At sunset, the sky outside the roller shutter door was dark, only the slightest wisp of ordinary night lights remained, the candles in the door were shining, and the children were kept alone, writing the last word, Zhou Hao picked up the textbook, looked at the homework that his dog had gnawed, nodded with satisfaction, and put all the schoolwork into the plastic bag, and let the candles burn with stubble, Zhou Hao got up and walked to the small door, touched it, found out a key, dragged the bolt rope, and walked to the roller shutter door with a whirlpool, "Whoa~", the pulled roller shutter door, made a friction sound with the roulette, The roller shutter door was stepped on to the end, Zhou Hao inserted the key into the lock hole, turned around twice in the "click" sound, pulled out the key, and went back to the inner room leisurely.

"Grandma?" Zhou Hao called softly to the inner room, but did not respond, thinking that the old lady had already gone upstairs, by the moonlight that penetrated through the window, Zhou Hao walked to the kitchen door, and found that there was indeed no grandmother's voice inside, so he turned back to the outhouse, broke off the remaining candles, inserted them on the small table in the kitchen, poured water with a basin, and scalded his feet, only at this moment was a little warm into the body.

After washing in a hurry, Zhou Hao broke off the candle again, kicked the slippers, and scurried upstairs, the second floor was pitch black, only the dim light emitted by the candle in Zhou Hao's hand, pushed open the false door, and opened the wide second floor, in the huge empty room, there were only two large and small wooden beds, the small one was Zhou Hao's, the bedding was messy, the clothes were piled up at the head and foot of the bed, and there were two folding windows in the direction of the street, and the thick curtains covered the glass, unable to penetrate any outdoor light, no matter day and night, there was only darkness here, The thick quilt on the big bed, high upheaving, like a pus-filled bed between the beds, the candlelight sprinkled over the bed, an urn of incense burner full of sandalwood ash, hanging on it with seven or eight plates of lit sandalwood, smoke rising, the whole room only full of sandalwood full of nose, when the candle flame shook over the head of the bed, a black face, wide-eyed, looking straight at Zhou Hao, cloudy and small eyes, reflecting the candlelight, it was Zhou Hao's grandmother, "Grandma?" Zhou Hao subconsciously said loudly, "Hmm......." Like a mournful cry from the depths of the throat, and like the sound of a tattered bellows, it was all the response of the old lady, Zhou Hao immediately walked to the small window, took off his coat in a stumbling manner, wrapped himself in a small quilt and clothes, and said: "Grandma! It's time to tell a story! ”

Zhou Hao's grandmother will lie in bed every day after dinner, no matter how Zhou Hao calls, except for the sound of "hmm", there is no other response, until one day, Zhou Hao, who was about to sleep, heard the story suddenly in his grandmother's mouth. After that, Grandma would tell a story every night, and it would be the same story every night.

Maybe I heard Zhou Hao's shout, maybe it was time to tell the story again, the old voice, like a fingernail scratching on the blackboard, sounded hoarse and tearing, "There used to be a village called Ebony, there was a stonemason in the village, the stonemason was diligent and hardworking, there was a bit of folk inscription in the village, let him take a hand, sometimes there was money and sometimes no money, the stonemason was good, never cared, the villagers were very kind, later, someone introduced a daughter-in-law to the stonemason, at first, said that several stonemasons did not agree, and then a lame woman found him, Said to introduce his daughter to her. ”

"The stonemason followed, that day the stonemason brought back a short and fat woman, talking stupidly and stupidly, some delirious, everyone knows, this woman has a problem, it turns out that the lame woman has a difficult birth, the child was born stupid, since he was a child, he was stupid and did not know how to count, the mother-in-law said that women are a scourge, give birth to a fool to harm them, and ask the woman to bury the child herself, the woman is unwilling, she runs away with the child, the mother-in-law makes trouble, she wants her son to divorce the woman, and finally the woman divorces, as long as the child is born."

So, the woman took the child to the county seat, and later, when the woman came back, her leg was lame, and the township said that the woman was doing business in the city, and she was lame if she didn't know the rules, and when she came back, the woman's parents scolded her and built a shack for her, and since then she has been raising her stupid daughter in the shack, until that day, she heard that the good little stonemason was looking for a daughter-in-law, and with the attitude of giving it a try, she found him, and the little stonemason was a fool when he heard it, so how could it be! When she was about to leave, the lame woman knelt in front of the little stonemason, saying that she was going to die, and the only thing she couldn't let go of was her daughter, and if the stonemason didn't want her daughter, the woman would die with her stupid daughter. ”

The little stonemason was still a little hesitant, the woman said, originally thinking that her daughter was older, so she took her to the county to work, how do you know that every time you come back, there are one or two homeless people at the door, looking inside the door, I don't know who it is, and then everywhere she says that her daughter is a fool, as long as she plays with her, how to play, the woman opens the door, the daughter sits on the stool at the door, sees her mother, and said happily, today there is an uncle at the door to ask her to go out to play, she has been doing it for a long time, can not open the door lock, the uncle also said that next time help me sawed the lock off, Take me to have a good time, listen to this, the woman took her daughter back to the village overnight, took her daughter to kneel in front of her father, after the old man sighed for a long time, she lived back at home, and then lived some clean days, until one day, she found that the door of her house was pried on, and she knew that those ghosts were coming again, those deadly ghosts! When she opened the door, her daughter was still sitting on a bench in the courtyard, smiling and saying that someone came to play with her again today, so she could only hug her daughter tightly and say over and over again, I'm sorry ....... ”

The little stonemason finally agreed to the lame woman, and the stonemason said, "Can you not die?" Let her go to his house with her daughter, the woman happily said, come later, you need to say goodbye to your parents, you need to pack up clothes for your daughter, so, that day, the little stonemason only brought back the stupid daughter, a few days later, the lame woman died, the man of the Wang family at the head of the village disappeared, the idler of the Li family disappeared, and the homeless man Gou Er, who often wandered around the village, also disappeared, they all passed by the lame woman's house, and the lame woman died on the way to the entrance of the village, these days the parents of the lame woman went to the younger son's house to visit relatives, This is something that the neighbors know, only she and her stupid daughter are at home, and a few days later, the lame woman's parents come home, and there are three ......more corpses in the yard that day. ”

Speaking of this, the old lady suddenly quieted down, Zhou Hao understood that grandma was tired, so she didn't make a sound, and waited for more than ten minutes, Zhou Hao said in a timely voice, "Grandma, what happened later?" Although, this sentence, he has said it countless times.

"Later ......." As if reminiscing, the old lady paused and continued: "Later, the county police came, and the police said that the lame woman committed suicide, and the knife wounds on the three men matched the knife of the lame woman's suicide, but on the knife, there was only the blood of the woman, and finally, after the judgment of the police, the case was characterized as a love homicide ......." ”

"Blaw! What is Love Killing? Zhou Hao asked this question many times.

And his grandmother, every time, will be silent, only silent, without any explanation, however, he knows, after a while, grandma will continue to speak, sure enough, after waiting for a few minutes, the hoarse and tearing voice sounded again, "The people of the Wang family and the Li family did not recognize it, saying that the lame woman was a bitch, seducing their man, they found the little stonemason, and said that they wanted the stupid daughter of the bitch to pay for their lives, they said that they were fierce, and shouted that the bitch gave birth to a bitch, and the scourge gave birth to a scourge, and the little stonemason, who was never angry that day, took a second hammer from the toolbox, It was placed at the door of the house, and in the end, the restrained Wang family Li family left, leaving only the stupid daughter who cried that her mother was not a bitch, and the little stonemason who was holding the second hammer in one hand. ”

"Since then, the little stonemason has become more diligent, and when someone has something to do, he doesn't say a word to help, but there is a short and fat woman around him, and wherever he goes, the whole village knows, the stupid daughter of the lame woman has become the daughter-in-law of the stonemason, everyone calls her the stupid daughter-in-law, the stupid daughter-in-law can cook, knit sweaters and make shoes, but she can't use her brain, she will only call people to eat when she is hungry, and call people to sleep when she is tired."

Later, the stupid daughter-in-law was pregnant, and the little stonemason was so happy, and when he met people, he said that he had a queen, which frightened the stupid daughter-in-law, and the little stonemason accompanied her for a long time to stop crying. The little stonemason patted his chest and said, I don't have me, and if I don't say enough, I'll find another one with me, the stupid daughter-in-law is relieved, my own man is always so smart, I hope that the little villain in my belly is also so smart. ”

"The little stonemason and the silly daughter-in-law are very lucky, there is no dystocia, the child is also very smart, the little stonemason's surname is Zhou, just take the word Lei, Zhou Lei is very smart, even too smart, he knows that the people in the village call his mother a fool, he also knows that his mother is really a fool, since he woke up, he sincerely hates his mother, this woman except to ask him if he is full of clothes or not? Other times, he will only giggle, his father always takes her, since he was a child, Zhou Lei has been determined to stay away from here, away from his mother, Zhou Lei's grades are very good, the little stonemason has skills, although he doesn't earn much, but it is more than enough to support his family.

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After graduating from primary school, Zhou Lei went to the town to study, and became the only two of the more than a dozen children, who went to study in the town, and the other was the child of the Wang family, the days were getting better and better, the village engaged in cooperatives, organized village committees, and the little stonemason was very popular because of his popularity, everyone voted for him, and finally he became the village party secretary, a branch secretary who was a stonemason, and because of the inscription in the early years, he had a vigorous and powerful good word, everyone said that he was worthy of the name, and the little stonemason became the branch secretary, still took his stupid daughter-in-law, where to go, some people joked about him, The secretary's daughter-in-law is a little stupid, and the little stonemason replied with a smile, it's good to be stupid, and we are treasures if we are stupid. ”

"Zhou Lei's life is not good, the first day the boy of the Wang family arrived at school, he went around saying that he was a fool, and now everyone in the school knows that he is a fool, and they all call him a stupid son, every time Zhou Lei fights with them, but every time the teacher makes him apologize, and let him eat strips and slaps, he is not convinced when he is beaten, why do they beat me, you don't teach them a lesson? The female teacher surnamed Yan hated this child very much, because she had a cousin surnamed Li, who died suddenly, and had something to do with his stupid mother, and always fought with other students. ”

So Zhou Lei hates school, hates his stupid mother, hates his father who married a fool, he hates going home even more, he will go home very late every day, until his stupid mother is crying anxiously looking for him everywhere, he walks back from the village slowly, every time he sees his mother crying, he thinks that this woman deserves it, who called her a fool, I am so smart, I don't need her to care at all, until one day, he waited until very late to leave home, walking on the road, he thought, that stupid woman, must have cried miserably, but he felt that she deserved it, when he walked into the yard, he saw his father sitting at the door, his foolish mother, holding his arm and wiping his tears, seeing this scene, Zhou Lei snorted coldly in his heart, the fool will sue! ”