Chapter 12: The Weirdness Under the Stage
The story told by Sister Li worked very well for me, and I didn't open the box in the end, but decided to save it first. Later, I found out that it was because I didn't open it that I was lucky to escape. That's for later.
As soon as the morning dawned, I called my father and uncle to tell them that my grandfather's grave was flooded, and they hurriedly found someone to repair it. Thinking of my grandfather's loneliness and embarrassment in his dreams, my heart is very painful, and I will be more desperate to find out the real reason for the "strange things" in our village, and after discussing these strange events with Sister Li repeatedly, we found a pattern: many of these "haunted" events happen to those old people who are about to die. In addition, there is one thing in common: these old people are very lonely, have no children, and even if they do, when they are seriously ill or dying, they are not by their side, what happened in the last moments of their lives? Nobody knows.
Like Grandpa Gao and Grandpa Wang I met before, the last time I saw them should have been when they were already dead, could it be that I saw their ghosts? Or is it a corpse?
When I think about it, I still feel creepy.
Is there really a scam corpse?
After Sister Li and I checked a lot of information, we found that in the legend about "fraudulent corpses", in fact, the most popular in the past was not inland, but in Tibet. In the past, in Lhasa, Shigatse, Nyingchi and other places, Tibetans would even consider how to prevent the "zombies" from breaking in when designing the doors of their houses.
Many elderly people and celestial burial masters in Tibet say they have seen "corpse changes" in the past.
What are the signs of a corpse being a zombie if it is a corpse? It is said that there will be the following changes:
The face of the dead corpse will swell, the skin color will turn purple and black, the hair will stand on end, and the body will blister, then slowly open the eyes and sit up, then get up and raise the hand straight, and these zombies will not speak, will not bend over, and will not even turn their eyes, can only walk in a straight line. And as long as these zombies touch the top of the heads of the living, the living will immediately become zombies. is like the zombies played in many film and television dramas now.
Therefore, in the past, the doors of houses in Lhasa, Shigatse and other places would be designed to be very short, which is said to be to block these zombies from entering.
I know that men sometimes still get erections after they die, because if they die on their stomachs or hang themselves, because of gravity, the blood will flow to the ** part, and the erection will be caused. This can be explained scientifically, but will the corpse be deceived after death? That's mysterious, it's terrifying. But aren't all the strange things I encountered mysterious and terrifying?
Sister Li said to me: "You pay attention, are there any old men and old ladies who are dying in your village recently, and see if there will be strange things happening to them?" ”
I think Sister Li is a good idea. During that time, I even hoped that an elderly person in my village would soon become terminally ill, although I secretly scolded myself for this idea as "very sinful".
About the time of November of the lunar calendar, I heard that Mrs. Tian, a lonely widow in her eighties in the west of the village, was very sick and was afraid that she would not be able to celebrate the New Year. She has no children and only a distant nephew, and every day she just goes through the motions to bring her food.
The lonely elderly, the seriously ill, these are all "high-risk groups" that will cause strange phenomena, of course, this is what Sister Li and I have summed up together.
In November of the lunar calendar, all kinds of farm work have long ended, which is considered the slack season. The village also invited a troupe to prepare to perform a big drama for more than ten days in a row, which is a very important entertainment activity in the village. Each scene starts at two or three o'clock and lasts until nightfall.
I remember that it was Friday, and when I returned to the village from work, I was bored, so I also walked to the stage as if I was walking. It was already dark, but in the hazy twilight, the stage was still lively.
As I stood on the periphery of the crowd and looked at the stage, I suddenly smelled a faint stench, which was not obvious in the cold air because it was cold.
When I carefully searched for where the stench came from, a shocking scene happened, wasn't it Mrs. Tian?!!
Could it be that the incident that Sister Li and I have been "expecting" has really happened again? Just like when I met Grandpa Gao and Grandpa Wang before? A seriously ill lonely old man was met by me again "just after he died"?
The seriously ill and lonely old man was met by me, but he had already died! It's simply a "formula". Could it be that the old lady Gao encountered on the stage at this time is a ghost? Or is it a corpse?
My heart was pounding wildly, as if it was about to pop out of my mouth, and my mind went blank, not knowing what to do next.
I tried to control the situation for a moment, and then took a closer look around. In the night, no one paid attention to Mrs. Gao at all, some people nearby were watching the play, some were chatting, and some children were running around. It's strange that for the first time in my life I've felt that fear in a crowd. It is normal for a person to be afraid of ghosts in the dark. But in the midst of the noisy crowd, I still felt extreme fear.
I dared to take a look at Mrs. Gao, who was standing there unusually quietly with her body bent, and staring at the stage in the distance in a daze. Through the faint light shining on the stage, I could vaguely feel that her face was so pale and expressionless. After a while, I realized that the smell came from Mrs. Tian's body, and her clothes were dirty and shiny, and they were tattered, it should be the smell of feces and urine! A seriously ill old lady in her eighties who has no one to take care of, can't take care of herself, urinating on the bed and pulling on the bed, it's normal, but why does she have the body to run out to watch the play?
Because it was cold, someone nearby picked up some firewood and grass and lit a fire to keep warm. It may be that the firewood and grass are a little wet, so a thick smoke drifted over in the breeze, and I and all the people around me were choked and coughed without exception, and suddenly, I found that Mrs. Gao, who was also shrouded in smoke, did not cough at all, and still looked at the stage in a daze. How is this possible? How can you not cough when you are so smoky?
Unless she's not breathing.
I shuddered at the thought of myself. Yes, Mrs. Gao is not breathing, she is no longer a living person, although she is standing under the stage to watch the play!!