This world is very bitter, and ordinary people who are suffering have to give up the old people in their families and build dead kilns for them.

The miserable and lonely old man had to build a grave for himself in advance.

The next day, Grandma got up very early, her silver-white hair was not combed enough, and her clothes, which were originally stained with mud, were also replaced by red new clothes, and she seemed to have taken out all the food stored at home and made a big table of hearty breakfast.

Yang Sanwa, who was drowsy, yawned and walked into the living room, looking at the table full of food, her eyes widened: "Grandma, it's not a festival today!" What do you do with so much delicious food? ”

"Hehe, eat something good, eat something good." Grandma smiled and didn't answer Yang Sanwa's question, just muttered: "Let's have a bite to eat, the old woman's house hasn't been so lively for a long time." ”

"Thank you, Grandma!" Yang Sanwa happily went to smoke chopsticks.

Lu Xuan and Yang Stonemason, who walked in behind, looked at the table full of food, and their hearts immediately understood, but they were all outsiders, and they didn't say anything, just sat down and ate breakfast together according to Grandma's wishes.

"Dad, it's boring to stay at home, I'll go to work in the city with you today, anyway, the main family will give us food, and we can save some expenses." Yang Sanwa threaded the bud rice with chopsticks and gnawed it in a big gulp.

Yang stonemason grabbed the chopsticks of the vegetables, and said angrily: "Stay at home well, don't run around day by day." ”

Yang Sanwa was overwhelmed by Daddy's sudden temper, pursed her lips, and muttered in a low voice: "If you don't go, you won't go, what's there to roar." ”

Lu Xuan looked at Yang Sanwa's angry appearance and shook his head secretly.

Today's grandmother, who is in a particularly good spirit, kindly stroked his head and said with a smile: "The children in the village like to go to the mountains to pick up bird eggs and bake them to eat, you go to play with them." ”

"Don't be, I'm from out of town, maybe people are bullying me." Yang Sanwa waved her hand with interest, as if she had expected it.

The people who work usually eat quickly, and Yang Shimason ate the sweet potatoes in the bowl in three or two bites, and hurried to Yucheng, so as not to miss the official business of the master's family.

Yang Sanwa, who was sitting at the dinner table, glanced at the back of her father leaving, thought about it, threw away the dishes and chopsticks, and quietly followed.

The small conflict between father and son, Lu Xuan and Grandma naturally don't care about it, and still eat the food in the bowl.

Seeing that he had almost eaten, Lu Xuan got up and wanted to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, but Grandma stopped him: "Xiao Langjun, I can be free today, my wife wants to trouble something, trouble Xiao Langjun." “

He stayed in the village for the past few days just to wait for news from Lu Zhaozhao and Ah Lai, so naturally there was nothing trivial, so he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said, "Grandma, please tell me something, I won't shirk if I can help." ”

Lu Xuan is telling the truth, in this world, it is already a rare thing to have kind-hearted people to take them in, if it is some small things that can be done, it doesn't hurt to help them.

"Xiao Langjun, can you go up the mountain with the old woman?" Grandma said with a smile.

Mountain?

Lu Xuan's brows furrowed slightly, and he suddenly asked, "Grandma is going to seal the kiln?" ”

Seeing that Lu Xuan knew about the death kiln, Grandma was not surprised, just nodded, and said slowly: "Speaking of which, I am a little wronged Xiao Langjun, this kind of thing is generally carried up the mountain by the younger generations of the family on the day the kiln is sealed, and when I leave, I have to put on a few pillars of incense, so that the ghosts of other families can know, the old woman and I am not a lonely soul, but it is a pity that the old woman's family left early, so I am shy and want Xiao Langjun to help." ”

It's not a big deal to send the kiln to death, but Lu Xuan still couldn't help but persuade: "Grandma, your body is still tough......

Before Lu Xuan finished speaking, Grandma interrupted: "The old woman's body is best known to the old woman, Xiao Langjun doesn't want to persuade me, the old woman has never troubled others in her life, and she doesn't want to be disgusted by the neighbors after she dies." ”

Grandma's thoughts were already very resolute, and Lu Xuan was not good at continuing to persuade her, but she still took the liberty to ask about the situation of the cemetery.

After all, in this world where evil is rampant, who can guarantee that a place like the cemetery can be free of evil hides?

After learning that the cemeteries in the village were all lined up, and the descendants in the village would also go up the mountain to worship every Qingming Festival, Lu Xuan nodded and agreed to Grandma's request.

After Grandma sat in the back basket containing a few stone bricks, Lu Xuan picked up the back basket and walked towards the mountain.

Grandma is not very heavy, and her back is also very light, as if there is no one sitting in the back basket, walking in the village, the villagers are not surprised when they see this scene, but just shouted: "Granny Wu, are you leaving?" ”

"Gone, gone." Grandma responded with a smile, never showing sadness or sadness from beginning to end.

The village in the cemetery is not far away, Lu Xuan walked for almost half an hour, and then arrived at the place where the cemetery in the village gathered.

Lu Xuan followed Grandma's instructions to a dead kiln that had not yet been sealed.

But for some reason, Lu Xuan always felt that there were a pair of eyes looking at him in the cemetery, and he turned back suddenly, but saw an old man with gray hair, with blood and tears on his face, standing on a lonely grave looking at him.

"Xiao Langjun, it's time to get to the place, let the old woman come down." Grandma reminded at the right time.

Hearing this, Lu Xuan put down the grandma in his back.

Grandma came out of the back basket, took out a few stone bricks that had not been sealed, drilled into the dead kiln, looked at Lu Xuan from the black unsealed opening, and whispered: "Xiao Langjun, help the old woman seal it, there are a few long incense sticks and yellow paper in the back basket, don't forget to order it when you leave, the old woman has been poor all her life, and when she gets down, she still wants to live a better life." ”

Lu Xuan nodded, forcibly suppressed the unbearability in his heart, and sealed the mouth of the dead kiln with stone bricks one by one.

As the light inside became dimmer, Grandma suddenly sang a ballad:

"Daddy and mother will be happy ~ Son Lang crying and crying Qi ~ Good days in early April! Every family eats a feast~With hard work, Erlang is bitter, carrying A-Niang to the deep mountains~"

In the sound of Grandma's songs, Lu Xuan sealed the last piece of masonry, and the inside of the dead kiln was completely plunged into darkness.

He listened to his grandmother's plea, lit incense and yellow paper, and the curling fireworks dissipated in the air with the breeze.

Lu Xuan seemed to hear the cry, looked up, and saw that there were figures with blood and tears on the lonely graves around him.

I couldn't tell if the cry was from the grandmother in the dead kiln or from them.

Lu Xuan's heart couldn't help but rise, and after bowing three times to Grandma's grave, he hurried down the mountain.

Back in the village, back to Grandma's house, Lu Xuan found that his hands were full of mud, he brought clean water, but no matter how he washed it, he couldn't wash it clean, slowly, the soil in the basin became more and more bright, and it looked like red blood water.

The crying that followed him became louder and louder, and when he turned around, he saw figures all over the courtyard, crying and approaching him, the sad figure, the painful voice, as if he was complaining about something.

When those figures were getting closer and closer to Lu Xuan, his sister suddenly appeared in front of him and scolded angrily: "Get out of here!" ”

This roar was like thunder in the sky, and after the figure in front of him howled fiercely, it all disappeared in front of Lu Xuan's eyes.

The world that originally became bright red also changed back to its original state at this time, perhaps because of those figures, to be precise, those evil spirits affected the mind, Lu Xuan burst into tears, and muttered: "Sister, why are these people so bitter?" ”

The younger sister hugged him gently and said comfortingly, "It's going to be fine, brother, everything will be fine." ”