Our village is very superstitious, and all girls are not allowed to enter the ancestral hall to worship their ancestors.

When I was very young, I was beaten up by my dad because I broke through by mistake. So I was very puzzled by my cousin's current behavior.

But my cousin didn't pay attention to me, but tied my hands and feet and locked me on the first floor.

After confirming that I couldn't move, Uncle Cousin put incense on the tablet behind him: "The ancestors of the Qin family are above, please bless tomorrow's Zhenhe ceremony must be smooth." ”

"Uncle Cousin, what the hell are you going to do?"

"What town river ritual? What's that, exactly? ”

Shanghe Village, where I live, is named Shanghe, but in fact, it does not rely on any big rivers at all.

It's just that there is a small meandering river in the village that is not too big.

And since the dam burst and strengthened that small river more than ten years ago, there are fewer people who even go there, let alone do any rituals.

"Qin Tangtang, this is your life. Eighteen years ago you hid, now you can't. Halfway through, Uncle Tang suddenly turned around: "Tang Tang, don't blame Uncle Tang." ”

Before I could say anything, I heard the sound of the door being locked.

"Bang" A heavy wooden door sounded, locked directly from the outside, and my hands and feet were tied, and I couldn't get up from the ground, let alone escape.

Just as I was about to cry out for help, the man's voice in my dream sounded again: "Go to the nearest load-bearing log, get close to it." ”

This time his voice was not the same as before, but weak and quiet, as if it would disappear at any moment.

Startled, I looked around to find the nearest load-bearing log, and slowly crawled towards it.

At first I didn't feel anything unusual, but as I got closer to the load-bearing wood, I suddenly noticed that my wrists started to heat up. As a result, I looked down and saw that the hemp rope that had bound me tightly had been burned by a sudden fire.

The fire was strange, it burned out of thin air, neither big nor small, just enough to burn the hemp rope without burning me.

My hands were free, and I quickly untied my feet.

At the same time, I couldn't help but ask, "Who are you, and why did you save me?" What should I do next? ”

The familiar and strange wood fragrance came to his face again, and at the same time, a man's deep voice came: "Qin Tangtang, I won't harm you." Go to your grandma, she knows how to do it. And the ...... to get out of the village as soon as possible."

Before he could finish his sentence, the strange woody scent vanished without a trace.

In desperation, I could only find a way out and leave the ancestral hall first. Fortunately, although the cousin locked the door, the window was not nailed.

So I cautiously climbed out of the window.

In order to avoid being found again, I chose a secluded path and ran to my grandmother's house as fast as I could.

"Grandma." I rushed into the courtyard unkempt.

Grandma was feeding the chickens at the moment, and when she looked at me who suddenly appeared, she was stunned at first: "Tangtang, why are you back?" Didn't you tell you not to go back to the village casually? ”

"I ......"

I told my cousin the truth about how they tricked me back, and at the same time told me exactly what the man in my dream told me.

"It's him, he's back."

"It's really back!" Grandma looked panicked, as if she wanted something terrible.

Then she immediately turned and went into the house, and began to rummage for something, and I hurriedly followed.

I saw my grandmother find a carved wooden pendant from a large wardrobe.

Although the pendant is made of wood, it is very finely carved, and the dragon carved on it is even more lifelike, as if it can come out of it in the next moment.

It's just that this dragon is very strange, as if it is bound by something.

Before I could think about it, my grandmother hung the carved wooden pendant around my neck. Then he said anxiously: "Tang Tang, don't leave this wood carving pendant, and then quickly leave the village and go to find the shaman's apprentice." Remember never to go back to the village again. ”

The man who protected me in my dream told me to leave the village as soon as possible.

My grandmother also told me to leave the village immediately.

But why is that?

"There is no reason, Tang Tang, you go quickly, remember that the shaman's apprentice lives in the next village No. 18." My grandmother told me the address in detail, and then hurriedly asked me to leave on the path.

I was reluctant to leave, after all, my cousin saw me run away.

Maybe he will come to my grandmother, but at this time, the man's voice in the dream sounded again: "Listen to your grandmother, if you leave, your grandmother will be fine." ”

"But ......"

"Qin Tangtang, there is no time, you have to leave in a hurry." The man's voice in the dream became rapid.

The strange woody fragrance also fluctuated, as if it was going to disappear at any time.

I looked back, waved my grandmother who was in a hurry to let me leave, and left a sentence: "Grandma, be careful yourself, and send someone to find my parents if you have something." "In the end, I went first.

When I ran out of the village, I found a driver and went to the shaman's apprentice according to the address my grandmother had said.

When the driver saw that I was coming out of Shanghe Village, he asked, "I heard that three more people drowned in this village today, is it really fake?" This is the tenth of the year. ”

What?

When has anyone drowned in our village?

"Don't you know?" The driver looked surprised: "This Shanghe Village has been flooded since more than ten years ago. Several people drown every year. And it is said that they did not drown by the river, but in their own water tanks. You said that a place with a large water tank can drown people every year, it's not strange. ”

"I also heard that their deaths are very strange, and all of them are broken like sawdust......

I didn't listen carefully to what the master said later. I just suddenly remembered that although I was born in Shanghe Village.

But since I moved to town, I haven't been back to the village much.

Even when I go back occasionally, my parents guard me every step of the way, as if they are afraid that something will happen to me.

And why is all this?

Just before I could come up with a reason, the driver suddenly pulled out of the car: "Little girl, here, this is the one you are looking for." ”

"Thank you, master." After giving the money, I ran towards the shaman's house.

But when I got to the door, I hesitated, his master died violently because he saved my father.

Will he ignore me now?

However, just as I hesitated, I heard a "creak", and the closed door suddenly opened.