In the afterglow, I caught a glimpse of his feet, dressed in two old emancipations, covered with mud, and just stopped coldly two feet away from my back, without saying a word.

Qiangzi gently pushed my waist with his elbow, looking at me and playing dumb riddles, meaning what to do next?

I didn't say anything, just shook my head slightly, meaning that I had to do what I said before, and don't look back. He understood my intentions, and slowly straightened his head and closed his eyes vigorously.

For us, this period of time was more difficult than the meeting, the old man stood motionless, and the two of us did not dare to act rashly, so we could only let the flying insects stop unscrupulously on our bodies, and endure the itching stimulated by the insects on the skin, which made my whole body sweat, and I had a sense of despair that I couldn't hold on all the time.

My body began to writhe, trying to repel the insects with this slight movement, when it was obvious that something heavy was slapping on my shoulder, and I could feel a palm on my shoulder through my clothes.

This situation is exactly the same as what Lao Li Tou described, this old ghost wants me to turn around and blow out the three fires on my body.

Naturally, I didn't dare to pay attention to it, closed my eyes and acted as if nothing had happened, and still stood there without any reaction.

The palm of the hand that was on my shoulder began to bend and climb over the entire shoulder, and then swayed back and forth with a force, and I unexpectedly swayed my whole body, and my left foot unconsciously took a few steps forward to stabilize my center of gravity.

At this time, I was already sweating profusely, and Lao Li Tou only said that the ghost would say hello and pat his shoulder, but he didn't say that it would shake people, and his heart sank down, it seems that this old ghost will not stop if he doesn't entangle me today!

"Little comrade, what's wrong with you?" Suddenly, an old and feeble voice came from behind him.

I didn't dare to respond, I still stood with my eyes closed, I just wanted to stay up like this until dawn.

"Little comrade, is there any fire?" Another sound came, but I still didn't respond, and the strong son next to me gasped and whimpered in his nose, as if he was about to cry.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" With the sound, the hand began to shake my body again.

I can't stand up at all, fear to the limit is anger, this thing is just so endless, it's not a thing, if you really want to entangle me, it's a big deal, I'll be a ghost, and if I become a ghost, I won't let him go.

The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, I forgot Lao Litou's advice, turned around suddenly, looked at the old man in front of me in annoyance, and shouted: "Damn, you're endless!" ”

The old man in front of him was so frightened that he took two steps back and said, "Don't get me wrong, there is no fire in the dark, I fell into the ditch, I want to ask if you can borrow a light to find the way." ”

The old man's voice was much weaker than before, and he spoke in a tone as if he was explaining aggrievedly.

At this time, it dawned on me, how can a ghost borrow fire? Besides, the old man in front of him had mud on both feet, and if he was a ghost, he heard that he couldn't walk on the ground.

I kept patting my hands on my chest, relieved my breath and said, "Old comrade, people are scared to death, I was almost scared to death by you." ”

When Qiangzi heard what I said, he immediately turned around and stared at the old man, leaned into my ear and asked what the situation was, whether this was a human or a ghost?

I forced a smile and explained to Qiangzi that this old comrade really looked like he had fallen into a ditch, and he couldn't see the way clearly, so he turned back to talk to us.

"No wonder I smelled a smell of alcohol just now, it turned out that I met an alcoholic." Qiangzi said with a crooked mouth and a frown.

The misunderstanding has been resolved, and I began to apologize for the unreasonableness just now, the old man just said that he was going back to Hongxing Village, and I thought it was the same road and proposed to go together.

When walking, the old man said that his name was Liu Dakui, and he went to Jixi Village to drink his nephew's happy wine during the day, and drank two more glasses when he was happy, and it was dark halfway through the road, and he was planted in the ditch with bad eyes, and he also said that at first he saw the two of us clearly, and thought that the two of us were roadblockers and could only pretend not to see and bypass, but then he saw that we had a shadow, so he dared to come and take a stubble.

I asked him why his face looked so pale on this big night, and he smiled and said that he had a nickname called Liu Sanjin in the village, and he drank a lot of alcohol and was not drunk.

The night road is extremely difficult to walk, and we still have a good way to follow, remembering how great it is for the People's Liberation Army to climb the snow-capped mountains in the past, and to walk out of a road in such a severe environment.

This way all the way to the chatter time came a lot faster, the sky gradually turned blue, Liu Dakui pointed to the front and said that the next small wooden bridge is Hongxing Village, he lives in the back of the village to copy the path, and then separated from us.

Qiangzi and I saw that the sky was almost bright, and we became bold again, and we followed Liu Dakui's words, walked across the wooden bridge, and really saw houses one after another.

When the two of us excitedly walked into the village to inquire about the residence of the production brigade, we saw more than a dozen people walking on the road, these people were wearing linen and filial piety, and there was a huge red lacquer coffin in front of the team, obviously mourning.

"Big brother, how is the production brigade going?" I saw that a middle-aged gay man at the end of the line did not wear filial piety, and I thought that it should be nosy, so I stepped forward to ask for directions.

The man looked at me from top to bottom with his hands and replied, "It's next to a big tree in the center of the village." ”

"Big brother, what's wrong with this family?" I was ready to leave, but I still had a few more words, thinking that I would have to stay here in the future, and I would always have to make a familiar face with two sentences, so that I could take care of it in the future.

"Hey, this old man went to a neighboring village to drink his nephew's happy wine, and when he came back, he fell into a deep ditch and fell to his death." The man shook his head and replied.

Qiangzi and I felt that something was wrong when we heard the words, and we looked at each other with a bewildered expression.

"Is this person's surname Liu?" I asked, with a trembling voice.

"It's called Liu Dakui, how do you know each other?" He asked rhetorically.

I was stunned, my back covered with cold sweat.

"Huazi, is he talking about the old man we met at night?" Qiangzi asked with a blank look on his face.

I kept muttering in my heart, trying to find a reason to explain, but how could there be such a coincidence, they were all called Liu Dakui, they all went to drink their nephew's wedding wine, and they all fell into the ditch, how could there be such a big coincidence?

But I clearly remember that the old man separated from us at the entrance of the village, saying that he lived at the end of the village and had to take a shortcut back, and the place of this funeral was the head of the village, could it be that this Liu Dakui and Liu Dakui who met last night had the same name?

I told Qiangzi about this situation, and I don't know if he understood it, but he just nodded in trepidation.

I can't think about it so much at the moment, so I decided to report to the production team first, after all, it was delayed all night, and it was originally scheduled to meet yesterday evening, but nearly 12 hours have passed, and I don't know what the hell we are doing.

According to the position mentioned by the middle-aged comrade, we walked to the center of the village, Hongxing Village is much larger than Jilian Village, surrounded by brick houses, this condition and affluence are much better than Jilian Village, we walked for nearly a quarter of an hour before we saw the big tree that the comrade said, the old tree is very thick, the branches and leaves on the top are dense, and the surrounding area is also surrounded by bricks, it seems to have a history of several hundred years.

On the right side of this ancient tree, there is an old two-story wooden house, and the railing is full of clothes and quilts, and those clothes can be identified at a glance as intellectuals.

Because of the narrow door, Qiangzi and I could only walk in by holding the marching bag sideways, and the light was not bright when we came inside, so I looked left and right, and finally saw a man with a green military hat lying on the wooden table in the corridor, snoring.

"Comrade, comrade......" I called softly twice, but the man was still asleep and did not wake up.

"Comrade!" I knocked on the table with my hand and raised my voice to call.

The man raised his head abruptly, wiped the corners of his mouth, squinted at me with a sleepy face, and said, "What's the matter?" ”

I said that we were educated youths who had been assigned from Jilian Village and had come to report for duty.

After hearing this, this man sighed and muttered, "Didn't you arrive yesterday, why did you delay for so long......"

I laughed and said that there was a bit of a delay, he paused, then opened the drawer and took out a bunch of keys inside, stood up and said weakly that the other rooms were full, and he stayed at 237 first, and walked upstairs as he spoke.

We followed and went up the stairs to the second floor, where the corridors on the left and right were filled with rooms, one after the other, and the puddles of water on the ground looked like bathhouses.

At the end of the hallway, the man stopped, and the door in front of me was marked with room 237 in red paint, he took out the keys and looked at them one by one, unloaded one of them and turned it open to the door lock, the moment the door opened, the smell of dust and musty suddenly burst into my nostrils, causing me to cough violently.

"I'm the watchman here, come to me again if you need anything." The man said a word, handed it to me, and turned to leave the staircase.

I touched my nose and looked at everything in the house, except for two bunk beds stacked on top of each other, a washstand, and a pine broom, but the floor was covered with dust, and the walls were black and white because of mold, and it looked like the house had not been inhabited for a long time.

Qiangzi was elated, saying that he came late and actually picked up a bargain, and two people occupied such a large room.

I thought to myself, too, the other rooms have at least four or five people, and now the two of us can be much cleaner.

Without further ado, we picked up the broom and got to work, we diligently cleaned the house, and then put the contents of the marching bags neatly in place, and this room 237 officially became the stronghold of me and Hadron.

There was a tinkling bell outside the door one after another, and it seemed that the other educated youths had gotten up, so we simply washed up and followed the others downstairs to gather.

A middle-aged man in a white shirt stood face to face in front of us, and the attendant stood beside him straight, completely devoid of his previous fatigue.

Everyone lined up neatly, and the man in the white shirt spoke: "Comrades, we must work hard and strive for the top, although we are the second production team of Dafeng Commune, but we must always be ready to surpass the first production team, we must not be afraid of hardship and tiredness, we must actively produce and work lively, a new day has begun, what is our slogan?" ”

"The east wind is blowing, the war drums are beating, who is afraid of the second team of production, agriculture Dazhai, industry Daqing, will call the red star for a new look!"

This voice really startled me, how could there be so many people shouting in unison when I was in Jilian Village, and I instantly felt a sense of strength and excitement, and my heart was full of energy.

Although I have the motivation, my stomach is still hungry, but now I can only go to production with the brigade and wait for noon to eat in the big canteen.

I asked other educated youths to know that we are now mainly helping a lumber mill outside the village, and the timber mill is the only factory in this mountainous area, so the dividend of our village is the highest in several villages, there are six and a half cents a day, 10 points a day, 365 days a year, there are 3600 points, that is, 237.25 yuan, a person has an annual ration of 360 catties of wool grain, which is a big cut beyond the food and clothing line.

The lumber mill is not far from the end of Hongxing Village, just on the side of a forest, and our main task is to help cut and transport the timber to the factory's professionals for reprocessing.

I suddenly remembered that Liu Dakui also lived at the end of the village, and these educated youths should be able to know, so I found a few people to inquire, but the answer was the same, Liu Dakui died a few days ago, and lived in the village before his death, but after his death, the cemetery was chosen outside the end of the village, and today is the day of burial, and there is no second person named Liu Dakui in the village!

I had a chill on my body, and I dared to love what Liu Dakui said about taking a shortcut to go home is not really going back to the house, but going back to my own grave, so I and Qiangzi really hit the ghost last night!

"Hadron?"

I thought of this haste to search for the traces of the hadson, and when I looked at the pile of wood, I saw him sitting on the wood, touching his knees with one hand and his head with the other, with a very painful expression.