I took out my phone and looked at the time, it was three o'clock in the morning. I flipped through the address book, found the second uncle's mobile phone number, pressed the dial button, and suddenly a "drop" sound came from the phone, I was excited, thinking that the phone was connected, but when I picked up the phone, it turned out that the phone was out of power and turned off.

I charged my phone, forced myself to lie down, and was in a daze until dawn. I said hello to my mother and told her that I was going back to my hometown to find my father and take a look at the ancestral home.

My mom is quite satisfied with my recent daily activities, at least she doesn't have to worry about me staying at home every day, and one day my limbs will degenerate. But if she knew what I've been doing all this time, I'm sure she'd rather I'd stay at home even if my limbs are degenerate.

Because I didn't sleep well the night before, as soon as I got on the bus back to my hometown, I fell asleep in a daze, and it wasn't until I was woken up by the driver that I realized that the car had arrived.

When I came to the village, the original homestead of the ancestral house was in full swing, and the construction team was busy preparing materials and preparing to start construction. There were also some people who were reinforcing the foundation, watching the rammer smash on the ground and thinking of the burial chamber underground, and my heart trembled.

I found my dad and said hello to him, and my dad was a little surprised to see me, "Didn't you stop using it?" ”

"I'm also idle, so I'll come and have a look!" I looked at the construction site and said, "Besides, aren't you here too?" ”

Dad nodded, "The company just called to say that there was a bit of a hurry, and I will go back this afternoon, and I will leave it to your second uncle to take care of it." What, do you want to go back with me? ”

I shook my head, "No, I just came, Dad, you're busy with yours, I'll go to Brother Dacheng and them later." "Brother Dacheng is an elder brother of my own family, that is, the one in my WeChat friends who posted the collapse of the ancestral house in the circle of friends.

Dad agreed, and didn't ask anything more. At this time, the captain of the construction team came over, and his father asked him when the house would officially start. The construction team leader said that this needs to be done after the foundation reinforcement is completed, and they found that the foundation under the ancestral house is relatively soft, so it needs to be tamped and poured with cement. So it's a little longer.

I tentatively asked, "Why is the foundation under the house soft?" ”

The construction team leader smiled and said: "This situation occasionally happens in this season, such as the change of groundwater level, the appearance of underground cavities, and the thaw of frozen soil in winter, the soil layer will become soft, and the foundation will sink." ”

I nodded, feeling a little more reassured, it seemed that they hadn't noticed anything.

At noon, my father and I went to the only small restaurant in the village, which was opened by Brother Dacheng. Dad told Brother Dacheng to prepare some big pot dishes for the engineering team working in the ancestral house, and he took me to sit inside and asked for a few dishes.

After lunch, my father drove home by himself, and I stayed in Brother Dacheng's small restaurant. After the meal, Brother Dacheng was also idle, and several brothers of the same age around him were willing to come and sit down if they had nothing to do.

Brother Dacheng poured me a cup of tea, "What do you say this is called, just pour it down when you talk about it." ”

I asked curiously, "Brother Dacheng, how did this ancestral house fall?" Did you see it at the time? ”

Brother Dacheng shook his head, "No, everyone was sleeping at that time, in the middle of the night, it was probably about early in the morning, I fell asleep, and suddenly I heard a boom, I thought it was an earthquake, and quickly rushed out of the house, but found that there was nothing wrong at all." As soon as I woke up, I was still a little foggy, so I pondered for a while, and felt that something was wrong, so I ran in the direction from which the sound came from, until I ran to the edge of the ancestral house, only to find that there was smoke and dust flying there, and I looked at the wall, only to find that the house had collapsed. ”

"That's right!" The person who spoke was a man named Li Daodao, who was about the same age as me, not from our own family, but who often played together. He continued: "My house is closer to your Zhuo family's ancestral house, and I should hear louder noises, but I react slowly, and when I come out, the village chief and the second master, that is, your second uncle, have all come out." When I asked, I found out that there was an accident in your ancestral house, and the second master opened the door to see that the entire main hall had collapsed in several places. Who would have thought of this? ”

After speaking, Li Daodao took a sip of water, then paused and continued: "You said that the collapse of this ancestral mansion is a sign of something?" ”

Brother Dacheng glared, "Big country, don't talk nonsense about you kid!" Something is going to happen to your family! ”

Li Daodao hurriedly smiled, "Hey, aren't I also talking about playing, the key thing is a bit strange." ”

"Oh?" When I heard this, I hurriedly asked, "Big country, then tell me, what's so strange here?" ”

Li Daodao grabbed a melon seed, threw it into his mouth, and said while snorting, "You said that this house must be a hundred years old, what kind of weather have you never seen, why did it suddenly collapse?" ”

Brother Dacheng picked up a melon seed and threw it over, "You also know a hundred years!" After so many years, many parts of the structure of the house have deteriorated, and the longer it passes, the greater the possibility of collapse! He sneered, "Cut, what a fuss!" ”

Li Daodao thought for a moment and nodded, "That's right!" ”

At this moment, Rensheng, who had been sitting next to him and had not spoken, opened his mouth and closed it again, as if he wanted to speak a little and stopped. I turned my head and asked, "Rensheng, are you trying to say something?" ”

Rensheng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head, "No, no!" ”

"Hey!" I understood at a glance that he must know something about this matter, "You kid is not authentic, in front of buddies and brothers, what else can't you say, treat us as outsiders, don't you?" ”

After I was so excited, several other people also coaxed, "Yes, if you have something to say, say it quickly!" "No outsiders!" Brother Dacheng also said: "Rensheng, hurry up, if you have a fart, let it go, and say it immediately if you have something to say!" ”

Rensheng couldn't help it, and smiled, "Hey, it's actually nothing, you know, my family lives at the back of the Zhuo family's ancestral house, in fact, when the house fell down, I hadn't slept yet, I was playing a game, and I was wearing headphones, so I didn't actually hear any sound." ”

It made me a little strange, "You didn't hear the sound, so how did you find out that the ancestral house had collapsed?" ”

"Shake!" Rensheng continued, "I felt a sudden earthquake under my feet, I was startled, I thought it was an earthquake, and immediately ran to the yard, but found that it was not an earthquake, at this time, I heard a strange sound in the location of your ancestral house, I went out and looked in the direction of the sound, but I didn't expect to see a dark shadow in this moment!" ”

"Dark Shadow?" I immediately became alert, "You said you saw a dark shadow in the place of my ancestral home!" ”

"That's right," Rensheng nodded firmly, "this dark shadow is crouching under the courtyard wall of your ancestral house. ”

I nervously asked, "What kind of shadow is that, and what does it look like?" ”

Rensheng frowned in annoyance, "Hey, don't mention it, I was trying to see clearly, at this time, my dad came out of the house, saw me at the door and asked me what was wrong, I turned around and answered him, When I turned my head to look over, I found that the black shadow was gone!" ”

Brother Dacheng opened his mouth and asked, "Then why didn't you tell the village chief and the second uncle about these things that day?" ”

Rensheng said a little innocently: "I didn't think there was a problem at the time, I thought who went to watch the fun!" Or maybe I'm dazzled for a while. After all, I didn't see it that clearly, just a rough outline. ”

Brother Dacheng thought for a moment, "This is also true!" At that time, when I was digging the wall of my ancestral house, I didn't see anyone else. Oh yes! Rensheng, what you see can't be me! ”

When Brother Dacheng said this, everyone laughed. Although I laughed a few times, my heart was surging, and if Rensheng was not mistaken, I always felt that there was a hidden truth behind this matter.

I asked Rensheng gently, "Are you really seeing Brother Dacheng?" ”

Rensheng smiled faintly, then shook his head.

"That's it!" Brother Dacheng waved his hand, "No matter who it is, it doesn't matter, it can't be someone who dug up the ancestral house!" Everyone snorted, and Brother Dacheng continued: "Don't leave anyone tonight, I'm in for a treat, it just so happens that my Zhuoran brother is also here, everyone have a good drink!" ”

I pretended to be calm on my face, although Brother Dacheng said just now that the ancestral house could not have been dug up, but a bold idea suddenly popped up in my heart, but I didn't clear my mind for a while.

However, after all this experience, I found that I had a new skill, and most of the time, I was able to put things that I couldn't figure out for a while into a "storage box" in my brain and put them aside. It's the same today, I don't think about the matter of the ancestral house anymore, and I get drunk with my brother and a few people at night.

I vaguely remember that I was carried into the house by Brother Dacheng, and as soon as my head was on the pillow, I immediately fell unconscious, and I slept until the next day, when I woke up.

Vaguely, I smelled a tempting smell of stir-fried vegetables, I got up and came to the yard, I saw Brother Dacheng was busy in the kitchen, I walked in to see, there was a small pot of scrambled eggs and shredded meat on the kitchen board, some vegetables were washed and set aside, Brother Dacheng was busy frying meat.

I wiped my saliva, "Brother Dacheng, breakfast is so rich!" ”

"You're early!" Brother Dacheng glanced at me, "Look at the watch, what time is it, and it's breakfast!" It's time for lunch! You go to the meeting first, I'll prepare the materials, and it's time for the meal in a while, and I'll call you when you eat. ”

I said yes, turned around and went back to the house, I flipped through my phone from my bag to check the time, but I took out my phone to look, only to find that my phone has been turned off since it was automatically turned off in the early hours of yesterday morning.

I hurriedly turned on the phone, but suddenly found that there were more than 20 missed calls on my phone, and I saw that all of them were Lantern Festival calls. I was shocked, it must be that something is wrong!