Xiao An and I had planned to go to the mountains to relax, but the vehicle broke down halfway, and we walked to a lonely hut built in the mountains to ask for help, but found that the hut had no windows and only a corpse inside. Judging from the falling dust and cobwebs all over the place, it should have been many years since no one entered or exited. When I saw the corpse, I suddenly thought of something, so I quickly pulled Xiao An out of the way.

When driving in the mountains, I basically don't pay attention to the direction, only know the front and back, left and right. Standing outside the hut at this time, I noticed that it was a building facing north and south, and there were no windows. "Grave of the Living Dead", the word popped into my head. Many years ago, I seem to have heard an old man talk about the tomb of the living dead, but I can't remember exactly who said it.

The tomb of the living dead is a form of burial from living to death. In the past, it was only found in some ethnic minorities and remote mountainous areas. It is probably that when people are old, they build a small house by themselves, usually sitting south and facing north, without leaving windows. The mountainous area is generally built on the side of the mountain, and the old man will move in and live in it in his old age until he dies in the house, and then the door will be closed or locked by the descendants, but generally no one will enter it except for the tomb robbers, after all, this is equivalent to a grave pit.

Xiao An and I are not local, so naturally we didn't know that this was a tomb of the living dead, so I broke into it by mistake, which is really unlucky.

The winding path doesn't end here, but grabs the back of the hut and continues inside. Since there is a road, there must be people, so Xiao An and I continue to walk inside. Xiao An kept asking me why I was so flustered just now? I found a question such as whether a dead person should call the police. I told her that more is better than less, and that we are here to relax, not to prevaricate if we are not here to find trouble. I didn't tell her about the tomb of the living dead, for fear she would have nightmares at night.

The trail is located in the saddle between the two hills, the terrain is relatively flat, and there are a lot of wild grasses growing on the hills on both sides, and some trees stand out in it. Fortunately, this is the north, and if you are in a rainy area, this kind of path can easily be swallowed up by landslides and mudslides.

The trail follows the mountain and is not straight, so the range as far as the eye can see is limited, and it is difficult to judge whether there is anyone in front of you, and even if there are people, you don't know how far you have to go. I thought to myself, if I still couldn't see anyone after another twenty minutes, I would go back the way I came, go to the car and wait for help. As I was thinking this, I turned another corner and saw the shadow of a small mountain village in front of me.

I'm better, Xiao An can't walk anymore after walking this way, and he was singing happily just now, but he also looked a little depressed at this time. But when she saw the outline of the small village, she immediately came to her senses.

"Look, there's a village ahead," Xiao An shouted excitedly.

"Yes, I finally see hope," I chimed in.

Then we quickened our pace, and we arrived at the entrance of the village in a few minutes. The small mountain village is also built on the mountain, and there are dozens of families scattered on the slopes of the hill. But when you get to the entrance of the village, you can see that some of the houses are in tatters and even collapsed. At the entrance of the village, a snow-white grandmother sat on a big rock under a tree in a daze, and she didn't react when she saw the two of us coming.

"Hello grandma, our car is broken, I want to ask if there is anyone here who can repair the car." Xiao An stepped forward first and asked the old man.

The old man raised his lazy eyelids, glanced at Xiao An, and then shook his head. I don't know if she wants to express "no" or "don't know", Xiao An should have the same doubts. She looked at me, then turned to the old man and asked, "Grandma, don't you know?" ”

The old man did not speak, and continued to return to a state of daze. I couldn't find any news, so I dragged Xiao An and continued to walk forward.

Most of the houses on both sides are dilapidated, and some of them have collapsed, leaving only ruins. Some are relatively intact, but the doors are locked.

"What do you guys do?" Otherwise, a man's voice came from behind.

Xiao An and I turned around at the same time, and saw a dark-skinned, but stocky man standing in front of a dilapidated house not far behind him, who looked about the same height as me, and should be in his forties.

"Uncle, our car is broken, I want to come over to see if there is any repair." Xiao An preemptively said to the man.

The man looked Xiao An up and down, and then looked at me, probably because he didn't think we were bad people, especially a delicate little girl like Xiao An, no matter how you look at it, she is stupid and sweet. When my uncle came over, I hurried to meet him, took out a cigarette from my pocket, handed it over, and lit one for him. He took a puff, slowly exhaled a puff of cigarette, and said, "Where is there any car repair in the ravine where birds don't poop here." Look at the village is deserted. As he spoke, he gestured with his hand holding a cigarette to the dilapidated house.

"Uncle, why do you still live here?" Xiao An asked.

"Hi" the man sighed, "Did you see the old lady at the entrance of the village?" He pointed to the entrance of the village and continued, "That's my mother. I have a business in the city, and my wife is old and doesn't want to go to the city. There used to be people in the village, and it was okay for me to come back every once in a while. Now that the people in the village have moved away, she is left alone, she is so old, her hands and feet are not good, and her brain is not as good as before, so she can't be left to stay here by herself. He took another puff on his cigarette.

Hearing him say this, I didn't know what to say, just smoked silently. Xiao An has a sweeter mouth and can speak, she said: "Uncle, you are really amazing, we still have to learn from you for this ability to be filial to the old man." ”

The uncle grinned when he heard this, "Everyone has the day when they are old, raising children to prevent old age, she pulled me up, even if it is to repay the kindness, I have to serve the old man away, do you say it." ”

Xiao An nodded solemnly and asked again, "Then is it your family in this village?" ”

The uncle smiled, took two puffs of his cigarette, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it twice, and said, "My wife and children are all in the city, and there are only me and my wife in this village." ”

"You said the car broke down? How did you get to such a place by car? Uncle asked.

"We're going to play in the mountains, and the car broke down on the road," Xiao An said.

The uncle glanced in the direction of the village, and then said: "I know a little bit, my broken car used to have problems often, but I can tinker with a few small problems." But..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao An answered: "Then the troublesome uncle will take a look at it"!

From the way the uncle looked at Muraguchi just now, he should have been worried about his mother. He didn't finish the rest of the words, Xiao An snatched the words, and the uncle was embarrassed to say anything else. After a little groaning, he agreed.

The car can't drive into the village, the uncle has an electric bicycle at home, it looks like it's been some years, except for the usual shopping in the town to buy daily necessities almost can't be used, today the uncle invited her out, took the car keys to me, and rode to the village first, let us stay for him to watch his mother, whether it is repaired or not, he will come back in a while.

As the saying goes: there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and people have good and bad luck. After the uncle walked for less than half an hour, we saw that the old woman sitting at the entrance of the village suddenly died, and her body fell on the big stone, her breath came and went, and her eyes were scattered, but she was very conscious, and she said intermittently: "Young man, call my son." ”。

I knew this was the last time the old man was going to see her son, but I didn't leave the uncle's mobile phone number just now. At this time, I didn't dare to delay for a moment, let Xiao An look at the old lady, and let her hold this breath and wait for the uncle to come back. Then I flew out of the village on my own. I haven't run so hard all these years, even in the sports meeting I didn't work as hard as I did today, at that speed, my uncle's broken electric car had to be thrown out of a few streets by me.

The winding mountain passed me, and I didn't dare to stop for a moment along the way, and ran to the parking place, my clothes completely soaked with sweat.