It was only at this point that we finally understood what the school leaders meant when they said that Xiaopan Village was only a two-hour drive from Ruli City. They must have calculated the time required for the motor vehicle based on the total distance traveled between the two places, and in fact. The place where we are is not only poor and backward, but also has no habit of using motor vehicles at all, so we sat on the ox cart that the camel found for us, crossed the mountains and mountains, and spent a whole day, and finally arrived at Xiaopan Village when it was dark.

As the camel said that Xiaopan Village was about to arrive, my heart also became excited, and finally, the car stopped at the entrance of Xiaopan Village. The village is not big, and it looks from afar. A very large courtyard comes into view, such a large courtyard, it looks out of place in this village.

The camel pointed to the compound and said in a rural voice: "That's the Xiao family's compound." ”

It was already dark, but fortunately, the weather in Ruli City was good, the moon was sparse, and the white moon hung high in the night sky, accompanied by a few sparse and sparse small stars. In the moonlight, the outline of the compound could be seen clearly, and the introduction of the camel could be heard. We immediately jumped out of the car. Groove private number.

"Where can people live in the village?" Jiang Jun asked.

The camel grinned and said that his house would be able to accommodate people, and the smile on the camel's face showed his scheming: he wanted to do a business. We don't care about this, because the price of the camel is very low, but in the eyes of the camel, it is already a very high income.

But what I wonder is that the camel has moved out of the village. In his eyes, the village was also unknown, and he was afraid of the so-called curse, but he was willing to return. In the eyes of ordinary people, life is much more important than money. I asked this question.

The camel sighed: "For the sake of livelihood." Besides, the curse is only for outsiders, and I have a bottle of ashes at home, so it's fine. ”

Jiang Jun smiled: "I want to see what kind of curse it is, so effective." ”

When the camel heard Jiang Jun say this, his face immediately became solemn: "Don't laugh, it's not a joke." You must leave the village within three days. ”

Jiang Jun: "What will happen to us if we don't leave the village?" ”

The camel stared at the direction of the Xiao family's compound, and said quietly: "Of course, like other outsiders, the seven holes bleed and died miserably." Forget it, I won't earn this money against my will! ”

The camel is not like a joke, as soon as we hand over the money to the camel, the camel will stuff it back to us. Jiang Jun compromised: "Cheng, listen to you, you can take us to your house first." ”

The camel nodded in satisfaction, and he pulled the ox and walked ahead of us. The people in the village went to bed early, and at a glance, except for a few houses with a faint light coming from the windows, the other houses stood quietly in the quiet village. To go to the camel's house, we need to pass through the Xiao family compound, and finally, we can see the appearance of the Xiao family compound clearly by the moonlight.

Although the Xiao family's compound is large, it is already very dilapidated. There is a very thick wall outside the compound, and the weeds outside the wall are overgrown, and most of the gate of the compound is strictly blocked. Looking up, the plaque in the compound was already crumbling, it hung above the gate, and when the wind blew, the plaque swayed, as if it would fall at any moment.

On the plaque, there are four big characters written in traditional characters: Xiao Family Compound. It can be seen that these four characters were originally golden yellow, but now, the golden yellow has almost faded, leaving only the grooves of the handwriting. Golden yellow, which has always symbolized wealth, was used only by wealthy families at the time.

Walking to the gate of the Xiao family's compound, we all stopped unconsciously. Near the Xiao family's compound, there are no other buildings, just an empty grassland, and the houses of other villagers are far away from the Xiao family's compound. In the clearing, the huge compound stood there, and the moonlight on the dilapidated walls and roofs always made people feel inexplicably frightened.

A few baby cries clung to each of our hearts, and we looked in the direction from which the sound came, and among the grass, several eyes glowed faintly green, and they were wild cats. The baby-like meows of the wild cats continued, and they slowly approached us.

Jiang Jun casually picked up a small stone on the ground and threw it over, and suddenly, all those wild cats ran away.

We stared at the compound for a long time, and Shen Nuo muttered, "I always feel that this compound is weird." ”

Jiang Jun also nodded in agreement: "It seems that this compound shouldn't belong to what it looks like here." ”

Jiang Jun said the strange thing about the compound, and exaggerated that the Xiao family's compound didn't look like it didn't belong to Xiaopan Village, but it didn't belong to this world. Such a large yard is located in such a remote small village, which is okay, but this family that should be prosperous is now full of dilapidation.

It's not just deserted, this compound, just looking at it from the outside, you can feel a dead air.

"Some people in the village say that at night, this courtyard looks like a netherworld." The camel said to us.

When we turned around, we saw that the camel had taken off the hat from his head, and his hair had fallen out, not like it had fallen out naturally, but like it had fallen out of some kind of disease. On his scalp, there were several inflamed abscesses, and if you looked closely, you could see two small sarcomas.

"Didn't you say that there is still one Xiao Lao left in the Xiao family, where does he live?" I asked.

The camel pointed to the gate of the Xiao family's compound: "It's inside." ”

Jiang Jun was a little surprised: "In this kind of place, there are still people living there?" ”

The dilapidated courtyard is just for what we have in mind that the yard should look like, and the compound is still much more upscale than the houses of other villagers. However, because the courtyard was overgrown with weeds, even the plaque was about to fall off, so even though we didn't go into the yard, we still had a feeling that this place should not be inhabited.

The camel nodded: "After the rest of the Xiao family died, Xiao Lao has been living in this place, and the villagers can only see Xiao Lao a few times at night, in short, Xiao Lao rarely goes out." ”

When the camel said this, he suddenly stopped, he looked around, and only after a long time did he continue to speak: "I have seen it once, that Xiao Lao is completely different from before, I always feel that he is no longer like a person, if it weren't for his shadow on the ground, I must have thought he was dead!" ”

"Camel, according to what you say, this Xiao family is not only strange in curses and strange in courtyards, but even the only remaining Xiao Lao is also weird?" Shen Nuo thought for a moment and asked.

The camel nodded vigorously, but then he shook his head: "No, there is another person who is weird!" ”

I subconsciously answered, "Who? ”

The camel told me that after the great change in the Xiao family, Xiao Lao cried for a few days, and in those days, the people in the village did not dare to approach Xiao Lao, for fear that the curse would harm them. At night, the villagers are hiding at home and dare not go out, they are at home, and at night they can always hear the sound of Xiao Lao Ghost crying wolf.

That made everyone even more frightened, Xiao Lao seemed crazy, but after a few days, everyone suddenly couldn't hear Xiao Lao's howl. The next day, everyone saw Xiao Lao at the gate of the Xiao family's compound, Xiao Lao lowered his head and didn't say a word. Everyone didn't put down their hanging hearts because Xiao Lao stopped going crazy, but felt even more frightened.

Because Xiao Lao's eyes were cold and abnormal, his expressionless face and silent appearance made many people frightened.

The villagers in the village are afraid of Xiao Lao, and they rarely get close to the Xiao family's compound, but there is only one person who will deliver food to Xiao Lao every day. That person was originally a coachman in Xiao's hometown, and it is said that because the family was too poor, the Xiao family took pity on him, so they arranged a job for him as a coachman and sent him a little money every month.

The coachman was very strong, and the people in the village called him Da Zhuang. Da Zhuang is honest and honest, and after pulling the ox cart for the Xiao family, he also married a wife and gave birth to a child. Perhaps out of gratitude, Da Zhuang would let his wife cook every day and send it to Xiao Lao. In the entire village, only Da Zhuang dared to enter the Xiao family's compound.

However, after delivering a meal not long after Xiao Lao, Da Zhuang had a serious illness, and at that time, Da Zhuang's wife and children were in a hurry, saying that they were afraid that Da Zhuang would be cursed and miserable.