interject." Then he turned to me and said, "Half-raw rice is for the dead to eat, and for the funeral and sacrifice of the dead, it is half-raw rice." ”

"What else?" He Yi asked.

"It's gone." Niu Fat replied briskly.

"Is there a chance I can interject with that? Are you saying that the old man in the car is not a living person? Eating half-raw rice? He Yi mocked Niu Fat.

Niu Fat shrugged speechlessly, and nodded the old woman on the other side with his chin. I followed Niu Fat's instructions, and the old woman took the half-baked rice she had cooked before, and sent it to the direction of the farm truck spoonful by spoonful, and we couldn't see the people in the car, and the fire couldn't shine.

He Yi opened his mouth and nodded my shoulder with one hand, "You won't believe what he said, maybe it's just that the rice is not cooked, just like a plateau, the temperature is less than 100 degrees." ”

"It's not a plateau." I looked at He Yi speechlessly.

It was not until dawn that the old woman continued on her way. The boss hasn't arrived for so long, maybe as He Yi said, there really are accomplices, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finch is behind, I hope this yellow finch is the boss.

As soon as the day dawns, the sight is much better than at night, and people's sense of security comes from the sun, and the appearance of sunlight means that they are out of danger. Because of the road conditions, the old woman couldn't walk 100 meters for half an hour, and finally the farm truck got stuck in a dirt pit, and the old woman couldn't pull it out despite all her efforts.

The helpless old woman had no choice but to give up the farm cart, glanced at the sun in the sky, found some wooden sticks, put them on the sunny side, removed a quilt, and put them on the sticks to block the sun. After fiddling with the farm truck for a while, we ended up with a quilt on our backs, and even though we knew that there was someone in the quilt, all we saw was a quilt. At first, I was willing to believe that the person in the quilt was just in poor health, but now that I see this scene, I completely dispel this thought.

The old woman covered the farm cart with grass so that it would not be stolen, and carried the contents of the quilt on her back, and continued on her way.

After walking and crawling for a short day, the legs of the three big men were swollen, and the old woman in front of him did not stop at all, and there seemed to be something behind him driving him. It was close to five o'clock in the afternoon, when the old woman laid the quilt on the ground and went into a wood, which grew so densely that the gaps were narrow, and the old woman went in and covered the branches with her hand as she went.

He Yi and I stopped according to common sense, and Niu Fat looked at us speechlessly, "The old man in the bed in front of him is definitely not a living person, let's go over and take a look." ”

"Are you talking about science? I saw the old woman feeding the old man. He Yi retorted.

"It's definitely dead, or half-dead living dead." Niu Fat gritted his teeth and explained.

One science, one superstition, how can they talk together. "Niu Fat, do you know how long the old woman will be going?"

Niu Fat rolled his eyes, "It depends on what he does, if he pees, it will be a matter of a minute." ”

"In the wilderness, do you need to find a place to be convenient?" He Yi returned the mouth speechlessly.

"When is it, we don't know what the old woman did, Niu Fat, you can't be 100% sure if the quilt is the living dead, and there is one more point." I held my breath and couldn't imagine.

He Yi and Niu Pang asked me at the same time, "Which point?" ”

"How do we know it's the old man in the quilt?" I say this in a deep voice.

He Yi frowned, thought for a while and said: "What you said seems to be right, I only know that the old couple live, according to logic, we have never seen the old man, subconsciously think that the old man is paralyzed in bed, and the old lady will definitely pull the old man out of the house." Speaking of this, He Yi looked at me, "You mean this is not an old man?" ”

I shook my head, "I'm not sure, it's a conjecture, it's not impossible." ”

He Yi paused for a few seconds, raised his head and looked at me and Niu Fat, his expression was uncertain, "You two won't take me away, and then your boss will go into the house to investigate the case." Then he subverted his thoughts, "No, I can't send someone to send you two to coward." ”

If it weren't for the current situation, I would definitely slap it over, in the wilderness, who knows who hit whom.

"The old woman is back." Niu Fat Reminder.

We hurriedly hid and looked at the old woman not far away, and when we came back, we gasped for a few minutes, tried to carry the quilt on our backs, but failed several times, and had to rest for a while before hurrying. We followed the old woman into the woods, which were in a disorganized manner, for no one had come, and the leaves had accumulated layer upon layer, interspersed with broken branches, and unknown plants that had grown unchecked, and whose roots and leaves were full of small thorns, and where it was impossible to put their feet.

Located in a mountain col, the sun is in the west, and it is early at night, and the sounds of unknown birds around it are combined with the shadows of the woods, which looks terrifying and terrifying. I can't help but think of the time when we went to the ruins in college to experience the horror of the ruins, the boys deliberately set up the horror music in order to achieve their own unsightly goals, and the girls drilled into the boys' arms as soon as they were afraid, but the premise was that there were no female men, otherwise the horror had just begun.