18. The one who hides
I didn't dare to think about it at all, I just held the paper on the sofa in a daze, and my dad shouted at me many times and I didn't react. When I came back to my senses, my dad looked at me with a strange look on his face and asked me, "What's the matter, I've been in it for so long." ”
Although my dad didn't show anything unusual later, I still felt that he was a little afraid, so I said that the yellow slip on his hand was hidden from him, but he asked him: "Dad, let me ask you something, did you have a rat infestation in our house when you were a child?" ”
When my dad heard me ask this, he replied very happily: "Where did we get the rat infestation in our house, at that time, there were many rats, and everyone in the house was bitten by rats, but there was not a single rat in our house." ”
Hearing my dad say this, my guess in my heart had been confirmed for eight or nine points, but I still said, "Is your method of repellent rats good?" ”
My dad waved his hand and said, "It's strange to say, our family has never done anything to repel rats, but there is not a single mouse, and many neighbors still envy our family at that time." ”
My dad wasn't stupid, and when he finished speaking, he asked me, "Why are you asking about this?" ”
I had already made a plan for my father's question, so I said nonsense according to the expected rhetoric, and my father was fooled by me, and in the end, I asked like a homely question: "Dad, are you afraid of mice?" ”
My dad said, "What's so terrible about rats, I have also eaten rat meat, it tastes very beautiful, but then I was reprimanded by your grandfather, and even threatened me to let me eat on another stove if I eat again, thinking I am disgusting." ”
I felt that my dad was to the point, although he was unintentional, so I followed my dad's meaning and said, "Grandpa is afraid of mice? ”
My dad said it, he said: "Not only is it afraid, it is simply the nemesis of life, your grandfather will tremble when he sees a mouse, and it is not good for a few days, we all say that rats are nothing to be afraid of, your mother is not afraid of a woman, but your grandfather is afraid of death, and I can tell you boy, don't talk to your grandfather about rats, he can't listen, and he has to scare you with his head and face." ”
My grandfather was scared like this, and I remember that the yellow sign said that rats had bitten people at home, so it should be that, my grandfather had eaten rats, so it was natural to be so afraid of mice.
After I answered my dad and didn't say anything, no wonder no one in the family has ever mentioned the rat infestation, it turned out to be my grandfather's taboo, so this means that this matter is really my grandfather's time, but it stands to reason that my grandfather should know about the fact that my grandfather asked the landlord to invite the cat ghost into the house, but he never made a sound, and he didn't even show a little bit of knowledge?
What's more, is his abnormality during this period of time related to this past, or is it because of some other reason?
For a while, I was also puzzled, and in the end I could only say that this page of yellow signatures had been collected, thinking that I would go upstairs tomorrow to find out if there were any similar records, and I wondered that since this page was torn off, then there should be more.
And the voice that shouted me, obviously to let me see this yellow sign, is it my grandfather?!
Thinking of this, I was shocked myself, and the questions were spinning around in my mind like stars, but there was no sure way out, and in the end, my mind was full of questions.
My grandfather hasn't been in the hall since then, my grandmother said he has been asleep, I told my dad to go see him, but my grandmother said that we should not disturb him when he is asleep, he has been in a bad health recently, and I am afraid that it will affect him even more.
When I went to bed at night, I had that dream again, and when I saw that the paper figure was gone, I turned around and saw my grandfather beside me who had turned into the black paper figure at some point, and then I was so frightened that I woke up, but this time my grandfather didn't stare at me in front of my bed.
When I woke up, I found that it was a dream, and the fear in my heart was relieved a little, and I felt at ease, but suddenly I felt that something was wrong, because I felt that I was standing, not lying on the bed.
Realizing this, I immediately looked around, and although it was dark, I could still recognize myself at the top of the staircase. The fear that had just eased when I realized this started to rise again, and I didn't even know how I got here.
Just when I was at a loss, I suddenly heard a "squeak", as if the door was opened, I looked up, and I could tell from the sound that it was the door of the middle room, and I saw a little light coming out after the door was opened, and the light was flickering, it seemed to be a candle flame.
But soon I saw a figure peeking out of the door, which startled me, that is, there was someone in the door.
I swallowed and stood motionless at the top of the stairs, not knowing whether I should turn around and go downstairs, or if I should go up and see what was going on. Finally I was driven by curiosity and walked slowly to the door, and in the process, I saw that the shadow remained motionless, and when I was almost at the door, I suddenly saw the candle flame that had been lit, and suddenly it was extinguished.
The corridor was dark again, my eyes suddenly entered the darkness from the light, there was a brief discomfort, only to feel that it was dark in an instant and I couldn't see anything, almost at the same time, I felt a cold wind blowing in my ears, accompanied by a voice: "Did you find it?" ”
At the same time, I turned to look behind me, and there was still nothing behind me, and at this time I didn't care about anything else, so I immediately rushed downstairs, and when I went downstairs, I almost slipped and fell from the upstairs, probably because I was moving too much, and soon woke up my parents, who came out of the room and saw me running into the house in a panic, which also startled them.
They asked me what was the matter, and I couldn't say anything about it, and I didn't dare to say what was upstairs, and they said they wanted to go up to see it, but I stopped me, and I was afraid that something else would happen to them when they went up.
When I was in the middle of the commotion, I suddenly turned my head and saw a person sitting under the eaves of the north wing, and all my attention immediately shifted to there, so I immediately asked my parents in alert words: "Do you see a person sitting under the wing?" ”
In my memory, that location was usually where my grandfather sat and basked in the sun, but now I suddenly saw a person sitting there, and I was terrified for no reason.
My parents also said that there seemed to be a person sitting, so the three of us walked to the north wing, and when we got closer, we realized that it was not dazzling at all, because there was indeed a person sitting under the eaves, and this person was none other than my grandfather.
Seeing grandpa sitting there motionless, even if a few of us came over, there was no reaction, I hadn't recovered from the fright just now, for the purpose of emboldening, I asked a very nonsense sentence: "Grandpa, what's wrong with him?" ”
My dad and my mom naturally didn't know, and they couldn't answer me, but my dad and grandpa were father and son after all, and he walked up to my grandpa and asked my grandpa, "Dad, why are you sitting outside at night?" ”
I originally thought that my grandfather would not respond, but when my father asked him this, he opened his eyes and said slowly, "I can't sleep, so I come out and sit." ”
I couldn't believe it when he said this, and my dad looked incredulous, and then he said, "But it's so cold at night, how can you stand it, you better go back to your room." ”
Grandpa sat there but did not move, but looked down at me, and the look in his eyes changed from the kindness of the past to a kind of sharpness and sensitivity, which made my heart chill for a while, and then he said, "Just now I saw Wood go upstairs with a man. ”
Grandpa's words sounded in my ears like a thunderbolt, and then I felt a rumbling in my ears, and I only felt that something was spinning, and everything around me began to be unfelt, and then people went limp, and I just felt as if I was pulled by someone, and then I was unconscious.