Mother Monkey's words made me sweat like rain in an instant, and my brain buzzed.

She said that it was not the monkey that died but Chen Shuheng, so is the Chen Shuheng we saw outside the village just now a ghost!

Just as my heart was going up and down, there were footsteps in the courtyard again, and then a familiar voice came to my ears: "Mom, who is outside the door?" ”

Looking up, a thin young man appeared in front of him, and this person was a monkey.

When the monkey saw me, he showed a happy look on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab my arm, and asked kindly with a smile on his face: "Brother Mo, when did you come back, why didn't you say hello in advance!" ”

"Not long after I came back, by the way, monkey, I heard my aunt say that Shu Heng went down to the river to fish and drowned yesterday, is this really fake?"

As I spoke, I looked behind the monkey in the moonlight, and a black shadow was falling at the monkey's feet.

Since there is a shadow, it means that the monkey is a living person, so the Chen Shuheng we just saw must be a ghost!

The monkey's happy face instantly gloomy when he heard the question, sighed and said with red eyes: "It's true, I heard Brother Shu Heng's mother say that yesterday he went to the river to catch crucian carp for his daughter-in-law to get milk, but I don't know what happened, the boat capsized when it reached the middle of the river, and there was no warning at all, you said that we have been playing in this river since we were children, and Brother Shu Heng's water nature is so good, how can he be drowned, it is really a good person who does not live long." ”

The monkey is right, we have been playing with the river in the east of the village since we were children, and we have never had an accident.

Besides, Chen Shuheng has the best water quality among us, how could he be drowned in the water, could it be that there is something strange in this?

While pondering, the monkey continued to speak: "Now Brother Shu Heng's body is placed in his yard, you said that he finally had a daughter this year, but he didn't expect to die like this, I really don't know how to live with orphans and widows." ”

Hearing this, I sighed, took out a cigarette from my pocket and handed it to the monkey and Li Hai, then lit the cigarette and took a puff and said: "Monkey, don't be afraid of me if I say something, I saw Shuheng on the way into the village just now, but he said that it was you who drowned, so I came to your house to see the situation, but I didn't expect it to be him who drowned." ”

"What? You've seen Brother Shuheng! The monkey's body was suddenly stunned, and the cigarette in his hand fell to the ground before he could take a few puffs.

"That's right, at that time, Shu Heng was squatting in the grass to set rabbits, and said that he would take it back and make soup for his daughter-in-law."

After finishing speaking, I was silent for a few seconds, and continued: "I think Shu Heng died strangely, the water in the east of the village is only two or three meters deep at most, and it is impossible for Shu Heng to drown with his water nature, I think there must be something wrong with him still wandering near our village, otherwise we will go to see him again, maybe we can ask something, even if we can't ask him if he has any last wishes, he can help complete it, so we are bare-bottomed and grow up together, since he is gone, we must always help him complete the aftermath." ”

During this time, I have seen too strange and bizarre things, and since I am not dead in a catastrophe, it means that God is not ready to accept my life.

Rather than doing this, it is better to do something good, and Chen Shuheng is my brother, I believe that even if he dies, it will not harm me.

The monkey has been following us since he was a child, and Chen Shuheng has taken care of him, although he was afraid, he still agreed, and then followed us towards the outside of the village despite his mother's persuasion.

Not long after walking, the three of us came to the grass where Chen Shuheng set the rabbit just now, I turned on the flashlight and shone around, where was Chen Shuheng's trace among the grass at this time.

I shouted a few times to the surrounding forest, but there was still no response, seeing that Chen Shuheng seemed to have left, I was just about to take the monkey and Li Hai back to the village, when I suddenly smelled a smell of blood in the air.

There was also an unpleasant stench, and the smell came from the direction where Chen Shuheng was squatting just now.

Seeing that I kept sniffing with my nose, the monkey asked curiously, "Brother Mo, what do you smell?" ”

"Do you two smell a smell of blood and a stench around here?" I looked at the monkey and Li Hai and asked.

The two of them each sniffed around at my warning, and a few seconds later the three of us arrived at the place where the smell was emanating.

I asked Li Hai and the monkey to pick up the grass in front of me, and I raised my flashlight to shine behind the grass.

It didn't matter what I saw, the scene in front of us suddenly scared the three of us.

There was a dead badger lying on the ground!

At this time, the mountain badger was covered in blood, and the corners of his mouth were still dripping with blood foam.

Its abdomen had been torn open by sharp objects, and most of the flesh around it was missing, and the organs and intestines in its abdomen were flowing all over the ground.

There were already a lot of insects and ants gathered around, frantically licking the blood that flowed from the badger's wounds.

"What the fuck is this, didn't Chen Shuheng say that he came here to set rabbits!" Li Hai covered his nose and asked suspiciously.

"This is a mountain badger, which is a common animal here, but it is not trapped, but as if it has been gnawed by some wild beast, it stands to reason that we have almost no large animals here, at most yellow skins and mice, but these two animals are absolutely no better than mountain badgers, and the skin of mountain badgers is very thick, unless it is very sharp, otherwise it is impossible to tear open its belly." The monkey looked at Li Hai and explained.

Hearing the monkey say this, I suddenly remembered the strange sound before, when Chen Shuheng explained that he was gnawing sweet potatoes, and because I hadn't seen each other for a long time, my attention was not on it, and now I think about it carefully, I don't think it's right.

Even if you nibble sweet potatoes, you can only gnaw ripe sweet potatoes, not to mention whether raw sweet potatoes can be eaten, even if you can eat them, it will definitely not be a clicking sound.

Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat, could it be that Chen Shuheng was hiding behind the bushes just now and was eating this mountain badger!

Surprised, I turned my head to look at Li Hai, at this moment Li Hai's face also became ugly, as if it was a frosted eggplant, and after looking at each other for a few seconds, Li Hai whispered: "You said that Chen Shuheng couldn't have gnawed this mountain badger just now, right?" ”

"It's possible, you can't gnaw on sweet potatoes without this sound, since Shu Heng has now become a wandering ghost, it's not uncommon to eat the beasts in this mountain forest, okay, now that Shu Heng is gone, let's go back to the village quickly, and go home after going to Shu Heng's house to see, my parents are still waiting for us at home." I looked at Li Hai and said.

After returning to the village, we sent the monkey home first, after all, he had already gone to Chen's house to worship at noon, and there was no need to go again in the evening.

Besides, I didn't worry about letting him come back alone in the middle of the night, so I simply asked him to go home first and meet again tomorrow when he was free.

After sending off the monkeys, I took Li Hai and walked in the direction of Chen's house, and before I could get closer, I heard a terrible cry of pain.

Looking up, dozens of meters away, a white cloth had been nailed in front of the door of the Chen family's courtyard, and white flags were still inserted in front of the door.

There were more than a dozen wreaths on both sides of the courtyard, and a table was placed at the door, and at this moment two or three prestigious old people in the village were sitting there drinking tea and chatting.

I walked up to the old man who was drinking tea at the door and then entered the courtyard, where Chen Shuheng's body was placed in the center of the courtyard, lying on a simple wooden bed made of wooden frames and planks, and a white cloth was covered above the body.

His parents knelt beside the corpse and burned paper, while his daughter-in-law held her month-old daughter with a white cloth on her head.

Seeing this scene, I can't help but feel a little sour in my heart, the Chen family is just Chen Shuheng, a child, and now what can they do as a family because of the tragedy.

I went to Chen Shuheng's parents and said a few words of comfort, then left them 300 yuan, and then left the Chen family with Li Hai.

After walking out of Chen's courtyard, I have mixed feelings in my heart, perhaps in response to that sentence, I am obviously not happy, but I still can't see the suffering of the world.

The Chen family was not far from my house, about three to five minutes away, and soon I took Li Hai to my house, where the lights were on and the sound of a TV could be heard in the house.

"Mom and Dad, I'm back!" I stood in the courtyard and shouted in the direction of the living room.

After the shouting, my dad hurriedly ran out of the house, and my mom followed closely behind.

"Why did you just come back, it's almost nine o'clock, I thought something was wrong with you and your mother, and I couldn't get through to call you." My dad looked at me and complained.

Hearing this, I immediately took out my mobile phone from my pocket, and after pressing it a few times, I found that the mobile phone was automatically turned off when it was out of power.

"Dad, I didn't mean not to answer the phone, my phone is out of battery, by the way, this is my friend Li Hai, who works with me in the city, this time I heard that my mother is sick, and I want to come to see you, these things are bought by him." I looked at my parents and said.

"Hey, even if it's a plastered on our faces, why are you still buying so many things, hurry up and enter the house, the meal is ready, you're all hungry." Saying that, my dad invited Li Hai into the house.

The dining table in the house is already full of food at the moment, Li Hai and I have been busy for a day without eating, and now we are already hungry with our chests and backs, since I have arrived at my own house, I am not polite, I picked up chopsticks and began to eat.

I grew up eating my mother's food, but the taste of these dishes was very different from before, as if I didn't make it alone.

"Mom, why did your craftsmanship regress so much, when I came, I still praised my friends about how delicious your cooking is, how has the taste changed now?" I looked at my mom and asked, confused.

As soon as these words came out, my parents' faces changed suddenly, and when they didn't know how to answer, Li Hai picked up a piece of pork ribs and put it in my bowl, and said with a smile: "Auntie has just recovered from surgery, and it is normal for the taste of cooking to change, and besides, the taste of my food is not bad, so don't pick bones in eggs." ”

"Yes, yes, Xiao Li is right, your mother will change because her body has not recovered her cooking taste, Xiao Li, when your aunt recovers, you can come again, and then the taste will be right!" My dad looked at Li Hai and said.

Seeing that Li Hai ate sweetly, I didn't continue to say anything, and then asked my dad why he changed his mobile phone number, and why he didn't use the previous mobile phone number.

My dad smiled bitterly and said that the previous mobile phone was accidentally stolen in the hospital, so he changed to a new mobile phone and a new number.

After listening to my father's explanation, I suddenly realized, and after dinner, I took Li Hai back to my bedroom to rest, planning to ask them about their life experience tomorrow.

After all, it's too late now, and they're all drunk, so it's better to wait until tomorrow when you're sober.

After a long day's work, I was already physically and mentally exhausted, and when I got back to the bedroom, I charged my phone, washed my face and went to bed.

Not long after I fell asleep, I was woken up by a mobile phone ringtone, because I was dazed and I didn't see who called, and asked directly: "Who, call me at night." ”

"Son, are you still in the city, your mother will have surgery tomorrow, if you have time, come back, I don't understand many things in this hospital, you come back and help me deal with it."