At the same time, the headless corpse let out a terrible cry, like a man but not a man, like a beast but not a beast. The man's scream and the beast's scream combined to nearly pierce Daddy's eardrums.

The lights came on in several nearby houses. The sleeping people of the night were awakened by this terrible cry.

Daddy didn't want anyone else to see this, so he hurriedly took off his clothes and wrapped the black and round thing to stop its cry.

When he wrapped up the headless corpse, Grandpa noticed that the black and round thing had a lot of long hair growing on it, as if it were a woman's head. But the woman's head is not so small.

Grandpa's hand shook, and he looked up and asked Xiaomi, "You killed the water monkey?" ”

Millet nodded. She played with the silk around her fingers and said casually, "Yes." I heard that this silk can kill ghosts, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful! ”

The Huai Niu next to him hurriedly avoided Xiaomi and hid behind his father.

Someone came out of the house and looked at Daddy.

Grandpa didn't have time to unpack the clothes wrapped in the water monkey's head to confirm it, so he dragged it to a remote place. After going around in a big circle, Grandpa finally dragged the headless corpse to the cowshed.

Daddy lit a candle and unwrapped his clothes, revealing that it was indeed the head of a water monkey. It stopped screaming, and there was a clear scar around its neck, and black smoke was still coming out of the wound, and there was something like black ash at the bottom of the pot around the black smoke. If the black smoke is its blood, then the condensed black ash should be its blood clots. The monkey's eyes stared at Daddy, and he didn't know whether it was fear, hatred, or begging for mercy in his eyes, which made Daddy feel guilty.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hung you there." Daddy said to those strange eyes. He didn't know what to call it at this point, or whether it was a human or a monkey.

The head of the water monkey and the body of the monkey trickster are connected.

Grandpa handed it over to Huai Niu to take care of, and went to the place where the water monkey was hoisted, and found that the silk net was no longer there, and the water monkey's body was gone. Grandpa went back to the place where Millet killed the monkey trickster, and after searching for a long time, he couldn't find the person's head.

Grandpa returned home and walked to the door of Xiaomi's room.

Xiaomi's door was not closed, as if she knew that her grandfather was coming to her.

Grandpa knocked on the door and asked softly, "Xiaomi, have you slept?" ”

Xiaomi's voice sounded in the room: "No. Come in. ”

Grandpa pushed the door open and saw Millet sitting in the gloom. She didn't light the lamp and didn't sleep. The cold moonlight slanted in through the window and fell at Xiaomi's feet. She still had Silk in her hands.

"Scold me." Xiaomi said, handing the "silkworm cocoon" in his hand to his father.

Grandpa took the "cocoon", touched Xiaomi's head, and said, "It's late, go to bed." ”

Grandpa saw something like pot ash on the tip of Xiaomi's nose, reached out and wiped it on his hand.

A hint of guilt flashed in Xiaomi's eyes.

Grandpa flicked his fingers, and the ash-like thing flew into the moonlight, and suddenly turned into a black smoke and dissipated in the moonlight.

Daddy turned and walked towards the door.

Xiaomi suddenly begged in a soft voice, "Can you stay with me?" ”

The sound of this sentence was very small, but it was like a thunderbolt suddenly bursting in the air, shaking my father's ears and buzzing. He stopped, shook as if he couldn't stand, and finally stood still. After a pause, he said, "You're tired, go to bed early." Then Daddy picked up his steps again and stepped over the threshold.

The next day, several people came to my father's house to apologize.

Grandpa got up late that night because he was hunting and killing monkeys and water monkeys.

Those people told Daddy that they had more or less spoken ill of Daddy's cow behind Daddy's back, and only found out this morning that they were mistaken. It turned out that it was not my grandfather's cow that injured the person, but the cow of another family in the village. The bulging man ran out of the cowshed and broke a horn. The owner of the cow found that the cow was missing when he was delivering grass this morning, and thought that he had encountered a cattle thief, so he mobilized everyone to look for it. As a result, someone found the cow with a broken horn in the vegetable garden of a family at the back of the village.

When Grandpa heard this, he was surprised that he was in a hurry and didn't care about the cow. How did it end up in someone else's garden?

At this time, millet passed through the middle of the house.

Grandpa suddenly woke up. That should have been Xiaomi's deliberate move to someone else's vegetable garden. She knew that Ma Jin had deliberately framed her grandfather, saying that she had seen the cow disappear near her grandfather's house, so she washed her grandfather in the same way - leading the cow into the vegetable garden.

The cow disappeared near his grandfather's house, and only the horse thief "saw" it.

The cow with the broken horn is in the vegetable garden, which has many witnesses.

In this way, people naturally associate all the problems with the cow.

If you just notice that someone's cow is missing, it is not enough to see that the head has injured someone and trampled on the vegetable garden.

Grandpa pretended not to know, and asked in surprise: "I heard that his cows are usually very obedient, how can they suddenly hurt people?" Did you hit the evil? ”

Those who came agreed one after another: "Yes, it must have hit an evil spirit." Otherwise, what could break its horns? That's too much strength! ”

While everyone was chatting, Ma Jin walked in with a shrunken head.

Daddy glanced at him and pretended not to see it.

Ma Jin thief snorted at his grandfather and apologized: "Ma Xiucai, I'm sorry, I made a mistake that night, I'm really embarrassed." ”

Grandpa raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, I don't dare to be." If you're wrong, then your injuries don't feel wrong, right? ”

The others laughed.

Ma Jin thief was embarrassed.

Grandpa saw him showing a look of shame, and said: "You don't have physical strength, you usually spend some effort to do things, so as not to be used for a little money." If you are willing to plant some land, I will ask Mr. Luo to rent two good fields for you. If you are willing to do something, I will find you a friend in the forest farm or pharmacy to find something light. ”

Ma Jin nodded again and again, but he didn't know if he was really willing or out of coping.

Grandpa continued: "There is not such a big difference between good and evil in this person. If you put in a little more effort, you will not be afraid of the temptation of evil. If you pay less, you may be taken advantage of by evil. ”

The others nodded.

"But some people can't change that." Daddy said.

The thief was silent.

Daddy and they talked about many other things, and we talked until noon.

Grandpa wanted to continue to teach Xiaomi to read and write, but this time the misunderstanding was clarified, and Grandpa was more happy. In addition, because Xiaomi said that sentence last night, Grandpa was worried that she would resist today, so he deliberately came with him, so it was better to let her be free for a while.

And Millet passed through the middle of the house and didn't come back. While chatting with them, Grandpa wondered why Millet hadn't come back yet.

When Yu Youyang came in, her father asked her, "Have you seen Xiaomi?" ”

Yu Youyang said: "I saw it." ”

"Where is she?"

"In the cowshed." Yu Youyang said.

"What is she doing in the cowshed?" Daddy asked.

"You ask me, who do I ask? She's been a bit of a temper lately, and I'm afraid to approach her. Why don't you see for yourself? Yu Youyang said.

Grandpa waved his hand and said, "Let her be." ”

When everyone talked about Yixing, Grandpa sent them out ∵ and when they reached the main road outside the house, Grandpa saw Millet and a man wearing a hat standing next to the big pond from a distance. Grandpa felt that the back of the man wearing the hat was unfamiliar, and he wanted to walk over to take a look. Grandpa only took a few steps, and Xiaomi glanced back at Grandpa, his eyes still negative. Daddy retracted his steps.

After sending everyone away, Grandpa looked at the big pond again. The man with the hat was gone, and there was only millet by the pond.

Grandpa returned home and said to Zhao Xianyun, who was cooking: "Go and call Millet back, she is next to the pond at the entrance of the village." ”

Zhao Xianyun glanced at his father in confusion.

Grandpa knew Zhao Xianyun's confusion. He knew where Millet was, why didn't he call Millet back himself, but asked her to call it.

Grandpa didn't explain, and after speaking, he turned around and went to the study.

When his father turned around, Zhao Xianyun put down the work in his hand, patted his clothes and went to find Xiaomi.

When I arrived at the study, my grandfather wrote a sentence "The mountains have trees and branches, and the heart is happy and you don't know", and then looked at this sentence for a long time and was fascinated.

Suddenly, Yu Youyang broke into his grandfather's study in a panic, and said with a pale face: "Ma...... Ma Xiucai...... Sister-in-law...... Sister-in-law...... Oh no......"

Grandpa hurriedly retracted his thoughts and asked, "What's wrong with Zhao Xianyun?" ”

Yu Youyang said: "She...... She poured ......"

Grandpa hurriedly walked outside.

"Down? Was it a fall or something wrong? Daddy asked.

Yu Youyang hurriedly followed from behind and replied, "I don't know what's going on, I suddenly fell." ”

Grandpa was just about to cross the door, Yu Youyang shouted, "Where are you going?" ”

Grandpa said: "Go to the entrance of the village, I told her to find the millet ......"

Yu Youyang stomped her feet and said, "She fell down after she came back, and she is now in the room." ”

Grandpa hurriedly followed her to the house to see Zhao Xianyun.

Zhao Xianyun, who was lying on the bed in a kimono, had a face as white as paper, sweat broke out on his forehead, and he was as weak as a white cloud in the sky, and it would disperse when the wind blew.

Grandpa stepped forward to hold Zhao Xianyun's hand, her hand was cold and cold, like an ice pick hanging from the eaves in winter.

"What's wrong with you?" Grandpa asked with concern.

Zhao Xianyun shook his head effortlessly and opened his mouth, but he couldn't speak.

Grandpa looked left and right, but he didn't see Xiaomi, so he asked Yu Youyang: "I asked her to find Xiaomi." What about Xiaomi? ”

Yu Youyang was stunned and said, "Xiaomi? I didn't see Xiaomi! ”

"You didn't see her?" Daddy didn't believe it.

Yu Youyang nodded and said, "Yes, I just saw my sister-in-law hold on to the table when she entered the door and was about to fall, but before I could go over to help her, she fell to the ground." Didn't see anyone else around. ”