Chapter 2: A Dream of Human Heads and Ghosts
Earthy yellow?! How can it be? I remember very clearly that last night this bed was a red sheet quilt! I'm pretty sure it's the red one! Big red! This ancient crescent moon bed, with that kind of red sheets, is very beautiful, how can it be earthy yellow now? Could it be that this is also a cousin's ghost?
I reached out and rubbed my face to calm myself down. But just as I closed my eyes and rubbed my face, one feeling after another appeared in my mind.
A man, holding me, kissed me on the neck, tongue sticking out and licking my lips. His lips pressed against my neck and said, "You are mine!" Tonight is our wedding day. He raised his eyes and stared at me, a face with thin pupils like those of a cat.
If that's all there is, I'll think I'm having a spring dream. But why, in this dream, my impression is only that head. There is only one head! No body!
"Ahh I screamed, kicked off the covers, jumped out of bed, and rushed out of the building.
It was only when my feet were aching from the rough sand that I noticed that I hadn't even put my shoes on.
Just as I was gasping for breath from fear and running, my cousin's voice came. "Yo, sister, you haven't even put your shoes on!"
I glared at him. It's at least five or six minutes' walk from their house to here, and it's still the kind of dirt road in the countryside. She'll come early in the morning, and it's so coincidental that she showed up as soon as I came downstairs, isn't it obvious that she's waiting for me here to watch the excitement?
"I think the air is good in the morning, why don't you come out?" Even if I was so aggrieved and scared that I was about to cry, I couldn't show it in front of them.
The cousin smiled: "Don't catch a cold." The last time I had a cold, it cost my dad more than 500 yuan to stay in the hospital. You'd better go back and put your shoes on. ”
She spends 500 on a cold, and I only have two antipyretics when I have a fever of 40 degrees at school, and no one pours water. Although I was afraid to enter the small building, I didn't want to show weakness in front of them, so I went into the courtyard anyway.
Although the sun had already shone into the yard, the ground of the yard where my feet were stepping was still bone-chilling.
What am I afraid of in broad daylight now? Even if there were ghosts, they wouldn't come out now. And if it doesn't work, it's my cousin's ghost, I thought to myself, cheered myself up, and walked towards the small building.
The living room on the first floor has a few solid wood tables, chairs and benches that I saw last night, as well as a pair of red candles and two wine glasses that I didn't notice last night. This......
Ignoring the chill on my feet, I walked slowly to the red candle and wine glass. At the same time, I prayed in my heart, this must be my cousin here.
When I got closer, I saw that the red candle had been burned, but it didn't burn for long. The wine glass is a white porcelain glass, which is very small, but the wine inside is indeed full, and even some of the wine spills out without volatilizing dry.
The cousin who walked in from outside the courtyard said in surprise: "Sister, you are so wasteful, isn't there an electric light?" I also lit candles and drank alcohol. ”
"Didn't you put this? Miao Miao, don't pretend. ”
I already have the answer in my mind. When I saw the red candle and the wine glass, I thought of what the head had said. He said we were married. So are red candles and wine just things to get married?
But I still wish my cousin would say to me, "Yes! I laid it out, how? Last night's ghost was terrible, and I set it up too. ”
It's a pity that my cousin said, "How can I have that leisure?" I'm going to school, and we've got a stage play for cos in September. My mother asked me to come over and say, you can buy the quilt yourself today, the bed is our family, and tomorrow my aunt will come over and we will use it. I said cousin, you really live in this kind of house. I thought you wouldn't like this kind of rural house if you were studying in the city. ”
As soon as my cousin left, my eyes turned red. But I didn't let myself cry. Eleven years of independence, no matter how many grievances have passed. What is that?
I mustered up the courage to throw the red candles and wine glasses on the table out of the courtyard door. Then walk back to the room and take out my bag and shoes with a sprint speed. I went down the first floor to put on my shoes.
The faucet in the house, just to the left of the yard, and a bathroom on the left, but there is no water heater, nothing.
I was about to turn on the faucet, and since there is electricity here, it should also be water. Will the water be red blood? I was thinking about it in my heart, but I finally decided to wash up with half a bottle of mineral water in my bag, and it was better to go over and challenge the limit of my heart to turn on the faucet.
After tidying up, I took my belongings and set off to find someone who sells antiques, so that he can see if the furniture in this room can be exchanged for some money.
My hometown is not far from the city, and you can get to the city center for two dollars by bus on the edge of the village. It's only a forty-minute drive, and the bus costs two dollars for an hour and a half, sometimes two hours.
Although I left early, it was 10 o'clock when I arrived in the city. I found a store that didn't look too good and walked in. Those good shops probably won't pay attention to me.
There was a clerk in his twenties in the store, and it was already past twelve o'clock when he explained his intentions, found the boss, and returned to the small building in the boss's car.
It was a boss in his fifties, and I opened the courtyard door and said, "There are ten big chairs in the living room on the first floor, and one of those offering tables. The room on the second floor has a crescent bed and a dresser, and there should be other rooms in the other rooms, you see. I sell all the furniture here. ”
Actually, I really don't know what the other rooms are. I didn't have the courage to check it out last night. By the time I said this, the people had already gone out into the courtyard. But the boss didn't come in with me.
I looked back at him in confusion, his wrinkled face wrinkled even more. "You really live here?" The boss asked.
I thought he suspected that I was not the owner of this place and had no right to sell the things here, so I quickly said, "This house was given to me by my grandfather." I can sell it. ”
"You can find someone else." The boss turned around and left, I was in a hurry, and it would take several hours to go back and forth to the city. "Boss, boss, you haven't even seen anything. Maybe it's an old piece that will make you a fortune. The price is negotiable. ”
When I chased out, everyone else got into the car. I pulled the door and said, "Help." You see, it's quite far from the city. It's not easy for me to go back and forth. ”
The boss was also embarrassed: "You are also a child, you really don't understand?" The house can't be moved. Have you been in? ”
"Of course I've been there, I slept here last night."
The boss stared at me with wide eyes: "Then you still dare to sell?"
"I, why can't I sell it. I don't want anything there. ”
The boss opened my hand holding the car door and said angrily, "I don't know anything, it's a haunted house." My eyes can see the yin energy. As soon as you open the courtyard door, the yin qi will come out! ”
Haunted house?!I was stunned. That's when the boss drove away.
By the time I came to my senses, the car was gone. The ghost head reappeared in my head, licking my neck, licking my lips, and talking about our marriage.
No, even if there were ghosts, it wouldn't be like this. It should scare me away, not something to get married. I learned in school that people's fear comes from not knowing the unknown, and when I find my cousin's props in the house, I won't be afraid.
I looked up at the sun, and it was strong in August, and I gave myself the courage to go into the small building.
There were two other rooms on the first floor besides the living room, and I pushed them open and saw that there was nothing in the empty room. There were four rooms on the second floor, and I pushed open the first room, and there were four large vats in it, very large vats, and this kind of vats should not be placed in the courtyard?
I walked over confused. There was black water in the vat, but it didn't smell at all. It was so dark that I could even see myself in the water.
What are these tanks? I didn't dare touch the water, so I hesitated and closed the door. I didn't notice anything unusual until last night in the room I slept in.
In fact, there is no anomaly now, which is the biggest anomaly. The absence of anomalies suggests that none of this was done by my cousin, and that is......