After speaking, grandma continued: "But your grandfather doesn't want future generations to know about this matter, so he simply made a mistake, changed your grandfather's surname to mine, and mine to his, and also called grandpa their son to the outside world, I married in, as time passes, the older generation of people are old, and the deceased is dead, and there are not many people who know about it, plus your grandfather in the family strictly forbids all family members and juniors to talk about this matter, and your father and their generation, almost no one knows about it, Not to mention your generation. ”

So that's the case, no wonder I want to call grandma's grandparents, it turns out that grandma is the orthodox person in this family.

After my grandmother finished speaking, she asked me, "Do you understand?" ”

I nodded and said, "Got it completely." ”

Grandma got my reply, and went to the side of the cabinet on the wall, how should this cabinet be described, it can only be said that it is made of good wood, although it looks like it has been many years, but there is no old taste at all, but there is a long-lasting light, only to see that there are three copper locks on it, all of which are very old-fashioned copper locks, and now basically I don't see much of it, grandma pointed to this cabinet and said: "I'm afraid I won't have time to tell you, you also have to listen clearly, no matter what happens, what happens, there is no case, You can't even open this cabinet, do you understand? ”

I nodded solemnly, so as not to make my grandmother feel the slightest sense of unseriousness, and after she finished speaking, she specially told me again: "No matter what happens, you must remember." ”

After saying that, she led me to these coffins, to be honest, walking between these coffins made me feel a little frightened, my grandmother said to me while walking: "These coffins are for our family, your grandfather used a mouthful, I will also use it here, and your father and your mother can also use it in the future, but it is not that people in this family can't use it, you have to remember, your sister and they can't either." ”

I said, "I remember." ”

Grandma said and walked to the end of this mouth, I saw that this coffin was black, looking particularly gloomy, and the previous vermilion paint looked very different, grandma said: "This coffin is not for our family, it was made by your grandfather when he promised a person, but this person has not come to pick it up, so it has been put away, if one day there is a person who says that his surname is Xue, born on the seventeenth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, and comes with such a piece of wood, you let him transport the coffin." ”

Saying that, my grandmother took down the coffin and took it down from the coffin, which was also a black piece of wood, and I saw that there seemed to be a talisman drawn on it, and when my grandmother picked it up, she specially advised: "The material and pattern of his piece are exactly the same as this one." ”

I memorized everything my grandmother said, and she asked me, "Do you remember all this?" ”

I said, "Remember." ”

As I spoke, I saw another door at the end of the wall, which was also locked, and asked my grandmother, "Why is there another door here?" ”

Grandma looked at the locked door and said, "I don't know, your grandfather didn't tell me, it seems that he didn't know, I also asked him at the time, and he said that it's right not to move, so I will say this to you as it is." ”

I got my grandmother's words, so I didn't continue to ask, just looked at it one or two more, I found that the material of this door and the wooden cabinet next to the wall seemed to be the same, thinking that these two things should be related, since the wooden cabinet is not allowed to open, then this door also means this, but I thought about it again, since it is something that cannot be opened, what is it used for?

After saying that, my grandmother led me down, I thought that my grandmother was going to let people carry the coffin, who knew that grandma came down but locked the door, I asked if I didn't carry the coffin down, grandma said: "The first day to stay in the hall for a day and a night, until tomorrow to install the coffin, and then let them carry it tomorrow morning, these are not your worries, you help your father some, after all, your father's generation is his only son, and you are the only eldest grandson in your generation." ”

So I went to the hall to help my dad take care of things, I went upstairs with my grandmother to do such a little effort, my married sisters also came back, I saw these sisters I suddenly remembered the aunt and grandmother, and then I was surprised to find that when my grandmother and I said this, I didn't react, so my grandma and aunt are sisters, originally I thought this was a conflict between the daughter-in-law and the aunt, and it is normal for the family to be deep, after all, the daughter-in-law and the mother-in-law and the aunt are very easy to disagree, but now it is different, They are sisters, and it is difficult to get this field without some major events happening between sisters, especially at such an age, no one will forgive anyone.

When I entered the hall, the bed in the hall had been removed, replaced by a straw mat spread on the long table, grandpa gasping for a shroud, his face had been covered with a black face cloth, and a white candle was lit in front of his head, when I saw this white candle, I suddenly felt very uncomfortable, as if I remembered the white candle that appeared at the bottom of the well for no reason, and remembered the one at the top of the stairs last night, and I felt that this scene seemed a little weird, and then it was the others who talked to me that interrupted my train of thought, and eased it a little.

As for the decoration of the hall with bamboo curtains hanging to keep the corpses behind, etc., it will be omitted and not described. There is nothing particularly busy this night, but it needs to be a vigil, and it is cumbersome to start exceeding tomorrow.

Originally, this was a more terrifying thing, but because the people in the family came, it seemed more lively, but I noticed that a person I didn't know also came to the house, not from the village or my relatives, I haven't seen it, but after all, it's a guest, and it's not good to ask in person, maybe it's a relative from home who brought it not necessarily.

During this period, I paid attention to him a few times, he always sat in the corner position, and did not talk to other people, and others did not talk to him, as if he was a transparent person in the eyes of others, and I had an idea at this time, I know the situation in my family, what if this is not a person?

So I found my dad and asked him, and my dad saw it, and said he didn't know which one, and asked me to ask my grandma to see it, and my grandma said she didn't know him when she saw it, and then when my dad was going to talk to him, the other person was gone.

This happened on the night of my grandfather's death, and I began to feel strongly uneasy in my heart, and I became more and more sure that it was not a person, but a dead soul appeared, and it was night again, so it was difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

My grandmother and some old ladies omitted the things that they needed to use tomorrow, and when it came to the time of the day, the people in these families began to disperse, leaving only the people of their own family to keep vigil, and women like my mother and my grandmother and my sister could not keep the night, and they could not let outsiders keep the first night, so it was just me and my father.

At that time, my grandmother told me to remember to take care of my grandfather's corpse, and not to let the rats that came out of nowhere bite the body, because the mice will come to gnaw the dead people's faces, and what you need to pay attention to is the cats and dogs, because all the doors of the dead people's homes cannot be closed, maybe there will be wild cats and wild dogs running in, and dogs and mice will also gnaw on the corpses, but only this cat, the corpse will rise after it touches the corpse, which is especially important.

As the saying goes, the more you are afraid of something, the more something comes, and it was about one o'clock when I suddenly heard the sound of a cat barking in the yard, and I heard the cat screaming that my father and I were all over, and my father said, "You are guarding inside, and I will go and drive this cat away." ”

I was a little humble and said, "As long as he doesn't come in and touch the body, leave it alone." ”

My dad said, "Cats are evil, it's better not to let them near dead people, you keep watch well, don't be lazy, I'll be back soon." ”

After saying that, my dad went out, and I heard him rush a few times, and there was a cat fright outside, and it was silent, and it seemed to be running away. However, with just a little effort, I felt that my eyes had never left my grandfather's corpse, and then I noticed as if there was something under the hall, a black mass, which happened to be hidden by the long table, and only a shadow could be seen.

I was startled at the sight of such an object, but it was in the back that I saw the rat I had seen, about the size of a man, raising its head right next to Grandpa's corpse.