(Cat flutter Chinese) "There's a smell on this mother-in-law, and I smell it very familiar." Looking at Juanxiu's handwriting on the letterhead, Liangzi said in a deep voice.

"You feel that way, too?" I asked.

"Yes!" Ryoko's brows furrowed, and he hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, but I just can't remember!" ”

"I'll talk about it tomorrow and see what kind of medicine she sells in her gourd." I put down the letter and fell straight on the kang.

At seven o'clock the next morning, Ryoko and I went out and went straight to Lao Yaotou's house.

In addition to opening a hotel, Lao Yaotou also sells some instant noodles and other instant food, and when Ryoko and I entered the house, he and his wife were eating.

The rice is very simple, soy sauce noodles, and the two of them eat very slowly, not the normal kind of eating one by one, but sucking one by one.

Compared with yesterday, the eyes of the two were more dull, Lao Yao's head was better, his wife seemed to be stupid, a noodle had not been sucked for a long time, and his deflated mouth was still chewing, as if it was very fragrant.

"Old Yaotou, two packs of instant noodles!"

I knocked on the small counter in the doorway, my eyes racing back and forth between the two of them.

"Oh!"

After a full three seconds, Lao Yao Tou reacted, his eyes regained a trace of brilliance, and he walked to the counter with stiff steps and took two packets of instant noodles.

"How much?" I asked.

"Five bucks!"

After being stunned for another two seconds, Lao Yao Tou popped out two words from his mouth, his tongue was very hard, and the short three words were very unfavorable.

"Here you go!"

I handed over the ten dollars, and he reached out to take the money, and the moment I touched the money, I grabbed his wrist with my backhand.

Old Yao didn't react, and his cloudy old eyes looked at me in a daze.

His pulse was weak, almost none, far below normal.

I let go of my hand and said, "Don't look for the money first, keep it in the account, and count it together when you leave!" ”

Old Yao didn't react, and it wasn't until I walked to the door with Ryoko that there was a hint of brightness in his eyes, put the money in the drawer, and slowly returned to the table to continue eating noodles.

After leaving Lao Yaotou, our brothers and I began to wander around the village, probably because of the morning, there would be more people.

When I came yesterday afternoon, my brother and I met a few villagers, all of whom were in their fifties, and this age was not right, and no one wanted to work, and we couldn't stay idle.

Therefore, most of them play chess and cards in the village in the morning, go to the hot springs in the back mountain in the afternoon, or sleep well.

When my brothers and I went by, there happened to be a middle-aged woman at the head of the village, we met yesterday, she seemed to be surnamed Ding, and she was sitting on a pony and knitting a sweater.

Seeing our brothers, her eyes lit up, and she felt like she had caught a strong man, and beckoned to our brothers, saying, "Why did you turn here, do you feel bored and panicked?" I'll tell you, the name of our hot spring village is very good, but in fact, there is nothing to play, there are a few broken hot springs! ”

"Aunt Ding, may I inquire with you about something?" I walked over and said with a smile on my face.

"You say, as long as my aunt knows, I'll tell you!" She put the sweater in the cloth pocket next to her, and said enthusiastically, she has made up her mind to talk to us.

"Our brothers are half an explorer, it's okay to backpack around, isn't this the custom of hanging red lanterns at night in the hot spring village, so come and find out!"

As I spoke, I paid attention to Aunt Ding's face.

"Just ask me about it!"

Aunt Ding patted her thigh and said, "I'll tell you, I don't know anything else, what local customs and legends there are, I know it well." ”

I didn't speak, just gave an encouraging look and motioned for Aunt Ding to continue.

Aunt Ding didn't disappoint me, and said with a sigh of relief, "The matter of hanging red lanterns can be pushed up to the Qing Dynasty, it is said that there will be a champion in our hot spring village, we are remote, in order to guide the way for the champion, the old and young masters in the village will have a lantern in their hands to guide the champion!" ”

This explanation is pure fart, as far as I know, in the 296 years of the Qing Dynasty, there has been no champion in the Northeast, so this statement is completely unbelievable, pure nonsense.

After saying this, Aunt Ding's face froze, and she sighed and said, "There is another saying, during the Russo-Japanese War, many old and young masters in the village were arrested to be strong men, and many of them did not come back and died outside. The people in the village are afraid that the souls of the dead will not find a home, and every night, every family hangs a red lantern at the door, and the birthday of the deceased person in the family is written on the lamp, which is used as a soul-attracting lamp, hoping to bring back the souls of the dead who are outside! ”

This reason is more reliable and has a certain degree of credibility.

"Is there another statement, you want to know?" Aunt Ding suddenly lowered her voice and asked cautiously.

"Yes!" I nodded immediately.

Aunt Ding leaned forward, her eyes widened, and her tone became hollow, "I heard that the people living in the village now are all sinners, they committed a big crime in their previous life, and as soon as it gets dark, there will be dead souls coming to the door, these red lanterns are used to save lives!" ”

"Lie to you, how can there be so many heads!"

After speaking, Aunt Ding laughed, slowly took out the sweater from the cloth pocket, and began to knit it again.

I didn't make a sound, it wasn't like a joke.

"Auntie, do you want to ask you something?" I eased my mind and asked tentatively.

"Ask, my aunt knows if she has endless words!" Aunt Ding took off her sweater again and said magnificently.

"Are there any people in our village who see a foreign doctor?" I asked.

External diseases, corresponding to real diseases, are a general term for ghosts and gods.

"Yes, Lao Xin's family is!" Aunt Ding said immediately.

"Old Xin's family?" My heart moved, and I asked, "Is it Xin Erniang?" ”

"Where did you hear about Xin Erniang?"

Aunt Ding's face changed suddenly, her eyes wandered, and her lips turned white.

"Old Yao Tou said!" I said casually.

"That old immortal, how can you say everything!" Aunt Ding's face improved a lot, and she scolded and said, "Every once in a while, he goes crazy, and he deserves his daughter-in-law to become a fool!" ”

"What's wrong with Xin Erniang?" I asked cautiously.

"Don't mention the name!"

Aunt Ding was even more panicked, and even reached out to cover my mouth.

I dodged for a moment and said, "I don't say, I don't say!" ”

"Young man, let me tell you, this name is a taboo in our village, if you want to live longer, don't mention this name, otherwise you won't know how to die!"

Aunt Ding was nervous, and after speaking, she stuffed her sweater into her pocket, picked up Mazha and left.

"Hey!" I hurried a few steps to catch up, and hurriedly said, "Auntie, you haven't said where Lao Xin's family is?" ”

"Go straight along this road, turn in at the second alley, and go all the way to the plug!" Aunt Ding said hurriedly, and left as if she was running away.

The hot spring village is divided into east and west parts by a bluestone road, and the old Xin family that Aunt Ding said is located in the eastern half, and Liangzi and I were stunned for a moment when we looked for it.

This is a dead end, the plug is an ordinary black wooden door, and there are a few pieces of paper money spilled at the door, this is not the key, the key is that the one next to us was here last night, this is Xin Erniang's home.

Compared with the normal courtyard, Xin Erniang's house is covered very tightly, with a red seal on the door, and the four corners are still staring at nails.

The courtyard wall was made of masonry, with pieces of broken glass ballast inserted on it to prevent people from jumping in, and I saw a slight difference in the fact that the glass ballast was filthy and burgundy, probably coated with some kind of blood.

The rain in the northeast is not weak, and the glass ballast can maintain this color, indicating that someone has been smearing blood on it all year round.

Ryoko and I glanced at each other, took our attention away from Xin Erniang's house, came to the door of the block, and knocked on the door.

"Who?"

After a while, a lazy woman's voice came from inside.

"Doctor!" I shouted.

"Doctor, haven't you heard who is coming?"

The woman chattered as she came to the door and opened the door.

"Foreign?"

When I opened the door and saw Ryoko and me, a trace of doubt flashed in the woman's eyes.

"Well, from outside, our brothers are backpackers, and Aunt Ding recommended us to come over!" I nodded, and sold Aunt Ding, but waves rose in my heart.

I've seen this woman, last night, Liangzi and I were at Xin Erniang's house, and the Xin Erniang I saw was like this, and the half-intact face was exactly the same as this woman.

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