Chapter 1: The White Lost Girl
"White mourning girl, life with mourning, killing people alive, killing ghosts: stay away, don't get close, get close to your life!"
"Boom—"
I heard a big song in my ears, and a thunderclap woke me up from my dream.
I sat up and habitually glanced at the yellow calendar next to the bed, but fortunately tomorrow is only fifteen.
At the same time, my father's voice came from outside: "Tangtang, are you having a nightmare again?" ”
"No, Daddy, I was just woken up by thunder." Hearing this, my dad was relieved.
My mother instructed, "Cover the quilt and go to bed early, and put the mahogany pillow away." ”
I nodded, said hello, straightened the peach pillow, and went back to sleep.
As a little girl, I don't like soft pillows, but I like hard mahogany pillows, which is strange?
Then there are many strange places for me, because not only do I sleep on mahogany pillows, but even my bed is made of mahogany, and I use a mahogany comb to comb my hair.
But it's not because I like hard things, or because I have ghosts in my house.
It's because my family is in the peach wood business.
Of course, if there's anything special about me, it's in the year I was born. My house has a very large amount of water. It is said that many domestic animals were drowned. But when I fell to the ground, the rain suddenly stopped.
The sky was full of lightning and thunder, but suddenly came, and they said they had never seen such a big thunder.
My dad was also struck in that thunderstorm and fell unconscious.
But then my grandmother found a shaman in the next village and sang and danced all night. My dad eventually recovered.
The shaman who saved my father died when he returned home.
And the death is still very weird, saying that he drowned in the water tank at home.
How can a person drown in a place where the water tank is so big as a palm.
Since then, the saying that I am a white widow has been circulating.
The White Mourning Girl is our unique name, which refers to people who were destined to die but survived. And because such a person has taken the mandate of heaven, his father and mother will be friends and relatives, as long as they are touched, they will immediately be unlucky.
My father had no choice but to take my mother and me to move out of Shanghe Village. Since then, I have started a peach wood business, as long as it is about peach wood, whether it is a seat bench or craft carving, my family will do it. And because of the complete variety, my family's business is getting better and better.
Since then, nothing has happened to me.
Just fifteen per month. I would have nightmares, dreaming of a lot of strange corpses, and a lot of people I didn't know, and they all seemed to have a deep hatred for me, desperately trying to chase me and kill me.
But every time danger approaches, a strange woody scent will be heard. And when the woody scent envelops me completely, everything will calm down as if nothing had happened.
Sometimes the woody incense would turn into a vague figure, but he just looked at me and didn't say anything. But with him, all dangers disappear.
Over time, I got used to it.
Until, the day before I arrived. Suddenly, I received a letter from my cousin, saying that my grandmother accidentally fell while walking on a mountain road. It's serious, so let's go back and take a look.
At that time, I was coming out of the academy and preparing to go home, and after receiving the news, I hurriedly hired a carriage and rushed back to the village.
Before leaving, I wanted to tell my parents about it, but I didn't want them to be at home.
I thought they were probably still busy with business, so I didn't think much of it, but left a letter to explain the situation to them.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, I saw my cousin and several other uncles standing at the village gate waiting for me.
When my cousin saw me, he was even more enthusiastic: "Tangtang, I'm back." Uncle Cousin takes you to meet your grandmother. ”
"Uncle Cousin, is my grandmother okay?" I was worried about my grandmother, and I didn't think much about how my cousin, who was usually not very kind to me, could be extra enthusiastic today.
"It's a bit serious, but she's glad to hear you're coming back. Let's go back quickly. Uncle Tang's smile remained unchanged and said kindly.
"Don't go with him." I was just about to lift my feet into the village when suddenly a cold voice came.
This is the first time I've heard this voice, but it feels inexplicably familiar.
But I looked up and saw that no one was talking at all. My cousin and several uncles were also at a loss when they saw me suddenly looking at them.
"Tang Tang, what's wrong?" My cousin looked at me and asked.
I guess I misheard.
I shook my head: "It's nothing, cousin, let's go." ”
"I'm the one who saved you in my dreams, don't go with them." Just then, the voice reappeared.
Unlike before, not only the sound, but also a strange woody scent.
It's him!
It's the woody figure that appears in danger every time I am in a dream.
I confirmed this almost immediately, and then looked up at my cousin and a few others: "Uncle Cousin, isn't it time for the autumn harvest?" Why don't you go and get busy first, I'll just go find grandma myself. It would not be good to delay your autumn harvest. ”
"Don't delay, you haven't been back to the village for a long time, and you're not familiar with it. Let's take you there. Uncle Cousin's face was obviously not as good as it was just now, but he still tried his best to maintain a smile.
"I really don't need to, cousin, my father will be there later, I'll still ......" I quietly took a small step back, trying to escape.
Because the man in the dream just now had already whispered to me in his ear, let me take the opportunity to run.
But what I didn't expect was that I hadn't had time to put it into action. was grabbed by his cousin: "Qin Tangtang, don't toast or eat and drink." Today you have to go back, and if you don't go back, you have to go back. ”
As he spoke, Uncle Cousin motioned to the uncles behind him and tied my hands directly behind my back.
"Uncle Cousin, what are you doing here? Where are you taking me? I asked anxiously while resisting.
But my cousin ignored me, and asked people to carry me to the village.
I don't know exactly where they are taking me, but the further I go into the village, the fainter the strange woody scent I encounter.
I also silently shouted a few words in my heart, "Are you still there?" ”
But the man's voice in the dream didn't sound again, and just when the faint scent of the wood was almost about to disappear, the cousin and the others finally stopped.
I looked up at the red house in front of me and couldn't help but say, "Uncle Cousin, what are you bringing me to the ancestral hall in the village for?" ”