Chapter 273: The Dog Barks
In the old days, every house in the countryside had a yard, and there must still be a guard dog in the yard, all of which were large and ferocious dog breeds, so if one came in and didn't know, the dog had to go crazy, and dragged it to tie its chain, and it was going to rush up, and there was a series of movements, and the owner of the house would wake up even if he was sleeping, and realized that someone had entered the hospital, which played such a role.
At that time, although Lushi County was the county seat, it was not so developed, there were some newly built shops on the surface, and the brick and stone paved streets could barely be seen, but if you left those streets and went deeper, it was not much different from the countryside, at most, every household did not have fields and was relatively close, and it was precisely because of the close proximity that it was easy for thieves to spread and commit crimes, so many people had dogs. At that time, the watchdog was different from the large docile dog breed that we see now that can walk on the street by itself, and the dog chain of the old watchdog can never be loosened, as long as the chain is loosened, the dog has to rush out, and it will bite when it sees people, it is so powerful.
Later, because of wars and famines, many people's big dogs were slaughtered for meat, and some were afraid that the dogs would bark blindly to attract the soldiers, and the dogs at that time were basically gone, and there were not many people raising dogs until after the liberation.
Wu Chengyuan was just in his early thirties at that time, and he was still young, but he did not have a family, and he lived in the old house left to him by his father. At that time, he was already famous, and he didn't have to go out to the street to let people see what he was doing, and now he belonged to waiting for guests to come to the door, and he had to be polite and respectful to beg him, let him tell fortunes and fortune and other things, that good cigarettes and good wine continued, but why did they say that he could cure some evil and other things in the future? It had something to do with a strange incident that happened one night.
said that Wu Chengyuan counted the life expectancy of a local person during the day that day, which is interesting to say, this person who came to ask Wu Chengyuan Wu Banxian to calculate the life expectancy was actually a teenager. With a pocket full of money, the kid didn't know how much he could have, so he came directly to Wu Chengyuan anyway.
At that time, Lao Wu saw that a child came to look for him, so he asked him what was the matter? Is it here to find an adult or what's going on? The child took out a large handful of money from his pocket with a calm little face, some odds and some whole but not a large denomination, and there was not much money when they walked together. Among them, there is still the kind of old money in the Qing Dynasty. But the child stunned Wu Chengyuan with one mouth, and the child actually came to ask about lifespan.
Wu Chengyuan said to the child at the time, he can't calculate the lifespan, so he has to go to the temple to find the old monk to calculate it, and he is not so bold to dare to talk nonsense about the lifespan, and the other party is still a child, this is more strange, what kind of lifespan do you count as a child? Sleeping at home and sleeping in a daze came out to walk him? ”
But the child then said that he was not here to calculate his life. It's about counting his own father's lifespan. Saying that his father is no longer good, he wants to know how many days his father has left, and he still makes some strange little movements while talking, such as suddenly becoming very vigilant when he speaks, staring at somewhere, and making a low whining sound, which is really strange.
Wu Chengyuan listened to the child's words, and this time he had to laugh even more. To show the life span of the dying is the work of the deacons who do the white work. He is a fortune teller, counting the things of life, and the things before and after death have nothing to do with business. So Wu Chengyuan sent the child away, but before leaving, he felt that the child was very pitiful, and his father was about to die at a young age, so he came out to ask someone how long his father could live. I felt a little unbearable in my heart. So Wu Chengyuan took out one of the money he received today and stuffed it to the child, telling him not to run around and go home quickly.
Originally, there was nothing about it, but since the child left. Wu Chengyuan felt that something was wrong in the house, as if there was something more, but when he turned his head to look around, there was nothing extra? But this feeling is very strong, as if someone is looking at him, and it is on the bright side, but he is tossed miserably, until he sleeps at night, it is not steady, and he also feels that there is a gaze looking at him.
In the middle of the night, when everyone was asleep, Wu Chengyuan finally fell asleep, but suddenly he heard a dog barking from the yard, it was the kind of large housekeeper dog, and the low roar seemed to be because someone had entered the hospital.
Wu Chengyuan sat up directly from the kang, and he couldn't see anything clearly in the black rumbling around him, and the outside of the window was even darker, as if he was in a black mist. Wu Chengyuan was originally a little scared, but because of the barking of the dog, his heart was a little calmer, such a big dog was barking there, even if there was a bad guy who wanted to come in and harm him, he would definitely have to weigh whether he could fight the dog.
But because of the thought of one thing, he suddenly raised his throat and eyes, and he remembered that he had never had a dog in his yard? How can there be a dog barking in his yard? I was a little scared when I thought about it, and I thought to myself that I don't know who lacked virtue and the dog didn't have a chain, so he released the big dog who was guarding the house and ran to his yard. At this time, Wu Chengyuan was more worried that the big dog would rush into the house and hurt him, so he tried not to make a movement and waited for the big dog to go by himself.
There was a big dog in the yard, Wu Chengyuan couldn't sleep at all, he stuck to the window and secretly looked outside, the courtyard was dark strangely, there was no light and he didn't see the figure of the big dog, at this time he became extremely calm, it seemed that what happened just now was that he was confused and listened to the errand.
Wu Chengyuan has never believed in ghosts and gods before, although others call him Wu Banxian, at most because he is smart and can understand what he wants to know through some details, so he is more accurate than others, and to put it bluntly, he is more accurate, even if he is wrong, there are still words to give him a round. But ever since the child who begged his father to live during the day came, he always felt that something was wrong, and this feeling was only found in the graveyard in the middle of the night. When I think of this cemetery, I naturally think of the dead, and the eyes in the house, will it be
Wu Chengyuan had just thought of this, when suddenly there was another dog barking in the courtyard, and the sound came from the window, and he heard it very clearly. Wu Chengyuan, who was shocked, turned his head and found that there was not a big dog outside the window, but a black shadow standing on the window, which was attached to the window, and the silhouette was definitely a person, but the person had no head, just a body, standing so straight and straight outside the window.
At this time, Wu Chengyuan was already frightened and couldn't make a sound, and when he saw a body without a head outside the window, he slowly raised his hand and reached in through the crack in the window. Because it was relatively close, Wu Chengyuan saw that the hands that came in were full of dirt, as if he had just dug soil from somewhere. The hand stretched out his finger and pointed behind Wu Chengyuan, and looked back at Wu Chengyuan, who was already frightened.
I don't know when there will be an extra round thing on the kang edge behind him, and when I look closely, it is actually a human head, the face is still facing himself, a dead face, but the eyes seem to be looking at Wu Chengyuan, and there is a child standing next to the kang, who came to beg his father for life during the day. (To be continued......)