Chapter 19: When the Rooster Crows
"Fanwazi, go back, don't worry, grandpa will be fine, remember, it's still grandpa's words, no matter what sound you hear outside at night, don't go out, the doors of the other rooms, you used to quietly lock them all, this is the task given to you by grandpa, do you hear?" Grandpa turned back to me and explained.
When I heard this, my nose was sore, my eyes were blurry, and my eyes were filled with hot and moist liquid.
I always felt that my grandfather was going to die with the heart of death, and his tone of explaining the aftermath made me afraid, I was really scared, scared......
I rushed to the door and hugged my grandfather tightly.
I looked at my grandfather with tears in my eyes, I didn't know what to say, and I couldn't speak at all, because I was so choked that I couldn't speak.
Grandpa's eyes blinked twice, and I saw a glimmer of tears in his eyes, but he quickly covered them up.
"Fan Wazi, what are you doing here, grandpa is not going to come this time, be obedient, go back quickly, remember what grandpa told you!" Grandpa touched the back of my head, squeezing out his trademark kind smile on his face.
Although there are many things hidden under this face that I don't know, one thing is clear to me, I am his own grandson at all times, and he does not want me to be hurt at any time.
He went tonight with the intention of going desperately, but for what, for himself? No, he is for the sake of the entire Yangjiazhuang, not for himself!
I hugged my grandfather tightly, but he pulled me out of his arms, and I couldn't stop him.
He still had that smile on his face, and then he closed the door.
The two wooden doors, as ruthless as the ghost door, cut off the grandfather's figure and made the night very terrifying.
The gate is locked from the outside.
"Fanwazi, this home will be handed over to you, wait for grandpa, grandpa will come back in the morning when the rooster crows. If grandpa hasn't come back when our big rooster crows, you can tell your dad to leave this village with the Yang family and go as far as possible! "Grandpa didn't dare to say this until he locked the door, can he really come back?
Grandpa's voice gradually disappeared, and the sound of singing came from the night, and grandpa liked to sing at night. Actually, my grandfather didn't sing very well, and his voice was a little hoarse, but I always liked to listen to him hum, and I liked the familiar tune, which was grandpa's tune.
The sound grew farther and farther away, farther and farther away, and finally it kept disappearing.
It wasn't until my grandfather's voice completely disappeared that I came back to my senses, and remembering my grandfather's words, I didn't dare to slack off, so I quietly went over and locked the door of my grandmother and father's house from the outside.
I went back to my own room, lay on the bed, and looked at the roof, where my grandfather's kind smile came from time to time.
I couldn't sleep, my own mind kept running away from some thoughts, but in the end I couldn't resist that fear.
I was really scared, and I was almost out of breath with the fear I had never had before.
Grandpa said that when the rooster crows, if he doesn't come back, he will let us leave Yangjiazhuang. I hope that time will come soon, I will see my grandfather come home safe and sound, I am also afraid that time will come, I am afraid that the rooster will crow Grandpa will not come back, I am afraid that tomorrow morning, the villagers will find my grandfather's body somewhere in our village.
However, no one can stop Grandpa from making decisions.
Soon after, it started raining outside.
The voice was as if someone was crying outside.
After a while, lightning and thunder began to roar outside, and the thunder was so terrible that the light in my house was flickering and dimming, and through the window, I could even see the lightning outside reaching out to my yard like a monstrous and terrifying dragon claw.
The rain continued all night and did not stop.
The terrible lightning and thunder did not stop all night, and I even faintly heard the sound of my grandfather's familiar singing in the thunder.
Actually, I thought my dad would be able to hear it, but when I looked into their room, there was no movement.
I even regretted it a little, maybe I should have told my dad and asked him to stop him.
But what's the use of regretting it now, you can only wait for the morning.
It was the longest night I can remember, and I even felt as if it was never over, and I even hoped that it wouldn't end, and that I could at least not face the morning.
Gradually, however, the sky began to shine.
The big red rooster in the yard raised his neck and crowed, announcing the beginning of the day and the time for my grandfather to return.
I rushed out and opened the door, hoping that the moment I opened the door, I could see my grandfather standing outside the door, still his kind and kind smiling face.
But the door was empty, and the rain that had fallen all night, and the thunder that had struck all night, had now stopped. No one would have come out at this point in the morning, and no one dared to come out because of the sudden weather last night. The village looked deserted and somewhat desolate.
I even searched farther out the door, but I couldn't see my grandfather.
When the rooster crowed, my grandfather didn't come back, so I had to tell my father and ask him to take our Yang family out of Yangjiazhuang.
I walked towards the room with heavy steps, and I looked back from time to time to see if I could see my grandfather come back, maybe he was just a little late?
Until now, I still believe that grandpa will definitely come back.
I walked over and opened the door to my dad and grandma's house, and I shouted a few times, but there was no response. I pushed the door open, and I found a burned incense stick in the doorway, as did my grandmother's house.
At this time, I saw Lin Xiaowei looking at me in the corner of the room.
She walked slowly towards me, and then said, "Brother Fan, I did it, and I did it to protect them. "Although I don't quite understand what Lin Xiaowei means, at least my father, mother and grandmother can sleep peacefully.
After opening the door for ventilation, my dad was the first to wake up.
When I saw my dad wake up, I couldn't hold back any longer, and my tears fell like beads of broken thread. There was a blur in front of me, and I choked up, unable to say anything.
Daddy held me tightly in his arms, he probably didn't know about Grandpa, but his insight allowed him to see that the door to my grandfather's house was open.
"Where did your grandfather go?" Daddy asked.
At this time, I stopped crying, and I told my dad about last night, and he was stunned. Immediately after, Daddy slapped me in the face.
It hurt so much that my tears fell again.
My mom saw this and snatched me out of my dad's arms, she couldn't speak, but she glared at my dad viciously. My mom held me tightly in her arms and kept wiping tears for me.
Grandma also came out, she saw a red handprint on my face, looked at my dad again, took off her shoes directly, and threw them on my dad's head at once.
"You calf, he's still a child, what are you doing with such heavy hands?" Grandma is so angry that she wants to smoke Daddy.
My dad didn't hide, and he hit my grandmother again, and my dad looked at me with a look of remorse, and he regretted the slap just now.
"Fanwazi, how come you are not sensible as a child of your age? Your grandfather told you not to say it, you really didn't say it, you know what your grandfather is going to do, you know ......" Daddy said as he spoke, and he couldn't speak.
He walked to the middle of the courtyard and shouted, "Daddy! ”
Grandma was also stunned, grandma didn't know what happened just now, but my father's voice made grandma guess the truth of the matter.
She squatted on the ground, I never saw my grandmother cry, she was a strong woman, but at this time, she squatted on the ground and cried like a child, my mother used to hug my grandmother tightly, and I also went over to help and helped my grandmother up.
At this time, my father turned around and asked, "Fanwazi, when did your grandfather leave?" ”
"I don't know exactly what time it was in the middle of last night, but by that time the moon had reached the treetops." I said, pointing to a large walnut tree near the yard.
Daddy nodded slightly, and without saying a word, he ran outside.
I chased my dad out, but as soon as I got to the door, my grandmother stopped me, and I saw my dad running quickly towards the west of the village.
"Fanwazi, come back and sit next to grandma!" Grandma said weakly that what had just hit her so hard that she even suddenly became very weak.
My mom nodded at me and motioned for me to come over.
Grandma didn't know what happened last night, so I told her the details of what happened to grandpa last night, but grandma said at this time: "Didn't your grandpa tell you that he will come back, don't worry, he won't lie to his own grandson!" ”
Grandma didn't know if she was saying this to comfort me or herself, but there were tears in the corners of her eyes.
"That's right, grandma, my grandpa said he would be back!" But grandpa also said that if he didn't come back when the rooster crowed in the morning, let my dad leave Yangjiazhuang with his family, and go as far as possible.
Half an hour later, the dad who had gone out to look for him returned.
He hung his head down, and his whole person seemed to have lost his soul, and his grandmother asked, "Mingyi, how is it, have you found Yang Changsheng?" ”
Daddy just shook his head, he didn't find anything, not even Grandpa's body.
Grandma stood up and walked to the middle of the courtyard, he looked at the air and said, "Yang Changsheng, the old lady knows that you are still alive, since you are not dead, what are you doing pretending to be a ghost, why don't you come back quickly!" ”
We all thought that grandma was carried away by grandpa's death, he may have been delirious, dad hurried over to help grandma, said: "Mom, my dad he explained, when the rooster crows, if he doesn't come back, let our whole family leave Yangjiazhuang......"
"Shut up!" Grandma shouted, her whole body trembling.
I know, grandma is reluctant, he is reluctant to this family, and even more reluctant to my grandfather, in the past, since I can remember, he almost every day to scold my grandfather bloody dog, but when grandpa was injured, she was more nervous than anyone else.
"Mom...... "My father still has to persuade, after all, my grandfather repeatedly emphasized last night that he didn't come back, which means that something big is going to happen to Yangjiazhuang."
"If you want to go, I have an old bone, I have lived in Yangjiazhuang for most of my life, I won't leave!" Grandma said that her attitude was quite tough, and she was never a woman who would give in.